http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2011/02/02/1500_year_old_church_found_in_israel/?rss_id=Boston.com+/+Boston+Globe+–+World+News 1,500-year-old church found in Israel Visitors view a mosaic in the archaeological site where an ancient church was found in Hirbet Madras, central Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered a 1,500-year-old church, including an unusually well-preserved mosaic floor with images of lions, foxes, fish and peacocks. According to Amir […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104320263685168.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion By ERIC GIBSON Jerusalem Underground: Secrets of an Ancient City A new discovery links the City of David to the Temple Mount. ‘Jerusalem is all about water,” says Doron Spielman of the Ir David Foundation, which preserves and maintains the ancient biblical City of David. “If you can conserve, preserve the water, you can […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/2/3/main-feature/1/calling-david-ben-gurion Calling David Ben-Gurion By Yehudah Mirsky Times like these tend to remind us what a rare thing is great statesmanship. How many leaders are capable of wedding long-term vision with the nuts and bolts of politics and institutions, let alone an understanding of great historical forces with the will to shape them and the […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/02/02/ignoble-tradition-egyptian-youth-indoctrinated-in-jihad-hatred/ Ignoble Tradition: Egyptian Youth Indoctrinated in Jihad Hatred Posted By Andrew Bostom What forces might be fully unleashed beyond Egypt’s borders if the Mubarak government is replaced [2] by one far less inclined toward restraining its denizens? A recent detailed study [3] of Egyptian children’s textbooks, revealed their explicit inculcation of anti-infidel jihad hatred. […]
ACADEMIC FREEDOM: MOVING AWAY FROM THE FACULTY-ONLY PARADIGM By • Arthur Gross-Schaefer, Loyola Marymount University Published in: Journal of Legal Studies in Business, February 2011 http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=7593 IT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL TO CUT FOREIGN MONEY IN OUR UNIVERSITIES…AND TO BREAK THE MONOPOLY OF MESA(THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES ASSOCIATION) WHICH HAS A LOCK ON HIRING PROFESSORS….AND PROMOTES […]
– FrontPage Magazine – http://frontpagemag.com – The Muslim Brotherhood’s Penetration of the Obama Administration Posted By Jamie Glazov Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Pamela Geller, founder, editor and publisher of the popular and award-winning weblog AtlasShrugs.com. She has won acclaim for her interviews with internationally renowned figures, including John Bolton, Geert Wilders, Bat Ye’or, Natan […]
Why Obama has to get Egypt right By George Soros http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020206091.html “The main stumbling block is Israel. In reality, Israel has as much to gain from the spread of democracy in the Middle East as the United States has. But Israel is unlikely to recognize its own best interests because the change is too sudden […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/2/egypt-aftermath-west-bank-is-ripe-for-democracy/print/ West Bank could be ripe for democracy Opportunity for a new start rests with Obama by Joel Mowbray DEMOCRACY CANNOT MEAN STATEHOOD….PERHAPS A SHARED SUZERAINTY BETWEEN JORDAN AND ISRAEL….BUT ANYTHING ELSE WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER GAZA…..RSK Usually when chaos erupts in the Middle East, attention turns immediately to Israel and the Palestinians. Not so […]
Europe’s Fatwa Factories by Soeren Kern http://www.hudson-ny.org/1857/europe-fatwa-factories Britain will have more Muslims than Kuwait in 2030, while France will have more than Jordan; and Germany will have more than Oman and the United Arab Emirates combined, according to a new study titled “The Future of the Global Muslim Population.” The sobering projections (which are highly […]