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A roundup of recent Commentary Contentions posts on the misguided solipsism of the Jewish-American far left. Since they don’t know many pro-Israel American Jews, the reasoning appears to go, there must not be many pro-Israel Jews left in America:

Study Debunks Crisis of Zionism Myth
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/04/02/study-debunks-crisis-of-zionism-myth/

What Alienation? Donations to Israel Rise
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/03/26/what-alienation-donations-to-israel-up/

The Brooklyn BDS Failure

Defense of Declining “Forward” Not Doing Newspaper Any Favors

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2012/5/22/main-feature/1/sending-mein-kampf-back-to-school
“Ignoring the details of Hitler’s message—or Stalin’s or Mao’s—waters down the critically important specificity of historical experiences into generalized and empty laments for “all victims of genocide.” It furthers, for example, the dejudaization of the Holocaust. Reminders of precisely how the Holocaust was different, in intent and execution, are most unwanted. Reminders of how the current Chinese communist regime is heir to Mao’s slaughter of tens of millions are equally unwelcome. By celebrating all victims, we celebrate none and forget all.”

Important literature can’t be kept under wraps forever. A case in point is Mein Kampf. The German state of Bavaria, which holds the German copyright, has blocked the book’s publication within Hitler’s homeland; as recently as 2010, the state went to court to prevent an unauthorized academic edition. But in 2015, 70 years after the author’s death, Bavaria’s copyright will expire. So, the state has announced plans to fund two new editions, the first in German since 1945, including critical commentary. The aim, say Bavarian authorities, is to “demystify” Mein Kampf and make other editions “commercially unattractive.”

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/poll-israel-as-unpopular-as-terror-states-iran-north-korea/print/ Among the findings of a new international survey, commissioned by the BBC and performed by an outfit called Globescan, is that the four least popular countries in the world, or at least in the 22 countries surveyed, are Pakistan, Iran, North Korea – and Israel. Polling residents of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, […]

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/the-trials-of-cory-booker/print/ Poor Cory Booker. The Newark, New Jersey, mayor and rising Democratic Party star has run afoul of the law of gaffes, coined by the journalist Michael Kinsley. The law holds that a gaffe occurs when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Booker did exactly that during an appearance this Sunday on “Meet the Press” […]

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/iran-rope-a-dopes-the-west-again/ Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, announced on Tuesday that Iran would agree “quite soon” to allow IAEA inspectors to search for any evidence that Iran’s nuclear enrichment program has been directed towards military applications. The IAEA has been particularly interested in the Parchin military complex, where it is suspected […]

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/05/23/the-man-who-would-rule-egypt/ Egypt, the original heart of the Arab Spring, goes to the polls this Wednesday and Thursday to elect a new president, and the Obama administration’s favored choice, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, may emerge the victor. “He could be the president who puts Egypt on a path towards genuine democracy,” says one U.S. official. But […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/huffpos-house-jihadi?f=must_reads

http://freebeacon.com/huffpos-house-jihadi/

A devout Muslim who has praised Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and publicly branded all non-believers as mentally ill “animals” was recently hired to serve as the Huffington Post’s political director in the U.K.

Mehdi Hasan, a controversial British media figure whom insiders have billed as a mouthpiece for the Iranian regime, recently left his job at the left-wing New Statesman magazine to join the Huffington Post as a senior staffer, according to reports in the British press.

The Huffington Post merged with Internet giant AOL in February 2011 to form the Huffington Post media group.

Hasan formerly served as political editor of the New Statesman, which is affiliated with a socialist political party and has faced criticism for publishing articles that many observers have deemed anti-Semitic. In one instance, the New Statesman published an article titled “A Kosher Conspiracy” that purported to expose the great power of Britain’s “pro-Israel lobby.” The cover of that issue featured a Star of David piercing a Union Jack.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rachel-ehrenfeld/dubai-the-golden-mirage_b_662232.html

The ongoing ordeal of a U.S. businessman who has been rotting in a Dubai jail for more than two years, deprived of his civil rights, should serve as a warning to Americans and Westerners alike doing business with Dubai, a constituent monarchy of United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Shahin, a U.S. citizen, is just one of many foreigners who make up 80-95% of Dubai’s 2.3 million residents. Until his arrest, Shahin was CEO of Deyaar Realty, once Dubai’s second largest real estate developer, which, like Dubai’s entire real-estate sector, was hit hard by the global economic recession.

Shahin was arrested without warrant or indictment in March 2008. Sources familiar with the case reported that he was held incommunicado for over two weeks, while his house and office were ransacked and his documents confiscated. He was deprived of food, water, sleep and access to a toilet for days. The brutality inflicted on Shahin caused his poor health to worsen, requiring him to undergo two major surgeries. After thirteen months he was charged with bribery, fraud and embezzlement

Shahin was forced to sign documents he did not understand, because of threats that his wife will be jailed and his children will be sent to a shelter. When finally “released” on bail, Shahin was promptly rearrested on newly trumped-up charges and still languishes in jail. Meanwhile, the Dubai government and its autocratic ruling family have ignored entreaties by the State Department, the U.S. Ambassador and members of Congress to discuss Shahin’s plight. A letter from Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to UAE’s Ambassador asking him to intervene to ensure Shahin’s health and safety while in prison remains unanswered nearly two years since it was delivered.

Shahin’s Kafkaesque detention is not unusual in Dubai, where a growing number of foreigners are being subjected to the country’s arcane Islamic legal codes and stripped of Western consideration for civil and human rights. The U.S. Department of State 2009 Human Rights Report for U.A.E., states: “while the constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention… there were reports that the government held persons in official custody without charge or a preliminary judicial hearing…[and] There were also reports of prison guard brutality.” Moreover, the report notes: “court decisions remained subject to review by the political leadership.”

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/former-obama-friend-and-terrorist-receives-doj-grant-money

The Obama Justice Department awarded a group headed by a domestic terrorist, — and one-time FBI fugitive with close ties to President Barack Obama — hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars “to reduce racial disparities in the juvenile justice system,” according to a leading Inside the Beltway watchdog group.

“This is a story you likely won’t see in the mainstream media, but a reputable political magazine exposed it this week,” according to officials at Judicial Watch, an organization that investigates and exposes government corruption and abuse.

According to Judicial Watch’s Corruption Chronicles, Department of Justice has already given $400,000 in grants to an organization that blames disproportionately high criminal behavior among minority juvenile delinquents on discrimination. The San Francisco-based nonprofit describes itself as a leading organization in the field of juvenile justice and ethnic and racial disparities reduction.

Among the institute’s board of directors is Bernardine Dohrn, a longtime Obama supporter and fundraiser and proud member of the Weather Underground, a radical group that used explosives to attack the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and other government buildings to protest U.S. policy. She and her group are believed responsible for the killing and wounding police officers, as well.

Launch of new TV Channel run solely by veiled women  http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=52178 Sheikha Safaa says objectives of launching this channel is to offer veiled women chance to appear on screens, empowerother veiled women by activating their roles. The administration arm of ‘Alummah’ channel is getting ready for the launch of “Maria” satellite channel in the Arab […]