Category Archives: Conflict
Khamenei Considers Constitutional Reform
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei may terminate the position of President (currently held by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and re-instate the position of Prime Minister that he abolished in 1989. Read full Washington Post report – Prediction: Ahmadinejad may make a stealthy move against … Continue reading
The Ottawa Protocol (full text)
. The Ottawa Protocol on Combating Antisemitism . Preamble We, Representatives of our respective Parliaments from across the world, convening in Ottawa for the second Conference and Summit of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, note and reaffirm the London … Continue reading
Analysis: Egypt – The blame game
Jerusalem Post: “The Supreme Military Council wants to cover its failure to keep the peace in Sinai by throwing the blame on Israel.” via Analysis: Egypt – The blame game – JPost – Middle East. . Astute comments by former … Continue reading
How Many Wives?
Dialogue excerpt between US tank corpsman ‘Waco’ Hoyt (Bruce Bennett) and Sudanese Sgt. Maj. Tambul (Rex Ingram) in Columbia Pictures’ classic 1943 war flick, Sahara, featuring Humphrey Bogart as American tank commander Sgt. Joe Gunn. Directed by Zoltan Korda… • … Continue reading
Syria: Travel Warning (full text)
Travel Warning U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs link to US State Dept. notice . (Bold text below, our emphasis.) Syria August 5, 2011 The U.S. Department of State urges U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while … Continue reading
Hamas PM Slams Killing of Bin Laden
“We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior. We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood.” – Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. no … Continue reading
Osama: Still dead after all these years
but now retired . Alternative view: See 2009 re-cap of 2006 article based on 2001 intelligence
Filed under 10 Words or Less, Conflict, Reason
Egyptian turmoil: The Israeli position
* Address delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu February 4, 2011, at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem * Yesterday was a dramatic day in our region. Millions of people poured into the streets of Egypt. President Mubarak, who … Continue reading
APoJi 2011
Dear friend, Thank you for your interest in this most unconventional initiative to promote grassroots, collaborative, peace-thinking about the Middle East. The story of APoJi (A Peace of Jerusalem initiative) began on October 27, 2009, when the idea was proposed during … Continue reading
HRW Founder Speaks Out:
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST Robert L. Bernstein November 10, 2010 Goldstein Lecture on Human Rights, University of Nebraska at Omaha Text courtesy of NGO Monitor . You may wonder why a man just shy of his 88th birthday … Continue reading
China Repudiates REE Export Ban
Says exports to western countries may actually rise next year… China Pledges to Maintain Rare Earth Sales; Official Says Exports May Rise This story and the previous one may be indicative of a power struggle within the Chinese ruling establishment. … Continue reading
NYT: China Said to Widen Its Embargo of Minerals
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/business/global/20rare.html – …as previously suggested in this December 16, 2008, letter to the Canadian government and later posted on imahd.ca, May 2, 2009: http://imahd.ca/2009/05/02/reinventing-the-canadian-automobile/ –
Ruling: Genetically-modified foods are not kosher
This two-part ruling is simply one man’s determination of the issue and is not binding on others — unless they wish it to be, of course. 1) Foods made with genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are not kosher. 2) Natural hybrids are … Continue reading
