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WMR 3 Israeli Security Chief Warns Of Armed Jewish Right

Zoe Weinberg November 2, 2008
Article:
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Israeli Security Chief Warns Of Armed Jewish Right
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-radicals.html
Time: November, 2, 2008
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Key People: Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, radicial right Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
Summary:
The radical right wing in Israel is considering using violence to prevent any peace agreements in which the West [...]

2008 11 02 Zoe Weinberg Arab-Israeli Conflict
Foreign Policy
Israel
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Palestinians Comments (1)

Palin Meets with Ambassador Meridor

The Middle East in the News

•Hannah Turk 10/27/08

•Article: Israeli Ambassador Meets Palin as Republicans Rally for Virginia

• Haaretz.com

•Article Summary

Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., Sallai Meridor, met with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during her campaign tour of Virginia. Meeting for the first time, Palin expressed support for the Jewish Agency, an organization that [...]

2008 10 27 Hannah Turk Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (1)

Claims to Contested Holy Site on the West Bank

Assertive claims to rights over the tomb of Joseph in Nablus on the West Bank are raising tensions:
Isabel Kershner, “Pilgrimage to Roots of Faith and Strife,” New York Times, Oct. 24, 2008, A5
IME Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

2008 10 24 Ted Thornton Arab-Israeli Conflict Comments (0)

WMR2 - Photos of Jerusalem

Not too terribly long of a “media report,” but it was interesting and thus thought I would share.

October 18, 2008
•Title of Article/Editorial/Column (indicate which type):  “Le Monde 2”: Jérusalem en plans serrés par Didier Ben Loulou (photographic documentation)  

•Source of Article: Le Monde
http://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-2/portfolio/2008/10/15/le-monde-2-jerusalem-en-plans-serres-par-didier-ben-loulou_1107252_1004868.html 

•Article Summary
 Time: Over the past 18 years
Place: Jerusalem
 Key People: Didier Ben Loulou, a French [...]

2008 10 22 Kaki Elgin Arab-Israeli Conflict
Art and Architecture
Culture
Israel
Media
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (0)

Iraq’s Yazidi Community Under Stress

Estimated to number less than 100,000 remaining adherents in Iraq and adjacent countries, Yazidis are practitioners of a “syncretic” (mixed creed) religion combining Judaism and Zoroastrianism along with Manichean and (Nestorian) Christian elements.  Many are Kurds.  Yazidis have been targeted in particular by Sunni Muslim militants in Iraq. 
Campbell Robertson, “Followers of Ancient Faith Caught in Iraq’s Fault [...]

2008 10 15 Ted Thornton Arab World
Christianity
Iraq
Islam
Kurds Comments (0)

WMR1 - 2008 Religious Freedom Report: Egypt

The Middle East in the News

•Your Name & Date Victoria Wilmarth 10/2/08

 

•Title of Article/Editorial/Column (indicate which type)      
A Mixed Bag
 The International Religious Freedom Report 2008 is greeted with the usual claims and counter-claims, reports Mohamed El-Sayed

 

•Source of Article — Include a Link
Al-Ahram (weekly online newspaper based in Cairo) http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/916/eg6.htm

Time: Week of September 25th
Place: [...]

2008 10 12 Tori Wilmarth Christianity
Egypt
Islam
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Trends Comments (3)

Yesha Council Launches Non-Aggressive Campaign

The Middle East in the News

•Your Name & Date Emma Goldstein, October, 5th

•Title of Article/Editorial/Column (indicate which type)

Yesha Council Launches Non-Aggressive Campaign/News article

•Source of Article — Include a Link
Ynet/Yedioth Ahronoth
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3605508,00.html

•Article Summary

Time

Place
The West Bank
Yesha (acronym for Judea, Samaria and Gaza—the biblical names of areas in the West Bank [...]

2008 10 12 Emma Goldstein Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (2)

Orthodox Jews and the Challenges of Modern Technology

Story at BBC

2008 10 08 Ted Thornton Economic Issues Comments (0)

Jewish High Holy Days

Jews around the world are observing the “High Holy Days”:  Rosh Hashana (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). 
Go to Google News for a selection of stories about these events.

2008 10 01 Ted Thornton Comments (0)

Making Technology Fit Jewish Sabbath Law

Orthodox Jews are finding imaginative ways to make modern technology conform to Orthodox Jewish law. 
See:  Dan Levin, “Entrepreneurs Find Ways to Make Technology Work With Jewish Sabbath,” New York Times, Sept. 2, 2008 

2008 09 02 Ted Thornton Middle East Comments (0)