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Democracy has come to the Arab World
31 January 2005 Whatever spin people want to put on the successful elections in Iraq on January 30 is simply trying to whitewash their cynicism over the last couple of years. Iraqis are the first Arabs to taste freedom in the Middle East (other than Israeli Arabs, of course) and deserve to have the world’s support!
Congratulations Iraq - a new day has dawned in the Middle East!
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I Like Muslims But Abhor Mecca-ism
4 January 2005 Source: Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
This is an interesting piece commenting on those, especially Arabs who say “I like Jews, but disklike Zionism”. The title sets the mood quite well…
The title of this piece sounds odd, I realize; yet, this is the equivalent of what the Arab and Muslim world is now trying to say regarding the Jews. Saudi Arabia is the newest entrant to this deviant and deceptive stance: Jews are acceptable, but Israel (Zionism) isn’t.
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Sri Lanka rejects Israel rescuers
29 December 2004 Source: BBC
This reminds us of Iran’s refusal to take Israeli aid. The difference here is that Sri Lanka is primarily a Buddhist country (source)! It’s shocking to see that perhaps the most qualified medical crews are turned around - it’s a display of sheer hatred.
Israel has cancelled plans to send a 150-person rescue mission to Sri Lanka after the devastated island objected to the military composition of the team.
The delegation - including 60 soldiers - had been due to […]