PROPOSAL FOR COURSES AND LECTURE SERIES USING NEW TECHNOLOGY By the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya We would like to develop a cooperative project with you to offer courses, single lectures, briefings, or dialogues at your...

The (June 26, 2008) has published a somber account of the recent murder of Iraqi Archbishop Rahho, and how the Iraqi Christian population has been subjected to the full recrudescence of dhimmitude, punctuated by the re-application of the jizya-the Koranic (Koran 9:29) poll tax on non-Muslims,...

Today, journalism students, in our course, "Absolutely Introductory Basic Rules of Journalism, we will discuss the absolutely introductory basic rules of journalism. I don't think I'm an old fogey but in my hazy memories of the good old days I think there was a time when reporters were...

Acknowledgment The author wishes to thank Dr. Denis MacEoin, most recently Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newcastle University, for his help with the Persian translations and transliteration. Dr. MacEoin holds a Ph.D. degree in Persian/Islamic Studies from Cambridge University (King's...

Executive Summary: Liberals argued that the Oslo process collapsed because it was not implemented properly; especially the failure to implement economic integration and build mutual trust. In contrast, from a Realist perspective, it is argued below that the Oslo process was flawed from...

The Jerusalem Viewpoints series is published by the Institute for Contemporary Affairs, founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation. Sixty years ago few observers gave Israel much chance of survival. The small Jewish society faced a huge asymmetry in power, demography, and other factors....

The 2007-08 academic year has been lively and challenging for the Columbia University SPME chapter. In early August 2007, Columbia University president Lee Bollinger issued a strong statement consistent with the SPME stand opposing the British University and College Union (UCU) vote to advance...

I noticed that you had a piece by Mark Clark addresing Ibrahim's review of Malik's "The Quranic Concept of War." Perhaps a more interesting work from the perpective of SPME is Muhammad Taqi Usmani's " ", which I review in some depth in the forthcoming Fall 2008 issue of the...

The director of the Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East said this week that the enthusiastic take-up by British academics of his seminars in Israel gave the lie to the belief that there was strong support for an academic boycott. John Levy, who is sending five working groups to...

, and are just among the few SPME Network participants who are contibutors to the , edited by Prof. Alan Johnson, Edge Hill University in the UK and Guardian blogger, a new online journal of international politics, which reviews books published in the field and conducts interviews. is among the...

Leaders of Britain's main lecturers' union have been accused of failing to throw out a controversial policy denounced by critics as a backdoor move to boycott Israel. At its annual conference last month, the University and College Union voted to ask academics to "consider...

The Jerusalem Post The University and College Union (UCU) are wavering on whether to implement a motion calling for the boycott of Israeli academia knowing the motion is "illegal" and "discriminatory," according to anti-boycott campaigners. At the first meeting of the...

An Israeli researcher was among the recipients of an honorary doctorate from Britain's Oxford University. Ada Yonath, professor of structural biology at the Weizmann Institute in Rechovot, on Wednesday was granted the prestigious honorary title of Doctor of Science in recognition of her...

The University and College Union (UCU) are wavering on whether to implement a motion calling for the boycott of Israeli academia knowing the motion is "illegal" and "discriminatory," according to anti-boycott campaigners. At the first meeting of the union's National...

JERUSALEM, June 2 (Reuters) - The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday criticised the government for preventing Palestinian students from leaving the Gaza Strip to study abroad and gave it two weeks to review its policy. The court heard a petition filed by an Israeli human rights group on behalf of...

A close friend and respected academic has asked me to post the whole of the controversial Motion 25 from the University and College Union Congress in May. This is the one that proposes a "boycott" of Israel, which I oppose. As he points out, the word "boycott" is never used. ...

S u m m a r y Contrary to popular belief, conventional armies can indeed defeat terrorist insurgencies. This study will detail the six basic conditions which, if met, enable an army to fight and win the war against terrorism, among which are control of the ground where the insurgency is being...

Hamas regards the temporary cease-fire as a tahdiya and not a hudna. A tahdiya - "a period of calm" - is used by Hamas to describe a simple cease-fire. A hudna implies recognition of the other party's actual existence, without acknowledging its legitimacy. In an interview with...

In the 1890s, a German anti-Semitic preacher named Rector Ahlwardt visited New York. Leading New York Jews begged the police commissioner to block Ahlwardt's speeches or, at least deny this agitator police protection. "This, I told them, was impossible," the police commissioner...

A Palestinian youth group announced Saturday that it plans to demand compensation from the British government for "committing a series of crimes" against the Palestinians. Representatives of the Watanuna (Our Homeland) Palestinian Youth said the biggest crime the British government...

Press Release NEW YORK, June 27 NY-Jewish-Council NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Delegates to the 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) have taken an important step forward, acknowledging that its congregations, members, and associated bodies should not...

Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 15, 2008: To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit "Israel is a Country Just Like Any Other Country in the World" Interviewer:...

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has called on all Palestinian factions to honor the cease-fire with Israel. Speaking at the conclusion of Friday prayers, Haniyeh said that "The [Palestinian] factions and people accepted the cease-fire in order to stop the Palestinian people's suffering,...

Despite its numerous calls for Israel's destruction, and repeated denials of the Holocaust, Iran has been selected by the United Nations for a leading position in a committee that will plan the 2009 UN World Conference against Racism. The planning committee, which will meet for the first time...

Four Qassam rockets fired from Gaza struck Sderot and the surrounding area Tuesday afternoon, further imperiling a brittle truce declared six days ago. One of the rockets struck a vacant house in Sderot and two others hit the city. A fourth rocket exploded in an open area in the Sha'ar Hanegev...

Iran on Friday warned Israel it would retaliate to an attack with a "strong blow," after the New York Times reported that the IAF had conducted a drill, apparently for a strike against the Islamic republic. "If enemies, especially Israelis and their supporters in the United...

GAZA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for Hamas on Saturday said negotiations with Israel is out of the question and the Islamic movement will never recognize "the enemy." The spokesman, Ismail Radwan, also slammed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. "We...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy proclaimed his friendship for Israel at the start of a three-day visit on Sunday but also said Israeli security depended on the creation of a Palestinian state. "I have always been Israel's friend," Sarkozy said upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport...