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Radical Cleric Calls for Peace in Germany
Mohammed El Fazazi has written an open letter to the Muslims of Germany calling for peaceful means of protest. Fazazi was one of the preachers who previously radicalized three of...
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“Proximity talks”: an element in a change strategy.
“Proximity talks”: an element in a change strategy. By Neri Bar-On In this article I wish to point out a systemic-perspective suggesting the “proximity talks” as a tactical move...
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Why Afghanistan Matters: by Sophia Rose Shafi
Why Afghanistan Matters by Sophia Rose Shafi As a parent of a child who is half-Afghan, I am reminded daily of how lucky she is to have shelter, good health, and ample food and...
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Clinton Opens New Round of Mideast Peace Talks
From Fox Five News today. See the film clip. via Clinton Opens New Round of Mideast Peace Talks WASHINGTON – Marc Gopin from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at...
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A role for the US in Afghan national reconciliation? by Shukria Dellawar
This is a wonderful article, very important timing. Ria is absolutely right on, except I suspect strongly that Petreaus is much more of an ally than she thinks. But there are other...
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Unite, Confuse, and Inspire: Creating a More Inclusive Atmosphere in Israel
Reflecting on 2010, it’s clear that racism in Israel has reared its ugly head. A recent poll published by the Israel Democracy Institute found that only 51 percent of Israelis...
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The Devil You Know is Always Better–Except That He Is Not
Rational Americans are surprised that no one sees the danger of underestimating domestic right-wing terrorism by the general public. In this recent article, CNN rightly documents...
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Reflections in My Middle Eastern Mirror
Compassion fatigue.Strange expression.What is the fatigue?Too much suffering, Too many people crying,Too many dead bodies, Too many people Demanding that I love them, But only...
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Mother/Father in a Time of War
Fear pervades, Terror strikes the land, We need our mother/fathers. Earth is been struck by a few Father/Mothers of Death, Marching their Children into murder/suicide.So we become Father/Mothers of...
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Essential to Peacebuilding
Essential to Peacebuilding is learning to accept blows, bad ones. How can we expect Israelis or Syrians or Iraqis not to become killers after suicide bombs on their streets or Palestinians not to...
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Berlin in Gaza / Men at War / Mother of Life
BERLIN IN GAZAAt a certain point in every Israeli war fighting the Holocaust, there is a moment when the superior fire power merely rearranges the rubble of Berlin. Then depression sets in, reality...
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“Will there be peace if Palestinians lay down their arms?” -+972 Magazine
I will continue to humanize even the enemy The first teacher who taught me Hebrew was a Jew. The first love affair in my life was with a Jewish girl. The first judge who sent me...
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Counterterrorism
The purpose of terrorism is to provoke a response. The purpose of the provocation of response is to create martyrs. The purpose of the creation of martyrs is an army of enthusiastic...
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Thoughts on God, Human Leadership, and Mountains, upon Leaving War’s Victims,...
GOD An atheist leader who is rational, Can be more a messenger, of God’s mercy for the powerless, than a leader, who bows down to God, over the dead bodies, of his victims. ‘Less...
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Violence: The Turning
It is a law: Violence begets nonviolence, Like a tulip in winter, In all places, In all cultures. But only those With eyes wide open Can see it, In the middle of Winter storms. The...
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Of Gods, Tribes, and Battles
GOD If you cannot find God, Find the persecuted, Then you are home. TRIBE Tribalism is an infectious disease Human rights is the antidote But force feeding can kill the patient BATTLES Some battles...
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“Kurds Call to Arms as Islamic State Closes in on Syrian Town” -Reuters
Kurds call to arms as Islamic State closes in on Syrian town. There is going to be a massacre in the large city of Kobani in Syria, and ISIS is closing in with tanks. Tanks! Hard to spot those with...
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Event Appearance at Johns Hopkins University
This morning, I was privileged to talk at an great event of SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, as one of the speakers. Please check out the website and the video of this whole event. “IS THE WORLD FALLING...
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Artificial Dangers / Oil Spills
ARTIFICIAL DANGERS Artificial sweeteners are dangerous to your health, whether they come in the form of chemicals, or disingenuous smiles from artificial people OIL SPILLS Islamaphobia and...
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Situation in Kobani
There are a great many Muslims who are about to be slaughtered. They are not Gazan, they are not dying at the hands of Christians or Jews. They happen to be Kurds and they are about to die at the...
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