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A man at a vigil in Paris after the terrorist attack, November 13, 2015. (Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.com)

What Israel can learn from wave of global terror

What’s happening in the world is far from the antiquated ‘the world vs the Jews’ paradigm. ‘Us’ and ‘them’ doesn’t work anymore. We – Jews, Christians, Muslims and every other grouping of peaceful persons – need new categories to understand the violence. Beheadings in the desert, terror in major cities of the East and the West, racial and…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 20, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama (Center for American Progress/CC)

Why Obama should stay out of Syria

It’s a mission impossible. Because of the severe (and understandable) limitations it’s placing on a possible military intervention in Syria, the Obama administration would do better to pass on the idea. The U.S. shouldn’t try to play the humanitarian in a civil war like that one under such self-imposed restrictions; it’s much more likely to…

By Larry Derfner August 26, 2013

Notes from Kabul: Al Qaeda defeat “within reach”

The new US Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, has just arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul. His unannounced visit comes just one week after assuming his position. Speaking with journalists shortly before his arrival, Panetta said that a defeat of Al Qaeda was quote “within reach.” Why is Panetta so confident? Kabul, Afghanistan — Following the death of Osama…

By Roee Ruttenberg July 9, 2011

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Robert Fisk on Osama Bin Laden; Middle East revolutions more important

Robert Fisk on Al Jazeera English this morning recalls meeting Osama Bin Laden and pontificates on Al Qaeda’s irrelevance in the current Arab world. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZPjB4WHQs&feature=player_embedded#at=85[/youtube] h/t Antony Lowenstein

By Joseph Dana May 3, 2011

Oct 31: Was it the last Rabin memorial rally?

The daily Hebrew media roundup: Haaretz’s Tzvi Barel points to the similarities between Israel and the South African Apartheid Headlines: Bombs away > All four major dailies are leading with the Al-Qaeda mail bombing plots, presenting a pretty identical viewpoint in headlines and commentary. Haaretz’s chief intelligence analyst Yossi Melman sounds impressed, with a commentary…

By Dimi Reider October 31, 2010

Maariv front page 4 October 2010

Between the lines (4 Oct): Europe on alert; IDF misbehaving

Headlines: Europe feels like Israel >All the newspapers open with the alert to travelers in Europe, issued by the US, warning of possible terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda. Stories highlight the sense of vindication, or even schadenfreude, in seeing that Israel is not alone in facing Islamist terrorism (Ma’ariv: “London is not less dangerous than…

By Roi Maor October 4, 2010