Friday, August 3, 2012

On the Olympics:
Can accommodating the request of an Arab team not to share the mat with or be seen by Israelis be regarded as anything other than a form of discrimination based on race, religion or politics? Would it be allowed if it involved any country other than Israel? And shouldn't it be covered by major American news organizations?  MSN and the London Telegraph touched on the story. Note that the Olympic Charter, states: Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.

Egypt
Please read: Mustafa Mashhur's Jihad is the Way. Mashhur, leader of the Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 to 2002, explains the movement's religious beliefs and aspirations in detail ­ especially the role of violent jihad in bringing about a world under a unified Islamic Caliphate. (translated by PMW)

India

Iran
Iran Sanctions Halt Long-Range Ballistic-Missile Development  (International Institute for Strategic Studies-UK)  
Russia Sees Iranian Threat with Caspian Port Takeover - Ilya Arkhipov and Henry Meyer (Bloomberg)

On the Palestinians:
Partner for Peace?
PA Ministry of Education periodical: Israel is "like an octopus... flames shooting out between its fangs" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) Palestinian Media Watch has reported on the ongoing PA demonization of Jews and Israelis, as well as the repeated denial of Israel's right to exist.
Israel: PA Failing to Reciprocate Good will- Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas Slams Palestinian Visit to "Alleged" Holocaust Site of Auschwitz (Reuters)