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Saudi Arabia: Second Fukushima if Iranian Bushehr activated in May - DEBKAfile
Kuwait officials have warned the US that if Iran activates its first nuclear reactor at Bushehr in May as planned, there is a good chance it will blow up and the entire Gulf region suffer a nuclear disaster on  the scale of the misfortune at Japan's Fukushima and expose millions to radiation contamination....The king (Saudi King Abdullah) declared angrily that the lax American attitude toward Islamic Republic's nuclear aspirations places the very existence of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf nations in peril.

All about Hamas
Fayyad’s advisor dismisses missile attack on school bus - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) "The bus wasn't that badly damaged...Israel uses the attack on the bus as an excuse for war crime."....by sheer luck only one child was critically injured. Israel responded to the deliberate targeting of the bus by bombing Hamas targets.
Arab League Calls for No-Fly Zone over Gaza - Ayman Samir and Sarah Mikhail (Reuters)Condemning what it called Israel's "brutal" aggression in Gaza...
Hamas Strategists Paying Heavy Price for Miscalculations - Yigal Walt (Ynet News)Gaza terrorists were counting on the "Goldstone effect" to tamper any punishing Israeli strikes on Gaza. Worse for Hamas, the current round of fighting coincided with the West's campaign against Gaddafi. NATO forces have been bombing a foreign country, Libya, in order to prevent murderous attacks on civilians - the same logic behind Israel's strikes against Gaza terrorists. If the West wishes to adopt the Libya logic in Gaza as well, it will be bombing Hamas. Indeed, Israel's incessant strikes on Gaza targets were met with a rather deafening global silence.     If all that wasn't enough, Israel deployed the Iron Dome anti-rocket system earlier than expected, shooting down virtually every Gaza missile threatening Israeli population centers. Hamas' missiles have largely hit nothing, landing in empty fields or being blown to pieces in midair. During the same time, some 20 terrorists were killed in Gaza, dozens of others were wounded, and assorted targets across the Strip were destroyed.
HR Comment: How Moral Equivalence Erodes Accurate Reporting - Alex Margolin (Honestreporting)

Salafi-Jihadists to Jordanian Authorities: We Have Masses of People Willing to Martyr Themselves in Jordan (MEMRI)

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Israel Working To Stop Second IHH Flotilla To Gaza -Gavriel Queenann (UCI)

All about Syria
Muslim Brotherhood Supports Anti-Assad Protests - Khaled Yacoub Oweis (Reuters)Syrian revolt spreads to ruling Alawite tribes. Cities sealed. Executions in army - (DEBKAfile)

Jews Demonized, Martyrdom Praised in PA Textbooks - Joshua Hamerman (Jerusalem Post)

Taxpayers in Australian Town Won't Foot $3M Israel Boycott Bill - Stephanie Gardiner (Sydney Morning Herald-Australia)
U.S. Black Student Leaders Slam "Apartheid" Characterization - Jordana Horn (Jerusalem Post)

 The Third Jihad' – Christian Persecution (RadicalIslam.org) see also http://www.thethirdjihad.com/christian/index4.html

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Turning the Revolution Islamist (IPT News) 
The Muslim Brotherhood Flexes Its Muscles - Judith Levy (Ricochet)

Report: Al-Qaeda Members in Brazil Planning Attacks (Reuters)
Iran Makes Latin American Inroads beyond Venezuela - Donna Cassata (AP)

A third of Palestinians support murder of five Israelis in their home - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (PMW)
A Palestinian 'gift' for Passover - Official Palestinian promotion of terrorism (IMFA)
Hamas Is Moving Toward War With Israel - Barry Rubin (PajamasMedia)
Israel Conducting Global War on Hamas - Eli Lake (Washington Times)
Special operations team hit top Iranian-Hamas arms smugglers in Sudan (DEBKAfile)

BBC Ethics Unveiled: Lies About Jerusalem, Lies About Guidelines - Ricki Hollander, Gilead Ini (CAMERA)

Yemen: major southern town falls to al-Qaeda - Richard Spencer (The Telegraph)

Journalists Accepting Bribes from Arab Dictators - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)

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Redrawing Borders in the Middle East - Mordechai Kedar (Bar-Ilan University-IMRA)
The fundamental problem characterizing Middle Eastern states is that they have no legitimacy in the eyes of their citizenry because their borders were marked by European colonial interests. Included within these borders were ethnic, religious, denominational and tribal groups who, throughout history, were often unable to live together in peace. Every one of the Arab states, except the Gulf Emirates, is a conglomeration of these traditional groups.

Durbin's Flawed Hearing (IPT News)U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., in an attempt to address what he claims is an increase in anti-Muslim bigotry, is relying on questionable statistics and a witness with a record of opposing virtually all law enforcement attempts to deal with Islamist-inspired terrorism.

Report: Iran, Hizbullah Assisting in Syria Protest Suppression (Jerusalem Post)

Gunmen Target Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline - Ashraf Sweilam (AP)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Proposes New Ties with Iran - Mariam Fam (Bloomberg)
Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi said, "The Egyptian government doesn't consider Iran to be an enemy state," the state-run Middle East News Agency reported. "We're opening a new page with all countries, including Iran." Egypt hasn't had full diplomatic relations with Iran since 1979, and has accused Iran in the past of using proxy groups such as Hizbullah to increase its influence in the Middle East.

Winning Ugly in Libya: What the United States Should Learn From Its War in Kosovo - Michael O'Hanlon (Foreign Affairs)
Although the Libya mission has been effective in averting a humanitarian debacle so far, it has been ugly in some ways. But as Ivo Daalder and I argued about the Kosovo war a dozen years ago, an ugly operation is not the same as a failed operation.
Libyan rebels sold Hizballah and Hamas chemical shells (DEBKAfile)
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links - Praveen Swami, Nick Squires and Duncan (The Telegraph)

PA honors terrorist serving 30 life sentences for murders - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (PMW) 
Abbas Would Give Up U.S. Aid for Reconciliation with Hamas - Mohammed Daraghmeh (AP)
Why Is Abbas Running After Hamas? - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)

AQAP and the Vacuum of Authority in Yemen is republished with permission of STRATFOR.
FYI: al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
AQAP: "O' You Will be Victorious People of Sunnah" (Flashpoint Partners)

IDF map details more than 950 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon - Bill Roggio (Long War Journal) Hezbollah militant activities are based in southern Lebanon, funded and maintained by Syria and Iran.

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Israeli and Saudi leaders in Moscow as Palestinians ramp up missile strikes (DEBKAfile)

Why Did Syrian Protests Begin in Daraa? (AP-Washington Post)
Protests continued in cities throughout the country, with crowds crying "Freedom!"- Lisa Lundquist (The Long War Journal) 

Mass Popular Rallies Applauding President al-Assad's Decrees and Decisions (SANA)

Iran Website Recruits "Jihadists" for Bahrain "War" (Al-Arabiya-Dubai)
Gulf States to Deport Hizbullah, Iranian Agents (AFP)
Iran-Backed Islamic Jihad Behind Rocket Attacks on Israel - Elior Levy (Ynet News)

video and text  Dispatch: Implications of the Attacks in Israel - Reva Bhalla (is republished with permission of Stratfor)
War Starting Along Gaza Border - Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz) A small war has been going on for a week now along the Gaza border. Israeli communities near the border are receiving a daily dose of mortars and rockets, and the Israel Air Force has been attacking Gaza. 

Israel is under attack once more. And the media is again calling it a “cycle of violence” — instead of blaming Palestinian terrorists.
Reuters Redefines Terrorist Attack - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)
Dear Reuters, You Must Be Kidding - Jeffrey Goldberg (Atlantic Monthly)

Libya: Where Is the Arab League and the Islamic Conference? - Clifford D. May (National Review) In Libya - and in Yemen, Bahrain, and other Arab countries - Arabs are killing Arabs. Why is no one looking to the Arab League to take responsibility? How did the Arab League's wish become America and Europe's command? Why is it that the Organization of the Islamic Conference feels no obligation to try to put a stop to the violence? More than 50 states belong to the OIC. Perhaps Turkey might at least consider organizing a flotilla to bring aid to Libya?
Arab League Condemns Western Bombing Campaign in Libya - Edward Cody (Washington Post) Despite Western efforts to enlist Arab military forces, only Qatar has announced that it would participate in the campaign. 

Libyan protesters seek justice — and exiled Jews should, too - Gina Bublil Waldman (JWeekly.com)

Archbishop Warns of "Near Genocide" Conditions in Iraq (CAMERA)

U.S. Hate Groups Top 1,000 (SPLC)

PA TV attacks PMW, PMW accused of "incitement" against the PA - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) see links in this article for Mahmoud Abbas in his own words.

  

British Columnist Melanie Phillips Being Investigated by Police for Referring to Arab "Savages" Who Murdered Jewish Family - Robin Shepherd (Robin Shepherd)

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Japan, the Persian Gulf and Energy - George Friedman (is republished with permission of Stratfor)

Baby Killers: BBC Butchers the Real Story - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)
LA Times: Settlements Provoke Baby Killing - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)
Gaza Celebrates Terror Attack - Elior Levy (Ynet News) Gaza residents handed out candy and sweets Saturday to celebrate the terror attack.
Video The True Face of Terror (ClarionProductions)
PA honors drivers of suicide terrorists who murdered 34 in 2 attacks - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (PMW)

 

After the Itamar Massacre - Robert Satloff (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)Ironically, despite the PA's current refusal to negotiate, the administration appears to believe that Israel is primarily responsible for the absence of diplomacy.... With Libya burning, Bahrain in turmoil, and uncertainty reigning in Cairo, Tunis, and Sanaa, the Obama administration is sending strong signals that it expects Israel to jumpstart the peace process with a new initiative in coming weeks. 

  

United Nations Rolls Out the Red Carpet To Fete New Anti-Israel Movie - BENNY AVNI (The New York Sun)
“Although too schematic and unfocused to garner much critical support, it has the kind of direct simplicity that could reach out to historically challenged audiences – a category that includes most people – and politically minded festival juries,” wrote Deborah Young. 

Chechnya Mandates Female Dress Code (AP)

 
Where Is The Outcry Against Arab Apartheid? - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute) Lebanon, by the way, is not the only Arab country that officially applies Apartheid laws against Palestinians.

Ottawa Slams Israeli Apartheid Week (National Post-Canada) 

Anti-Israel Group Denounces Canada as "Apartheid State" - Richard Klagsbrun (National Post-Canada)

Gas Flow from Egypt to Israel Resumes - Amiram Barkat and Mira Awwad (Globes)

The Bahrain Situation: Media Clashes Between the Iranian-Shi'ite Camp and the Saudi-Sunni Camp - Y. Admon, L. Barkan, and A. Savyon (MEMRI)

Five air forces set to attack Libya. Qaddafi threatens reprisals in Europe and ME (DEBKAfile)

Taming Chaos with a Personal Plan - Scott Stewart (is republished with permission of Stratfor)

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As March 14 Approaches, Tensions Rise in Lebanon - E. Picali (MEMRI)

Compelling Testimony, Political Theater at Radicalization Hearing (IPT News)

He wondered why a conversation about radicalization among Muslims like his own son generated so much angst. "It seems to me that the American people are sitting around and doing nothing about Islamic extremism, as if Carlos's story and the other stories told at these hearings aren't true. There is a big elephant in the room, but our society continues not to see it."

Next Panel Must Hear Activists - Abdur-Rahman Muhammad (IPT News) 

As American Muslims, in our own quiet spaces, we all recognize that there is a problem, a very serious one at that. Rep. Peter King made it quite clear from the beginning when he said, "The overwhelming number of American Muslims are outstanding Americans".

Egyptian Company Won't Restore Natural Gas to Israel (JTA)

Bahrain and the Battle Between Iran and Saudi Arabia - George Friedman (Stratfor)

While crucial for the Libyan people and of some significance to the world’s oil markets, in our view, Libya is not the most important event in the Arab world at the moment. The demonstrations in Bahrain are, in my view, far more significant in their implications for the region and potentially for the world.

At the UN Human Rights Council, the Inmates Are Running the Asylum - Daniel Ayalon (Foreign Policy) The council recently released a lengthy report partly praising Libya's human rights record, and commending the Libyan regime for "the importance that the country attached to human rights." 

Now Syria Wants a Seat on the UN Human Rights Council - Claudia Rosett (PajamasMedia) We learn this not because the U.S. Mission to the UN has publicly flagged this outrage — they haven’t. We learn it because UN Watch in Geneva has been keeping an eye on the list of candidates, squirreled away several layers deep on the UN General Assembly web site.

 

On the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day -- What Are Feminists Doing About Honor Killings? -  Phyllis Chesler (Fox News) In my view, western academic feminists, including gay liberationists, are so afraid of being condemned as "colonialists" or "racists" that this fear trumps their concern for women's rights in the Arab and Muslim world.
 

China, Israel Pledge to Enhance Economic Cooperation (People's Daily-China)

Israeli Lecturer Attacked by Belfast Pro-Palestine Activists - Marcus Dysch (Jewish Chronicle-UK)

Al Jazeera’s Handy Twitter Dashboard to Keep Track of the Revolutions (New York Magazine)

British Special Forces Caught in Libya with Fake Passports (BBC News)
A British diplomatic team, including six soldiers believed to be SAS, has been freed two days after being detained in eastern Libya. Libyan security guards found they were carrying passports from at least four different nationalities.

Britain Expels Top Mossad Agent over "Intolerable" Passport Cloning (Times-UK, 23Mar10)

NGOs Collaborate on Israel Apartheid Week (NGO Monitor) Israeli Apartheid Week is part of an anti-Israel campaign to falsely label Israel as an "apartheid state" as part of a strategy devised at the 2001 UN Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.

It's Time for the Jews to Stand Up for Themselves - David Horowitz (FrontPage)

Chanted by students across America on university campuses:  "Death to Israel ! Death to America !" If we in America do not stand up for ourselves now, there will be no America tomorrow.

Facebook group advocating for Third Intifada attracts over 40,000 supporters (CIFWatch) Anyone interested in acting to prevent another deadly campaign of terror against Israelis should click on the link “Report Page”
This page now has over 75,000 members. 

Two Palestinians stab to death five members of Israeli family at Itamar, West Bank  (DEBKAfile)Palestinians armed with knives stabbed the mother, father and three of the children, aged, 11, three and a baby of a month in their sleep. Hamas websites hailed the murder as a "heroic operation."

Palestinian PM condemns murder of settler family (AlArabiya)

Pakistan's Jewish Problem - Tufail Ahmad (MEMRI) The new generations of Pakistani youth are being taught by the influential Urdu-language press that all major problems facing the society and state of Pakistan are created by Israel, the U.S., and India – or Jews, Christians, and Hindus respectively.
 
British Prime Minister Cameron: Israel Has a Right to Search Vessels Heading to Gaza - Jonny Paul (Jerusalem Post) British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to Israel. He told the Jewish community's Community Security Trust: "When rockets are being launched at Israeli citizens, and when children are in danger, Israel is within its rights to protect its people." "When over 100 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza in one year, Israel is within its rights to search vessels bringing cargo into Gaza." 

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Putting Women’s Rights Back on the Mideast Media Agenda - Pesach Benson (HonestReporting) - Video

Al-Qaida's online logistical team, the Fajr Media Center, has released the first issue of a new magazine created for female jihadists.(IntelTweet)  

Nigeria: Nigerian diplomats serving in Saudi Arabia said that large numbers of Nigerians are being trained at al Qaeda camps in Yemen. The diplomats said the collapse of the Yemeni government would pose a threat to Nigeria's security. (The Long War Journal) 

Israeli Song Becomes Accidental Theme Tune of Libyan Rebels -Tom Gross (Mideast Dispatch Archive) This has sparked a heated debate in Arabic among the talkback comments on YouTube about whether it is permissible to enjoy humor from an Israeli.

Clashes on Facebook Over Calls for Revolution in Qatar - L. Barkan (MEMRI)
Its organizers are protesting against the corruption rampant in the regime and the absence of real political and party life in Qatar, as well as the lack of coverage of Qatar's domestic affairs on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV. They also criticized the country's friendly relations with Israel and the U.S.

 

Differing viewpoints on the upheaval in the region:

My Optimism on the New Arab Revolt - Daniel Pipes (National Review) The revolts over the past two months have been largely constructive, patriotic, and open in spirit. Political extremism has been largely absent. The time has come to discard the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Bernard Lewis: Arab Upheaval a Mass Expression of Outrage Against Injustice - David Horovitz (Jerusalem Post) "The Arab masses certainly want change. And they want improvement. But when you say do they want democracy, that's...a political concept that has no history, no record whatever in the Arab, Islamic world."  

Little Hope of Democracy as Arab Despots Overthrown - Kevin Myers (Irish Independent) And so, just eight years on, the neo-con dream that prompted the invasion of Iraq is finally coming to pass with the collapse of the various Secular Arab Despotisms....Across the Western world, as massacre and oppression mark the last days of secular Arab despotisms, there is almost silence.