Tag Archives: Israel

05Jun/08

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פורסם ב- NRG חדשות

14/5/2007 

פיגוע נוסף על גבול השומרון, קסאם בשדרות ושימוע נוסף לנשיא הנבצר החזירו עד מהרה את החיים למסלולם, עוד לפני שצוותי הניקוי בתל-אביב סיימו את מלאכת החזרת כיכר רבין לקדמותה. גם הפוליטיקה, כך נראה, מאיימת לחזור למקומה, ולראייה, לבני כבר הסכימה “לעבוד במשותף” עם אולמרט כדי לקדם את התהליך המדיני. כותרות חדשות יתפסו את מקומן של הישנות, ואולי עד ה”וינוגרד הבא” ישאירו לנו קצת שקט של אחרי הסערה. 

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01Jun/08

Syria’s Spark of Opposition

 

By Nir Boms, 19th November 2007

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. In the aftermath of exiled Syrian opposition leader Farid Ghadry’s visit to Israel, support within Syria has noticeably increased for his Syrian Reform Party (RPS).

2. In order to prevent further promotion of Ghadry, rather than in their usual fashion ignoring his increase in popularity as a result of his visit to Israel, the Syrian regime has emulated policy stances that Ghadry has articulated.

3. RPS has also recently reported an increase in its membership and three more party ‘cells&rsquo have been created inside Syria. Dialogue with additional opposition groups has also intensified and new alliances formed.  As a result of this trip, the stirrings of opposition may yet indicate that there is both room and support for an alternative discourse in Syria and a challenge to the conventional wisdom that assumes the regime there is unshakeable. Continue reading

14May/08

Britainistan

The Labour party is nursing a viper.

By Erick Stakelbeck & Nir Boms

New antiterrorism measures proposed by Britain’s Labour government in late January – including curfews, electronic tagging, and house arrest for terror suspects – were a step in the right direction for a nation increasingly beset by radical Islamists.

The fact that British authorities have arrested dozens of suspected Islamic terrorists and terror sympathizers over the past year and thwarted several terrorist plots (including one which involved crashing airplanes into Heathrow Airport and London’s financial district) merely underscores Britain’s dubious position as al Qaeda’s leading European target.

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14May/08

Iranian Thought Police

We must keep channels of communication with Iranian people open

Nir Bums, Niv Lilian

Ignorance is power, wrote George Orwell in his book “1984” when describing the thought police that kept “bad” ideas away from good people. “Big Brother’s” modus operandi worked well throughout history in eliminating undesired ideas kept away from those who may make use of them. If no alternative exists to thought or faith, the one thought or faith that does exist would win out. Good morning Iran.  Continue reading