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Rights and Refugees

Rights and Refugees

A Muslim Edict Recognizes Israel and Rejects the Palestinian Right of Return A resurrected 50-year-old Fatwa offers a chance of a religious modus vivendi. It recognizes Israel as a fait accompli similar to other lands where Moslems formerly ruled. Nir Boms (10/23/2007) A Fatwa, a Muslim religious ruling, generally crops...

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May 8, 2008
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Hamas’ Weakness: Its Wallet

Hamas’ Weakness: Its Wallet

By Elliot Chodoff and Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | March 3, 2006 Hamas' ascent to power in the Palestinian Authority has thrown Western policy into a quandary.  Having touted the great advantages of democracy and the having spent millions on democratization, Western leaders are faced with Islamist victories at the polls.  The recent...

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May 8, 2008
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Mixed Signals

Mixed Signals

April 06, 2004, 8:54 a.m. A good guy gets turned away. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck On April 1, following a lengthy probe, the European Union concluded that funds it provided to the Palestinian Authority between 2000 and 2002 had not been used to finance terrorist attacks against Israel....

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May 8, 2008
5 Min Read
The Lebanese Test

The Lebanese Test

By Nir Boms and Leon Saltiel FrontPageMagazine.com | September 7, 2006 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan seemed particularly satisfied at the press conference in Brussels when the foreign ministers of the 25 European Union member states committed to contribute more that half of the 15,000 soldiers of the revamped UN...

By Nir Boms
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May 7, 2008
4 Min Read
Out of Lebanon

Out of Lebanon

March 01, 2005, 7:45 a.m. Ending Syrian control could change the Middle East - but it won't be easy. By Nir Boms and Aaron Mannes The car bomb that assassinated former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri rocked Beirut, but the political aftershocks could shake the entire region. The assassination has...

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May 7, 2008
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Civil War on the Basketball Court

Civil War on the Basketball Court

By Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | July 14, 2003 A few days ago, in the Fuad Shehab basketball stadium of suburban Beirut, the national basketball championship game was played between the two leading Lebanese teams: La Sagesse and Al Riyadi.  Unlike many other sports, basketball is of the few that has...

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May 7, 2008
6 Min Read
Intolerance in Egypt

Intolerance in Egypt

By Nir Boms Published July 5, 2006 Last week, Egypt's minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, announced the latest measure in the war against intolerance in Egypt: a total ban on "The Da Vinci Code" -- both the best-selling book and the hit film currently showing in theaters worldwide.  In a...

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May 6, 2008
4 Min Read
Egypt’s New ‘Democracy’

Egypt’s New ‘Democracy’

  By Nir Boms/ Michael Meunier Published November 21, 2005 Barely a month following President Hosni Mubarak's predictable re-election, Egypt finds itself in full campaign mode again. The results of the first round of the parliamentary elections were just published, confirming a considerable gain in power for candidates affiliated with...

By Nir Boms
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May 6, 2008
5 Min Read
Egypt’s Presidential Elections

Egypt’s Presidential Elections

  1/28/2005 By Nir Boms and Aaron Mannes With international attention focused on the Palestinian and Iraqi elections, the October presidential referendum in Egypt will be little more than a re-inauguration for President Hosni Mubarak, who seeks to regain the presidency for the fifth time and to pave the way...

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May 6, 2008
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Reforms, Freedom in Egypt

Reforms, Freedom in Egypt

By Nir Boms and Michael Meunier Published November 4, 2004 Egypt has gone through 26 years of single-party rule, during which unemployment has risen to 25 percent. Regime opponents have been jailed, and many promises of political reform have been consistently ignored. Nearly everyone -- the United States, Egyptian opposition,...

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May 6, 2008
6 Min Read

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