When in doubt, blame the Joooooooooos. Don't even think of printing cartoons depicting anything evoking the truth about Islam, but the Jews are fair game and the band plays on.
Arab press more anti-Semitic than ever
The Muhammad cartoon controversy greatly increased the amount of anti-Semitic
material in Arab and Muslim newspapers , according to a report issued by the Anti-Defamation League over the weekend.
The report highlighted cartoons and opinion pieces that demonized Jews, Israel and the Holocaust in media across the Arab world and in Iran.
The publications cited depicted Jews in "outrageous and deeply anti-Semitic caricatures and themes, including anti-Semitic conspiracy theories of Jews plotting to control US foreign policy and dominate the world," the report said.
For example, in the government daily Al-Ittihad from the United Arab Emirates, a cartoon of a Jew holding the world at bay with a gun labeled "the Holocaust" was published on January 24. And, in an apparent reference to the Muhammad cartoons, on February 16 the Bahraini Akhbar al-Khalij ran a picture of an inkpot marked with a Star of David accompanied by a pen writing "cartoons harming Allah's messenger."
While anti-Semitic tropes have long filled the Arab media, ADL Israel office spokesman Arieh O'Sullivan said the intensity of such material "skyrocketed" when Muslim rage exploded over the controversial Muhammad depictions carried in the Danish press and elsewhere.
Why won't they let the Jew be?Cartoon credit: Anti-Semitic cartoon posted on the Arab European League Web site.Photo: Reprinted from http://www.arabeuropean.org.
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What Can Israel Teach America in Fighting the War on Terrorism?
Avi Dichter and Daniel L. Byman of the Brookings Institute say the answer is plenty. In their report, Israel's Lessons for Fighting Terrorists and their Implications for the United States, the authors cover such topics as coercing passive governments (such as Saudi Arabia pre-9/11 and Pakistan today), the need for both offense and defense, and a good bit on targeted killings and why the U.S. should limit them as much as possible for both strategic and public relations reasons. Finally, they sum the thing up with their principles of counterterrorism and some of the best maps of the Israeli security fence and Gaza that we've seen in quite some time.
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