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Jpost Classic: A.M. Rosenthal foresaw Arab world unrest (2001 flashback)
jpost.com ^ | 1/31/11 | staff

Posted on 01/31/2011 1:12:52 PM PST by Nachum

A multimedia feature with classic audio excerpts from interviews with leading US, Israeli personalities over last two decades.

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JPost.com is happy to launch its new “JPost Classic” segment, a weekly multimedia feature showcasing classic audio excerpts from speeches and interviews with top thinkers and decision makers.

In this inaugural clip from 2001, the former New York Times executive editor and columnist, A.M. Rosenthal foresees the spectacle of angry protesters now unfolding from Tunisia to Egypt to Lebanon.

“Only in the Middle East have the Arab countries and other Muslim countries been strong enough—and the people weak enough—so that the despotism remained,” Rosenthal told interviewer Mordechai Twersky on Jerusalem Post Radio’s “Newsmakers” program. “I think that very soon it will be begin to occur ..

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arab; foresaw; rosenthal; unrest
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