Links November 12th to November 13th

Links from my del.icio.us account for November 12th through November 13th:

• Change has come ... to Jewish America - J Street starting to split American Zionists.


• Saudi Arabia Seeks U.N. Platform to Promote Pluralism Abroad - NYTimes.com - Saudi "religious tolerance" efforts: "Diplomats around the building noted that because the Saudi government recently donated $500 million to the World Food Program, no one was likely to confront it openly about domestic issues of religious freedom."


• Fox News chairman Ailes comes home, discusses Obama’s tasks - Vindy.com News - Local & Regional News - Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio - Fox News chairman and top Republican insider Roger Ailes: "“I defend the United States, Israel and the Constitution." In that order?


• The Kefaya movement: a case study of a grassroots reform initiative. - RAND monograph on Kifaya. [PDF]


• Egypt 'must stop' border shooting (BBC News) - "Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to stop shooting African migrants as they cross the country's border into Israel."


• FT.com / World - Secular candidate elected Jerusalem mayor - Nir Barkat elected on promises of settlement expansion.


• Arab Reform Bulletin - A Historic Opportunity for President-Elect Obama - Tips to Obama on US reform promotion in Egypt.


• LRB · Adam Shatz: Leaving Paradise - On Iraqi Jews, their lives in Baghdad and the Zionist movement's efforts to make them leave.

Comments

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When the Saudis champion "religious freedom," you know you're in for an Orwellian ride. Here's a critical op-ed about that effort, which notes that they are also trying to promote blasphemy laws: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1113/p09s02-coop.html