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Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism YIISA NOW ACCEPTING POST-DOCTORATE & GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS YIISA SPECIAL EVENT YIISA LECTURE LECTURES OF INTEREST Wednesday, January 28th @ Noon REPORTS
President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: “We Will Defeat Those Who Induce Terror" The New Antisemitism
Iranian Support of Hamas A report from the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Israel Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center
ARTICLE OF INTEREST Europe Reimports Jew Hatred (Wall Street Journal) Yale University's Edward H. Kaplan and Charles A. Small are quoted in this column, in which the writer says, Jews around Europe are increasingly under attack since Israel decided two weeks ago to defend itself after years of rocket fire at its civilian population. There have been arson attempts on synagogues in Britain, Belgium and Germany.” IRAN
ANALYSIS: Obama plan to negotiate buys Iran time to complete nuclear program (Haaretz) Barack Obama's arrival in the White House substantially reduces the likelihood of Israel using military force to thwart Iran's nuclear program and accelerates the possibility that within a year the regime of ayatollahs will possess atomic bombs, according to the assessment of experts in Israel and the United States. Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue (Wall Street Journal) U.S. security and law-enforcement officials say they have fresh evidence of recent efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech weaponry, including long-range nuclear missiles. Iran renews efforts to supply Hamas (Jerusalem Post) According to the latest intelligence assessments, Iran, which was responsible for writing Hamas's military doctrine, has already launched an internal probe to determine how the plan it had created for Hamas failed to cause more IDF casualties. Ahmadinejad congratulates Mashaal on 'victory' (YNet) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has telephoned Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal and congratulated him on his "victory" in the battles against Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported Monday. MIDDLE EAST
Israel Scored a Tactical Victory (Wall Street Journal) The WSJ’s opinion piece reads, “Israel's political and military establishment thinks that Israel has re-established a reputation for invincibility tarnished in the 2006 war with Hezbollah.” EU leaders commit to deterring Hamas rearmament in Gaza (Haaretz) One day after Israel announced a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, six key European leaders on Sunday pledged to work to prevent Hamas from rearming. The commitments were offered both at the Sharm al-Sheikh summit in Egypt and at a meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Bin Laden urges jihad against Israel (AP) Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel and condemned Arab governments as allies of the Jewish state in a new message aimed at harnessing anger in the Mideast over the Gaza offensive. Egypt's Mubarak: Hamas invited Israeli offensive (Reuters) Egypt's president accused Hamas on Monday of inviting Israel's three-week offensive against Gaza by not extending their ceasefire when it expired last month. Blasting Holocaust Comparison (National Post) Columnist Michael Coren writes, “Since the beginning of the war against Zionist Coffee Human Rights Watch: White (phosphorous) lie (Jerusalem Post) Professor Gerald Steinberg writes, “Human Rights Watch is one of the most powerful organizations claiming to promote international morality and law, but along with Amnesty International and the United Nations, shares responsibility for the transformation of these principles into weapons aimed at Israel.” Jewish leaders object to Nazi imagery at rallies (Associated Press) The use of Nazi imagery at recent anti-Israel demonstrations across Europe has fanned the flames of anti-Semitism and incited violence against Jews, the head of Israel's Holocaust memorial said Monday. Protests against Israel's Gaza offensive have included signs and slogans comparing Israeli soldiers to German troops, the Gaza Strip to the Auschwitz death camp and the Jewish Star of David to the Nazi swastika. EUROPE Italian paper: Gazans say Hamas kept them in homes used by gunmen German, Polish ambassadors blast comparisons of Gaza campaign to Holocaust (International Herald Tribune) France - home to the largest Jewish and Muslim communities in Western Europe - has become something of a proving ground for the power of one of the world's most intractable conflicts to inflame passions well beyond the borders of Israel and the Palestinian territories. After Gaza: what’s behind 21st-century anti-Semitism? (Spiked) Anti-Israel sentiment is morphing into anti-Jewish sentiment, as more and more people project their disdain for the modern world on to ‘the Jew’. Antisemitic Incidents in France (Europe News) A Molotov cocktail was thrown last night at 01:30 AM [January 17] at the synagogue in Hayange near Thionville (Moselle), causing a fire. This was reported by the Jewish consistory in the department and the Jewish community in the city. Antisemitism on the rise in Britain More antisemitic attacks in Golders Green Lithuanian Jewish Leader Blasts Antisemitic Graffiti Attack (Easy Bourse) A Lithuanian Jewish leader Monday blasted a graffiti attack which combined antisemitism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calling it a ploy to sow tension in the Baltic state. NORTH AMERICA
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black-Jewish relationship (Hartford Examiner) Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Day is always received by the Jewish community as a time to engage in service, and a time to reflect on the relationship between our two cultures. Now, with the soon-to-be-inauguration of the U.S.’s first African-American president, a man highly supported by Jewish voters, Jews are anticipating a new chapter in these relations. Highland Park synagogue marks its own bit of civil rights history (Chicago Tribune) "I believe that the presence of Dr. King in our sanctuary 42 years ago was a significant benchmark in our history as a congregation," said Michael H. Ebner, 66, a longtime congregant ." U.S. Jews struggle to come to grips with Madoff Protests incite antisemitism? (Toronto Sun) The Canadian Jewish Congress wants the RCMP to investigate possible human rights violations after anti-Semitic slurs were heard at recent pro-Hamas rallies in Canada, including Toronto. Jewish organizations urge Turkish PM to address "antisemitism" Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism | ISPS | yiisa.program@yale.edu
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