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The Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism
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Volume 3 No. 15
27 November 2009

SAVE THE DATE
Friday, April 3rd from 10:00am – 5:00pm
“A YIISA Symposium on Antisemitism:  Understanding Facets of Contemporary Antisemitism”
Featuring:      Clemens Heni, YIISA Post-Doctorate Researcher; Ben Herzog, YIISA Graduate Fellow; Joshua Kaplan, YIISA Post-Doctorate Researcher; Cosmina Paul, YIISA Graduate Fellow; Anat Plocker, YIISA Post Graduate Researcher; Annette Seidel-Arpaci, YIISA Post-Doctorate Researcher; Idit Shalev, YIISA Post-Doctorate Researcher

YIISA LECTURE
Thursday, March 5th @ 4:15pm
“Western Culture, The Holocaust, and the Persistence of Antisemitism”
Location:        Linsly-Chittenden, 63 High Street, Room 211
Speaker:         Dr. Catherine Chatterley, Professor, Department of History, University of Winnipeg

LECTURES OF INTEREST
Friday, February 27th @ 4:15pm
“Al-Ghazali’s Collection of Persian Letters – An Important Document of Islamic Literature”
Luce Hall, Room 203, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Speaker:         Frank Griffel, Associate Chair, Yale Council on Middle East Studies
Sponsor:         Council on Middle East Studies
Contact:         John Hartley – john.hartley@yale.edu 
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Monday, March 2nd @ 8:00pm
“What Are You Willing to Do to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?”
Davenport College Common Room, 248 York Street
Speaker:         Panel Discussion with One Voice:  Israeli & Palestinian Youth
Leaders
Sponsors:       Yale Friends of Israel; The Arab Students Association; Davenport
College
Contact:         Benjamin Alter – Benjamin.alter@yale.edu

Tuesday, March 3rd @ 12:00 Noon
“Mobilized Diasporas:  Arab & Jews in American Politics”
8 Prospect Place, Room 119
Speaker:         Kenneth D. Wald, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
Discussant:     Angelika Schlanger, Department of Political Science
Sponsor:         The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics, & Society
Contact:         Ates Altinordu – ates.altinordu@yale.edu
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Wednesday, March 4th @ Noon
“Peace Process in the Middle East”
ISPS, Room A-001, 77 Prospect Street
Speaker:         Ayman Abdel Nour
Sponsor:         Council on Middle East Studies
Contact:         Felisa Baynes – felisa.baynes@yale.edu
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SPECIAL ARTICLES OF INTEREST

The London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism
“We, Representatives of our respective Parliaments from across the world, convening in London for the founding Conference and Summit of the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, draw the democratic world's attention to the resurgence of antisemitism as a potent force in politics, international affairs and society.”
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Brown signs declaration against antisemitism
(JTA) Britain’s prime minister became the first world leader to sign the London Declaration on combating antisemitism.
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Fraud Case Shakes a Billionaire’s Caribbean Realm
(NY Times) Today, Robert Allen Stanford dominates so many aspects of life on this sun-drenched Caribbean island that some have taken to calling it “Stanford Land.” This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Stanford International of orchestrating a huge fraud that may have bilked investors of some $8 billion that regulators say cannot be accounted for.
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Please also see a letter by L. Benenson to the NY Times, an attachment to this newsletter

Obama’s Intelligence Choice
(Wall Street Journal) It now appears Mr. Obama has appointed a highly controversial figure to head the National Intelligence Council, which is responsible for producing National Intelligence Estimates. The news Web site Politico.com yesterday reported that it could confirm rumors that a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Charles "Chas" Freeman Jr., has been appointed chairman.
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IRAN

Teheran: Ross influenced by Israel
(Jerusalem Post) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's appointment of Dennis Ross as her special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia signals there will be no change in Washington's policy toward Teheran, Iran said.
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Iran is the Real Issue for Israel and America in Middle East
(US News and Report) We should keep the Iranian proverb firmly in mind when we hear, as we do now, that some kind of dialogue is opening up between the Obama administration and Iran.
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Nuclear Iran? Decision time is here
(Financial Times) Barack Obama’s foreign policy team knew that sooner or later they would face a crisis over Iran. Unfortunately for the new US president, the crisis is already upon them.
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Atomic Ayatollahs
(NY Post) The Obama administration has put plans for our missile-defense system in Eastern Europe under review - even as fresh signs pop up that Iran is closing in on nuclear and ICBM capabilities.
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Iran's nuke chief to announce 'good news' in April
(YNet) Iran's nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said "good news" regarding Iran's nuclear plan will be announced on April 9, Iranian news agency Mehr reported.
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'Reactor highlights world's failure'
(Jerusalem Post) The activation of the Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran demonstrates the international community's failure to stop the Islamic republic and the possibility that it will obtain a nuclear weapon, senior defense officials said.
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Yes, We Should Worry About Iran's Satellite
(Wall Street Journal) When Iran successfully orbited its Omid satellite earlier this month, many in the U.S. responded with indifference. Such equanimity is entirely unwarranted.
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Livni: Iran arms trading 'one of the main problems' in Mideast
(Haaretz) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni hosted her Cypriot counterpart, Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, in Jerusalem for talks which centered on the Iranian arms-laden ship which was destined for Syria and was detained by authorities in Cyprus.
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The Iranian Gambit in Gaza
(Commentary Magazine) The Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip that began in late December has focused the world’s attention on the conflict between the Jewish state and the armed cadres of the Palestinian terror faction Hamas. Yet the media coverage has, for the most part, failed to provide an accurate picture of the larger geopolitical confrontation in Gaza.
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Tougher EU sanctions loom for Iran
(Jerusalem Post) A German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday that France, Britain and Germany - the EU-3 - are "considering further sanctions" against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Iran assuming Mughniyeh role inside Hezbollah
(Haaretz) Iran has been increasing its involvement and control over Hezbollah's operations since terror operations head Imad Mughniyeh was killed a year ago.
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Don't turn Iran's Jews into a political football
(Jerusalem Post) Are 25,000 Jews living happily and securely under the most repressive and anti-Semitic regime in the world? Apparently the answer is yes, if one is to believe New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, who in a February 23 op-ed reports that what he saw recently in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Iran demonstrated "Iranian civility toward Jews."
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Roger Cohen's Very Happy Visit with Iran's Jews
(The Atlantic) Jeffrey Goldberg says Roger Cohen’s observation of the warmth and hospitality he received in Iran is irrelevant to the country’s politics, or to their beliefs about what should happen to the Jewish state and its supporters.
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MIDDLE EAST

U.S. Officials Outraged at U.N. Over Hamas Letter to Obama
(Fox News) U.S. officials are furious with the United Nations for its role in Hamas' attempt to enlist U.S. Sen. John Kerry to transfer a letter from the Palestinian militant group to President Obama during Kerry's trip to the Middle East.
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Downplaying Hamas
(City Journal) “Whenever Israel responds to terrorist attacks, it can rely on international bureaucrats, liberal politicians, and humanitarian aid groups to criticize the Jewish state for its “disproportionate” response.”
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Al Qaeda's Zawahri tells Hamas don't accept truce
(Reuters) Al Qaeda's second-in-command urged Palestinians in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip not to succumb to Arab pressure for a truce with Israel and vowed to support fighting against the Jewish state.
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Hamas sentences accused Israel collaborator death by firing squad
(Haaretz) A military court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Sunday sentenced a man to death by firing squad for allegedly collaborating with Israel.
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Kadhafi says Israel not Beshir to blame for Darfur
(AFP) Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi demanded Tuesday that any international legal proceedings against Omar al-Beshir be halted immediately, charging that it was Israel and not the Sudanese president who was to blame for the Darfur conflict.
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The president of Africa
(Foreign Policy) If U.S. President Barack Obama does not want Qaddafi to undermine counterterrorism and human rights initiatives in the region, he would do well to keep watch of the mercurial Libyan leader's continental ambitions.
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Bahrain's crown prince: Britain is too pro-Israel
(Haartez) The crown prince of Bahrain said on Monday Britain was too pro-Israel in its outlook, but its contribution to the Middle East peace process was still needed.
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Dubai forced to pay heavy price for Shahar Peer visa dispute
(Times) Stung by the intensity of the international disgust at the treatment of Shahar Peer, the world No 45 from Israel, by the Dubai tennis authorities, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour levied an unprecedented series of penalties against the event.
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Player withdrawals hit next week's men's Dubai tennis tournament
(Canadian Press) The Dubai Tennis Championships will start next week without five of the top seven men's players scheduled to compete at the ATP Tour event, mostly because of injuries.
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EUROPE

Identity Crisis: Muslims in Europe
(JTA) Special coverage, including the articles, “The Making of Islamic Terrorists,” “Can Britain de-program the radicalism of its Muslim population?” and “Politics and power: The Muslim factor in European politics.”
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Durban II draft document 'getting worse'
(Jerusalem Post) The draft document for the United Nations anti-racism conference, dubbed Durban II, is problematic both for Israel and western democracies in general, Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Roni Leshno Yaar said.
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The Obama Administration Sacrifices Israel
(Forbes) Commentary: The Obama administration's decision to join the planning of the U.N.'s Durban II "anti-racism" conference has just taken a new twist: cover-up.
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Britain and Italy threaten to drop out of Durban II
(Jewish Community Online) Britain and Italy could join Canada and Israel in refusing to attend the Durban II Review Conference in April unless they receive cast-iron guarantees that it will not turn into an antisemitic, anti-Israel arena of hate.
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British Government calls summit over rising antisemitism
(Religious Intelligence) Antisemitism has become such a problem that the Foreign Office welcomed nearly 100 legislators from 35 countries to a conference this week aimed at tackling the issue.
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University College London students to vote on anti-Israel motion just before Shabbat
(Jerusalem Post) The student union at one of London's most prestigious universities has angered Jewish students by deciding to begin its annual general meeting shortly before Shabbat.
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Turkish anti-Israel mini-series aired
(Jerusalem Post) A new Turkish television miniseries being broadcast throughout the Arab world depicts Israel supporting the Turkish mafia to spread prostitution and drugs throughout the country.
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Hatred is turning me into a Jew
(Jewish Community Online) The more the British Left indulges antisemitism, the more kosher I feel
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Muslim-Jewish ties: Trying to talk, not fight, in one Paris neighborhood
(Jewish Journal) Among Jews, says Rabbi Michel Bouskila, who heads the district’s Jewish Community Council, “there is still fear because they are more often the victims of street violence. But there are fears from Muslims, as well. When a Muslim boy walks alone by a group of Jewish youth, he’ll be a little scared.”
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French cartoonist acquitted on antisemitism charges
(JTA) A major figure in French satire, cartoonist Maurice Sinet, was acquitted of spreading antisemitism.
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Antisemitic Incitement Against Jewish Mayor Revs Up in Ukraine
(Israel Nation News) A Ukrainian city council member has kicked off an intense antisemitic campaign against Vladimir Vasilevitch Saldah, the Jewish mayor of Kherson.
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'Dirty Jew' chanters not punished
(Dutch News) There will be no punishment for the Feyenoord football supporters who shouted 'dirty Jew' and 'gas him' at Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb last Saturday, says Wednesday's AD.
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German mayoral candidate calls for anti-Israel boycott
(Jerusalem Post) A candidate for mayor of Duisburg, a German city with some 500,000 residents in North Rhine-Westphalia state, is promoting a campaign to boycott Israeli merchandise.
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Munich court sentences Holocaust denying neo-Nazi to six years in prison
(Haaretz) A founding member of a left-wing terrorist group turned neo-Nazi was convicted in Munich of Holocaust denial and sentenced to six years in prison.
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NORTH AMERICA

Elie Wiesel Attacks Pope Over Holocaust Bishop
(Algemeiner) Pope Benedict has given credence to “the most vulgar aspect of anti-Semitism” by rehabilitating a Holocaust-denying bishop, said Elie Wiesel, the death camp survivor, author and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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O’Malley meets Jews over Holocaust flap
(Boston) Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley met yesterday afternoon with about 20 Jewish community leaders in Boston to discuss concerns over the Vatican's decision to lift the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson, the traditionalist prelate who denies that the Nazis used gas chambers to kill Jews during World War II.
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Ex-Lobbyists in U.S. Case of Espionage Win a Round
(NY Times) A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of two former lobbyists for a pro-Israeli advocacy group in deciding how much classified information they may use in their defense on espionage charges.
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Nazis’ ‘Terrible Weapon,’ Aimed at Minds and Hearts
(NY Times) The most haunting image in “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda,” a major new exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum here, may be the first one you see after the introductory videos.
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Ken Coates: Standing with the Jews
(National Post) “There is a grave and serious sadness among Jewish people in Canada and abroad.  The mounting criticism of Israel, much of unjustified and often leaning toward anti-Semitic attacks, focuses on Gaza and the bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas.”
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Michael Howard Jacobson: Let’s see the 'criticism' of Israel for what it really is
(Independent) Commentary: “Emotions have run high over recent events in Gaza. And in this impassioned and searching essay, our writer argues that just below the surface runs a vicious strain of ancient prejudice.”
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Anti-Israel is new antisemitism
(Examiner) Maayan Jaffe writes, “Antisemitism is getting pretty scary.”
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Canada assumes leadership role at antisemitism summit
(Canadian Jewish News) At last Tuesday’s first-ever Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, the 12-person Canadian delegation, led by Jason Kenney, minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, reaffirmed Canada’s firm support of Israel.
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CUPE union votes for academic boycott of Israel
(The Star) University workers in the Canadian Union of Public Employees have passed a controversial motion calling for an academic boycott of Israel, and union members from at least one Toronto university are planning to pressure their school to cut any financial ties with the country.
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FSWC responds to CUPE resolution
(MSNBC) Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) is disheartened by the passing of the CUPE resolution supporting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.
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Decision to divest draws charges of antisemitism at Hampshire
(Boston) Hampshire College has categorically denied that its recent decision to divest from a mutual fund was motivated by the fund's ties to Israel. Still, critics continue to denounce the move.
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Hate Speech At San Francisco State University
(American Thinker) San Francisco State University is not far behind in the ignoble way it has enabled its Muslim students' organizations to create a veritable reign of terror on campus against Jewish and pro-Israel students.
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MISCELLANEOUS

Antisemitism makes it to China?
(YNet) Who's to blame for the current global financial crisis? According to a bestselling book in China, which is leading the sales charts in the country, the answer is clear: The Jews.
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Smith should avoid racist conference
(The Australian) The 120th anniversary of Hitler's birth falls on April 20, which coincidentally is the day nations will gather in Geneva under the banner of the UN to discuss ways of dealing with the growth of racism.
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Weekly Quotes (Source Canadian Institute for Jewish Research)

“It’s worse than we thought. It's alarming that the actual production was underreported by a third.” —Gary Milhollin, the director of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, commenting on the recent International Atomic Energy Agency report which stated that UN inspectors have uncovered some 200kg of low-enriched uranium that Iran had failed to declare. Iran now possess 1000kg of fissile material. Meanwhile, Iranian and Russian technicians have successfully tested Iran’s first nuclear power plant. (Jerusalem Post, Feb. 20; Washington Post, Feb. 25)

“We in Canada…see the growth of a new antisemitism, the antisemitism predicated on the notion that the Jews alone have no right to a homeland.… And in that sense anti-Zionism is antisemitism. Our government clearly understands this….
“[O]ur government takes a zero tolerance approach to expressions of antisemitism in the public square. There are organisations in Canada, as in Britain, that receive their share of media attention and public notoriety, but who at the same time as expressing hateful sentiments expect to be treated as respectable interlocutors in the public discourse. I think, for example, of the president of an organisation called the Canadian Islamic Congress, Mohamed Elmasry, who notoriously said three years ago on live television that all Israelis over the age of 18 can legitimately be killed…. I think as well of the leader of the Canadian Arab Federation, who notoriously circulated an e-mail when my colleague, our shadow Foreign Minister, Bob Rae, was running for the leadership of his party, calling on people to vote against Mr. Rae because of Arlene Perly Rae’s involvement in Canada’s Jewish community. The same individual…just last week circulated…videos which include propaganda, including the inculcation to hatred, of children by organisations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

“These and other organisations are free within the confines of our law and consistent with our traditions of freedom of expression, to speak their mind, but they should not expect to receive resources from the state….” —Canadian n Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, addressing the London Conference on Combating Antisemitism. A declaration pledging to combat antisemitism was signed on behalf of all participating nations. (National Post, Feb. 18)

“What these men intended to bring about was a violent and deadly statement of intent that would have truly global impact. It is the crown's case that these men were actively engaged in a most deadly plan designed to bring about what would have been, if they had been successful, a civilian death toll from an act of terrorism on an almost unprecedented scale.” —British prosecutor Peter Wright, in opening statements at the trial of  British Islamic terrorists who plotted to simultaneously blow up eight transatlantic airliners, using liquid explosives hidden in soft drink bottles. Police found martyrdom videos recorded by six of the men, warning non-believers of retaliation for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. “This is revenge for the acts of the U.S.A. in the Muslim lands and their accomplices such as the British and the Jews, were the recorded words of one of the alleged terrorists, Umar Islam. (Canwest, Feb. 18)

“Why do we have to hold President Bashir or the Sudanese government responsible when the Darfur problem was caused by outside parties, and Tel Aviv (Israel), for example, is behind the Darfur crisis?” —Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the current African Union president, claiming that Israel and the Jews are responsible for the continuing conflict in Darfur. “It is not a secret. We have found evidence proving clearly that foreign forces are behind the Darfur problem and are fanning its fire. We discovered that some of the main leaders of the Darfur rebels have opened offices in Tel Aviv and hold meetings with the military there to add fuel to the conflict fire.” (Jerusalem Post, Feb. 24)

“We adhere strongly to the principle of freedom of speech and support healthy debate. We also encourage members of the university to undertake such debate in a spirit of mutual respect. It is important that people feel able to express their views, and it is important that individuals and groups feel free from misrepresentation and harassment. In this specific case, we are mindful of the sensitivities and will respond to the concerns of individuals or groups if they believe their rights or university regulations and codes of practice are being infringed.” —Statement issued by the University of York, explaining why the British university would not be disciplining Andrew Collingwood for posting an antisemitic photograph on a Facebook. “We are not here to defend Andrew Collingwood's position and have not done so. We do not see that as our role. It did seem to us that some people would find the picture offensive. As soon as we pointed this out to him, he took the picture off the Web site,” read the statement. (Jerusalem Post, Feb. 25)
 
SHORT TAKES
EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS MEET HAMAS—(London) British daily The Independent reported that two French senators met in Syria with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who said “the Palestinian Authority no longer represents anything” . The paper also reported that two UK parliamentarians met with Hamas’ Osama Hamdan in Lebanon, as had MP from Sweden, the Netherlands, and three other Western European countries. Meanwhile Prime Minister Ehud Olmert withdrew Israel’s top negotiator from talks in Egypt for publicly criticizing the. Last week, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner criticized Israel’s policy that the return of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit must occur before Israel opens the border crossings to the Gaza Strip. (Jer. Post, Feb. 19; Haaretz, Feb.20; Washington Post, Feb. 24)
 
U.S. OFFERS $900 MILLION TO GAZA—(Washington) After the U.S. announced an $85 million aid package to Palestinians through the UNRWA in December, the Obama administration announced this week that it plans to send $900 million to rebuild Gaza. Maintaining that Hamas is a terrorist organisation, an official said the funds would be funnelled through NGOs and not to Hamas. (New York Times, Feb. 24)
 
JEWISH YEMENITE FAMILY IN ISRAEL AFTER SECRET RESCUE—(Tel Aviv) After a covert extraction operation carried out by the Jewish Agency, the Ben Israel family of Raida, Yemen is now set to formally immigrate to Israel. The family of ten had suffered antisemitic attacks, repeated death threats and a grenade attack on their home. There are approximately 280 Jews remaining in Yemen today. (Haaretz, Feb. 19)
 
VIRTUAL JIHADIST ON TRIAL IN QUEBEC—(Quebec) Quebec resident Saïd Namouh is currently on trial for several terror-related charges ranging from promoting al Qaeda and international jihad on the Internet to plotting a Vienna bombing. According to testimony, Ashraf, his online handle, was one of seventy-three members of the Khidemat forum for the Global Islamic Media Front, distributing instructions for making a suicide vests, videos of journalist Alan Johnston’s kidnapping, threats against Germany and Austria. (Globe and Mail, February 18)
 
ISLAMISTS KILL PEACEKEEPERS IN SOMALIA—(Mogadishu) Two suicide attackers fired mortars at an African Union housing compound in Mogadishu this week, before blowing themselves up, one in a vehicle packed with explosives. Eleven Burundian peacekeepers were killed. This is the deadliest attack on the African Union there. The Shabab, one of several Islamist terrorist group battling for control of Somalia, claimed responsibility for the attack. (New York Times, Feb. 23)
 
U.S. LOSES APPEAL IN AIPAC CASE—(Jerusalem)On February 24 the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, rejected the U.S. Government prosecutors’ attempt to overturn a ruling by federal judge T.S. Ellis II’s 2006. Because of this ruling, the onus is now on the U.S. Government must prove that the information relayed by AIPAC’s Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman to journalists, Israeli diplomats, and colleagues was classified and damaging to American interests. The trial, initially set for 2005, is scheduled to resume on April 21, 2009. (Jer. Post, Feb. 25)
 
GERMAN OFFICER FROM THE PIANIST A RIGHTEOUS GENTILE—(Jerusalem) Wilm Hosenfeld, a German officer who, while stationed in Poland during World War II, interrogated prisoners during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, has been recognised as a Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum. Hosenfeld sheltered two Jews during the war, Leon Wurm and Wladyslaw Szpilman—the latter being the inspiration for Roman Polanski’s 2002 film The Pianist. Both men testified on behalf of Hosenfeld and this testimony was presented to Yad Vashem. Hosenfeld was arrested by the Soviets and sentenced to life imprisonment. Though his sentence was commuted to 25 years, he died in Soviet prison in 1952. (Jer. Post, Feb. 16)
 
NAZI STOLEN ART RETURNED—(Berlin) A German court ruled last week that a Jewish man in Florida is the rightful owner of a rare poster that the Gestapo seized from his father in 1938. The Nazis stole 12,500 posters, now worth at least €4.5 million, from the home of Hans Sachs. The ruling enables Peter Sachs to make claims on the surviving portion of his father’s collection of 4,000 posters at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. (International Herald Tribune, February 10)
 
ARGENTINA DEPORTS HOLOCAUST-DENYING BISHOP—(Buenos Aires) The Argentinean government said it ordered bishop Richard Williamson out of the country because he had failed to declare his true job as director of a seminary and because his comments on the Holocaust “profoundly insult Argentine society, the Jewish community and all of humanity by denying an historic truth.” Williamson, who has claimed that at most 300,000 Jews died during the Holocaust and that the gas chambers did not exist, is a member of the Society of St. Pius X, which maintains that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus and rejects the Catholic Church’s Vatican II reforms. (Jer. Post, Feb. 20)