Copyright 2012 Jewish Policy Center Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:18 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jewish Policy Center :: Writings http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org mbrodsky@sitedomain (Jewish Policy Center) webmaster@sitedomain en-us http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/02/russia-supports-its-ally-syria-you-got-a-problem Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:30:16 EST Before a UN Security Council meeting to discuss a draft resolution demanding that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad step down, a senior Russian diplomat called it a "path to civil war." The civil war is here, in part because the Russians are providing http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/02/hariri-murder-suspects-to-be-tried-in-absentia Thu, 2 Feb 2012 13:18:57 EST The UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), based in the Netherlands, will try four Hezbollah suspects in absentia for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, hopefully in 2012. The tribunal came to this conclusion as a last http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2747/no-more-peace-talks-please Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST The current round of Israeli-Palestinian meetings in Jordan ended with a Palestinian decision to leave. "The Israelis brought nothing new in these meetings," said one official, without bothering to note the obvious — neither did the Palestinians. The http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/02/iran-launches-hispantv Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:46:09 EST Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV this week, a Spanish satellite television channel that will broadcast news, documentaries, and Iranian films 24 hours a day via cable or Internet, allowing viewers to watch from http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2740/wrong-assumptions-on-syria Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST Conventional wisdom in Washington and in European capitals is that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Asad is doomed. The protests that have spread across the country since March of 2011 and claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people appear to be http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/netanyahu-facebooks-the-arab-world Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:13:00 EST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent an unprecedented 30 minutes on live Facebook chat this past Monday in an attempt to use the social media site as a tool to help eradicate stereotypes of both his character and of Israel. Ofir Gendelman, the http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/the-syrian-tragedy Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:38:00 EST Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby arrived in New York on Monday, two days after the League suspended its mission to Syria due to "critical" conditions and rising violence in the country. El-Araby will deliver the mission's findings to the UN http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/mid-east-hackers-declare-cyber-war Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:01:00 EST A group of Israeli hackers calling themselves "IDF Team" brought down several Iranian websites Thursday in the latest chapter of the Middle East's cyber war. Sites affected include Iran's Press TV and the websites of the Ministry of Health and Medical http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2736/israel-and-the-us-perspectives-on-iran-at-odds Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST The kerfuffle over the postponement of the highly touted "Austere Challenge 12" joint US-Israel military exercise is over.  Officials in both countries are now on the same page:  it was a "joint decision" having nothing to do with finances, Iran or http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/hope-and-change-in-the-middle-east Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:00 EST In his State of the Union address, President Obama used the allusion that the tide of war is receding in the Middle East, suggesting that the U.S. has strengthened its position in that vital and volatile part of the world. He is wrong. The United States http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/bahrain-fisters-clash-with-police Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:49:00 EST A moderate cleric in Bahrain inspired the country's Shia youth to take up arms on Tuesday, leaving at least one dead and dozens injured. In a sermon, Sheikh Isa Qassim proclaimed, "Whoever you see abusing a woman, crush him" and "Let us die for our honor http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2732/as-the-brotherhood-takes-office-can-we-keep-faith Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST The Egyptian Parliament re-opened this week with the Muslim Brotherhood in charge and the Salafists in second place. Googling liberals were far behind. It is not surprising as the vast majority of Egyptians are rural, poor, and religious, but since http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/changes-in-hamas Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:41:43 EST Hamas is holding meetings with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-most active Palestinian Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip, to discuss the idea of merging the two factions, sources on both sides revealed last week. According to PIJ http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/egypt-islamist-led-parliament-sworn-in Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:45:00 EST Egypt's parliament convened for its first post-Mubarak session on Monday nearly two months after the country first went to the polls and overwhelmingly voted Islamists into the assembly. One of the parliament's first accomplished tasks was selecting a http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2012/01/hezbollah-global-reach Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:17:45 EST Last Friday, Thai authorities arrested a Lebanese native with Swedish citizenship, identified as Atris Hussein, suspected of being involved in the Hezbollah terror group and planning an attack. The arrest came after Israel and the U.S. informed Bangkok