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Mordechai Kedar in al-Jazeera about Jerusalem & Islam
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mkedar@mail.biu.ac.il Dr. Mordechai Kedar of Bar-Ilan University defends the Jewishness of Jerusalem, the Jewish capital for over 3000 years. He also defends the right of Israelis to settle in Judea and Samaria, the West Bank.
Gil Ronen
"We were here when your forefathers were drinking wine, burying their daughters alive and worshipping idols" -- this was just one of Bar Ilan University political scientist Dr. Mordechai Kedar's ripostes to questions by an Al Jazeera interviewer two weeks ago, in an interview that has received rave reviews from Israel-lovers the world over for its forcefulness. "They did not expect me to take the discussion to history and especially not to religion," Kedar told Israel National News. But discuss religion he did in the above video, reminding his interviewer that Jerusalem was not mentioned even once in the Koran and saying directly in fluent Arabic that "Jerusalem is not on the negotiating table," and that "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, period."
"This was very aggravating" for the Al-Jazeera interviewer, Kedar explained, "because in the Islamic view, Islam came into the world to replace Judaism and Christianity, not to live side by side with them. And here, all of a sudden, the Jews are coming from exile and building their state again and G-d forbid they also regained Jerusalem." Judaism is thus regaining its meaning, and Islam is challenged by this, the Bar-Ilan professor explained. "The mere existence of the State of Israel and the fact that we are in Jerusalem is some kind of challenge to the legitimacy of Islam in their eyes," Kedar explained.
"This is not pro-Israel public relations," Dr. Kedar told Israel National News. "This is a battle for the Arab heart, which Israel is apparently losing because Israel gave up on the main tool which should have served it, which is an independent Israeli Zionist satellite channel in Arabic." Many Arabs, he said, would consider changing their views if such a channel were available. |
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Gaza's Obama campaign
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While US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads rival Hillary Clinton in the polls, Palestinians in Gaza are launching their own attempt to boost his campaign. |
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Robert Mugabe speaks to Al Jazeera - 25 Mar 08
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In the lead-up to Zimbabwe's presidential elections, Robert Mugabe, the president, speaks to Supa Mandiwanzira at a election rally.
He expresses his confidence of an electoral victory, and his insistence that the ruling Zanu-PF party is doing all it can to revive the country's failing economy. |
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Tibet riots -15 March 08
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The uprising that began in Lhasa is now reported to have killed at least 10 people. China has poured military onto the streets of the Tibetan capital and more details are starting to emerge about the situation. Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabaari pieces together the story so far. |
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US footage of confrontation in the Gulf - 09 Jan 08
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The Pentagon releases footage filmed from the USS Hopper showing Iranian boats heading towards the vessel as well as an audiotape of radio communications. |
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Kenyans clash over election results - 03 Jan 08
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Riot police have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters on the streets of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. The rally has been organised by opposition leader Raila Odinga to protest against the controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Odinga hopes to attract a million supporters to the rally, which has been banned by the government. As Bernard Smith reports for Al Jazeera, the streets of Nairobi are extremely tense, with fears of violent clashes between protesters and police. Additional reporting comes from Al Jazeera's correspondent Mohammed Adow who was with the protestors in central Nairobi when they clashed with riot police. |
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Zainuddin at AlJazeera: BERSIH Rally for Electoral Reform
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Zainuddin Maidin (Malaysia Information Minister)'s comments (more like putting his foot in his mouth, kampung style) regarding the BERSIH Rally.
Somebody please help to post the video link to:
http://www.malaysia-today.net/nuc2006/report07.php?itemid=208
http://www.malaysia-today.net/nuc2006/report07.php?itemid=216 |
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Al-Jazeera Coverage on BERSIH Malaysia's 10 Nov Rally
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Alternative news you won't see in mainstream media. Commentary by Jeff Ooi |
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تقليد ساخر - قناة الجزيرة - عبدالباري عطوان - سامي حداد
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من برنامج قرقيعان للفنان الكويتي داود حسين |
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Al-Jazeera and Chinese Internet Censorship
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Al-Jazeera English Listening Post November 23, 2006. Part 3, Internet censorship in China |
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Chavez in Al Jazeera
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Al - Jazeera |
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Wafa Sultan speaks up
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Wafa Sultan is a secular psychologist of Syrian-American origin. Go read more about her on Wikipedia to get the background. Although she is quite well-known for her part in the the public discussion on the clash of civilizations her recent appearance on Al Jazeera has spread on the Internet like wildfire. |
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