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Who's a confused neo-Nazi to salute and who to hate? It's gotten complicated.
The U.K. extreme right is undecided on who to hate: Jews or Muslims?

A new report by the British National Party may recycle Fascist language and conspiracies, but the main item of interest is a new argument in the European far-right: Who’s the enemy, Jews or Muslims?

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard members celebrate after launching a missile.
Why is Iran suddenly admitting to sending troops to Syria?

A Wall Street Journal report highlights the first apparent admission by an IRGC general that his men are indeed operating in Syria. Does this signal a new phase of the Syrian revolution?

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Deciphering Egypt's Iran policy

It was clear that under Mubarak, Egypt saw Iran as an insufferable rival for hegemony in the Muslim world. Under Morsi, it is much harder to tell.

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Supporters wave Hezbollah and Syrian regime flags.
Height of Lebanon flames depends on Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria

Though it has not been openly involved in the violence spilling over to Lebanon, Hezbollah can ultimately determine how far the tensions will rage, thus serving Iranian and Syrian interests.

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  • Syrian VP makes public appearance, ending rumors of defection
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Child in cap and gown
Jewish leaders hope to delegitimize Britain's Israel boycott

The Israeli Foreign Ministry and the British Jewish Leadership Council are working together to stymie a British attempt to block Israelis from their colleges and universities.

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  • Scottish artists call to boycott Israeli dance group performance at Edinburgh
Rabbis carry Torah Scrolls into Berlin's Rykestrasse Synagogue on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.
Global survey on Jews' increased secularism can teach us nothing

The Global Index of Religion and Atheism should serve as a warning to anyone trying to assess people's religious beliefs, affiliations and practices from surveys.

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Netanyahu and Obama during a meeting at the White House.
If Israel won't attack Iran, how will Netanyahu save face with Obama?

If indeed the Israeli Air Force fighter-bombers are not scrambled eastwards, how is Netanyahu going to deal with the anticlimax? An Obama visit may not be enough.

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  • Iran to Security Council: Israeli threats to strike nuclear plants violate UN charter
Ovadia Yosef, right, with Shimon Peres.
Two decades later, Israel's Rabbi Ovadia could stop another war

A joint Peres-Ovadia front against a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, uniting the two old friends, may prove to be the only barrier insurmountable to the Netanyahu-Barak duo.

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  • Shas spiritual leader calls on Jews to pray for annihilation of Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Striking Iran is not a Zionist issue

Both Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and former Meretz chair Yossi Beilin have said Zionistic factors should be taken under account when considering striking Iran. They are both wrong.

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  • Head of Jewish Agency: Talk of Iran strike slowing Aliyah to Israel
  • Ari Shavit's countdown / Yossi Beilin warns against an 'un-Zionist war'
  • Mofaz demands clarifications from Netanyahu over his 'intention to lead Israel to war with Iran'
Julian Assange addresses the crowd.
The black comedy of Julian Assange

Wikileaks' beleaguered founder delivered a bizarre address devoid of clear target and has yet to respond to the central allegation - of sexual misconduct.

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Julian Assange - Reuters - 19.8.2012
In London speech, WikiLeaks founder cites many enemies, and much fewer friends

In his first public appearance in two months, the beleaguered Julian Assange criticized everyone from the press to global politics, but given no indications as to his future.

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Iranian demonstrators burn an Israeli and British flag – AP - August  17, 2012.
Iran's specter looms large over London's annual 'Quds Day' march

The Palestinians were conspicuously missing from the annual pro-Palestinian march in the British capital. Hezbollah and Iran, however, were everywhere.

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Shimon Peres with Israeli children, May 2012.
Actually, Shimon Peres has opposed war with Iran for years

When President Shimon Peres spoke out this week against an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, his long-standing opposition to such a move finally became public.

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  • Netanyahu aides: In opposing Israeli attack on Iran, Peres forgot his place
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Netanyahu and Barak
Will Israel attack Iran? – The voice of experience vs. an insider’s view

Since no-one knows for sure what Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak will decide come the moment of truth, perhaps they don’t even know for sure, it is instructive to look at the past decisions of both men.

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  • Former Israeli intelligence chief: Netanyahu and Barak dangerously stoking flames of war
  • Mofaz demands clarifications from Netanyahu over his 'intention to lead Israel to war with Iran'
Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu.
The blog is back with a question – Why Israelis don’t war with Iran?

Netanyahu and Barak have failed at the critical test – convincing Israelis that war is the only option.

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'Israel Loves Iran'
Hesitant Spartans

Israelis don't want war with Iran - have they changed?

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A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange - AP - August 16, 2012.
After Olympics, WikiLeaks founder keeps U.K. under world's gaze

A colorful blend of Julian Assange's supporters gathered outside Ecuador's embassy in London after reports said Britain threatens to enter, arrest and extradite the fugitive, who was granted political asylum.

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  • WikiLeaks founder interviews Hezbollah chief on new talk show
India’s Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte
India takes the gold in relative medal futility at London 2012

Cricket and chess craze, corruption undermine Olympic efforts.

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Jacques Rogge
Munich families attack International Olympic Committee president at memorial event

Olympic Committee only interested in power, money, politics, claims widow of murdered Israeli athlete.

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Catherine Ashton and Saeed Jalili in Moscow
As Western diplomacy dithers, Iran's foreign policy chief chases Lebanese support

Aside from being a military support, Hezbollah is also a political party, which means that serving Iran's interests and inviting a devastating Israeli counterattack on Lebanese infrastructure will not win them many votes.

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Frank Lowy
Olmert hosted on London yacht of billionaire from Bank Leumi affair

In 2007, State Prosecutor's Office dropped probe into Olmert's alleged attempt to aid Frank Lowy's purchase of Israel Bank Leumi over lack of evidence; a 2010 High Court petition found the two did not have a financial relationship of any kind.

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George Orwell.
Was Orwell an anti-Semite?

In the introduction to a soon-to-be released version of George Orwell’s private diaries, the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens grapples with the author’s ‘marked dislike of Jews.’

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The curtain of Talmud

Inside the Jewish underground of daf yomi, daily Talmud study.

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British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould in London.
British envoy tells Israelis some un-diplomatic truths, and U.K. Jews should also listen in

There is nothing new about the U.K.'s foreign policy positions; they have been in favor of a Palestinian state and against West Bank settlements for decades. But Gould was talking about ordinary U.K.citizens who don't see much to like nowadays in Israel.

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Ephraim Halevy
Ex-Mossad chief said what should be clear to everyone – Israel has never been so close to attacking Iran

When a former Mossad chief like Ephraim Halevy is quoted saying that for next twelve weeks, 'if I were an Iranian, I would be very worried' about and Israeli strike, we should take him at his word. If he were Iranian, he would be very worried.

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  • Israeli strike would only delay Iran's nuclear program by two years
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