1. Map - Israel, an Island of freedom [9/12/2003] #10309
In Freedom House report - Israel is the only Middle East country designated as Free.
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2. Infant Mortality - Israel and the Arab World [9/4/2003] #10278
Infant Morality, a measure used to gauge Human Rights, is significantly lower in Israel (including the disputed territories under its control), than any Arab state.
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| http://middleeastfacts.org/infant-countries.asp () |
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3. The Islamist war on Muslim women [12/24/2007] Ref #11922
THE "QATIF GIRL" won a reprieve last week. On Dec. 17, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah pardoned the young woman, who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison after she pressed charges against seven men who had raped her and a male acquaintance in 2006. ...More
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4. The U.N.’s Spokesperson for Suicide Bombers [10/23/2006] Ref #11832
On October 19, U.N.-appointed “human rights” expert John Dugard told the General Assembly that “Palestinian suicide bombers” are “a consequence of occupation.” In five years traveling on the U.N. payroll - 22 percent of which comes from American taxpayers - Dugard has now distinguished himself as the most fanatical spokesperson for terrorism at the U.N. outside the Arab and Muslim world.
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| Anne Bayefsky | Nationalreview Online | |
| http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDdmMzk4YTJlZDM0ZGZiZGY5NWYyY2E5O GJmMzgzOWM= () |
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5. Wajeha al-Huwaider : The Courage of her Convictions [10/4/2006] Ref #11818
‘Control this and we won’t have a problem’ declared the Intelligence Officer, pointing to his mouth; such was the warning administered to Wajeha al-Huwaider when she was summoned to Intelligence Headquarters in Saudi Arabia last week. Her ‘crime’? To have attempted to plan an event calling for greater rights for women in Saudi Arabia. The fact that the event itself never materialised is considered irrelevant. In the Saudi Kingdom, to have considered holding it is crime enough. In true Orwellian style, the thought of the ‘crime’ is as punishable as any actual transgression.
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6. Deliberate destruction or "collateral damage"? Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure [9/1/2006] Ref #11780
Between 12 July and 14 August, a major military confrontation took place between Hizbullah and Israel, following the capture of two Israeli soldiers, and the killing of others, by Hizbullah in a raid across the border between Israel and Lebanon. Israel conducted attacks throughout Lebanon from land, sea and air, killing some 1,000 civilians. Hizbullah launched thousands of rockets on northern Israel, killing some 40 civilians. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Israel and Lebanon were displaced.
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| Amnesty International | |
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7. International humanitarian law and terrorism: questions and answers [9/1/2006] Ref #11779
International humanitarian law (IHL) is the body of international law applicable when armed violence reaches the level of armed conflict, whether international or non-international. The best known IHL treaties are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977, but there are a range of other IHL treaties aimed at reducing human suffering in times of war, such as the 1997 Ottawa Convention on landmines.
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8. Israel Hits Tower In Beirut, Warns Of More Bombing [8/11/2006] Ref #11778
BEIRUT, Aug. 10 -- Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a radio tower in downtown Beirut on Thursday and dropped leaflets warning residents of the Lebanese capital that more extensive bombing, whose "painful and severe results will not be limited" to Hezbollah fighters, is on the way.
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| http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006 081000868.html () |
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9. Israel strikes militant stronghold in Beirut [7/15/2006] Ref #11777
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Israel took its fight against Hezbollah back into the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs, targeting a militant stronghold in Dahiya, the Israel Defense Forces said.
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| http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/mideast/index.html () |
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10. Arafat's opposition in New York [5/20/2006] Ref #11720
Omar Karsou, a Palestinian from Ramallah who lives in New York, has found favor with U.S. government leaders. He is convinced that the Oslo Accords were a mistake, that Israel encouraged a corrupt and murderous regime headed by a dictator, and that compromise is unavoidable.
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| HAARETZ | |
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