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This is what's in the May-June 2009 issue. You can access any article from the home page of http://www.think-israel.org/ by scrolling down to its introduction. This has the advantage of providing context for the article. Or you can go directly to the article by clicking its highlighted area in this email.

EDITORIAL: Another Facet Of Global Jihad: Create A Palestinian State To Destroy Israel
Linkages to Obama's Cairo Speech

WHAT OBAMA TAUGHT ME by Ralph Peters

PLATITUDES AND NAIVETE: OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH by Robert Spencer

HOW OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH THREW ISRAEL UNDER THE BUS by Yid with Lid

A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE IRAN-PALESTINIAN LINKAGE by Yoram Ettinger

ISRAEL BETRAYED by James Kirchick

OBAMA THE ROOKIE by Mordechai Kedar

The Settlements
ARE SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL? by Jerold Auerbach

OBAMA, ISRAEL AND THE SETTLEMENTS by Sultan Knish

THE SETTLEMENTS MYTH by Charles Krauthammer

TEAR DOWN? NAW...NOW, MORE THAN EVER, IS THE TIME TO BUILD! by Arlene Peck

OUTPOSTS: RULE OF LAW, OR LAW WITHOUT RULES? by Moshe Dann

WHY DO PEOPLE CONDEMN HINDU NATIONALISM? THE ANSWER MAY BE CONNECTED TO A DISDAIN FOR ZIONISM by Seth J. Frantzman

The Other Refugees
MYTH OF THE MIZRAHIM by Lyn Julius

THE JEWISH NAKBA: EXPULSIONS, MASSACRES AND FORCED CONVERSIONS by Ben-Dror Yemini

BRENDEL; MISERY HATES COMPANY by Moshe Saperstein

Palestinians And Palestine
THE ARABS IN THE HOLY LAND — NATIVES OR ALIENS? by Dr. Harry Mandelbaum

THE MYTH OF "OCCUPIED" TERRITORIES by Boris Shusteff

JEW-HATRED OR STUPIDITY OR BOTH? by Professor Paul Eidelberg

Peace Complete With Terror
THE THREE TYPES OF JIHADISTS by Ryan Mauro

FORGOTTEN COVENANTS by Alex Rose

LAWRENCE OF PALESTINE by Marc Prowisor

NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS by Andrew C. McCarthy

THE JEW, AS SEEN IN ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS LITERATURE by Harold B. Reisman

A RECESSION IN TERRORISM FINANCE? by Rachel Ehrenfeld

Problems With Another Palestinian State Created By Carving Up Israel And Its Unilateral Withdrawal

ISRAEL'S STRATEGY OF UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL by Shmuel Even

SO WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION? by Moshe Arens

PALESTINIAN ARABS READINESS FOR STATEHOOD: FOLLOW THE EU BENCHMARK by Eli E. Hertz

LAND FOR PEACE, AMERICAN STYLE by Rob Miller

Solving The Palestinian Problem
LAMENT IN OSLO by Elena Bonner

DRIVING OUR OWN DESTINY by Howard Teich

THE BLIND ISRAEL by Ari Bussel

A TWO STATE SOLUTION — ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER JORDAN by Victor Sharpe

THE SUN ORBITS THE PALESTINIAN STATE by Arieh Eldad

A MULTI-STATE SOLUTION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO FAILURE by Moshe Dann

How Islam Is Impacting The USA

THE "ETHICS" OF OFF-SHORING OUR COLLEGES OVERSEAS: Sovereign Wealth Funds, And The Lessons Of Shariah-Compliant Investments by Marion DS Dreyfus

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA Jamie Glazov interviews Dave Gaubatz

PERILOUS EUPHEMISMS by Susanne M. Reyto

Islam in Europe
A DHIMMI, JOANIE DE RIJKE, EXHIBITS PRE-CAPTIVITY STOCKHOLM SYNDROME by Thomas Landen

ISRAEL TODAY, THE WEST TOMORROW by Mark Steyn

WHY MUSLIMS LIKE HITLER, BUT NOT MOZART by Fjordman

ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPE AND POLICIES TO PREVENT IT, PART 11 by No Sharia

Jew Hate
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STOOPS TO JEW-HATE by Mike Finch

PREJUDICE AND DEMONIZATION IN THE SWEDISH MIDDLE EAST DEBATE DURING THE 2006 LEBANON WAR by Mathan Ravid

ISLAMIC SPEAKERS BUREAU BACKED BY RADICAL PROFS by Jonathan Schanzer

CLARITY FOR THE DENIERS by Michael Gerson

THE "FACTS-DON'T-MATTER" CAMP by Petra Marquardt-Bigman

FROM AMOS ELON TO URI AVNERY: ODYSSEY OF SELF-HATE by Seth J. Frantzman

History Section

ERI JABOTINSKY'S RACE AGAINST DEATH by Rafael Medoff

WHEN EGYPT WAS IN GAZA by Eliezer Whartman

A BURNING SHIP ON JERUSALEM BEACH by Meir Zamir

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Bernice Lipkin
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