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February 4, 2011| 30 Shevat 5771
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Vol. 7, Iss. 5
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Upheaval in the Arab World With Egypt on the Brink, Jordan Government Dismissed
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Agudah Protests Jewish Kids in Non-Jewish Homes Page 23 Close to a million protesters were in the streets of Cairo calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. As we go to Press, it seems that more and more of the Arab World is going through a major upheaval. Events which started in Tunisia a few weeks ago spread to the crisis in Egypt, as well to King Abdullah of Jordan dismissing his appointed government.
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xperts on the region said Abdullah's decision was aimed at warding off larger-scale demonstrations in the wake of the huge protests in Tunisia and Egypt. The Tunisian protests, which began the movement, toppled that country's government. In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak has fired his Cabinet and announced that he will not seek re-election in the coming elections slated for September, but protesters in massive demonstrations continue to call for his ouster. The protests -- which have also caught on to various extents in Algeria, Yemen, and Sudan -- have proved to be "a real watershed event for the Arab world," said Blake Hounshell, managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. "It's really unprecedented." It is not the first time that there has been
anger in the Arab street but, “It's different this time,” said Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “People are standing up for their economic rights, their dignity. It's very different.” Ibrahim Sharqieh of the Brookings Institution said there's a whole new mind-set. "The Tunisian uprising has caused change in the attitude and behavior of ordinary Arab citizens -- and today we are witnessing the emergence of a can-do nation attitude," he explained. With the protests spreading, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said leaders must "see the need of reform" before protests like those in Egypt and Tunisia break out, because by then "it's too late to do any reform." Abdullah's decision and Assad's remarks "are preventive moves," said Hokayem. The United States views Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia as key allies in the region. The Saudi kingdom has been stable for decades. But many in the west fear a ‘Domino Effect.’ "If Saudi Arabia starts to see popular protests," said Hounshell, "then you're really going to see people in Washington freak out."
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Mike Huckabee, a strong Zionist advocate, visited Israel with Dr. Joseph Frager & Dr. Paul Brody BY HILLEL FENDEL (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
Republican presidential frontrunner Mike Huckabee visited the Knesset today, and warned that Islamic fundamentalism could threaten not only Israel, but entire world as well. uckabee took part in a special session of the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, centering on the challenges of anti-Semitism that face Israel and the Diaspora. Regarding the situation in Egypt, Huckabee said, “a threat upon Israel is a threat upon all those in the world who love peace and freedom... Radical Islamic jihadism is an anti-freedom threat.“ "Good Israeli-U.S. relations are not just an option,” Huckabee told the MKs. “They are rather a necessity for both sides,
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