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Special Dispatch No. 7753 - Contrasting Reactions In Arab World To Gulf States' Harbingers Of Normalization With Israel - 11/07/18

Three events in three Arab Gulf states in the past week have reflected these countries' process of normalization with Israel. On October 26, 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Oman, accompanied by the head of the Mossad; the visit was extensively covered by Omani media. Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi declared on several occasions that Israel is a Middle Eastern country that must be accepted as such. On October 25, Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1423 - 'Démocratie Participative' – A Blatantly Antisemitic, Racist, Anti-LGBTQ French Website – Says It's Owned By U.S. Citizen, Protected By First Amendment - 11/02/18

Introduction The French website Démocratie participative ("Participating in Democracy," Democratieparticipative.biz) is openly and proudly antisemitic, racist, and anti-LGBTQ, and a platform for aggressive populist sentiment against anyone not white, Christian, or straight unless they share its views. Thus, on October 18, 2018, the website called Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan – who is neither white nor Christian, but is a known antisemite – "honorable," in a article featuring a tweet ...

N. Szerman

Special Dispatch No. 7738 - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Inspects Military Foot Drills Depicting Collapse Of The White House - 10/31/18

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei inspected military foot drills performed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). During the drills, the soldiers sang: "Allah Akbar! Khomeini is our leader!... America, America, death to your deception! The blood of our youth is dripping from your fingers!" An announcer also said: "We will eliminate the regime of injustice... 'Death to America' is the cry of my life!" The drill included a depiction of the White House with a Star of David on top. The ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1422 - Qatari, Saudi Press Wage Cartoon War Over Khashoggi Affair - 10/29/18

The tension between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which has been ongoing for 18 months, intensified even further following the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 1 Known for his criticism of the Saudi authorities and support for the Muslim Brotherhood (which Saudi Arabia has designated a terrorist organization), Khashoggi was anathema to the Saudi regime but enjoyed the support and backing of Qatar. After his disappearance, the Qatari media, headed by Al-Jazeera, accused Saudi Arabia ...

C. Meital

Special Announcements No. 673 - From The MEMRI Archives: Reports And Clips On British Jihadi Anjem Choudary, Recently Released From UK Prison After Serving Half Of Sentence For Encouraging Britons To Join ISIS - 10/26/18

For over a decade, MEMRI has been monitoring UK-based pro-jihad Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary , who was the head and co-founder of the banned extremist U.K. group Al-Muhajiroun, spokesman for the banned Islam4UK organization, and spiritual advisor to the banned U.K. Islamist group Muslims Against Crusades (MAC), and who encouraged young British Muslims to go to Syria to fight for Al-Qaeda and, later, to join ISIS – for which he was sent to prison in 2016. Below is a selection of clips and ...

Special Dispatch No. 7728 - Saudi Arabia's Arab Allies Come To Its Defense In The Khashoggi Murder Affair - 10/24/18

In contrast to the scathing criticism directed at Saudi Arabia by Western media and by Saudi Arabia's Arab rivals, headed by Qatar, following the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom's Arab allies, as well as Arab bodies and organizations, have come to its defense. Their support was expressed in official statements which appeared almost simultaneously, and also in articles in the state press, published both before and after Saudi Arabia's admission that Khashoggi ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1417 - Criticism In Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon Over Hizbullah's Involvement In Yemen, Support For Houthis - 10/16/18

In the recent months, tensions have increased between the Yemeni government and Hizbullah, who is accused of supporting and arming the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen . The tension between the two sides rose after a Houthi delegation openly visited Lebanon on August 18, 2018 and met with Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. The reports of this visit joined numerous other reports about support extended by Hizbullah to the Houthis on the rhetorical, financial and military levels. ...

C. Jacob

Special Dispatch No. 7712 - Al-Arabiya Director Turki Al-Dakhil: Sanctions On Saudi Arabia Will Trigger Saudi Economic Boycott On U.S., Rapprochement With Russia, China, Iran - 10/15/18

In the last 24 hours, Saudi Arabia has sharped its tone towards the U.S., in response to recent statements by U.S. officials, among them President Donald Trump, that Saudi Arabia will be punished if it proves to be responsible for the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Al-Khashoggi on October 2, 2018. 1 A statement by "an official source", released October 14 by the kingdom's official news agency, rejected these warnings and declared that sanctions on Saudi Arabia would be met with " ...

Special Dispatch No. 7692 - High-Ranking Retired General Leonid Ivashov: The Pro-Israeli Lobby Permeates All The Administrative Structures Of The Russian Federation; Russia's Sovereignty Is At Stake - 10/02/18

The former high ranking Russian military and public official, retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, a former member of the Russian Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote a stream of consciousness style article, titled "Russia's Sovereignty Is At Stake," accusing the "Israeli lobby" of putting at stake Russia's sovereignty. Ivashov is not known for restraint and in 2012, he compared U.S. actions in Libya to Hitler's actions in Poland and claimed that Russia would employ military power in defense of Iran ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1416 - Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) Prepares For The Fateful Battle For Idlib - 09/16/18

The following is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here . Introduction Some seven and a half years after the start of the uprising against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, the rebel factions in the northern Syria region of Idlib are readying for the final battle that will decide the outcome of the Syrian revolution. This battle is particularly fateful for Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), led ...

N. Mozes

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