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Articles
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From Meddling to Menace
A hungry Turkey itching to gobble all before her
By David E. Kaplan
2020 has seen Turkey going berserk in the proverbial barnyard, interfering aggressively in states across the Middle East. With President Erdogan’s statement this October at the opening of the Turkish parliament that “Jerusalem is ours”, what is the wannabe Sultan’s intent towards Israel?
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Zoom Says No to Terror
Virtual meeting giant puts the kibosh on webinar featuring terrorist
By Rolene Marks
When ZOOM in September declined to host a San Francisco State University webinar with arch terrorist Leila Khaled, was this social media’s turning point in emphatically determining the line between “hate speech” and “freedom of speech”?
Zoom Says No to Terror
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The Arab Voice – October 2020
Arab writers from the Middle East and beyond, opine on the shift towards peace of the Gulf states towards Israel, the increasing danger of an unchecked predatorial Turkey and Kuwait’s devasted education system due to Covid-19.
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