Copyright 2012 Gatestone Institute Thu, 17 May 2012 03:24:48 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Gatestone Institute :: Writings http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org webmaster@gatestoneinstitute.org (Gatestone Institute) webmaster@gatestoneinstitute.org en-us http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3061/goal-of-palestinian-government Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 EST At a time when many Western governments, the World Bank and various international organizations are continuing to heap praise on the Palestinian Authority for implementing reforms, the deputy speaker of the Palestinian parliament, Hasan Khreishah, http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3062/criminalize-free-speech Wed, 16 May 2012 04:30:00 EST The Human Rights Council concluded its nineteenth session on March 23, 2012 and adopted, without a vote, yet another resolution aimed at restricting freedom of speech throughout the world. While its title[1], as usual, suggests it is about combating http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3057/basque-islam Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 EST The Basque regional government in northern Spain is drafting a controversial new Law on Religious Institutions, which states that mosques and prayer rooms with a capacity of fewer than 300 people will no longer require prior local government approval. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3060/euro-policies Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 EST The European Union, and especially its common currency, the euro, is on the brink of collapse. The Greeks, unable to form a government after the May 6 elections, will have to go to the polls again next month. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel is http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3059/intelligence-budget Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 EST Americans are justifiably concerned that our national leaders do not seem to anticipate looming threats. They quite correctly ask, "What are we getting for the $80 billion a year we pay to gather intelligence?" "Don't worry" says the former deputy http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3058/palestinian-journalists-union Fri, 11 May 2012 05:00:00 EST As journalists worldwide celebrated World Free Press Day on May 3, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in the West Bank chose to wage a campaign of intimidation against Palestinian reporters who commit the "crime" of meeting with Israeli counterparts. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3055/mexican-jihad Fri, 11 May 2012 04:30:00 EST As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it might do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico, which has been targeted by Islamists and jihadists, who, through a number of tactics—from engaging in http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3056/amnesty-international-muslim-discrimination-europe Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00:00 EST A new report from Amnesty International lashes out at "widespread discrimination" against Muslims in Europe. The report directs particular ire at laws banning Muslim veils in public spaces, and excoriates European politicians for helping to "foster a http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3053/jenin-security Wed, 9 May 2012 05:00:00 EST The Palestinian Authority has been boasting over the past four years of its success in restoring law and order to the West Bank city of Jenin. Journalists from all around the world were invited to Jenin, once notorious for dispatching suicide bombers to http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3052/german-cartoon-riots Tue, 8 May 2012 05:00:00 EST In an explosion of violence that reflects the growing assertiveness of Salafists in Germany, on May 5th more than 500 radical Muslims attacked German police with bottles, clubs, stones and other weapons in the city of Bonn, to protest cartoons they said http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3051/tunisian-universities-islamist-siege Tue, 8 May 2012 04:00:00 EST Tunisian Universities are being threatened by Salafist activists. Since late November 2011, the Faculty of Letters, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Manouba, north of Tunis, has been attacked by a group of Salafist students, demanding the http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3050/antisemitism-europe Mon, 7 May 2012 03:00:00 EST The virus of antisemitism persists in haunting Europe. In recent months, antisemitism has been exhibited all too often in European countries, not just in theory but in practice. France has been the scene for the murder of Jewish schoolchildren in http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3049/what-palestinians-want Fri, 4 May 2012 05:00:00 EST No matter how much the US tries to help the Palestinians, it will always be viewed by many of them as an enemy. Last week, President Barack Obama gave $147 million to the Palestinians. A few days later, Palestinians demonstrated in Ramallah against the http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3048/women-rights-egypt Thu, 3 May 2012 05:00:00 EST Islamist Members of Parliament in Egypt are trying to deprive Egyptian women of their basic rights by introducing several controversial draft laws that, if passed, will bring Egypt back to the Middle Ages: -- The website Ahram Online reports that http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3043/palestinian-authority-corruption Wed, 2 May 2012 05:00:00 EST Jamal Abu Rihan is a Palestinian blogger and activist who is being held in a Palestinian Authority prison in the West Bank. Security forces belonging to the Palestinian Authority government arrested Abu Rihan after he created a Facebook group called "The