Summary of DEBKAfile Exclusives in Weeks Ending Dec. 25, 2008

Kidnap, glider attacks in Jerusalem foiled. Two Palestinians arrested 14 Dec.: DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that two residents of the Jerusalem village of Isawiya, Iyad Abid, 20, and Abdullah Abid, 21, were indicted before Jerusalem district court Sunday, Dec. 14, on charges [...]

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Norman Stone
Published 06 November 2008
Between Russia and the Middle East, the Caucasus is one of the world’s most diverse regions - and as recent fighting in South Ossetia and Abkhazia showed, still boiling with ethnic tensions. Norman Stone reviews a history which makes sense of this complexity
The Ghost of Freedom: a History of the Caucasus
Charles [...]

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[Combined Jewish Philanthropies]
ANKARA, Turkey - The head of the European Jewish Congress says Turkey has a key role in promoting tolerance and dialogue between the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths.
Moshe Kantor says Turkey represents “moderate and tolerant Islam,” which puts the country in position to help fight xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism.
Kantor was speaking to The [...]

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