Syrian Refugees and Their Own War Effort
Do Syrians feel Syrian enough to fight back? Raihan Ismail, a panelist on an Australian TV discussion which Aussie Dave posted last week, seems to think not. Of course, she doesn’t say that...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published March 6, 2016 · Last modified May 16, 2019
Do Syrians feel Syrian enough to fight back? Raihan Ismail, a panelist on an Australian TV discussion which Aussie Dave posted last week, seems to think not. Of course, she doesn’t say that...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published February 27, 2016 · Last modified February 29, 2016
It seems we cannot talk about Muslim “honour” killings in our new, cowardly PC society without fear of being labelled an Islamophobe. But then Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy comes along with a documentary film about...
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by Sheri Oz · Published February 21, 2016 · Last modified April 2, 2021
Curious about a Facebook link to a post by Ikhlas Ishtaya on the website “Two Sides” promoting co-existence workshops, I began to read. Her story looked interesting and I was sure I would be...
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by Sheri Oz · Published January 12, 2016 · Last modified July 8, 2016
My body is sitting in Starbucks at Christie and Dupont, freezing somewhat because they keep the heat low; I suppose that’s to try to prevent people like me from parking here for hours on...
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by Sheri Oz · Published January 3, 2016 · Last modified December 26, 2015
Theories of cult induction may best explain much of what we are seeing today in terrorist groups, better than theories regarding marginalization and poverty. Understanding Islamist terrorist cult recruitment and induction can provide us...
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by Sheri Oz · Published December 18, 2015 · Last modified December 12, 2015
I’m killing myself trying to think how we Israelis can get out of this stupid debacle we are in whereby Arabs are now calling themselves Palestinians in order to get people around the world...
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by Sheri Oz · Published December 10, 2015 · Last modified May 12, 2019
Israel uses the Feisal-Weizmann Agreement of 1919 as evidence that the Arab leadership was at one time favourable toward the establishment of the Jewish state. I recommend that we stop doing this. While there...
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by Sheri Oz · Published December 8, 2015 · Last modified January 1, 2020
When Arab writers and pro-Israeli activists I respect (or respected in the past), such as Fred Maroun, cry out that the Palestinians exist and we cannot say they do not, they are falling into...
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