Minority Watch # 03, August 15, 2007

Let noble thoughts come from all quarters.
An understanding not judgement.

Minorities in the News

1. Bedouins in Egypt

Violence erupts between protestors and police over fears of house domolisions in Sinai, The Daily Star, 1 August 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84229

2. Kurds in Iran

Two Kurdish journalist sentenced to death in Iran for being "enemies of God", says BBC, 31 July 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6925016.stm

3. Kurds in Iraq

"Kurds build island of calm in Iraqi inferno", says Zvi Ba'rel in Ha'aretz, Aug 13, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/892602.html

4. Arabs in Israel

Commentary by Moshe Arens on the controversies surrounding the Jewish Nation Fund laws, Ha'aretz, 31 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/888011.html

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