May 24, 2008
A Look at the Arab League Satellite Broadcasting Charter
Memri Dispatch 440
By L. Azuri*                                                                                    

Table of Contents:                                                                   

• Introduction
  
• The Controversial Articles of the Charter
  
• The Driving Force Behind the Charter: Egypt and Saudi Arabia
  
• Egyptian Information Minister: We Will Fight Satellite           
  
• Egyptian Journalists Syndicate Head: The Arab Governments are Seeking to Renew their Iron Grip on the Media
  
• Qatar and Lebanon Oppose the Charter
  
• Qatari Columnist: The Charter Is Aimed at Punishing Al-Jazeera
  
• Al-Jazeera: The Charter is a Collective Arab Assault on Free Speech
  
• Notes

May 23, 2008
Iranian Women's Magazine Shut Down for Publishing Investigative Article on Martyrdom Movement
Memri Dispatch 439
By: M. Nissimov, Y. Mansharof and A. Savyon* detailed report on Iran's Ahmadinejad dealing with women and the press. 

(See complete PDF report)




Table of Contents:

Introduction

• The Inculcation of the Martyrdom Culture under Ahmadinejad
• Suicide Operations as an Element of Iran's Security Strategy
  
• "Dying in Order to Kill"
  
• "Iran and the [Palestinian] Intifada"
  
• "For and Against Martyrdom Operations"
  
• "The Politicians' Silence about the Martyrdom Seekers"
  
• "Zahra's Last Testament"
  
• "The Martyrs of the Mine Fields"
  
• Notes

• Police Confront Olmert with New Evidence
• Meridor: Iran Winning the Nuke Race
• Likud Will Not Honor Any Olmert Agreement
• Syria's Shopping Trip to Moscow 
• Protestors Storm Olmert Speech
• Anti-Tank Missiles and Launcher Found in Gaza School

May 22, 2008
News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
May 13-20, 2008

Intensive contacts are held regarding the lull…    …while intensive rocket fire continues
 

   
 









(Left) Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak meet at Sharm el-Sheikh (Ariel Hermoni for the Israeli Defense Ministry, May 19). (Right) A direct Grad rocket hit on the Hutzot Mall in Ashqelon (The Israel Project, May 14).

May 21, 2008
City Journal
by Judith Miller

Post-9/11, Spain’s Basque terrorists are on the run—but still a threat.
The heart, if not the soul, of Spain’s capital, Madrid, is its bustling financial district. Thousands crowd daily into the skyscrapers that overlook the district’s main square. Thousands more shop at a branch of El Corte Inglés (Spain’s Macy’s), attend soccer games at Bernabéu Stadium, or ride the subways, trains, and buses whose lines converge here.

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What was  and was not Agreed On
May 21, 2008 
INSS Insight No. 56,
Aluf Benn

At the Israeli Presidential Conference "Facing Tomorrow," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared that real progress has been made in Israel's talks with the Palestinian Authority. According to Olmert, “understandings and agreements regarding highly important matters have been achieved, though some issues are still outstanding.”