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This is what's in the March-April 2009 issue. You can access any article from the home page of http://www.Think-Israel.org by scrolling down to its introduction. This has the advantage of providing context for the article. Or you can go directly to the article by clicking its highlighted area in this email.

EDITORIAL: A THIRD WAY
The Peace Process, the 2-State Solution and Israel's Irrevocable Right to the Land
WHO NEEDS A PALESTINIAN STATE? by Sultan Knish
WHITHER THE "PEACE PROCESS"? by Ted Belman
THE QUESTION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION ON OCCUPATION TO JUDEA, SAMARIA AND GAZA by Howard Grief
ON TWISTED HIGHWAYS TO "PALESTINE" WHY "OCCUPATION" IS STILL A LIE by Louis Rene Beres
FORCED TO CONCEDE A BIRTHRIGHT? by Victor Sharpe
WHY TIME IS ON ISRAEL'S SIDE: A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON ISRAEL'S SECURITY CHALLENGES by Max Singer
THE ROLE OF RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS IN ISRAEL: IMPLICATIONS FOR ISRAELI-ARAB COEXISTENCE by Dr. Mordechai Kedar
BASIC THOUGHTS FOR THE NEW PRIME MINISTER by Louis René Beres

Israeli Problems
POLITICS OF PALESTINIAN DEMOGRAPHY by Yakov Faitelson
USING THE PRESENT TO FABRICATE HISTORY; USING HISTORY TO FABRICATE THE PRESENT by Seth J. Frantzman
PESSACH COMES by Moshe and Rachel Saperstein
THERE'S ROOM AT THE 'TREE' FOR YOU by Catriel Sugarman
THE SYRIAN FOOL'S ERRAND by Bruce Thornton
A REALITY CHECK ABOUT GAZA by Martin Sherman
THE FAITHFUL CHILDREN by Patricia Berlyn

Character studies of Muslims
JIHADI PIRATES ON HIGH SEAS: WHAT'S THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THEM? by Walid Phares
BARAKA by Boris Zubry
PALESTINIAN MODERATES WANT PEACE — WITH HAMAS, NOT ISRAEL by Barry Rubin THE USE OF MOSQUES FOR MILITARY AND POLITICAL PURPOSES BY HAMAS AND OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND ISLAMIC GROUPS by Reuven Erlich
ISLAM SHOULD PROVE IT'S A RELIGION OF PEACE by Tawfik Hamid

Shari'a is gaining ground globally
SHARIAH'S BROTHERHOOD by Frank Gaffney, Jr.
WARFARE THROUGH MISUSE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW by Elizabeth Samson
SHARIA'S INROADS AROUND THE WORLD by Olivier Guitta
EUROPE'S RIGHT TURN by Bruce Bawer
IRAN SETTING UP SHOP SOUTH OF THE BORDER by Todd Bensman
NAIVETE KILLS by Barry Rubin
TEXTBOOK LIES ABOUT ISLAM by Raymond Ibrahim
THE VOICE OF AMERICA SILENCED ON RADICAL ISLAM by Daniel Pipes
ISLAM AND THE WEST: LINES OF DEMARCATION by Roger Scruton

Useful idiots. Fellow travellors.
FOLLOWING THE HERD by Barbara Barron
EXPOSED: HOW PALESTINIAN FIXERS MANIPULATE THEIR MEDIA BOSSES by Honest Reporting Staff
POISONING THE AMERICAN MIND by Daniel Doron
WHO WAS IT THAT DEMOLISHED THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC)? by Ron Mossad
A METAPOLITICAL VIEW OF USEFUL IDIOTS by Professor Paul Eidelberg
OBAMA AS MUSLIM APOLOGIST: AMERICA "ENRICHED" BY ISLAM by PauL L. Williams with Michael Travis
U. PENN HILLEL WORKING WITH HAMAS-SUPPORTING MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION (MSA) by Beila Rabinowitz and William Mayer
IS SELF-HATE A GOD OF THE JEWS? by Seth J. Frantzman

History Section
WAVES OF FREEDOM by Steve Kramer
ESPIONAGE AND THE ZIONIST ENDEAVOR by Meir Zamir
REMEMBERING THE MASSACRE OF THE HADASSAH CONVOY APRIL 13, 1948 by Dr. Alex Grobman

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Bernice Lipkin Editor, Think-Israel