Media Reports on the Simulation:

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Simulation Blog: The US and the International Community

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Simulation Blog: Friends and Allies of Palestine

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Simulation Blog: Friends and Allies of Israel

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CLASS ROOM for the Simulation is

McDowell Hall room 112

Crisis in Pakistan

Read the following article and reflect on what Pakistan's latest crisis means to the ME conflict.

When Muslims Saved Jews

"Albania was the only country in Europe in which there were more Jews after the war than there had been before the war," Click here to read more. This story reminds me of the time when jews were saved by the Islamic empire during the Spanish inquisition and then again by the Turks after world war II.

Controversy II

The second controversy will focus on the debate about the impact of the pro-Israel lobby on American foreign policy in the Middle East. We will start by reading the key article by Mearshiemmer and Walt and its criticism and then also look at the storm generated by President Carter's book. Here is a useful article on the article. Here is a link to AIPAC.

"America risks God's Wrath"

A division of Jerusalem

Eric Joseph found this story and emailed it to me. It is indeed an incredible development. How do you respond to this. Here is an interesting letter to Hillary from a Jerusalem resident.

What do you make of this story in the Jerusalem Post? While you are there also read this very interesting article about the contestation of Jewish identity.