ARAB MEDIA WATCH

Excerpts: Palestinian turmoil. Saudi women drive?  Someday! 15 October 2005. By Dr. Aaron Lerner, World Jewish News Agency International Commentator.

AL-AHRAM WEEKLY 13-19 ,"Clutching at straws". HEADING: "While rivalries continue to surface in Palestinian politics, Abbas  and the PA may need Hamas in the long run, writes Khaled Amayreh in the West Bank...

ARAB NEWS (Saudi) 15 Oct.'05:"Abdullah Wins Applause for Assurance on Women Driving" Maha Akeel & Hassan Adawi. QUOTES FROM TEXT: "Saudi women yesterday applauded the statement by ... King Abdullah that they would be permitted to drive someday"...

ARAB MEDIA WATCH By Dr. Joseph Lerner. Excerpts: Moslem Brotherhood on Cairo campus. Libyan justice. 16 October 2005

AL AHRAM WEEKLY 13-19 Oct.'05:"Louder and louder". HEADING: "The banned Muslim Brotherhood is gearing up for a greater role on  university campuses, reports Mustafa El-Menshawy". In 2003, Cairo University students belonging to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group placed a large banner on campus welcoming their fellow students back from summer break. The banner was signed "Islamist students".  This week, a group of Brotherhood students put up a new banner promoting reform. The signature at the bottom this time was different; it bluntly said, "Muslim Brotherhood students"...

Excerpts: Hamas militants kidnapped. Rafa border mess.

Excerpts: Nasser neglected. Standard Islamist explanation of "terrorism". More Arab talk-talk.

Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV Interviews Head of Swedish 'Radio Islam': The  Muslims' War is with the Jews; Judaism is a Criminal Mafia, Not a Religion