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Parent topics
- Media monitoring [r]: The systematic observation of public media by interest groups and researchers to detect perceived bias; in the case of influence groups, finding such information will trigger statements, letter-writing campaigns, etc.; uses techniques similar to those of open source intelligence [e]
- Meyrav Wurmser [r]: Director of the Center for Middle East Policy and Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute; former executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI); ; advisory board, U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon; expert list, Middle East Forum; spouse, David Wurmser, is another Middle East specialist [e]
Subtopics
- Abu Hamza al-Masri [r]: Egyptian-born radical Islamist who became a British citizen and whom the United States is trying to extradite [e]
- Yusuf al-Qaradawi [r]: An influential Islamist cleric based in Qatar, opposed to al-Qaeda but supportive of other radical movements; extremely active on the Internet [e]
- Juan Cole [r]: Professor of history at the University of Michigan and an expert on the Middle East, especially Iran; generally identified with liberal politics; contributor to AntiWar.com [e]
- Marc Lynch [r]: Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Director, Institute for Middle East Studies, Director, Middle East Studies Program, George Washington University; blogs on the Middle East at Foreign Policy (magazine) as "Abu Aardvark" [e]
- David Frum [r]: An American conservative author and commentator, who advocates renewal of the conservative movement and U.S. Republican Party, and has written in favor of an aggressive policy against terror, including preventive war; fired in March 2010 as Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute [e]
- Hudson Institute [r]: A US think tank emphasizing futures studies, nonpartisan but conservative-leaning [e]
- Committee on the Present Danger [r]: An interest group that has been formed periodically to draw attention to a threat to the United States [e]
- The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy [r]: A controversial book by two American academics, suggesting that the relationship between the United States and Israel is dysfunctional, but affected by a loose but politically powerful set of interest groups in both countries [e]
- U.S. Committee for a Free Lebanon [r]: A U.S. lobby in favor of multi-ethnic solutions to the government of Lebanon [e]
- Middle East Forum [r]: A strongly ideological think tank and advocacy organization to define and promote American interests in the Middle East; its general assumption is that the interests of the U.S. and the State of Israel will almost always coincide [e]
- Antisemitism [r]: In basic usage, hostility against, or persecution of, Jews, rather than ethnically Semitic people in general, or non-Semitic Jews [e]
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation [r]: A private American foundation, which provides funding for projects consistent with its Board's view of the Bradley brothers' view of American ideals; associated with many American conservative projects [e]
- Hamas [r]: The most powerful political and military organization in the Occupied Territories, especially the Gaza Strip; offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood but not Salafism [e]
- Likud [r]: Headed by Prime Minister and ruling coalition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, a center-right political party of the State of Israel [e]
- Islamophobia Watch [r]: A British website that looks at Islamophobia as an ideological tool, and monitors media for incorrect or distorted statements [e]