December 2014 Quadrant

The link to Quadrant Online is http://quadrant.org.au/

The December 2014 issue of Quadrant is almost upon us and maybe I am providing some kind of exclusive (or indiscretion) with the above visual. For this edition I wrote an appraisal of Julia Gillard's political memoir My Story. Usually I never know in advance the title the editors have chosen to bestow - it is always better than my own descriptive heading. Keith and George, in this case, have gone for "Julia Gillard's Tall Story".    

Is the Council on American-Islamic Relations a Terror Group?

Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, asks the big question - and then provides us with a difinitive answer: http://www.meforum.org/4899/is-cair-a-terror-group

Erdogan gives us the benefit of his wisdom:

Here is more of Erdogan's view of the world: http://rt.com/news/209639-erdogan-foreigners-dislikes-muslims/

The Voice of Rojhilat (East Kurdistan) Emerges

Here is the link to the above site: http://rojhelat.info/en/

Israel is not an apartheid state

The Violation of Human Rights in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan)

Now we hear of the mistreatment of Kurdish people in Eastern Kurdistan/Rojhilat by the Islamic Republic of Iran: http://www.hawarnews.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2948:kurdish-political-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-urmiye-prison&catid=6:manet

Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Fantasy is Trashing the Turkish Republic's Reputation

Outline of the Ottoman Empire, 1602

I find it difficult to disagree with the following op-ed, except to say that Alon Ben-Meir's tone is a little on the polite side: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=16878