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The MEMRI Daily — Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial Documentation Project: December 20, 2010

The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and the MEMRI TV Project, from the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial.

• Visit the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial page, http://www.memri.org/subject/en/51.htm.
• Also, visit the Tom Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial blog, http://www.thememriblog.org/antisemitism.

*Special Dispatch Series

Special Disaptch No. 3459—Islam and the West

Abd Al-Bari Atwan, Editor-in-Chief of 'Al-Quds Al-Arabi' Newspaper: It Is Natural to Say One Thing in Arabic and Another in English for Western Audiences

Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Abd Al-Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper. The address, which was delivered in English with simultaneous Arabic translation, aired on Al-Jazeera TV on December 10, 2010.

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2728.htm.

Abd Al-Bari 'Atwan: "When the Israeli press attaché Ben-Dor left his position – he was sent to South America – he gave an interview to the Jewish Chronicle, in which he said: 'I couldn't succeed as a press attaché with The Independent or the Guardian, but actually, I was extremely successful in reducing the appearances of Bari Atwan in the mainstream television in this country.' You know, he was proud. He said: 'I instructed the BBC, Sky News, and ITV not to call him a Middle East expert or a Middle East analyst, but just to call him the editor of Al-Quds newspaper.'

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4857.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3460

Former Inmate: Jews Used Witchcraft on Guantanamo Prisoners, Made Me Feel a Cat Was Trying to Penetrate Me

Following are excerpts from an interview with Walid Muhammad Hajj a Sudanese national released from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on December 12, 2010.

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2730.htm.

Walid Muhammad Hajj: "The psychologist would come and say: 'You want to kill yourself.' I never said that I wanted to kill myself. The psychologist would say: 'You want to kill yourself, so you must undergo psychiatric treatment.' I didn't do anything. I don't want to kill myself. He'd say: 'You want to kill yourself, and that's why we have taken your clothes, and we will give you pills.'"

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4858.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3461—Egypt/Conspiracy Theories

Egyptian Diving Instructor: Israel Responsible for Fatal Shark Attack and for Lethal Jellyfish in the Sinai

Following is an interview with Mustafa Ismail, an Egyptian diving instructor, which aired on Egyptian TV on December 5, 2010.

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2727.htm.

Interviewer: "What do you think are the reasons for [the Sinai shark attacks]? I am a concerned resident of Sharm Al-Sheik."

Mustafa Ismail: "You want me to be frank?"

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4859.htm.

*The MEMRI TV Project

MEMRI TV Clip No. 2729 - Hamas PM Ismail Haniya: The Occupation Has No Future on the Land of Palestine - from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River

Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, in a rally marking the 25th anniversary of Hamas, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV, December 15, 2010:

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2729.htm.