"In his fascination with neocons, Bloom shamelessly applauds their failed policies. Yet in contrast he attacks persons of integrity such as Noam Chomsky and Edward Said.”

"President Bush is about to end his career in disgrace. The same fate is waiting impatiently for Ehud Olmert. For politicians of this kind, it is easy to be tempted by a last adventure, a last chance for a decent place in history after all."

"Groups such as Reporters Without Borders and the International Federation of Journalists [IFJ] have compiled huge dossiers on Israeli transgression of journalists as well as documented studies on their deliberate targeting."

"Islam was accepted and welcomed all around the Mediterranean basin because it countered the rigid conformity of Roman rule by introducing the value of respecting each person's inherent human dignity and by implementing concrete precepts to make the achievement of universal human dignity a reality."

"The important question is why there is such indifference among Muslims to the destruction of the symbols and sites of Islam."

"Under a McCain presidency, we’d be back to the square one where we’ve found ourselves since January 2001. Putting Obama in the White House would not by any means ensure progressive change, but under his presidency the grassroots would have an opportunity to create it."

“The Maclean’s article, and others like it, are examples of [Islamophobia]. By portraying Muslims as all sharing the same negative characteristics, including being a threat to ‘the West’, this explicit expression of Islamophobia further perpetuates and promotes prejudice towards Muslims and others. An extreme illustration of this is a 'blog' discussion concerning the article that was brought to the attention of the Commission which, among many things, called for the mass killing, deportation or conversion of Muslim Canadians.”

-- Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission

"A search of major media--print, radio and television--has virtually the same result: silence. The Internet is one of the few places where one can find thoughtful and candid examinations of Israel’s dominance of U.S. society."