ALERT

Asians have appetite for Jewish conspiracy theories

“So what explains the remarkable appeal of Jewish conspiracy theories in Asia? The answer must be partly political. Conspiracy theories thrive in relatively closed societies, where free access to news is limited and freedom of inquiry curtailed. Japan is no longer such a closed society, yet even people with a short history of democracy are prone to believe that they are victims of unseen forces. Precisely because Jews are relatively unknown, therefore mysterious, and in some way associated with the West, they become an obvious fixture of anti-Western paranoia.” Read more

Israeli Medical Breakthrough for Treating Ovarian Cancer

“An experimental mouse model in which cancer cells isolated from a woman with ovarian cancer created a malignant tumor that mimics human ovarian cancer has been developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Medical Center in Haifa” Read more

(a thought from AlertToday: So much of Israel advocacy has to go into countering Islamist propaganda that there is not enough public relations projects focused on Israeli scientific, technological and cultural achievements)

Muslim Comics Superheroes battle radical Islam

“From videogames to a Kuwaiti entrepreneur’s comic-book empire featuring Muslim superheroes, the Arab world’s private sector is leading a push to provide Muslim and Arab youth with homegrown heroes, something sorely needed as a bulwark against the trend toward radical Islam throughout the Middle East. . . El-Zanaty said he hoped these pop-culture characters could give young people a sense of hope and a positive image of themselves as Arabs.” Read more

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