Links for 25 October 2010

• The politics of Egypt's feeble statistics | Brian Whitaker
  A good point on Egypt's lack of transparency, with the caveat that things are much better today than they were even five years ago.
• FT.com / Interview transcript: Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad
  "We are investing everywhere. Even your Harrods, we took it..."
• Morocco: End Abuses in Counterterrorism Arrests | Human Rights Watch
• Douglas J. Feith: Can Israel Be Jewish and Democratic? - WSJ
  What part of "settler state" does Doug Feith not get?
• Anti-Muslim crusaders make millions spreading fear | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
  Long report on those cash in on Islamophobia.
• Israel and Palestine: We built this city on rock'n'roll | The Economist

  "Ariel, says Ron Nachman, the city’s founder and mayor, was intended to undermine the viability of a Palestinian state."

• Israel critical over Mideast synod conclusions

  Some important conclusions reached at this synod, although this piece does not highlight them well.

• More pictures show Israel troops posing with Palestinians

  "In one picture, a soldier points his assault rifle at the face of a blindfolded detainee and in another an officer is seen spray-painting a Star of David and "Back soon" on what looks to be the wall of a home."