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The Bosnian constitution was created by the Dayton agreement, signed in Paris in 1995 by the US, France, Britain, Russia, Germany. Here are a few excerpts from the constitution:

The Parliamentary Assembly shall have two chambers: the House of Peoples and the House of Representatives.
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House of Peoples. The House of Peoples shall comprise 15 Delegates, two-thirds from the Federation (including five Croats and five Bosniacs) and one-third from the Republika Srpska (five Serbs).
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House of Representatives. The House of Representatives shall comprise 42 Members, two-thirds elected from the territory of the Federation, one-third from the territory of the Republika Srpska.
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Each chamber shall by majority vote adopt its internal rules and select from its members one Serb, one Bosniac, and one Croat to serve as its Chair and Deputy Chairs, with the position of Chair rotating among the three persons selected.
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The Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall consist of three Members: one Bosniac and one Croat, each directly elected from the territory of the Federation, and one Serb directly elected from the territory of the Republika Srpska.

So much for the principle of ethnic neutrality! Now, as a practical matter, a Jew — Jakob Finci, leader of Bosnia’s Jewish community — wishes to run for the Presidency and cannot. He’s asking the European Court of Human Rights to intervene.

In Israel, an Arab could legally become Prime Minister (or President).

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He’s Raed Salah, also known as the Sheik of Al-Aqsa. Leader of the “Islamic Movement in Israel”, he insists that Israel has no sovereignty over any part of the Temple Mount, even the Kotel (Western Wall). On Friday, he gave a sermon in which he

…urged supporters to start a third intifada to “save al-Aksa Mosque, free Jerusalem and end the occupation.” In an apparent reference to the resurrected “blood libel” that Jews in medieval times used the blood of Christians to make their Passover matza, he said Israel’s history was drenched with blood. “They want to build their temple at a time when our blood is on their clothes, on their doorsteps, in their food and in their drinks. Our blood has passed from one ‘Terrorist General’ to another ‘Terrorist General,'” the Islamic Movement chief screamed, an apparent reference to the changeover of the Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff earlier in the week. — Israel Insider

Riots followed, unsurprisingly. Salah, an Israeli citizen, has been ordered by a court to stay at least 150 meters from the Temple Mount, but says that he does not accept Israeli authority and intends to violate the order.

Technorati Tags: Salah, Jerusalem, Temple Mount

By Vic Rosenthal

Do we need a peace plan?

We keep hearing about the importance of solving the Arab-Israeli conflict, of the need to come up with a plan for a two-state solution that will provide security for Israelis and nationhood for Palestinians, or even (possibly a bit disingenuously) one for a change in the nature of the state of Israel so that there could be one big state in which Jews and Arabs could live together democratically and happily.

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The Memri Blog has translated this cartoon from the government controlled Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram:

The top line reads: “Hillary” and “Obama” – A Woman and a Negro are Participating in the Campaign for the American Presidency

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The bottom: The Religious Man: “This is another sign of the collapse of the Western civilization”