Links November 12th to November 13th

Links from my del.icio.us account for November 12th through November 13th:

• Change has come … to Jewish America – J Street starting to split American Zionists.
• Saudi Arabia Seeks U.N. Platform to Promote Pluralism Abroad – NYTimes.com – Saudi "religious tolerance" efforts: "Diplomats around the building noted that because the Saudi government recently donated $500 million to the World Food Program, no one was likely to confront it openly about domestic issues of religious freedom."
• Fox News chairman Ailes comes home, discusses Obama’s tasks – Vindy.com News – Local & Regional News – Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio – Fox News chairman and top Republican insider Roger Ailes: "“I defend the United States, Israel and the Constitution." In that order?
• The Kefaya movement: a case study of a grassroots reform initiative. – RAND monograph on Kifaya. [PDF]
• Egypt ‘must stop’ border shooting (BBC News) – "Human Rights Watch calls on Egypt to stop shooting African migrants as they cross the country's border into Israel."
• FT.com / World – Secular candidate elected Jerusalem mayor – Nir Barkat elected on promises of settlement expansion.
• Arab Reform Bulletin – A Historic Opportunity for President-Elect Obama – Tips to Obama on US reform promotion in Egypt.
• LRB · Adam Shatz: Leaving Paradise – On Iraqi Jews, their lives in Baghdad and the Zionist movement's efforts to make them leave.