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Source: http://www.hudson-ny.org/1821/anti-semitism-arab-regimes
Anti-Semitism: The New Necessity for Arab Regimes
(Hudson Institute-New York) Mudar Zahran - Since 2008, the Jordanian printed media has been launching a fierce attack on almost everything Jewish. Anti-Semitic-themed shows also have become common on many of the 300-plus Arab satellite networks, including media outlets owned by theoretically pro-Western Arab governments. In January 2010, Jordanian state television aired an interview with former Prime Minister Faisal Al-Fayez, in which he threatened Israel with "six million Jordanian suicide bombers." Al-Fayez has recently been appointed Speaker of the House of the Jordanian Parliament.