Mordechai Kedar
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I know this is an old video clip and has been around, but it’s so great and I refer it to so many people that my blog just wouldn’t be complete without it.
This is a clip of Dr. Mordechai Kedar, an Israeli scholar of Arabic literature and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, debating an anchorman on al Jazeera on Jerusalem and Islam, and is truly one of the most entertaining and memorable debates I’ve ever seen.

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