The Gulf Daily News of Bahrain has a report that the lunatic black hole of Arab antisemitism, the Zayed Centre for Coordination and Followup, is being closed: UAE think-tank is shut.

DUBAI: The UAE is closing down a think-tank that Western critics accuse of promoting anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism.

An official said yesterday the future of the Abu Dhabi-based Zayed International Centre for Co-ordination and Follow-Up - named in honour of UAE President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan - will be up to its official sponsor, the Arab League. The UAE has funded and hosted the centre since it opened in 1999.

“We are closing down the Zayed Centre and ceasing its funding,” the official said.

The UAE “has privately voiced concerns in recent months at some statements which were linked to the centre’s activities,” he added.

Officials at the centre were not available for comment yesterday. Its website was not functioning, displaying only the message: “This site is under maintenance until further notice.”

However—the reports of the Centre’s demise appear to be premature, because contrary to the statement above, their web site is still serving up lunacy. (Although they removed most of the really juicy stuff, following their recent spate of bad publicity in the US.)