Archive for February 1, 2008
““The experiment blew up in their faces,†said Shlomo Avineri, a political scientist at Hebrew University. “The whole theory of putting pressure on a population to put pressure on their government doesn’t work. It didn’t work in Lebanon in 2006, and it didn’t work now.—
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
The leftist club, At-Tadamun, in Tyre honored the memory of George Habash.
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Arab Intellectuals make an appeal for Gaza (I wished it was tougher but I signed as you can see).
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
My article in Al-Akbar: “George Habash and Revolutionary Ascetism.”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
“When Ghassan [Kanafani] was martyred he took half of me with him. Here, is the other half in front of you. Take it with you.” (thanks Mirvat)
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Is the Syrian government now trying to arrest people for political dissent at the rate of one per day?
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
“The independent study finds that the Taliban, which two years ago was largely viewed as a defeated movement, has been able to infiltrate and control sizable parts of southern and southeastern Afghanistan, leading to widespread disillusionment among Afghans with the mission.” (An Afghan I met in Amsterdam asked me why the world does not admit [...]
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
If there is no oil in Saudi Arabia, the world would realize that House of Saud and Al-Qa`idah are theologically (and practically) indistinguishable: “A Nigerian woman and a Pakistani man were executed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca today for drug trafficking, the Saudi interior ministry said. Ghulam Nawaz was beheaded by the sword [...]
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
“Europe and the United States increasingly tolerate autocrats posing as democrats out of pure self-interest, in countries such as Pakistan, Kenya, Nigeria and Russia, as human right abuses go on, Human Rights Watch charged Thursday.”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
“There is someone in Israel more exploited than the migrant workers or janitorial staff and it is Arab women.”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Time’s Macleod tries to absolve Islam of responsibility for terrorism so he blames it all on Habash: “You could call George Habash, a Palestinian leader who died in Amman on Saturday at the age of 82, the godfather of Middle East terrorism.”Publish Post
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
“Orlev calls for MKs who attended Habash funeral to be put on trial”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Safieh responds to Lantos: “On Wednesday Safieh countered with a statement. “The PLO Mission rejects this unfortunate and insensitive characterization by Mr. Lantos, which is deemed as a direct insult to the Palestinian people as a whole,” he said. Habash was “undeniably the second most important figure” in the history of the Palestinian national movement, [...]
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Rashad Abu Shawir on Fakhri Karim’s suit against Al-Adab.PS Why did Abu Shawir bring up the Kurdish ethnicity of Karim as if it was some stigma? Why did you bring it up in the first place? I don’t get it.
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Who woke up Human Rights Watch? “Israel’s blockade of Gaza denies 1.4 million Palestinians the food, fuel and medicine they need to survive, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, calling it collective punishment and a violation of international law.”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Israel’s Supreme Court reminds me of Saudi Supreme Council of Fatwawawas, or Iran’s Council of Experts: “Israel’s Supreme Court Upholds Gaza Fuel, Electricity Cuts.”
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad
Overwhelmingly, Lebanese favor both sides making concessions to reach a compromise agreement. Let me translate: it will not happen, if this is what the people want.
Posted on February 1, 2008 by As'ad