Archive for July 28, 2008
Hizbullah is effective in fighting Israel and ineffective in fighting its domestic rivals. Hamas is ineffective in fighting Israel but effective in fighting its domestic rivals.
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“”When I see a crowd of well-dressed men and women and chubby children, it bespeaks prosperity, and I know you are prosperous and happy.”” (This about one of the poorest section of California).
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“Michael Rubin writes, after news of Kurdish journalists being arrested and harassed by the KDP: “Success in Iraqi Kurdistan could have been one of Bush’s greatest legacies. Unfortunately, it appears just one instance of how his administration has squandered its chances.†This has been one of the major myths of the Iraq War. The vision [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“”We’d like to detain everyone. But that is a fantasy world,” said James Pendergraph, who oversees ICE’s partnerships with state and local agencies.” (thanks Maryam)
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“The unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip now stands at 45 percent, higher than anywhere else in the world, according to a report released recently by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.”
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
How much groveling (toward Israel) can advocates and propagandists for the Syrian regime do in one week? The answer is: plenty. And please: tell the Syrian regime not to speak on behalf of all Arabs when they promise peace and normalization with Israel. And remember that Sadat had promised them the same.
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“Olmert: Living with 270,000 Arabs in Jerusalem means more terror”
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“Completed in Paris six months before his death, Walter Benjamin’s final report to Max Horkheimer on the literary situation in France is published here for the first time in English.”
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
This is Zionism: “Academics, students and local council members are said to be among those picked up in and around Nablus.” (thanks Cheryl)
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“Palestinian citizens of Israel – officially referred to by the state as deracinated “Arabs” because it cannot bring itself to acknowledge the fact that they are Palestinian – face institutionalised forms of discrimination far worse than those once encountered by African Americans. For example, while Jewish Israelis who marry non-citizens (or residents of Jewish settlements [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
It is without exaggeration that I say that you can’t trust the New York Times on the Middle East, even if it is about non-political aspects of the region. Look at this obituary of Egyptian filmmaker, Yusuf Chahine. The longish piece does not do justice to the man, and even distorts his personality and political [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad
“It must be the smallest Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories: just half a house. But Palestinian officials and Israeli human rights groups are concerned that it represents the first stage of a plan to eradicate the historical neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, cutting off one of the main routes by which [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 by As'ad