Archive for August 13, 2008

Love is in the air. Hizbullah Minister, Muhammad Fnaysh, enjoys the company of Saudi ambassador, `Abdul-`Aziz Al-Khujah, who even wrote a poem for Mahmud Darwish who despised the Saudi royal family. (thanks F.)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Reuters has said it is “deeply disturbed” that the Israeli military has decided the tank crew that killed one of the news agency’s cameramen and eight young bystanders in the Gaza Strip four months ago will not face legal action.” But Reuters added that this incident will in no way affect its long-standing service to [...]

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

A journalist in the West Bank sent me this (with pictures):“Dear As’ad,Mohammad Dahlan [commander of the Dahlan underwear army--if you enlarge the picture you can see him] was there. Rouhi Fattouh [the famous smuggler] was there. The U.S. Consul in Jerusalem, Jacob Walles was there. Yasser Abed Rabbo seemed to arrive with Darwish’s coffin on [...]

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Paul McCartney will not be performing in Israel next month as planned, Globes reported yesterday.” (thanks Omar)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

The Palestinian people deserve better: Neither Fath, nor Hamas. “It’s all part of a widening crackdown on political opponents, both by the Western-backed Fatah movement in the West Bank and by the Islamic militant Hamas in Gaza.” (thanks Sellam)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

More Zionist lies and fabrications. So Yedioth Ahronoth published an article about a visit by Arab students, including Saudi students, to the Israeli embassy in Washington. I carried the item here. The paper even printed a picture of the students holding a Saudi flag. The cultural attache of the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC denied [...]

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Asked about the motivation to initially engage in the sale of weaponry to Georgia despite concerns it might anger Russia, Yaron replied: “We did see that there was potential for a conflagration in the region but Georgia is a friendly state, it’s supported by the US, and so it was difficult to refuse.”” (thanks Carlos)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“The Israel Defense Forces has closed an investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Strip last April, clearing the tank crew that killed the young journalist of any wrongdoing and saying the soldiers will not face any disciplinary action.” (thanks Rashid)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

This is Zionism: “A Palestinian resident of Ras KarKar, a West Bank village located near Modiin, claimed Wednesday that a Jewish settler tied his 17-year-old son to an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and dragged him through an olive grove.” (thanks Marcy)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Criticism of Ankori was voiced in the United States, in, among other places, the weekly Chronicle of Higher Education and the Jewish paper The Forward, because she took legal action against a review published in an academic journal and obstructed the possibility of an open academic debate.” (thanks Mouin)

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Al Birwa, the village where Darwish spent his earliest years, exists today as little more than a memory – even if one immortalised in his poetry. Its buildings were razed by the Israeli army during the war of 1948 that established the state of Israel by sending 750,000 Palestinians into exile. At age seven, Darwish [...]

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad

“Thousands of websites in the United Arab Emirates were blocked on Monday, according to an email statement sent by DU, one of the country’s major Internet service providers, to all its users.”

Posted on August 13, 2008 by As'ad