Archive for January 7, 2009
Time magazine worried about Palestinian birth rate
“Just as ominous for many Israelis is a ticking demographic time bomb: the likelihood that Arabs will vastly outnumber Jews in the land stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean is a catastrophic prospect for a nation that defines itself by its faith. At some point, Israelis will have to choose between living with [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Dennis Ross is back: I told you so, damn it
“Reportedly, two-time loser to be given a third chance to failure.” (thanks Dick)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Keep it quiet. News restrictions.
“Rather, they cited a busy news period and restrictions placed by Israel on access to the fighting. CNN sent Anderson Cooper to Israel, but he returned Wednesday partly because of those restrictions.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
By comparison (thanks Michele who prepared it)
Country Total Pop Gazan Deaths Gaza Death/Total Pop % Compare USA 305,505,444 0.000490 0.0490 149,749 Israel 7,337,000 0.000490 0.0490 3,596 Gaza 1,387,276 680 0.000490 0.0490 680 Wounded Country Total Pop Gaza Wounded Gaza Wound/Total Pop % Compare USA 305,505,444 0.001802 0.1802 550,549 Israel 7,337,000 0.001802 0.1802 13,222 Gaza 1,387,276 2,500 0.001802 0.1802 2,500
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Dandana
I received my first invitation to speak on the horrors of Gaza. It is from a…music channel called Dandana. I will appear tonight (my time) at 6:30PM.
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli terrorists butcher Palestinian children
…and they blame Al-Jazeera (thanks Marcy)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Crimes of Zionism
“They said that after the Israeli army first took the town on Saturday night soldiers had ordered about 100 members of the clan to gather in a single house owned by Wael Samouni around dawn on Sunday. At 6.35am on Monday the house was repeatedly shelled with appalling loss of civilian life. A handful of [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Help
I have translated a lot of political poetry for this blog that it seems that I lost track. Vanessa asked me for the book of poetry from which Darwish’s poem (“all that you have done to our people, is registered in notebooks”) is taken. I looked and looked and could not find it. It seems [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
700 Palestinians killed and 3100 injured
Latest toll from AlJazeera.
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Sky news: fair and balanced
Ziad sent me this: “have you seen the interview of oussama hamdan on sky news? toward the end of the interview, the anchor told him, “thank you Mr. Oussama Bin Laden”, that is when oussam hamdan replied “Oussama Hamdan” so the anchored said “oh yes sorry for the mistake”. the anchor wants to convince us [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Haykal on Al-Jazeera
He always disappoint. He never goes far enough: he treads softly, and then proceeds but stops himself. He never wants to break with the Egyptian regime. He criticizes the Mubarak regime, and then adds that he likes Mubarak, or that his was “misled” by his advisers.
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Humane…terrorism from Israel
“State to help fund treatment of pets hurt by rockets” (thanks mcjp)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Ahmad Az-Za`tar
From Ahmad Az-Za`tar by Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish (my translation):“I am the Arab Ahmad–he saidI am the bullets the orangesthe memoriesI found myself near myselfSo I went away from the dewand the maritime sceneTal Az-Za`tar, the tentI am the country, when it cameAnd it reincarnated meI am the constant travelto the countryI found myselfenveloping myself…Ahmad [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Get me out of here
“The venom of this description, like the undisguised pleasure that Arendt took in leaving Israel—“I have never before grasped the concrete meaning of ‘relief’ so clearly,†she wrote at the end of a 1955 trip—suggests the great emotional forces at play.” (thanks Prachant)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Iraq and Afghanistan
I have noticed that the US press is ignoring the demonstrations against Israel (and the Egyptian regime) in Arab and Muslim countries. But it has been particularly noteworthy that demonstrations have been taking place in US-run Iraq and Afghanistan. In the Iraq, the puppet prime minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, today called on Arab and Muslim countries [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Insults and counter insults in Miami
Insults in Miami (thanks Sarah)PS I posted this which I received a few days ago because Fox News is reporting the insults of one side only.
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Toronto
“Toronto police have arrested eight Canadian Jewish women who occupied the Israeli consulate on Bloor Street.” (thanks Nadia)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
at 14
“She died of fear, at 14″. (thanks Rime)
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli victims are…shocked. SHOCKED
Taghreed El-Khodary is back (with a chaperone). She reports on the horrors that the Palestinians are inflicting on poor Israelis: “The Israeli military reported on Wednesday that a rocket fired from Gaza landed in a yard in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and nine people were treated for shock. Three other rockets landed elsewhere.” [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad
Those poor killers
Who can accuse the New York Times of insensitivity? Look at this picture. I mean, the New York Times is really concerned over the exhaustion that those killers may feel as they go about their business of butchering Palestinian children: “Soldiers rested on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza during the three-hour cease-fire [...]
Posted on January 7, 2009 by As'ad