Archive for February 10, 2009
The most miserable cities in the US
I live in Modesto. Damn. Stockton beat us to the dubious honor this time but we still were in the bottom 5. (thanks W.)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Angry Arab in UK
I will be going to UK in early March: I am scheduled to speak at Oxford University, Manchester University, and SOAS. I will provide details once they become available. I will speak during Israel’s apartheid week.
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Hoax
The quote attributed to an Israeli official about controlling Americans is a hoax. Wait: why should I expose hoaxes that are damaging to Israel? Never mind.
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Hoax
The remarks attributed to Robert De Niro (and circulated widely in the Arab world, and included in Rashad Abu Shawir’s column in Al-Quds Al-`Arabi) are fabricated. It is a hoax. Do I have to keep a hoax watch for you?
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
An expert on Islamic radicalism
Michel Mu`awwad is visiting Australia. Here is how the press release of the University of Sydney introduced him. (thanks Ibn Rushd)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
US media makeover
A sophisticated relaunch of American media: ““The Bluffer’s Guide,†will tell readers how to sound as if they are knowledgeable on a current topic, whether they are or not.”
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli election
My position on the Israeli election is akin to Henry Kissinger’s position toward the Iran-Iraq war.
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Zionist-Wahhabi alliance
“Dershowitz: There was great hope for a two-state solution when Clinton and Barak offered it to the Palestinians in 2000. But as Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia correctly put it, Arafat committed a crime against the Palestinian people by turning down the offer.” (thanks hammouda)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
What he wants, I don’t want, and vice versa
Another reason to support the one-state solution: Peres is against it. (thanks Sarah)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Bushama update
“Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully” (thanks Maria)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
I told you so, damn it
“President Obama’s Justice Department signaled in a San Francisco courtroom Monday that the change in administrations has not changed the government’s position on secrecy and the rights of foreign prisoners – and that lawsuits by alleged victims of CIA kidnappings and torture must be dismissed on national security grounds.” (thanks Mahmoud)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Palestinians in Lebanon
When you think about it, no side in Lebanon cares about the Palestinians in Lebanon. Neither March 8, nor March 14. Neither Hizbullah nor the Phalanges or the Future Movement. There is no party or organization is peaking about the plight of the Palestinians. The Palestinians have no political friends in Lebanon, except individuals leftists. [...]
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanon’s war on the Palestinians (all factions are silent)
“Two years after fierce battles reduced Nahr al-Bared to rubble, the refugees are growing bitter over a tight-budgeted rebuilding plan, which aims at placing the camp under the control of the Lebanese government for the first time.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan gangs make their choice
Fath gangs for Israeli war criminals: “PA officials are therefore hoping that Kadima chair Tzipi Livni and Labor chairman Ehud Barak will form the next government.”
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“Israeli Arab journalists for Channel 2 television and the Israel Broadcasting Authority were not permitted to enter a campaign gathering held by the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu Party in Haifa on Sunday.” (thanks Marcy)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Who is funding whom?
“Iran also happens to accuse Jondallah – among other minority ethno-national and sectarian insurgent groups operating on its territory – of receiving support from U.S., British, and Saudi intelligence in an effort to destabilize the Islamic Republic from within by fomenting ethnic and sectarian strife (Press TV, June 14, 2008). Jondallah fervently denies any links [...]
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan ambassador in the House of Representative
Dahlan hearing in Congress (thanks Aida)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Regime security
“There are more detailed accounts of what happened on Friday and events since then on various blogs. The family, while desperately worried, have been working with local activists and friends abroad to mobilise a campaign for Philip’s release (the Facebook group attracted more than 2,500 members in the first two days).” (thanks Ben)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
Dubai miracle, my…potato
“Dubai cancelled 86 percent more residency visas in January this year compared with the same period in 2008, official figures revealed on Tuesday.” (thanks Ali)
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad
"All that you have done to our people, is registered in notebooks"
“Much of the debate surrounding Israel’s aerial and ground offensive against Gaza has centered on whether or not Israel observed principles of proportionality and distinction. The debate suggests that Israel targeted Hamas i.e., its military installations, its leaders, and its militants, and in the process of its discrete military exercise it inadvertently killed Palestinian civilians. [...]
Posted on February 10, 2009 by As'ad