Archive for July 16, 2009
9,600 Palestinian prisoners, including 345 children and 85 women
“The number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails reached up to 9,600, including 345 children and 85 women, a Palestinian researcher said in a statistical report on Wednesday.” And this is not counting the number of Palestinian prisoners in the …
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
Moroccan propaganda on Al-Arabiyya
You will notice that for the last few days, the TV station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law, has been airing pure propaganda pieces on the Moroccan king and his “achievements” on the anniversary of his assumption to the throne. The Saudi royal family is …
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
Le Monde versus the New York Times
The New York Times had a small item about the closure of the Aljazeera office in the West Bank. Compare this item in Le Monde which gives such more intelligent background. Notice that Faruq Qaddumi (the most senior Fath person alive) was referred to …
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“”Shut up or I will f*** you,” a Christian Peacemaker Team observer quoted an Israeli soldier yelling at the mother of a boy bound in military custody near Hebron on Monday.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
On Israeli warships
An American scientist who wants to have a job (and thus does not want to be identified) sent me this: “And now for a demonstration of the might of the Israeli Navy. Oh, yes. The Eilat Corvette crossed the Suez Canal, and this (between us, Haaretz di…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner: delivering the messages of Israeli propaganda
Really. I see no article by Ethan Bronner that does not deliver messages of Israeli propaganda to the readers of the New York Times. I mean, any Israeli military or intelligence propagandist can call the New York Times bureau in occupied Jerusalem or…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
The New York Times and its love affair with the Honduran coup
Today, the New York Times carried a long AP story about the support for the coup on Honduras by the Catholic church, as if the church is ever an authority on matters of justice or real democracy. Notice how the copy includes languages that intends to …
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
The blood of innocent civilians
Make no mistake about it: we should all blame the US, EU, and the UN for the crashes of Iranian civilian airliners and the deaths of Iranian civilians in those crashes. The sanctions against Iran, as you know, prevent the sale of spare parts even for …
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
Net gain for Israel
“This can hardly be described as anything other than a net gain for Israel, especially since the settlement project is reaching its natural conclusion. There are already 500,000 settlers in the West Bank, who with their infrastructure consume more t…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
The children of Gaza, Palestine
“Palestinian children pose for a picture near a building destroyed during Israel’s massive 22-day assault in the Gaza Strip last December-January on July 15, 2009 in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers in the Gaza war were told to shoot firs…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
Jordan regrets
““We regret the statement made in Amman by Farouk Kaddoumi, secretary of Fatah’s central committee, against Abbas and the Palestinian Authority,†said Nabil Sharif, minister of state for communication.” This came in the wake of a front page r…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
This is a first: proud of Al-Akhbar
This is a first: literally, as Joe Biden would add. Al-Akhbar publishes a letter of attacks against comrade Ibrahim Al-Amin: the founder and CEO of Al-Akhbar newspaper. The person who wrote the letter was furious because Al-Amin criticized a recent r…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
A Syrian was stabbed in Leabnon
Yet another Syrian was attacked: this one was stabbed. (thanks Ali)
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
An Israeli spy in Lebanon
You have to read this full account in As-Safir of the court ruling on an Israeli spy in Lebanon. Don’t you like it that the fumbling and bumbling security services of Lebanon are achieving victories against the self-praising Mossad? Quite something….
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
A Syrian arrested in Lebanon
A Syrian was arrested in Lebanon because he was…taking pictures. I kid you not. Such is the nature of Lebanese institutional racism against the Syrian and Palestinian peoples. (thanks Michel)
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad
The Revenge of AlJazeera: on its war with the Abu Mazen’s collaborationist regime
Politics aside, AlJazeera Arabic is an excellent channel. Forget about all the political biases that afflict all news media, Aljazeera makes more effort to check in political biases than mainstream US media, like the New York Times. To compare Al-Arabi…
Posted on July 16, 2009 by As'ad