Archive for July 21, 2009
King PlayStation
“”Many Palestinians living in Jordan are convinced that the Jordanian authorities are trying to squeeze them out,” said Ismail Jaber, a West Bank lawyer who has been living in the kingdom for nearly 20 years. “There is growing discontent and uncerta…
Posted by As'ad at 11:32 AM 07/21/09
Pentagon Enlists Feminists
“Pentagon Enlists Feminists for War Aims.” I can’t link to anything written by Tom Hayden without comment: I still remember how he danced aboard Israeli warships in the waters of Lebanon in 1982 (along with Jane Fonda) to cheer the Israeli invasion of…
Posted by As'ad at 11:28 AM 07/21/09
Not in the US press: the lies of Simon Wiesenthal
The lies of Simon Wisenthal: (but his staunch and unconditional support for Israeli wars and aggression, make his lies acceptable in the US press). Centers are named after him in the US. (thanks Shakib)
Posted by As'ad at 11:24 AM 07/21/09
“a leading pragmatist of Likud”: the lexicon of Isabel Kershner
Of course, with Isabel Kershner (just as with Ethan Bronner) you know that you will get absolute and pure Israeli propaganda. But this attracted my attention yesterday: “a leading pragmatist of Likud.” Pragmatist of Likud? This is like a feminist o…
Posted by As'ad at 11:18 AM 07/21/09
Commander of the Faithful in Rabat
“Cartoon on king’s wealth banned in Morocco”
Posted by As'ad at 11:16 AM 07/21/09
Need
“However, Israel and the United States seem to have more in common when it comes to the security arena and, despite clear political differences right now, both bring enough to the table to make the relationship worthwhile.”The Americans know we need…
Posted by As'ad at 11:12 AM 07/21/09
Ruhi Fattuh
The collaborationist regime of Abu Mazen called for an investigation of the accusations by Faruq Qaddumi. Yeah, the last time I heard about an investigation by that collaborationist regime was when the former speaker of the legistlative council, Ruhi …
Posted by As'ad at 11:09 AM 07/21/09
Prince Nayif
New TV aired a picture of what it said was Prince Nayif in its report this evening. That was Prince Muqrin.
Posted by As'ad at 11:05 AM 07/21/09
Mechanical errors
By the way, the crashing of all helicopters over Afghanistan this month is due to mechanical errors. Only mechanical errors. That is what I read in the newspapers and that is what I believe. I believe all that I read in the newspaper. I follow orde…
Posted by As'ad at 11:02 AM 07/21/09
Kingdom of Horrors
“Saudi Arabia has been condemned by Amnesty International for “gross and widespread” human rights abuses by detaining thousands of people in counter-terrorism round-ups and holding many of them for years without charge or trial.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted by As'ad at 11:01 AM 07/21/09
The constant aggression (and calls for additional aggression) by Israel
I was looking through my archives and collected documents (and they are organized according to the potato library classification system), and I came across an old issue of the Washington Post from January 10, 1991. The headline is “Israel Urges Strike…
Posted by As'ad at 10:29 AM 07/21/09
Critique of the Arab Human Development Report
Here is a critique of the Arab Human Development Report by one of the contributors. (thanks Mirvat)
Posted by As'ad at 10:26 AM 07/21/09
The Incoherence of Islamic Fundamentalism
Somebody posted for free my article from 1994 in the Middle East Journal, “The Incoherence of Islamic Fundamentalism: Arab-Islamic Thought at the end of the 20th Century.” (thanks Salim)
Posted by As'ad at 10:23 AM 07/21/09
Arab Human Development Report
I may write (in Arabic) a critique of the just released Arab Human Development Report. I am not finished reading it but I certain was surprised to see tributes paid to “state security”. (thanks Cara)
Posted by As'ad at 10:21 AM 07/21/09
Aljazeera on Iran: a note on the media and the Iran story
I have been critical of US and Saudi media in their coverage of the Iran story. You shall notice this about the US media: their mainstream (and not very high at all) standards of professional journalism are lowered substantially in stories that are re…
Posted by As'ad at 10:13 AM 07/21/09
