Archive for October 5, 2009
The last straw?
“Reports have been circulating in the Arab, Israeli and European media that Abbas and his associates may have been prompted to take this extraordinary action because Israel had been threatening, had they continued with their support of the UN resolu…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Between Israel and Iran
A comparison. (thanks FLC)
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Who is scaring whom?
Scenes from Al-Aqsa. (Reuters)
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
The US hand…in Iran
“In 1967, under the “Atoms for Peace” program launched by President Eisenhower, the US sold the Shah of Iran’s government a 5-megawatt, light-water type research reactor. This small dome-shaped structure, located in the Tehran suburbs, was the found…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan explains why Palestinians should not revolt
“But we won’t push the Palestinian people into a disaster.”" (thanks Helena)
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
The collaborator wants fruits
“”This ethnic group that has given so much, that began to give to the country before the state had even been established, should be adopted by the state. And the state should give it its rightful place, because otherwise Arab MKs can say to us “why …
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan envoy in Geneva
I watched the interview with Ibrahim Khurayshah (the PA ambassador at the UN in Geneva) on Al-Arabiyya TV (the private station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) which has been working hard to shore up the reputation and standing of the Dahlanists in the w…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
King `Abdullah University for Wahhabi Science and Quackery
Madawi Rasheed analyzes the new King `Abdullah University.
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Syrian workers in Lebanon
Lebanese security forces mistreat a Syrian worker and put him in the trunk of a car. (thanks Sa`ed)
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Abu Mazen’s speech at UN
Muhammad `Ali Atasi analyzes the speeches of Abu Mazen and Netanyahu at UN. (thanks Mirvat)
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
Sons of Zayid’s newspaper
So the mouthpiece of Sons of Zayid of UAE did not cover the expulsion of Lebanese Shi`ites and Palestinians from UAE. It was not worth covering: and notice how little they are covering the events in Palestine. As you all know–or should know–sons of…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
I visited Mukhtarah and all I got was a bite from Walid Jumblat’s dog
Yassine C. sent me this (I cite with his permission–and I asked him for a picture of the bite too): “Every Saturday morning, Walid Jumblatt opens the doors for visitors who can come to him for their complaints or ideas. Today, together with some fr…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
back to their old tricks
They are outraged that the democratically-elected president has returned to his country: “But at the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington, where diplomats met in an emergency session to discuss the Micheletti government’…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad
The Left in Europe
The New York Times had a long article about the decline of the Left in Europe, only days before the landslide victory of the socialists in Greece. And the article does not mention that people have been disappointed with the traditional left, say in Ge…
Posted on October 5, 2009 by As'ad