Archive for October 19, 2009
Planning to liberate the Golan Heights (at the right time and the right place)
Bashshar Al-Asad (shown in military fatigue–oh, yeah) planning the liberation of the Golan Heights, but “at the right time and the right place”–as they say in Ba`thist propaganda. (AFP)
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Fath versus AlJazeera
Fath gangsters are furious that AlJazeera aired this “improved” version of Mawtini. (thanks Yusuf)
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Israeli intelligence
It is high time that Arabs realize that Israeli intelligence is often more dumb that Arab intelligence services. We have seen how Hizbullah has been able to outsmart Israel in intelligence wars. Look at this news item: “Sultan Abu al-Ghneim, who rep…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Sheep–armed with WMDs
“Israel has always been one sheep among 70 wolves,” said Yishai at the cabinet meeting.”
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
They want to boycott: no one cares
” A large Israeli cafe chain has decided to stop selling Turkish coffee and plans are afoot to boycott Turkish resorts in the wake of increased tensions between the two allies, officials said Sunday.” Yes, please do. I don’t want to run into any of…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
For those Arabs who are relying on Russia to help them
“He also said that even though Russia supported the resolution on the adoption of the Goldstone report, it opposes the transfer of the matter to the Security Council or the commencement of legal action at the International Criminal Court at The Hagu…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
The gangs of collaborators: hired to kill other Palestinians on behalf of Israel
“But in Israel, the force is seen as an expedient for countering Hamas and other militant groups – a vehicle to enable the Palestinian Authority to fight terror within its own cities so that Israel doesn’t have to. Israeli supporters of the force – …
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Hummus and Falafil
“”No one has the right to call hummus and falafel his national dish,” said Siham Baghdadi Zurub, a Ramallah-based chef and author of the Arabic-language cookbook The Palestinian Cuisine. She argued that in fact Palestinians were the first to make hu…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Explosion in Iran
I don’t know who was behind the explosion in Iran. I don’t know if the US or others are behind it. But I do remember that the US contracted to Saudi Arabia the job of detonating car bombs in Lebanon in the 1980s, according to Bob Woodward who details…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanonese crazies: Mansur Rahbani and his sons
Usamah Rahbani (the talentless son of the talentless Mansur Rahbani) said that he wishes to produce his most dumb (and embarrassingly lousy) play on Jubran (he thinks he was being post-modernist when in one scene somebody drags Jubran on his chair thro…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Kill Bill III in Lebanon
Comrade Khaled predicts a Kill Bill III in Lebanon.
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Analyzing An-Nahar: the Lebanese right-wing, sectarian Christian and racist anti-Syrian, anti-Palestinian paper
Comrade Raed analyzes An-Nahar
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Fayyadism equals Zionism
Another Zionist endorsement of Fayyadism: “Fayaadism, by contrast, seeks the “Zionization†of the Palestinian national movement. It imbues the Palestinian cause with a positive ethos of nation- and state-building by superseding Palestinian natio…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Meet your American expert of Islam
“”However, instead of addressing this propaganda in the contexts in which it arises, Manji, who accepts the invitation to visit Israel, proceeds to explain the cause of Muslim stagnation as observed on this trip. She describes Israel as the only de…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Dahlan, o Dahlan: the man of Israeli law and order
“”We have taken our final decision to go to elections at the constitutionally appointed time… because we respect the law,” he said.” (thanks Ziyaad)
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Palestinian digital archive
An-Najah University is launching a digital archive. You may see old issues of Filastin newspaper. (thanks Marcy)
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
The Fath Leadership: the Israeli appointments
The Fath’s Revolutionary Council–Fath should be ashamed of even uttering the word “revolution”–added 19 members. Eight of the West Bank appointments are heads of security forces who closely collaborates with Israeli occupation. (thanks Nasser)
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
The Puppet is still falling, and he can’t get up
“Abbas, a relatively moderate leader who favors negotiations over violence, has less and less room to maneuver. Members of his own Fatah movement have questioned his judgment over the U.N. report and expressed increasing impatience over the lack of pro…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad
Lebanonese genius
“ls sent me this: “Just thought this might interest you. I was wathcing news the other day on LBC (dont know why) and near to the end it was time for the sport news and the news was of Ghana wining the Under20 FIFA etc and this was a quick 1 or 2 mi…
Posted on October 19, 2009 by As'ad