Archive for October 21, 2009
Never forget, never forgive: never search for common grounds with the enemy
She is playing outside of her house which was destroyed by Israeli occupation troops in Gaza. (AP)
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
For those who voted for him: enjoy him
“U.S. President Barack Obama surprised attendants of the 2009 Presidential Conference with a special recorded message, in which he called Israeli-U.S. relations a “bond that is much more than a strategic alliance.” “The American people and the Isr…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Ha: Lebanon and Kuwait ahead of Israel: disgrace unto the nations
“Israel placed No. 93 out of 175 countries on a 2009 international index of press freedom, released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. The 2009 ranking meant Israeli lost its place as the top country for press freedom in the region, fa…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Occupiers, thieves, and saboteurs
“The olive harvest season in the West Bank has begun and, as in previous years, complaints are gathering by Palestinians who claim settlers are trying to sabotage their efforts by destroying trees and stealing olives. Palestinians are enraged that a…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
I don’t want to defend Human Rights Watch but…come on
“I disagree with Robert L. Bernstein on several counts. First, Human Rights Watch has issued dozens of reports and statements on human rights abuses in other countries in the region in the last two or three years, many more than on Israel. Second, the …
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Women in the US
“Female passengers were banned from United Airlines’ “executive flights†from New York to Chicago, and in some states women were barred from jury duty lest time spent in the courtroom “encourage lax performance of their domestic duties.†“H…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Alan Dershowitz
Let me make a prediction. Alan Dershowitz will speak on the matter of the accused American spy for Israel and will accuse the FBI of anti-Semitism.
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Balance regarding war crimes is imbalance
“Human rights advocacy organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday it sent a letter to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, in which they called him to immediately implement the Goldstone Report recommendations. HRW called on Haniyeh to ope…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Israel wants you to fight her wars now (and you probably like that)
“Sitting near Wald, a former head of Israel’s military intelligence, retired General Aharon Farkash, agreed that the U.S. Air Force could be far more effective than Israel in crippling Iran’s nuclear program. “The U.S. can destroy the nuclear capaci…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Whither Communism?
“The greatest achievement of communism may well turn out to have been not the creation of an alternative and more desirable system contrasted to capitalism, but its contribution to the modernisation of capitalism itself. No account of the spread of the…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Why we need the Left
Comrade Fawwaz on why Lebanon needs a Left.
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Class warfare in Lebanon
Finally somebody said it. Comrade Khaled writes about the war on those who ride small motor bikes. He explains that the decision has been easy to implement because it affects poorer Lebanese.
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Fayyadism and Fath gangs
Today, Israeli occupation troops took over Ramallah. Even al-Arabiyya TV (the private station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) had to admit what happened: not a single shot was fired against the troops. That is not the mission of the Fath gangs and the…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Hanging from a tree: that lousy homeland called Lebanon
I am sick and tired. I am truly sick and tired. I was so disgusted by this that I almost did not blog. An Ethiopian maid was found dead, hanging from a tree in South Lebanon. Day after day, I post news of African and Asian maids committing suicide …
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
After Abu Ghraib
It is not that I want to trash all books that I read. But I seem to mention mostly books that I don’t like. But I should praise books I like more often. Take this book: Shadi Mokhtari: After Abu Ghraib: Exploring Human Rights in America and the Mi…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad
Aljazeera’s Opposite Direction
It featured an Egyptian state police propagandist/journalist against a religious fanatic from Syria, and the topic was the Niqab controversy. Egyptian propagandists are usually quite effective in barking and in expressing themselves in good Arabic. I…
Posted on October 21, 2009 by As'ad