Archive for November 17, 2009
Zionism is racism
“Less than six months after two northern communities proposed changing their bylaws to make “loyalty to the Zionist vision” a condition of acceptance into the community, a third has just followed suit. All three locales are small communities where…
Posted by As'ad at 11:02 AM 11/17/09
“Rome Crocodiles”
Comrade Khalid on the FAO meeting.
Posted by As'ad at 11:02 AM 11/17/09
Boycott
“A pressure campaign targeted at Gulf states was launched in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday by a coalition of 170 Palestinian organisations urging Arab states to boycott companies complicit in Israel’s expansion in the holy city. In a rare public pres…
Posted by As'ad at 10:58 AM 11/17/09
The Hashemites of Jordan
“Jordanian Princess Alia bint Al-Hussein, half-sister of King Abdullah II, ruler of Jordan, is selling one of her posh Palm Beach mansions for $17.5 million, $6.5 million more than she paid for it last year. In July 2008, the princess and her husba…
Posted by As'ad at 10:57 AM 11/17/09
That Havel guy
“« Que l’amour et la vérité l’emportent sur le mensonge et la haine !” Ce credo, marqué d’un idéalisme frôlant la naïveté manichéenne a attiré pas mal de sarcasmes (on surnomme depuis les partisans de Havel les « amourovéritétiens »). …
Posted by As'ad at 10:52 AM 11/17/09
Who is not guilty
“The only soldier convicted in connection with the death of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa has dramatically accused a former Army officer of prisoner abuse.”
Posted by As'ad at 10:51 AM 11/17/09
Doublespeak
“Israeli Foreign Minister of the Yisrael Beiteinu fundamental party, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Monday that the Palestinian Authority seeks Israel’s support in fighting and countering Hamas, and at the same time files complaints to the internationa…
Posted by As'ad at 10:49 AM 11/17/09
Hunting Spree
“Iraqi border police turned a Qatari Emir home as he tried to enter the country for a hunting spree. Sheikh Jaber al-Khalifa al-Thani reached Iraq’s border in the southern city of Basra with a motorcade of more than 20 vehicles but was not allow…
Posted by As'ad at 10:46 AM 11/17/09
Copenhagen
I was invited to blog about the climate summit in (or from) Copenhagen, Denmark next month. I have accepted. I will let you know.
Posted by As'ad at 10:13 AM 11/17/09
Harvard Law School
For those who care, this is the information on my talk next week: “Obama’s Middle East Policies: the Persistence of the Bush Doctrine Obama’s Middle East Policies: the Persistence of the Bush Doctrine Professor As’ad Abukhalil California State…
Posted by As'ad at 10:02 AM 11/17/09
Israeli intimidation:
“Right-wing groups in Israel want to create a climate of fear among left-wing scholars at Israeli universities by emulating the “witch-hunt” tactics of the U.S. academic monitoring group Campus Watch, Israeli professors warn. The watchdog groups Isr…
Posted by As'ad at 9:59 AM 11/17/09
Tour
“An influential Jewish community leader and Democratic State Assemblyman from New York is currently heading a mission of about 50 Americans through the West Bank and East Jerusalem to promote home purchases in the area and to protest U.S. President …
Posted by As'ad at 9:57 AM 11/17/09
Thieves, killers, terrorists, forgerers, pirates, and fabricators: Disgrace unto the Nations
“20-Year-Old Letterhead points to Israeli Forgery in Francop Affair”. Blame this bad forgery on the lousy quality of Israeli orientalists. (thanks Laleh)
Posted by As'ad at 9:53 AM 11/17/09
Celebration of Israeli colonial settlements at the Mets
“A group that supports Palestinian causes is crying foul because The Hebron Fund, a Brooklyn-based organization that funds radical Jewish settlers in the West Bank city, is holding a fund-raiser Saturday at the home of the Mets. The money they coll…
Posted by As'ad at 9:48 AM 11/17/09
Militias Training Center: What Queen Youtube won’t tweet about
“Commonly known by its acronym JIPTC, the Jordan International Police Training Centre is ground-zero for the transformation of U.S.-allied security forces not only for the Kingdom of Jordan, but also for Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories…
Posted by As'ad at 9:45 AM 11/17/09
PA ambassadors for…Israel
“Curiously, the head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia, Izzat Abdulhadi, is also very pleased with Australia’s overall stance: “I think it’s good that Australia has good relations with Israel because it gives it a unique status where it can me…
Posted by As'ad at 9:43 AM 11/17/09
The true meaning of American “liberation”
“Afghanistan has slipped three places to become the world’s second most-corrupt country despite billions in aid meant to bolster the government against a rising insurgency, according to an annual survey of perceived levels of corruption…Iraq saw s…
Posted by As'ad at 9:40 AM 11/17/09
Racism and Australian Injustice
“Aboriginal young people are more likely to be arrested, charged and placed before the courts than non-Aboriginal young people detained for similar offences and with similar prior records. For example, research in NSW in the early 1990s found that if t…
Posted by As'ad at 9:35 AM 11/17/09
Dahlan, o Dahlan: PA militias to protect Israel
“That’s because Abbas’ possible resignation threatens the future of the U.S.-funded Palestinian security forces that have begun to play a key role in preventing militants from launching attacks on Israel.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted by As'ad at 9:26 AM 11/17/09
Lebanese Army heroism, or histrionics
This is classic in the Hummus Army. So the Lebanese Army was performing at LAU in Beirut to mark the fake independence of Lebanon. And as usual in such performances by that army, they did what they always do: they bite into a snake. This is based on…
Posted by As'ad at 9:19 AM 11/17/09
For insomniacs: I found you a cure. Michael Totten
Hear ye, hear ye, o insomniacs. Somebody yesterday sent me an article by Michael Totten. It was not very long: and I am known as somebody who will not start reading a book, any book, without finishing it no matter the size or the substance. But in t…
Posted by As'ad at 9:18 AM 11/17/09
