Archive for November 21, 2009

One more: Abu Mazen

Abu Mazen: “”I do not think that the Israelis have caused [division among Palestinians]“. (thanks FLC)

Posted by As'ad at 8:35 AM 11/21/09

…off to Boston, really

I need to get going NOW.

Posted by As'ad at 8:14 AM 11/21/09

What is wrong with aggression, says the US

“A United States ambassador said Thursday that Washington was concerned about how aggression will be defined as an international crime.” (thanks Sellam)

Posted by As'ad at 8:12 AM 11/21/09

The dignified PA collaboration team

“For the first time in some three years, Israel arrested five senior Palestinian Authority officers Friday morning near Salfit in the West Bank. The defense establishment confirmed the number of Palestinian officers arrested, but did not reveal additio…

Posted by As'ad at 8:09 AM 11/21/09

Mo

“Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum tightened his family’s control of the emirate’s largest holding company, the Investment Corporation of Dubai. A decree posted Nov. 19 on Sheikh Mohammed’s Web site listed six members of a new bo…

Posted by As'ad at 8:07 AM 11/21/09

Ethiopian maids in Lebanon

Ethiopian suicides. (thanks Yolanda)

Posted by As'ad at 8:06 AM 11/21/09

“highly Political”

“Tension and heated debate circled yesterday as the Rutgers University Student Assembly discussed a motion to reconsider a vote recently passed by RUSA allowing the University Chapter of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund to have the rights to the …

Posted by As'ad at 8:02 AM 11/21/09

This is Zionism: fans of bigotry

“Beitar Jerusalem captain Aviram Baruchyan met Thursday evening with fans belonging to the “La Familia” organization and apologized for saying that he would like to see an Arab play in the football team. The fans told him they were hurt by the remark h…

Posted by As'ad at 7:58 AM 11/21/09

Meeting Ja`ja` (Ga`ga` in Egyptian accent)

An American journalist sent me this (I cite with his/her permission): “i had dinner with a former senior national security official last night who was on a recent trip to beirut where he met all the usual suspects. he said geagea was the smartest of th…

Posted by As'ad at 7:56 AM 11/21/09

Palestinian Children in Lebanon

“Palestinian children in the camps of Lebanon are losing faith in the value of an education, with record numbers leaving school to work. “We are facing a big problem here,” said Ray Virgilio Torres, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund …

Posted by As'ad at 7:55 AM 11/21/09

Globalization of beauty standards

“Muwadda Nour of Saudi Arabia had barely lain hands on her faux-jewel encrusted crown when critics began sniping that at approximately 200 pounds, she “did not meet the required standards” of a beauty queen, according to the popular Arab entertainment …

Posted by As'ad at 7:52 AM 11/21/09

civilized

According according to this Egyptian government newspaper, the crowds near the Algerian Embassy in Cairo expressed themselves in a “civilized” manner. According to the same news item–kid you not–the civilized manner resulted in the injury of 11 offi…

Posted by As'ad at 7:49 AM 11/21/09

Humor of the Day

Muwaffaq Ar-Rubay`i, one of the worst puppets of the Bush administration in Baghdad said in Arabic: “Washington has to stop interfering in Iraqi political affairs.” I kid you not. (thanks

Posted by As'ad at 7:47 AM 11/21/09

Poor Karzai

“The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country more time.”

Posted by As'ad at 7:45 AM 11/21/09

standard operating procedures

“The Canadian government was fending off calls for a public inquiry on torture today after allegations from one of its senior diplomats that Canada was complicit in the torture of Afghan detainees. Richard Colvin, who was second in command at Canada’s …

Posted by As'ad at 7:40 AM 11/21/09

All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks

“An official report, received by Arab League from the minister of prisoners’ affairs in the Palestinian Authority (Ramallah), revealed that the Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped about 6,200 Palestinian children since the beginning of Al Aqsa Int…

Posted by As'ad at 7:39 AM 11/21/09