Archive for April 7, 2010
transgendered
“Maria Benita Santamaria was sentenced to prison after she was arrested with ten pounds of meth. Clearly, this is against the law, however; she did not deserve to be tortured, sentenced to a men’s prison and denied medical care. Her story is not u…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Domestic violence in Lebanon
Finally, Lebanon passes a (draft) law against domestic violence.
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
One more: Lebanese police beats the Mossad
“He has been identified only as Munir Z. According to Lebanese media reports, his brother Michel served in the Lebanese armed forces and now lives in Israel. And according to allegations published last week in the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, Miche…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
occupiers, war criminals, and thieves
“For the past 15 years, Israel has been channeling hundreds of millions of shekels it had collected in the West Bank into its state coffers. The move is considered illegal, since international law prohibits an occupying power from appropriating the …
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Economic trash talk
“”Netanyahu also has promoted his idea of an “economic peace,†with the hope that an agreement on the core issues of the conflict would be deferred. In pursuing this policy, Netanyahu has done considerably more than many of his predecessors to i…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Mocking
Here, alArabiyyah (the TV station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) mocks little people. (thanks Muhammad)
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
pushing to evict
“Settler groups are pushing to evict two more Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, part of a wider program to demolish Palestinian homes in the area to make way for 200 housing units designated s…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Comarde Sinan
“Time is very significant, because Furat is trying to find his own imaginary space, to invoke the past in order to fight his nightmarish present. In poetry, what I love is the ability to fuse the tenses and various modes of time in one sentence. But…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
(No) playing with hijab
“Fifa has banned the Iranian girls football team from the first Youth Olympics in Singapore in October on the grounds that the players would be wearing the hijab.”
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Salih Al-Qar`awi
Is Salih Al-Qar`awi a commander of Al-Qa`idah or a Saudi secret agent (or both)? (thanks Ali)
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
friendship with local citizens
“* Believe it or not, for instance, U.S. commanders in our war zones have more than one billion congressionally mandated dollars a year at their disposal to spend on making “friends with local citizens and help[ing] struggling economies.†It’s…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
A repressor unto the nations
“For the past three months, a 23-year-old Israeli journalist has been under a secret house arrest over charges that she leaked classified information suggesting that the Israel military violated a legal ruling on killings of militants in the West Ba…
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Husni will kill and maim for Jamal Mubarak
“Security officials should immediately free the at least 91 peaceful protesters arrested today and investigate the violence used against them, Human Rights Watch said.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
A car through the tunnels of Gaza
Cows and cars are smuggled through the tunnels of Gaza. In addition to struggle and liberation, the Palestinian people are so skilled in smuggling (the Lebanese are not that bad either). (thanks Mouin)
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
How cute
Ethan Bronner and Salam Fayyad believe that planting trees is the most effective method against Israeli aggression and occupation.
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
Not disclosed. I wonder why.
“Right-wing organizations like those encouraging Jewish settlement in Arab areas of East Jerusalem receive the overwhelming share of their financing from individuals and philanthropies whose identities are often not disclosed.”
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
zee blog zee blog
Oh, zee blog. Zee blog.
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad
The Obscene country
““We love this country and we want it to be decent,†she said.” Decent? When was that state decent, Ms. Chazan? This state has been obscene since it inception.
Posted on April 7, 2010 by As'ad