Archive for April 29, 2010
Zio-hummus alert: boycott
Richard sent me this (I did not have time to check the info): If you want to publicise a boycott of anything that might benefit the Israeli economy, please note the following: The company Sabra Dipping Company, LLC is selling a huge quantity of hum…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanese success stories: send them to An-Nahar
“”Le patron du Zaman Café, le bar au centre d’une affaire de proxénétisme touchant certains joueurs de l’équipe de France, est passé aux aveux. Entendu par la police, il a reconnu que des prostituées fréquentaient son établissement, rapporte …
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
where the hell are they?
“Maybe I just don’t go to enough protests, but it seems like such a blatant human rights violation would attract more attention, I mean, more than 120 protesters. Unfortunately, Bill 94 is supported by over 95% of Quebecers, and 4/5 Canadians , so I…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Don’t let me be misunderstood
“”But PA Communications Minister Mashhour Abu Daqqa told a press conference in Ramallah yesterday that this is not political boycott. Rather, he said, it is an attempt to regulate the PA’s cellular communications market.”"
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Leila Khaled
“Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) politburo member Laila Khaled called Tuesday for dismantling the Palestinian Authority “if that body is the cause of Palestinian division.” In Damascus, Khaled said division among Palestinians “…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Which is worse? Jimmy Cater or the Guinea worm?
“Mr. Carter, 85, told me a few years ago that he was determined to outlive Guinea worm. I called him by satellite phone from here and asked if he still thought he would win the race. He laughed and said he was increasingly optimistic that he would outl…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
publicity-seekers and religious fanatics
“The trend began in 1995 when a group of Islamist lawyers succeeded in divorcing Cairo university teacher Nasr Abu Zayd from his wife on grounds of apostasy. Since then, there have been hundreds of hesba cases against writers and activists, brought…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
anti-Semite
“In a private meeting yesterday with a Meretz member of the city council and her aide, deputy Jerusalem mayor Yitzhak Pindros allegedly said in jest that “at Haredi education we do not accept Sephardim, monkeys, Russians and Ethiopians.” Pindros den…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
foreign domestic workers in the Middle East
“Reforms undertaken by governments in the Middle East to protect domestic workers from abuse are insufficient to shield women working as house maids from abuse and violence, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Millions of mostly Asian women who work i…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Patronizing headline
Look at this lousy headline. They always have to aspire to be “a Western man.” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Hariri hagiography
“The greatest problem with the book, however, pertains to what goes unmentioned, uninvestigated. Blanford’s identification with an institutional narrative of Rafik Hariri’s person has seemingly led him to assimilate the institution’s own taboo…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
They don’t want to go to Israel
“”Then Labour politician Diane Abbot pops up on the JC website with her blog Fighting for Yemeni Jews. She wants to offer the persecuted Yemeni Jews sanctuary in the UK. Maybe they would like to go to Israel though? For some reason Abbot does not co…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
You know he must be awful
Tony Blair hearts Salam Fayyad (thanks Sami)
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Obama’s surge
“A Pentagon report presented a sobering new assessment Wednesday of the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, saying that its abilities are expanding and its operations are increasing in sophistication, despite recent major offensives by U.S. forc…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanese civilization: lynching in the Cedar Homeland
Today, there was a lynching in Lebanon. Another proof that Lebanon is more than a country: it is a message, of love and peace. (thanks Raed)
Posted on April 29, 2010 by As'ad