Archive for May 14, 2010
Iyad Nur Ad-Din Al-Mudawwar
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Iyad Nur Ad-Din Al-Mudawwar: The Comrade Martyr”
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
unlawful? Unlawful? that is it?
“The Israeli army unlawfully destroyed civilian property in its 22-day offensive in Gaza in 2008 and 2009, a report by Human Rights Watch says.”
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
AIPAC tactics
“AIPAC and Hillel, the Jewish student group allied with AIPAC, came up with the strategy of having Jewish students tell the university senate that seeing signs calling for divestment frightened them. Some broke down in tears when describing the pain…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
specializing in terrorism
“A well-placed British source informed WMR that Rahm Emanuel’s father, Benjamin Emanuel, specialized in the terrorist bombings of buses carrying British troops and policemen during the British Mandate in Palestine.” (thanks Layali)
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
Mistakes happen, every single day
“A night raid by American troops in the eastern province of Nangarhar left at least 10 Afghans dead, and within hours, on Friday morning, protests by their relatives and friends turned violent, claiming at least one other life, according to accounts…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
Quoting a Palestinian
“Nearly 2 million high school students worldwide are taking Advanced Placement tests this May, hoping to impress college admissions counselors with high scores and, perhaps, earn a few college credits. But one test question citing the late Palestinian-…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Settlers opened fire and killed a Palestinian teenager who was throwing rocks at Israeli cars near the West Bank city of Ramallah late Thursday, according to Palestinian sources.”
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
A new refugee camp in Gaza
“The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, has decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to absorb the Palestinians who were forced out of the West Ba…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner cudely defends Israel’s love for land mines
“But Israel is not among them. Officially at war with two of its neighbors and on guard against infiltrators from all sides, this country has held to the belief that its mined frontiers have served its security and national interest.” If Israel were t…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
PA’s food festival
“When life is reduced to this brand of “we want to live” you have to fabricate it, as it does not have the wherewithal to regenerate itself. There can be no life under occupation without a fight against occupation. In the absence of independence and…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
it is hazardous to work for human rights in Israel
“Amnesty International has called on the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of a human rights activist whose week-long detention by the Israeli authorities was extended today.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“The parliamentary inquiry committee headed by MK Ahmed Tibi on hiring more Arabs in the civil service issued its interim report at the beginning of the year. This impressive report should have been an indictment of Israeli society. But the report w…
Posted on May 14, 2010 by As'ad