Archive for June 25, 2010
Protest in Alexandria
Protest for Khalid Sa`id in Alexandria. (thanks Farah)
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Economic growth in Gaza
“World Bank figures due to be published in coming weeks are likely to show that economic growth in the Gaza Strip in the first quarter of 2010 has exceeded that in the West Bank. While virtually all economic growth in the West Bank is a result of forei…
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“In 2007, Yuval Diskin, the head of Shin Bet, made it clear that the agency would “thwart” any activities that challenge the Jewish character of the state, regardless of whether those activities are legal. Hussein Abu Hussein, a lawyer on the legal tea…
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Israeli apartheid
“Also Wednesday, Jewish residents of eastern Jerusalem threatened to hire a private security firm to evict four Palestinian families living in a building that once was a Yemenite synagogue. The building is located in Silwan, near Beit Yonatan. The sett…
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
`Uraykat threatens to sweat
`Uraykat thus establishes yet again his credentials as chief PA buffoon: “Erakat warned the Israelis that “if by the end of this year we do not have a two-state solution, you will sweat, you will sweat.” (thanks Ziyaad)
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Anti-Palestinian racism in Lebanon
“Today, Lebanon is the most hostile country to Palestinian refugees after Israel. They are second-class citizens here, but they are not the only ones.” (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Where are you tears?
Israelis are suffering from a terrible siege. Boo hoo and hoo. “The international community has imposed an “emotional blockade†on Israel that has prevented the world from sympathizing with Israeli citizens, according to France’s Ambassador for …
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Mubarak’s Egypt: the evil of Sadat
“The Islamisation of Egyptian society deepened after the 1967 war; it became explicit government policy under Sadat, the self-styled ‘believer president’ who supported radical Islamists in his battles with the left, and who made the sharia ‘the p…
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Another Lebanese miracle
The dead, Father Istifan, cures a Lebanese child. Praise the cedars. (thanks Karim)
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Protection
“”We have the sub-governor, the police, the Afghan army, the Marines here, and with all these forces they can’t destroy the Taliban,” Kalim said. “Who will protect us?”"
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
numbers and war
“The writer claims that 95% of injured soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen were not reported as casualties due to what he refers to as the Pentagon’s “fudging the numbers” in a bid to win funding from American lawmakers to finance the wars. “Wounded …
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Boycott
Comrade Samah on the boycott of Israel.
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Mirvat Hatem and Joseph Massad
It occurred to me while shaving this morning: my comrades/friends Joseph Massad and Mirvat Hatem were quite perceptive in warning against the dangers of Arab “liberal” voices back in the early 1990s. They deserve credit.
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Mini-Hariri
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: “Sa`d Hariri as Prime Minister: The Rule of the One who does not rule.”
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Interruption of service
My internet has been down, my email has been disrupted due to oversize materials, and my mother has been in the hospital.
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad
Lebanese Cabinet
Comrade Hanady on the performance of the Lebanese cabinet.
Posted on June 25, 2010 by As'ad