Archive for August 7, 2010
Shalala calls on Israel to discriminate against her some more
“But guess what. Shalala, after a few day’s reflection. is not offended at all. .On the contrary, back in Miami she defended the Israeli policy of ethnic profiling — followed by humiliation applied to such security threats as post-60 year old former c…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Covering Iran in the New York Times
The New York Times does the worst job in covering Arab-Israeli issues and Iranian affairs. I would even say that its coverage of Iranian affairs is the most flimsy and worst-documented, along with Arab-Israeli issues. Rumors and websites (not to ment…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
The dumbest Israeli propaganda in the New York Times
As if Turkey can’t find alternative sources: ““Turks would find it very hard to boycott Israeli goods because you won’t find any in Turkish supermarkets,†Mr. Carmon said. “But most of the software Turks use in everything from cell phones to m…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
This will not raise the ire of the US Congress
“The Lebanese army said Saturday night that the IDF fired towards its territorial waters in the early morning hours. The Israeli army confirmed that forces opened fire on a Lebanese fishing boat that was sailing in a restricted area and did not respond…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“”In the West Bank, restricting the Palestinians to certain areas and freeing up land for colonisation is effected using the military’s prerogative to deny permits in “Area C”, as well as the cover of “military necessity” and cherry-picking laws from O…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Giving peace a chance
“The US claims that pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into these Lebanese and Palestinian armies will enable them to become stabilizing forces in the region that will engender peace.” (thanks Hussein)
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Sari Nusseibeh
“Al-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master’s degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic instit…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Saudi King
Did I tell you that the Saudi King declined the invitation to attend the French National Day because he did not want to be seated next to African heads of state? He probably told the French: my family still holds Africans as slaves in its palaces.
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Classic Injustice in the Zionist Entity
“Q. So if you saw stones being thrown, did you also see where they landed?A. That’s a very specific question. This occurred a long time ago.” (thanks Bob)
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
The Lebanese Embassy in Washington, DC
This is the front page of the website of the Lebanese Embassy in Washington, DC. (thanks Steve)
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Try to be a Middle Eastern women wearing hijab or burqa and feeling the sting of every man and woman’s eyes in Western cities
“Though she said it helped her decide her future (she would like to work on women’s issues in Iran and Afghanistan), she remembers feeling the sting of “every man’s eyes,—
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
This is what Palestinian suffering is all about???
“”Brian Reeves, 21, and Leigh Nusbaum, 20, incoming seniors at Brandeis University, are Jewish, speak Hebrew and have spent considerable time in Israel … Both students traveled extensively, including personal fact-finding visits to Palestinian refuge…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad
Another genius from Lebanon
Here another genius from Lebanon. He wants the Lebanese world to know that he is a genius indeed. He says that the University of Southern California and the University of Washington, Seattle are the sixth and sevenths universities in the ranking of t…
Posted on August 7, 2010 by As'ad