Archive for October 12, 2010
There is no one who relishes making a fool of himself more than Michael Totten
“”If I understand the Druze correctly?and I?m pretty sure that I do?the Druze of the Golan would become completely loyal to Israel if Syria were to relinquish its claim and the rest of the world recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli.”" (thanks Kevin)
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
What the Palestinians want, according to Sari Nusaybah
“Les Palestiniens n’ont jamais eu de projet : ce que nous voulions, c’est vivre des vies décentes et dignes, comme individus, comme personnes humaines, c’est tout.”
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Naharnet uses google translation
“Lebanese newspapers love to stuff their titles and its natural to expect the same writing style at Naharnet. However, that is not what motivated me to write this post. Towards the end of the article, I read this: Meanwhile, President Michel Suleiman…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Hariri tribunal
Comrade Khaled writes about justice in Lebanon.
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Syrian worker
The body of a Syrian worker was found in Lebanon. Human Rights Watch does not seem to be too worried about this file.
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Teaching Zionism in PA schools
“The Palestinian Authority’s Education Ministry approved the use of a history textbook that offers the central narratives of both Palestinians and the Zionist movement, marking the first time that the accepted Israeli position is being presented to …
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
War on terrorism?
“Governments and law-enforcement agencies around the world are using the war against terrorism as a pretext to clamp down on legitimate protest and free themselves from constraints on their activities, an international conference on human rights hea…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
French Orientalism
The return of French orientalism to Iraq. (thanks Hassan)
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Union busting in Iraq
“The United States may have withdrawn its combat brigades, but it is not leaving Iraq. And while Washington may have scaled back its dreams of nation-building, it has not given up on a key aspect of the economic agenda behind that project: encouragi…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
This is a non-issue for the US media
“At least 10 Palestinian children have been shot and wounded by Israeli troops in the past three months while collecting rubble in or near the “buffer zone” created by Israel along the Gaza border, in a low-intensity offensive on the fringes of the …
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Israeli Likud propaganda at the mouthpiece of Prince Salman
Look at this. Until few hours ago, the main headline of the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, was the statement by Lieberman. It was suddenly changed. (thanks Hala)PS Obai sent me the original headline as i…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Salam Fayyad’s economic miracle
“The IMF says Gaza’s economy grew by 16% in the first half of this year, almost twice as fast as its West Bank rival, on which Western donors have lavished billions of dollars.”
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
World Bank, the US tool
“His account of his tenure at the World Bank hints at how America, while pressing developing countries to follow rule-based governance, blithely bent the rules so as to force the World Bank to do things that helped secure America’s interests. This wa…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Mo Ibrahim Index
I never bought the Mo Ibrahim index: look at the rating of Tunisia.
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Women in South Africa
“According to recent research by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, a Johannesburg-based group, most black women believe a man has a right to have sex with his wife or partner whenever he wants. Another study showed that most blac…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
An Arabic proverb???
“”I recall an Arab saying: ‘women for duty: boys for pleasure.’ And there is, of course, a boy lurking in every American man,” Moynihan wrote.” I mean, I know that Moynihan was a liar but this? (thanks Nasir)
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Their heaven
“If most Americans don’t personally know any Muslims, they’ve seen some on TV — Osama bin Laden, for starters. That may help explain why, though 54 percent of evangelicals say non-Christians can go to heaven, only 35 percent say Muslims can.”
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
When Blair describes Chechnya
“Over the last two decades, the Russian Army has killed 100,000 Chechen civilians, 10 percent of the population, and transformed more than a quarter of the republic into a wasteland. So yes, today there is Islamic extremism in Chechnya, but to describe…
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
OECD and Israel
“Despite OECD efforts to the contrary, photographs of touristic sites in occupied territory have been incorporated in a website that Israel has constructed under OECD auspices.”
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad
Prince Nayif
“We welcome any positive security cooperation with any state in the world.” No kidding.
Posted on October 12, 2010 by As'ad