Archive for November 7, 2010
Nepalese maid in Lebanon
A Nepalese maid was found dead from hanging in her room outside of Beirut.
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
Ignorance and prejudice in the New York Times
I don’t know who this guy is, and I have never heard of his name, but I can easily tell that he knows no Arabic whatsoever. The Syrian people live under a repressive regime and yet they show tremendous courage and defiance and innovation in the f…
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
armed UNRWA
“UNRWA — the “United Nations Relief and Works Agency†for Palestinian refugees — has had plenty of problems through the years. But, if it now starts to shoot at Palestinians, it’s situation in Gaza will become untenable. What good are…
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
India and Israel
“Industrial cooperation has centred on surveillance radar and drone aircraft, and on missile systems. India and Israel signed a contract worth $1.1bn for three Phalcon radar systems in 2004. Cooperation on missiles began in 2001 with a contract wort…
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
Can you imagine the uproar if a Muslim government, any Muslim government, did that to a synagogue?
“Some 700 police officers secured Israel Land Administration personnel who demolished a mosque in Rahat in the early hours of Sunday morning. The mosque was built without a proper permit.”
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
Another sign that Israel’s years are numbered
“Now, the Israel Defense Forces’ position as the country’s most venerated institution appears to be slipping. While service is compulsory for most young men and women, a growing minority is avoiding conscription, leaving planners to worry the milita…
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب 2010-11-07 11:08:00
“Several ill detainees in the female population of the Israeli Talmond prison have been denied medical treatment, a Palestinian rights group reported, adding that the prison administration has refused to allow a dentist into the facility.”
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
Sweden joins Norway in alleging US embassies spied on citizens
“People linked with the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm have performed surveillance activities in Sweden without the knowledge of the host nation’s authorities, a government officials said Saturday.”
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
How Israel fights wars (and gets humiliated)
“Bush voiced disappointment in the Israel Defense Forces’ performance against Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006 (though he does not say, at least according to the excerpts released so far, that while he gave Israel unlimited time for action in Lebanon, h…
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad
Let me explain Israeli politics to you: A lunatic non-fringe versus a lunatic non-fridge
“”The vast majority of the Israeli public is fed up with the lunatic fringe that has gained control of Israeli theater and cinema,” MK Yariv Levin (Likud) said on Saturday in response to a letter sent on Friday by dozens of theater figures to Be’er …
Posted on November 7, 2010 by As'ad