Archive for November 20, 2010
Israeli war criminals
“A website that went online Tuesday has published a list of 200 IDF soldiers which it classifies as directly involved in operations carried out in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Each entry features the soldiers and officers’ pictures and person…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Religious and gender freedoms in the Zionist entity
“Government authorities prohibited mixed-gender prayer services at Jewish religious sites in deference to the belief of most Orthodox Jews that such services violated the precepts of Judaism. At the Western Wall, adjacent to Judaism’s holiest site o…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Dream come true
A potato in space (thanks Robert)
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
this is so dumb that it is funny
A Zionist group provides an official definition of “new” anti-Semitism: ”as excessive and unjust criticism of the state of Israel.” (thanks Sonia)
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
China versus Lebanon
China makes the fastest supercomputer in the world, and Lebanon makes the biggest Hummus dish. Draw your own conclusions.
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
The racism and quality of Daniel Goldhagen
“Goldhagen complains that I impugn his character. What he means is that I report on what he writes. In his book, Goldhagen uses terms of analysis redolent of the Nazi era, applying categories of subhumanity and disease to our fellow human beings. In…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
the Ba`th Party: our Arab curse
Yesterday, while doing my 80 laps in the pool, I was fuming. I was thinking about the horrible legacy and impact of this horrific Ba`th party. I don’t think (unlike the silly thesis of Kanan Makiyya in his book Republic of Fear) that a sent…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“Ultra-Orthodox conversion officials clarified Sunday evening that the 7,846 members of the Falash Mura slated to immigrate to Israel from Ethiopia will have to undergo a strict conversion to Judaism. Those who fail to do so, the officials warned, wo…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
ban on circumcision of boys in San Francisco
Talal, a friend and comrade who leads a division at a major US medical center, sent me this (I cite with his permission): ” Aside form any religious issue, circumcision is emerging as an effective measure to decrease the transmission of HIV, and it…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
The Israeli journal on Middle East women: Sharqiyya
I reported yesterday that the Middle East and Islamic studies and hate organization in Israel is launching a journal devoted to Middle East women. I am told that they found a token Arab, Mahmoud Yazbak, to sit on the board. I don’t know the…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Boycott Sabra Hummus NOW
“The Strauss Group, the Israeli company that co-owns the popular Sabra Hummus brand, has removed all references to its support of the Israeli military from the English-language portion its website.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Boycott Sabra Hummus
“A student campaign at Princeton is calling for a boycott of Sabra hummus because the company that manufactures it provides Israel soldiers with care packages, the Daily Princetonian reports.” (thanks Elie)
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
My hero, Abraham Sarfati
The Arab world, and the international left, lost a great man this week. The Moroccan leftist dissident, Abraham Sarfati. This wonderful great person suffered unspeakable torture in the regime of Hasan II in Morocco. While the King was…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
AIPAC methods
“”One philanthropist “bundled†about $200,000 for him, Rosen said. Saban gave $100,000 to him, his wife and children. Another supporter, philanthropist Lynn Schusterman, paid off Rosen’s daughter’s $18,000 college loan, he said. In all, abou…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Saudi king, hospitalized twice in a week
This lousy Saudi King was told to “rest more.” Rest more? You tell that to a Saudi king? Hell. Hell. And hell. This man has been resting all his damn life. How much more rest can he take? You know what I find cute in the Saudi royal f…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Maids in the Middle East
“The first case, of 23-year-old Sumiati BT Salan Mustapa was first reported by the Saudi Gazette. This initial report mentioned that Mustapa arrived in Saudi-Arabia in July to work for a family in Madina. On November 6th Mustapa was admitted to a pr…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
Carlos, the movie
“With the possible of exception of Carlos, Assayas generally portrays the South American and European characters as politically and emotionally responding to an unjust society, while the Arabs are the ones that betray the revolution. Through their c…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
the Marines correspondent: Dexter Filkins
This guy served in the US marines and it shows in all of his Middle East reporting. Think about it: he never studied the Middle East, I am told, and does not know one word of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, or Hebrew but has become a Middle East corres…
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad
the colonialist mission of AUB
A devastating critique of AUB in Al-Akhbar. (thanks Karim)
Posted on November 20, 2010 by As'ad