Archive for December 18, 2010
Foreign maids in Lebanon
Bangladeshi foreign maid in Lebanon died while she was trying to flee from the balcony of her employer. Typically, the Lebanese police won’t investigate and we all know that Human Rights Watch is busy urging Arabs to serve Israeli at restaurants in the…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Bulimics heart Sabra Hummus
Why do bulimics heart Sabra Hummus? Because it makes them throw up instantly. Boycott Sabra Hummus.
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Juan Cole on Aljazeera
“The only correction I’d make is that Aljazeera is not sympathetic to al-Qaeda or Muslim radicalism, but has a philosophy of reporting all sides of conflicts. So it is natural that they cover the first responders as well as broadcasting short exce…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Watch this video now: US State Department officials speak–or not speak–about Abdullah Abu Rahmah
Watch US State Department officials dodge the questions about the case of Abdullah Abu Rahmah. Who is this brave US journalist? Of course, his questions would have been deemed routine in any other country, but not in the US.
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Here, you are supposed to cry
“The Israeli swim team found itself snubbed on Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Dubai. As the competition organizers announced each participating nation while the teams marched into the arena, the…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Racism of Israel: which is a disgrace unto the nations
““The Israeli government may not have forced them to go, but their treatment and policies made it impossible for them to stay,†said Bayu. “There was one man on the flight who suffers from a chronic disease. For him to go back to Sudan is a re…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Ajami moved by the Batata Revolution
“The revolt of the Lebanese—Lebanon was my birthplace—doubtless moved me. It would have been heartless not to celebrate their rebellion. They had been a captive people, traders and cultivators and entrepreneurs who had not bothered to build a st…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Thanks? No, thanks
I really should thank the volunteers from Arab the world who send me links to read and to offer comments on, but…I won’t.
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
US, and “reform” in Iran
“A reformist member of the Majles said the Supreme Leader favors Islamic regional interests over national interests and called the president a puppet of the leader. He claimed some radicals wanted war as an excuse to crack down on dissent and cover up …
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
He should be boycotted for making stupid movies and for his flawed “Munich”
“Steven Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office after making a $1m (£645m) donation to Isreal during the 2006 conflict in Lebanon.”
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
If the kid was an Isareli, a street would have been named after him here in the US
“A Palestinian teenager fishing off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Friday drowned following firing by the Israel navy, a health official and witnesses said.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Israel’s dirty hands
“It is fitting that the man described as the “fixer” in Kosovo’s alleged organ ring was an Israeli of Turkish descent. Moshe Harel, a fugitive wanted by Interpol in connection with the case, is accused of matching potential donors recruited in Turke…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
This is for you, o Jamal Mubarak II
“Some 13 percent of the Israeli army’s civilian employees are Egyptian nationals, according to recent reports in the Israeli media.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Racism of Hillary Clinton
“Finally, Clinton illustrated how completely the administration has bought into the Israeli discourse. In her eagerness to support an Israel that is both Jewish and democratic, she skated perilously close to racism. She warned that “the long-term po…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
I want to see US diplomats discussing how much their Arab puppets have siphoned
“Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has siphoned as much as $9bn out of his impoverished country, and much of it may be stashed in London banks, according to secret US diplomatic cables that recount conversations with the chief prosecutor of th…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
US and ICC
“One cable, sent in July 2003, three months after Luis Moreno-Ocampo was elected as chief prosecutor, offered an “early glimpse” into his stance and reveals American unease about the possibility that he could pursue cases over British actions in Ira…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Arab governments and Wikileaks
“Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar , a leftist and pro-Hizbullah paper, pulled off quite a trick: it somehow obtained unauthorised leaks from the WikiLeaks cache, posting 250 US cables from eight Arab countries on its website – only to find that it was cyber-at…
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
This is for you, o Jamal Mubarak
“Egyptian authorities have intensified their crackdown on smugglers’ tunnels to Gaza over the past few days, according to Palestinian sources.”
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
This is Zionism
“A farmer said he watched a group of settlers in the northern West Bank gather his sheep and set them on fire Saturday afternoon.”
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad
Iranian regime really really hearts Saudi Arabia
“Iran’s new acting foreign minister said Saturday that relations with the Islamic world were its priority, with Saudi Arabia topping the list, official news agency IRNA reported.”
Posted on December 18, 2010 by As'ad