Archive for May 17, 2011
Block Israel
So I noticed that Ofir Gendelman @ofirgendelman view full profile → Jerusalem, Israel The Israeli Prime Minister’s spokesperson to the Arab media. Feel free to ask questions about Israel and its foreign policy.” was followin…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian Youth responds to Shimon Peres
“One of the protesters, left-wing blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy, said the demonstration came in response to recent remarks by Israeli President Shimon Peres, who praised the Egyptian revolt that toppled the government in February. ”Peres issued a st…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Comrade Hossam
““The tables are turned,” said Hossam al-Hamalawy, 33, an activist and freelance journalist who is the main force behind the online work. “We will be doing investigations on you; we will be profiling you,” he said of the activists’ forme…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Shlomo Avineri: the lie of the month from Israel
“The excitement in the West, and in Israel too, at the sight of the mass demonstrations led by educated, courageous youth is understandable.” By excitement he is referring to the rivers of tears shed by Israel over Mubarak.
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
This is Zionist freedom of speech
“MK Hanin Zuabi (Balad ) canceled a scheduled lecture at the University of Haifa Sunday after the university announced it was banning on-campus political activity and called in security forces.” I just wish that Arabs would now stop from ever ru…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Thomas Friedman would like you to know that Egyptian youth have no foreign policy goals
“Egyptian authorities have arrested and referred to military prosecutors at least 186 people for alleged acts of sabotage, rioting and destruction of public facilities in connection with a protest outside the Israeli Embassy near Cairo late Sunday,…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
“Here comes your non-violent resistance”
“FOR many years now, we’ve heard American commentators bemoan the violence of the Palestinian national movement. If only Palestinians had learned the lessons of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, we hear, they’d have had their state long ago. Surely no Isr…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
IMF scandal in German
““Ich wußte immer, dass der IWF den Ruf hat, die Armen zu vergewaltigen, aber ich wußte nicht, dass die das auch wörtlich nehmen”” (thanks Karim)
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Zionist dogs, literally
“Palestinians desperate for work in Israel will go to extremes to sneak past the West Bank barrier, but now they face a new hurdle — army attack dogs sent to sniff them out. Workers say the use of dogs to hunt down anyone trying to enter Israel …
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Nabil Fahmi
If the lousy Nabil Fahmi is appointed as the new foreign minister of Egypt, you know that the counter-revolutionary movement has made progress with Saudi help.
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal
A sign of the new Egypt is the fact that Muhammad Hasanayn Haykal has returned to the pages of Al-Ahram. For the first time in decades, the paper sold more than a million copies. It featured a long interview with this anti-Israeli Nasserist journ…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
The New Egypt: Finkelstein in Egypt
A trend of the new Egypt is the extensive coverage the visit by Norman Finkelstein is receiving in Egyptian press.
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Letter to the Times about Iraq
“To the Editor:Re “As Baghdad Erupts in Riot of Color, Calls to Tone It Down” (news article, May 15): I have rarely seen two more insensitive sentences: “Baghdad has weathered invasion, occupation, sectarian warfare and suicide bombers. But …
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Fanatical Zionists for Aljazeera
I mean, really. Do you need further evidence for the transformation of the role of the network???? “Al Jazeera may not be having much luck getting its English channel onto American televisions, but Washington, at least, continues to be smi…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
How come Israeli war crimes get no respect at the UN (unlike the US Congress)?
“Israel’s current status at the United Nations is at an all-time low, Israel’s former UN ambassador, Prof. Gabriela Shalev, said yesterday at a session of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.”
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Please stop the press: wake up the children and release the pigs from the barn
“A Sunni Muslim dressed in the latest Western style”. The Washington Post is shocked: a Sunni dressed in the latest Western style?? Are you sure? Did you check that she was a Sunni?? I can’t believe it. Maybe she is not a Sunni.  …
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian rage at Israel
Yesterday, after a brief unannounced visit by an official of the Israeli occupation military ministry, the Egyptian regime of the Military Council, cracked down on Egyptian protesters and arrested some 180 protesters. Can you imagine the uproar i…
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Rami Makhluf
One of the many things that bothered me about the statements by Rami Makhluf is that he accused his critics of “jealousy.” Jealousy? Jealousy of his reported theft of the national wealth of the Syrian people?
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Tell that to Zionist hoodlums
This flag will overwhelm and defeat the Zionist usurping entity. Make no mistake about it. From Marun Ar-Ras. (As-Safir)
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad
Qatari FM ‘does not want to be seen with Israelis…’
He wants to keep it private, I guess.
Posted on May 17, 2011 by As'ad