Archive for June 27, 2011
This is reform that impresses the hell out of Washington, DC
“Kuwait will put on trial two citizens for criticising Gulf Arab ruling families on social media site Twitter, a security official said on Monday.” (thanks Farah)
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
US funding of Arab dictatorships
“Officially, the U.S. does not pay other governments for rights to military bases. The logic is straightforward: funneling money to the treasuries of foreign dictators cannot form the foundation of genuine strategic alliances. Yet, to fight wars in …
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Zizek visits Israel: he is now an expert on the Middle East too
“He proceeded to say that Zionism is not the worst evil in the world…After establishing the deep-rooted vitality of antisemitism, he mentioned that he has no patience for those who excuse Arab antisemitism; that even the most oppressed and poor Pales…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Lies of Amr Musa
Now Amr Musa is claiming that he approved the sale of Gas to Israel in order to help…the Palestinians.
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
This will have long term repercussions on Arab/Muslim relations with Jews: how Zionists are always linked to peddlers of hate against Islam
For people who oppose anti-Semitism, like me, it is clear that Israel and Western Zionists are harming not only the future of Arab/Muslim relations with Jewish people (after the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea), but they are proving t…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain Update
Here is the account of my diligent correspondent: ”I thought I would update you on what is going on in Bahrain. Last wednesday was a horrible depressing day. 21 of Bahrain’s most prominent political activists were sentenced. They we…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
No foreign policy goals for Egyptian uprising?
“Egypt has dropped plans to seek loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Finance Minister Samir Radwan has said. The move comes after the planned deficit in the 2011-12 budget was revised down from 11% to 8.6% of GDP, Mr Rad…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
The new Egypt: Amr Mousa keeps underlining his anti-Israel credentials
“Potential presidential candidate Amr Moussa on Sunday defended his decision to approve natural gas exports to Israel while he was foreign minister during the reign of former president Hosni Mubarak.Moussa described the decision as “a political tr…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Don’t believe all that you see on Youtube (unless it is believed and approved by Hillary and Obama)
“I was in Tehran earlier this year and failed to see any demonstrations in the centre of the city, though there were plenty of riot police standing about. I was therefore amazed to find a dramatic video on YouTube dated, so far as I recall, 27 February…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Musa Kusa in Qatar
Qatar wants to compete with Saudi Arabia as the last refuge of deposed Arab potentates. (thanks Laleh)
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Reform in Saudi Arabia: beheading maids
“The story of the maids rarely receives attention, except when a new shocking incident reveals once again the problems many of them face. Last weekend a 54-year-old Indonesian maid was beheaded by sword for killing her female boss with a cleaver. Ru…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Tom MacMaster’s "friend" created another bogus identity
“Tom MacMaster, the US graduate student behind the Gay Girl in Damascus blog hoax, has been accused of creating another fake Arab female online identity to defend his own reputation online. The Guardian has seen screengrabs of the IP data, e…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera and Israeli propaganda
“Avidar’s group also encourages Israeli officials and pundits to work more closely with Arabic-language media, particularly television networks such as Al Jazeera, and use websites and social media to directly appeal to the new generation of democr…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Humor of the day: Israel wants to win Arab minds and hearts (I bet it will be as successful as Bush’s campaign)
“Proponents of an Arab world campaign say the next priority is the launch of an Arabic-language news channel, which they bill as an Israeli version of Al Jazeera or CNN Arabic. Years ago, the Israel Broadcasting Authority, the nation’s public telev…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Gas to Israel
Al-Masri Al-Yawm published the documents related to the sale of Egyptian gas to Israel.
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
The article in the Sunday Times about armed people in Syria
Let us be clear that the Syrian regime, its Muslim Brotherhood-led opposition (not the whole opposition), and the Western media which are willing to print and publish and post anything about Syria provided its damaging to the regime and as long as it i…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner: he only counts rockets from one side, he only count the dead from one side
I mean, is there a more crude and vulgar and blatant and racist propagandist than this man: ”Two and a half years ago, when Israel invaded Gaza to stop Hamas from shooting rockets at Israeli communities — about 8,000 had been fired — the Isra…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner: as usual, defending Israeli killing of civilians
“ facing resistance, killed nine people aboard.”
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
This really says it all: how Western media, governments, and most people support Israeli crimes against civilians
“There is almost no opposition in Israel to the firing of live ammunition to keep out the Palestinian border demonstrators, unarmed or not.”
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad
David Mamet’s transformation
“For all Mr Mamet’s skill with words, this is a tedious and simplistic rant (government bad; unhampered individuals good, and so on). Economics and politics are reduced to caricatures, with no room for nuance (“the Israelis would like to live in pe…
Posted on June 27, 2011 by As'ad