Archive for August 23, 2011
Can you imagine if an Arab paper had this headline against Israel?
“Hit Gaza Strip hard, now: Self-declared leftist Yakir Elkariv says Israel must pound Gaza terrorists, without apologies”.
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Colonial arguments
Here is Richard Haas, who has as many insights on the Middle East as Sa`d Hariri has insights on nuclear physics: ”What is also likely is that the Libyans will not be able to manage the situation about to emerge on their own.”" (thanks Khelil)
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
This is hilarious: Saudi propagandists try to appease Israelis, and Israels mock them
“”The world would be a better place without Gadhafi, and our region is beginning to rid itself of those leaders who brought their citizens nothing but destruction,” Tariq Alhomayed, the editor of the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat, wrote on Monday.&nbs…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Let the scramble for Libya’s oil begin
“”Even before Libyan rebels could take full control of Tripoli, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy said on state television Monday that the Italian oil company Eni “will have a No. 1 role in the future” in the North African co…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism
“The conflation of criticism of Israel, or Zionism, with anti-Semitism is the first refuge of the defenders of Israel right or wrong, and is belied by the active involvement of Jews in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.”
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Anti-Semites for Israel
“But critics say Beck’s track record of controversial statements makes him an inappropriate ally. Last month he likened Norwegian youths gunned down at a political camp by an anti-Islamic extremist to “Hitler Youth.” Twice in the last year Beck has bee…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain: not forgotten
Angry Arab chief Bahrain correspondent wrote me this: “I thought I’d give you a few updates on Bahrain. Its been really depressing to be honest. The february days seem like a distant memory and I feel like everyone I know that’s Bahraini is in some d…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
That lousy Field Marshal Tantawi
The story of how the lousy Tantawi protected Israel. (thanks Joseph)
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
A British revolution in Libya?
“”These small detachments of Caucasian males, equipped with sunglasses, 4×4 vehicles and locally acquired weaponry, do not welcome prying eyes, not least because their presence threatened to give credence to the Gaddafi regime’s claims that the rebel a…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
repugnant
It is repugnant when I hear from anyone belonging or supporting March 14 in Lebanon pontificate on repression in Syria. Those people don’t give a damn about the Syrian people and many have been part of a rabid, racist campaign against the Syrian …
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Palestinians are not stateless?
A well-known Western correspondent in the Middle East sent me this: ”Reuters runs a series of stories on stateless, but it doesn’t mention Palestinians once. Statelessness, it seems, is defined as people who are not a threat to anyone, so media c…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Hafidh Al-Asad and the fall of Qunaytrah
Muhammad Zughbi was Minister of Information in Syria in 1967. He has been a fierce opponent of the Ba`th regime for years and decades. He never forgave Hafidh Al-Asad for his shameful role in the 1967 war. I have heard from him in pri…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
New York Times dismisses anti-Israel protesters in Cairo
“Other analysts pointed out that the presence of a few thousand protesters outside one embassy hardly represented irresistible pressure to rip up a 30-year-old peace treaty.” But who are the other analysts? I am sure that they belong to the…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
The Libyan Transitional Council
I hereby recognize the Libyan Transitional Council as the sole legitimate representative of…NATO.
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Egyptian slogans on Israel
This is a new slogan: ”Zinqa, Zinqa, house, house. Israel will be set on fire.”PS A note to Zionist hoodlums. Don’t panic. Thomas Friedman who watched Egyptian uprising from his hotel assures you all that the Egyptian people don…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
The true US record on democracy in the Middle East
“To date, the U.S. has played into the hands of oppressive regimes trying to cling to power. Vice President Joe Biden insisted that Mubarak was not a dictator, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized Syrian President Bashar Assad as…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Qadhdhafi’s worse punishment
I suggest that Qadhdhafi and his sons be made to read the Green Book around the clock. No punishment can be more severe.
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain royal commission
Angry Arab chief correspondent on Bahrain sent me this (her name can’t be revealed for her protection): ”I am starting to think that Bahrainis made a HUGE mistake by cooperating with the royal commission and bassiouni. We should have refused to c…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
Future of the Middle East
If you want to get a sense of how changed the Middle East has become, read about the details of the sophisticated operation against Israeli terrorist targets a few days ago. There is so much about what happened that reveals the changes.
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad
March 14 is the authority on Syria in the New York Times
It seems that Anthony Shadid now relies on March 14 supporters (like Nadim Shehadi) to offer dispassionate and objective assessment on Syrian developments. This is akin to interviewing…March 14 supporters to comment on the intellectual abilitie…
Posted on August 23, 2011 by As'ad