Archive for September 4, 2011
"Every intellectual’s guide to arguing with Zionists"
Thus spoke comrade Thurayya: ”Israel, get the FUCK out of Palestine. I want my land and my home back.”"
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Obama’s dilemma
How could he reward Israeli war crimes in the best possible way: “The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss diplomatic maneuverings, said they feared that in either case a wave of anger could sweep the Palestinian territories an…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Tony Blair and Qadhdhafi
Tony Blair advises Sayf Al-Islam on his PhD “dissertation”.
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Comrade Fawwaz in Jadaliyya
FT: I think the Syrian regime knows this uprising is not a conspiracy and that foreign intervention is very limited. So, the regime is using the pretext that the unrest is being caused by armed groups in order to occupy towns and control the civil…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Agent for Israel
Today the Lebanese Military court convicted Col. Fayiz Karam and sentenced him to 2 years. A lousy sentence for an act of treason. The man belongs to the `Awni movement so Hizbullah has been silent about the case. The `Awni movement b…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi sensationalist headlines
The quality of Saudi propaganda outlets (the mouthpieces of various Saudi princes) is clear to anyone who reads. Look at this sensationalist headline: they say that there is a “campaign aided by tanks” to find the Hamah lawyer who defected.  …
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Tantawi and Israel
Tantawi is protecting the Israeli embassy in Cairo. (thanks Ahmet)PS The Israeli occupation embassy in Cairo deliberated located itself in an apartment building so that attackers would think twice before targeting the embassy located high in the buildi…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi-Israeli alliance: not in question anymore
A favorable review of a Zionist book in the mouthpiece of Prince Salman and his sons, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat. (thanks Samer)
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Jeffrey Feltman on An-Nahar
You need to read this long report on An-Nahar. Don’t you like that a man who does not read Arabic is yet able to analyze trends in Arabic press? (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain Update
Angry Arab chief correspondent on Bahrain sent me this (her name would not be revealed, of course): “Its hunger strike week in Bahrain. People are desperate and running out of options. 20 of the jailed doctors are now on a hunger strike. Their condit…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
This Zionist in New Republic
This Zionists in New Republic thinks he stumbled on a brilliant idea: ”In this sense, overcoming 9/11 revisionism is, perhaps, the greatest challenge facing American public diplomacy in the coming decade: So long as such conspiracy theories persi…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi-Israeli alliance
“Economic Cooperation Foundation (ECF) Director General Yair Hirschfeld briefed A/DCM and EconCouns January 14 on the latest session of a track-two working group on Middle East peace that includes participants from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, and th…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
King of Bahrain
This is self-explanatory: ”This is my first contribution (hopefully you will use it!) – I just couldn’t resist sending it to you. Please refer me as “anonymous”. I was on the Bosphorus terrace of the posh Kempinski Hotel in Istanbul….
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Where is US money?
An official Egyptian report says that 90% of $6 billion in US aid to Egypt are missing. (thanks Joseph)
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain Update
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent me this from Bahrain: ”These two videos were both filmed yesterday. The first video is of a lone man (Mohammed Alhaiki) carrying a flag and walking straight to the Pearl Roundabout (where statue was de…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli terrorist record in August
In August alone, Israeli terrorists managed to kill 30 Palestinians (including as usual children) and kidnapped–not arrested–380 Palestinians.
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Bin Ladenites for NATO liberation in Libya
“”We like and appreciate what NATO did for us,” a smiling Belhadj said in an interview Saturday, referring to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing campaign against Kadafi’s forces. “We now have a popular Libyan revolution that doesn’t have an…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
The armed occupiers are protesting: how cute
“Some commentators predicted a gradual shift in the national debate to a more divisive question: whether state subsidies for large ultra-Orthodox Jewish families, religious institutions and settlements in the occupied West Bank should be redirected tow…
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad
Time magazine and the fake Hizbullah interview
My new blog post at Al-Akhbar English.
Posted on September 4, 2011 by As'ad