Archive for September 23, 2011
Ramadan TV serials
My weekly article in Al-Akhbar: ”Three Ramadan [TV] Serials”.
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Have you ever seen a national liberation movement suffering from racist occupation reassuring the enemy?
“Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it”. So you renounce armed struggle and then add that you don’t want to isolate or de-legitimize Israel.” What do you want then? What is left? You invoke “international legit…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
The PA puppet of the occupation making it very clear that he is only speaking for his collaborationist clique
“Yet, because we believe in peace and because of our conviction in international legitimacy, and because we had the courage to make difficult decisions for our people, and in the absence of absolute justice, we decided to adopt the path of relative jus…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Saudi media and "Arab Spring"
An article by a Saudi writer in which she exposes the hypocrisy of Saudi media (and its Wahhabi liberals) regarding Arab uprisings.
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Bashshar’s power elite from Hafiz days
An interesting piece by Subhi Hadidi on the power elite of Bashshar. But his references to Rif`at failed to mention his long-standing Saudi associations and links. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Salih back in Yemen
Do you think that Saudi Arabia would have allowed `Ali `Abdullah Salih to return to Yemen without US permission?
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Of course not
“Senior US officials clarified during a series of meetings with Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz Washington has no intention of downsizing military aid to Israel, despite the drastic cuts in the US budget, according to a Finance Ministry statement Friday.”
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
On Israel social protests
“Speaking at the rally, Daniel Cohen Bendit urged social protest leaders to aid the Palestinian cause, saying: “I spoke with the leaders of the social protest leaders and they are wary to bind the two struggles. But there can be no solution to Isr…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Zionist standards
“Amidst this commotion, a local columnist published a strong article. “Anyone who harms the IDF is not a Zionist,” she wrote, expressing what many people feel: The IDF is sacred, and damaging its property is sacrilegious; the IDF is the last bastion of…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Repression in Oman
This is news that is not fit to print: ”A court in Oman has jailed two senior journalists for five months for insulting the justice minister.” (thanks Karl)
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
What was Michel Sulayman doing with a Lebanese tool of Israel?
Lebanese president Michel Sulayman, posing for a picture with the notorious Sharbil Barakat, who split off from the Lebanese Army in 1975 to join the ranks of pro-Israeli militias in Lebanon. Barakat, like many members of Israeli militias in Leba…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
NATO rebels and race
“But the people of Tawurgha, more than 30,000, predominantly black, are all gone, refugees who mostly fled when rebels advanced last month from nearby Misurata with, former residents say, vengeance on their minds.”
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
American lofty ideals in Libya
“Speaking to reporters after the ceremonial flag-raising over a makeshift post that was once his residence, Ambassador Gene A. Cretz said that about two weeks ago — roughly a week after forces loyal to the deposed Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-…
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
Still Palestinian, regardless of the passage of time
A Palestinian in Sabra refugee camp outside of Beirut is carrying his pre-1948 Palestinian identity card. And they want us to pretend that Israeli occupation began in 1967? (AFP)
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad
All about the Zionist usurping entity
“The question she heard over and over: What effect will the revolution have on Tunisian attitudes toward the Arab-Israeli conflict?” Of course, what they mean by the question is how will this effect their beloved Israel.
Posted on September 23, 2011 by As'ad