Archive for September 25, 2011
Look how Israeli propaganda sheet characterizes the speech by Saudi King
You still doubt that there is a strong Israeli-Saudi alliance: ”Saudi king grants women right to vote, run for political office”. Of course, both shura and municipal councils have no decision making powers whatsoever, and the Shura council …
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Racist War crimes of NATO rebels
“Race has made this fight especially toxic: Tawergans say Misurata has ignored betrayals by its other neighbors, singling out Tawerga because most of the residents are black. Graffiti on their emptied homes deepens their conviction: “Misurata’s sla…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
The beheading of a Sudanese man in Saudi Arabia
Don’t expect Wahhabi Arab liberals (who write for the mouthpieces of Saudi princes) to utter a word against the beheading of a Sudanese man in Saudi Arabia on charges of sorcery and heresy. I asked friends on Facebook to ask Wahhabi Arab liberals…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Israeli propaganda outlets are desperate for good news
Israeli newspapers are ecstatic: a political club at Yale University has voted against the PA UN bid. Yes, that should save Israel from final demise. (thanks Laleh)
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
The Storming of the Israeli occupation embassy
Arwa kindly translated my recent article in Al-Akhbar: ”The Storming of the Embassy in the BuildingAs’ad Abu KhalilTo Habib Shartuni, wherever you are,On your anniversary.No qualms about it. We hate Israel (while disliking Amr Moussa andHusni Mu…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Ha ha ha: Israeli occupation embassy in Cairo
Are you aware that a handful of Israeli diplomats have indeed returned to Cairo but that they don’t operate from the Israeli occupation embassy. They now work from inside “an undisclosed location”. Kid you not.
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Fahmi Huwaydi has no guilt about what happened to the Israeli occupation embassy in Cairo
I have sad before that Islamist columnist, Fahmi Huwaydi, is most likely the most widely read columnists in the Arab world, although I don’t agree with him on most things of course. Here, he talks about the ambassador of Israeli occupation in Cai…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Ethan Bronner and the New York Times
Yet, again, the New York Times comes to the rescue of Ethan Bronner. Just imagine the Times’ reaction if the violation was not about links to Israel and its army but about links to Hamas and Hizbullah by a Times’ correspondent. I doubt that…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
Anti-`Alawite bigotry
I am sick and tired of the anti-`Alawite bigotry that is filling the airwaves in Saudi/Qatari/Hariri media. I am sick and tired that no one speaks against it. I am not expecting the voices and tools of Saudi princes to speak, and I certainl…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
If an Arabic newspapers wrote this, accusations of anti-Semitism would be featured by MEMRI
“ the domestic political perils of pressuring Israel, which can alienate some Jewish voters and campaign donors.” No, really. If any Arab or Muslim in the US, wrote this sentence, he/she would have been instantly branded as a rabid ant…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
"clashes" in Yemen: killing in Syria
Western Saudi and Qatari press have now settled on this: they refer to Yemeni regime’s killing of people as “clashes,” while they never refer to Syrian regime’s killing of people as “clashes”. Neither of them are clashes. But they use clash…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad
French ambassador in Damascus
So the French ambassador in Damascus was pelted with tomatoes and eggs in a Christian neighborhood in Damascus (I only mention the neighborhood because the anti-`Alawite bigots would be quick to blame `Alawite shabbihah). So what did the unesteem…
Posted on September 25, 2011 by As'ad