Archive for November 28, 2011
Democracy versus the Treaty
Every Arab knows the answer to this question: between the Egyptian-Israeli treaty under a tyrant in Cairo and a democracy with no treaty, which side will the US choose?
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
9th time
The Israeli gas pipe line to Israel has been bombed nine times since the Egyptian uprising. What does that say about the Egyptian attitudes to Israel? What does it say about Mubarak’s role? And what does it say about the doomed Zionist entity? Th…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
No flights to Syria
I don’t understand the Arab League decision to launch a no-flights-to-Syria policy. That will clearly punish the Syrian people–not that I for one minute believe that those rotten dictators of the Arab League give a fish about the Syrian people. …
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
No flights to Syria
I don’t understand the Arab League decision to launch a no-flights-to-Syria policy. That will clearly punish the Syrian people–not that I for one minute believe that those rotten dictators of the Arab League give a fish about the Syrian people. …
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Subhi Hadidi
I have liked and admired Syrian dissident writer, Subhi Hadidi..until I read what he wrote about dear comrade, Joseph Massad. I mean, he can disagree with him and criticize him, but this level of vulgar and sophomoric attacks? What is the …
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain update II
From Angry Arab’s chief correspondent on Bahrain: ”Regime isn’t even implementing Bassiounis weak recommendations. They are already trying to sideline alwefaq:Didn’t even bother with waad and the rest of the opposition. Of course feb 14 is not ev…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Bahrain update
Angry Arab’s chief Bahrain correspondent responds to my post on Bahrain at Al-Akhbar English: ”I read your blogpost on alakhbar. I disagree. The secular opposition is even a bigger failure than alwefaq. Alminbar aldimoqrati flip flops and changes…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
panic in Israel
“The attitude to Israel does not necessarily depend on a religious perception, but rather the understanding that Israel has caused injustice to the people it has occupied.Thus, for now, it would be deceptive to say the Muslim Brotherhood or Islam in ge…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
civilized tradition
MTV (the Lebanese right-wing, racist, and sectarian station) described the Beirut Marathon as “a civilized tradition.” Kid you not.
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Aljazeera on Egypt
In covering elections in Egypt, Aljazeera keeps referring to “advanced or civilized (raqiyah) neighborhood” in reference to affluent neighborhoods.
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Lebanon at the Arab League
“Lebanon, still dominated politically by its larger eastern neighbour, voted against.” Oh, no. Lebanon did not vote against. It voted: “distanced itself”. Kid you not. (thanks Sarah)
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
New York Times and US bombing of Pakistani soldiers
“Even if circumstances on the ground justified the American actions…”
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
According to US: there are good terrorists and bad terrorists
“Ali Safavi, who runs a pro-M.E.K. group in Washington called Near East Policy Research, says the money comes from wealthy Iranian expatriates in the United States and Europe. Because “material support” to a designated terrorist group is a cri…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Distanced itself and not dissociated
“Iraq abstained from the vote and Lebanon “disassociated” itself from the resolution.” The word “dissociated” here is a translation of a word that has been used by lousy Lebanese diplomacy this year: نأى, ينأىIt comes from a word that …
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Muna `Ashmawi
You have to watch this: courageous New TV correspondent in Cairo, Muna `Ashmawi, responds to the press conference of Prince Hamad Bin Jasim, to his face. (thanks A.S.)
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Syrian regime propagandists
The Syrian regime propagandists, Muhammad Darrar Jammu, is one of the most crude and vulgar propagandists I have seen. He appears on TV and threatens opponents of the regime with murder and brags that “we” know what you eat and when you sleep, et…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Rami Makhluf
The reason why the Syrian regime could not–could not–dispense of Rami Makhluf is because corruption is not an aberration in the system: it is at its core.
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Free Syrian Army
Do you notice that the folks of the “Free Syrian Army” only use Islamic names for their military units? But we are told they want a “civil state”–whatever that means. Civil state must be a bad thing if the Muslim Brotherhood now wants it.
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
Bin Ladenites Inc
The Bin Ladenites of Libya want to help the Bin Ladenites of Syria. (thanks Ahmad)
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad
the thrust of US policy toward Egypt: finally, it is being admitted
“a critical American concern in the Middle East: the 1979 Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel…For more than 30 years, the United States has viewed the Egyptian military as the safeguard of the Camp David peace accord that was s…
Posted on November 28, 2011 by As'ad