Archive for December 5, 2011
Burhan Ghalyun: completes the circle
Burhan Ghalyun went, in a matter of months, from categorically rejecting international military intervention, to saying that outside non-military intervention is acceptable, to saying that he won’t talk about the kind of outside military intervention t…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Reassuring pro-US tyrannies
“Biden, in Visits to Middle East and Europe, Tries to Reassure Allies of U.S. Support”.
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
The alternative to armed struggle: PR
Here Rashid is rather candid about his prescription for Palestinian national struggle: ”There are strategies – public relations for example.” Do I have to really comment on that?
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
PA collaborationists
“you have to get them out their expensive Audis and Mercedes”. Yes, but who are those Palestinians in Ramallah that you describe? None other than the PA collaborationists who also want to renounce armed struggle and who want to “liberate” (not re…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Vacation homes?
Certainly Palestinian did not struggle and die to obtain a vacation home and a burial plot: ”and all they might want is a passport and a vacation home or a burial plot”.
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
France on alert
I was reading a statement by French foreign ministry in which it said that France “remains on alert” to make sure that democracy is followed through in Egypt. Is France also on alert to make sure that democracy is implemented in Morocco, Algeria, Jorda…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Palestinian choices
“and if you can’t use violence, you have to use other forms of pressure.” Like what? Listening to a piano recital by Daniel Barenboim?
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
What Palestinians have to do
“One thing they should be doing is renouncing violence. It’s something they’ve renounced in principle – but they have to do it in practice. Violence has brought nothing but catastrophe to them.” Really? What brought the PLO recognition in t…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Do you mean, if we put the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the successive massacres and war crimes aside?
“Palestinian problems are caused, in the first instance, by Palestinians”.
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Changing the words to fit the Zionist dogma
“Nakba denial: ‘NYT’ removes the word ‘expulsion’ from article describing Palestinian refugees”.
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Theft of House of Mubarak
The deal between Jamal and Suzanne Mubarak and the Israeli usurping entity.
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Clinton and Israeli war crimes state
“Clinton, a longtime advocate for women’s rights, noted she was shocked at the fact that some Jerusalem buses have assigned separate seating areas for women. “It’s reminiscent of Rosa Parks,” she said, referring to the black American woman who refused …
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
What happened in Qatif
A summary video. (thanks anonymous)
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
This is by far the biggest Arab literary event of the last two centuries
“In a unique commemoration marking the 40th National Day of the UAE, the Government of Dubai Media Office is set to release a new book of poems titled 40 Poems from the Desert featuring selected poems of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Makto…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Reporting on Saudi Arabia: underground
“The Arab Spring has yet to touch down on the sands of Saudi Arabia, and advocates face an uphill battle mobilizing an apathetic general public that seems to accept the country’s all-powerful monarchy.Now, however, young Saudi videographers are using Y…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Bin `Ali: hero and model of the West
Some of his torture techniques. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Homecoming
Two wives of Bin Laden fly back to Saudi Arabia. House of Saud could not be happier. (thanks Mohammad)
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Only two years ago, Israeli prime minister was invited for a Ramadan Iftar in Cairo
“Feeling vindicated but vulnerable, Israel is preparing for a more precarious future with neighbor Egypt where Islamist power appears to be a rising tide forecast by Israeli leaders at the beginning of Arab unrest 10 months ago.”
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Listening to Neil Diamond can make you democratic
“After visiting the isolated Southeast Asian country also known as Burma, Clinton said such U.S. artists have worldwide influence by using their freedom of creativity and expression. ”You may not know it, but somewhere in a little tiny room in Bur…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad
Western media are often impressed with Israeli bombings and assassinations
“However, many former U.S. intelligence officials and Iran experts believe that the explosion — the most destructive of at least two dozen unexplained blasts in the last two years — was part of a covert effort by the U.S., Israel and others to disa…
Posted on December 5, 2011 by As'ad