Archive for January 12, 2012
Deaths in Saudi Arabia
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Gaza tunnels
You know my theory about Gaza tunnels: if you can smuggle in goats and sheep, you can easily smuggle other things. (AP)
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Palestine
I don’t like flags and I don’t like nationalisms, but for Palestine and the Palestinians, anything and everything. (Reuters)
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
by 45%
Israeli exports to Egypt declined by 45% last year. In other news, Thomas Friedman said that Arab uprisings have no foreign policy goals.
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
The Asad’s speech
My take on the Asad’s speech for Al-Akhbar English.
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Rashid Ghannushi explains (to Saudi media)
Islamist demagogue, Rashid Ghannushi, speaks to the mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, his views on reforms in Arab monarchies. He says that he prefers reform to be undertaken by rulers themselves:”ونحن قد ذكرنا أن كل ال
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
The crown brat of Morocco
Watch this disgusting royal show. (thanks Ahmet)
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
racist chants in a racist country
“The Israeli soccer team Beitar Jerusalem has been docked two points for racist chanting by fans. The penalty by the Israel Football Association comes after Hapoel Tel Aviv striker Toto Tamuz was subjected to racist epithets during a game. Tamuz w…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
BBC for Israel
“”The small, professionally made device was designed to kill its victim but cause only limited damage to the surroundings.”" How did BBC know that? (thanks David)
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Saudi hacker versus Israel
“At the start of his latest announcement OxOmar wrote, “Russian intelligence shut down my e-mail address at mail.ru.” He added that he is now using the gaza.net email service. “I saw that a few stupid people said they found me: one in Mexico, one i…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“Israel’s Supreme Court upheld late Wednesday a controversial law that bans most Palestinians who marry Israelis from living inside the Jewish state. In a 6-5 ruling, the court agreed that Palestinians who gain Israeli citizenship through marriage…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Update from Saudi Arabia
A source in Saudi Arabia sent me this: “Last week the government tried to take over one Shia mosque in Tarout Island which triggered demonstrations (the misque’s shaikh Abdul Karim Hubail was frank in supporting peoples demands for human rights and the…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Visiting his grandmothers
“Mr Hekmati’s father denied his son was a spy and said he had previously worked as an Arabic translator for the Marines before entering Iran four months ago to visit his grandmothers.”
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Situation in Damascus
Zaid sent me this (I cite with his permission): ”My uncle travels to Damascus from Baghdad every six months to see a doctor for his heart. Last time he was there, he had the same view as everyone else, that things were very calm in Syria, t…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Sexism in Israel
You would never read such an article in the US press: ”Meanwhile, the women within these communities are afraid to speak out, says Hannah Kehat, founder of Kolech, an ultraorthodox women’s group. “It’s social control. If they [the women] go again…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Iranian dissidents are not all spies, you know
“The fact the killers knew the movements of their victims so precisely suggests the involvement of foreign intelligence services using Iranians belonging to dissident movements. ” This is unfair on the part of the fine reporter, Cockburn. &n…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Flash: from Qatif
Three Saudis were shot by police in Qatif. An image of one of the victims (not for the faint hearted).PS My sources in Saudi Arabia tell me there is still shooting tonight in Qatif. In other news, Obama the other day stressed the strong bonds bet…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
EU’s recommendations
Read this: ”The Palestinian presence in the largest part of the occupied West Bank – has been, “continuously undermined” by Israel in ways that are “closing the window” on a two-state solution, according to an internal EU report seen by Th…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Reforms in Jordan: you will rarely read this in the Western press
“A military prosecutor says a young Jordanian activist has been charged with harming the king’s dignity for burning a street portrait of the monarch.”
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad
Carter on Egypt
Jimmy Carter is in Egypt and he dares speak about Egyptian democracy and even about surrender of power to civilians. Jimmy Carter? The architect of the Camp David accords which basically installed the Sadat-Mubarak security regime and which–calc…
Posted on January 12, 2012 by As'ad