Archive for April 23, 2012

Flash: Salamah Kilah arrested in Syria

The lousy repressive Syrian regime has arrested Syrian-Palestinian Marxist leftist writer, Salamah Kilah (who writes in Al-Akhbar).  I got word (based on his wife’s account) that his house was searched by security thugs of the regime and that comp…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Arab Uprisings and the Boycott of Israel

Comrade Samah writes about “the Arab Uprisings and the Boycott of Israel.”

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Fasten your seat belts: he will wreck your lives

“The World’s Bank’s new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist “market-based growth is a priority for every single country”.” (thanks Mayia)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Reform arrives in Saudi Arabia: US praises

“Egyptian lawyer, Ahmed El-Gizawy has been sentenced in absentia to one year in jail and 20 lashes, Monday, for “defaming” KIng Abdullah of Saudi Arabia during his visit to the gulf country to undertake the Islamic ritual “Umrah.”  El-Gizawy …

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Israeli school curriculum in Arabic

This is from an Arabic textbook in the Zionist entity.  It reads:  ”Dina: The state has built our Arab cities and towns and improved it a great deal.  Ahmad: And that is why it decorated schools, shops, and schools with electricity. &nbs…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

"opposition leader"

This is the caption of the Times: “A United Nations monitor, Col. Ahmed Himmiche, walked hand-in-hand with Abdul Razzaq Tlas, an opposition leader, in Homs on Saturday, in a photo from Shaam News Network.”  This may be the first time that the Time…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Al-Wifaq

Of course, sectarianism in Bahrain is a ploy by the House of Khalifah.  But I do think that the Bahraini opposition is ill-served by Al-Wifaq.  Its accommodation with the regime and its lack of aggressive behavior against the House of Khalifa…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Bahrain is not Syria: did you know that?

“But Mr Cameron said it was important to recognise that “Bahrain is not Syria” and that “there is a process of reform under way”.” (thanks Raed)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

It is in Israel

If this was in an Arab country, there would be endless articles about “Arab culture” and the heavy weight of Islam.  ”A violent on-pitch brawl at the end of a second division match on Friday prompted the Israel Football Association to cancel the r…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

60 minutes

Many sent me the link to the 60 Minutes story about Christians of Palestine.  Story in itself is lame, and I hate the premise: that the story of Palestinian Christians is somewhat separate from the story of Israeli repression and subjugation the P…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Palestinian prisoners

Palestinian prisoners sent a letter to the people of Bahrain.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Israel does what it does best: running to the US seeking protection and help

“Opposition leader Shaul Mofaz said also responded on Sunday that the cancellation was an unprecedented low point in relations between Egypt and Israel. “This is a blatant violation of the peace treaty,” he said. “This unilateral step requires…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Thomas Friedman to Zionists: Don’t panic. Egypt "revolution" has no foreign policy goals

“Egypt’s state-owned natural gas company said Sunday that it was ending a deal to ship gas to Israel because of a payment dispute. Israeli officials responded by warning that the termination cast a new shadow over the bilateral peace treaty.  Th…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Zionist self-delusions: Zionist Titanic

“Israel on Monday rushed to downplay the significance of Egypt cancelling its gas export deal with the Jewish state, casting it as a “commercial dispute” with no impact on their diplomatic ties.”The deal to supply gas is not part of the peace deal, but…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Funding the counter-revolution in Tunisia

“Tunisia’s Central Bank said Thursday it had finalised a loan of half a billion dollars from Qatar, one of the main foreign backers of the revolution that brought the Islamists to power.” (thanks Basim)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

French elections

My latest blog post on the French elections for Al-Akhbar English.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad

Luxury items: banned from Syria

I hate when Western governments do something and I hate when Western governments don’t do anything and yet they pretend that they are doing something.  So they now have banned luxury items from reaching Syrian officials.  How dumb is that? So…

Posted on April 23, 2012 by As'ad