Archive for May 1, 2012
Israel and human rights
“A senior UN official in Geneva last week listed Israel among the countries that she says are restricting the activities of human rights groups. The statement, issued on Wednesday by UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, lists Israel along wi…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
The Daily Star weighs in on Saudi Arabia
Ahmet from Tunisia sent me this: ”Asad, this editorial is the apotheosis of such phenomena; it reads like : ” the entire of Egypt should grovel and apologize to the House of Saud : ” It was a mob mentality that drove Egyptians to take the law …
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
House of Saud propagandists
Here is a sample of House of Saud propaganda. (thanks Sultan)
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is racism, always
“Police arrested a 20-year-old resident of Tel Aviv on suspicion of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of asylum-seeking migrants in the city’s Shapira neighborhood, Ynet reported Sunday.” (thanks John)
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Arab oil money
“THE SULTAN of Oman, Qaboos bin Said al Said, who was holidaying at a Limassol hotel the last few days left Cyprus happy, according to one report, leaving a €3,000 tip for the staff and gold watches for the hotel’s managers.”
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
The puppet chooses his master as his "partner"?
“Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the Tunisian parliament on Monday, “I choose you [Benjamin] Netanyahu as my partner for peace. With whom else can I make peace?”"
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Muslim views of Al-Qa`idah
“A new poll covering thousands of Muslims in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Turkey and Lebanon found that most thought poorly of Al Qaeda nearly a year after Osama bin Laden’s death. The results came just after U.S. intelligence officials announced tha…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Egyptian columnists against Saudi Arabia
This is unprecedented. Two of the most respected Egyptian columnists, Fahmi Huwaydi and Ala Aswani, express views against the Saudi royal family. (Huwaydi used to be a columnist in the mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat).
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Foreign policies of the Egyptian uprising
“Dear Tom Friedman: Egypt’s Popular Anger Shifts to Israel and Saudi Arabia”. (thanks Nicholas)
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
The new Egypt
“The leading candidate in Egypt’s presidential race said on Sunday that the Camp David Accords should be consigned to the shelves of history, describing the agreement as “dead and buried.”"
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Insults of Saudi King spreading
I bet that Jeffrey Feltman is furious about this. But the campaign against the Saudi King seems to be spreading. This is from a wall in Beirut. It says: “Dear King Abdullah. Toz in your royal self.” I wrote on Twitter that…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
"Benzion Netanyahu": what do you call a Zionist racist?
A Zionist racist, even if he/she harbor genocidal, exterminationist views of Arabs, will never be called a racist. At most, he may be called “hawkish”. And notice that terminology about Israel and Zionism is uniformly applied in Zionist med…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Hizbullah and the sinking ship
I was listening to the news broadcast of Hizbullah on Al-Manar TV the other day. You can discern clearly that the party is now moving (albeit slightly) away from the early provocative and wrong-headed stance of Hasan Nasrallah. Don’t get me…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
The case for Sanctions Against Israel: Zizek
I was happy to receive the new The Case for Sanctions Against Israel from Verso press. But I was unhappy to read the lousy piece in it by Slavoj Zizek. I know that the editors wanted a big name, but they should have passed upon reading his …
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Rape is "sensitive" among Muslims
Bart sent me this: ”Asad: this one goes beyond shoes or poatatoes: an article on the ‘new’ Lybia in the supposedly thirdworldist, progressive flemish Mo magazine says literally: “The men are accused of joining Khadaffi’s troops in attacking Misra…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Saudi news fabrications
So the Saudi media continue to fabricate to justify the apprehension of the Egyptian lawyer in Saudi Arabia. Today, they came up with two new lies: 1) that Iranian agents infiltrated into the Egyptian protesters and intended to kidnap the Saudi a…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
Toz
Toz is a word that is difficult to translate. It is an insult but is not obscene and (unlike most Arabic curse expressions) does not have a sexual connotation. It has become the catch word of the campaign against the Saudi royal family in E…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
This should be required read in journalism schools
I am not making this up. I swear, I am not making this up. But Saudi media (or the media of Saudi princes) complain about lack of professionalism in the Egyptian media. I kid you not.
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
The most unpopular Arab "revolution"
The lousy Saudi-and Qatari-funded and controlled Syrian exile opposition groups, dominated by Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, have succeeded in turning the Syrian popular uprising into the most unpopular Arab uprising ever, where there is not even one scint…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad
This just in from Damascus
Twice in this hour, Al-Arabiyya TV (the news station of King Fahd’s brother-in-law) broke into live scenes from a quarter in Damascus that showed a “demonstration against the regime”. The anchor was so jubilant that he just let the video and audi…
Posted on May 1, 2012 by As'ad