Archive for May 24, 2012

The new leader of the Syrian National Council

An inside source revealed to me the name of the new leader of the Syrian National Council: his name is Bashshar Ghaylun.  

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Flash: early Egyptian election results

Flash. Breaking news. Syrian regime TV announced that the front runner in the Egyptian presidential election count is none other than Bashshar Al-Asad..  More on this breaking story.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

"The people wants the Africans to be burned" in Tel Aviv

“The people wants the Africans to be burned” in Tel Aviv.”

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Feltman leaks

Historian Ussam Makdisi sent me this comment about Feltman leaks (I cite with his permission):”1) most important, you get the sense that Feltman does not really run things at all despite all your worries that he does… 4) This is an old 19th cent…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Racist carnival in Tel Aviv

“”Tel Aviv has been hit by the most violent protests in its recent history after more than 1,000 Israelis took to the streets in the city’s south to demand the deportation of African immigrants and asylum seekers. The predominately black neighbour…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Lebanon, on the brink

My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English: “Lebanon: on the Brink”.  (French translation).

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Jeffrey Feltman leaks, again

Thus spoke Jeffrey Feltman (notice how he talks as if he is part of the March 14 coalition).PS Look how US clients lie and fabricate to ingratiate themselves with US policy makers: “I also told them that we have a habit in the region of burning US flag…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

This is the same channel that US ambassador in Lebanon visited to offer support: "MTV’s Xenophobic Crusades"

“A very recent dispatch by the channel dealt with women who allegedly operate as sex workers in south Lebanon. The women were filmed secretly by the side of the road and their faces made clearly visible. Again, no attempt was made to hide their identit…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Ba`this (non)democracy: a (bloody) comedy routine

Akram sent me this:  ”"Finaly, those who grew up in the school established by the leader Badhar Al-Assad are able to handle any mission whatsoever. Those who were educated by the literature of the (Ba’ath) party and through the national and so…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Tel Aviv 2012–Berlin 1938

“Today, Israel moved one step closer to Nazi Germany circa 1938. In Berlin, Nazis walked the streets terrorizing Jews, smashing windows, burning books and synagogues. Today, in Tel Aviv’s poor Hatikva neighborhood, the cream of Israel’s political…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Herrenvolk democracy

“Israel continues to demand overt recognition as a “Jewish state,” obsessively insisting that the Arabs formally agree to designate her as such. What is purposefully left unanswered, however, is the critically important question of what the term…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

The racism festival in Israel

“A reporter for the Israeli daily Maariv described it as an “unbridled rampage” and explosion of “pent-up rage”.  ”Suddenly one of [the protesters] noticed that in one of the cars waiting for traffic to move were two young dark-skinned men, appare…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

The White Man rules

“He is a deeply cultured and honest man, who could not put his heart into the military option that the opposition is now pursuing. However, he was able to give an inspiring and intelligent face to the Syrian revolution”.  So he is cultured and i…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Racist festival in Israel: if this was in an Arab country, books would be written about it

“Hundreds of demonstrators assembled in Tel Aviv’s Hatikva neighborhood calling for the ousting of African migrant workers. Some people attacked people attacked Africans that passed by. Others smashed the windows of a grocery store serving the migrant …

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Elections

The Syrian rubber stamp parliament “elected” a new speaker: the election was as democratic as “the election” of Burhan Ghalyun as leader of the unelected Syrian National Council.  Ghalyun as is known, was forced out yesterday but was told to presi…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

Lies of the Free Syrian Army

I watched interviews with a woman who was among the Lebanese Shi`ite pilgrims in Aleppo (where the men in the group were kidnapped).  Hajjah Hayat (and that is her name) was interviewed on all TV channels: she is sharp and has excellent memories. …

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad

BBC Arabic

I am told that the director of BBC Arabic protested at the decision to link an interview with him with my criticisms of the channel.PS My source sent me this: “The PR convyed “his” displeasure at citing the blog in a phone call.”

Posted on May 24, 2012 by As'ad