Archive for June 15, 2012
The official opposition in Syria: what a model
Akram sent me this: ”The leader of a huge parliamentarian block of 5 representatives Qadri Jamil: we haven’t said “Peaceful transition of the authority” but “peaceful democratic change”. He forgot to add “under the eternal leadership of the gre…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Topic of conversation? Easy: human rights, democracy, feminism, and secularism (what else really?)
“U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Thursday, the White House said, but gave no details of what subjects their conversation touched upon.”
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Lebanese hospital refuse to receive the dead body of an Asian domestic worker
Here is the story. When asked about that, Human Rights Watch issued a report against the Syrian regime. (thanks Karim)
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Zionists are Columbia admit: yes, we are dumb. We are very dumb
“At Columbia this hysteria has led elements of the Zionist community to attempt “defenses” of Israel that, at best fall limp, and are at times destructively bizarre. One such incident that fell into the latter category this year was the failed “s…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Let me guess: it will be deemed anti-Semitic
“The president of a Paris University launched an administrative investigation on Thursday into a Gaza question “of a polemic nature” set to students of the Bichat Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Agence France Presse reported. In a statement,…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Another account of Hula
“A well regarded and qualified author of the prime German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported (in German) how the recent massacre in Houla, Syria, was perpetrated by Sunni rebel forces. I translated the piece to English. There was some …
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Destruction by Israel
“Rare photograph reveals ancient Jerusalem mosque destroyed in 1967: A few days after the Six-Day War, Israel destroyed the Mughrabi quarter to build the Western Wall Plaza, including one of few remaining mosques from the time of Saladin.”
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Israeli forces have killed nearly 2,300 Palestinians and injured 7,700 in Gaza over the last five years, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Thursday.”
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
After five years of the Gaza blockade, UN agencies "urge" Israel to end it: after five long years
“Fifty international aid groups and United Nations agencies urged Israel on Thursday to open Gaza’s borders, saying its border blockade violates international law and indiscriminately harms Gaza’s 1.6 million people. The ap…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
mocking Thomas Friedman
“Poking fun at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is something of a parlor game for people who closely follow the Middle East. His penchant for starting columns with quotes from anonymous taxi drivers who, with astonishingly regularity, confirm h…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
record of Israeli occupiers
“Palestinian villagers have addressed the Guinness Book of World Records to register a ruinous “record”. A Bedouin village in Israel has been demolished 38 times by Israeli authorities, who say people in the village do not have building permits.”
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
trained for democracy
Coverage of the Middle East in Time and Newsweek is so laughable. Look how in this account, the Arab League moved against Asad purely out of compassion for the Syrian victims having seen those videos on Youtube. Yes, wise men/women of Time: dicta…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
lies of the exile Syrian opposition
“This week The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, published photographs of a so-called ghost unit, loyal to Mr. Assad and accused of systematically killing Syrian civilians. The tabloid described them as “steroid-mad” and tattoo-covered, and …
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
for the first time, the lies and deception of the exile Syrian opposition is exposed
But notice how the paper (and the British expert and the Zionist expert from Washington Institute for Near East Policy–and notice that Zionists from that institute have the final word in every article on the Arab world in US media) is very “accommodat…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
for secularism in Tunisia
Tunisian Intellectuals sign a petition in favor of separation of “church” and state and against the ruling party.
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Lousy Lebanese Army
The lousy Lebanese Army is killing Palestinians in Nahr Al-Barid as we speak. This lousy and defeated army never ever used its firepower against Israeli aggression (except in individual cases and not part of a larger strategy of defense). T…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Al-Akhbar and Syria
By the way, this [English translation is linked] article on Syria by Al-Akhbar’s editor-in-chief, Ibrahim Al-Amin, has triggered attacks on Al-Akhbar in pro-Syrian regime websites and media. Among other things, Ibrahim calls for the arrest o…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
Sa`d Id-Din Ibrahim
No one has noted this: for years, the US government and media have treated Sa`d Id-Din Ibrahim (who had supported Nasser until he was gone, and supported Sadat during his tenure and supported Mubarak before changing his mind) as the major Egyptian diss…
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad
An Asian domestic worker commits suicide in Lebanon
Another case of a suicide of a Bangladeshi worker in Lebanon.
Posted on June 15, 2012 by As'ad