Archive for June 21, 2012
Dalai Lama on Palestine
Hussam sent me this: ”Hi As’ad, I can’t verify if this exchange occurred or if it was expressed in this way but it sounds like something the Dalai Lama would say. A student/activist challenged the Dalai Lama on his views on Israel and below is …
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Most of them said to be militants
“Medical officials in Gaza said Momen al-Adan, 14, was killed Wednesday and his father was seriously hurt in what residents described as an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza City. The Israeli military had no comment. At least seven other Palestin…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Zionism is always racism
“Israeli racism is embedded in daily politics of every state body: It would behoove those who are shocked by the barbaric expulsion of the Africans to take even one hour to examine the statistics about the lives of the Arab minority in Israel.”
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
If this happened in a Muslim town, Western feminists would have called on NATO to bomb that country: Feminist Majority would be cheering for war against the country
“Haredim hurled a stone at a female car driver in Beit Shemesh on Wednesday, Ynet has learned. Vered Daniel’s windshield was smashed but the she emerged unharmed, police confirmed. The attack apparently a response to her allegedly “immodest” a…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Libya: 100 dead and 500 injured
Did you see anything in the Western press about the tribal clashes in Libya in which more than 100 were killed and more than 500 injured?
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Prince Nayif
Hikmat sent me this: ”i though you might be interested in the following quotation from Trofimov’s “The siege of Meca”"As the ministerial phone rang, Prince Nayef picked up the heavy receiver. Suddenly he straightened his back and listened …
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Donna Shalala
The AUB choice of Donna Shalala for an honorary doctorate could not have been worse. The choice is an insult to Arabs in Lebanon and to Arabs in the US. As Arabs in Miami have commented: “Donna Shalala shows her affinity to her culture by e…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
This is the full report on the status of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Palestinians in Lebanon
“”The Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are considered the worst of the region’s refugee camps in terms of poverty, health, education and living conditions,” said the American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) in a report released on World Refugee D…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Where is the Security Council?
“The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials w…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Surgical operation
Don’t you like those stories (leaked on purpose) about how the US government formulated military plans to send troops to Syria to take over chemical and biological weapons in the country once the regime falls? Those scenario imply that the situation wo…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
CIA push for secularism in Syria
This is as funny a story as I can find today: ”The weapons, including automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons, are being funneled mostly across the Turkish border by way of a shadowy network of intermedia…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Hafidh Al-Asad in 1976
My latest blog post for Al-Akhbar English: ”Hafidh Al-Asad in 1976″.
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
What Egypt should do
The Egyptian people are trying to take their destiny in their own hand, and some American clown of an official tells the mouthpiece of Prince Salman, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, that Egypt should be busy protecting Israel (he said protecting “borders” but he d…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Barry Obama’s delegation to Saudi Arabia
Look at this: this is the delegation of current and former US officials that Barry Obama dispatched to Saudi Arabia to offer condolences to House of Saud.
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad
Polling Arabs
“In tracking polls, Gallup asked Egyptians which parties they supported and, at the same time, what their priorities were for the new government. No matter which party they voted for, said Mogahed, “there is no difference across the board — not the…
Posted on June 21, 2012 by As'ad