Archive for September 3, 2012
Aljazeera
I will be on Min Washington on Aljazeera tomorrow to talk about the US presidential election.
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
An Israeli and a Qadhdhafi: the shoe fits
“Israeli actress Orly Weinerman reportedly has urged Tony Blair to help save the life of her “discreet” lover, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi. The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, quoted Weinerman, 41, as saying that Blair – former British prime minister an…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
An example of Syrian regime repression: the case of Kifah Ali Dib
A source sent me this and asked me to share:”This concerns Kifah Ali Dib كفاح علي ديب, a young artist, writer and activist who was arrested along with Rami Hinawi on August 6 in Sehnaya in Damascus. They were initially taken by local “popul…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
The arithmatic of the Economist on Syria
The Economist on Syria is getting sillier by the day: and the stories are now written from Beirut and Cairo for extra effect. Look at this: “August was certainly the bloodiest month so far: as many as 4,000 may have died, 3,000 of them civ…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
Israeli injustice
“It is not the first time courts have denied victims of Israeli military actions the right to effective remedy. Just ask the many Palestinians who have faced a myriad of legal hurdles and fought for decades simply to have their day in court. Thousands …
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
David Lesche on Syria
Let me summarize the thesis of David Lesche (former friend of Bashshar)’s thesis on Syria: he maintains that Bashshar was a wonderful person but only became a dictator when he stopped replying to his emails.
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
Samir Kassir on the Lebanese Civil War
Samir Kassir’s book on the Lebanese Civil War is better than many books published on the war but it has serious problems: it does not deviate from the standard Muslims-versus-Christians, and it contains many cliches about Lebanon and the war (like the …
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
War of ideas in the Middle East: failure of the US
I need to write an article about this but yesterday it occurred to me that the US lost the war of ideas during the Cold War, all celebrations to the contrary notwithstanding. All those who worked for the Soviet Union did so for free and volunteer…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
Zionist trash in the Daily Star
Look at the Zionist trash published in the Daily Star (jointly owned by Sa`d Hariri and Qatari Hamad Bin Jasim). (thanks “Ibn Rushd”)
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
Fake anti-censorship website from Lebanon
I am told that this is a fake anti-censorship website. It was started by the Murr family (owners of MTV which has been spewing racism and homophobia for years, and the local promoters of bands and singers who are on the boycott list). And t…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
another commander of Hizbullah interviewed
It is the season. Another commander of Hizbullah “interviewed”. Whenever you read an interview with a Hizbullah “commander” or “fighter” in Western media, you know that: 1) either the writer is fabricating; 2) or the writer was duped by a c…
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad
Mahmud Darwish: unpublished photographs
A friend of Mahmud Darwish, Victor, allowed me to share with readers unpublished pictures of Darwish from Haifa in 1963.
Posted on September 3, 2012 by As'ad