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A female Saudi student confronting Hillary Clinton in Saudi Arabia
When Hillary Clinton spoke at Dar Al-Hikmah college in Saudi Arabia, this brave female Saudi student attended. I cite with her permission (although I will not cite her name lest she be beheaded): “وصلتني رسالة من صديقتي تقول ف
Posted by As'ad at 6:56 PM 03/11/10
Tell that to Bronner and Kershner: they don’t know
“The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a recent spate of press freedom violations in the West Bank, including detentions, censorship, harassment, and physical attacks by Israeli soldiers. We ask that you ensure that the Israel Defense Forc…
Posted by As'ad at 11:38 AM 03/11/10
Tell that to Bronner and Kershner: they don’t know
“The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a recent spate of press freedom violations in the West Bank, including detentions, censorship, harassment, and physical attacks by Israeli soldiers. We ask that you ensure that the Israel Defense Forc…
Posted by As'ad at 11:38 AM 03/11/10
Tell that to Bronner and Kershner: they don’t know
“The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a recent spate of press freedom violations in the West Bank, including detentions, censorship, harassment, and physical attacks by Israeli soldiers. We ask that you ensure that the Israel Defense Forc…
Posted by As'ad at 11:38 AM 03/11/10
Tell that to Bronner and Kershner: they don’t know
“The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a recent spate of press freedom violations in the West Bank, including detentions, censorship, harassment, and physical attacks by Israeli soldiers. We ask that you ensure that the Israel Defense Forc…
Posted by As'ad at 11:38 AM 03/11/10
it is much worse
“It’s much worse than before. If I want to go as a lawyer to Ramallah and I have a court session at say 10am, in ‘normal life’ I would leave Bethlehem at 9, and I’d be in Ramallah at 10. But now you have to leave at 7am and you never know. Y…
Posted by As'ad at 11:36 AM 03/11/10
it is much worse
“It’s much worse than before. If I want to go as a lawyer to Ramallah and I have a court session at say 10am, in ‘normal life’ I would leave Bethlehem at 9, and I’d be in Ramallah at 10. But now you have to leave at 7am and you never know. Y…
Posted by As'ad at 11:36 AM 03/11/10
it is much worse
“It’s much worse than before. If I want to go as a lawyer to Ramallah and I have a court session at say 10am, in ‘normal life’ I would leave Bethlehem at 9, and I’d be in Ramallah at 10. But now you have to leave at 7am and you never know. Y…
Posted by As'ad at 11:36 AM 03/11/10
it is much worse
“It’s much worse than before. If I want to go as a lawyer to Ramallah and I have a court session at say 10am, in ‘normal life’ I would leave Bethlehem at 9, and I’d be in Ramallah at 10. But now you have to leave at 7am and you never know. Y…
Posted by As'ad at 11:36 AM 03/11/10
Religious fanatics that you find adorable
“An exhibition planned by photographer Spencer Tunick, which features large numbers of naked people, caused a stir in the Knesset Wednesday. Shas MK Nissim Zeev claimed the idea of “taking mass naked photos in the holy land” was crazy… “I understa…
Posted by As'ad at 11:34 AM 03/11/10
Religious fanatics that you find adorable
“An exhibition planned by photographer Spencer Tunick, which features large numbers of naked people, caused a stir in the Knesset Wednesday. Shas MK Nissim Zeev claimed the idea of “taking mass naked photos in the holy land” was crazy… “I understa…
Posted by As'ad at 11:34 AM 03/11/10
Religious fanatics that you find adorable
“An exhibition planned by photographer Spencer Tunick, which features large numbers of naked people, caused a stir in the Knesset Wednesday. Shas MK Nissim Zeev claimed the idea of “taking mass naked photos in the holy land” was crazy… “I understa…
Posted by As'ad at 11:34 AM 03/11/10
Religious fanatics that you find adorable
“An exhibition planned by photographer Spencer Tunick, which features large numbers of naked people, caused a stir in the Knesset Wednesday. Shas MK Nissim Zeev claimed the idea of “taking mass naked photos in the holy land” was crazy… “I understa…
Posted by As'ad at 11:34 AM 03/11/10
The PA buffoon
“The paper is very poorly-written, repetitive and at times barely coherent. One passage reads: “Accreditation papers cannot be presented to the US Administration and to others without the Palestinian paper. These issues bear a significant link with …
Posted by As'ad at 11:32 AM 03/11/10
The PA buffoon
“The paper is very poorly-written, repetitive and at times barely coherent. One passage reads: “Accreditation papers cannot be presented to the US Administration and to others without the Palestinian paper. These issues bear a significant link with …
Posted by As'ad at 11:32 AM 03/11/10
The PA buffoon
“The paper is very poorly-written, repetitive and at times barely coherent. One passage reads: “Accreditation papers cannot be presented to the US Administration and to others without the Palestinian paper. These issues bear a significant link with …
Posted by As'ad at 11:32 AM 03/11/10
The PA buffoon
“The paper is very poorly-written, repetitive and at times barely coherent. One passage reads: “Accreditation papers cannot be presented to the US Administration and to others without the Palestinian paper. These issues bear a significant link with …
Posted by As'ad at 11:32 AM 03/11/10
the Lebanese state
The Lebanese state is harassing Lebanese lawyer, Nizar Saghiyyah, who defends the weak and the refugees.PS For full disclosure, Nizar is the official lawyer of Al-Akhbar, and he is also my lawyer in Lebanon.
Posted by As'ad at 11:29 AM 03/11/10
the Lebanese state
The Lebanese state is harassing Lebanese lawyer, Nizar Saghiyyah, who defends the weak and the refugees.PS For full disclosure, Nizar is the official lawyer of Al-Akhbar, and he is also my lawyer in Lebanon.
Posted by As'ad at 11:29 AM 03/11/10
the Lebanese state
The Lebanese state is harassing Lebanese lawyer, Nizar Saghiyyah, who defends the weak and the refugees.PS For full disclosure, Nizar is the official lawyer of Al-Akhbar, and he is also my lawyer in Lebanon.
Posted by As'ad at 11:29 AM 03/11/10
the Lebanese state
The Lebanese state is harassing Lebanese lawyer, Nizar Saghiyyah, who defends the weak and the refugees.PS For full disclosure, Nizar is the official lawyer of Al-Akhbar, and he is also my lawyer in Lebanon.
Posted by As'ad at 11:29 AM 03/11/10
How can you spot a terrorist?
“The US prosecutor for Pennsylvania, Michael Levy, said: “The case demonstrates that terrorists are looking for Americans to join them in their cause, and it shatters any lingering thought that we can spot a terrorist based on appearance.”" (thanks …
Posted by As'ad at 11:24 AM 03/11/10
How can you spot a terrorist?
“The US prosecutor for Pennsylvania, Michael Levy, said: “The case demonstrates that terrorists are looking for Americans to join them in their cause, and it shatters any lingering thought that we can spot a terrorist based on appearance.”" (thanks …
Posted by As'ad at 11:24 AM 03/11/10
How can you spot a terrorist?
“The US prosecutor for Pennsylvania, Michael Levy, said: “The case demonstrates that terrorists are looking for Americans to join them in their cause, and it shatters any lingering thought that we can spot a terrorist based on appearance.”" (thanks …
Posted by As'ad at 11:24 AM 03/11/10
How can you spot a terrorist?
“The US prosecutor for Pennsylvania, Michael Levy, said: “The case demonstrates that terrorists are looking for Americans to join them in their cause, and it shatters any lingering thought that we can spot a terrorist based on appearance.”" (thanks …
Posted by As'ad at 11:24 AM 03/11/10
Israel equals racism
“Marzel, a well-known stalwart among Israel’s ultra-nationalists, appealed to Refaeli on behalf of an organization named “Lehava.” In Hebrew, this means “flame:; it is also the Hebrew acronym for “Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land.” The or…
Posted by As'ad at 11:22 AM 03/11/10
Israel equals racism
“Marzel, a well-known stalwart among Israel’s ultra-nationalists, appealed to Refaeli on behalf of an organization named “Lehava.” In Hebrew, this means “flame:; it is also the Hebrew acronym for “Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land.” The or…
Posted by As'ad at 11:22 AM 03/11/10
Israel equals racism
“Marzel, a well-known stalwart among Israel’s ultra-nationalists, appealed to Refaeli on behalf of an organization named “Lehava.” In Hebrew, this means “flame:; it is also the Hebrew acronym for “Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land.” The or…
Posted by As'ad at 11:22 AM 03/11/10
Israel equals racism
“Marzel, a well-known stalwart among Israel’s ultra-nationalists, appealed to Refaeli on behalf of an organization named “Lehava.” In Hebrew, this means “flame:; it is also the Hebrew acronym for “Preventing Assimilation in the Holy Land.” The or…
Posted by As'ad at 11:22 AM 03/11/10
A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: $108 Billion
With that kind of money, Somalia would have become a global power. (thanks Nabeel)
Posted by As'ad at 11:20 AM 03/11/10
A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: $108 Billion
With that kind of money, Somalia would have become a global power. (thanks Nabeel)
Posted by As'ad at 11:20 AM 03/11/10
A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: $108 Billion
With that kind of money, Somalia would have become a global power. (thanks Nabeel)
Posted by As'ad at 11:20 AM 03/11/10
A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: $108 Billion
With that kind of money, Somalia would have become a global power. (thanks Nabeel)
Posted by As'ad at 11:20 AM 03/11/10
Mistakes happen, every single day
“US soldiers killed on Wednesday a man and his wife in Al Karkh District without knowing the conjuncture of the incident, a source from Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. US Army forces opened fire on Omar Abdullah and his wife who were inside their …
Posted by As'ad at 11:18 AM 03/11/10
Mistakes happen, every single day
“US soldiers killed on Wednesday a man and his wife in Al Karkh District without knowing the conjuncture of the incident, a source from Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. US Army forces opened fire on Omar Abdullah and his wife who were inside their …
Posted by As'ad at 11:18 AM 03/11/10
Mistakes happen, every single day
“US soldiers killed on Wednesday a man and his wife in Al Karkh District without knowing the conjuncture of the incident, a source from Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. US Army forces opened fire on Omar Abdullah and his wife who were inside their …
Posted by As'ad at 11:18 AM 03/11/10
Mistakes happen, every single day
“US soldiers killed on Wednesday a man and his wife in Al Karkh District without knowing the conjuncture of the incident, a source from Iraq’s Interior Ministry said. US Army forces opened fire on Omar Abdullah and his wife who were inside their …
Posted by As'ad at 11:18 AM 03/11/10
Clown Tantawi
““He was short tempered and abrupt in his reactions sometimes,” Mr. Eissa said. “He was also aggressive in his relationship with the media. There are stories about him kicking out reporters he thought were asking him questions with bad intentions…
Posted by As'ad at 11:15 AM 03/11/10
for supporters of Obama/Biden
““Bibi, you heard me say before, progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the United States and Israel,” Biden said. “There is no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to Israel…
Posted by As'ad at 11:14 AM 03/11/10
For not standing
“The higher national committee in support of prisoners has disclosed that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had punished prisoner Abeer Ode from Tulkarem with one week of solitary confinement for not standing for the daily count.” (thanks Olivia)
Posted by As'ad at 11:13 AM 03/11/10
New TV
The New TV report on Carlos Slim was so dumb, especially when the narrator tried to link Slim’s financial success to Michel Shiha. I mean, how dumb is that? Is Bill Gates’s wealth also a function of Michel Shiha?
Posted by As'ad at 11:11 AM 03/11/10
Gold Meir series of fatal errors
“The US vice president said Meir told him that Israel’s secret weapon in its against the Arab states was that “we have nowhere else to go.”" That is not the first time that she was fatally wrong. And the Arab secret weapon is that they will always …
Posted by As'ad at 11:03 AM 03/11/10
You want to normalize with those war criminals? Not in a lifetime or two or three
“A second indictment has been filed against soldiers who fought in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead, this time accusing two Givati Brigade troops of asking a nine-year old Palestinian boy to open bags suspected to contain explosives.” They probably…
Posted by As'ad at 11:01 AM 03/11/10
Internet in Cairo
Comrade Bassam sent me this (I cite with his permission): “i walk into a nice restaurant that advertises “Wi-Fi” in masr il-gideeda. Bassam: sabaah il-kheir, huwwa fi internet hina? (Good morning. So Is there internet here?) Vendor: Ta’reeban.(Almost)
Posted by As'ad at 10:59 AM 03/11/10
Harvard houses racism
“Harvard professor Stephen M. Walt commented, “What if a prominent academic at Harvard declared that the United States had to make food scarcer for Hispanics so that they would have fewer children? Or what if someone at a prominent think tank noted t…
Posted by As'ad at 10:57 AM 03/11/10
Carlos Slim
Can somebody please tell people in Lebanon not to go crazy over the news of the wealth of Carlos Slim? I mean, the man does not see himself as Lebanese, for potato’s sake. Do you know that Strida Ja`ja` (wife of Samir Ja`ja` (or Ga`ga` in Egyptian acc…
Posted by As'ad at 10:55 AM 03/11/10
Zionism is racism, indeed
“Nearly half of Israel’s high school students do not believe that Israeli-Arabs are entitled to the same rights as Jews in Israel, according to the results of a new survey released yesterday. The same poll revealed that more than half the students woul…
Posted by As'ad at 10:53 AM 03/11/10
Tarif Khalidi speaks on the Hanafi affair at AUB
Here, comrade Tarif Khalid addresses the AUB meeting about the Hanafi affair.Here, comrade Tarif responds to an article on the matter by Saqr Abu Fakhr. And comrade Tarif can speak for me any day.
Posted by As'ad at 10:50 AM 03/11/10
They are there to take orders from Israel, after all
“The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of a ceremony to honor the woman who led a 1978 hijacking of a civilian bus in Israel that left 35 people dead.”
Posted by As'ad at 9:11 AM 03/10/10
Supreme repression: Iran
“The number of journalists in jail rose in February as a relentless media crackdown continues in Iran. Authorities are now holding at least 52 journalists in prison, a third of all those in jail around the world, according to the latest monthly survey …
Posted by As'ad at 9:08 AM 03/10/10
This guy thinks he is funny–kid you not
But having failed to make anybody in the world laugh, now he found the Jerusalem Post his home. At least they don’t allow him to joke there; he is only allowed to bash supporters of the Palestinians. And wait: he just stumbled on an earth shattering …
Posted by As'ad at 9:01 AM 03/10/10
Nir Rosen: I am not a neo-con, and other denials
Nir Rosen did not like what I wrote yesterday about his lousy conclusion in his article on Iraq, so he sent me this (I cite with his permission): “first of all there is no contradiction between what i wrote and what the economist wrote, at least in th…
Posted by As'ad at 8:56 AM 03/10/10
Mind your language
In US media the Israeli nuclear program is now referred to as “the energy program.”
Posted by As'ad at 8:55 AM 03/10/10
Impolite
The head of the Information Committee of the ruling party in Egypt said that whoever asks him about the next president of Egypt is impolite. A woman in the audience said: I am impolite. (thanks Moustafa)
Posted by As'ad at 8:53 AM 03/10/10
All that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks
“Five Palestinians women preferred to go home rather than heading to an Israeli prison to visit their detailed family members after Israeli soldiers stationed at a Roadblock near the central West Bank city of Ramallah demanded to strip-search them.”…
Posted by As'ad at 8:40 AM 03/10/10
Ethan Bronner: propagandizing
Matt sent me this (I cite with his permission): “The middle east studies center on my campus receives all sorts of publications which the staff leaves out in the lounge area. One of these is the bulletin of the “Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Stud…
Posted by As'ad at 8:36 AM 03/10/10
Sistani elections
In the sectarian elections-under-occupation in Iraq, Israelis are allowed to vote, for Israel’s man in Iraq, Mithal Allusi. (thanks Khaled)
Posted by As'ad at 8:24 AM 03/10/10
Yellow journalism for a yellow entity
“”Israeli newspapers are getting yellower,” said Yoram Peri, a longtime Israeli media analyst who serves as director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland. “This is a dangerous phenomenon. For a strong democrac…
Posted by As'ad at 8:22 AM 03/10/10
Ya`ni is the wrong word here, but the point is well taken
“”In everything connected to the settlers and settlements, the government has a “ya’ani” policy. Enforcement of the law in the territories is “ya’ani,” except when it comes to transforming the West Bank into a Garden of Eden for settler law-breakers…
Posted by As'ad at 8:21 AM 03/10/10
Murdoch comes to Arabia
“”I have every confidence that Arab companies can do the same and more. I also believe that Abu Dhabi can lead the way.”"
Posted by As'ad at 8:17 AM 03/10/10
