If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The three-month-long war between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon ended on 2 September 2007. While the [...]
Tagged Army, Camp, Lebanon, Nahr al-Bared, Palestine, palestinian, Refugee, Refugees, WarBy Alan Sabrosky *
The hopes Obama raised in Cairo didn't last a week before US Middle East envoy George Mitchell buried them five days later in Israel. It was understood that what Obama proposed would be difficult to translate into concrete deeds. I believe Obama was sincere, and it wouldn't have been the first time [...]
الجزء الأول
عزمي بشارة
لم يكن الاهتمام بالقضية الفلسطينية بمجملها يوماً، اهتماماًً بالفلسطينيين أنفسهم، ولهذا لم تنتهِ قضية فلسطين بل ازدادت تعقيداً مع مرور الزمن. ليس صحيحاً القول إذاً إن هناك اليوم اهتماماً دولياً أكبر وتضامناً متنامياً مع قضية فلسطين، فهذه الأخيرة تأثرت أكثر من أية قصية أخرى سلباً بالتطورات الدولية. فقد شهدت، منذ نشأتها، محاولات لتحويلها [...]
نظّمت الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت، في 14 أيار / مايو الجاري، ندوة بمناسبة مرور 61 عاماً على نكبة فلسطين. ولمّا كان هذا الموضوع وما يتفرّع عنه، من أكثر ما استحوذ على اهتمام المفكر والسياسي عزمي بشارة وعلى نشاطاته، ألقى محاضرة تنشر «الأخبار» نصها الكامل بالتنسيق مع المحاضر
عزمي بشارة
إنه لشرف كبير لي أن أكون اليوم بينكم [...]
By Franklin Lamb, Beirut
Time for transparency at Der Spiegel?
"We don't know where the Der Spiegel magazine did get their information from and we don't know where they brought this story from. No one in the prosecutor's office has spoken to the German magazine about anything. We have a clear policy of not leaking any information [...]
By Carlos Latuff
"The Israeli Defense Force is the most moral army in the World!"
–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany bombed, invaded and annexed countries and territories as a prelude to their quest for World Empire. Israel's drive for regional dominance has followed in their footsteps, imitating their style: Indiscriminate aerial bombings [...]
Here is the joke of the day… US envoy to strengthen Abbas
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662282,00.html
WASHINGTON - The United States' new envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, will be working to secure a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, as part of an attempt to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority. He does not intend to meet [...]
Western governments and most of the Western media have accepted a number of Israeli claims justifying the military assault on Gaza: that Hamas consistently violated the six-month truce that Israel observed and then refused to extend it; that Israel therefore had no choice but to destroy Hamas's capacity to launch missiles into Israeli towns; that [...]
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, henry-siegman, Israel, London review, occupation, Palestineهل بقي في الضمير العربي نخوة؟
أم السؤال يجب أن يكون: هل بقي عند العرب ضمائر؟
لا والله، لا حياة في من تنادي!
مات الضمير العربي فيما تتصاعد الأرواح الزكية الطاهرة من أجساد الشهداء في غزة هاشم لتحيا إلي الأبد.
مع كل الإحترام للشعوب العربية الثائرة في وجه القيادة العربية الخائرة.
أوبريت الضمير العربي - النسخة الكاملة:
From America’s “Jewish Triangle” to Iraqi’s “Sunni Triangle”
Government Job Notice: No Gentiles Need Apply
Mohamed Khodr
“The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century.”
–Yuri Slezkine, Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley, “The Jewish Century”; Princeton University Press (Russian Jewish immigrant to the U.S.)
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By Nadia W. Awad
Dubai was the center of attention again last week as it spent $20 million on an exorbitantly lavish, all-night party to celebrate the opening of its latest hotel, the Atlantis Palm Jumeirah. Described as the party of the decade, no expense was spared. Two thousand celebrities accepted an all-expenses-paid invitation to join [...]
Jones, a wealthy financier, had on many occasion in the good old days - when trains were flourishing and coaches were the last word in technological luxury - crossed the continent by Pullman. He was well known and well served and was accustomed to every convenience, particularly when dining. Imagine his exasperation, then, when it [...]
Tagged allegory, conflict resolution, Middle East"While Israel holds the Palestinian people under military occupation and Americans under political occupation it seems they also have also seized occupation of the legal system in neighbouring Egypt.
An interesting insight by former Sunday Express journalist Yvonne Ridley"
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How did the cartoonists in the Arab media Commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nakba?
I've been monitoring most of the Arab media, especially newspapers, during the last 5 days to read what they have to say on this event. To tell you the truth, you haven't missed much. On the air, Aljazeera made a big difference [...]
Finally, Google announced that there Blogger is officially supporting the three main languages in the Middle East, Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew:
Millions of people around the world already use Blogger to participate in the wider Internet community. Blogging is a powerful way for people to publish online, reach a large and varied audience, and communicate with [...]
