It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality - at least from my experiences [...]
I admit I have missed the news when it was announced end of last July, but better late than never.
Honored to be Bahraini by soul for living in Bahrain for the last four years, I am very happy to know that Wafaa Ganahi, a 23-year-old teacher from the Law Faculty of Bahrain University, won the [...]
A State Department employee was indicted yesterday on charges that he threatened and intimidated employees of the Arab American Institute, including James Zogby, the president of the organization.
“The only good Lebanese is a dead Lebanese. The only good Arab is a dead Arab,” Syring said in a voice-mail message left late July 17, 2006, after [...]
Finally, Olmert confirmed what I have mentioned over a months ago about the increase of military AID to racist Israel. But the smell of death does not stop there. US also announced that it will increase military SALES to some Arab regimes.
One ironic part in both the stories… It’s an AID to Israel, but SALES [...]
Former UN observer, Jan Muhren, describing how he witnessed Israel provoking its Arab neighbors in the run-up to the six-day-war:
The Six-Day War Deceptions (part 1)
The Six-Day War Deceptions (part 2)
(Also can be found at Google Video)
Fading U.S. democracy agenda evokes Arab scorn
Reuters
They say this was clear from the moment the United States and the European Union boycotted the government set up by Hamas in March 2006 after the Islamists trounced Abbas’s Fatah faction in free elections that Washington had insisted go ahead.
“That was the hair in the soup in terms [...]
Abbas demands final status talks or nothing as he heads to Egypt summit
(Via: Independent)
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, is demanding that next Monday’s scheduled summit with Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, contains a discussion over “final status” talks on a future Palestinian state, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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Mr Abbas is reportedly insisting that the summit, [...]
The Arab American Institute is hosting LIVE webchats from Palestine!
You can chat with:
Thursday, June 7
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Rafiq Husseini, chief of staff to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Ghaith Al-Omari and Daniel Levy, lead Palestinian and Israeli drafters of the Geneva Accords (Note: new time)
Friday, June 8
12:00 - 12:30 [...]
First of all, please meet Handala (Hat tip: Ben Heine for his great artwork):
Handala (or Hanzala) is the most famous of the Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali’s cartoon characters. From approximately 1975 through 1987 Naji Al-Ali created cartoons that depict the complexities of the plight of Palestinian refugees. These cartoons are still relevant today and Handala, [...]
What would happen if you try to video the Sydney Harbor Bridge or nuclear reactor that produces medical isotopes? Nothing!
Well, that depends what you are wearing:
WTF? I’m speechless. This is the “best” insult I’ve seen this year.
[Via: boingboing]
EXCLUSIVE-US tax breaks help Jewish settlers in West Bank
Source: Reuters By Adam Entous The United States says Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank threaten any peace between Israel and the Palestinians -- yet it also encourages Americans to help support settlers by offering tax breaks on donations. As Condoleezza Rice flew in on Monday for another round of peace talks, ... Despite truce, still no sign of school supplies in Gaza
Under its truce with Hamas, Israel has permitted shipments of frozen meat, soft drinks, cookies, jam, shampoo, clothing and other items. However, the amounts are insufficient for the entire population. In September 2007 - three months after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, and after the main cargo crossing, Karni, had ... A Monopoly of Incompetence, Corruption, Failure and Thuggery
Years of silence by Palestinian "Sheiks" and intellectuals led us to where we are now. Arafat ruled the PLO and Fatah with iron fist, using bribery, intimidation even physical liquidation to silence every one. There was never a call for accountability of decisions, failures even financial corruptions. Time for a ... We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ... Woman beat, threatened by 'modesty squad'
Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed 'chastity guards'
Aviad Glickman
A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the 'modesty squad' who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships ...
