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The rapist of two cities

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

By Raja Chemayel

My phone ran up ,I picked it up ,
it was my brother phoning me from Beirut.

“Guess what !! we have won !!”…..he said.

I answered him ,
Why ?? did the US Embassy close down and left ??
or did Samir Geagea hang himself ???

“No !! we are winning………..
can’t you understand ??? [...]

Norman Finkelstein - Hezbollah, the Honour of Lebanon

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish American political scientist and author, specializing in Jewish-related issues and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular talks about the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and openly supports and praises their resistance: “They (Hezbollah) show courage, they show discipline, I respect that”

On Israeli defeat and consequential withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, Finkelstein says:”But the reality [...]

To be a Zionist more than Zionists themselves

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The long awaited final Winograd’s report came out with unsurprising (or surprising? doesn’t make a difference here) conclusions that saved Olmert’s ass and his sick cabinet, however, that’s not what I’m interested in at all. The real interesting part is the relation between Hillary Clinton and Winograd report.

How?

Winograd report states that the Israeli occupation forces [...]

Israel finds dropping 4 million cluster bombs legal

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Whew… Israel - and its army - saved again from that nasty anti Semitic PR by parents of dead children ( I remember those pictures, doesn’t anyone else? More massacre albums here, here, here, here and here ) by its its own extremely fair and just politicians…

The Israel Defense Forces will not take legal action [...]

Lebanon: Beauty is a National Duty

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Wanted: Angelina Jolie’s luscious lips or Lebanese sex bomb Haifa Wehbe’s nose or breasts.

Men and women from oil-rich Arab Gulf states have been coming in droves to fix their noses, lift buttocks and enlarge their breasts in Lebanon, attracted by the reputation of the country’s surgeons, its low prices, good weather and buzzing night-life.

“Sixty percent [...]

Breaking the Taboo: Why We Took On the Israel Lobby

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

If you think that the “War on Terror” has come about because Islamic extremists “hate your freedoms,” you are wrong. It is because of the unbalanced and deeply flawed foreign policy chosen my US politicians in the Middle East, which generated much of the anti-American sentiment found in the Arab world. If you ask, Why? [...]

Briton killed while clearing IOF cluster bombs in Lebanon

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

This is spacial news for Hillary who voted for more cluster bombs:

A British man was killed on Thursday while clearing cluster bombs dropped on southern Lebanon by Israel during its war with Hezbollah guerrillas last year, a United Nations spokeswoman said.

He was the 13th person to be killed during work to clear unexploded ordinance from [...]

Miss Bahrain, Miss Arab World 2007 and Stereotypes

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

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 [...]

Franklin Lamb: Remembering Sabra-Shatilla–a Letter to Janet

Friday, September 14th, 2007

I was very moved by this profoundly affecting piece from Franklin Lamb. He not only offers excellent reflection of this timely marker of the 25th anniversary of the terrible massacre of Palestinians at Sabra-Shatilla in Lebanon, but generously and courageously shares his personal experience. For him, this was a political massacre compounded by the very [...]

The Invincible Fatah al-Islam in Nahr al-Bared

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Almost two months, and the crisis of Nahr el-Bared camp continues, despite the fact that few weeks ago, the Lebanese Defense Minster announced ‘victory’, yet no one knows what and how many terrorists of Fateh al Islam is still alive and fighting back except the Lebanese army. But what we know for sure is that [...]