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UN 'pummelled to submit'

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!Former UN Mideast envoy says UN subservient slaves to U.S. and Israel. On the other hand A secret UN report condemns US for Middle East failures. The highest ranking [...]

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Collage Talk

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, [...]

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Feeding my brain!

1. Another $460 million of ourt taxes going to Israel, thanks to Israeli Occupied Congress: The increased funding by Congress is seen as a major achievement for Israel and was support by pro-Israel activists in Washington. Josh Block, spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said that "Congress is continuing its strong support [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that Israeli experts has determined that 'best' presidential candidate for Israel is the former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. "Giuliani is followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Arizona Senator John McCain and New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Ranking bottom of the list is Illinois Senator Barack Obama. As [...]

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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt: pro-Israel Lobby influence over U.S. foreign policy on the recent Israel-Lebanon war

The two scholars who created a controversy earlier this year when they wrote that the pro-Israel lobby exerted too much influence over U.S. foreign policy (I've talked about it earlier this year here) said Monday that the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon was yet another example of what they view as a dangerous tendency. The [...]

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Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

As MAD with ANGER suggested in this comment, the following documentary video is worth the time to watch, so I'm sharing it here:
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle … all � East, zeroing in on how structural distortions [...]

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Arabisc: Arabic Bloggers Ken

The following is an abbreviated translation from some Arabic-language blogs. It was initially published at Global Voices!
From Egypt… Malek who was scheduled to be free few days ago is now officially free. He just made his first post, titled: Free Morning. Malek writes:

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Google-bombing action for Alaa

Ok, let's do something productive. It is called "Google-bombing for Alaa." Here is the deal: http://freealaa.blogspot.com/
A team of bloggers from all around the world are teaming up to create a special blog about Alaa's detention. Then bloggers from all around the world are asked to link to this page using the text "Egypt". (Due [...]

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Alaa detained for 15 days "pending investigation"

Update 1: I'll be on BBC Radio "World Have Your Say" tonight to talk about Alaa'a arrest.
Update 2: Kevin from BBC's "World Have Your Say" writes in BBC blogs:
I contacted the Egyptian Embassy here in London to give them a chance to respond. I called around 4 pm, and their press secretary had already gone [...]

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Arab and Muslims are NOT TERRORISTS

WE'RE NOT TERRORISTS. ARAB (MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, et al) ARE NOT TERRORISTS. MUSLIMS (ARAB AND NON-ARAB) ARE NOT TERRORISTS.
How far do we, Arab/Muslims, have to go in flaunting our moderation? Would posting condolences, apologies and condemn banners solve the problem? But apologizing for what? For something we haven't done? Is it a double act of auto-stigmatization [...]

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Can SESAME become an oasis of peace in the Middle East?

Here's some good news from the Jordan: Israel, Iran, Syria, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Palestine Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan and many other countries from around the globe (click below graph for a list of other countries), need no "Open SESAME magic" to be able to cooperate on an advanced scientific project.
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As the Arabs see the Jews - by His Majesty King Abdullah

TigerHawk claims here that: "…America did not support Israel to any meaningful degree until 1967. It did so in that war because the key Arab powers allied themselves with the Soviet Union, the enemy of the United States."

Of course this is very misleading statement and lacks historical facts. I've chosen this letter by His Majesty [...]

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