Category: Israel

Mahfouz’s prophesy

Note:  Raouf is a dear friend.  It is very likely our paths crossed in Lebanon, in the early 1960s.  We reconnected, after more than 30 years, on the eve of my son’s college education at the same institution where Dr. Halaby now professes… – Monsieur d’Nalgar Mahfouz’s Prophesy By Raouf J. Halaby, February 15, 2011 … During …

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Iranium

“Iranium” or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Military Option” By Eli Clifton and Ali Gharib 26 January 2011, 2:47 The Israeli filmmakers who brought you Obsession and The Third Jihad are at it again. In just a week, they’re set to launch their new documentary, Iranium, an hour-long look at the …

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Inshallah

What Egypt Can Teach America By Nicholas D. Kristof, February 12, 2011 It’s a new day in the Arab world — and, let’s hope, in American relations to the Arab world. The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the last few weeks, but …

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Palestine is a special case

Egypt’s lessons for Palestine By Ahmed Moor, 11 Feb 2011 15:20 GMT Global attention is rightly focused on Egypt at the moment. Weeks after Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali withdrew his proboscis and fled to Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian tyrant and American strongman Hosni Mubarak has similarly fallen. Protests have erupted across the Middle East …

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Contagion of euphoria

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7H12cYBZ8[/tube] Ken O’Keefe‘s tribute to the revolutionaries of Tunisia and Egypt, featuring celebrations today in Gaza. Professor Lawrence Davidson Discusses Egypt, the U.S., and Israel By Kathleen Wells, J.D. Lawrence Davidson says, “Keep your eye on the language: When South Africa assigned rights according to race they called it apartheid. When Israel assigns rights according to religion …

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The power of humiliation

I normally don’t – won’t – re-post anything by Mr. Friedman, but in this op-ed, in a single sentence, there is a powerful warning for every oppressor of those blighted spots on this planet where people yearn for their certain unalienable Rights: “Humiliation is the single most powerful human emotion, and overcoming it is the second …

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Rumsfeldian

Hypocrisy is exposed by the wind of change By Robert Fisk, Thursday, 10 February 2011 There is nothing like an Arab revolution to show up the hypocrisy of your friends. Especially if that revolution is one of civility and humanism and powered by an overwhelming demand for the kind of democracy that we enjoy in …

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