Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Dispossessed
By Rami Khoury from the Daily Star: The Palestinian narrative is here to stay
Palestinians march to Israeli border to denounce 60 years of dispossession.
Seumas Milne: Expulsion and dispossession can't be cause for celebration.
Let's not forget. All the mayhem in the ME and Lebanon is made to make us and make the world forget that Palestinians are still dispossessed.
From this blog, The Dispossessed
Palestinians march to Israeli border to denounce 60 years of dispossession.
Seumas Milne: Expulsion and dispossession can't be cause for celebration.
Let's not forget. All the mayhem in the ME and Lebanon is made to make us and make the world forget that Palestinians are still dispossessed.
From this blog, The Dispossessed
Labels: Israel, Lebanon, Palestine
Friday, May 09, 2008
What is not known about the recent crisis in Lebanon
From the best source on Lebanon, this latest post , and some others...
I very much liked this one... And this one...
Juan Cole has excellent witness information and comment on the situation
In The Guardian, Nicholas Noe, 'A dangerous strategy'.
P.S.
Sorry I am not writing these days... 2008 has just started, barely five months into this year and it might well be my annus horribilis, as it will be for Lebanese who live in Lebanon...
However my problems are nothing compared to the uncertainties and insecurity in which most Lebanese live, and in a way the grim prospects in Lebanon definitely have a negative impact on my already somber mood.
I am not reading blogs, I am not writing on my blog, and I spend my time on little annoyances... Hopefully I will be returning to normal activity soon.
I very much liked this one... And this one...
Juan Cole has excellent witness information and comment on the situation
In The Guardian, Nicholas Noe, 'A dangerous strategy'.
P.S.
Sorry I am not writing these days... 2008 has just started, barely five months into this year and it might well be my annus horribilis, as it will be for Lebanese who live in Lebanon...
However my problems are nothing compared to the uncertainties and insecurity in which most Lebanese live, and in a way the grim prospects in Lebanon definitely have a negative impact on my already somber mood.
I am not reading blogs, I am not writing on my blog, and I spend my time on little annoyances... Hopefully I will be returning to normal activity soon.
Labels: Lebanon
Saturday, May 03, 2008
After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Haj Released from Guantanamo Bay
Friday, May 02, 2008
McCain, Hezbollah, Arab-Americans and Bigots
A post worth mentioning from a Kos diarist.
Labels: DailyKos, Hezbollah, McCain, US presidential elections
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
U.S. Jewish leaders call for boycott of Beijing Olympics
Citing China's Human Rights records, U.S. Jewish leaders call for boycott of Beijing Olympics.
These leaders have no credibility at al. They are doing a disservice to Human Rights worldwide since they don't recognise Israel's criminal Human Rights records, its theft of Palestinian land, and its mistreatment of Arab Israeli citizens and occupied Palestinians, starving, imprisoning, and killing them and their children, while refusing them basci human needs and urgent health care...
It is this level of hypocrisy that is killing Human rights...
These leaders have no credibility at al. They are doing a disservice to Human Rights worldwide since they don't recognise Israel's criminal Human Rights records, its theft of Palestinian land, and its mistreatment of Arab Israeli citizens and occupied Palestinians, starving, imprisoning, and killing them and their children, while refusing them basci human needs and urgent health care...
It is this level of hypocrisy that is killing Human rights...
Labels: 2008 Olympics, China, Human Rights, Israel, US Jews
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Let's talk about the hunger in Gaza in the Life and Style section.
The Guardian has an article about the daily struggle of Palestinians against hunger, due to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Guess where they featured the article ? In the Life and Style section, Food and Drink subsection.
Bombs, bullets & our daily bread.
Bombs, bullets & our daily bread.
Labels: Gaza Blockade, Hunger, Israel, Media
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Speculating with people's essentials
Incredible, this is happening in the US: Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic.
They speculated with poor people's houses and gave us the subprime crisis. Now they are speculating with what we eat.
And here is a link to a story from NPR sent by a reader:
Sam's club, Costco curbing rice sales (Thanks K. Peterson)
The NPR story explains why Sam's club and Costco are rationing. It is not because of a shortage of rice in the US. Actually the US produces twice more than its population needs. Ouf! I worried for a while because I really like California's rice. But with rice prices rising, Sam's club and Costco have two choices, follow the rising prices or resort to rationing. As these two stores are not supermarkets but make their money mainly from memberships, they could not incur the anger of their members by adopting high prices, so the only option left is rationing.
But still, this means that they are actually refusing to make quick profit and keep the prices low for their customers. Is it any different from what we have in Cuba where government subsidised food is rationed ? Here the rice is subsidised by Sam's club abd Costco.
This begs a question about capitalism which is the only unchallenged economic framework in the world now:
Is Capitalism reversing itself and adapting locally and temporarily in a context of rarity and crisis in developped countries in order not to eat itself inside out ? Because if Capitalism does not adapt to the current crisis, it may as well implode. But how can it implode now while there are still so many promises and money and speculation to be done in countries who are just starting to taste it ? So better adapt.
Again thanks K. for the NPR story, it made me correct my comment. It is no yet the moment for Capitalism to die, thanks to India and China...
They speculated with poor people's houses and gave us the subprime crisis. Now they are speculating with what we eat.
And here is a link to a story from NPR sent by a reader:
Sam's club, Costco curbing rice sales (Thanks K. Peterson)
The NPR story explains why Sam's club and Costco are rationing. It is not because of a shortage of rice in the US. Actually the US produces twice more than its population needs. Ouf! I worried for a while because I really like California's rice. But with rice prices rising, Sam's club and Costco have two choices, follow the rising prices or resort to rationing. As these two stores are not supermarkets but make their money mainly from memberships, they could not incur the anger of their members by adopting high prices, so the only option left is rationing.
But still, this means that they are actually refusing to make quick profit and keep the prices low for their customers. Is it any different from what we have in Cuba where government subsidised food is rationed ? Here the rice is subsidised by Sam's club abd Costco.
This begs a question about capitalism which is the only unchallenged economic framework in the world now:
Is Capitalism reversing itself and adapting locally and temporarily in a context of rarity and crisis in developped countries in order not to eat itself inside out ? Because if Capitalism does not adapt to the current crisis, it may as well implode. But how can it implode now while there are still so many promises and money and speculation to be done in countries who are just starting to taste it ? So better adapt.
Again thanks K. for the NPR story, it made me correct my comment. It is no yet the moment for Capitalism to die, thanks to India and China...
Labels: Capitalism, Hunger, Rationing, World food crisis
Israel may pay for James Miller's death
At least, that's an admission of guilt, but at the same time a cover-up. This is not justice.
Israel to compensate family of British filmmaker.
The HBO documentary 'death In Gaza' about Miller's death.
The crime as recorded by fellow cameraman and posted on Youtube.
Israel to compensate family of British filmmaker.
The HBO documentary 'death In Gaza' about Miller's death.
The crime as recorded by fellow cameraman and posted on Youtube.
Labels: Israel, James Miller
Israeli spying on the US
From Juan Cole. Israeli spying on the US is not only for Israel's 'right to exist' and 'security'. Advanced technological and weaponry secrets obtained through spying by Israel end up on the black market.
NYTimes: Ex-Engineer for Army Is Accused of Spying for Israel in 1980s.
Prosecutor in Pollard's case: Israelis lied to us.
Oh, and Clinton wants to nuke Iran if it threatens Israel.
NYTimes: Ex-Engineer for Army Is Accused of Spying for Israel in 1980s.
This is from Angry Arab: I woke up today wondering how the New York Times will cover the story of the Israeli spy. First, it was relegated to the New York region section. Imagine if he were a spy for, say, Micronesia. It would be on the front page, and would be accompanied by an angry editorial. Instead there was this: "Mr. Kadish, a balding, gray-haired man wearing a hearing aid, shuffled into a federal courtroom in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon..." You read this and want to cry. For the New York Times, spies for Israel should not be prosecuted or sentenced. If here were a spy for Syria, the New York Times would call for his execution in series of editorials. Notice how the political class in Washington, DC is ignoring the story. This is why Mershheimer and Walt are wrong: it is not only the lobby. It is well beyond the lobby.
Prosecutor in Pollard's case: Israelis lied to us.
Oh, and Clinton wants to nuke Iran if it threatens Israel.
Labels: Israel, Israeli Spying on the US, Jonathan Pollard
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