We keep hearing that the Palestinians ‘yearn for a state’, they ‘deserve’ a state, their ‘plight’ is ‘unsustainable’, and so on. President Obama even went so far as to compare it to the Holocaust in his 2009 Cairo speech: "Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust… On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians – have suffered in pursuit of a homeland. For more th... read more »
SYRIA!!! If the Baathi would do this to their fellow Arab Muslim brothers, imagine what they would do to Jews... Things that make you go "hmmmmm." Here are these 6 poor blokes, horribly mutilated and murdered by a totalitarian regime that has had the support of the international "Left," as well as Arab nationalist regimes, for more than 40 years. Yet to these same forces, the great enemy of these blokes is of course...Israel. It may take a looooong time, but reality eventually destroys every falsehoo... read more »
This fantasy was recommended by readers on Goodreads. Had I realised, before I started to read, that this book is aimed at young adults, I probably wouldn't have bothered. And that would have been a real shame, because I thoroughly enjoyed this yarn of good versus evil. The book is the third in a trilogy, so certain aspects only grew clear as this section of the tale unfolded. But the author has woven the fabric of his fiction with such skill that I was prepared to put up with references that initially ... read more »
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Previously we discussed the key players in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections and how the competition between them can be escalated to the extent of declaring war, or as I pictured it in Read More read more »
I can’t help but relate between real life things and their equivalence in the imaginary world, whether it’s a movie, a series, a show, a song or even a video game, and since Read More read more »
Analysis: US Thwarting Israeli Strike on IranObama betraying Israel? US making deliberate effort to hinder Iran strike by leaking classified info, intelligence assessments, says Ron Ben-Yishai in special Ynet reportRon Ben-Yishai - YnetThe United States is leaking information to the media in order to avert an Israeli strike in Iran: The US Administration recently shifted into high gear in its efforts to avert an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by the end of the year. The flood of reports in t... read more »
Islamic barbarism knows no bounds. I'm stunned to read this story of how Iraqi teenagers are being stoned to death by moral police for wearing strange hairdos. Shockingly barbaric. (M. A. Khan)At least 90 Iraqi teenagers with “emo” appearances have been stoned to death by religious extremists in Baghdad in the past month after an inflammatory interior ministry statement dubbed it “devil worshiping”, activists said.Iraq’s Moral Police released a chilling statement on the interior ministry’s website condem... read more »
by Alex MargolinWe’ve all seen outrageous reports about Israel from Arab sources. Reading the Arab press, you might be forgiven for assuming that when Israel isn’t sending Mossad sharks into Arab waters, it’s busy plotting ways to sow disease in Arab society.But what happens when an Arab writer defends Israel, or suggests that the Arab world may have something to learn from the Jewish state? Well, Lee Habeeb, a writer of Lebanese origin, found out the hard way.First came the letters to the editor, then t... read more »
About: Late for Tea at the Deer Palace : The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family by Tamara Chalabi is a book which was hard to classify. Part history, part cultural, part fictional and non-fictional family saga and all about a bygone era. The publisher is giving away one copy of this book— enter at the [...] read more »
