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Footage from the Protest outside Israeli Embassy in Cairo
Egyptian and Palestinian flags raised together… I can smell the change in the air. See the video here.
Calls for 3rd Palestinian Intifada Inundate Facebook Censors
New America Media: Arab confidence in Facebook has suffered a significant setback after the site shut down “The Third Palestinian Intifada†page—which had amassed 350,000 supporters—evidently under strong pressure from Israel. After first rejecting requests to remove the page, Facebook … Continue reading
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Tagged Palestine Intifada III
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Egypt: Subverting Democracy Part VI
al-Jazeera: Hundreds of soldiers and security troops backed by armoured vehicles stormed into the square at around 3am on Saturday, firing shots into the air, brandishing tasers and batons, and beating people, witnesses said. Tens of thousands of protesters had flooded … Continue reading
The Wikileaks Cables on Israel
The recently revealed wikileaks’ cables are explosive – The Guardian: The cables report a private talk between the then US ambassador, William Monroe, and King Hamad of Bahrain in the king’s palace on 15 February 2005. Monroe reported back to … Continue reading
Bahrain’s Rulers Tighten Their Grip on Battered Opposition
NYTimes: With Saudi troops now in the country to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, Bahrain has taken on the likeness of a police state. There have been mass arrests, mass firings of government workers, reports of torture and, on … Continue reading
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ElBaradei: We’ll fight back if Israel attacks Gaza
To those who are in denial about the shifts taking place in the Middle, take a look at the rhetoric of some moderate politicians. This is mere grandstanding but it should give you a clue about the strategic shifts taking … Continue reading
Army says no to ‘Khomeini rule’ in Egypt
AFP: Egypt will not be ruled by “another (Ayatollah) Khomeini,” the country’s military said on Monday, in reference to the cleric who led Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the official MENA news agency reported. “Egypt will not be governed by another … Continue reading
Iranian foreign minister invites Egyptian counterpart to Tehran
In case you’re wondering, this is a disaster for US-Israeli policy of isolating Iran and a major triumph for Iran. AlMasry AlYoum: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has invited his Egyptian counterpart, Nabil al-Arabi, to visit Tehran to improve … Continue reading
Young Israelis: A Turn to the Right
New York Review of Books: “For the last two or three years, we’ve been seeing a very consistent trend of younger Israelis becoming increasingly right-wing,†Dahlia Scheindlin, a public opinion analyst who also contributes to +972, told me. Last year, … Continue reading
Breaking with the Past: Egypt’s Emerging Foreign Policy Part II
YNET News: Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi stated Sunday that his country would demand that Israel pay the price differences for the reduced gas it purchased during the Hosni Mubarak era.”We will honor everything we signed on and we’ll demand … Continue reading
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Video: Bahrain’s Crackdown
See the testament to the Bahraini government’s notion of “reforms” here. When a government, any government, has to resort to such detestable brutality, it has lost all legitimacy to rule. They can rule with violence, but only for a short … Continue reading
Iran Dominates US Response to Arab Spring
New York Times: The mullahs in Tehran, noted Thomas E. Donilon, the national security adviser, were watching Mr. Obama’s every move in the Arab world. They would interpret a failure to back up his declaration that Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi had … Continue reading
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Tagged Iran, Libyan Revolt, US Foreign Policy
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Egypt’s PM sacks heads of state television and radio
Some more cosmetic changes in Egypt – AlMasry AlYoum: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Saturday decided to sack state television and radio officials who were accused of conducting smear campaigns against protesters and inciting murder during Egypt’s 25 January revolution … Continue reading
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Facebook takes down page calling for a Palestinian uprising
Facebook has bowed to pro-Israeli pressure and has taken down the facebook page calling for a third intifada. Other gov’ts pressed facebook to take down pages that called for uprisings in other countries, but facebook refused. In the case of … Continue reading
Posted in Palestine, Social Networking, The Conflict
Tagged Facebook, Palestine Intifada III
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Quran Burning
I wanted to share this really good quote I recently read about the most recent absurdity in Florida and how that is affecting lives overseas: “The tragedy of the Koran burning and riots in Afghanistan is the way extremists from … Continue reading