Category Archives: Middle East

Ironic quote of the month

Posted on 06/17/2006 by Meryl Yourish

And they don’t even think there’s a whiff of irony in it: Palestinian lawmaker Saeb Erekat, a confidant of Abbas, welcomed the EU initiative, but expressed disappointment that Palestinian workers would not receive salaries. “Any help that will alleviate this … Continue reading →

Posted in palestinian politics | 5 Comments

Israel Harel goes off on Israelis re: Gaza

Posted on 06/15/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Israel Harel lectures Israel on the disengagement Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel | 11 Comments

Karma Nabulsi – can’t Oxford do better?

Posted on 06/14/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

The institutions of higher learning are usually selective when choosing their employees or granting an exalted status of fellow. It looks like at least in one case Oxford granted this latter status to a person with doubtful level of knowledge, … Continue reading →

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palestinian civil war watch: Getting closer

Posted on 06/14/2006 by Meryl Yourish

Palestinian civil war watch Continue reading →

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We don’t need no water…

Posted on 06/12/2006 by Laurence Simon

Just to prove that there are options other than bullets and ballot boxes, Fateh loyalists have set fire to a Cabinet building in the Parliament complex of Ramallah. Hundreds Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a … Continue reading →

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Civil War Watch

Posted on 06/12/2006 by Laurence Simon

Abbas’ thugs shot at Fateh offices, so they fired back and killed a Hamasshole, and Hamas responds by rocketblasting a nest full of Abbas’ supporters: Earlier in the day, Hamas gunmen, attending the funeral of a colleague killed in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Hamas, palestinian politics, Terrorism | 4 Comments

Liars, damned liars, and palestinian spokesliars

Posted on 06/07/2006 by Meryl Yourish

The “health crisis” in the terrortories is anything but Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, palestinian politics | 5 Comments

Guess what?

Posted on 06/07/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

It is not that simple to understand what is going on in this picture: Who is the person in a black T-shirt and why is he pointing his gun into space? Is he a: Undercover police agent? Mafia goon on … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | 3 Comments

The prisoner’s plan exposed

Posted on 06/05/2006 by Meryl Yourish

The palestinian prisoner’s plan is not a peace plan Continue reading →

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Good job

Posted on 05/30/2006 by SnoopyTheGoon

Donald Macintyre of Independent reports from Jerusalem: Meanwhile three Palestinians were killed and at least four wounded in an Israeli air force missile strike late last night on a sector of northern Gaza reportedly used for the launching of Qassam … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel | 1 Comment