Representing the West Bank: A note on maps Aaron Bady, English Department Ph.D. student in African literature | 9/20/11 | Some modest thoughts on maps. There are basically two ways to represent the West Bank. First — on the right — it can be shown to be an organic part of a particular vision of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Restoring Dar Bishi Synagogue.
UPDATE: Berber rebels embrace “Udai ugrauli” the Jewish Libyan revolutionary The Hebrew inscription above it “Hear, O Israel” is barely perceptible from wear, and empty paint cans are strewn across the floor. The site of the Mikve baths, used once for ritual cleansing, is now a trash[...]
Flipping the Bird at The UN, what was not reported.
Ayoon wa Azan (My Opinion about Israel and Its Supporters is a Professional One) Mon, 26 September 2011 Jihad el-Khazen I can say, with no false modesty, that the middle finger of my right hand has entered history. How? Here’s how: I stood at the General Assembly of the United Nations and turn[...]
September 20th, 2011 - 9:10 am § in Politics
FREE SPEECH: Censorship to topple Aljazeera?
The Guardian: Al-Jazeera boss Wadah Khanfar steps down to be replaced by Qatari royal TV channel head quits after revolutionising Middle East broadcasting for past eight years, especially during Arab Spring Wadah Khanfar, director general of the al-Jazeera network Qatar‘s government has replac[...]
September 18th, 2011 - 5:18 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Libya
BANI WALID/SIRTE, Libya, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Libyan interim government forces fled in chaos on Sunday from Bani Walid and pulled back from Sirte after yet more failed attempts to storm Muammar Gaddafi’s final bastions and take control of the entire country. Sunday’s failed attempt [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Libya: Berber rebels embrace “Udai ugrauli” the Jewish Libyan revolutionary
David Gerbi to meet with National Transitional Council chairman. Jerusalem Post ROME – David Gerbi, the international relations representative of the World Organization of Libyan Jews, is called “Udai ugrauli” (“the Jewish revolutionary”) by the Amazigh rebel leaders on the Libyan Nat[...]
September 1st, 2011 - 10:09 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: The New Libya and a New Kind of Hero
From jihadist to Libyan war hero A lot of hand ringing controversy is going on about the outcome in inLibya. Will this be a much worse version of Pakistan? Afghanistan or .. Allah forbid .. IRAN? I believe something far more promising is going to happen. Like the American Revolution, thi[...]
China: Forging Sino-Israeli Ties.
Chinese army chief due in Israel next week By YAAKOV KATZ 08/08/2011 02:24 In signal of growing Sino-Israeli ties, meeting between Beijing’s top general, IDF chief Gantz follows Barak’s trip to China 2 months ago. Readmore[...]
Was Kissinger an Anti-Semite?
from Y-NET Since the founding of Israel there has been a consensus between the Diaspora and the Jewish state. The role of the Diaspora has been to support Israel through Aliyah, donations and political backing against Israel’s detractors. Yet Henry Kissinger’s recently published chilling remarks[...]
July 7th, 2011 - 8:51 am § in Politics
The Border: Israel and Egypt
Egypt’s police shoot Eritrean migrant near Israeli border Egypt’s Security sources said on Thursday that the Egyptian police shot dead an Eritrean who was trying to cross the border into Israel late Wednesday Security sources said that border security observed the 20-year-old near the Ta[...]