The background of the 2011 Egyptian protests
…is that the country in question has been ruled by a US backed dictator for decades.
[via:Ville Hautakangas]
28 January 2011
2 June 2010
Israeli Knesset member rejects navy account of attack
“She added that within minutes of the raid beginning, three bodies had been brought to the main room on the upper deck in which she and most other passengers were confined. Two had gunshot wounds to the head, in what she suggested had been executions.”
…and of course:
“Tuesday right-wing parties launched their first attacks on Ms Zoubi, demanding the revocation of her immunity and her expulsion from the parliament. Danny Danon, a member of the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, called for her to be “tried for treason””
[via:Israel Global PR]
1 June 2010
23 April 2010
21 December 2009
Israel admits harvesting Palestinian organs
These clowns really know how to create positive PR buzz.
[via:Mattis Hådén]
14 July 2009
22 April 2009
22 March 2009
Israeli soldiers ordered to shoot at Gaza rescuers
I could easily fill a body bag with post-it notes if I’d written one for every (recent) mental note I’ve made of “avoid the Middle East”.
[via:Helsingin Sanomat]
21 March 2009
11 February 2009
Statue honoring Iraqi shoe-thrower removed
Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi recently threw a shoe at George W. Bush.
[via:rms]
14 January 2009
4 January 2009
4 July 2008
Yemen town has “world’s oldest skyscrapers”
“Shibam …, Yemen, is considered to have the world’s oldest skyscrapers. It has about 7,000 inhabitants …, the town’s house are made out of mud bricks. Some of these structures rise 5 to 9 stories high … in order to protect residents from Bedouin attacks. While Shibam has existed for around 2,000 years, most of the city’s houses come mainly from the 16th century.”
[via:NOTCOT]
30 June 2008
Movie to watch: Waltz with Bashir (animated Israeli anti-war documentary)
Waltz with Bashir, ex teenage soldier Ari Folman’s attempt to put together pieces of suppressed memories from his possible participation in e.g. a massacre during the Lebanon War of the early eighties, seems like an important movie. From Times:
“… the film’s most damning moment is reserved for the then Israeli Minister of Defence, one Ariel Sharon. An interviewee recalls that when he informed the minister in a late-night phone call that a massacre was suspected, Sharon said “Thank you for bringing it to my attention” and promptly went back to sleep.”