Qifa Nabki
Qifa Nabki
Hamas & Hizbullah Go to Washington?
Joshua Landis, over at Syria Comment, has a new post entitled “Will Syria Benefit From Syria’s Invasion of Gaza”. In it, he argues that “the ‘moderates’ are moderate because they have no conflict with Israel. The radicals are radical because they do… Syria is compelled to fan the flames of hatred and violence because it … Continue reading
End of the Arab Cold War? Maybe not…
Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar carried a report today about the surprise reconcilliation that took place at the Kuwait summit yesterday. It claims that Saudi King Abdullah’s speech came out of the blue and was unexpected by Hosni Mubarak, who remained “cold” towards Bashar al-Assad, and then got on his plane and left. What’s more, the Akhbar … Continue reading
The Setting Star?
I was at a party last night when someone dropped a bombshell in the middle of a conversation. “It’s really too bad about The Daily Star, isn’t it?” “What do you mean?” “They’re going bust. Such a shame.” “WHAT?!” This report was confirmed by another person listening in on the conversation. “Haven’t you heard,” they … Continue reading
The Nation and the Tribes
Talal Salman had an editorial in today’s as-Safir, in which he rightly criticized the three summits called by the Arabs in support of Gaza. “Sale! Three for the price of one,” he mocked. I am so tired of the stupid “Arab Cold War”, and we’re only, what, five years into it? Is there some way … Continue reading
Sandmonkey on Gaza
“So, to break the news to you: Hey, Palestinian leaders, no matter how many homemade rockets you fire, the Israelis will retaliate with 100 times more weapons who are 1000 times more effective in killing their targets, so yeah, you are not winning here. And hey, Israeli leaders, No matter how many bombs you drop … Continue reading
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