Egyptian Film Star Faces Ban for Acting With Israeli

Oh dear! Yes, it’s true, with the current persisting attitudes, peace is just around the corner.

BREAKING NEWS: Israel to Take in 500 Darfur Refugees

Israel has finally decided the fate of Darfurian refugees.
Despite expelling nearly 50 Sudanese refugees in an overnight operation on Saturday, Israel has agreed to absorb 500 asylum-seekers from Darfur, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Sunday.
… Egyptian security said late Saturday that Israel sent back 48 Africans, most of them Sudanese, across the border with […]

Yaaay Netanyahu Wins Likud Race!

Yaaay! He won! Phew! Hey come on, I’m not a Zionist agent. I’m just looking at the bright side. At least Netanyahu’s challenger, crazy Moshe Feiglin got defeated:
Netanyahu faced a relatively strong challenge from Moshe Feiglin, a radical West Bank settler, whose performance in Tuesday’s primary could help shore up the extreme right wing of […]

Egypt Asked to Investigate Brutal Killings of Sudanese Trying to Cross into Israel

Good:
(Washington, DC, August 8, 2007) – Egyptian authorities should immediately investigate, with a view to prosecution, allegations that Egyptian border guards killed three Sudanese nationals trying to cross the Egypt-Israeli border, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the Egyptian Minister of Interior. Israeli border guards report witnessing Egyptian border guards beating […]

Gunmen With Ties to Fatah Give Up Weapons

Did they really?

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Most gunmen with ties to President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement have given up their weapons as part of an amnesty deal that seeks to improve ties between Israel and Abbas’s moderate Palestinian leadership, a senior Palestinian security official said Sunday.
Relations between Israel and the moderate leaders in the […]

Sudanese Defense Minister Says “Jews Behind Darfur Conflict”

Entertainment, the more the merrier. And this statement has got to be the best part:
Several days ago, Sudan’s Interior Minister, Zubair Bashir Taha, lashed out at Sudanese refugees who had sought asylum in Israel, and accused “Israeli authorities of encouraging the Sudanese refugees to come to their country.”
Ah, the irony. Maybe he should read this […]

All Countries Except Israel

A new cool blog by a Southern Sudanese named Sudanese Returnee has sprung up. She (he?) has written an interesting post that you should check out:
Technically speaking, Sudan is in a state of war with Israel! Sudanese passports are stamped “all countries except Israel” and they risk execution if the government learns that they have […]

Linkies For Today

I’m still busy and I can’t manage to fix the bug in the comments section yet. I guess I might just get a new theme and modify it. It’s time for a new look anyway. But before that, here are some linkies for today:
1- Sudan ordered to pay $8 million to Cole victims’ families […]

Sudanese Refugees In Israel: For & Against

They still continue to make it through into Israel. A few hundred have already gathered.Some are for, others are against.

Solar Cooker Project: A Jewish Conspiracy Against Darfur

I spent 268 hours making sure that Darfur Stoves is not a Jewish conspiracy against Darfur. I was satisfied after convincing myself it isn’t. Now I come across THIS project, Solar powered stoves for Darfur… from the Jewish World Watch and I think to myself “how stupid and naive could you be Drima?”
Next time I […]

Arab League To Visit Israel

Coooooooool!
More later.

So What’s Next For Palestine?

Let me summarize and keep it as short as possible. It’s obvious the United States and Israel want to suffocate and isolate Hamas militarily, economically and diplomatically within the Gaza. At the same time, they want to support Abbas and the emergency government.
The Palestinians have gone for months without needed aid. Any Muslim who fasts […]

Fatah Lovely, Hamas Super Lovely!

I don’t need to say anymore. And you know what’s worse? I don’t even know what to propose as a solution. Who does? I predict Hamastan is going to be the scene of much bloodshed in the coming days. Salam Fayyad is probably the only light at the end of the tunnel. He’s the only […]

Linkies For Today

Sorry, still super busy but here’s a well-written and straightforward post on Darfur and AI’s latest initiative related to the conflict. Here’s Colin Powell on Guantanamo and finally the news of Norman Finkelstein’s tenure denial.

Good News For Darfur?

I hope so:
May18, 2007 (UNITED NATIONS) — Formal political negotiations to resolve the deadly conflict engulfing Sudan’s Darfur region could begin soon, with many of the warring parties indicating they are ready to sit down and talk, the senior United Nations envoy to the crisis said today.
…“We have the beginning now of a credible political […]

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