200 Dead Bodies + 5 Prisoners…

… in return for 2 dead bodies.
While I can somehow predict the epithets and wild accusations, I’ve got to say, I can’t help but be amazed at the value Israelis place on their soldiers’ lives and apparently even corpses. Add that on top of the previous unsatisfied Israeli sentiments against Olmert accusing him of supposedly […]

Palestinians Must Embrace Reality

Ray Hanania is an Arab Christian, a Palestinian, and I must say that if there’s any one particular thing I like about him then it’s his pragmatism. Unlike many - Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims - he embraces the reality.
Check out his article “60 years and going nowhere — Palestinians must embrace reality: The One-State Solution […]

Jimmy Carter’s Naked Visit

… is based on well-meaning intentions but is ultimately flawed thanks to the “super religious, no-comprise” mindset of the people he wants to talk to. I emphasize the “well-meaning intentions” part because Jimmy’s characterization as someone evil and anti-Semitic is something I disagree with. I understand that the title of his notorious book is provocative […]

Today’s Three Linkies

I’m going to be really busy for two or three days and so I leave you with these linkies:

Schism (The Bible version of Fitna)
Israel/Palestine: I’m split
Breakfast in Khartoum

Cheers.

Aljazeera’s Recent Gaza Coverage

I felt it was different in tone and harshness. At first I thought it might have been because of this. Now me believes it might have more to do with something else. Just take a look at this as an example:
It is shameful that Hamas is depending on Syrian and Iranian accounts and is transforming […]

Jewish-Arab Relations Survey

Interesting statistics:
Fifty percent of Jews polled do not want Arabs living in their neighborhoods, even though 69% would welcome a friendship with an Arab. Conversely, 56% of the Arab public supports living in Jewish neighborhoods and 85% would welcome having Jewish friends.
I admit that my focus initially was on how more Jews didn’t like the […]

What if we choose to?

Very nicely said.
(hat-tip: Lynn)

The Gaza-Israel “Circus”

One of the the most ridiculous arguments I always hear many people mention is how Hamas is brave for standing up to Israel and giving dignity to the Palestinian people.
Yes, dignity!

Palestinian Refugees Arrive In Sudan

Like I said before, I welcome them heartily with wide open arms and I have no problem their arrival. If only we gave our own refugees and people the same damn treatment.
Once again, the plight of the Palestinian is being used by our regimes for nothing else but self-beneficial propaganda.
AK has the news and I […]

The Gazan Human Chain

The news:
BEIT HANUN, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Palestinians were forming a human chain the length of the Gaza Strip on Monday in protest at a crushing Israeli blockade, with Israeli forces on alert for any rush on the border.
Under a light rain, thousands of schoolchildren were joined by adults along Salaheddin Road, the main highway […]

When Israel Can’t Be Blamed

… the suffering of countless people usually continues unnoticed and uncared for.
We need Israelis to step into Darfur, because when they do the Arab media will blast the spotlight on the nastiness taking place there… and they’ll blame it on the Jews.
We need a few Zionists to walk around the slums at the outskirts of […]

The Suffocation of Gaza

It disgusts me how the suffering of Gazans is being used as a political tool by different parties for their own competing agendas.
The situation is ugly (and complex). The shortage of electricity has the real potential to cause all kinds of inconveniences from disruptions at bakeries to the halting of hospitals and life-saving surgeries. We […]

An Open Letter To Arun Ghandi

Many of you by now must have read Arun Ghandi’s distasteful article in the Washington Post. I found it very shortsighted. Mideast Youth wrote a hilarious and genius response to it. Enjoy…

The Annapolis Conference: An Exercise In Wishful Thinking?

Maybe. Maybe not. Either way I’m loving it. Why? Simple. Because it’s pissing off Hamas and the Iranian regime.

I watched the speeches a while ago. Both Abbas and Olmert delivered theirs eloquently. It’s highly evident that the speeches were very carefully crafted since delivering them is like walking in a minefield. One wrong […]

Iraq.DailyVoices.com and More Launched!

Remember my previous post on the SocialRank powered Sudan’s DailyVoices?
With more blogs on Sudan to read, I am having a harder time finding the hot posts of the day. It’s annoying going through each blog trying to find an interesting story or discussion.
… Well, SocialRank is a super cool mathematical algorithm which monitors the activity […]

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