Now we know why US foreign policy was so skewed towards Arab countries and causes. Bush administration bias was bought for a bargain by Arab monarchs; .to the tune of $300,000/year plus oil options. It appears that the Two Abdallahs –this is starting to take on a sibling rivalry characteristics-, the Kings of Jordan and [...]
Secretary of Defense Gates is comforted by his meetings with President-elect Barack Obama. They are on the same page, the New York Times reports. I, for one, am not even in the same book, or even library. I’m outside protesting it. After seeing the Obama cabinet take shape — and the orgasmic reviews coming from [...]
Three of the seven Fulbright grantees from Gaza have had their visas canceled finally by the US: one, after flying to Washington only to be told by border security that his visa was no longer valid. The saga of the journey to Jordan strikes me as a remarkably hallmark Palestinian travel experience. If Israel finally [...]
“I promise I will be a good boy and break the legs of any peace-hating (read: anti-Zionist) Palestinian that tries to leave Gaza….now please give me more money for my retirement fund – oh whoops, I forgot that I will never retire.” While Gaza gets more messed up than mulukhiyya, these two are going to [...]