Guest Post: Caricatures of Ramallah

Sousan submitted this piece to KF.

She wrote, “The other day I read ’13 Arab men you should never date’ and it was funny; I especially liked the Palestinian Romeo. It brought my attention to some notes I had been compiling while living in Ramallah last year (I fled to Haifa to get away from these very folks you will soon read about.)” read

Happy Birthday Saeb!

Israel gave you the perfect birthday present by announcing plans to confiscate 12,000 dunums of your hometown’s land (Saeb can’t tell the difference between hometown and place of residence-the Erekats are from Abu Dis). Of course, I’m sure you spent the day celebrating in your own special way: (click to enlarge)

Abbas really, truely is an asshole

More pics for you from what one reader termed ‘the PA vomiting all over town’.These were taken by Um Mazen in the Masyoun neighborhood of Ramallah, and clearly show the offensive sight of Abbasshole’s face pasted on people’s homes and private property. Incidentaly, our brave munadila was stopped and questioned as she took the pictures [...]

Mahmoud Abbas is an asshole

My day started off in the worst possible way today. As I walked out to the main road to catch a taxi to work, I was met with poster upon poster upon poster of Abbasshole’s ugly face, staring at me from every lamppost, billboard and wall. They were everywhere, in the hundreds, pasted overnight in [...]

13 Creepy Supporters of Palestine

I am glad to see support for Palestine growing among people of all walks of life. But there is a minority of supporters who weird me out. This list, just one more of many I have posted, outlines the types who are the creepiest.1. The God SquadThese types of aficionados are religious pseudo-zealots who come [...]

Israeli Stripper Stumbles Around Ramallah

This photo is a dramatized re-enactment. YNet ran a pretty sexy news article, “Tel Aviv stripper gets drunk, wakes up in Ramallah.” Supposedly, Palestinian police found a confused stripper roaming the streets in a daze and reeking of booze. It did not mention whether she was blonde or not, which would increase the likelihood the [...]

Finger-Sniffing Good

Yummy, Yummy! A recent Al Jazeera English news piece on Palestinians with American citizenship in Palestine brought back some memories of the American franchise knock-offs in Ramallah. The piece showed both the famous Stars and Bucks cafe and the Kentucky Fried Chicken, which sells great “Hamporgers” and “Checken.” The piece also panned over the sign [...]

Ramallah pours on the fuel as Gaza burns

Today, the 14th day of the slaughter unleashed by Israel on the destitute refugees of the Gaza Strip, is meant to be a day of rage and solidarity with Gaza across the world. As the number of Palestinians murdered in the Strip closes in on 800, protests erupted across the Arab and Islamic world, with [...]

Mustafa Barghouthi Sets the Record Straight

A factual demolition of Israeli talking points… Palestine’s Guernica and the myths of Israeli victimhood 28 December 2008Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Ramallah The Israeli campaign of ‘death from above’ began around 11 am, on Saturday morning, the 27th of December, and stretched straight through the night into this morning. The massacre continues Sunday as I write [...]

I guess you can’t control everything…

Details are now being revealed about the preparations for President Bush’s visit to Ramallah. In addition to closing down parts of the city, President Bush’s costly visit (which included repairing parts of the Muqata so that Bush would not have to see Israel’s devastation of the building) the team made a reportedly number of demands [...]