Sami Jamil Jadallah
I thought the original title “ The Failing Arabs” would be too offensive to a very proud people and nation. People who pride themselves with a rich history enriched by Islam and an Islam enriched by diverse cultures, civilizations, and faiths. The Arab world at one time was a unique and rich mosaic of cultures, faiths and civilizations and yes, success. Sadly all that disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »
Jerusalem, that Holy City dear to all three Abrahamic religions and dear to Jews, Christians and Muslims, must not be left alone for the Israeli, Palestinian or American Jewish leadership to decide. It is too important for the world to have the likes of Netanyahu, Lieberman, and Sharansky to decide the future of the city. Jerusalem must be an open, united, City For All. All Israeli and Jewish actions in the city in the last 40 years makes Israel and American Jewish leadership unfit to decide who and who should not live in the city. The actions of the Simon Wiesenthal Center to build a Museum of Tolerance on the ruins of an ancient cemetery is nothing but an insult to all humanity and it shows the reckless and insensitive behavior of the leadership of the American Jewish community toward other non-Jewish communities in the City of Jerusalem. Israel and the Jews alone are simply unfit to manage the city. The Christians and the Muslims have as much rights in the city of Jerusalem as the Jews. We want a City for All.
Perhaps the Arab and Muslim American community of citizens and voters should not feel too offended and must not be too harsh on Senator Obama and his handlers as he goes out of his way to avoid contacts with Arab and Muslim American communities across the country. Read the rest of this entry »
No one can convince me that the “Arabs” made a difference in the US. The Arabs failed miserably all over the world while Israel and the Zionist movement were able to succeed all over the place. Let us not fool ourselves. Read the rest of this entry »
The sweeping victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party in Turkey’s most challenging and crucial parliamentary election is a testimony for the wise and visionary leadership of Erdogan as he challenges the military establishment and the parties that ruled Turkey for most of its recent history. Turkey’s democracy came out much stronger because of this election and because of Erdogan and Gul. Read the rest of this entry »
I am one of those who spoke repeatedly and often on failures of leadership in the Arab world and I often spoke critically and not so politely of the leadership with the Arab world and was and remain particularly critical of the past and present Palestinian leadership. Read the rest of this entry »
