I was down in Tampa, Florida visiting my brothers and sister for the Eid and while there I always look forward to having deep and provocative discussions with my nephew Jamal, who is a reporter/journalist with a major and national newspaper.
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Though preparations are underway in Annapolis, Maryland for the hosting of a Middle-East peace conference, the one called for by President George Bush, it is very unlikely that this conference will take place and if it does, the pressure is building up on the Ramallah leadership (but not the Palestinian leadership) to give up in advance many of its previously announce positions. Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to Lebanon, it invokes in me many mixed feelings. The first time I visited Beirut was as a graduate assistant in the department of political science at Indiana University. I traveled to Lebanon during the summer of 72 with my professor and some 25 undergraduate students part of a 50 days tour of the Middle East.
Hamas as a Palestinians organization is not known for taking smart and strategic decision with long lasting impact on its programs, or agenda. Read the rest of this entry »
The conference on the Holocaust sponsored by Iran’s president Mohamed Ahmadinejad in Tehran from December 11-12, 2006 was a simply act of stupidity, ill advised and with no purpose other than to give anti-Muslims more ammunition on how retarded Islamic politics have become. Of course the turn up of the likes of the former KKK David Duke is nothing to be proud of.
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On his first visit to the Court of St. James, shortly after Oslo. Arafat was asked by the British what is his wish as the Palestinian leader. Well, you guessed it, Arafat asked the British to “train his security forces”. This is the only wish that he had on the first occasion he had as representative of the Palestinian people. Read the rest of this entry »
