Refreshing Lebanese Memory by Yeghig Tashjian

http://neweasternpolitics.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/refreshing-lebanese-memory-by-yeghig-tashjian/ “For your freedom we have lived and for your independence we are dying”, Abdul-Karm al Khalil, with the rope around his neck, May 6, 1916. The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 brought Lebanon further problems, as Turkey allied itself with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Turkish government abolished Lebanon’s semiautonomous status (al-Mutasarifiah)…

Watching Cheney: He’s Got Nothing

Originally posted on The Dish:
[Re-posted from earlier today] His interview last night is worth revisiting again. He says what he has previously said – adding nothing to the factual record, and addressing none of the specifics in the report. But he is also clearly rattled. He is used to proclaiming categorical truths about things…

Why Assad Refuses to Step Down

Originally posted on What's Left:
Paris Match: Many people say the solution lies in your departure. Do you believe that your departure is the solution? Syrian president Assad: What was the result (of French policy when they attacked Gaddafi)? Chaos ensued after Gaddafi’s departure. So, was the departure the solution? Have things improved, and…

The Broken Sparrows of Palestine

Originally posted on In Gaza:
Abdul Rahman Abu Oida, pastels, by Ahmad Barqawi ?   By Eva Bartlett, Nov 4, 2014, Crescent International A teen who loved strawberries, adored children far more…A paraplegic young man with soulful eyes, deaf ears and unfulfilled dreams of being a father…A martyr. This is the story of Broken Sparrow,…

Resistance

Let me put it this way and maybe it will make sense to you. Palestine is the only nation that is standing firm against the Zionist entity that has infected our entire world infrastructure and is poisoning our minds, hearts and souls. Whilst we only suffer the fall out from this corporation of evil, Palestine…