A piece by Mohamed Buisier, a Libyan-American political activist, in the Wall Street Journal points out what should be obvious to everyone: The Arab League has no moral values...

The Scotsman has an interesting article on Muslim Sudanese refugees making their way to Israel. (Hat tip: Antidhimmi)

It illustrates a key point that James C. Scott makes in his book Domination and the Arts of Resistance: what people say as part of the public transcript is often contradicted by what they say in private. This recalls what happened when the Phalangist massacres of Palestinian refugees at Sabra and Shatilla started. The Palestinians ran to the Israeli posts for protection, thereby showing that, when the chips are down they knew Israelis don’t massacre, no matter what Arab leaders and media told them. One can find similar examples of the massive gap between what an “honor-shame” propaganda-oriented public sphere continually repeats for the sake of its own self image, and what people know privatley, but won’t contradict publicly...