Friday, March 12, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Hashem Hamdy: An Arab for Israel - '...Having Arab heritage (even an Arab name), it wouldn't be out of place for me to support Israel Apartheid Week. Israel and Egypt (my father’s place of birth) were enemies from Israel’s inception through to the 1970s, and hatred of Israel is commonplace in Egypt (much like the rest of the Middle East). However, I must differ with my Arab brethren. I support the state of Israel...'
Awesome.
Great bit here:
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Israel has been condemned by the Arab world, mostly through accusations of human rights violations. This is unfathomably ridiculous. While I’m not trying to lay out Arab states’ exhaustive list of human rights infringements, it is clear that they hardly constitute the moral authority of the international community.
Yemen executes its homosexuals. Women in Saudi Arabia are not allowed to leave their homes uncovered or without male accompaniment. My fellow Egyptians have not cast a fair or free vote in modern history. Reporters Without Borders ranks five Arab states among the bottom 20 in its Press Freedom Index. Arab states are run by despots — rulers with absolute authority.
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