Tuesday, July 20, 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.
Rashid Khalidi Appeals for Funds for Ship to Run Israeli Blockade of Gaza - 'Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, has signed an appeal for funds to outfit a ship--to be named The Audacity of Hope after Barack Obama's second book--that will challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza in September or October, according to a report by Robert Mackey at The Lede, a blog of the New York Times. His wife Mona is also a signatory...'
For all the details on how Khalidi worked for the PLO see http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/2893-Obamas-Pal-Rashidi-Was-PLO-Terror-Spokesman.html