”You know, I think Assad is going to fall”, my Kurdish friend tells me over Skype last night. ”Something is happening although nobody knows exactly what. You need to understand that just a few months ago, no Syrian even here, in the diaspora, dared to say anything against Bashar Assad. That is how scared everyone [...]
The below piece was originally published on my private blog, but as it may be of interest to Al-Hamatzav’s readers, I’m reposting it here as well. Let me also apologize for the length of said article, as well as for it’s slightly depressive outlook. Basically I’m hoping to be proven wrong. Writing or speaking of [...]
I don’t usually write on Islamophobia these days, but being in contact with very different political camps, I can’t help but having noticed the the surge of horribly bad anti-Islam propaganda flooding the blogosphere, in wake of the decision to build an Islamic community center 2 blocks from Ground Zero in New York City. One [...]
This morning a suicide bomber blew himself up in Eilat, killing three people. This is the first bombing in Eilat and the reasons for this is probably two: First, there is a long way to go from the West bank to Eilat. Secondly, Israel have kept the Gaza borders secure. With the disengagment the border [...]
A reader of ours was kind enough a couple of days ago to mail and inform us about an interesting interview with Al-Jazeeras chief editor Ahmed Sheikh. The interview is published in the Swiss weekly “Die Weltwoche” and is in German. – Die Weltwoche: “Sie klingen verbittert” – “Das bin ich”
