Barack Obama's pledge on June 11th to AIPAC that Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital has angered Palestinian officials . President Mahmoud Abbas made a statement that Obama's pledge is “totally rejected,” while Saeb Erekat, an Abbas aide, said that Palestinian negotiators would continue to insist upon East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital. Incidentally, the United States does not currently recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; rather, maps show Tel Aviv, where the U.S. and other embassies are located, as Israel's capital city.
Officials were not the only ones angered by Obama's statement. Palestinian bloggers, living within Palestine and outside of it, were frustrated as well. Dr. Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, writing for Arabisto.com, believes that Obama went too far :
Like the rest of Washington’s guest politicians, the senator from Illinois pledged to the rich and powerful audience his unqualified loyalty to the Jewish...
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President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.... more
Chicago, 1 Dic (Notimex).- El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció hoy la designación Hillary Clinton, quien fuera su rival por la candidatura presidencial del Partido Demó leer más ... more
If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots. Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a fundamental principle of Obama's presidential...... more
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“McCain has launched two different deceptive attacks on Obama’s Iran policy. Back in June, McCain implied that Obama did not support naming Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. And more recently, McCain blasted Obama for saying that Iran was “tiny” and “didn’t pose a serious threat.” Both claims are seriously misleading. It’s true that Obama voted against an amendment that would have name... more
Obama-do From: mushinnoshin.com Post Date: 2008-09-27 22:36:05
I saw Trouble the Water tonight — excellent, deeply moving film. I think the tag line sums it up nicely –
It’s not about a hurricane… it’s about America
I mean just damn, what more can be said? Katrina showed us our worst and our best all at once, and they’ve captured it masterfully in this documentary centered around two survivors who camcorded their own documentary as the disaster hit.
On other subjects, I finally watched the debate when I got hom... more
Mark Steyn (now free from Canadian prosecution for un-PC speech) would prefer a less mystical adversary from the left.
The day after the debate I bumped into two Obama supporters in St Johnsbury, Vermont who said isn’t it great that he’s on course to win. Well, they were cute chicks, and I know an obvious pick-up line when I hear one, so I stopped to chat. God Almighty, it was like reverse Viagra: After ten minutes of Babes For Barack, I never want to meet a female w... more
Barkat by Default From: southjerusalem.com Post Date: 2008-10-27 11:36:36
Haim Watzman
I just got a call from Meir Porush ’s campaign central. Would I be voting for the Haredi candidate for mayor of Jerusalem, the polite young woman asked me? No, I won’t, I said. I’ll be voting for the rival candidate, Nir Barkat . And to hell with my blogging partner, Gershom, whose concern for an equitable settlement with the Palestinians in Jerusalem (justified) and his abiding suspicion of rich businessmen (somewhat less justified) has misled him into su... more
Order, The From: visvideo.com Post Date: 2008-10-27 16:01:03
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Actors:
Van Damme Jean-Claude
Rudy Cafmeyer/Charles Le Vaillant
Heston Charlton
Prof. Walter Finley
Milos Sofia
Lt. Dalia Barr
Thompson Brian
Cyrus Jacob
Cross Ben
Ben Ner
Dobtcheff Vernon
Oscar Cafmeyer
Gabai Sasson
Yuri
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Avram
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Goldman
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Amnon
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Bassam
Huri Sami
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In the latest, tragic, descent into the wholesale betrayal of Palestinian national principles, PA-connected figures in occupied Jerusalem are supporting the Zionist billionnaire, Arcadi Gaydamak, for...... more
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Colombian bloggers are closely following the events unleashed by the Colombian army's incursion into Ecuadorian territory. Fear of war is palpable throughout the discussions on the legitimacy of the attack and its repercussions, the unveiling of computer files establishing nexus between the Ecuadorian and Venezuelan governments and the FARC and the knowledge of 50 KGs of Uranium that the FARC allegedly ha... more
Hugo Miranda points out a major error in the newspaper La Prensa . In an article about celular phones, the newspaper published a photo of a “Bolivian” talking on a cell phone. Upon closer inspection, the man did not appear to be Bolivian and the phone was actually a Nintendo game controller. ... more
Barbadian blogger Gallimaufry reports that “Jamaican policy-makers are considering legalising marijuana” and comments on the possible fallout. ... more
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