Comments on: Fascists, Socialists, Islamists, Liberals: Holding Hands

By: vildechaye

vildechaye — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:03 +0000

ac: I will concede that Jews/Israel do not receive unlimited support. I took issue with that part of the quote too, but from a Palestinian point of view I think he meant “from the West” or “from the U.S.” and that’s probably how it appears to him. Anyway, I can’t cut the middle out of a quotation like that. As for 1943, yes the Jews were the center of attention: unfortunately, it was the kind of attention no group should ever have to endure.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:21:34 +0000

On the other hand, Rachel Rudolf – “Professor” in Political Science seems very sweet. Watch her here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6SrZPX9WGc or read her MySpace here http://www.myspace.com/rachael_rudolph

Goals for the future: “for myself personally to learn… for my students [that they have] a better understanding of the Middle East”. Nice. “The role of Islam in politics and stuff, it’s not homogeneous”. Right. Thank goodness Emory has someone like her teaching their courses on Islamic Civilization and on American Foreign Policy.

Except for the way she talks about “resistance movements” when talking about Hamas and FIS.

By: ac

ac — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:28:41 +0000

vildechaye,
In what way is it true to say that Israel enjoys unlimited support?
And were Jews the centre of international attention in 1943?

By: vildechaye

vildechaye — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:08:08 +0000

The only persecuted or dead Arabs that HH and so many others like him care about are those he can blame Israel for. Mahmoud Darwish, the late Palestinian poet who was no friend of Israel, knew exactly why Lebanon’s treatment of palestinians would merit nary a mention by HH and, in fact, most of the world. He said: “Do you know why we Palestinians are famous? Because you are our enemy. The interest in us stems from the interest in the Jewish issue. The interest is in you, not in me. So we have the misfortune of having Israel as an enemy, because it enjoys unlimited support. And we have the good fortune of having Israel as our enemy, because the Jews are the center of attention. You’ve brought us defeat and renown.”
Sadly, truer words were never spoken.

By: Israelinurse

Israelinurse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:41:32 +0000

This also indicates just how politicised UNWRA is because if there was anything respectable about that organisation it would not allow itself to be associated with some of the names on that list.
Ever since I first saw it with my own eyes I’ve always considered it highly unethical that UNWRA is staffed to a very large degree by the very people it was established to help. That’s hardly an incentive for effective problem solving or a time limitation on the organisation’s mandate.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:03:52 +0000

Has Norman Finkelstein been hired as a professor recently? If not, it’s inaccurate and inappropriate for this conference to identify him as a professor.

By: Alec M

Alec M — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:19:08 +0000

I’m almost pleased to see those spam-bots.

By: sackcloth and ashes

sackcloth and ashes — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:44:19 +0000

‘Has Harry88 been banned?’

Hope so. He was a complete O2 thief. Waste of DNA, if you ask me.

By: andym

andym — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:56:12 +0000

wow, what a post – brilliant!

By: Alec M

Alec M — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:24:34 +0000

Has Harry88 been banned?