Stories about Israel from March, 2007
Palestine: Open Letter to the World
Palestinian blogger Eman posts an open letter to the world leaders here and urges all Arab bloggers to spread the word. “(W)e demand every person in position of responsibility, every international organization, every satellite channel, every media professional, all those to whom this letter is addressed and all those who...
The Middle East and North Africa on Women's International Day
While half the world is today celebrating the International Women's Day, the other half seems to be blogging about it I suppose. Here's a run down of some of the reactions and acknowledgement the day received in the Middle East and North Africa. Our first stop is in Israel, where...
Israel: Haram Al Sharif Dig Video
Israeli blogger themiddle links to a webcast put up by the Israel Antiquities Authority showing the dig near Temple Mount in real time. “It’s really quite boring, unless you’re someone who believes the Jews are destroying the Haram al Sharif compound, in which case this will be very exciting for...
Israel: Palestinian Children Starving
Israeli blogger Desert Peace links to a Christian Science Monitor article which says that Palestinian children are starving here.
Israel: New Must Read Book
Israeli blogger Danya Ruttenberg says Virgin: The Untouched History is the next must read book! The book, which even has its own blog, has “lots of commentary about virginity-related issues in the contemporary world (think honor killings, abstinence education, Virgin Mary sightings, etc)” says the blogger.
Egypt: Pro-Israeli heads Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris
The new head of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, one of the finest cultural centre dedicated to the Arab world in the world, is Dominique Baudis, a prominent figure of France’s pro-Israel movement, announces Issandr El Amrani in The Arabist.
Lebanon: Israeli Armored Vehicles to Iraq
An Israeli state-owned corporation has won a contract to supply the U.S. Marine Corps with state-of the-art armored vehicles for use in Iraq, the latest in a long line of Israeli defense sales for use in the war, writes US-based Lebanese blogger As'ad AbuKhalil.
Arabisc: An Ode to a Jailed Egyptian Security Guard
As usual Egypt again keeps us busy this week, where a security guard has been sentenced to six months in prison for refusing to guard the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Egyptian blogger Nora Younis, posts a poem by Majeed Al-Barghouthi dedicated to jailed Egyptian security guard Mohammed Khalaf Hassan Ibrahim....
Tunisia: Bloodbath in the Holy Land Unacceptable
Tunisia-based blogger Sub Zero Blue is angered by the amount of blood being spilled in the Holy Land. “Over 5,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since 2000. Since the outbreak of the second Palestinian Intifada in September 2000, until late January 2007, the Israeli army has killed...
