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July 24, 2008

Palestine: Left behind by Obama

As US presidential hopeful Barack Obama wraps up a tour of Israel and Palestine, newspaper headlines all over the world are fixated on the Senator's attention to Israel...and lack of attention to Palestine's struggle.

Obama Campaign Green About Colors

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

An internal memo on sartorial guidelines for the Obama campaign staff during his tour of the Middle East discouraged the wearing of green clothing. Why? Obama staffers fear sporting the color of Islam could be read as support for Hamas. Most of the comments in the Politico article on this ranged f...

July 23, 2008

Obama Campaign Green About Colors

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

An internal memo on sartorial guidelines for the Obama campaign staff during his tour of the Middle East discouraged the wearing of green clothing. Why? Obama staffers fear sporting the color of Islam could be read as support for Hamas. Most of the comments in the Politico article on this ranged ...

July 21, 2008

Angry Arab: Israel Humiliated in Lebanon

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

“Israel has been humiliated in Lebanon in the last 2 decades, and its ability to inflict pain on Lebanon and the Lebanese without restraint or punishment (as it has done in 1950s, 1960s, 1970s) has been deterred,” writes The Angry Arab, as he watches news of the return of the Lebanese pr...

July 18, 2008

Jews on Jews

Aggregated from: Antony Loewenstein

The 60th anniversary of Israel’s birth saw a flurry of praise by the worldwide Zionist community. The Australian Jewish News editorialised that “Jews all over the world feel Israel is the most special place on earth”. Furthermore, “the Israeli Defence Forces are the envy of the world … ...

July 16, 2008

Obama and misusing the expression

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

Back to the American elections. Obama said that he misused the expression when he said that Jerusalem should be under the Israeli Control in front of AIPAC. I guess you remember this big blunder which is against the Security Council order of 1967 the very famous 242. He had to retreat especially tha...

I FINALLY Found a Presidential Candidate Worth Voting For!!!

Aggregated from: Under The Holly Tree

I give up, NO McCain, Obama full of flip-flopping tilting right"hope and change", McKinney choosing a hip-hop artist as running mate (not that she had a snowball's chance in hell of winning in the first place-same with Nader) I FOUND MY CANDIDATE!!! There's even a website where you can vote...

Palestine: Obama in the news

As Obama's visit to the West Bank draws near, Palestinian bloggers are talking - about that and about his recent "star turn" on the cover of The New Yorker. Find out what the Palestinian blogosphere thinks of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.

July 11, 2008

Obama Losing Key Demo: Dogs

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

Who should I vote for, Rex?In perhaps one of the most important markers of a candidate's strength, Obama is losing to McCain. A poll, yes another one, measured how pet owners are coming down on this election. An AP-Yahoo! News poll found that pet owners favor McCain over Obama 42 percent to 37 perc...

July 7, 2008

Obama is Making Me a Naderite

Aggregated from: KABOBfest

Yesterday QuiQui reported how mega-bloggers who backed Obama are responding to his electoral move to centrism. A piece in the USA Today on the same subject offers this insightful advice from Senator Bernie Sanders:"They should be organizing a grassroots movement," he said, "so it will be easier for...