Archive for September 22nd, 2003

Khatami on..War and Peace

Iran’s president Mohammad Khatami agrees that terrorism is a huge threat to the world. But his definition of terrorism is obviously different to that of the civilized world. Khatami termed terrorism and the expansion of weapons of mass destruction as two major dangers that are threatening the whole humanity. “Today, our region has become the [...]

Admitting You Were Wrong

No, this does not involve me admitting I was wrong about anything, although my wife will tell you that I do occasionally regularly err. Here is a letter, published in today’s Age, from a former member of the Israeli peace camp who is not afraid to admit he was wrong: David Grossman (If Israel harms [...]

The Greens on Why It is Ok to Murder

The Green Left Weekly never fail to disgust me with their selective moral posturing and abhorrent views. This time, they have published an op-ed justifying the suicide bombings and terrorism. PALESTINE: Al Aqsa Intifada: ‘Why should our youth accept oppression?’ BY RIHAB CHARIDA The emergence of the Al Aqsa Intifada (uprising) in September 2000 was [...]

Exiling Afatrat..From the Closet

With much talk in recent weeks about outing Afatrat from the territories, Joseph Farah has almost done the job…. by outing him. Arafat is a homosexual. There are also persistent rumors that he is a pedophile. I mean, in his private life, he is everything the Islamic culture detests – a closet pervert. Farah goes [...]

Two Reasons for Palestinian Poverty

Reasons for the palestinians’ dire economic situation is illustrated by a couple of news items that I have read over the past few days. Firstly, the IMF has said that Arafat has diverted $1.35 billion of money earmarked for the palestinians to his own private accounts. An audit of the Palestinian Authority has revealed President [...]