Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Fragments on The Notes of Naksa : They Are Still Syrian Occupied Golan Heights

Is it a coincidence that in the particular month of June and what it holds for Arabs for bad memory that the talk about the international legal description of Syrian Golan heights is brought up provocatively in Wikipedia ??

It seems that the nationality of Golan is disputed !! Here is the Syrian Golan heights page in Wikipedia

How it could be disputed !!?? Golan heights are Syrian ,they were occupied by Israel in 1967 , that does not make them Israeli with my respect , the people of Golan are keen to keep their Syrian identity regardless of the Israeli attempts.

The Israeli government can claim whatever it wants to claim but they know that Golan will return back to Syria in whether in War or in Peace between the two countries “It can return back again to its mother country in war if the current Syrian regime is down and another democratic regime powerful and daring enough to put an end for this dilemma replaces it, Israel knows this fact very well and fear the existence of .”

Please read this post for Syria News Wire in order to see how You can help , I hope that Egyptian and Arab Wikipedians participate in correcting this awful mistake.

It is enough that the Golan was lost in even much worse way than Sinai not to mention that the El-Assad regime all those years did not use its military power to restore back ,instead it used that military power against its own people , I swear if half intelligence efforts used by El-Assad regime against its own people were and  are used against Israel ,it could have restored Golan back from a long time.

Speaking about the circumstances surrounding the loss of Golan, I would like to share with you couple of posts I wrote in the 40th anniversary of Naksa 1967 :

    Golan is so beautiful more you can imagine .
    Here are some photos I found in 1967 after the six days war for the Golan :

            IRAN Watch : Neda Sultan

            She became a Symbol , she became an icon , 27 Years old Neda Sultan , more about her in Wikipedia.

            Neda Sultan

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            Allah bless her soul.

            Strangely I found out that the regime in Iran did not give her family the opportunity to have a proper funeral or burial for her just like in Egypt , the victims of police brutality are always buried in the middle of the night so people in the funeral would not get too emotional !!!

            Neda in the first picture looks exactly like a friend of mine.

            Fragments On The Notes of Naksa : No One Pushed The Red Button

            I know that I promised this year to shade more light on some unknown aspects in Six Days War / Naksa 1967 , some heroic aspects and that because of the Iranian uprising I seemed that I did not keep up with my promise.

            Well I am currently on working gathering more and more stories along with Photos ,especially with the rare Egyptian POWs photos that did not reach to Egypt due Political reasons I do not need to explain but I have to say them ; no country in the world will publish in time of war the humiliating moments of its soldiers in time of war !! For God Sake even now the American administration refuses to publish the photos of its dead soldiers !!

            In my search for photos I found a strange set of photos taken in Sinai on the 10th of June 1967 by famous Israeli military photographer Micha Bar Am.

            That set was for an Egyptian Sam Missiles base in Sinai !!  Yes you read it right an Egyptian Sam Missiles base in Sinai in 1967, of course I must add before “Egyptian Sam Missiles base” the word “Abandoned” ; well according to the description of the photos whose source of course Israel the Egyptian forces left the base intact !! The Sam missile base of course war  Soviet and strangely according to the info the Israelis found even the complex radar guidance equipment had been left in operational order !!

            I do not need to guess that the officers and the soldiers of the base had to withdraw after hearing the stupid withdrawal order of Abdel Hakim and I wish they did not , I wish they were like those daring men who defied the order and stayed to fight like late Martyr Saresawy !!

            They could have just pushed the red button to down those Israeli air fighters destroying our air bases on that bloody morning on the 5th of June 1967 , no they did not for some unknown reason !!

            That Sam missiles air base was equal to millions of dollars then !! I can’t believe myself , no body cared to push the red button !!

            By the way this base was not the only Soviet military products given to the IDF there were other weapons and arms ,I think that was why Charlie Wilson and Co. thought of Egypt and Israel when they were searching for Old Soviet weapons for Afghanistan in 1980s ,we and them had old inventory !!

            It makes so angry after even after those 42 years that we did not launch those Sams :(

            Someone should have pushed the red button , may be it would not have changed a lot but at least, at least Someone then had pushed the red button !!

            P.S I wish one day we will be able to have a missile base again in Sinai ;P

            Monday, June 22, 2009

            This Is Not An Arab speaking , This Is An Israeli Speaking

            Please read this essay by Uri Avnery at The Palestine Chronicle regarding Bibi's speech about Peace in the Middle East , I love this part so much :

            And indeed, that was Ben-Gurion’s method. Before every provocation he would declare that “our hands are extended for peace”, adding conditions that he knew were totally unacceptable to the other side. Thus an ideal situation (for him) was created: The world saw Israel as a peace-loving country, while the Arabs looked like serial peace-killers. Our secret weapon is the Arab refusal, it used to be joked in Jerusalem at the time.This week, Netanyahu wheeled out the same old trick.

            I agree on what Uri has said , this speech is for Barack Obama and the Israeli right wing only ,in the end it is just talk that did not and won't change anything on the ground.
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            These Are The Respectable NDP MPs !!

            This story for the lovers and admirers of both Farouk Hosni and Dr.Zahi Hawas.

            Two of the famous big NDP MPs were found to forge official documents in order to own pieces of land in the old Jewish ghetto and to demolish a real historical Jewish temple in Bab El-Sharia. This historical Jewish temple was built by the Physician of Saladin ,yes Saladin

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            You can see pictures for the temple now in a special coverage by Youm 7.

            This is a historical building and its status now makes me wonder about the roles of the minister of Culture for 26 years who is dying to become the secretary general of UNESCO Farouk Hosni and the chairman of supreme council of antiquities Indian Jones of Egypt Dr.Zahi Hawas !!??

            Is not this a historical building to the Ayoubian Era that should be preserved especially that it seems that the Jewish community can’t keep it  as it should !!??

            Does not this contradict with the message Farouk Hosni is tying to promote that he respects all religions ??

            Just before anyone jumps in to a wagon and says that those NDP MPs are Muslim extremists , they are not , in fact they are fighting with each other on whom will own the land , they do not give a damn if it were a Jewish temple or a Church or Mosque as long as there is money money money !!

            The Widow of Nabawy Ismail former NDP Fadia Kamal as far as I remember helped in drowning hundreds of old cemeteries in Ain El-Siera because of some project !! I remember that because our family cemetery was there and was floating in water and my grandfather as the eldest member of his family had to take decision regarding this important issue,simply we bought another cemetery in 6th of October on the Fayoum highway !!

            Unfortunately if we search under the theft and destruction of our heritage , you will find always the NDP and Farouk Hosni !!

            Oddly enough those who are exposed the scandal are the opposition forces and they are the one who are making sure that is not buried.

            Sunday, June 21, 2009

            Neda

            Do you remember the disturbing frightening video I posted yesterday from Tehran for that girl shot down by the Basij ? If you do not remember or you haven’t watched it , I will post today


            Neda of Iran

            I doubt that you did not see this shocking sad video , it already made the headlines around the globe in all major news websites.

            The girl in the video is Neda , 27 years old Neda who was watching the angry protests of Mousavi’s protesters beside her teacher, Neda was shot in her nick as it was obvious in the video ,she could not be saved and she died or rather killed in front of her own father who was trying to stop the bleeding screaming

            Neda became a martyr in front of the whole world , in front of the ruling class of Iran , she became a martyr of the Basij , she became of martyr of that new thing happening in Iran.

            Neda’s final moments will remain in the minds of the people just like Mohamed El-Dora’s final moments were recorded in the intifada.

            Now here is another video shot for Neda in a closer angel , I took it from the facebook from Shekoo Sab , I think the whole world should see it , I hope that Ahmadinajed and Khamenei see her too.

            Here is also a slideshow for her photos in Time Magazine.

            Of course officially the death of Neda and the other 9 officially killed yesterday were because of bad terrorists !! Does the regime now refer to the Basij as terrorists ??

            Now I have a little request from Iran not only to the Americans but to the whole world especially in Europe, this little request from my friend Naj , Naj says to you :

            Tell your elected representatives, especially the American ones, Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative to "SHUT


            THE HELL UP!"

            It is not only Naj who is saying so but any Iranian who really loves and understands the situation in his or her country well just like former President Bani Sadr.

            The clashes are not said to be less fierce than yesterday , of course we can’t be sure as the media more and more is facing hard time. Iran has asked the BBC Correspondent John Leyne to leave the country , I believe the BBC especially BBC Farsi is behind the attack of Khamenei on UK.

            The twitter rumors mill has not stopped yet unfortunately there were several news that turned to be untrue and some news we do not know if it is true or false ; for instance the news that Ghalamnews.ir was hacked coming from Mousavi facebook’s fan page

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            Yesterday Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh with her four siblings were announced to be arrested ,they are said to be currently in Military base !! Then she has been freed from few hours ago according to Twitter.

            Now almost all the reformists in Mousavi presidential campaign are under arrest.

            Things outside Tehran are not that great too , the Basij on the motorcycles were in Shiraz

            Now former President Khatami has at last spoken and as usual he is a well spoken person

            Here are some posts ,photos and videos links from Iran :

            Old lady supporting Mousavi

            TMG Media Machine is Working ridiculously

            In the end week the final verdict , the final rule in the Suzanne Tamim murder trial will be officially declared in Sadat court room at the courts complex in Bab Khalak Cairo. Officially Judge Konsowah will announce his final verdict mostly the death Penalty after the consultation of the grand Mufti regarding the verdict.
            Of course it won't be the end of the trial because there will be a Veto.
            Now TMG Media Machine has been working working hardly in the past few weeks in order to affect the public opinion and the course of the trial as they hoped !! It is a natural thing ,his family believes that he is innocent and they are try to defend him , of course when you speak about a family like the family of Talaat Mustafa you will expect that they will dedicate all what they have to defend him from money,power and influence.
            Anyhow time was working against their attempts
            First there were other important stuff to be covered in Egypt like for instance the Obama speech and Swine flue, second all their attempts were so pathetic and so exposed just like the pathetic letter sent by Omar Hisham Talaat Mustafa ,Hisham's eldest son to Al Akhbar Newspaper last week.It was comic with my all respect to Omar and to his father , of course obviously the boy did not write a single letter in that dramatic letter , Omar is currently studying in the States and surely does not possess that Arabic language skill to write such letter.
            Even from the Arabic composition point of view ,the letter was tacky , that phrase which was repeated over and over was so silly
            " They said and their say is a lie !!"
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            Well technically those who said are the authorities represented in Police and prosecution !! The letter discussed the case and the evidence in a way that made me feel that Farid El-Dib has written this pathetic letter."If El-Dib has written this pathetic letter then I understand why he lost the case"

            Then in the end of last week Akhbar Al-Hawadath published supposedly heart breaking Report about the wife of Hisham and his mother "it turned out that she is alive !!" and how they are coping with the catastrophe. I bought that issue because it included for the first time photos for Hisham's first wife , we always saw the photos of his other wives like his ex-wife Nora or his current wife "Hala" who is specialized in doing interviews for Pan Arab tabloids !!
            I read the report and I saw the photo which ais below and I did not feel sorry for Hisham but I felt very truly sorry for his wife ,the mother of his boys and his cousin Howeida, she is beautiful and looks like a fine lady yet he breaks her heart over and over with his lust .
            I felt truly sorry for his boys,those young men who are educated abroad and it seems that they may live abroad in the United States for fear the scandal that will stain them forever regardless of how rich their family is.
            They looked so adorable in their suits when they were young.
            Hisham did not think for one second about his wife or his kids , of course now he thinks about them a lot and regrets every single moment he wasted away from them.
            The report of the famous crime magazine kept speaking on how religiously Hisham became and how he does not leave the Holy Quran ...etc
            It was obvious from the family photos given to the magazine , it was paid report I am afraid.
            Unfortunately for them it did not create the impact TMG wanted.
            By the way it seems that Akhbar Al Youm publishing house believes that Hisham is innocent, since the arrest of Hisham Akhbar Al Youm took the stand and defended him , of course not for their sincere belief in his innocence but rather the belief in the welfare of TMG ads.
            Now it is not Akhbar Al Youm but Al Akhbar and Akhbar Al Howadas too
            On the other hand Al Mussawar magazine or rather notorious Hamdi Rizk has left the MB this week and unleashed one hell of attack on Hisham and Sokary or rather the attorneys in specific Hisham's. Rizk claims in his Op-ed in which he named this week "The murderers" that in this week trial Farid El-Dib made a deal with unknown lawyer to come in the middle trail screaming and shouting that Judge Konosawah is the corruption icon of his time...etc !!
            I would like to remind you that El-Dib accused Konosawah of being biased and he said that he wanted to change the Judge for this after the trial , of course in the Egyptian law you have the right to request another judge if you believe that the current judge is biased for certain reason during the trial itself not its end !! It seems that El-Dib realized that the judge is biased in the end.
            Back to Rizk , to be honest I think that this scenario is hard to happen because I know in the trial no one was allowed to the court hall except the relatives of the accused and their defense teams plus the journalists with official IDs, I had the opportunity to attend the trial last time but I knew that I won't be able to enter the hall with an official reporter ID and thus I did not go!! No one was or is going to be allowed then to enter so easily , Konosawah is known to be very strict judge who does not allow circuses in his court room at . Also next time Konosawah will only say the verdict and leave ,it won't take 10 minutes or even less then he will leave as it is custom under very heavy security for fear someone will harm him and the rest of the judges panel. There will be no time for that kind of lawyers to come and attack Konosawah in the first place !! I just do not like Rizk and I do not buy his words too easily just like Ahmed Mossa.
            It seems that the Anti-Hisham team goes too far just like the pro-Hisham team,it is logic !!
            This is not the end , in fact I expect that in the coming couple days, we will see more and more from TMG media machine.