Category: Editor’s Pad
The Syrian revolution made simple
Nureddin Sabir unpicks the various components of the Syrian armed conflict, and argues that the Syrian people have been badly let down by the incoherent and fractious groups claiming to represent them.
Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
Nureddin Sabir calls on freedom-loving people worldwide to declare publicly their support for the Syrian people and to participate in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution on 31 May.
Prosecute groups that support Israeli crimes
Nureddin Sabir argues that Jewish groups that support Israel's crimes and its violations of international law should be prosecuted, just like neo-Nazis and Nazi holocaust deniers are prosecuted in various Western countries.
George Galloway and the topless feminist
Nureddin Sabir highlights British MP George Galloway’s walkout at an Oxford University debate about boycotting Israel, and a Tunisian feminist’s topless protest, as examples of gesture politics guaranteed to be counter-productive.
Women’s struggle for rights in Libya
Nureddin Sabir highlights the plight of women in Libya where social and cultural backwardness, and the rising influence of religious bigots, are rapidly eroding the few rights they have.
Jewish paranoia, narcissism or chosenness?
Nureddin Sabir considers the mentality behind a recent fund set up in the United States to help "Jews seen as being held wrongfully because of their Jewishness".
Arch-Zionist gets top BBC strategy job
Nureddin Sabir argues that the appointment of notorious Zionist James Purnell to the BBC’s top policy and strategy job will ensure that the corporation remains a loyal mouthpiece of Israel.
Hitchhiking in Israel – apartheid-style
Nureddin Sabir shows how apartheid has taken root in Israel, by drawing attention to a report saying that in some parts of the “Jewish state” racial segregation applies even to hitchhiking.
Say “no” to the Saudis and their Gulf allies
Nureddin Sabir views the Saudi role in promoting Islamist cults, criminal groups and deviant, primitive variants of Islam in Arab societies, and calls for mass actions to expose and eradicate Saudi influence.
Israel’s Palestinian propagandist
Nureddin Sabir considers the background and utterances of an Arab-Israeli journalist, Khaled Abu Toameh, who has taken it upon himself to act as Israel’s advocate and propagandist in the international media.
