To What Extent Does the South African Apartheid Model Apply to Palestine?

Journal of Palestine Studies

A translation: the apartheid model does not automatically apply to Palestine—what actually brought it down was resistance strength on the ground and changed US support, and Palestinian go-it-alone is understandable but detrimental without Arab depth.

اللعب على «تغيير قواعد اللعبة»

Playing at "Changing the Rules of the Game"

As-Safir

Israel bombs Damascus as "self-defense" while occupying the Golan—the Syrian people bury their dead while great powers decide their fate in their name.

القاعدة في إستخدمات «القاعدة»

Al-Qaeda in the Uses of "Al-Qaeda"

As-Safir

O al-Qaeda—with all your own crimes—how many crimes against peoples are committed in your name and in the name of the war against you!

interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi on the Syrian revolution

An interview (2013): "Syrian revolutionaries owe nobody an apology"—militarization was forced by the regime, and the US seeks to salvage regimes through a military-Islamist assemblage. The opposition must crystallize its vision now.

الانتخابات الاميركية والثورات العربية

American Elections and Arab Revolutions

As-Safir

America doesn't want democracy because it gives ordinary people a voice — many applauded Chomsky without realizing this means fighting its hegemony.

الازمة السورية في الحرب الباردة الجديدة؟

The Syrian Crisis in the New Cold War?

As-Safir

Third-tier officials in Washington and Moscow deliberate on Syria's military — perfectly consistent with Syrian sovereignty.

الازمة السورية و «الحل اليمني»؟

The Syrian Crisis and the "Yemeni Solution"?

As-Safir

The "Yemeni solution": save the regime by sacrificing its head — is the crisis still Yemeni or does it recall Lebanon?

اوباما ونتنياهو بين لغة الاجساد ولغة المخاتلة 

Obama and Netanyahu Between Body Language and the Language of Deception

As-Safir

Sixteen agencies confirm: no Iranian weapon — Netanyahu defends a monopoly on 300 warheads the world knows nothing about.

من الوثائق الرسمية الاميركية التدخل العسكري السوري في لبنان، ١٩٧٦

From Official American Documents: Syria's Military Intervention in Lebanon, 1976

Bidayat

Kissinger claimed Washington "was not consulted" about Syria's intervention — the official documents narrate the coordination in detail.

سوريا: حكومة جديدة – ام مرحلة جديدة

Syria: A New Government - Or a New Phase

As-Safir

Regime change isn't on Washington's agenda — the goal is saving the military structure. Meanwhile, "stray bullets" hit an Israeli car in the occupied Golan. Oh, the waywardness!

املاءات الخارج ومطالب الداخل

External Dictates and Internal Demands

As-Safir

Stopping violence from any source means everything except admitting the regime is doing the killing — the absurdity is that America appears to dictate it stop.

Revolutions bring down ideas as well!

Heinrich Boll Stiftung

Revolutions do not merely change governments; they shatter the ideologies that made those governments seem permanent and legitimate, and undermine decades of intellectual frameworks that naturalized authoritarian rule.

لا زالوا يسعون الى الشرعية الخارجية !

They Are Still Seeking External Legitimacy!

As-Safir

Regimes still prefer Western legitimacy over their people's — Gaddafi offers to bequeath his son with a constitution, and London is listening.

درس في المهابة والاحترام

A Lesson in Dignity and Respect

As-Safir

Lewis asks: "Why don't they fear us?" — the same question haunting every Arab ruler. Thanks to the youth who teach us not to fear tyranny.

ضرب ايران وضروب الابتزاز

Striking Iran and Forms of Blackmail

As-Safir

Netanyahu is a liar — Sarkozy to Obama. Israel's only project is permanent war, and the Iran threat is blackmail to bury everything else.

الوقاحة بما هي سياسة دولية

Impudence as International Policy

As-Safir

Lieberman inverts the Arab initiative: not land for peace but population exchange—legalizing the expulsion of '48 Palestinians. Impudence as international policy.

سلاح النفط في المعركة… الاخرى

The Oil Weapon in the... Other Battle

As-Safir

$60 billion in US jets on the eve of negotiations — the oil weapon no longer targets Israel but buys its protection, changing the combat doctrine.

العراق: خربوا البلد وهربوا

Iraq: They Destroyed the Country and Fled

As-Safir

They destroyed the country and fled—150,000 dead, 4.7 million displaced, and Iraqis still clash with police over electricity.

الانسحاب من العراق

The Withdrawal from Iraq

As-Safir

The US withdrawal from Iraq is a managed process, not an end, linked to a series of diplomatic moves that pressure Palestinians and threaten Iran, all serving Israel's boundless security demands.

هل أن اسرائيل عبء استراتيجي على اميركا؟

Is Israel a Strategic Burden on America?

As-Safir

Israel becomes a burden on America when Arabs become one — when they can force Washington to choose. What an Arab ruler holds back, Israel reaps tenfold. A fairy tale, dear Umm Amr.

مفاوضات واشنطن: وبوسطة ناجي العلي

Washington Negotiations: With Naji al-Ali's Bus

As-Safir

Abbas promised not to negotiate without progress—there was none, yet here he is. Naji al-Ali reminds us: the bus is broken and the road doesn't exist.

عندما تتحول القوة الى ضعف

When Strength Turns into Weakness

As-Safir

Lieberman tells the truth: two years to Judaize Jerusalem, then "population exchange"—expelling '48 Palestinians. The Saudi king begs Obama to revive the initiative—just talk.

التفاصيل الشيطانية ليست بتفاصيل

The Devil's Details Are Not Details

As-Safir

When occupier and victim are placed on equal footing, the door opens to naked force — devilish details, but not mere details.

الشرق الاوسط الخالي من السلاح النووي والمصلحة العربية

A Nuclear-Free Middle East and the Arab Interest

As-Safir

Is the Arab interest in dismantling Israel's nuclear arsenal or in an Iranian bomb that breaks the monopoly?—Gaddafi defends "confrontation states" but doesn't count Libya among them.