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According to Electronic Intifada, over 100,000 Palestinians gathered Saturday in the city of Nablus in the West Bank to celebrate the making of a Guinness World Record: the largest plate of kanafeh, a very sweet pastry.

This Israeli cell phone ad has sparked criticism and controversy. Some said the ad was in bad taste and did not portray the reality of the wall behind which the Palestinians live. Pro-Palestinian activists have produced a similar ad in response, and got a very different outcome. Watch and decide for yourself.

Here is the Israeli ad.

Now watch the Palestinian one.

This is a very interesting and rather unusual web site. It would be great if soldiers of other armies around the world would speak up like that.
 
This is how the organization describes itself:
 

This uncredited pic has been around the Internet for a while, but still holds true and for many countries in the Middle East, not just Syria.

For all the confused people out there!

The recent brutal killing of an Egyptian woman in Germany - because she was veiled - has rallied up Egyptians, namely bloggers, to express their anger. But they were not only angry at the murder itself, but also at the lack of media coverage, especially western media.
This Egyptian woman had filed a defamation case against her killer after he called her a “terrorist” because she wears the hijab (Islamic veil). And he stabbed her 18 times to death in a German courtroom after the judges announced she won the case against him

Well, here are some good news. Iraq will host its first soccer game in Baghdad since 2002. Iraq's national team will play against Palestine on Friday.
 
Is that a sign that security is under control and that life is beggining to go back to normal? or is it too soon and too risky to even attempt to plan such an event?

Today marks the official withdrawal of American troops from Iraq's cities and towns and the country declared it a national holiday to celebrate the event. While some people enjoyed the festivities, a car bomb exploded in a market in the city of Kirkuk, killing at least 24 people.

The insurgency was obviously making a point, but didn't they get what they wanted? Americans are finally starting to leave, so what is the excuse now?

It is interesting to see how the Internet was used all along the elections and the protests that followed in Iran. How it started as a useful tool for the candidates and how it quickly became a nuisance for the government.