Tag: Middle east

The Benefits of Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

December 29, 2025

By Melanie Nathan, Dec 29, 2025. Downtown Hargeisa late on Friday was illuminated with the Israeli flag as residents of Somaliland’s capital celebrated Jerusalem’s decision to recognize their sovereignty. The recognition of Somaliland acknowledges a poignant reality and benefits the people of Somaliland, Israel and the West. Recognition and the response ought to trigger more … More The Benefits of Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

United Arab Emirates LGBT | Scrub the Gay Away Video Mockery

January 30, 2012

LGBT people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have attacked a YouTube video ‘tutorial’ which may depict an attempt to scrub away the gay, under the guise of a title “Be Yourself.” However, from a Western point of view, is the tutorial a mockery of the process of curing homosexuality through a rendition of a … More United Arab Emirates LGBT | Scrub the Gay Away Video Mockery

Anti Semitism in South Africa

March 12, 2009

 See this blog; http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/traps/2009/03/10/cosatu%e2%80%99s-hate-speech-constitution/#comment-74068 I have to disagree on one point – Anti zionists are more often than not anti-semites; and that said the line is so fine that for the percentage that purport to not be anti semitic – well just take a hard look at who they are and what they do. Jews … More Anti Semitism in South Africa