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2009-02-27T03:48:00.000+02:00

Dear ZenaI heard your interview on NPR in the USA....

2006-08-15T15:12:00.000+03:00

Dear Zena

I heard your interview on NPR in the USA. I honor your courage and passion as an artist and I am grateful for the ceasefire.

As you know music heals and unites. I am working with global partners to unite the world on the International day of Peace September 21. The Peace Day was initiated from a United Nations resolution.

I would like to correspond with you about gathering Lebanese musicians on the International day of Peace for a concert. I could help to arrange global media coverage.
If you feel this would be appropriate considering the pain, suffering and devastation of your land please contact me at Michael @Pathwaystopeace .org
Music heals
Please check out
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.com/
http://idpvigil.com/
http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2005/

The words of the prophet in the Torah (Old testame...

2006-08-13T16:08:00.000+03:00

The words of the prophet in the Torah (Old testament) predicts the complete distruction of Damascus, so, sadly, this is not the end, but just another chapter in this age old conflict

Even worse: just in the news. Israel has just acqu...

2006-08-11T17:17:00.000+03:00

Even worse: just in the news. Israel has just acquired a new fighter plane
from America. It is supposed to be undetectable by radar.
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Dear Zina
Don't believe in every thing that you read. Why should Israel buy such planes? Does Lebanon have any means or radars that can stop the"normal"planes?
So you as an intelligent person that you are can see that this is only a cheap stunt to sell papers or to inflate more hate.

http://hrw.org/ said... http://hrw.org/Human Right...

2006-08-11T16:51:00.000+03:00

http://hrw.org/ said...
http://hrw.org/
Human Rights Watch:

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One question only "honorable" Human Rights Watch.
How many human rights did Hezbollah violated that you recorded?
Let me give you a hint 4026 violations!!!!
Another free hint. That is the numbers of rockets that hit Israel city's up to now (including Arab villages and towns)

Stars&Stripes.Ignorance is bliss.......Freedom of ...

2006-08-10T02:33:00.000+03:00

Stars&Stripes.
Ignorance is bliss.......
Freedom of choice, freedom of speech?????????
Coke of Pepsi?

To the proud & patriotoc.i bring you a gift in wor...

2006-08-10T02:26:00.000+03:00

To the proud & patriotoc.

i bring you a gift in word and wrap it in a yellow ribbon to be tied from the antenna of your vehicle. And each time you crawl out of your home and look out at the road that lies ahead of you, please always take notice of the yellow ribbon and always remember these words.

The world is a vast and beautiful space, and you should try to see it for what it is. Look beyond the end of the barrel of your gun. And if that fails to open up the human side of your being, then i suggest you point it straight at yourself and pull the trigger. Because in essence, on the current course that you and your government are choosing, that will be the fate of all mankind.

God bless and Peace be with you.

Zena, are you ok babe? Have just been chatting wi...

2006-08-10T02:04:00.000+03:00

Zena, are you ok babe? Have just been chatting with the Lebanese guys in the store around the corner (Westbourne Park, - Notting Hill...ish).
Love to you - please let us know where you are and how you are if you can.
Strength Love & Light to you.
Victoria xoo

my heart is with everyone in lebanon... i wish i c...

2006-08-09T04:38:00.000+03:00

my heart is with everyone in lebanon... i wish i could be there at this time of war, i dont feel right that everyone in lebanon is living in fear and panic and wondering when the next is going to hit, and here i am in safe canada. its not fair what's happening to everyone over there, there goes every body's future over there. i hope to God those asswholes stop bombing our country. i did live in lebanon when those jesw were occupying the south, when there was a bit of war there, but as bad as it is now. God can only help us...

Our time zones are 7 hours different and our lives...

2006-08-08T04:34:00.000+03:00

Our time zones are 7 hours different and our lives are poles apart, yet I feel the pain of the people of Lebanon because I have a conscience...

I have never even experienced war, never heard a bomb or felt it shake the very foundation of my home, never felt as though my life was in danger.
I have also never physically been to Lebanon but this year I met and fell in love with a wonderful Lebanese man and was introduced to this beautiful, developed, progressive country as he saw it, through his eyes...then the war started.
The strength, resilience and fortitude of this Lebanese Christian ... his faith in God and his ability to remain positive despite it all, his willingness to overcome, start over and rebuild... again, and again is amazing.
I am sickened by the heartless, self-centered comments expressed that are totally missing the point...WAR IS WRONG!!! It solves nothing. If there can be no trust, there can be no peace.
This war is especially wrong when the only people suffering and dying are the poor..., the young..., the innocent... the civilians - on both sides.

I can understand and appreciate the accounts Zena shares since up until a week ago, they were the conversations I shared with Michel. My concerns about electricity, internet access, cell phone access, food, petrol and most importantly his safety were standard topics for our chats and his "we will be fine" often sufficed. Now.... I don't know and it terrifies me.

I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of family members and loved ones around the world that, like me, are praying for the safety of those 'trapped' in Beirut, 'trapped' in Lebanon. We may never see them again and you waste time quarreling about nonsense.

Please GROW UP! Try looking at things from someone else's point of view and have some compassion. If you don't have anything positive or enlightening to say, why not keep the negativity to yourself.

To the people of Lebanon, we in the Caribbean are far away but our thoughts and prayers are with you.

I just saw the face of miri eisin on cnn who looks...

2006-08-07T12:30:00.000+03:00

I just saw the face of miri eisin on cnn who looks and talks with hatred and anger

follwed by the beautiful kind face of queen noor

and I am not jew or arab, but i see that it is not too difficutl to see the devil

so i would ask the person who wrote "When you live with the devil you should expect to be in hell. "

to go to texas and suck your boss's d...

I make sure I will NOT live with you as you sound ...

2006-08-07T12:20:00.000+03:00

I make sure I will NOT live with
you as you sound the most evil of all

When you live with the devil you should expect to ...

2006-08-07T00:36:00.000+03:00

When you live with the devil you should expect to be in hell.

I sam from california comes back and reads this:Ca...

2006-08-06T20:24:00.000+03:00

I sam from california comes back and reads this:

Carl Cameron Investigates Part 1 - Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.?

Author: Carl Cameron

Part I:
BRIT HUME, HOST: It has been more than 16 years since a civilian working for the Navy was charged with passing secrets to Israel. Jonathan Pollard pled guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage and is serving a life sentence. At first, Israeli leaders claimed Pollard was part of a rogue operation, but later took responsibility for his work.

Now Fox News has learned some U.S. investigators believe that there are Israelis again very much engaged in spying in and on the U.S., who may have known things they didn't tell us before September 11. Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron has details in the first of a four-part series.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CARL CAMERON, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Since September 11, more than 60 Israelis have been arrested or detained, either under the new patriot anti-terrorism law, or for immigration violations. A handful of active Israeli military were among those detained, according to investigators, who say some of the detainees also failed polygraph questions when asked about alleged surveillance activities against and in the United States.

There is no indication that the Israelis were involved in the 9-11 attacks, but investigators suspect that they Israelis may have gathered intelligence about the attacks in advance, and not shared it. A highly placed investigator said there are "tie-ins." But when asked for details, he flatly refused to describe them, saying, "evidence linking these Israelis to 9-11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information."

Fox News has learned that one group of Israelis, spotted in North Carolina recently, is suspected of keeping an apartment in California to spy on a group of Arabs who the United States is also investigating for links to terrorism. Numerous classified documents obtained by Fox News indicate that even prior to September 11, as many as 140 other Israelis had been detained or arrested in a secretive and sprawling investigation into suspected espionage by Israelis in the United States.

Investigators from numerous government agencies are part of a working group that's been compiling evidence since the mid '90s. These documents detail hundreds of incidents in cities and towns across the country that investigators say, "may well be an organized intelligence gathering activity."

The first part of the investigation focuses on Israelis who say they are art students from the University of Jerusalem and Bazala Academy. They repeatedly made contact with U.S. government personnel, the report says, by saying they wanted to sell cheap art or handiwork.

Documents say they, "targeted and penetrated military bases." The DEA, FBI and dozens of government facilities, and even secret offices and unlisted private homes of law enforcement and intelligence personnel. The majority of those questioned, "stated they served in military intelligence, electronic surveillance intercept and or explosive ordinance units."

Another part of the investigation has resulted in the detention and arrests of dozens of Israelis at American mall kiosks, where they've been selling toys called Puzzle Car and Zoom Copter. Investigators suspect a front.

Shortly after The New York Times and Washington Post reported the Israeli detentions last months, the carts began vanishing. Zoom Copter's Web page says, "We are aware of the situation caused by thousands of mall carts being closed at the last minute. This in no way reflects the quality of the toy or its salability. The problem lies in the operators' business policies."

Why would Israelis spy in and on the U.S.? A general accounting office investigation referred to Israel as country A and said, "According to a U.S. intelligence agency, the government of country A conducts the most aggressive espionage operations against the U.S. of any U.S. ally."

A defense intelligence report said Israel has a voracious appetite for information and said, "the Israelis are motivated by strong survival instincts which dictate every possible facet of their political and economical policies. It aggressively collects military and industrial technology and the U.S. is a high priority target."

The document concludes: "Israel possesses the resources and technical capability to achieve its collection objectives."

(END VIDEO CLIP)

A spokesman for the Israeli embassy here in Washington issued a denial saying that any suggestion that Israelis are spying in or on the U.S. is "simply not true." There are other things to consider. And in the days ahead, we'll take a look at the U.S. phone system and law enforcement's methods for wiretaps. And an investigation that both have been compromised by our friends overseas.

HUME: Carl, what about this question of advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on 9-11? How clear are investigators that some Israeli agents may have known something?

CAMERON: It's very explosive information, obviously, and there's a great deal of evidence that they say they have collected — none of it necessarily conclusive. It's more when they put it all together. A bigger question, they say, is how could they not have know? Almost a direct quote.

HUME: Going into the fact that they were spying on some Arabs, right?

CAMERON: Correct.

HUME: All right, Carl, thanks very much.

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I have a question. When I see the reports from Leb...

2006-08-06T19:23:00.000+03:00

I have a question. When I see the reports from Lebanon on television, there are usually many men standing around the bomb craters, the destroyed bridges and so forth, looking or or lamenting a bit about it.

If it was my country that was attacked, I would definitely try to strike back, using whatever means might be available.

Why are the men at Lebanon don't grab the arms they have at hand and strike back and wipe the agressors and baby killers from Israel off the map???

Are they cowards (except for those Hezbollah fighters)? Is their country not worth fighting for?

They don't have control over the southern parts of their country but even if their other cities are attacked, they seem to not really care. What are the reasons? Do they like Israel that much? Just wondering.

Do you have an explanation? And what do you think about men that don't liek to defend their country?

dear Zena, please do not loose hope that things wi...

2006-08-06T15:47:00.000+03:00

dear Zena, please do not loose hope that things will turn out fine. hope is the only remedy to the madness that has gripped the world - only hope and faith that ultimately good will prevail.

well said read the whole article at http://www.wsw...

2006-08-06T14:26:00.000+03:00

well said
read the whole article at

http://www.wsws.org/articles/
2006/aug2006/leba-a05.shtml

"In Lebanon, the Israeli state is pursuing the equivalent of what was referred to under Hitler’s Third Reich as lebensraum—the killing or expulsion of populations viewed as inferior in order to repopulate their land.

For Washington, the Israeli offensive has a far broader significance. The destruction of Lebanon is seen as a stepping stone to the launching of new aggressive wars aimed at achieving “regime change” in Syria and Iran. ..."

The bombing-frenzy MUST stop. That much is crucial...

2006-08-06T11:07:00.000+03:00

The bombing-frenzy MUST stop. That much is crucial.

But what's really frightening is how blood-thirsty people have become. Comments on several Israeli (and some Arab) websites on the topic are alarming. The hatred. The killing drive. I could almost taste its redness.

Abstracted from reality, the death toll becomes another number, another statistic. A ratio, 1:8. Nations have been polarized, good vs evil. It's no longer about defending any country. It's been reduced to ideologies, one striving to cancel the other out.

We've forgotten how this even began. Almost as if, who pulled the trigger doesn't matter. The fact that it was pulled has become the excuse to vent out a deeper resentment.

What will this lead to? For either side? What do we do when the blood that is driving this fight runs out?

for your info Sam here is letter from an American ...

2006-08-06T10:01:00.000+03:00

for your info Sam here is letter from an American soldier in Iraq.

"If you want to impress me, go to Baghdad."

I am a soldier serving in Iraq and till this day we still don’t know why we are here.

I sit and watch television and the bull shit that our leaders are feeding to the people on a daily basis. How can you be a President and spend over 800 billions of dollars destroying and rebuilding another country when we need help in our own country? How do you live with yourself knowing that innocent soldiers are dying every day just for you?

Majority of the troops here don’t even have missions, all they do is check people identification cards going into the PX or Hajji Bazaars or cooks working in airports or laundry room because they have civilian caterers to work in the dinning facilities. We are separated from our family, kids, husbands, wives and friends for a year just for the white house to look good. So our leaders can say “Yes we were the ones that destroyed and rebuild this country spending over 800 billions of dollars and we have veterans that have served their country, lost their legs, arms and their lives to be homeless, eating in shelters and no one gives a dam.

But what’s really gets under my skin is that we are over here fighting for $250.00 extra on our pay check for hazard pay or 225 dollars extra for being away from your families and you pay athletes, entertainers and singers billions of dollars to perform. If it was not for people like us that provide that freedom and give up our lives for that freedom that why are we paid so much less to be in harms way?

Oh yeah, I forgot they raised the life insurance from 250,000 to 400,000 when I die that will really benefit me a lot.

Mr. Bush, why are you wondering why people are getting out of the military regardless of the bonus money that you are throwing their way and why are you forcing soldiers to stay in the army past their time without any say so? I prefer Clinton any day, true he was getting his freak on in the White House, but who hasn’t and if they said they didn’t they would be lying.

This is the worst leadership in the history of leading and to get on national television telling lies about “They are doing so much over here” is pathetic. How would you know if you only visit places that are not in any type of danger? What is going on in Kuwait? Nothing. If you want to impress me, go to Baghdad where there is suicide bombings everyday where soldiers are dying. Not where you can give a concert and feel good about yourself? You should have known that if you and your brother manipulate the voting system that will stop you from doing the same to the world.

To be honest a lot of military personnel do not have any thing good to say about this Commander in Chief, he has proven to the world that he is truly the biggest fraud that the world has seen. "

The army,that was a typo

2006-08-06T09:56:00.000+03:00

The army,
that was a typo

Sam you write "I’m proud to be an American, I’m pr...

2006-08-06T09:51:00.000+03:00

Sam

you write "I’m proud to be an American, I’m proud of my government. Right or wrong Bush or Clinton I stand behind them. .."

The arm is in desperate need, why don't you join them and serve your country

i dont know what to say... dont even know what to ...

2006-08-06T09:33:00.000+03:00

i dont know what to say... dont even know what to blog. words are no comfort to u.. they wont bring any change! but one thing is for sure.. the whole world stands in solidarity. i donty care what politics this isreal and usa army play! i don wanna know the history of occcupation. history is meaningless here. i just don understand why an army fighting the so called "terrorist faction" should indulge in killing innocents!

to the message above ending with a.s.a.p. her enem...

2006-08-06T09:32:00.000+03:00

to the message above ending with a.s.a.p.

her enemies are faceless nameless
occupiers like you with no conscious

If you do not have the courage to show your ugly face then take a hike, and visit your usual porno sites

Israel has no conscious

Israel has no legitimacy

Ok Zena you got to choices to make in this very di...

2006-08-06T08:51:00.000+03:00

Ok Zena you got to choices to make in this very difficult moment for you.
First choice.Fight the enemy.Whos the enemy?Its up to you find.
Second choice.Get the hell out of there a.s.a.p.

Dear Zena. My heart goes out to you and the people...

2006-08-06T07:33:00.000+03:00

Dear Zena. My heart goes out to you and the people of Lebanon; raise a toast to your resilient spirit.
I think it is wrong on part of Israel to continue with this uncivilised act of killing innocent civilians.
Some of the comments on your blog reveal the deep chasm that divides us, our thinking, our ideologies, our beliefs. This is not the time or the place to discuss all of the above.
I pray to the Almighty to restore peace and save the beautiful children of Lebanon
Appreciate your efforts and will remember you in my prayers
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