CNN’s recent decision to fire their Senior Middle Eastern Affairs Editor Octavia Nasr showcases the mainstream, corporate media’s bias against the Arab world.

What: CULTURE OF VIOLENCE: LEBANON SUMMER OF 2006
(A Lecture with Sami Hermez)

Dozens gathered in a lecture hall at DePaul University’s College of Law to hear Sami Hermez discuss the culture of violence in southern Lebanon. Hermez discussed the impact of Israel’s attack on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.

Topic: The situation in Lebanon

I found Steve Huntley’s glorification of Israel’s “restraint” in its war against Lebanon to be both ludicrous and offensive. In his Aug 17th editorial, “[t]he civil war you should worry about,” Huntley contends that Israel should be commended for its practice of restraint, because had it not done so, the streets in Lebanon “would have flowed with blood.” Huntley’s standard for restraint is about as low as Genghis Khan’s.

I am writing to express my consternation over the arguments raised by Mr. Charles Krauthammer in his July 31, 2006 article titled “Judgment on Israel-Hezbollah”.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on Americans of all faiths to collect humanitarian relief supplies for delivery to Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories.

Israeli attacks on Lebanon that have killed hundreds and left thousands homeless literally hit close to home for Imam Mustapha.

As Israeli troops and tanks drove farther into Lebanon on Saturday, at least 1,500 people gathered in Chicago’s Pioneer Court to protest the incursion that they said was unjustified and unfair to Lebanon’s civilian population.

LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators marched through London and hundreds more gathered in Amsterdam and Chicago on Saturday to protest against Israeli attacks in Lebanon and the refusal of the U.S. and British governments to condemn them.