Perhaps we should listen to more of what the "real socialists" have to say.... What do you think?

"Palestinian Authority security officials have detained a meat dealer on suspicion of selling land to Jews, Palestinian media outlets reported Friday.

"'Freedom in the World 2011' was accompanied by a press release, overview essay and regional maps, all of which highlighted the lack of democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, currently a hot topic in the British media in light of events in Tunisia.

World eagerly awaits for S. Sudan to separate from 'Arab Islamic Racist Apartheid' in the north

"Villagers in southern Sudan voted on Sunday for what many saw as their freedom from "slavery" in a referendum forecast to bring independence to their neglected region of central Africa.

"In January, the Western world will welcome a new nation, South Sudan. The Islamic world will not. The coming independence of South Sudan, which holds most of the oil in the country now called Sudan, marks a loss of territory and of wealth for the Islamic world.

Opinion -- From Rantings of a Sandmonkey", a popular Egyptian weblog:

"• Embassy cables show Arab allies want strike against Tehran • Israel prepared to attack alone to avoid its own 9/11 • Iranian bomb risks 'Middle East proliferation, war or both'"

"A vote last week by the United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Committee has LGBT and human rights activists outraged over the decision to remove "sexual orientation" from a resolution that protects people from arbitrary executions.

"Israeli billionaire Stef Wertheimer, who helped start 5 other industrial parks throughout Israel, has just opened a new one in Nazareth.

My roots are nearly 2,600 years old, my ancestors made landmark contributions to world civilization, and my presence was felt from North Africa to the Fertile Crescent -- but I barely exist today. You see, I am a Jew from the Arab world. No, that's not entirely accurate.

"A Jaffa youth choir made up of Jews and Arabs girls isn't just sharing a message of coexistence with audiences throughout Israel, it is also practicing that message."

"As the United States works toward a drawdown of combat forces in Iraq by this August, and a withdrawal of all troops by 2011, military commanders and diplomats are scrambling to make sure that the Iraqi government will be ready to take over.

Ehad Ever is a religious Zionist. In this video he explains his views on Israel, Zionism, race, policies of the current Israeli government (Olmert's Kadima Party), etc.

"When women's rights activist Wajiha Al-Huwaidar flew out of Saudi Arabia last week for a holiday in Italy with her family, she was hoping for a brief respite from what she describes as the 'gender apartheid kingdom.' She wasn't so lucky.

"On March 21, 2010, the Syrian security forces opened fire with live ammunition on a crowd of 5,000 in the northern Syrian town of al-Raqqah. The crowd had gathered to celebrate the Kurdish festival of Nowruz. Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed.

"The two truths that we see from the new Pal/Lebanese rights movement: 1. No Arab country wants them. 2. Their supposed "nationalism" is a fake construct designed to pressure Israel - and keep them from becoming citizens in Arab countries.

Satire.

"Gay Israelis have been serving openly in the military for 17 years, and their country is safer for it. "Viewed from Israel, the continuing witch hunt against gays and lesbians in the U.S. military makes little sense.

"There is a cardiac ward in a hospital in Tel Aviv where children lie on cots as doctors and nurses check charts and adjust advanced medical equipment. It is busy here.

"Saudi law forbids women to socialize with unrelated men or walk in public without a male guardian, other than her husband, father or brother.

Ehad Ever is an Israeli and strong proponent of Zionism. In this video he explains what Zionists believe, and debunks much of the current anti-Israel propaganda.

Another Arab pundit says that the Jews deserved genocide-- Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali justifies the Holocaust.

"Women who fled violence in Sudan's Darfur region are being regularly raped in refugee camps in neighbouring Chad, despite the presence of U.N.-trained forces, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Mona Eltahawy is a well known Egyptian writer and human rights activist.