Apparently, a Bahraini national has been stripped of his nationality for taking part in an athletic competition in 'Israel' (please see links).
Such things happen in most of the GCC countries since none of them have any diplomatic ties with 'Israel'; or so it would appear. Which is quite sad, since most of these countries secretly take on trade agreements with the Jewish state behind everyone's back, never to announce it, and when all is exposed they break it up over the outcry of their population on how Palestinians are suffering in their occupied lands and how no one is lending a helping hand to them instead.
For instance, you have the Sultanate of Oman who had a trade office in one of the local 5 star hotels a long time back until they closed it down under the excuse of the escalating situation in Palestine along with postponing Muscat Festival back then, too. Saudi Arabia, surprisingly, has one of its members going behind the scenes trying to make things move along for the sake of 'peace in the Middle East'. I don't know about the other GCC countries; but it seems that the state of Qatar is the only country that is open about supporting both the 'Israeli' and Palestine cause by talking very freely about the subject and asking other GCC countries to follow in it's stride.
What is annoying is the fact that the GCC countries bitch about not having any sort of ties with any Jewish establishment or department of state but then again they import all the businesses that have an enormous Jewish shareholding turn-out, like Pepsi, Starbucks, Coca Cola, and even the service based product that we have come to depend on in our daily lives in areas of telecommunications such as the Internet.
All I am trying to say is that I'd like to see us stay on one path and not change it from time to time because of stupid politics in the region or world over. And another thing, the citizen/national/resident shouldn't have to pay for mistakes that the country makes in it's own political matters.
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Links:
- Bahrain athlete loses citizenship
Monday, January 08, 2007
lose the hypocricy
Posted by Sleepless In Muscat at 00:01
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1. return your old template or do something with this one.. '!! plzzzzzzz
2. we knew many of our professors were jews.. there are trades between major companies here and israelean companies based in the states.. the diamond sector is dominated by them..!!
arab's hypocrisy!
The main hypocrisy in Bahrain's action is the fact that it gave an African man its nationality solely so that he can compete and win medals for them. The man's runs. That's what he does. There was a race in Israel, he went and won it. He's not originally a Bahraini. He's not even muslim. What doees he know about the Arab world's Israel Boycott?
It's ridiculous how gulf countries are giving out passports to foreign athletes because they can't produce medal winners of their own.
DoTs...:
I didn't change anything to my blog's template to revert it back to anything. Maybe it's your internet connection or blogger (most likely the latter, because their service has been slow of late).
As for education being provided by Jewish professors and trade happening between local businesses and Jewish establishments, I guess that's another thing that we overlooked and somehow no one gives a damn about because they are so accustomed to the lifestyle that delivers such products and/or services in their daily lifestyle.
Muscati:
Bahrain is not the only GCC member to do such a thing, Qatar has a ton of them. But they expect that since they have given them the passport that they would adhere to the laws of the country that they now reside in.
It really is a shame.
probably because you are using the old blogger ? all what i can see is your webpage with no template at all.. :)
we claim we don't have any relations with Israel when many many times different products are found with the tag of "made in Israel" .. yes they are confisicated or sent back.. but in the first place how did they enter the market if our claims are true.. they are everywhere.. if you read once an article in the uaecommunityblog about Jewish personnel who find the "hospitality in Dubai the most welcoming" (they came for the Diamond Stock exchange )
DoTs...:
That could be one of the reasons, but it's out of my hand because Blogger won't allow me to migrate into the new Blogger system. So, I guess you will have to wait. Sorry :o)
As for the Israeli products that enter the GCC markets secretly, I had read a few articles about such a thing happening in the UAE but it was never exposed in any other GCC country. But I am more than sure that it has happened.
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