Stuff I’ve been reading lately:

• Roba lays out some reasons why Arab nations “suck”.
• Scott had a bad week.
• Lebanon Updates has a pretty shocking map of the Israeli bombardments.
• Global Voices pointed me to this collection of photos from Iran.
• I started reading Greg Palast’s new book and so far its pretty good. He needs some money to fund more investigations and everyone who values, well, the planet should give him a few dollars.
• News Hounds has the Israeli consul general in NYC turning the conflict into a holy war between, well, Muslims and everyone else.
• Hasan Nasrallah is kidnapped by Israeli forces. No, the other Hasan Nasrallah. Blogging the Middle East explains.
• Dahr Jamail reports on the oil slick along Lebanon’s coast that Israel created when it bombed a civilian power station.
• ICAHD USA posts some reflections on the ICAHD summer camp program.
• freckle posts photos of a demo in San Francisco calling for an end to the Israeli attacks on Lebanon.