1.0Norman Finkelsteinhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.comAhmad Abdolsahebhttp://www.normanfinkelstein.com/author/ahmadcom/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dFkidaT4LT"><a href="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/my-faithful-friend-salah-lamrani-asked-me-to-post-this-it-is-a-scandal-that-the-speeches-of-hassan-nasrallah-are-banned-on-youtube-whatever-one-thinks-of-his-politics-it-cannot-be-doubted-that-na/">My faithful friend Salah Lamrani asked me to post this. It is a scandal that the speeches of Hassan Nasrallah are banned on youtube. Whatever one thinks of his politics, it cannot be doubted that Nasrallah is among the shrewdest and most serious political observers in the world today. Israeli leaders carefully scrutinize Nasrallah's every word. Why are the rest of us denied this right? One cannot help but wonder whether Nasrallah's speeches are censored because he doesn't fit the stereotype of the degenerate, ignorant, blowhard Arab leader. It appears that Western social media aren't yet ready for an Arab leader of dignified mind and person.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/my-faithful-friend-salah-lamrani-asked-me-to-post-this-it-is-a-scandal-that-the-speeches-of-hassan-nasrallah-are-banned-on-youtube-whatever-one-thinks-of-his-politics-it-cannot-be-doubted-that-na/embed/#?secret=dFkidaT4LT" width="600" height="338" title="“My faithful friend Salah Lamrani asked me to post this. It is a scandal that the speeches of Hassan Nasrallah are banned on youtube. Whatever one thinks of his politics, it cannot be doubted that Nasrallah is among the shrewdest and most serious political observers in the world today. Israeli leaders carefully scrutinize Nasrallah's every word. Why are the rest of us denied this right? One cannot help but wonder whether Nasrallah's speeches are censored because he doesn't fit the stereotype of the degenerate, ignorant, blowhard Arab leader. It appears that Western social media aren't yet ready for an Arab leader of dignified mind and person.” — Norman Finkelstein" data-secret="dFkidaT4LT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script>