Israeli army 'blockaded' from Facebooking or Tweeting home

IDF soldiers are banned from FB, and all Social Media sites- where's the fun in that for a soldier away from home, and with some down-time- to- kill (rather than other human targets). Once upon a time, a
soldier's only recourse to communication with the outside world was (if lucky) letter, telegrams, pigeon post. Now they have (or don't have) Facebook and Twitter.

"The “Israeli” army is banning its soldiers from using social media and networking sites such as Twitter and facebook for what it calls fears on national security leaks."

"We are nearly four months into the crisis in Syria and neither the opposition nor the Syrian leadership has articulated anything that resembles an economic policy to address the country’s challenges. And this, despite the central importance of economic factors in igniting the Arab revolts.."

"3rd culture kids" must be even more confused than regular second-culture types! So a Lebanese kid moved from the UK to live in Tanzania?

"So, a friend loaned me a back issue of JO magazine and I came across a very interesting article. It talks about Third Culture Kids. These are kids who grow up outside of Mom and Dad’s culture, but not exactly within the culture where they are living either. Imagine Mom and Dad move from the US to Africa for work."

"...When the Knesset itself says it does not recognize the difference between any effort to boycott Israel and those that target the settlements, it invites the rest of the world to see things in the same light."

"So there’s this Lebanese guy who doesn’t live in Lebanon.

He comes to Lebanon for the summer and for the holidays.

You agree to go out on a date with him “as friends” cause you don’t wanna get attached and have the long distance dilemma.

Well, what do you know? You do like him! But you don’t kiss. You don’t have sex. And… he travels."

Whose line, or question to answer, is it anyway?

"Don't you find it hilarious that Western media (and Saudi and Qatari Arab media) basically ask US officials whether Bashshar has lost his legitimacy. "