Schindler's List is a US movie produced in 1993 and directed by Steven Spielberg. It is a dramatized account of the true story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of 1,100 Polish Jews during the World War II Holocaust. I think that Filkka Israel report, which includes the names of Arab writers and journalists who receive salaries from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, is like Schindler's List. Due to his bad luck, play writer Ali Salem found his name two times in the Israeli report. Therefore, he is supposed to take two salaries, one for his writings in Asharq Al-Awsat and another for his articles in Rose el-Youssef!
Salem will be stunned, like us, not because he has found his name in the list, but because he has found it twice. This means that he is a double agent. It is right that Salem is used to such accusations, but he will be angry because he will be accused of treason twice! The Israeli list also includes five other Egyptian writers topped by Ma'moun Findi, who writes for Asharq Al-Awsat daily. The Israeli Foreign Ministry, though, seems to have forgotten that Findi writes an article a week for Al-Masry Al-Youm. Shouldn't it give him another salary?
The list also includes Anis Mansour for his articles in Al-Ahram and Asharq Al-Awsat. I do not know who wrote this list of agents! Mansour should take two salaries, like Salem, as his articles for Asharq Al-Awsat are more important that those for Al-Ahram. The Israeli Foreign Ministry's list includes Egyptian October magazine's translator Hussein Serag of the and Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief Hazem Abdel Rahman. Strangely enough, it also includes Akhbar Al-Youm's Tareq al-Hagi. I think there is a gross mistake in the list, as al-Hagi does not write for Akhbar al-Youm and he is classified as a patriotic! In addition to the five Egyptian writhers, the list mentions a large number of Arab writers: four and six from Kuwaiti dailies Al-Watan and Al-Seyassah respectively, seven from Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat, four from Eilaf Website, two from Jordanian daily Al-Rai and one from UAE Al-Ittihad.
Filkka Israel blog is run by Elie Bin Symon, who says it is affiliated to the Israeli Foreign Ministry's website: www.altawasu%20l.com/MFAAR. She points out that the list will remain a partial one till it is confirmed that the salaries are transferred through an intermediary bank. The list's regulation dates back to Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
Filkka Israel's list is similar to Schindler's List, but Filkka Israel exposes those writers to anger and accusations of being traitors. It is strange that the Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has commented on this list. If those names were Livni's agents, she would not announce their names. However, the question now is: why haven't these writers commented on this dirty list that tarnishes their patriotic image? Are they waiting for Schindler to save them from the Gaza holocaust?
