It’s here. It’s long. It’s from the US taxpayer-funded ‘Open Source Center’.
I have just skimmed it but haven’t had time yet to give it anything like a close read.
Though the OSC doesn’t tell you this, the interviewer was Talal Salman, who is I believe the Managing Editor of As-Safir.
We can discuss it here. If you want to either suggest corrections for a portion of the translation or to comment on a portion of the text, please give the first few words of the para you’re refrring to so we can find it easily. Thanks!
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Thanks so much for that link! That is a fascinating interview. What a treat.
Hasan Nasrallah seems to be doing very well in several polls. Here are some links:
1— http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=75294
“On the performance of politicians during the recent war, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and the Future Movement’s Saad Hariri had the dubious distinction of winning the highest marks (57.3 percent, 56 percent and 43 percent respectively) for the “worst/weakest” performance. Nasrallah (79 percent), Berri (71 percent) and Aoun (58 percent) registered the top three highest scores for a “good/great” performance during the war.” (AFP adds “Prime Minister Fuad Siniora came in fourth with only 49.1 percent”). There is more information on this poll at http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/09/lebanese-public-opinion-based-on.html
2— http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR2006082200978.html
“According to the preliminary results of a recent public opinion survey of 1,700 Egyptians by the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center, Hezbollah’s action garnered 75 percent approval, and Nasrallah led a list of 30 regional public figures ranked by perceived importance. He appears on 82 percent of responses, followed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (73 percent), Khaled Meshal of Hamas (60 percent), Osama bin Laden (52 percent) and Mohammed Mahdi Akef of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (45 percent). None of the current heads of Arab states made the list of the 10 most popular public figures.”
3— http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3299073,00.html
“A new study by Dr. Uri Lebel of the Ben Gurion Institute, Beer Sheva University, has found that another problem requires urgent treatment: Israeli PR. During the poll, entitled “the management of Israeli PR during the second Lebanon war,” members of six groups were asked to watch video recordings of Israeli PR in Israel and abroad, and to answer questions. The result of his latest poll show that Israeli PR was so lacking, that in my cases the public was forced to rely on the reports of Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Lebel says a good media leader relies on three points – gripping the audience, being watchable, and giving the feeling of certainty. The participants of the poll were asked who gave them a sense of certainty regarding the continuance of the war, and who was most authentic. The results were unequivocal: The Israeli public chose Nasrallah’s speeches as giving it both.”