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Archive for January, 2005

Vote for Homeless Families in Gaza, Vote for Rachel Corrie

Friday, January 28th, 2005

The Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza has been nominated for a GlobalGiving.com competition. Through January 27th, at www.globalgiving.com, people throughout the world can vote online and rate the entries they deem best.

The Gaza project is one of only two in the Human Rights category. 15 semifinalists chosen through open ratings will present their [...]

Kuwaiti ’slit daughter’s throat’

Friday, January 28th, 2005

A Kuwaiti man has reportedly confessed to killing his 14-year-old daughter because he believed she was having sex.

Adnan Enezi - an employee in the Islamic Affairs ministry - had just returned from the pilgrimage to Mecca.

He allegedly bound and blindfolded his daughter, Haifa, knelt her down in front of her two brothers and [...]

PalestineBlogs.com

Thursday, January 27th, 2005

It’s our delighted to announce the launch of PalestineBlogs.com. Echoing the sentiments of Pro-Palestine and Anti-Zionist.

The new blog will provides users with a comprehensive overview of Palestine current and previous issues; news clippings; reblog news; debate forum (forum currently under construction) and a lot more.

Invitations will be sent soon to some pro-Palestine bloggers [...]

Iraq Oil-For-Food Millions!

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Soon, we I will be rolling in mad cash, thanks no less to Al-Hakim Tariq and his unscrupulous cronies! What am I talking about? Well, check out this amazing email I got this morning (and no, this is NOT a joke or a parody):

Dear

I got your email address from the internet and please do
not [...]

Israel Funding Terrorism

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Why would Israel provide covert support for Islamic fundamentalist extremists? The answer to this provocative question points toward a dirty little secret that the major media in America is keeping under wraps.

There is a solid record of evidence pointing to ward a longtime—albeit little-known—role by Israel’s intelligence service, the Mossad, in [...]

Pro-Palestine Label

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

Consider what’s required to wear the label: Pro-Peace, Pro-Israel.

To start, you have to appear non-judgmental about innocent Israeli settlers and the IDF being raised to become human butchers.

You must refer to those who send such butchers on mass murder missions as “political leaders” or, even better, as “spiritual leaders”. Call them “defense force” if you [...]

Breaking Bones in Gaza

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

Ran HaCohen has one of his infrequent but always worth waiting for articles on the main page of Antiwar.com. Much discussion is ongoing as we watch the spectacle of Israel’s Sharon struggling to cope with the loss of his favorite scapegoat. (See peacepalestine hereM and the Head Heeb here.) Ran HaCohen:

So expect a large-scale operation [...]

Seizing Arab Oil!

Monday, January 24th, 2005

All the info that follows is just a google search away:

Harper’s article: Seizing Arab Oil, by a guy writing under the pseudonym Miles Ignotus (Latin for ‘unknown soldier’). I read it with interest, never having heard of the article or the guy before — apologies if all of this is old news for people savvy [...]

Germans Sick of Being Reminded

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Sixty years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, a new poll released by the University of Bielefeld shows that 62% of Germans are sick of being reminded about the Holocaust.

And an even larger majority say that Israel is “waging a war of extermination” against the Palestinians.

Some 62% of the 3,000 people questioned by [...]

Rain Flood Mecca

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

While tens of thousands of drenched Muslim pilgrims welcomed the deluge Saturday as an act of God while they circled Kaaba shrine in this holy city’s Grand Mosque, the final rite in the annual hajj pilgrimage.

The seen on tv reminded me of above photo, which was taken in 1941 and it shows that the water [...]