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By: Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Interrogation and Denial: How Israel Keeps Palestinians Down and Out

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:58:28 +0000

[...] experience while crossing the borders from Jordan to Palestine (borders occupied by Israel). She wrote me the following email: Ahlen , first of all, sorry for my English, but i will explain for you what happened today. [...]

By: Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Refugee Number xxxxxx Million

Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Refugee Number xxxxxx Million — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:23:38 +0000

[...] is an update email from Samia (pseudonym) Nadia Hasan. After she was denied entry her homeland, Palestine, she came back to Jordan, spent couple of days at Aqaba, and now she is in [...]

By: dont try to FIX me, I’m not BROKEN! » Blog Archive » Meeting a Palestinian Resistant

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:24:42 +0000

[...] osts about the Palestinian girl Samia (pseudonym): The Refugee Number xxxxxx Million & Palestinian Going Home, then you have to read this post yesterday, I met Samia [...]

By: Sugar Cubes » This Week in Palestinian Blogs: They Bloom Again!

Sugar Cubes » This Week in Palestinian Blogs: They Bloom Again! — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:47:24 +0000

[...] me and spit at me quite any number of times Haitham Sabbah spreads the story of Samia, a Palestinian who was denied entrance to her homeland: This is a true story. Sami [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 17:07:04 +0000

Raymond,
My fiance isn’t a Palestinian. If you were to ask her, she would say she is a 1948 Arab. She is Arab by nationality, and Israeli by citizenship.

By: raymond

raymond — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:04:16 +0000

Please note that I am not condoning the attacks in Ras al Khaimah. But painting Israel as a benign and innocent democracy that keeps getting bullied by its neighbors is far from the truth.

By: raymond

raymond — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 13:09:21 +0000

Dear Shocked,

Must be your poor idea of an April Fool’s Day joke. If you are truly Israeli, you know the truth of the occupation as well as any Palestinian, and are either lying to yourself or simply asserting your Zionist tactics toward the erasure of fact.

Military service is compulsory in Israel for both men and women, after which they are required to do reserve service every year. Every Israeli is therefore militarily trained and combat ready, contributing to the occupation of the Palestinians, not an innocent civilian (on holiday or otherwise) as you so assert.

By: Haitham

Haitham — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:53:06 +0000

Fayrouz,

It is said that we always have such ignorant people who jumps in and present the truth (their truth), believing that everyone reading his/her comment is ignorant alike to believe what s/he said.

Sadly (since you are new to blogging), you will see a lot of such… “shocked” sample :-)

Thanks for the link of Adalah!

By: Fayrouz

Fayrouz — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 09:44:23 +0000

“SHOCKED”,
your reply shows that it is only YOU who doesn’t know what you’re talking about.
i’m Israeli as well, a Palestinian Israeli, and i know that Israel is leading in technology. thanks to the money! this doesn’t make it a fair country.
secondly, there is democracy in Israeli, that much is true. but it is TWISTED. if you disagree, visit Adalah’s website: http://www.adalah.org. and see for yourself some examples of INSTITUTIONALIZED DISCRIMINATION against Palestinians in your democratic country.
it is hard for you to accept “Samia’s” story or other people’s comments on it, for it shows the real face of things.
There are a lot of good people in Israel, but in order to make a change they admit the wrongs and work hard to fix them. do it or SHUT UP!

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Week That Was in Bahrain

Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » The Week That Was in Bahrain — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:54:11 +0000

[...] ch makes the heart bleed in Haitham Sabbah’s report on the horrifying experiences of a Palestinian woman whose only wish in life is to go back home. “I check [...]

By: kimmy

kimmy — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:53:26 +0000

It is sad that the Israelis have so much control.
Families can’t visit families.
Friends can’t visit friends.
Sounds like Germany in the 30′s and early 40′s.
Pretty close to North Korea now.
But they have Bush on their side. And they will keep the Palestinians in check.
The news here in Canada is just as bad. Our government won’t deal with Hamas. Even though they were elected. Hamas is not the government we wanted to see. But they were elected!

By: shocked

shocked — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:18:18 +0000

Man, you guys have no idea what you are talking about.
First of all, there is no such place as Palestine, I do believe you are talking about the country of Israel. Now, I am Israeli, and have nothing against arabs, muslims, or palestinians in general. They are people, regular people. I do not make generalizations about other groups of people and I hope that the same graciousness is shown to me. Thomas and Raymond, you obviously know nothing about Israel, it is a beautiful, developed democracy, a world leader in technology, and the home of a nation of good people. I am not safe visiting Egypt a country with which we have had peace for a very long time now. Israelis going to resorts there on vacation are still targetted. Explain that.

By: Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Refugee Number xxxxxx Million

Sabbah’s Blog » Blog Archive » Refugee Number xxxxxx Million — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:36:36 +0000

[...] n Rights31. March 2006

This is an update email from Samia (pseudonym). After she was rejected to enter her homeland, Palestine, she came back to Jordan, spent couple of [...]

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:40:01 +0000

Our tears are our gift from our creator as a part of our humanity. He gave us our tears as part of our strength and to be shed as our gift back to him. May all of your tears wash your souls and strenghthen you. May your tears go straight to God and may his loving arms surround you and keep you and your loved ones safe. Peace.

By: raymond

raymond — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:44:25 +0000

Joe,
All of the Arab-Israelis are scrutinized, as well as their fiances, wifes, husbands, etc, regardless of nationality. You will come to know the airport procedures all too well. Also, Arab-Israelis are not allowed in the West Bank. The more you come to know of your fiance’s troubles as an Arab-Israeli (I really don’t like the term, they’re Palestinians aren’t they?) the more outraged you will become.