Dear friends,

First, to my Jewish friends, Shana Tova, and to my Muslim friends, Ramadan Mubarak.

It is rather unique that these two events started on the same day this year. So let us hope this is a sign for better days ahead, albeit the world has nearly forgotten how Ramadan would reflect on [...]

This is a documentation by ISM (www.palsolidarity.org/…/)

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More clips from the same incident here, here, here and here.

(If someone got a link to the full speech - translated into English - I would appreciate it)

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If you missed the show, you must read the speech of this brave man called Chavez.

For the records (and to draw a smile on your face tonight), here it is:

Address to the United Nations, 20th September, 2006

Rise Up [...]

To elaborate on ‘one palestine’s’ comment, here is a documentary (Hat tip: Robin) that views history through the lens of the Palestinians, even though they are the people whose history and daily reality lie at the heart of events in the region. TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND is an old documentary, but still valid today [...]

Israeli army attacks Palestinian Banks and steals millions

State robbery?

Did they reach this stage? Oh Israel…

The Israeli army invaded several cities in the West Bank and broke into money changers’ shops and banks, confiscating some 1.5 million USD, on Wednesday morning. The seizure of cash comes after months of siege by the Israeli authorities, who [...]

wired.com has an interesting article titled “One Million Ways to Die”, in which Ryan talks about the billions spent by the U.S. government since 9/11 on anti-terrorism projects. The U.S. Admin also instituted a color-coded alert system that has never been green!

But then he asks: how likely are you, statistically speaking, to die from a [...]

Here is a sample of the “LOVE” letters I receive almost daily from insightful ZIONISTS!

From: bpetrohan [bpetrohan @bellsouth.net]
To: [haitham .sabbah @ gmail.com]
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 6:28:20 PM
Subject: Nasty

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Palestinians are the scum of the earth.You proved the very point of what the popes predecessor said was true.You acted like a bunch of [...]

A Muslim Scholar living in West Bank has called on the Palestinians and Muslims around the world to kill all Israelis and Jewish males more than 13 years old in a bid to end Israelis and Jewish presence on this earth…

You know the rest of the story…#&!

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Him: See? I told you… all Palestinians and Muslims [...]

Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearances in the “War on Terror”

El Masri is NOT the same German person who was released from Gitmo recently…. he is a German citizen who was kidnapped in Europe and brought to a secret prison, months later dropped off in a forest somewhere: they had made a mistake in identity…..[Hat [...]

This is the best book review I have ever read about “The Lemon Tree”. And since I feel guilty of not posting my review for the same book which I received from Sandy Tolan (the author) few months ago; I can’t be thankful enough to Tolan for such a great book but to recommend reading [...]