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Archive for September, 2006

Cuba: Non-Aligned diplomats work to counter US heft

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Exhausted? Fainted? Day dreaming? Crying? Whatever…

NAM diplomats hammer out policy to counter America!?

Are you Extremist or Moderate?

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Defining Today’s Moderate Muslim: You are “Extremist” if you support Palestine and/or anti-Zionists and/or don’t dissent Islam. Not only that, read this LA Times article… [Hat tip: Robin]

Wow!!! Does this article speak out of both sides of its mouth?

Well, I think you guessed it. This article sounds like the litmus test is for defining a [...]

Pro-Israeli Editors Seek to Influence Al-Jazeera International English Satellite TV

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Khalid Amayreh writes about Zionist influence at Al-Jazeera International and Al-Jazeera/English.net; in other words “Killing the Palestinians and then Killing the Story” (Anne Selden Annab).

September 15, 2006

By Khalid Amayreh

When the Qatar-based pan-Arab Al-Jazeera Satellite Television announced two years ago plans to launch Al-Jazeera International (AJI ), many people around the world hoped the new satellite [...]

People and the Land: The Documentary Israel Tried to Block

Saturday, September 16th, 2006

“People and the Land” (PDF file) by Tom Hayes; a 24 page article about how hard this film was to make, how Israel sought to make it illegal doing all they could to prevent the film.

It was made in 1997, but the occupation is always the same. The story alone if you take [...]

Sabra and Shatila: The unforgettable, unforgivable, Israeli massacre against Palestinians - 1982

Friday, September 15th, 2006

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There’s another significant anniversary this week, but not one that’s attracted the sort of attention the 11 September commemorations have.

On the morning of Saturday, September 18th, 1982, reporters entering the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila near Beirut, Lebanon, were met with a ghastly [...]

What a stand, Mr. President!

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

I was surprised to see these photos floating around news desktops. Well, I was not surprised really because this is the PRESIDENT!!!

How stupid it is to have the U.S. National Flag on a DOORMATE is one thing, and how stupid it is to forget that this President is stupid enough to step on his flag.

Maybe [...]

Top 25 stories ignored by media

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Each year, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 socially significant news stories of social significance said to have been missed, underreported or self-censored by mainstream press in the US. Here are some of this year’s picks:

#01 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
#02 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
#03 US Operatives [...]

Tony Blair you make me ashamed to be British!

Monday, September 11th, 2006

A British protester who gave her name as ‘Kirsty’ makes a stand-up protest against UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, wearing a shirt with the words “Tony Blair, you make me ashamed to be British”, during his press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (unseen) after their meeting September 10, 2006 in the West Bank city [...]

Life in Palestine!

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Update: As usual, YouTube removed the origional clip I posted (three parts) below. Anyway, I found this (five parts) while searching YouTube again:

To see all parts, check the archive of this user:
http://www.youtube.com/user/immonly
or download a full copy from here:
http://www.aswatalislam.net/search.aspx?strSearch=Life+in+Palestine

Childs, adult and elders, no one is spared, but the uncensored cameramen was there.

In this three parts documentary, [...]

Call For an Immediate end to Israel’s Discriminatory Visa-freeze Policy

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Credit: Maureen Clare Murphy

[Via: palsolidarity.org]
More than 70 journalists, activists, and members of the diplomatic corps met on September 6th at the Ambassador Hotel in Jerusalem for a press conference regarding the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry to the occupied Palestinian territory.
The event was organized in conjunction with the Israeli-Palestine Center for Research and Information [...]