September 2007

We Are Moving Rapidly Towards an Abyss

by Haitham Sabbah September 8, 2007

PIEGEL: The US government has described Iran’s new willingness to cooperate as a transparent attempt to distract from its true intentions and from its continued development of the capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon. Is the IAEA too gullible? ElBaradei: I am familiar with these accusations. They are completely untrue. It’s not possible to manipulate [...]

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The biggest sin in life is having ‘Palestinian heritage’

by Haitham Sabbah September 8, 2007

American-Palestinian family was separated by force at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. Steve Yacoub, the children’s father, owns a convenience store in Lakeland. He is a native of Palestine, but has been an American citizen for about 30 years. On Aug. 18, as they tried to return home, Israeli security officials told the [...]

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What! They’re not dead yet?

by Haitham Sabbah September 5, 2007

Last week Fayyed/Abbas outlawed 103 charities to Gaza… If Israel murdered everyone in Gaza, Foxman and the NY Times would explain that it was suicide, or maybe just not even mention it. (Or does anyone really believe Fayyed/Abbas are not well paid puppets?) Well then: They are not dead yet, so Israel is considering cutting [...]

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Rare, but we are hopeful

by Haitham Sabbah September 5, 2007

[Image by Carlos Latuff] I never once put the term “rare” in association with news coming from Occupied Palestine, but hearing good news from there is rare and seldom. Yesterday we came to hear about Bilin victory and the celebration of Bilin villagers in this occasion. For a moment I thought: “what are these guys [...]

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Bilin Victory

by Haitham Sabbah September 5, 2007

[Image by Ben Heine] ISM Media Alerts Victory for the residents of Bil’in village 4th September 2007: Following popular non-violent resistance through joint struggle between Palestinian, Israeli and international activists, a court decision has been made in favor of the petition by Bilin village to change the current route of the Apartheid Wall. The court [...]

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Demagoguery: Abbas revises election laws to favor his own Fatah party

by Haitham Sabbah September 3, 2007

But this is the kind of demagoguery America likes, and Rice so desperately needs… anything to have the “right” party win… The right party is, of course, made up of weak, corrupt politicians… the easier to handle…

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The Sorrows of Occupation

by Haitham Sabbah September 3, 2007

A Dr. & nurse who spent summer working in West Bank talk about their experience.

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British Zionist group cancels Ha’aretz columnist after ‘apartheid’ comment

by Haitham Sabbah September 3, 2007

And I thought someone said they have ‘freedom of speech’, ‘free media’ and its the ‘oasis of democracy’ and, blah blah blah.. The British Zionist Federation canceled a London appearance by Ha’aretz columnist Danny Rubinstein the day after he called Israel an “apartheid state” at a United Nations conference on Palestinians. Story here!

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Hillary Clinton at AIPAC: Bomb Iran

by Haitham Sabbah September 3, 2007

Is she running for ISRAEL’S Presidency?? FYI: 1959 – The US gives Iran a 5-megawatt nuclear reactor which became operational in 1967 Iran signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968 and ratified it in 1970 Israel, a nuclear state, has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. By NOT declaring nuclear capabilities, Israel doesn’t have [...]

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Palestine: A Policy of Deliberate Blindness

by Sophia September 2, 2007

By Régis Debray, Le Monde Diplomatique Foreword from the journal: Last year President Jacques Chirac asked Régis Debray to study the situation in the Middle East. On 15 January 2007 Debray sent the French authorities the following document on Palestine. It is an important key to understanding a long policy drift whose results are now [...]

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