March 2008

The Farce goes on

by Khalid Amayreh March 31, 2008

As prospects of true peace in Palestine look as bleak as ever, mainly because of Israeli intransigence and American complicity with the Zionist state, peace-loving people in the Middle East and around the world are once again affronted by yet another disingenuous visit to the region by US Secretary of State. Rice has made numerous [...]

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Petition to Barack Obama on the issue of Palestine

by Haitham Sabbah March 30, 2008

Dear fellow Americans: Please take 2 minutes to kindly sign this petition (http://tinyurl.com/ytefbp) to Barack Obama on the issue of Palestine. Obama, Call for Peace & Justice for Palestine Dear Senator Obama: As Americans who will be voting in this year’s presidential elections, we have welcomed your focus on the need for new thinking about [...]

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Water is not a basic right; latest neocon OUTRAGE!!

by Haitham Sabbah March 30, 2008

ladybroadoak writes: Well, knowing what I know, seeing what I see.. I was not in the least surprised to see this item today. This was the WORST day I have had EVER in posting global headlines – I have the rarest of ideas of what is actually transpiring while people debate US elections. RATCHET UP [...]

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How Muslims Are Treated In USA?

by Haitham Sabbah March 29, 2008

Listen carefully to the results at the nd f the clip. They are scary!

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French freedom of speech: Long live!

by Haitham Sabbah March 26, 2008

French official sacked for anti-Israeli diatribe PARIS (AFP) — A French senior civil servant has been sacked for publishing a violent anti-Israeli diatribe on a web site, the interior ministry said. Bruno Guigue, deputy prefect of the southwestern town of Saintes, wrote in an online column this month that Israel was “the only state where [...]

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Thumbs up for Hamas!

by Haitham Sabbah March 23, 2008

Despite all what the world might think of, Palestinian under occupation (and elsewhere for sure) still believes that Hamas and Haniyeh are in better position than what the trio – Rice, Bush and Olmert – are trying to present as an alternative for Palestinian Democracy to the world, the corrupted Fatah and President Abbas. In [...]

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The heaven’s gift

by Haitham Sabbah March 23, 2008

Read this carefully: Barak considering easing restrictions on Palestinians Ahead of US Secretary of State Rice’s visit to Israel, defense minister weighing series of gestures to PA, including removal of at least one roadblock, VIP route for Palestinian businesspeople… read on! OMG, finally what the Palestinians, Americans and the world was waiting for is coming [...]

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German Jewish group wants to clear YouTube of anti-Semitic videos

by Haitham Sabbah March 22, 2008

And what is there definition of anti-Semitic videos? You can interpret their definition of anti-Semitism as anything that is critical of Israel, critical of Israeli politics, critical of Israeli racism toward Arabs, the separation WALL, Occupation, Israeli killing of Palestinian children, Israeli checkpoints and how the soldiers behave, Palestinian peaceful resistance; Jewish only roads, Rabbis [...]

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Racism turns on itself

by Haitham Sabbah March 22, 2008

(Note: Ashkenazi Jews are those with a European background.) Jewish Rightist: “Finish Hitler’s work, kill Ashkenazi Jews” By Uri Blau, Haaretz Correspondent A right-wing Jewish extremist has been disseminating calls for the assassination of leftists and Ashkenazim on Internet sites in Israel and abroad. One film clip posted on YouTube, for instance, declares: “You are [...]

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Embracing the one-state solution

by Khalid Amayreh March 22, 2008

A Palestinian stands in Jerusalem’s Old City Damascus gate As an arrogant Israel continues to destroy the “two-state solution” through unrelenting settlement expansion in the West Bank, especially East Jerusalem, a growing number of Palestinians, including intellectuals, academics as well as ordinary citizens, are abandoning the goal of “Palestinian statehood”. Their new strategy is the [...]

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The Parade of Shame

by Akram Awad March 22, 2008

Image by Carlos Latuff It takes one a lot of courage to be brave enough (read unashamed) to celebrate a 60 year history of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, occupation, racism and war crimes. And it looks like the main Jewish bodies in the UK have decided to work hand-in-hand, taking their pride in that history to [...]

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UN’s Assessment of Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestine

by Stephen Lendman March 22, 2008

This article discusses the findings in the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on Palestine in-depth. Because the report is from an agency of the 192 member states world body, it’s hoped that source highlights their importance and adds to their credibility. by Stephen Lendman John Dugard is The UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur [...]

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Bush/Rice State Dept. Explains to Palestinian Americans they’re 2nd Class US citizens

by Haitham Sabbah March 20, 2008

US warns Palestinian Americans of delays in Israel State Department says Israeli authorities may question US Palestinians on arrival in Jewish state, require them to obtain PA travel documents. US Arab groups: Bush administration saying in effect that Arab Americans are second-class citizens Israeli authorities may question Palestinian Americans on arrival in Israel and require [...]

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Israeli Jews becoming increasingly racist toward Arabs

by Haitham Sabbah March 20, 2008

Study: Israeli Jews becoming increasingly racist toward Arabs By Avirama Golan, Haaretz Correspondent Israel’s Jewish community increasingly supports the delegitimization, discrimination and even deportation of Arabs, found a report on racism in Israel, set to be released Wednesday. The report, to be presented at a press conference in Nazareth by Mossawa, the Advocacy Center for [...]

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Documentary: In the Spider’s Web

by Haitham Sabbah March 18, 2008

The film (in five parts below) is part of Al-Haq’s campaign to stop collective punishment practiced by Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In the Spider’s Web provides an overview of these punitive measures against the Palestinian civilians. While the film mainly addresses the accounts of two women, it also [...]

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