August 2008

What If Israel Had Never Been Created?

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2008

William Hughes “Imagine there’s no countries…Nothing to live or die for…Imagine all the people living life in peace.” – John Lennon Thanks mostly to U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his “susceptibility to Zionist influence,” Israel came into existence in 1948. (1) Humanity, and in particular, the Palestinians, have paid dearly for his decision. The [...]

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“NOT ONLY” in Arabia!

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2008

Woman beat, threatened by ‘modesty squad’ Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed ‘chastity guards’ Aviad Glickman A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the ‘modesty squad’ who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships with men, [...]

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Blocking a Gazan’s path to San Diego

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2008

U.S. Revokes Visas Of Fulbright Scholarship Winners From Gaza based on “Secret Charges” Blocking a Gazan’s path to San Diego By Fidaa Abed August 15, 2008 As a young Palestinian from Gaza, I had been eagerly anticipating the opportunity to study at the University of California San Diego on a Fulbright scholarship. The chance to [...]

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Jaffa pool restricts entry of Arab residents

by Haitham Sabbah August 16, 2008

Omer Ori Jewish and Arab relations in the city of Jaffa have always been tense, and Jewish residents’ committees of some of Jaffa’s neighborhoods have decide to do something about it, at least where the city pool is concerned: They rent out the pool every two weeks – to Jews only. “There was quite a [...]

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Settlers violence

by Haitham Sabbah August 15, 2008

Behind closed doors, police admit ‘turning a blind eye’ to settler violence Not unlike the NYT, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, Buzzflash, Raw Story, der Spiegel Int’l., and other media whose editors and readership condone occupation and violence against CERTAIN people…but are oh, so self righteous when it comes to other “injustices” -and just as blind [...]

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Al Miftah

by Haitham Sabbah August 14, 2008

We know, all you could keep, is an old key, an old rusty key and no door to open with, because the door was left behind. Behind the hills, behind the walls, there was your house, once, now owned by foreigner dwelling in your land, now made a foreign country where foreigners feel at home, [...]

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Iran War Countdown Started?

by Haitham Sabbah August 14, 2008

Biggest ever U.S. naval built-up in the Gulf (Source: Campo Antiimperialista) France and Britain following suit As we write, the arrival of new U.S. warships will mark the largest build-up of Naval forces in the Gulf since the 1991 Gulf War. The aircraft carriers USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan, along with the [...]

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Clean! (As always!)

by Haitham Sabbah August 14, 2008

Israeli Army clears troops in Reuters cameraman’s death Military advocate general closes investigation into death of Gaza cameraman in April, determines conduct of tank crew that mistakenly identified Fadel Shana as gunman was reasonable. The 23-year-old Palestinian employed by the British news agency was killed by tank fire while filming Israeli troops on a heavy [...]

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I’m back!

by Haitham Sabbah August 11, 2008

It was a great long vacation on personal level. OTOH, I’ve missed my blog and my online friends and hoping to be active and corresponding back soon. Being away for more than a month, I have a lot to catchup and do online before I’m actively writing here and posting on my other blogs, but [...]

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