September 2008

In defense of Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi

by Khalid Amayreh September 30, 2008

Earlier this month, a semi-official Iranian news agency lashed out at Dr. Yousuf al Qaradawi, widely considered one of the most eminent living Muslim religious scholars. The agency, called Muhr, castigated the great Alim, or religious scholar, for an interview he had given to an Egyptian newspaper in which he warned against organized efforts by [...]

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Israel: Breeding Ground for Jewish Settler Terrorism

by Jonathan Cook September 30, 2008

By Jonathan Cook * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The words “Jewish” and “terrorist” are not easily uttered together by Israelis. But just occasionally, such as last week when one of the country’s leading intellectuals was injured by a pipe bomb placed at the front door of his home, they find themselves with little choice. [...]

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Muslim Kids Gassed at Dayton Mosque After Obsession DVD

by Haitham Sabbah September 30, 2008

by Chris Rodda On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West — the fear-mongering, anti-Muslim documentary being distributed by the millions in swing states via DVDs inserted in major newspapers and through the U.S. mail — were distributed by mail in [...]

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Links: Daily Roundup

by Haitham Sabbah September 28, 2008

lifestreams – your life live lifestrea.ms – life is just another feed Handy Designer’s Tools “On The Fly” Noupe is a design weblog created to inspire creativity by sharing innovative resources and websites to bloggers, freelancers and web designers. Site-Perf.com – Know all about your site performance Website performance analyzing tool. This online tool emulates [...]

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Words I use on “Sabbah”

by Haitham Sabbah September 28, 2008

[Click image to enlarge] Here’s a heat/size map of this blog, courtesy of Wordle. My favourites: Palestinian and Peace, not Israel. Looking forward to “Peace”. Meanwhile, for “Occupation” to end with the end of “Israel”, figuratively speaking. Or actually, not figuratively speaking!

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Israeli settlers offering $ for murder of Jewish Peace Now members via flyers

by Haitham Sabbah September 26, 2008

These are, what we today call TERRORISTS… let’s call them by the name they deserve: Israeli terrorists! A pipe bomb that exploded late on Wednesday night outside the Jerusalem home of Zeev Sternhell, a Hebrew University professor, left him lightly wounded and created only a minor stir in a nation that routinely experiences violence on [...]

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Israel and Palestine Can Still Achieve Peace

by Haitham Sabbah September 23, 2008

By MAHMOUD ABBAS – President of the Palestinian National Authority SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 This month marks 15 painful years since the Arafat-Rabin handshake on the White House lawn. Palestinian children who started school when the Oslo Agreement was signed in 1993 are now young adults. They have not known a day of true freedom or [...]

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McCain: Withdraw Troops Now

by Haitham Sabbah September 23, 2008

Two videos you haven’t seen on FOX News or the MSM. THE QUESTION IS WHY?! 1. Video tapes/clips of McCain – Demanding Immediate and Unconditional Withdrawal of American Troops from Somalia! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TFKXHiefs 2. Video tapes/clips of McCain – Demanding Immediate and Unconditional Withdrawal of American Troops from Haiti! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=palbo-ilalU What a hypocrite!

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Education vs. Occupation: The school they didn’t want us to build

by Haitham Sabbah September 21, 2008

Brighton Tubas Friendship And Solidarity Group Press Release Fasayil School – A Jordan Valley Success Story In Summer 2007 a small group of activists from Brighton began talking to villagers in Fasayil, a small village in the Israeli occupied Jordan Valley. The villagers said that many of their children could not go to school because [...]

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Palestinian woman beaten to death by Israel terrorist

by Haitham Sabbah September 21, 2008

A Palestinian woman in her 60s was beaten to death during a raid by the Israeli terrorist army near Occupied Jerusalem. The director of the clinic where Mariam Ayyad was taken says she arrived dead, with a broken skull and possible internal bleeding. Relatives say the woman tried to block Israeli terrorist as they stormed [...]

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Less taxes and more war… yeah!

by Haitham Sabbah September 18, 2008

Check out this laugh… Sadly, this is not a joke, but real.

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Corrupt analogy: exposing israel’s attempts to equate the Palestinian refugee plight with Jewish immigrants from the Arab world

by Khalid Amayreh September 16, 2008

“The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Israel was not an unintended consequence, or fortuitous occurrence, or even a ‘miracle’, as Israel’s first president Chaim Weizmann later proclaimed; it was the result of long and meticulous planning,” Ilan Pappe, Professor of Political Science at Haifa University, in his book ‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine’. This week, [...]

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Sabra-Shatila: The unforgettable, unforgivable, massacre of Palestinians by Israel – 1982

by Haitham Sabbah September 16, 2008

From my two years old post: 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 sight. Piles of [...]

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Sabra-Shatila Foundation: XO Laptops to the children of Palestinian camps

by Haitham Sabbah September 16, 2008

Donations to Support Our XO Laptop Program are Greatly Appreciated Note: The Sabra Shatila Foundation is funding the purchase and shipment of as many XO laptops as possible from the MIT One Laptop Per Child program. These unique self-powered, wind-up, internet-ready laptops cost approximately $180 per unit to manufacture, but they are offered in lots [...]

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Scottish Activist Films Israeli Navy Shooting at Gaza Fishermen

by Haitham Sabbah September 16, 2008

Embed code avaliable here! Also can be download from here! Scottish activist films Israeli navy shooting at Gaza fishermen A SCOTTISH human rights activist has filmed the Israeli navy firing machine guns at unarmed Palestinian fishing boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The footage, taken on September 6 by [...]

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