November 2008

Nominated for Best Mideast Blog – Vote for Sabbah!

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2008

I just came to know that once again this year, this blog – Sabbah’s Blog – was nominated for the Fifth Annual Brass Crescent Awards 2008. Polls close Friday, December 19! Last year, our sister Laila El-Haddad (of Raising Yousuf, Unplugged) won the first position and my blog was given a “Honerable mention”. So what [...]

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The Financial Meltdown for Dummies

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2008

Once upon a time a business man goes to a distant village and offers the villagers to buy their donkeys for $10 each, so some sell their donkeys to him. Then he raises the price to $15 per donkey, and more villagers sell their donkeys. The businessman then offers $30 per donkey, so all remaining [...]

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Music: Chinese Democracy

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2008

Guns n’ Roses Album: Chinese Democracy Song: Chinese Democracy (What is Chinese Democracy?) Lyrics can be found here. Dedicated to those fighting oppression (in collaboration with mondediplo.com, btselem.org and un.org/unrwa). [Hat tip: Robin]

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Palestinian Villagers Destroy Wall at Jayyous; Five Internationals Detained

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2008

Written by Corey Balsam for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) On Friday, 21 November, upwards of 500 people-Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals-marched toward the gate of the Wall in the West Bank Palestinian village of Jayyous, and within a few minutes the gate was open and in pieces. The villagers were ecstatic at what had been [...]

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Video: Israel demolish Al-Alami house

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2008

By Hiba al-’Almi, a student My family’s dream was to buy our own house. In 2002, my father bought an apartment from Mr. Majed Abu ‘Isha, who had built an apartment house. My father paid $200,000 for it, investing all his savings. The contractor showed him the building permit he had received. In 2005, we [...]

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Video: Israeli Policeman Head-butts Palestinian Woman

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2008

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem films violence at demonstrations as Israeli police move in to destroy Palestinian homes.

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A whoring, lying state

by Khalid Amayreh November 28, 2008

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine Israel routinely claims to be “civilized, and democratic.” However, in truth, Israel is neither civilized nor democratic. In fact, one can safely claim that Israel is actually a criminal, barbarian and utterly uncivilized state that lives and thrives on murder, theft and mendacity. The following observations are an irrefutable [...]

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Zionism in Leeds University Campus

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2008

Leeds University Union to vote on a motion to referendum which will label anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism and silence pro-Palestinian groups on campus. For immediate release Leeds University Union agreed last week, by a vote of 12 to 11, to send a motion to referendum which will label anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism and silence pro-Palestinian groups on [...]

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama: On Danish Racism

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2008

Danish writer Rune Engelbreth Larsen has teamed up with photographer Jacob Holdt to produce an open letter and YouTube video with an urgent appeal to president-elect Barack Obama concerning the rampant racism and xenophobia in Denmark. Racist sentiment may be common in many countries, but Denmark is one of the only countries where actual demands [...]

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Bush Administration’s legacy to Barack Obama

by Haitham Sabbah November 25, 2008

Bush Administration’s legacy to Barack Obama by Ben Heine

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Held at Einab Junction: Inside Israel’s New Terminals

by SR Editor November 25, 2008

By Anna Baltzer When I first visited the West Bank in 2003, checkpoints were controlled by young Israeli soldiers, nervously clutching their weapons and yelling at Palestinians to stay in line. When I returned in 2005, I found many checkpoints replaced by metal turnstiles into which Palestinians were herded to wait for soldiers to push [...]

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Fireworks Light Up Dubai as Gaza Sleeps in Darkness

by SR Editor November 24, 2008

By Nadia W. Awad Dubai was the center of attention again last week as it spent $20 million on an exorbitantly lavish, all-night party to celebrate the opening of its latest hotel, the Atlantis Palm Jumeirah. Described as the party of the decade, no expense was spared. Two thousand celebrities accepted an all-expenses-paid invitation to [...]

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Gaza: Siege report for the past 20 days

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2008

Popular Committee Against Siege PCAS issues a comprehensives report on the latest of siege outcomes which hit all life aspects. The crisis came up strongly as Israel completely closed crossings, banned food stuff, fuel shipments and all products into Gaza Strip. The recent Israeli hazardous siege tightened 20 days ago is considered as a death [...]

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Sami Jamil Jadallah – Time to Outsource

by Sami Jamil Jadallah November 23, 2008

Sick and Tired of Fatah and Hamas By Sami Jamil Jadallah I do not know about you, but I am very sick and tired of hearing, reading, listening and talking about Fatah and Hamas. I am sick and tired of hearing, reading, listening and talking about Mishaal, Haniyah, Syiam, Abbas, Qurai, Saeb, Abed-Rabu, Azzam, Qadoomi [...]

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Who Will Stop The Settlers?

by Jonathan Cook November 23, 2008

Noise but no action from US over family’s eviction By Jonathan Cook * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The middle-of-the-night eviction last week of an elderly Palestinian couple from their home in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers is a demonstration of Israeli intent towards a future peace deal with the Palestinians. Mohammed [...]

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