June 2009

Demonizing Iranian Democracy

by Dr. Elias Akleh June 30, 2009

For the last three weeks the Western media had bombarded us with what they called the Iranian stolen election. They allege that the election was fraudulent and that the masses went into the streets of Tehran protesting the results and demanding new election. The Iranian government is described as fascist and oppressive and is responsible [...]

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Israeli ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children – a report

by Haitham Sabbah June 27, 2009

DCI-Palestine* released a report which documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force – Palestinian Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalized ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities. The release of the report came just days after an article was published in [...]

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Video: Two years under siege

by Haitham Sabbah June 24, 2009

Two years after the outbreak of the war in Nahr Al-Bared, the camp’s fate remains unclear. the reconstruction of the official camp might start soon, but the army keeps its tight grip on the camp. Several checkpoints, barbed wire and military posts cut Nahr Al-Bared off from its surroundings. Nahr Al-Bared camp used to be [...]

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The necessity of cultural boycott

by SR Editor June 24, 2009

By Ilan Pappe * If there is anything new in the never-ending sad story of Palestine it is the clear shift in public opinion in the UK. I remember coming to these isles in 1980 when supporting the Palestinian cause was confined to the left and in it to a very particular section and ideological [...]

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Video: Palestinian homes on sale to ‘private buyers’

by Haitham Sabbah June 23, 2009

Ever ask what happen to the homes of those that become refugees in 1948? This 3 minute clip from Al Jazeera English sums up the latest Israeli actions to make sure the “right of return” becomes just as unfeasible as they have made a true 2-state solution.

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Bikini-clad activists crash ‘Tel Aviv Beach’ party at Central Park

by Haitham Sabbah June 23, 2009

On the sands of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism’s Tel Aviv Beach in Central Park last Sunday, bikini-clad activists from the women’s group CODEPINK covered themselves in mud to expose the truth behind the event: as a tool to clean up Israel’s reputation in light of its dirty policies toward Palestine, including West Bank settlements, [...]

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Loyalty to racism

by SR Editor June 23, 2009

Israel’s attempt to legislate loyalty to the Jewish state is proof of the failure of the Zionist/colonial project of Israelification. by Azmi Bishara What is behind the latest wave of legislative proposals flooding the Knesset agenda? I refer specifically to those intended to curb manifestations of Palestinian patriotism and to restrict the political activity of [...]

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The language that absolves Israel

by SR Editor June 23, 2009

A special political vocabulary prevents us from being able to recognize what’s going on in the Middle East. By Saree Makdisi On Sunday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech that — by categorically ruling out the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state — ought to have been seen as a mortal blow [...]

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Video: Lift the closure – give life a chance

by Haitham Sabbah June 22, 2009

To mark two years of the closure Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip, a new online film was released last Thursday by eight human rights organizations in Israel.

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Gaza Bonanza

by SR Editor June 21, 2009

[Sabbah's Blog note: For simplicity, read COGAT = OCCUPATION ADMINISTRATORS. For your info, these are administrators in military uniform.] By Yotam Feldman and Uri Blau Every week, about 10 officers from the Israel Defense Force’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit convene in the white Templer building in the Kirya, the Defense [...]

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Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided

by SR Editor June 21, 2009

By DANIEL J. WAKIN WISPS of mournful tunes from a cane flute mingled with the plucking, jangling arabesques of the zitherlike qanun, the oud and gentle drums. The sounds arose from a quartet of Arab musicians who call themselves the Oriental Music Ensemble as they shared a precious moment of togetherness in the Miller Theater [...]

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Video: Israel Torturing Palestinian Civilian

by Haitham Sabbah June 20, 2009

Haaretz – Border Policemen have filmed themselves abusing and humiliating Palestinians in videos they have posted on YouTube over the past year. In one clip uploaded to the video sharing website an Arab youth is shown in arid terrain, slapping himself, while a voice is heard instructing him to say “I love you, Border Police,” [...]

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Nahr al-Bared’s forgotten Prime Areas

by SR Editor June 19, 2009

The three-month-long war between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon ended on 2 September 2007. While the Lebanese army has allowed displaced residents to return to some parts of the camp, the fate of other parts of the camp still under the army’s [...]

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Photo of the day

by Haitham Sabbah June 19, 2009

[Source: Anon]

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Netanyahu Speaks with Twisted Tongue

by Dr. Elias Akleh June 17, 2009

By Dr. Elias Akleh* In his foreign policy speech, Sunday 6/14 at the religiously extremist Bar Ilan University, the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu did not only put the cart of peace in front of the horse, but he also loaded that cart with tons of heavy rocks. The Palestinian senior negotiator, Saeb Erekat, explained “The [...]

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