October 2009

Upping the ante at Al-Aqsa

by Khalid Amayreh October 31, 2009

Despite Arab government denials, Muslim officials on the ground confirm Jewish extremists are escalating plans to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque By Khaled Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem * Government-backed Jewish religious extremists have stepped up their efforts to seize a foothold at Al-Aqsa Mosque esplanade in East Jerusalem, ostensibly in order to erect there a Jewish temple. [...]

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Humanity Targeted in Gaza

by Yousef Munayyer October 31, 2009

By Yousef Munayyer * There was a time, not so long ago in fact, when opposing armies would line up across from each other with nothing but green fields between them and take turns exchanging fire. While these tactics were very efficient at killing soldiers on both sides, civilians were rarely ever hurt. Somewhere along [...]

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Daily Tweet Digest for 2009-10-30

by Haitham Sabbah October 31, 2009

RT @TechCrunch Her Majesty Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of #Jordan, will be on stage at Le Web 2009 http://bit.ly/i00xl 20:31:14 #Obama selection of Chuck #Hagel as #Intelligence #Advisor made #Israel NOT happy – http://ow.ly/xHaN 20:23:32 The new '#Obama advisor': Senator Chuck #Hagel – http://ow.ly/xH1j #Palestine #Israel #News 20:12:16 #Israel's #European #Lobby | Sabbah Report http://bit.ly/3OouZv [...]

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Palestine: Elections Doomed to Fail Under Division

by Khalid Amayreh October 31, 2009

Futility Much Anticipated With Israel’s Occupation By Khalid Amayreh * In a measure that has already vexed the internal Palestinian political arena, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmud Abbas has called for “presidential and legislative elections” to be held in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank, East Al-Quds and the Gaza Strip on January 24, [...]

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It is not easy being racist

by Mazin Qumsiyeh October 30, 2009

By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh * It is not easy to remain a racist oppressor and it is getting harder to keep deflecting the critics by asking them to focus on nonexistent threats (like Iran). The Human Rights Council accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza and the Israeli government panics and deals with it as [...]

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Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show with Jon Stewart

by Haitham Sabbah October 30, 2009

Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti advocate a non-violent approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this complete, unedited interview. Part 1: Video link: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-28-2009/exclusive—anna-baltzer—mustafa-barghouti-extended-interview-pt–1

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Mohamed Khodr – America’s Media? A Colonial Force for Israel’s Infallibility

by Mohamed Khodr October 30, 2009

By Mohamed Khodr * Zimbabwe expels U.N. rights investigator (Washington Post, October 29, 2009) Zimbabwe Deports U.N. Investigator (New York Times, October 29, 2009) Zimbabwe Deports U.N. Investigator (Wall Street Journal, October 29, 2009) BUT: This headline is Absent. Israel denied entry to Richard Falk, UN Human Rights special rapporteur and deported him from Ben [...]

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Israel’s European Lobby

by Maidhc Ó Cathail October 30, 2009

By Maidhc Ó Cathail | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In their 2006 article “The Israel Lobby,” John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt famously assert, “Other special-interest groups have managed to skew foreign policy, but no lobby has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, while simultaneously convincing Americans that US [...]

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LSE Students Disrupt Israeli Foreign Minister Lecture

by SR Editor October 30, 2009

A few weeks ago, Ehud Barak was given diplomatic immunity ‘in emergency’ in order to avoid arrest in the UK. Ehud Olmert in turn was heckled and booed by his audience in Chicago and a few hours later by another audience in San Fransisco, where criminal accusations were thrown at him in addition to calls [...]

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The Nicest and Meanest People

by Mazin Qumsiyeh October 30, 2009

By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh * We see and meet the nicest people but we also see and meet the meanest people in Palestine. Every day here is an experience in extremes. We contrast an activist for peace in her 20s who speaks many languages with a settler who (joined by other settlers) attacks people picking [...]

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Goldstone Report Copy

by Haitham Sabbah October 30, 2009

Human Rights Council’s Goldstone Commission findings on Cast Lead, Israel’s war of aggression against Gaza Here are links to the official copy of Richard Goldstone report in different languages: Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (PDF) Executive summary: English – French – Russian – Spanish – Arabic – Chinese [...]

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Daily Tweet Digest for 2009-10-27

by Haitham Sabbah October 28, 2009

#Amnesty International: #Israel rations #Palestinians to trickle of water (NEW REPORT) | Sabbah Report – http://ow.ly/wN9b 13:34:59 #Palestinian Election; Weapon Against the People | Sabbah Report http://ow.ly/wN4R 13:21:42 Nuke Gaza | Sabbah Report http://ow.ly/wMYV 13:04:08 #UN #Goldstone Report #Testimonies on #Israel War Crimes in #Gaza [Video] – http://ow.ly/wH8A 23:57:56 #Israel rules out questioning troops about [...]

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Amnesty International: Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water (NEW REPORT)

by Haitham Sabbah October 27, 2009

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there. “Israel allows the Palestinians access [...]

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Palestinian Election; Weapon Against the People

by Dr. Elias Akleh October 27, 2009

By Dr. Elias Akleh * Election is a political tool that helps people to democratically elect their political representatives. Like any tool the benefits of election are determined by its use. Lately election has been employed to oppress people rather than serving them. Palestinian election is such a clear example. We have seen elections being [...]

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Jeff Gates – Nuke Gaza

by Jeff Gates October 27, 2009

By Jeff Gates * Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more. Israel’s “legitimacy” will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now called into question in light of the consistency of Israeli behavior over the past six decades. The emerging issues [...]

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