November 2009

An Open Letter to President Obama from Michael Moore

by SR Editor November 30, 2009

Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing [...]

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Will the Church act to save the children of Gaza this Christmas?

by Stuart Littlewood November 30, 2009

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz OPEN LETTER to The Most Rev. and the Rt. Hon. the Archbishop of Canterbury Spiritual leader of the Anglican Church Dear Archbishop, Two years ago, on returning from Gaza and the West Bank, I wrote about the dire conditions and the British government’s complicity in the crippling [...]

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Documentary: Settlers and the Olive Harvest 2009 [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2009

In several events filmed by B’Tselem during October, settlers are seen hampering Palestinians from harvesting olives and stealing their crops. We also hear from the settlers who are involved in these actions. Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfHCqkbv1gU

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Interview: Bilin activist continues to struggle despite injury

by SR Editor November 30, 2009

Jody McIntyre* writing from Bilin, occupied West Bank | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Earlier this year, Khamis Fathi Abu Rahmah, 27, was shot in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister while participating in a nonviolent demonstration against Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank near the village of Bilin. Israeli soldiers used the [...]

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Tweet Digest for 2009-11-29

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2009

Abbas, all that you have done to our Palestinian prisoners is register them in a notebook – http://ow.ly/GQsw 19:50:32 This is the Israel that does not appear in the US press – Spitting in spite | http://ow.ly/GQlJ #israel #racism 19:43:23 IOF troops use force to disperse Bilin peaceful march – http://ow.ly/GQgt #palestine #israel 19:37:49 The [...]

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The Palestinian Prisoners’ Plight

by SR Editor November 29, 2009

By, Bianca Zammit* and Fadi Skaik** | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz There are currently approximately 11,000 Palestinian prisoners being held captive in Israeli jails across Israel. Whilst their imprisonment is of itself in direct contravention of international law, the whole arrest, judiciary and imprisonment process compromises their basic human rights. In Gaza, the families of [...]

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Grant Smith – Israel’s Illegal Settlements in America

by SR Editor November 29, 2009

By Grant Smith* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz US Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell was highly enthusiastic about Israel’s partial, temporary illegal settlement freeze stating “it is more than any Israeli government has done before and can help move toward agreement between the parties.” In fact, Israel has done more. In 2005 Israel [...]

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“…And A Little Child Shall Lead Them”

by Uri Avnery November 29, 2009

By Uri Avnery* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, has an idea. That happens to him quite often. One might almost say – too often. It goes like this: The US will turn its back on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The entire world will follow. Everybody is fed up with [...]

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Turkey’s New Shift

by SR Editor November 29, 2009

By Alastair Crooke* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz While the United States and Europe have been struggling to find a path forward in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Afghanistan and Iran, the strategic ground upon which their assumptions about the region rest has begun to shift dramatically. Most significantly, Turkey has finally shrugged off the straightjacket of [...]

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Barghouti: Shalit’s capture achieved what no dialogue could

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2009

Fatah strongman, expected to win Palestinian election if freed in Shalit deal, declares intention to run. Fatah strongman Marwan Barghouti said in an interview on Wednesday that he intends to run in the next Palestinian presidential election, and remarked that the capture of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit by Gaza militants achieved what no [...]

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PA: UN wants Israel to admit secret prison

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2009

The UN has sent an official request to Israel to admit the existence of secret prison camp 1391, dubbed in the press “Israel’s Guantanamo Bay,” according to the Palestinian Authority minister of prisoners affairs. Minister Issa Qaraqe told a news conference in Ramallah on Saturday that the UN had asked the Israeli government in a [...]

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Tweet Digest for 2009-11-28

by Haitham Sabbah November 29, 2009

What festive cheer will the West bring to the Holy Land this Christmas? | Sabbah Report http://ow.ly/Gp92 12:35:16 52 Words That Shook Washington | Sabbah Report http://ow.ly/GoJR #lebanon #hezbollah #israel 12:05:19 No Way Through [Video] | Sabbah Report http://ow.ly/Gi7G #checkpoints #palestine #israel 23:11:17 Israeli Minister – Livnat: We're in 'the hands of a horrible US [...]

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Stuart Littlewood – What festive cheer will the West bring to the Holy Land this Christmas?

by Stuart Littlewood November 28, 2009

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The UK is now in the grip of festive fever as the nation prepares for the customary annual binge called Christmas. Despite the recession families are being urged to spend, spend, spend on an excess of food and alcohol and extravagant presents. For them there is also [...]

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Franklin Lamb – 52 Words That Shook Washington

by Franklin Lamb November 28, 2009

Lebanon ‘Accepts’ Hezbollah’s Weapons By Franklin Lamb | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “It is the right of the Lebanese people, Army and the (Hezbollah led-ed.) Resistance to liberate the Shebaa Farms, the Kfar Shuba Hills and the northern part of the village of Ghajar as well as to defend Lebanon and its territorial waters in [...]

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No Way Through [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah November 27, 2009

Imagine life for Palestinians behind Israeli checkpoints and the Palestinian experience in a totally different land. No Way Through highlights Israeli checkpoints imposed in the West Bank, that are limiting its habitants access to health care, thus violating a fundamental human right. Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcYcw-uWqzk Take Action to help people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [...]

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