September 2010

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Imperial Israel

by Stephen Lendman September 30, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In his book “Against Empire,” Michael Parenti defines imperialism as “the process whereby the dominant politico-economic interests of one nation expropriate for their own enrichment the land, labor, raw materials, and markets of another people.” In a September 21 article, titled “What Do Empires Do?” he says [...]

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The Settlement Freeze and the Peace Process Freeze [video]

by Nadia Hijab September 30, 2010

With Michele Dunne, Nadia Hijab and Daniel Levy. On or about Sept. 26 the Israeli government’s declared settlement moratorium came to an end. This has been identified as a major obstacle in the nascent peace talks. The moratorium has been incomplete and settlement construction has continued in many areas despite the so-called “freeze.” As settlers [...]

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Peace might upend wealth of Israelis

by Jonathan Cook September 28, 2010

With the resumption of settlement construction in the West Bank yesterday, Israel’s powerful settler movement hopes that it has scuttled peace talks with the Palestinians, too. It would be misleading, however, to assume that the major obstacle to the success of talks is the right-wing political ideology the settler movement represents. Equally important are deeply [...]

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UN Fact-Finding Mission Says Israelis “Executed” US Citizen Furkan Dogan

by SR Editor September 28, 2010

By Gareth Porter* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The report of the fact-finding mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Israeli attack on the Gaza flotilla released last week shows conclusively, for the first time, that US citizen Furkan Dogan and five Turkish citizens were murdered [...]

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Reaping terror’s reward

by Stuart Littlewood September 28, 2010

Get in there first – that’s the secret If it wasn’t for the “war on terror” America and Israel wouldn’t be enjoying such military fun and games and reaping such fat rewards. Whole new industries are flourishing thanks to the considerable effort they’ve devoted to sowing the seeds of terror. The Institute of Terrorism Research [...]

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Obama’s Inner Eisenhower

by Jeff Gates September 28, 2010

By Jeff Gates* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Is Barack Obama waking up to the agenda of those who produced his political career? Was his “Inner Eisenhower” on display last week in his televised speech to the U.N. General Assembly? Did listeners detect a distraught commander-in-chief seeking to bypass Congress and appeal directly to the [...]

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Desmond Tutu: We Must Boycott and Isolate Israeli Universities

by SR Editor September 26, 2010

The University of Johannesburg’s Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that university’s active support for and involvement in the Israeli military. Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the move. He explains why. By Archbishop Desmond Tutu | Sabbah [...]

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Eight American Universities Say Yes to Apartheid

by Lawrence Davidson September 26, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz A letter from Gaza appeared on the Web dated September 24, 2010. It was from a group of Gaza academics and students and sought to publicize the fact that eight American universities have recently signed agreements with various Israeli universities to offer U.S. students free semester long [...]

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Voices for peace?

by Paul J. Balles September 26, 2010

By Paul J. Balles* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz When Time Magazine carried an article on “Why Israel Doesn’t Care about Peace”, a whole coterie of American Zionist supporters reacted as if Time had become anti-Semitic. For any writer to cast the slightest aspersion on Israel’s claim to wish for peace is tantamount to alleging [...]

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Committee of Independent Experts on Gaza War

by Stephen Lendman September 25, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 21, the UN Human Rights Council’s independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, “No Safe Place,” (Read report here) assessing “investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during” Operation Cast Lead. Its members included: Professor John Dugard, Chairman, [...]

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Guilty As Charged: UN Report on Gaza Flotilla Massacre

by Stephen Lendman September 25, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 22, Reuters headlined the news, saying: “UN Experts Condemn Israel Attack on Gaza Flotilla” It explained that the UN Human Rights Council’s (HRC) “panel of international experts” concluded what was obvious on day one – that Israel’s international water attack “was unlawful and resulted in [...]

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Clegg now singing off Zionist hymn-sheet

by Stuart Littlewood September 25, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In the space of a few short years Nick Clegg has shot from obscurity to stardom in British politics, joining Conservative leader David “I’m-a-Zionist” Cameron at the head of Britain’s new coalition government. Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, is deputy prime minister and gets to [...]

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President Obama’s Ahistorical World

by Lawrence Davidson September 25, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 23, 2010 it was President Obama’s turn to take the podium at the United Nations. There was a world of problems for him to draw on but, not unexpectedly, he chose to concentrate on the Middle East. Thus, as has been the case with almost [...]

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What Ahmadinejad Isn’t Telling Us

by Gordon Duff September 25, 2010

Terror Conference In Tehran Will Fall Short Of The Mark By Gordon Duff* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz When President Ahmadinejad announced, before the United Nations that most people in the world believe that the U.S. government was involved in the planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks, he told the truth. In America, groups [...]

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What if Peace Talks “Succeed?”

by Nadia Hijab September 25, 2010

How can Palestinians ensure their rights are protected and fulfilled if an agreement is reached? By Nadia Hijab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Overview Many commentators expect the direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians to fail. But there is a much worse scenario: What if they “succeed?” The United States appears determined to push for [...]

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