By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
THIS week, when I return to my village in the occupied West Bank, I face possible arrest by Israel for engaging in nonviolent protests against abusive Israeli policies opposed by our own government.
This prospect is difficult after 29 years of living in the United States, where such [...]
By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM
Groups in the Bethlehem area dedicate a series of events called Shepherds' Nights (December 23-25) to Jerusalem (increasingly being de-Palestinized) and hold a commemoration and protest asking to lift the siege on Gaza (December 31st).
See program below and join us (also we [...]
By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh *
One of these days, I would like to write a book to document the 1001 ways that Zionists use to take over land and distract attention at the same time. In history we had false flag operations like the Lavon Affair (Israeli agents attacking Western Interests to blame it on [...]
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 a [...]
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 their [...]
By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh *
"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom." Martin Luther King Jr.
The past weekend, we had a conference over two days attended by over 200 people from around the world. The [...]
By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh *
My mother says I should have worn long sleeves for the Palestinian olive trees sometimes do not want to part with their fruits without a bit of resistance. But somehow I feel the few minor scratches are a badge of honor and the least I owe our beloved trees. The [...]
By Mazin Qumsiyeh *
On 16 October 1935, a barrel marked "cement" fell as it was being unloaded from ships at the port in Jaffa. The broken barrel contained guns, grenades, and ammunition and was one of many secret shipments to the underground Zionist terrorist militias in Palestine. That incident among others (including the British [...]
