By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
"The suicide bomber wrote that he began to live the day he came to know he was to die. Where did he get this passion to kill?"
- Mahesh Bhatt
Here in the civilised West we hate suicide bombers with a passion.
We're taught that the proper way to blow [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Hey, Mr Foreign Secretary Miliband…
Let me tell you something. If I were the British foreign secretary there would be no more "friendly chats". The Israeli ambassador would have 24 hours to find a cure for his "ambiguity" or pack his bags. How dare that lawless, racist regime [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
In another blow to British free speech the parliamentarian Baroness Jenny Tonge, a good friend to Palestinians for many years, has been betrayed by her party colleagues and sacked.
Jenny Tonge dared to comment on allegations circulating in the media about Israel harvesting human organs during their emergency rescue [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
"O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!"
A few weeks ago, on the annual Robert Burns Night, these immortal lines from 1786 were being recited all over the world, but probably not in Palestine. The leadership there aren't blessed with the gift [...]
Claims Saddam threatened the world and picks fight with Iran
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Tony Blair, the poodle of the White House and darling of the Israel lobby, met the pussy-cats of the Iraq Inquiry on Friday, tickled their tummies and was purred to throughout. It was more like a cosy fireside chat, [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Its mission statement says: "Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest."
However, people are complaining bitterly to the BBC about its pro-Israel stance when reporting on the situation in the Holy Land.
Once renowned as the benchmark for fairness and accuracy, the BBC nowadays [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
We keep hearing from the British government that they have spent £millions in humanitarian aid for Gaza. But nobody is saying exactly where the money has gone and who benefited.
Of course, if they had done what they were supposed to and (with the rest of the international community) [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, marked the start of the New Year in a way that many campaigners for justice and liberty will find lamentable.
The charity MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) had written an open letter to Brown asking him to "urgently use all available diplomatic means to [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
It is desperately sad to see the noble efforts of the Viva Palestina expedition turning sour in front of our eyes as the forces of darkness plot once again to derail humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Admittedly the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (joint organizers) are avoiding questions about whether or not [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Dignitaries, emissaries, human rights delegations, fact-finding trippers… they come and go, but Gaza's suffering continues and day by day gets worse, thanks to the corrupted leadership of the international community who are the scandal of our age.
But here's a spot of Christmas cheer for the starving, desolated Palestinians [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The British public must be wondering what has happened to the nation's backbone – and its moral compass – when they see news items like these.
"British Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday apologized to MK Tzipi Livni and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for the arrest warrant issued against Livni [...]
A dose of their own (academic) medicine might help the message sink in
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Poor Berlanty. What did she do to deserve this crushing blow to her hopes and life chances?
The Israeli High Court has denied her justice – again – and prevented Berlanty Azzam returning to Bethlehem University for [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The great Viva Palestina convoy is on its way. It left London on Sunday, with the media doing their best not to notice despite photo opportunities and a press event laid on in front of the Houses of Parliament.
The hundred or so vehicles, carrying humanitarian aid, are [...]
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 the [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The recent Channel 4 TV Dispatches programme, which probed the antics of the pro-Israel lobby in British politics, has opened up this hitherto forbidden subject to public debate.
Basic questions now need answering – for example, why are agents of a foreign military power allowed to meddle in our [...]
