Freedom of Speech

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Academic Freedom: The Fall of the Last Bastion of Democracy

by Mohamed Khodr December 10, 2011

It is outrageous, dishonorable, and unconstitutional actions taken by Judge Starr against Prof Marc Ellis, by eliminating his courses, shutting down his department, and investigation on whether Prof Ellis’ writing against ISRAELI policies is anathema to the Jewish Christian Zionist’s standard of “thou shall not speak against Israel.”

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The Whistle Blower As Hero

by Lawrence Davidson December 4, 2011

Journalism has become “corrupted” by editors and reporters who value the prestige of being associated with important centers of power more than the uncensored practice of their craft. There is a crisis of legitimacy within the mainstream press, a rightful crisis of legitimacy.

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In America: Heckling Israeli ambassador is a crime, heckling President Obama is freedom of speech

by Paul J. Balles October 3, 2011

In America, you can shout “you lie!” at President Barack Obama, no one will touch you. But disrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, you are criminal and will be prosecuted in U.S. courts.

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Peace prize poet

by Paul J. Balles October 19, 2010

This year Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize. Poet and a literary critic, Liu was a leading voice and an influential presence during the student protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Liu’s “insistence on non-violence and democratic process are widely credited with preventing far more catastrophic bloodshed during the subsequent crackdown.

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Yvonne Ridley – Americans in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Prosecuted as Terrorists

by SR Editor June 25, 2010

By Yvonne Ridley* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz AMERICA is still embarrassed by the infamous McCarthy Hearings which ruined the lives of thousands of innocents during the Fifties. Anyone then, suspected of being linked to communism was arrested, interrogated and either imprisoned or forced to give names of others suspected of communist tendencies. And so [...]

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Bashing Islam is Freedom of Speech Criticizing Israel is a Hate Crime

by Mohamed Khodr March 14, 2010

By Mohamed Khodr* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “We sent thee not, O! Muhammad, save as a mercy to all the people. Say, O! Muhammad: “It has but been revealed unto me that your God is the One and Only God: will you, then, surrender yourselves unto Him?” (Qur’an: 21: 107-108) There is only one [...]

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Israel Cracks Down on the Press

by SR Editor January 15, 2010

By Mya Guarnieri* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Jared Malsin, the editor of the English edition of Maan News Agency, has been detained by Israeli authorities. Malsin, a Jewish-American who lives and works in the West Bank, was picked up on Tuesday at Ben Gurion International Airport, as he and his partner returned from vacation [...]

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Pro-Israel Mouthpiece Says Freedom of Speech Dangerous

by Haitham Sabbah May 26, 2009

By Latuff ‘JINSA’ article says outlets who oppose future wars should be silenced-killed if necessary-by military strike By Michael Collins Piper ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL voices of the pro-Israel lobby has published a shocking essay suggesting that, in the future, there should be “military attacks” on journalists and media outlets that oppose American military [...]

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Is Canada Becoming A Safe Haven For War Criminals?

by SR Editor May 26, 2009

How Those Who Kill Can Enter Canada While Those Who Save Lives Are Barred By Joshua Blakeney World renowned, award winning journalist John Pilger commented on George Galloway’s autobiography: “Galloway’s work has saved countless lives, particularly in Iraq”. This is an accurate statement about the record of the five-times elected British MP who was described [...]

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YouTube Partners with MOSSAD – ADL

by Haitham Sabbah December 12, 2008

It seems that the days of using YouTube as #1 media to distribute documentaries, videos and presentations about the truth of Israel and Zionist and their horrific war-crimes history and terrorism profile, has come to END. Yesterday, it was announced that YouTube officially connected to the infamous ADL as partner to “Fight Against Hate.”

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Matthew Taylor – Historical Meaning of The Palestinian Flag

by Haitham Sabbah December 7, 2008

By Matthew Taylor Political Zionism-the quest to establish and hold a Jewish-majority state within historic Palestine-has largely been predicated on the belief that Palestinians should not have the right to live on their ancestral lands. In 1948, Israel’s founders carried this philosophy to its logical conclusion and used military force to drive more than 700,000 [...]

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Zionism in Leeds University Campus

by Haitham Sabbah November 28, 2008

Leeds University Union to vote on a motion to referendum which will label anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism and silence pro-Palestinian groups on campus. For immediate release Leeds University Union agreed last week, by a vote of 12 to 11, to send a motion to referendum which will label anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism and silence pro-Palestinian groups on [...]

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Saree Makdisi – Banned in the U.S.A. (Almost)

by Haitham Sabbah June 11, 2008

I didn’t think America was a place where bookstores barred people for their viewpoints, until it happened to me, right here in Washington, D.C., the city of my birth. I was scheduled to speak at Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse last month about my latest book, “Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation.” My appearance [...]

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PETITION! Lift Travel Restrictions on Palestinian Journalist

by Haitham Sabbah May 28, 2008

SIGN THE PETITION To: Israeli and Palestinian Authorities -Palestinian journalist Khalid Amayreh, who lives in the West Bank, has been invited to attend a media conference in Germany. As required, he set about to request all of the necessary travel documents, including a visa that needs to be granted from the German representative office in [...]

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US Dept of Justice IP address blocked after ‘vandalism’ edits to Wikipedia

by Haitham Sabbah May 19, 2008

Wikinews has learned that a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) IP Address has been blocked on Wikipedia after making edits to an article which were considered “vandalism”. In two separate instances, the IP address from the DOJ removed information from the Wikipedia article about the organization Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in [...]

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