History

Haifa building – 1872

by Haitham Sabbah December 18, 2006

The Zionist claims that Palestine is “a land without a people for a people without a land.” I got this picture from a Palestinian friend (h/t: A.S.K.). It is a photo of a Palestinian Arab Heritage Building in Haifa; built year 1872. Yes, you read it correct, Haifa is a Palestinian city before the existence [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2006

Did you know that Israel didn’t allow Palestinian football team to travel to Asian Cup match? Ironically, even though this Reuters’ story was distributed through the wires on Nov. 11th, four days later, FOX Sports was taken by surprise that the Palestinian team was a “no-show.” Did you know that Israeli soldiers stole money from [...]

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Oct. 29th massacres in Palestine history and Ben Gurion wonders: “How can an order be given to shoot children?”

by Haitham Sabbah October 29, 2006

Starting from the oldest: 1. On October 29, 1948, when Israeli brigades captured the village of Safsaf. The known details of the massacre come to us via several contemporary second-hand Zionist reports and via Arab oral history. Yosef Nachmani, a senior officer in the Haganah (and later the director of the Jewish National Fund in [...]

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Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe and ‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine’

by Haitham Sabbah October 23, 2006

Is Israel guilty of ethnic cleansing? Dr Ilan Pappe, called by some as the “most hated Jew in Israel”, says YES. But fellow Israeli Professor Efraim Karsh says he is “fabricating history”. Ilan Pappe in debate with fellow Israeli Professor Efraim Karsh on Sky News: Fabricating history? Does this so called Professor have a brain? [...]

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Qibya Massacre: History of Terrorists

by Haitham Sabbah October 14, 2006

This year’s 14-15th October, marks the 53rd anniversary of the massacre in the Palestinian village – Qibya. Every fall in Qibya during the olive harvesting season, the memory of the attack is kept alive in a mourning ceremony. A memorial plaque behind the village mosque honors Sharon’s victims. [Flore de Préneuf, "An Eye for an [...]

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The Massacre of Al-Aqsa Mosque – October 8, 1990

by Haitham Sabbah October 8, 2006

In memory of another unforgettable, unforgivable massacre by the Zionist (a.k.a. The Terrorist State of Israel) Al-Aqsa Mosque Massacre – October 8, 1990: As an extension of the Zionist policy based upon exercising control over the city of Jerusalem and emptying it of its [Arab] residents by various and sundry means, such as Zionist terrorism [...]

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The Imperial History of the Middle East

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2006

Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on. Who will control the Middle East today and in the near future? Time will tell! [Hat tip: sokari]

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Tragedy in the Holy Land

by Haitham Sabbah September 20, 2006

To elaborate on ‘one palestine’s’ comment, here is a documentary (Hat tip: Robin) that views history through the lens of the Palestinians, even though they are the people whose history and daily reality lie at the heart of events in the region. TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND is an old documentary, but still valid today [...]

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Arundhati Roy on the Palestinian / Israeli Conflict

by Haitham Sabbah August 5, 2006

This is a fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation. It visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically her famous Come September speech, where she spoke on such things as the war on terror, corporate globalization, justice and the growing civil unrest. Witty, moving, alarming and [...]

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Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land

by Haitham Sabbah August 2, 2006

As MAD with ANGER suggested in this comment, the following documentary video is worth the time to watch, so I’m sharing it here: Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle … all ï¿½ East, zeroing in on how structural distortions [...]

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