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Lebanon and the Middle East continue to reject AIPAC's H.R. 2278 as tensions rise

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By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
It is being reported in Beirut this morning that at exactly 3 a.m. Beirut [...]

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The Perpetual Process for Impossible Peace

By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
In 1988, on a trip to Yugoslavia, Yasser Arafat the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was asked by a reporter if he believed there would be a Palestinian state in five years. His response "If God is willing, it will be within two years".
Twenty-two years later, [...]

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Egypt lacks the milk of human kindness

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 [...]

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Is Congress planning to destroy every Middle East TV Channel that criticizes Israel? (Part II)

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Part II: Israel and H.R. 2278 vs. Lebanon's Al Manar TV et al. (Part I here!)
"Al Manar is being singled out by the US Israel lobby precisely because it excels as a responsible TV channel that demands and applies the highest industry standards and because Israeli and Western [...]

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Egypt Approves Gaza Freedom March Passage, Viva Palestina Blunders Paperwork and Blames Egypt

In a press conference conducted earlier this evening, the Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced some threats, warnings, surprises as well as some good news. The press conference that aired on Egyptian official TV a few hours ago was boiling with Aboul Gheit's very firm and angry answers to the journalists' questions who did [...]

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Reject the Christmas Style of a War Criminal President Who Said "Jesus Is My Lord"

By Jay Janson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Apparently, President Obama as so many U.S. presidents before him, has no fear of God as he holds the teaching of Jesus impractical, not worth implementing, and certainly not possible for him to follow as U.S. President. Obama stressed this as he preached the necessity of wars, during [...]

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Is Congress planning to destroy every Middle East TV Channel that criticizes Israel? (Part I)

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Part I: Targeting Lebanon's Al Manar
"Regarding Al Manar it's personal for Israel. The reason is that Al Manar did to the Israeli government propaganda machine during and following the July 2006 war what Hezbollah fighters did to Israeli troops. Al Manar kicked butt. That station must be [...]

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Thomas Friedman's gallimaufry of lies

By Khalid Amayreh | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
In a recent article in the New York Times, the American Jewish journalist Thomas Friedman blamed the so-called Arab-Islamic "Narrative" for all the troubles surrounding US-Muslim relations-from the 9-11 terrorist events in 2001 to the recent killing of 13 American soldiers in Texas by American-born and American-bred Nidal [...]

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Turkey's New Shift

By Alastair Crooke* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
While the United States and Europe have been struggling to find a path forward in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Afghanistan and Iran, the strategic ground upon which their assumptions about the region rest has begun to shift dramatically.
Most significantly, Turkey has finally shrugged off the straightjacket of a tight [...]

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At NYU, devilish Shlomo Sand predicts the Jewish past and pastes the Zionists

by Philip Weiss
Of all the events I've covered surrounding Jewish identity and Israel in the last year, none has given me so much pleasure as the lecture last night by Shlomo Sand at NYU on the Invention of the Jewish People. Most events I go to are grinding, awful, heartrending, often with lamentations and [...]

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A salute to Erdogan, a salute to Turkey

By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Palestine
The recent Turkish decision to exclude Israel from an aerial military exercise over Turkish territory is another indication that Turkey will not allow itself to be blackmailed by criminal international Zionism.
Following the decision, Zionist officials and media sought to mitigate its impact on the increasingly troubled relations with Turkey by [...]

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A Profile In Courage: Turkey Takes A Stand For Justice

By Dr. Alan Sabrosky*
There is always something compelling about a "David and Goliath" confrontation. Most of us prefer winners to losers, and almost everyone feels a thrill when the underdog takes a stand and prevails.
This is the surprising situation now unfolding in the rising drama of the Goldstone Report on Gaza. Goliath — in [...]

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New speech by President Obama for real change

By Mazin Qumsiyeh*
Speech by President Obama delivered in Congress 2010
My fellow Americans.
Millions of you and not special interest groups elected us to office on a platform of change and it is time for us all to deliver. I am laying out a program to do so but first we have to face some painful [...]

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Jeff Gates – Will Israel Fall in Five Years?

By Jeff Gates
Online reports of a study by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency cast doubt over the survival of Israel beyond the next two decades. Regardless of the validity of the report, with what is now known about the costs in blood and treasure that the U.S.-Israeli relationship has imposed on the U.S., its key [...]

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Jeff Gates – How Israel's Nuclear Arsenal Endangers Us All

By Jeff Gates*
On September 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama will preside over a U.N. Security Council session on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. In March 2010, Moscow will host a Global Nuclear Summit that the U.S. has agreed to attend.
The next six months could prove hopeful or harmful-depending on the impact on Israel's nuclear arsenal. With [...]

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