Noteworthy

James Petras – From Gaza to Tehran: Israel Asserting Middle East Supremacy

by James Petras February 1, 2009

By Carlos Latuff “The Israeli Defense Force is the most moral army in the World!” –Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany bombed, invaded and annexed countries and territories as a prelude to their quest for World Empire. Israel’s drive for regional dominance has followed in their footsteps, imitating their style: Indiscriminate [...]

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Uri Avnery – The Boss Has Gone Mad

by Uri Avnery February 1, 2009

169 YEARS before the Gaza War, Heinrich Heine wrote a premonitory poem of 12 lines, under the title “To Edom”. The German-Jewish poet was talking about Germany, or perhaps all the nations of Christian Europe. This is what he wrote (in my rough translation): “For a thousand years and more / We have had an [...]

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YNET: Gaza war summary (CONCISE)

by Haitham Sabbah January 31, 2009

Yedioth [Israel Newspaper] Internet Gaza war summary Despite widespread praise, B. Michael unimpressed with military’s performance in Gaza B. Michael Did the army draw lessons from its past performance? Unclear. The praise being lavished on the IDF still requires verification. This army participated in two wars: In Lebanon it was fired at and it emerged [...]

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Oren Yiftachel – The Jailer State

by SR Editor January 18, 2009

Israel has turned Gaza into a massive prison, and is choosing to prolong the cycle of state terror and prisoner resistance that goes with that, writes Israeli academic Oren Yiftachel “We have a great opportunity now in Gaza to smash and flatten them…[We] should destroy thousand of houses, tunnels and industries, and kill as many [...]

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Israel – The Sociopathic State

by Haitham Sabbah January 7, 2009

By: Anonymous American Citizen (who refuses to be silent any longer) The unconscionable attacks of Israel upon Gaza can be seen as the action of a sociopathic state upon a helpless victim. While the diagnosis of sociopathy is commonly reserved for the individual, it may be used to describe an entire society in a way [...]

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Thoughts of an Israeli ex-soldier

by Haitham Sabbah January 7, 2009

By אבנר אפנדוביץ A good friend sent me one of those computer videos, accompanied by “A must see! Please watch and forward!” In the video, a little Israeli girl is counting from 1 to 15 before she uncovers her eyes in a hide-and-seek game. 15 seconds is the time that residents of Sh’derot and other [...]

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Mohamed Khodr – How Zionists Occupy Two Nations: America and Palestine

by Mohamed Khodr December 6, 2008

From America’s “Jewish Triangle” to Iraqi’s “Sunni Triangle Government Job Notice:  No Gentiles Need Apply “The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century.” –Yuri Slezkine, Professor of History at University of California, Berkeley, “The Jewish Century”; Princeton University Press (Russian Jewish immigrant to the U.S.) No, [...]

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Will You Continue To Ignore Gaza’s Suffering, Mr Obama?

by Haitham Sabbah December 6, 2008

By Kathleen and Bill Christison Palestine and Palestinian suffering have always taken a back seat in the world’s attention while the United States starts this war, finishes off that war, or expands it; while the world deals with wars and economic crises; while the attention of the compassionate is taken up by starvation and pestilence [...]

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Mohamed Khodr – Et tu Obama: Who will your Appointees Serve-Israel or America?

by Mohamed Khodr November 16, 2008

Rahm Israel Emanuel: Will Handle U.S. Domestic Policy for Israel Dennis Ross: Will Handle U.S. Foreign Policy for Israel By Mohamed Khodr “Right and wrong are the same in Palestine as anywhere else. What is peculiar about the Palestine conflict is that the world has listened to the party that committed the offence and has [...]

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Israel and Palestine Can Still Achieve Peace

by Haitham Sabbah September 23, 2008

By MAHMOUD ABBAS – President of the Palestinian National Authority SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 This month marks 15 painful years since the Arafat-Rabin handshake on the White House lawn. Palestinian children who started school when the Oslo Agreement was signed in 1993 are now young adults. They have not known a day of true freedom or [...]

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Democracy and Empire: Both Illusions

by Haitham Sabbah August 25, 2008

By Timothy Gatto The last few weeks have been enlightening, although utterly depressing. If this sounds like a contradiction, all anyone must do to understand what I’m talking about, is to listen to the podcasts from my radio show (http://blogtalkradio.com/headingleft/liberalpro) from the last two weeks. My guests have been some of the most enlightened liberal [...]

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We are running out of time for a two-state solution

by Haitham Sabbah August 18, 2008

By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University – and cosignatory of “The People’s Choice,” a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon – told me he wouldn’t be surprised [...]

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The Worlds Worst Prison State

by Haitham Sabbah June 13, 2008

Guess who? According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States of America is The Worlds Worst Prison State: “In 2004, nearly 7 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole at yearend 2004 — 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents or 1 in every 31 adults.” – U.S. Department [...]

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Salam Fayad: Re:Potential upgrade of EU-Israel relations

by Haitham Sabbah June 13, 2008

The European Union is considering upgrading its relationship with Israel, including in the political and economic spheres, and the European Council will take a decision on these matter in its June 16th meeting. Salam Fayad wrote the EU a letter of protest which is worth noting: Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister’s Office 27 May 2008 [...]

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What d’ya mean you got nothin t’ read?

by Haitham Sabbah May 30, 2008

Welcome to Carter’s ‘Palestine Peace Not Apartheid’ the Book. Here you can find ‘Palestine Peace Not Apartheid’ on the right hand side is the table of contents. Be sure to click on the images so you can clearly see. The blog is for review reference purposes only: http://peacenotapartheidbook.blogspot.com/

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