Lebanon

Updated (2): Fath al-Islam Reality & Palestinian Refugees Misery

by Haitham Sabbah May 28, 2007

I’ve been watching the latest Palestinian refugees crises for a week now. Thousands of Palestinian refugees fled from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon as one week of clashes by the Lebanese army and a militant group known as Fath al-Islam has left dozens of soldiers and fighters (better described as terrorists) and an [...]

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The countdown to the next war has begun

by Haitham Sabbah May 6, 2007

This is not the first time that Israeli society is repairing the blunders of a past war by means of a new war. People remember Menachem Begin’s observation that the first Lebanon War came to heal the trauma of the Yom Kippur War. That will be the case this time, too. The third Lebanon War [...]

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A Jewish Plea: How Can Children of the Holocaust Do Such Things?

by Haitham Sabbah April 16, 2007

If you read only one thing today, it must be this piece… By Sara Roy We have nothing to lose except everything. Albert Camus [Image by bendib] During the summer my husband and I had a conversion ceremony for our adopted daughter, Jess. We took her to the mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath where she [...]

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Are Olmert and Bush desperate for a Lebanese civil war?

by Haitham Sabbah April 7, 2007

“Other observers are concluding that Israel and the Bush administration must foment a civil war in order not to “lose” Lebanon and be driven from the region.”… …”Their reasoning is that if Bush and Olmert can provoke Hizbullah into turning its guns on Lebanese rivals, which it has never done and refuses to do, (Nasrallah [...]

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The Mayor, the Martyr, and the Pomegranate Trees

by Haitham Sabbah March 27, 2007

How the Lebanese town of Aita al Shaab won the war and lost almost everything? An excellent story of the Lebanese and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who you do not hear about in America.

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Olmert admits blueprint for 2006 war preceded conflict

by Haitham Sabbah March 11, 2007

Israel’s Prime Minister said on Thursday that the summer 2006 war with Lebanon had been pre-planned, backing up similar claims made by Hizbullah that the conflict was “anticipatory.” According to Israeli daily Haaretz, Ehud Olmert told the Winograd Commission that as early as March 2006 – a full four months before the outbreak of the [...]

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Best Press Photo of the Year 2006

by Haitham Sabbah February 14, 2007

The results are out and I was not surprised to see that the images of the Zionist crimes are winning so many awards this year. First of all, the grand prize was selected by the international jury of the 50th annual World Press Photo Contest and it went to a color image of the US [...]

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This land is MINE! Israel “Misused” Cluster Bombs U.S. Delivered Last August

by Haitham Sabbah February 8, 2007

Update: Steve suggested changing the title of this post and passed this photo (Thanks Steve): It is funny to hear and use the word, “misused.” What do you expect these bombs to be used for? I mean, what is the “good use” of cluster bombs? Hunting dinosaur , elephants, whales? Why are they manufactured for? [...]

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Anthem for Someone’s Child

by Haitham Sabbah December 24, 2006

“Anthem for Someone’s Child” (written and recorded in memory of all the children killed in the Middle-East conflicts and forming the centrepiece of the http://www.forsomeoneschild.com/ website) has received the “Best Songwriter” award (France) in the national category in the 2006 Music Aid International Music Awards Contest. The song brought tears to my eyes and I [...]

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah October 11, 2006

Did you know that there are few journalists in Washington who can throw the White House off its stride? Bob Woodward is one of them. Woodward’s new book, “State of Denial,” paints a damning picture of White House policy in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion. The White House is now in full damage-control mode [...]

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The region welcomes Condi (sort of)!

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2006

Seems that letting people die and starve does not make you popular, Condi. The least they could have done was put her in one of her chic suits… (click thumbnail to enlarge) This from a demonstration waiting for Rice in Lebanon. [Hat tip: Editerette]

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A Pyramid of Shoes

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2006

At Stop the War’s CEASEFIRE NOW demonstration on August 5, they asked people to bring children’s shoes to lay at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to signify the high proportion of fatalities among young children resulting from Israel’s barbaric attacks on Lebanon’s civilian areas, then taking place. The response was extraordinary and very moving and after [...]

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Lebanon and Gaza: Eyewitness Reports

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2006

Some of the best reporting from Lebanon and Gaza in recent months has been through the eyewitness accounts of freelance journalists and photographers. A slideshow and talk and reporter Penny Quinton will take place at the National Union of Journalists head office – London, on Monday 9 October. The meeting is organised by Media Workers [...]

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What Blair didn’t say at the Labour conference?

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2006

On 27 September 2006, a war criminal responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands in Iraq and Afghanistan, and whose refusal to call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza sanctioned Israel’s barbaric attacks, addressed the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. The Independent said Tony Blair made “the speech of the century” at [...]

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