By James Petras* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The principle propaganda mouthpiece of the Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (PMAJO), the Daily Alert (DA), has come out in full support for Israel's practice of extra-judicial, extra-territorial assassination.
In the face of world-wide governmental condemnation (except from the Zionist-occupied White House and US [...]
By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Hey, Mr Foreign Secretary Miliband…
Let me tell you something. If I were the British foreign secretary there would be no more "friendly chats". The Israeli ambassador would have 24 hours to find a cure for his "ambiguity" or pack his bags. How dare that lawless, racist regime [...]
By Aijaz Zaka Syed* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Check this out. Here's a story of two countries from the Middle East. One is an ancient civilization with a rich history that goes back five thousand years.
It's a functioning democracy with free elections held at regular intervals. It's a huge country of 70 million people. It [...]
Despite Ban, Leviev to Sell Jewelry at Grand Opening of Atlantis Hotel in Dubai
Unconfirmed Report says Leviev to Attend Atlantis Opening
Adalah-NY has learned that the jewelry of Israeli billionaire and settlement-builder Lev Leviev will be on sale at this week's gala opening of the luxury hotel Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai. Despite Leviev's on-going construction [...]
Even as the Burj Dubai, touted to become the world's tallest building nears completion, plans have been announced for a new kilometre-high tower in Dubai – UAE. The project, inspired by Islamic design and geometry, will be located at the upcoming New Dubai development area near Jebel Ali.
Tagged 1 km, Dubai, kilometre-high, Nakheel Harbour, one km, towerIf you think you have seen it all, think again and watch this.
The following article was published on Khaleej Times, 10th Sept.
Dubai – Stretching its six intertwining building components into a tower 2.4 kilometres high, Dubai City Tower is expected to be the latest architectural vision to capture the attention of citizens.
The ‘Vertical City', as [...]
A Jewish-Palestinian advocacy group held a thank-you rally outside the UAE's representative office in New York on Tuesday over the country's stand on not allowing a controversial Israeli businessman from opening a store in Dubai.
The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East (Adalah) gathered on Tuesday outside the UAE representative office in New York city [...]
Officials at the United Arab Emirates Mission to the UN affirmed their government's commitment to boycotting the businesses of Israeli settlement-builder Lev Leviev in a meeting Tuesday afternoon with representatives from Adalah-NY and Jews Against the Occupation (JATO). Leviev is attempting to open jewelry stores in the Emirate of Dubai and to sell his diamonds [...]
Tagged Boycott, Lev Leviev, Settler, UAEThe government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate.
According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open two [...]
New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil'in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies' construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]
Tagged Boycott, Dubai, Israel, Leviev, Palestine, Settlements, UAE, United-Arab-EmiratesIf you thought that Burj Dubai is the end of the "Arabian Dream", you are mistaken.
The new race in the Arab World (to be particular, the Gulf region) is building the highest towers.
Few years ago, Dubai announced that they are going to spend few "Billions" of Dollars to build the highest tower in the world, [...]
Sport cars are not enough. Ferrari-branded goodies are expanding. After the sunglasses, perfumes, laptops, etc… Now it's taking on Disneyland with its own theme park. The doors will open in 2009 in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
A large slice of desert on the island of Yas will be reclaimed to [...]
Tagged Abu Dhabi, F1, Ferrari, park, UAEIt's time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality – at least from my experiences [...]
Tagged Arab, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, freedom-of-pressOne of the biggest criticisms of Dubai has always been the traffic congestion, ask me about it as I lived there for six years.
In an effort to reduce the traffic, Dubai, opened a floating bridge which connect the two sides of the creek – Deira and Bur Dubai.
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The Floating Bridge [...]
I don’t know how many of my friends around the Gulf received this alert from Greenpeace, however, here it is for the use of everyone:
From: Hussein Fakih [hfakih@diala.greenpeace.org]
Date: Feb 4, 2007 10:20 PM
Subject: Greenpeace: opinion poll
To: [haitham.sabbah@gmail.com]
Dear Mr Haitham Sabbah,
I am an activist in Greenpeace (the international environmental independent organization). Greenpeace have recently discovered that [...]
