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O Captain My Captain: America’s Aid for Israel’s Political ‘Continuum’

by Clive Hambidge December 4, 2011

The question for the Obama administration, Congress, is if, the American public, who should be asked first, were informed of the extent, nature and illegality of U.S Aid to Israel, would the American public then sanction any military aid to Israel at all?

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Quantitative easing: it’s time for the world to refuse Israel’s ‘easing’ rhetoric on the Gaza blockade

by SR Editor December 15, 2010

Ask almost any informed member of the public how things stand in Gaza right now and the probable answer will be something about how “Things seem to have improved a bit since Israel ‘eased’ the blockade”. In a masterstroke of political rhetoric, Israel’s much-trumpeted “easing” of the blockade has resonated around the world. The only problem? It largely belies the harsh reality on the ground for civilians trapped in this tiny enclave.

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Arizona State University Students Protest IOF Soldier

by Haitham Sabbah November 14, 2010

A diverse group of Arizona State University students joined together to protest IOF Sargent Nadav Weinberg’s lecture on the “Ethics of the IDF.” The students organized a silent protest to give a voice to the Palestinian civilians who have been silenced by IOF policy.

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A Reply To Rupert Murdoch – Hiding Truth Behind Euphemisms, Omissions, Slanders And Lies

by William A. Cook November 3, 2010

Not content with such slander against innocent people indignant at the unconscionable brutality of the Israeli war machine, Murdoch chooses to slide silently by the horrific massacres inflicted on the people of Palestine during the Nakba, insisting that Israel suffered decades of “straightforward” military force by those attempting to “overrun Israel.” He should read the reality of those days as described by Dr. Ilan Pappe in his work, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. This was the beginning of the genocide against the Palestinians as recorded in The Plight of the Palestinians recently published by Palgrave Macmillan that continues to this day.

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Israel makes meeting another Arab a crime

by Jonathan Cook September 24, 2010

By Jonathan Cook * | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz A vague security offence of “contact with a foreign agent” is being used by Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that a crime has been committed, human rights lawyers alleged this week. The lawyers said the [...]

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Norman Finkelstein / “This Time We Went Too Far:” Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion

by Haitham Sabbah April 10, 2010

A must-read for anyone interested in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Norman Finkelstein’s new book, “This Time We Went Too Far”, is a timely and important study of the 2008 Gaza Invasion. As the Israeli government attempts to discredit the UN Goldstone Report on the Gaza assault, Norman Finkelstein’s meticulous study of why Israel attacked, what happened [...]

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Amnesty International: Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water (NEW REPORT)

by Haitham Sabbah October 27, 2009

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there. “Israel allows the Palestinians access [...]

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Amnesty – Israeli army used flechettes against Gaza civilians

by Haitham Sabbah January 28, 2009

Apart from white phosphorus, the Israeli army used a variety of other weapons in densely populated civilian areas of Gaza in the three-week conflict that began on 27 December. Flechettes are 4cm long metal darts that are sharply pointed at the front, with four fins at the rear. Between 5,000 and 8,000 are packed into [...]

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Amnesty International Urgent Action: Palestinian House demolition/forced eviction

by Haitham Sabbah August 2, 2007

Via: Amnesty International Palestinian villagers’ homes under threat Since the Israeli army’s threat to demolish their homes, most of the people living in the village of Hadidiya have moved their tents and shacks a few hundred metres to the hamlet of Humsa. However, on 29 May Israeli forces delivered a written warning to the villagers [...]

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Israel Leading ‘War Criminals Championship’ in Amnesty Report

by Haitham Sabbah May 23, 2007

(image by Carlos Latuff) The annual global human rights report was released today by Amnesty International. Amnesty International accused both Israel and Hezbollah on Wednesday of committing war crimes during the Second Lebanon War last summer, saying both were guilty of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas. But this is not why I’m writing tonight. Looking [...]

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Paradise Now @ The 43rd New York Film Festival

by Haitham Sabbah October 20, 2005

Paradise Now is the story of two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a major operation in Tel Aviv. It centers on what is presumably their final day on earth. They cannot utter a word of their plans to their families. The following day, the two are sent to the border. The bombs [...]

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