Democracy

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Israeli Democracy Fades To Black

by Lawrence Davidson December 3, 2011

Just in the past few weeks the Knesset has spat out a number of bills aimed at restricting the voices of Jewish opponents and to make it more difficult for them to secure appointed offices. Part of a continuing line of similar legislation, these new potential laws represent scenes in the final act of this tragedy.

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Dreams of Democracy

by Paul J. Balles November 8, 2011

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

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Author Alice Walker Joins U.S. Aid Ship to Confront Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza [video]

by Haitham Sabbah June 29, 2011

Speaking about the American boat to Gaza, Walker said, “I am going to Gaza because my government has failed to understand or care about the Gazan people, but worse than that, it is ignorant of our own history in the United States.”

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We Are the Arab Youth, We Know Not the Impossible

by Mohamed Khodr February 15, 2011

Within one month of each other Ben Ali in Tunis and Mubarak in Egypt fell, not by a military coup or assassination, but by millions of people from all walks of life, men and women, rich and poor, educated and illiterate, Muslims and Christians, the elderly and children, professionals and civil servants, even soldiers and police who abandoned their posts to join the greatest revolutions in Arab history.

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Freedom dawns in Egypt

by Christopher King February 12, 2011

Christopher King salutes the people of Egypt on this historic day which has seen them depose the despot Hosni Mubarak, and yearns for the peoples of Europe and the USA to learn something from the Egyptians.

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Field Notes on American-Style Democracy

by Stephen Lendman February 7, 2011

Throughout Egypt, millions courageously keep protesting for democratic freedoms, including free and open elections for candidates they choose. In contrast, old order Egyptians, imperial Washington, other Western powers, and Israel are determined to prevent it.

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On the Historical Necessity of Wikileaks

by Lawrence Davidson December 4, 2010

Woodrow Wilson had it wrong about America. The United States is not a morally superior nation and its elites have always been just as corruptible and obsessed with secrecy as any in Europe. His plea for open diplomacy never had a chance on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. If Wilson’s idealism was seriously wounded at Versailles, it was killed outright by the Republican majority in the Senate which refused to ratify the peace treaty he brought home. Why? Largely because of the desire to frustrate and ruin a Democratic president. Sound familiar?

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Truth About Religion And Democracy

by Gordon Duff September 11, 2010

Religion And Democracy Are Incompatible, This Is Why We Learn History By Gordon Duff* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “As more and more devout rural congregations across America were organized as political pressure groups, it didn’t take long for extremist doctrines to be imposed and for cheap, dirty politics to move onto the pulpit.” Where [...]

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Hamas must rebrand and take the wind out of Israel’s and America’s sails – by Stuart Littlewood

by Stuart Littlewood August 19, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In the five years since I became interested in the Palestinians, only two things of positive note have happened in the occupied territories. The Palestinians held full and fair elections in 2006 to establish themselves as a democracy – and much good it did them. And in [...]

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Arab autocracy: Thank you and goodbye

by SR Editor July 17, 2010

For good or ill, change is coming to Egypt and Saudi Arabia soon THE fate of the Arab world’s two most important states lies in the hands of ageing autocrats. Hosni Mubarak, an 82-year-old air-force general who has ruled Egypt since 1981, is widely reported to be grievously ill. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who [...]

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Ireland must oppose Israel’s membership of the OECD

by SR Editor May 4, 2010

By Dr David Morrison* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In a written answer to Sinn Fein Deputy, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Foreign Minister, Micheál Martin, told the Dáil on 21 April 2010 that “it is expected that Ireland will join with the other 29 members of the OECD to formally invite Israel to become a member” [...]

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“Cabbing” for Israel?

by Stuart Littlewood March 27, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz A question every voter should ask candidates in the coming UK general election There can be few sights more pathetic than ex-ministers and chums of Tony Blair offering to use their government contacts to help influence policy on behalf of business clients. “I’m like a cab for [...]

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Palestinian Election; Weapon Against the People

by Dr. Elias Akleh October 27, 2009

By Dr. Elias Akleh * Election is a political tool that helps people to democratically elect their political representatives. Like any tool the benefits of election are determined by its use. Lately election has been employed to oppress people rather than serving them. Palestinian election is such a clear example. We have seen elections being [...]

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Demonizing Iranian Democracy

by Dr. Elias Akleh June 30, 2009

For the last three weeks the Western media had bombarded us with what they called the Iranian stolen election. They allege that the election was fraudulent and that the masses went into the streets of Tehran protesting the results and demanding new election. The Iranian government is described as fascist and oppressive and is responsible [...]

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Israeli Democracy: Bans Arab from coming election

by Haitham Sabbah January 13, 2009

The world is allowing Israel to murder civilians, now it will allow it to keep its Palestinian citizens without representation in the Knesset. The only “democracy” in the Middle East? Or an Apartheid state on its continued path to ethnic cleansing? Israel bans Arab parties from coming election “Israeli Arabs enjoy full citizenship rights, but [...]

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