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Israel Denies Gazans Access to Their Own Land and Waters

by Stephen Lendman September 19, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Throughout 43 years of occupation, Israel has waged war on Palestinians’ human rights and civil liberties, a new UN report providing more evidence that keeps mounting exponentially, adding clarity about an out-of-control rogue state operating lawlessly. On August 10, Haaretz writer Akiva Eldar cited it in an [...]

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Israel’s siege on freedoms – By Laila El-Haddad

by Laila El-Haddad August 9, 2010

By Laila El-Haddad* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It’s three years since I’ve been back to Gaza. Much has happened since my last visit. Fatah waged a failed coup and now rules only the West Bank, while Hamas is in charge of Gaza. Israel launched its deadly Cast Lead assault. Fuel shortages. Electricity crises. And [...]

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Jonathan Cook – Gaza Blockade – ‘Let Them Eat Coriander!’

by SR Editor June 27, 2010

By Jonathan Cook* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz As Israel this week declared the “easing” of the four-year blockade of Gaza, an official explained the new guiding principle: “Civilian goods for civilian people.” The severe and apparently arbitrary restrictions on foodstuffs entering the enclave – coriander bad, cinnamon good – will finally end, we are [...]

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Living on a dime

by Omar Ghraieb November 1, 2009

By Omar Ghraieb * Some times “living on a dime” is just an expression we use when we are cutting some stuff off or maybe running some savings but for some people in some places this expression can be a literally a style of living. As we all know the world is divided into three [...]

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Photo of the day

by Haitham Sabbah September 20, 2009

Food around the world: Ramadan is over, Eid Sa’ed to all. Regardless of the religion, nationality or season, this is a snapshot of what people eat around the world (including Gaza – watch to the end):

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Gaza Bonanza

by SR Editor June 21, 2009

[Sabbah's Blog note: For simplicity, read COGAT = OCCUPATION ADMINISTRATORS. For your info, these are administrators in military uniform.] By Yotam Feldman and Uri Blau Every week, about 10 officers from the Israel Defense Force’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit convene in the white Templer building in the Kirya, the Defense [...]

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IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores

by Haitham Sabbah August 15, 2006

By Haaretz Service “If our fighters deep in Lebanese territory are left without food our water, I believe they can break into local Lebanese stores to solve that problem,” Brigadier General Avi Mizrahi, the head of the Israel Defense Forces logistics branch, said Monday. Mizrahi’s comments followed complaints by IDF soldiers regarding the lack of [...]

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Israeli Kids Dying of Hunger and Thirst!?

by Haitham Sabbah July 1, 2006

Ok, give me your attention for a moment please. Imagine, just imagine that the Israeli kids in Israel Hospitals are lacking food, water and medical supplies (God forbid), what would happen? The answer is simple, USA and the rest of the world will start an aid-bridge to rescue them with all what they need, and [...]

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Palestinian Tabouleh in Guiness Book of Records

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2006

[REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel] Palestinian chefs and onlookers gather around a large bowl of the traditional Arabic dish Tabouleh after preparing it at the Friend’s School in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Friday, June 9, 2006. The traditional dish made of lettuce, tomato, olive oil, cracked wheat and mint is a new record for the dish, [...]

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