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2011 Ends on a Sour Note… Is Hamas Really a Mean-Minded Christmas Scrooge*?

by Stuart Littlewood January 4, 2012

In the past Hamas has shown great respect for the Christian tradition of Christmas and, I hear, Hamas officials in Bethlehem used to dress up as Santa Claus to distribute gifts to Christian children. So the question remains: has Hamas really become such a Scrooge* as to torpedo Christmas with a tree ban?

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No need for New Year’s Resolutions for Israel – they can use the old UN ones

by SR Editor January 4, 2012

A good place to start their 2012 New Year resolutions would be with this list borrowed from the United Nations Security Council – all of the resolutions directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, and other violations of international law.

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Netanyahu Rejects Peace After Hamas and Fatah Reconciliation

by Stephen Lendman December 28, 2011

Netanyahu: If Hamas joins the Palestinian government, we will not hold negotiations with the Palestinian Authority….The peace process can only advance while maintaining security arrangements, which is becoming more difficult in light of the current situation in the region.

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The Washington – “Moderate Islam” Alliance: Containing Rebellion Defending Empire

by James Petras December 16, 2011

The West have agreed to a kind of “power-sharing’ with Islamist parties. The Islamists would be responsible for imposing orthodox economic policies and re-establishing ‘order’ in partnership with pro-multinational bank economists and pro US-EU generals and security officials. In exchange the Islamists could take certain ministries, appoint their members, finance electoral clientele among the poor and push their ‘moderate’ religious, social and cultural agenda.

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Israel’s Changed Agenda?

by SR Editor August 20, 2011

How to change public agenda and focus?
Attack buses in Israeli Negev, and all at once Israel’s Air Force took off for Rafah and made the hit. Israel in war!

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US Congress loves being lied to about the Israel-Palestine conflict…

by Stuart Littlewood July 17, 2011

Stuart Littlewood reminds Israel’s stooges and other ignoramuses in the US Congress of a few basic facts about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – the sheer injustice suffered by the Palestinians at the hands of Israel and its US supporter – and concludes: “There is only one thing worse than being lied to, Congress. And that’s acting on a lie.”

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Thumbnail image for On flotillas and the law: civil society versus Israel lobbies in US and Europe

On flotillas and the law: civil society versus Israel lobbies in US and Europe

by Lawrence Davidson July 10, 2011

Lawrence Davidson argues that the deadly influence of Israeli special interests groups on Western governments, especially that of the USA, means that advocates of justice for the Palestinians have only one recourse: civil society actions such as the Gaza humanitarian flotillas.

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Starving Gaza is not cricket

by Stuart Littlewood July 7, 2011

Starving Gaza is not cricket. Neither is stopping the aid flotilla sailing. Setting sail with the Gaza Flotilla is no Sunday afternoon game of cricket.

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Israeli Freedom Flotilla II Terrorism

by Stephen Lendman July 5, 2011

Today, its war against humanity dirty tricks/state terrorism arsenal includes propaganda, intimidating lawsuits, pressure on other governments, sabotage, subversion, cold-blodded murder, and whatever else it takes to ruthlessly commit slow-motion genocide against nearly 1.7 million Gazans, besides daily crimes against others in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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No Savior

by SR Editor June 20, 2011

Fayyad cannot be held primarily responsible for this collective self-delusion; at most, he facilitated it. And in the process he provided all actors with a breathing space that is now disappearing. Ultimately, the ones who convinced themselves he was capable of completely transforming Palestine are most responsible for squandering the brief respite his premiership offered.

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Palestinians must urgently mobilize world civil society support for September’s UN recognition bid

by Stuart Littlewood June 5, 2011

Stuart Littlewood shares the concern of pro-Palestinian activists worldwide at the failure so far of the Palestinian Authority, including its lacklustre and PR-inept London “embassy”, to start mobilizing world public opinion for the planned bid this September for UN membership and recognition of Palestinian independence.

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Egypt and Israel heading for crisis

by Jonathan Cook May 7, 2011

Jonathan Cook argues that post-Mubarak Egypt’s reassessment of its policies towards Israel and the Palestinians is plunging the Zionist state into a mood of deep depression and anxiety.

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Questions About “Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation”

by SR Editor April 30, 2011

Notably neither Fatah Abbas nor Hamas have endorsed this campaign, and neither has articulated a realistic strategy aimed at restoring the rights of all Palestinians. The US position opposing Palestinian unity except on terms acceptable to Israel and the United States, has not softened. Given this, it’s very difficult to see this going very far.

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5 Years After U.S.-Backed Clashes, Palestinian Factions Fatah, Hamas Reach Unity Deal

by Haitham Sabbah April 28, 2011

The rival Palestinian political organizations, Fatah and Hamas, have reached an agreement to end a nearly five-year internal schism, form an interim government, and hold a general election within a year.

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Revisiting Israel’s Terror War on Gaza

by Stephen Lendman April 4, 2011

Brazen crimes of war and against humanity were committed. No culpable officials were held responsible. Security Council no-fly zone protection wasn’t ordered. International community leaders approved or were silent. Washington was complicit by supplying Israel with weapons, munitions, and encouragement. Obama acts the same as Bush, waging a quartet of lawless wars and using proxies in others.

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