Hasbara

Flotilla Check: Facts and Israeli Lies

by Haitham Sabbah June 18, 2010

Flouting international demands for an independent investigation of its deadly attack on a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formed an internal commission composed of three Israelis and two, non-voting international observers. The commission chair, retired Israeli Supreme Court justice Jacob Turkel, expressed his hope that the panel would [...]

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You’re talking bollox, Mr Regev – A short primer on Israeli propaganda for media dummies

by Stuart Littlewood June 9, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz What were Israel’s excuses for hi-jacking the Free Gaza ships in international waters and imprisoning their passengers after gunning down 9 of them and wounding several more? There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and Israel already allows sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza so the flotilla was [...]

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Hasbara or Za’bara

by SR Editor April 20, 2010

By Dr. Salman Abu Sitta* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz To maintain a façade of moral code, you do not kill a friend, you kill an enemy. You do not rob another man’s house, you recover your long-forgotten property. These are the principles adopted in all wars and conflicts. That is why it was always [...]

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In The Name Of Greater Israel

by Anait Brutian March 23, 2010

By Anait Brutian* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On February 2, 2010, the Israeli Knesset held the inaugural meeting of The Lobby for Greater Israel. According to Knesset members Arye Eldad (National Union), “This kind of lobby should have been unnecessary … We could have expected that after disengagement [from Gaza and parts of northern [...]

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The Media Propagandists

by SR Editor February 2, 2010

By Phillip Marlowe | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz You know, when I sit down here and decide to pound out a blog posting, I always start thinking about what kind of image I’ll end up using to illustrate what I’m trying to say. I think it’s important since it gets people’s attention and makes them [...]

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Maidhc Ã“ Cathail – In Jon We Trust

by Maidhc Ó Cathail November 8, 2009

By Maidhc Ã“ Cathail | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Appalled by the Bush administration’s foreign policy, and feeling let down by a compliant news media, many young Americans turned to Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show for some critical insight into what had gone so terribly wrong with their country, as well as some light relief [...]

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Mary Rizzo – Hamas: They’re not bad, they’re just drawn that way

by Mary Rizzo October 19, 2009

By Mary Rizzo * In many parts of the West, certain political parties or movements are treated as if they come from the Moon or are alien to any body politic. Their existence among the people is always scrutinised as negative, transitory and something created in a boardroom or a backroom, imposed upon an unsophisticated [...]

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Care and Feeding of the Holocaust Elephant in the Room (spiced up by Ahmadinejad)

by Mary Rizzo October 11, 2009

WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO* While preparing the insertion of the article by Nahida Izzat About anti-Semitism, as do all of her thoughtful and intense contributions, many segments caused me to reflect. Her analysis and especially her questions are so important and meaningful, that it would only be logical to address them bit by bit, and [...]

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