By Jeff Gates* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
During the 1960 Christmas season, Americans flocked to the theaters to see Exodus, a 3-1/2 hour epic film featuring handsome freedom fighters and a riveting romance amidst the heroic triumph of Jewish Destiny over Arab Evil Doers. Set against a Yuletide backdrop of Biblical prophecy, moviegoers marveled as [...]
By Matt Beynon Rees | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The most important man in Palestinian politics is neither president nor prime minister. He doesn't shuttle between meetings at the US ambassador's residence and the Israeli foreign ministry. In fact, he doesn't go anywhere. He's in an Israeli jail.
Marwan Barghouti, 50, is serving five life sentences handed [...]
Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Occupied Jerusalem, Nov 30 – The fate of one prisoner locked in an Israeli jail could release the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process from its own jail – provided the timing is right.
The political timing is definitely ripe.
This week a major residual source of tension [...]
By Steve Amsel *
The timing seems too coincidental for the 'riots' around the AlAqsa Mosque to be the fault of the Palestinians. The 'Second Intifada' started nine years ago, almost to the day, when Palestinians were provoked by a visit by Ariel Sharon to the same area. Again, the Palestinians have been pushed too far [...]
Pressure increasing on Syria's government to retake the Heights by force
By Franklin Lamb *
Nationals from nearly one-third of the 192 member states of the United Nations met in Damascus last week to discuss the Return/Liberation of the Golan Heights. An estimated 5000 researchers, Lawyers, politicians, activists, victims of Israel's 42 years of occupation, students and [...]
IOF soldiers reveal how to brutally repress Palestinian civilians
"Whilst I was there, I lost all my faith in the Israeli army. They put it right in your face: 'Go be the oppressors for your people. Force yourselves upon them'. They told us…'take these bats wrapped up in plastic and…calm things down'…We had skulls on our [...]
Also tagged War CrimesWith all the religiophobia going around, specially when it comes to Palestinian issue, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, following article by Uri Avnery is a must read.
A War of Religions? God Forbid!
Uri Avnery, 19.2.06
ONE OF our former Chiefs-of-Staff, the late Rafael ("Raful") Eytan, who was not the brightest, once asked a foreign guest: "Are you Jewish [...]
