Jordan

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Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations

by James Petras March 3, 2011

Street-based movements lack the organization and leadership to project, let alone impose a new political or social order. Their power is found in their ability to pressure existing elites and institutions, not to replace the state and economy. Hence the surprising ease with which the US, Israeli and EU backed Egyptian military were able to seize power and protect the entire rentier state and economic structure while sustaining their ties with their imperial mentors.

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Our Multiple Realities Mess

by Lawrence Davidson February 20, 2011

The resolution had over120 cosponsors (just about the entire non-Western world) and the support of every other member of the Security Council. The only thing wrong with it was that it singled out the Israelis as the culprits and was thus anathema to the politicians in Washington. For the Obama administration, it was a supremely embarrassing moment.

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Not at Jordan’s expense

by SR Editor February 19, 2011

The refugees’ right of return has become a key issue in political discourse in Jordan. Neither the government nor opposition forces can afford to suggest an alternative point of view. Explicit in official statements is that Jordan will accept nothing short of a “just” solution to the refugee problem.

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Rethinking Palestinian refugeehood

by SR Editor February 19, 2011

The long-standing issue of the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, remains dramatically unresolved. The recent release of the Palestine papers has, if anything, confirmed the lack of any serious plan that would bring justice to four generations of displacement and statelessness.

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Revolutionary Change in Egypt: Internal or Made in USA?

by Stephen Lendman January 31, 2011

US imperial policy includes regime change, affecting foes as well as no longer useful friends. Past targets included former Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos, Iran’s Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi), and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, among others. According to some reports, Mubarak is next – aging, damaged and expendable.

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Middle East Intifadas

by Stephen Lendman January 29, 2011

So far, protests show no signs of abating. Across the region, events are truly breathtaking. Long-suffering people taste change and demand it. They’ve never had a better chance than now, but getting it won’t be quick or easy.

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Mideast Peace Key to Countering Iran, Arabs Told US Diplomats

by SR Editor December 9, 2010

Gleeful Israeli leaders and their neoconservative supporters here have spent much of the past week insisting that the State Department cables published by WikiLeaks prove that Sunni Arab leaders in the Middle East are far more preoccupied with the threat posed by an ascendant and possibly nuclear Iran than with a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

But a closer look at the relevant cables shows a far more consistent message to Washington coming from its Arab allies: that curbing Iran and resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are inextricably linked and that the most effective way of achieving the former is make tangible progress on the latter.

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Life in Palestinian Refugee Camps

by Stephen Lendman October 24, 2010

Daily camp life: “slum areas” or under-developed urban sprawls, some “open spaces,” others “closed.” Job discrimination, poverty, lack proper sanitary installations for safe drinking water. Population density is a major issue. Palestinians have lived in forced exile for decades throughout the world, most within 100 km of their original homes. Overall, Palestinians see camps as “symbols of illegitimacy.”

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Israel’s Longstanding Middle East Plan

by Stephen Lendman October 20, 2010

“All the Arab States east of Israel are torn apart, broken up and riddled with inner conflicts even more than those of the Maghreb” (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, and Western Sahara). All the Gulf states are “built upon a delicate house of sand in which there is only oil.” Jordan is in reality Palestine, Amman the same as Nablus.

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Gaza World Cup (May 1st until May 15th, 2010)

by Haitham Sabbah May 3, 2010

It seems that football fans might be able to do what Arab governments have miserably failed to achieve or even address: lifting the illegal inhuman Israeli siege off Gaza! Get involved! Efforts like the Gaza World Cup, as cliché as it sounds, are only as strong as those who choose to seize the opportunity and [...]

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Ethnic Cleansing By Any Other Name

by Yousef Munayyer April 13, 2010

Changes in Israeli Military Orders Effective Today Target Palestinians By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Background The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since 1967. Israel maintains authoritative jurisdiction over the happenings in the West Bank via its military apparatus. Decisions governing the simplest aspects of Palestinian life, from traveling from one [...]

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ACTION ALERT: IOF order will enable mass deportation from West Bank

by Haitham Sabbah April 13, 2010

Please read this article and take action! Enforcement started TODAY against: * Gazans living or attending school in the West Bank (WB)-many of whom fled after Hamas assumed control of Gaza * Jordanians (most of which are of Palestinian origins) living in the WB-many of whom are married to West Bankers * Expats working with [...]

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Pulse of Jordan [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 2009

A quick survey in Amman reveals some exciting but (not)surprising strong opinions on subjects such as Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Water, Oil, Economy, Nuclear Energy, Tourism, Honour Killing, Women and Tribal System. Part 1/2: Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWEvCl2iVA

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Haitham Sabbah – Jordanian, Egyptian and Lebanese Child Labor and Zionist Businessmen

by Haitham Sabbah September 13, 2009

By Haitham Sabbah This might sound off-topic, but it is not and you will know why by reading until the end. Yet, it is so salient to every single one of us who are members of a global society. As mentioned here, the US Department of Labor released their long-awaited report (PDF) on goods produced [...]

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Palestinians Make Football History

by Haitham Sabbah October 26, 2008

At last, Palestinians now have a new way to express their national pride – through soccer. The Palestinian team has existed for a decade, but until today the Palestinian squad played its “home games” in Arab countries, including Jordan and Qatar, although Palestine has been a FIFA member since 1998. The reason is simple: for [...]

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