Lebanon

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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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People of Sabra and Shatila, I’ll Never Forget You.

by Dr. Christof Lehmann September 16, 2011

Twenty nine years after massacres in Sabra and Shatila. Watch 50 minutes documentary with interviews of politicians, eyewitnesses, and survivors.

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US Steps Up Anti-Arab Cyber Propaganda War

by Haitham Sabbah June 3, 2011

The idea is to use social media to spread “positive” messages about the United States and its allies such as Israel. While the Pentagon says it is a bid to counter violent extremist and enemy ideologies, we all know it’s a propaganda war tool.

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Kill a Palestinian and You Shall Enter Heaven [Satire]

by Mantiq al-Tayr February 21, 2011

The message is so plain and simple that even Shas Party members can understand it. Obama works for the Jews. The NJDC’s statement shows how happy the Jews are with this.

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Tawtin or Return: Divergent views from Lebanon, but one common goal

by Franklin Lamb February 19, 2011

Lebanese opponents of civil rights for Palestinian refugees often use less objective and more crude wording to define “tawtin” (“settlement”) than is normally employed in civil society discussions.

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As Tahrir Square goes so goes the Middle East?

by Franklin Lamb February 5, 2011

If there were to be an Arab League meeting this week attended by all the Arab Heads to State, an honest participant might suggest to the assembled potentates to look to their right and then look to their left and realize that in perhaps 24 months close one third may not be attending subsequent Arab League summits.

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As The Dominoes Flow Toward Israel

by William A. Cook January 30, 2011

How strange to watch our CNN talking heads, especially the Israeli trained Wolf Blitzer, former editor of AIPAC’s in house “Near East Report,” stuttering before the cameras as he recalled the fall of the Shah of Iran, America’s staunch ally for 25 years, as a direct result of similar riots by Iranian civilians, and the resulting loss of America’s control in Iran. He failed to mention that our friend had subjugated the Iranian people beneath the boots of his SAVAK mercenaries that protected his elegant life style while the people suffered under his despotic regime. Then as now our Presidents spoke of America’s support of human rights neglecting to mention the CIA’s overthrow of the elected nationalist (1951) Mohammed Mossadegh as Prime Minister.

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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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Arabs, Oh Arabs, Revolt Against America’s Tyrants

by Mohamed Khodr January 29, 2011

Do not relent, do not give up, and do not rest until freedom rings from every mosque, every church, and every home. Bring these tyrants to justice to answer for their crimes against humanity and their theft of national wealth.

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Hezbollah is the New Government of Lebanon. Now What?

by Franklin Lamb January 29, 2011

Hezbollah has the most direct control over the government of Lebanon including the Parliament, the next 30 seat Cabinet, and the government bureaucracy. Contrary to US-Israel claims the party is not thrilled with having the chance to run the government. Hezbollah sees itself as a resistance movement first, last, and always and many in the party do not relish its “pure mandate” being sullied or getting sidetracked by running Lebanon’s really complicated government.

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Civil rights for Palestinian refugees

by Franklin Lamb December 15, 2010

As the Palestine Civil Rights Movement launches ‘Round Two’ of the struggle to secure civil rights for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, international community involvement is essential, beginning with education among the European Union countries of the squalid conditions in Lebanon’s camps and EU solidarity with encouraging Lebanon’s parliament to fulfill its obligations and avoid a growing demand for international sanctions against Lebanon. Among actions being organized is the pending lawsuit in Washington DC to cut off all US aid to Lebanon as required under the 1961 US Foreign Assistance Act to countries, such as Lebanon, who engage in a pattern of denying civil rights to refugees.

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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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How Many More Must Die for Israel? [Satire]

by Mantiq al-Tayr December 6, 2010

I have heard at least two pretty good alternative media types the past few months talk about an interesting aspect of Israel’s obsession regarding Iran’s ever acquiring even one nuclear weapon. The theory, discussed months before the latest deluge of Wikiwitzleaks documents, says that Iran’s having a nuclear weapon would mean that even fewer Jews would immigrate to Israel to live on land stolen from the Palestinians and that in fact Israel might even have a net exodus some day if Iran gets a nuke. And of course, this would mean that the Arabs, who seem to like to have sex a lot, being Arabs and all, would then quickly outnumber the Jews and then Israel would be like South Africa, etc, etc. Actually, Israel would have to improve in order to become what South Africa used to be, but I digress.

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Nahr al-Bared reconstruction delay throws civil rights into spotlight

by SR Editor December 4, 2010

The Nahr al-Bared refugee camp highlights every aspect of the problematic relationship between Lebanon and the Palestinian refugees within its borders. However, the Lebanese government would be better served by viewing the camp as a chance to radically change the traditionally conflict-ridden relationship in which Palestinians are only viewed as a “security issue.” This could be achieved by respecting Palestinians’ civil rights and seriously engaging in the reconstruction of the camp.

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A distorted revolution

by Paul J. Balles December 1, 2010

Where were the Tea Partiers when Lebanon and Gaza were being destroyed with US taxpayer money?

If you supported the carnage of Lebanese and Palestinians, be honest and admit that taxes for Israel are more important than the unemployed in America.

Those who have followed real truth-seekers now know that the Iraq war, costing millions of Iraqi lives and thousands of American casualties along with trillions of taxpayer dollars was based on Israeli deception.

False intelligence and propaganda from Israel cost American taxpayers a fortune. The only beneficiary? Israel.

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