By Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
THIS week, when I return to my village in the occupied West Bank, I face possible arrest by Israel for engaging in nonviolent protests against abusive Israeli policies opposed by our own government.
This prospect is difficult after 29 years of living in the United States, where such [...]
By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
When he visited the Middle East, then Senator Barack Obama had a rude awakening. He was on the ritual visit for American presidential candidates to Israel, which usually consist of touring sites of significance to Jews and declaring support for the state of Israel. This is important for [...]
By Sam Bahour* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
We are told that President Obama has taken a leap of political faith in trying to bridge a final peace settlement between Palestinians and Israelis. The United States' new weapon is "proximity talks": if either side fails to meet American expectations, the US will [...]
By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Amazing! While in Israel, an American vice president explicitly condemns an Israeli decision to build yet more homes, 1,600 apartments, in occupied Arab East Jerusalem. "I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem," [...]
By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The developing debate about Israel's future offers two scenarios but there is a third which, apparently, should not be discussed in the open, in public. So let's do just that.
Among the most recent contributors to what I'll call the two-scenario debate was no less a figure than [...]
By Prof. Stephen M. Walt | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
If Mideast special envoy George Mitchell wants to end his career with his reputation intact, it is time for him to resign. He had a distinguished tenure in the U.S. Senate — including a stint as majority leader — and his post-Senate career has [...]
Also tagged George Mitchell, Israel, Obama, PalestineBy Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
In 1988, on a trip to Yugoslavia, Yasser Arafat the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was asked by a reporter if he believed there would be a Palestinian state in five years. His response "If God is willing, it will be within two years".
Twenty-two years later, [...]
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Also tagged Israel, Music, Palestine, Ricj SiegelThe Middle East 'peace process' is seriously deadlocked. Israel is determined to press ahead with the expansion of settlements. Palestinians refuse to accept anything less than their total freeze, but they are divided on the best way forward – diplomacy or resistance. The diplomatic vacuum leads to more unilateral policies and radicalisation. So how can [...]
Also tagged Israel, Israeli, One State, Palestine, palestinian, Settlements, Settlers, two states, videoObama talks about love while justifying wars, but in the Middle East, neither works.
By Christopher Dickey (Newsweek Web Exclusive) | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Maybe it seems beside the point, even on the eve of Christmas, to ask ourselves what would Jesus do in the Holy Land today. The narrow confines of Gaza, Jerusalem, Judea, and [...]
A one-state solution in the area is not as farfetched as it might seem.
By Jonathan Kuttab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
For a while, it seemed that a two-state solution might actually be achievable and that a sovereign Palestinian state would be created in the West Bank and Gaza, allowing Jews and Palestinians at [...]
We can wait no longer to restart the peace process. The human suffering demands urgent relief
By Jimmy Carter* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without [...]
By Mary Rizzo* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Barack Obama is a very handsome man. He has the charisma of a showman. He speaks very well, and what's more, he can even dance. It's not clear whether that is sufficient criteria to make one into a president, oops, not "a" president but "The President", but it [...]
By Dr. Elias Akleh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The Two States Solution (Israeli and Palestinian states) to the Zionist/Arab conflict has been, lately, revived as the only practical solution to the conflict. This solution, with all its embedded dangers, had been unjustly and illegally imposed by the UN in 1948 giving the Zionists a starting [...]
By Azmi Bishara* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
The consequences of Netanyahu's election have gradually hit home, as has the nature of US-Israeli relations for the thousandth time, even in the Obama era. Palestinian political forces have been thrown in a spin, treading circles and wringing their hands. A succession of grave and important statements and [...]
