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What happens when a Gazan wants to marry a West Bank woman?

by Amira Hass December 19, 2011

Did you know that Israel allows Gaza residents to enter the West Bank to attend their relatives’ weddings but not to get betrothed themselves? You don’t believe it?

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UN Bid Failure and Palestinian Authority End of Road

by SR Editor November 14, 2011

The campaign for Palestine to be recognized as a full member of the United Nations has revealed the popularity of the Palestinian cause on the international stage, displayed the uncompromising nature of Israel’s political leadership, and highlighted the end of the road for the Palestinian Authority, which has made it clear that it has no other path to take.

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US Congress loves being lied to about the Israel-Palestine conflict…

by Stuart Littlewood July 17, 2011

Stuart Littlewood reminds Israel’s stooges and other ignoramuses in the US Congress of a few basic facts about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – the sheer injustice suffered by the Palestinians at the hands of Israel and its US supporter – and concludes: “There is only one thing worse than being lied to, Congress. And that’s acting on a lie.”

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Palestinians must urgently mobilize world civil society support for September’s UN recognition bid

by Stuart Littlewood June 5, 2011

Stuart Littlewood shares the concern of pro-Palestinian activists worldwide at the failure so far of the Palestinian Authority, including its lacklustre and PR-inept London “embassy”, to start mobilizing world public opinion for the planned bid this September for UN membership and recognition of Palestinian independence.

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Israel Torture Palestinian Children by Electric-Shocking

by Stephen Lendman October 21, 2010

Gush Etzion settlement interrogator attached car battery jump leads to the genitals of a 14-year old boy in order to obtain a confession to stone throwing. Three documented cases of children reporting being given electric shocks by Israeli interrogators occurred in Ari’el Settlement. Each was accused of stone throwing. Electric shocking extracted confessions although the boys maintain their innocence.

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Will Abbas Sell Out On Palestinian Right Of Return?

by SR Editor October 20, 2010

In an apparent attempt to reach out to Israeli public opinion, Abbas said that once the Palestinians have established their state in the 1967 borders, “there is another important thing to end, the conflict, and we are ready for that, to end the historic demands.”

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Palestinian Authority Recommends Whitewashing Gaza War Crimes

by Stephen Lendman October 1, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Who do they serve anyway? It’s clear from the sham peace talks and a new development. The Mahmoud Abbas-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) wants Israel absolved of accountability for Cast Lead crimes of war and against humanity. No matter that conclusive evidence exposed them, the result of the [...]

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What if Peace Talks “Succeed?”

by Nadia Hijab September 25, 2010

How can Palestinians ensure their rights are protected and fulfilled if an agreement is reached? By Nadia Hijab* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Overview Many commentators expect the direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians to fail. But there is a much worse scenario: What if they “succeed?” The United States appears determined to push for [...]

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Does the Palestinian Diaspora Care Enough To Become Engaged?

by Alan Hart September 14, 2010

By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Will future historians conclude that the Palestinian diaspora betrayed its occupied and oppressed brothers and sisters? The real history of the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel invites the conclusion that the Arab regimes – more by default than design [...]

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Fatah: Collaborationist Israeli Ally

by Stephen Lendman September 12, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz At least since the Oslo Accords, Fatah has served Israel more than its own people. On August 25, Haaretz highlighted the latest example, headling “PA arrests dozens of Hamas, Islamic Jihad militants in West Bank,” saying, a PA source confirmed dozens made, including “high ranking officials in [...]

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Abbas is a Man in Exile, Even Among His Own

by SR Editor August 31, 2010

By Omar Karmi | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, faces a crisis of credibility among his own people as he heads into direct talks with Israel in Washington this week. Perhaps nothing better illustrates this than a rather awkward security crackdown Thursday in Ramallah, when leftist factions convened a meeting to [...]

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Hamas must rebrand and take the wind out of Israel’s and America’s sails – by Stuart Littlewood

by Stuart Littlewood August 19, 2010

By Stuart Littlewood* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In the five years since I became interested in the Palestinians, only two things of positive note have happened in the occupied territories. The Palestinians held full and fair elections in 2006 to establish themselves as a democracy – and much good it did them. And in [...]

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Civil society in the lead

by Sam Bahour May 24, 2010

By Sam Bahour* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz When politicians face failure what do they do? Step down? No way. Not in Palestine at least. Over and over again the Palestinian leadership has hit a cement wall (no pun intended) in its attempts to lead the Palestinian people to freedom and independence. And with every [...]

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When will time run out for a two-state solution?

by Yousef Munayyer April 27, 2010

By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Among those involved in the Middle East peace process industry there is much talk about “time running out” for a two-state solution. Recently, the same sentiments were echoed by the US state department, reflecting a shift in the way the Obama administration is publicly talking about the [...]

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Talk about US/Israel Crisis

by Dr. Elias Akleh March 28, 2010

By Dr. Elias Akleh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz During the last two weeks people were faced with a propaganda campaign trying to convince them that there developed a crisis in the American Israeli relationships due to Israel’s announcement of approving the building of 1600 Jewish only housing units in occupied east Jerusalem Palestinian suburb [...]

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