By Ramzy Baroud* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Uri Avnery's assessment of the recent Israeli-Turkish diplomatic and political row – that "the relationship between Turkey and Israel will probably return to normal, if not to its former degree of warmth" – seems sensible and daring. In my view, however, it is also inaccurate.
Simply put, there is [...]
By Sibel Edmonds* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Revisiting 'The Lesser of Two Evils' Mentality
The real face of our two-party but one-establishment system of politics seems to have made a rare appearance again with Obama's speech last Tuesday. That is, to those among the wannabe gullible majority, since a small fraction have known this true face [...]
By Alan Hart* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
"Mr. President, will you take a call from Prime Minister Netanyahu in five minutes? He says it's urgent, very urgent."
"Rahm, I can tell from the tone of your voice that you're not asking me a question. You're giving me an order."
Rahm Emanuel smiled.
President Obama did his best to [...]
Dear President Obama,
Do you really want to be the new "war president"? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you [...]
WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO*
While preparing the insertion of the article by Nahida Izzat About anti-Semitism, as do all of her thoughtful and intense contributions, many segments caused me to reflect. Her analysis and especially her questions are so important and meaningful, that it would only be logical to address them bit by bit, and I [...]
By Dr. Elias Akleh
Young athletic Obama reflects active energy whether running up the ladder stairs into his Air Force One plane, or giving speeches, such as the song-and-dance so-called historic speech to the Islamic World in Cairo University last Thursday June 4th.
This was a very well written speech meant to touch the hearts of Muslims [...]
Gen. Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president yesterday and slammed McCain's smear campaign of Obama as some kind of secret Muslim terrorist sympathizer (see video). Powell talked about a Muslim-American soldier killed in the Iraq war. Kareem Khan was only 20 when he was killed by a bomb in Baquba-Iraq last year with only [...]
Also tagged Barack Obama, Iraq, John McCain, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Military, Muslim, ReligionIf you think that the "War on Terror" has come about because Islamic extremists "hate your freedoms," you are wrong. It is because of the unbalanced and deeply flawed foreign policy chosen my US politicians in the Middle East, which generated much of the anti-American sentiment found in the Arab world. If you ask, Why? [...]
Also tagged Book, chinski, conservative, Democracy, Iraq, Israel, israel-lobby, Lebanon, Mearsheimer, Media, Military, oil, Terrorism, Walt, War, ZionismHere is a new example that shows how the Israeli Lobby censors free political debate in America:
[Via: Mondoweiss]
At an appearance at Columbia University tonight, Stephen Walt, a Harvard professor and former dean, said that he and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer were slated to speak
Image by: Carlos Latuff
at Google headquarters recently to discuss their [...]
Also tagged Censorship, Google, Israel, Lobby, USAI have been invited to Haiti by “Haiti Solidarity†so am off there shortly. I will be staying and meeting with women activists from the Lavalas movement. I have a pretty good knowledge of Haitian history and contemporary politics but there is always more to learn and I needed to focus on [...]
Also tagged Democracy, Guest Blogger, Racism, Regional, USAAbbas demands final status talks or nothing as he heads to Egypt summit
(Via: Independent)
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, is demanding that next Monday's scheduled summit with Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, contains a discussion over "final status" talks on a future Palestinian state, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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Mr Abbas is reportedly insisting that the summit, [...]
Former UN Mideast envoy says UN subservient slaves to U.S. and Israel. On the other hand A secret UN report condemns US for Middle East failures. The highest ranking UN official in Israel has warned that American pressure has "pummelled into submission" the UN's role as an impartial Middle East negotiator in a damning confidential [...]
Also tagged Israel, Middle East, Palestine, UN, USA1. Is There a 'Foxification' Underway at Al Jazeera Television?
By Danny Schechter (Source: MediaChannel)
Sources inside Al Jazeera who are in a position to know what is going on now confirm to MediaChannel.org that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera’s independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction.
"There is [...]
If you read only one thing today, it should be this one.
It is very long, however, it is worth every minute you spend reading it. I promise you, it's going to be a good read. But first, a quick background.
Avraham Burg, former Knesset speaker, former Shimon Peres protégé and former Israel Agency Director. Finally, he [...]
Yesterday, on the anniversary of the Israeli attacks on Arab states in 1967, The Guardian published two op-eds, which really say it all.
In the first one, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh clearly sets out the Palestinians desire for peace. He said:
The first step to change this catastrophic climate is for the west to engage with [...]
