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Palestine – What Next?

by Alan Hart November 14, 2011

Arafat was never a member of the discredited Arab Leadership Club. Abbas is a fully paid up member and his decision to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state was entirely self-serving.

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Large parts of the Jewish population don’t want to talk about the Palestinians. They cannot get out of their role of the victim. They have forgotten about Jewish ethics as laid down in the Golden Rule by Hillel, “What is hateful to you, do not do unto others.”

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Perpetual hell of the Palestinian refugee camps

by Stuart Littlewood April 3, 2011

Three-quarters of the 11 million Palestinians are refugees. Their plight is at the core of the 63-year struggle against Israel. All other issues, political and humanitarian, arose as a consequence of Israel’s denial of the right of refugees to return to their land.

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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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The returning issue of Palestine’s refugees

by SR Editor December 10, 2010

Israel’s recognition of Palestinian refugee rights and its agreement to provide reparation and meaningful refugee choice in the exercise of these rights will not change the reality in the Middle East overnight, nor will it lead to an existential crisis for Israel. What it will certainly do is mark the beginning of a new reality that will no longer be rooted in repression, denial of rights, and discrimination. In other words, it will lead to a lasting peace – the kind of peace envisaged by Lord Bernadotte and hoped for by Palestinians and Israelis alike.

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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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Rabbis’ edict bars renting to Arabs

by Jonathan Cook November 14, 2010

In the past few weeks, Safed – one of Judaism’s four holy cities – has been making headlines of a very different kind as “the most racist city in Israel”. The unflattering, and hotly contested, epithet follows an edict from Safed’s senior rabbis ordering residents not to sell or rent homes to “non-Jews” – a reference to the country’s Palestinian Arab citizens, who comprise a fifth of Israel’s population.

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“A framework agreement” between Israel and Palestinians: precursor to talks without end

by Uri Avnery September 11, 2010

By Uri Avnery* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz There is a story about the man who dictated his will. He divided his property generously, provided for all the members of his family, rewarded his friends and did not forget his servants. He finished off with a short paragraph: “In the event of my death, this [...]

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Munir’s Story: 28 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila

by Franklin Lamb September 6, 2010

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The untreated psychic wounds are still open. Accountability, justice and basic civil rights for the survivors are still denied. Scores of horror testimonies have been shared over the past nearly three decades by survivors of the September 1982 Sabra- Shatila massacre. More come to light only through [...]

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The “Peace Process” is Still Going Nowhere – by Stephen M. Walt

by SR Editor August 23, 2010

By Stephen M. Walt* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz If you think the announcement that the Israelis and Palestinians are going to resume “direct talks” is a significant breakthrough, you haven’t been paying attention for the past two decades (at least). I wish I could be more optimistic about this latest development, but I see [...]

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Are US-Israel intelligence agencies blocking Palestinian civil rights to weaken Hezbollah? – by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb August 15, 2010

By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (NIR) is part of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s panoply of 16 agencies, which comprise the US Intelligence Community (IC). According to Congressional sources consulted below, NIR and Israel have been working longer hours than most members of Lebanon’s Parliament, [...]

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America’s “Dog in the Fight” – by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb August 2, 2010

Will Hezbollah leash ‘NABI’ ? By Franklin Lamb* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz For months as Lebanon’s historic debate over basic civil rights for Palestinian refugees has unfolded, the Obama administration has watched idly along the sidelines. As hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees cough and slow-bake while inhaling rancid camp air in Lebanon’s sweltering [...]

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Lebanon wins economically if Palestinians are granted the right to work – by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb July 2, 2010

By Franklin Lamb* (Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp, Beirut) | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “These are humanitarian, social and ethical duties, and the Lebanese state must assume the responsibility of providing them to our Palestinian brothers and sisters. Lebanon will not dodge these duties, which must be crystal-clear, and not be subject to any misinterpretation. The [...]

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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 2009 Annual Report – by Stephen Lendman

by Stephen Lendman June 28, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Each year, PCHR publishes its annual report on Occupied Palestine, this year’s a detailed 250 page (PDF file) review of the past year, including the first days of Israel’s war on Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, “the major issue in the record of human rights and international humanitarian [...]

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