Salam-Fayyad

New York Times: Railing Against Palestinian Statehood

by Stephen Lendman September 15, 2011

Longstanding Times policy supports wealth and power; war, not peace; US hegemony and imperial rampaging; and all things benefiting Israel.

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Rep. Erik Paulsen Meets Israeli War Criminal [Satire]

by Mantiq al-Tayr August 30, 2011

Minnesota House member Erik Paulsen (Likud) continues his hasbara work on behalf of the State of Israel doing so via the funding of the AIEF which is a US tax-deductible arm of AIPAC.

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No Savior

by SR Editor June 20, 2011

Fayyad cannot be held primarily responsible for this collective self-delusion; at most, he facilitated it. And in the process he provided all actors with a breathing space that is now disappearing. Ultimately, the ones who convinced themselves he was capable of completely transforming Palestine are most responsible for squandering the brief respite his premiership offered.

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Israel adopts laws targeting Arab citizens and criminalizing boycott of Jewish settlements

by Uri Avnery March 28, 2011

Uri Avnery views three laws recently adopted by the Israeli parliament: “two obnoxious racist laws… clearly directed against Israel’s Arab citizens”, and a third law that will punish “any person or association publicly calling for a boycott of Israel” or the illegal Jewish settlements.

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Obama on Palestinian Rights: “Nyet”

by Stephen Lendman February 20, 2011

On February 18, as expected, Washington vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements as illegal under international law. The vote: 14 yes, America the sole no, isolating the US and Israel on this long festering issue. The measure had nearly 120 co-sponsors.

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Israeli and PA Forces Suppress Solidarity with Egyptians

by Stephen Lendman February 11, 2011

PA banned demonstrations in solidarity with the rebelling peoples. Palestinian television has virtually ignored the events in Egypt. PA launches pro-Mubarak demonstration in Ramallah,” denouncing Mohamed ElBaradei as a CIA agent.

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US mediation monopoly collapsing

by Sam Bahour December 7, 2010

The United States is at a crossroads in its mediation of Middle East peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. The Obama administration can no longer walk on the Israeli side of the line–which is exactly where the US has been since Israel’s creation–while continuing to pay lip service to the illusion of walking on the thin line of fair mediation. Unfortunately, neither the US, nor anyone in the Palestinian leadership for that matter, has proposed anything beyond brushing the dust off already-failed initiatives and placing the burden for progress on the need for more Palestinian concessions; concessions that do not exist.

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Time for New Palestinian Political Strategy

by Dr. Elias Akleh October 12, 2010

There is a dire need for an immediate new more assertive Palestinian political strategy. There is an urgent need for a new more effective Palestinian election, involving not only Palestinians under Israeli occupation, but also Palestinians in all Palestinian refugee camps and in exile, to choose a more representing political body, who would sincerely and assertively fight for the Palestinian rights on the international arena. The 17 years old Palestinian negotiating team with its futile negotiate-only mindset needs to be dismantled and be replaced with another team who is ready to negotiate only after Israel withdraws back to 1967 borders. The effectiveness of this new Palestinian body depends on the Arab League re-instating the Palestinian issue as the major Arab cause in totality and to support Palestinians in every form of resistance.

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Committee of Independent Experts on Gaza War

by Stephen Lendman September 25, 2010

By Stephen Lendman* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz On September 21, the UN Human Rights Council’s independent fact finding Committee issued its report titled, “No Safe Place,” (Read report here) assessing “investigat(ions) and report(s) on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during” Operation Cast Lead. Its members included: Professor John Dugard, Chairman, [...]

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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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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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Pitch black under siege

by SR Editor April 19, 2010

By Saleh Al-Naami | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Dr Moawya Hassanein, head of Emergency Medicine at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, warns that the lives of thousands of patients with kidney failure who require dialysis three times a week are at risk because of power failures. “There is little we can do at hospitals for [...]

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A, B, C and F

by Sami Jamil Jadallah October 20, 2009

By Sami Jamil Jadallah * Few weeks ago, when the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad announced his plans to develop and implement a complete plan for the total infrastructure of the Occupied Territories within two years the Israeli Prime Bibi Netanyahu promised this will never happen since the Occupied Territories are “disputed [...]

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Salam Fayad: Re:Potential upgrade of EU-Israel relations

by Haitham Sabbah June 13, 2008

The European Union is considering upgrading its relationship with Israel, including in the political and economic spheres, and the European Council will take a decision on these matter in its June 16th meeting. Salam Fayad wrote the EU a letter of protest which is worth noting: Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister’s Office 27 May 2008 [...]

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The Israelis, thus the world, loved Salam Fayyad long before he became Fatah PM

by Haitham Sabbah July 9, 2007

And he was certainly the WEST’S choice for new Palestinian Prime Minister. (They already wanted him in that role in 2002… we are supposed to believe he is Abbas’s choice. His “third party” in the last elections won 2 seats in Parliament) This is from an Haaretz article in April, BEFORE Hamas took Gaza and [...]

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