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 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 Dr. Elias Akleh* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Netanyahu's late decision to include the Islamic Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) and Bilal Mosque in Bethlehem to the so-called "Israeli list of national heritage sites" seems to re-ignite the spark of religious war between Jewish Israelis on one side and the Moslem Palestinians and the Islamic [...]
Lavish, unrealistic plans for Palestinian development are a dangerous alternative to the struggle for independence
By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Recently I received a very impressive full-colour booklet printed on expensive paper advertising a development project. The ambitious plan is to build a new Palestinian city, "Rawabi", in the West Bank.
The glossy images inside [...]
The 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, Peace, 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 [...]
By Yudith Oppenheimer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
JERUSALEM – In the last few weeks, six more Palestinian families received notices that they are to be evicted from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. And once again we can expect to witness scenes that have by now become almost routine: settlers accompanied [...]
At Leviev Store, Protesters Tell Business Leaders "No Business as Usual with Apartheid Israel"
New York, NY, December 4, 2009 – 25 New York City human rights advocates caught the Israel Business Leaders Delegation to the United States by surprise this morning with a noisy protest outside their "breakfast reception amidst the Leviev jewelry collection" at [...]
Also tagged Angola, Apartheid, Israel, Israeli, Jewelry, Leviev, Palestine, palestinianBy Grant Smith* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
US Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell was highly enthusiastic about Israel's partial, temporary illegal settlement freeze stating "it is more than any Israeli government has done before and can help move toward agreement between the parties." In fact, Israel has done more. In 2005 Israel reversed [...]
By Uri Avnery* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, has an idea. That happens to him quite often. One might almost say – too often.
It goes like this: The US will turn its back on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The entire world will follow. Everybody is fed up with this conflict. [...]
On Friday, 6th November, pro-Palestinian activists carried out the first of what was to be three consecutive days of blockading at Carmel Agrexco's depot in Hayes, Middlesex. The action saw a coalition of students from Kings, UCL, SOAS and Goldsmiths, saw members from Anarchists Against the Wall and the International Solidarity Movement as well as [...]
Also tagged Activists, Blockading, Boycott, Carmel Agrexco, illegal, Israel, Israeli, Palestine, pro-Palestinian, West BankBy Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh *
One of these days, I would like to write a book to document the 1001 ways that Zionists use to take over land and distract attention at the same time. In history we had false flag operations like the Lavon Affair (Israeli agents attacking Western Interests to blame it on [...]
A German legal dispute over imports from Israel's settlements in the occupied territories could lead to the imposition of customs duties
By Ralf Beste and Christoph Schult
As the largest Israeli settlement in the Palestinian-administered areas of the West Bank, Maale Adumim is home to 40,000 people. Bulldozers are clearing lots for new houses on its [...]
By Akiva Eldar
America's best Jewish minds are wracking their brains, trying to find a magic formula that will put the settlements close to the hearts of Israel's supporters, not to mention its critics. A new guide to the perplexed, disseminated by the leadership of the Israel Project, the organization spearheading Israel's public relations efforts in [...]
A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that three-quarters of Americans think that Israel should not build settlements in the Palestinian territories. This is up 23 points from when this question was last asked in 2002.
One third of Americans show more sympathy for Israel than the Palestinians, substantially more than the 12 percent who express more sympathy [...]
