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BREAKING NEWS: Israeli Embassy in Cairo Under Siege

by SR Editor April 9, 2011

Just when the Palestinians in Gaza thought they were facing this new Israeli attacks alone and with their backs against the wall, they found out they forgot, over the years, that they had brothers in Egypt who are willing not only to accompany them in their struggle against Israel but to protect their backs as well.

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Does International Law Have a Future? – An Analysis

by Lawrence Davidson September 12, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz I. The Usual Suspects Back on August 23, 2010 Israel’s most prestigious human rights organization, B’Tselem released a short report on the condition of water supplies in the Gaza Strip. Referencing the United Nations Environment Program as well as the Palestine Water Authority, B’Tselem reported that the [...]

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Donors Sending Expired Medicine to Gaza

by SR Editor August 24, 2010

By Nicole Johnston As you approach Gaza’s main dump by road you see a massive wall of trash looming over the plain. It’s crawling with around one hundred scavenger dogs and dozens of poor children, combing through the trash for anything they can sell. In this cesspit of disease is 20 percent of all the [...]

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Canada’s Postal Workers are on Board: Send your Gaza mail on the Canadian Boat to Gaza!

by Haitham Sabbah August 20, 2010

(Toronto and Montreal, Aug 19, 2010) – Canada’s Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) got the message across last week that cutting off mail delivery to Gaza is another abusive measure intended to heighten the suffering and hardship of the besieged residents of the occupied strip. The Canadaian Boat to Gaza Campaign salutes the union and [...]

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Israel’s siege on freedoms – By Laila El-Haddad

by Laila El-Haddad August 9, 2010

By Laila El-Haddad* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It’s three years since I’ve been back to Gaza. Much has happened since my last visit. Fatah waged a failed coup and now rules only the West Bank, while Hamas is in charge of Gaza. Israel launched its deadly Cast Lead assault. Fuel shortages. Electricity crises. And [...]

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Jonathan Cook – Gaza Blockade – ‘Let Them Eat Coriander!’

by SR Editor June 27, 2010

By Jonathan Cook* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz As Israel this week declared the “easing” of the four-year blockade of Gaza, an official explained the new guiding principle: “Civilian goods for civilian people.” The severe and apparently arbitrary restrictions on foodstuffs entering the enclave – coriander bad, cinnamon good – will finally end, we are [...]

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B’tselem: Gaza, 95% of factories are closed, 93% of water is polluted

by Haitham Sabbah June 14, 2010

Most of Gaza’s factories have closed and its water is polluted as a result of Israel’s siege policy, according to a new report being released today by the Israeli Human Rights group – B’tselem. The siege policy has “led to economic collapse in Gaza,” B’tselem noted in a 44-page report (PDF) that looked at Gaza, [...]

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The Images Israel Didn’t Want Seen: New Video from Gaza Freedom Flotilla

by Haitham Sabbah June 12, 2010

In the wake of the commando raid that left nine dead, the Israeli government confiscated every recording and communication device it could find–thus allowing the state to control what the world learned about the assault. Filmmaker and activist Iara Lee was one of the few Americans on-board the Mavi Marmara. Despite the Israeli government’s thorough [...]

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Alan Sabrosky – Israel’s Gaza Blockade: Letting The Chips Fall Where They May

by Alan Sabrosky June 11, 2010

By Dr. Alan Sabrosky* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In a gesture that has received more than a little attention in the Western media, Israeli officials announced with some fanfare that they were easing the embargo of goods they allow into Palestine. Israel’s supporters have been using the opportunity to declare that this demonstrates Israel [...]

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Gaza: The Siege [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah June 10, 2010

The three year old siege on the Gaza Strip and its 1.5 million inhabitants is a testament to the Israeli regime’s disregard of law, decency and morality. This siege amounts to collective punishment, an action outlawed by various conventions and humanitarian laws. This is not to mention the suffering and humanitarian crisis caused by this [...]

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Gaza Blockade Legal? Hardly.

by Yousef Munayyer June 8, 2010

By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Much debate about the legality of Israel’s naval blockade and siege of Gaza has occurred in the U.S. media with little serious analysis of the laws. Pro-Israel spokesmen and Israeli officials like the Israeli Prime Minister’s spokesman Mark Regev have claimed their blockade and siege is legal [...]

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Thanks, Iran! But NO Thanks! (Even Hamas wonders about the political convenience of the IRG escorts for Aid to Gaza)

by Haitham Sabbah June 7, 2010

As you might have heard now, Iran has volunteered to send aid ships to Gaza. As stated in Tehran, “The Iranian Red Crescent has decided to send two aid ships to Gaza this week and has called for volunteers to act as relief workers and accompany the vessels, the state IRNA news agency reported.” On [...]

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The Gaza Siege: A Fact Sheet

by Yousef Munayyer June 3, 2010

What exactly is the blockade of Gaza? By Yousef Munayyer* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In recent days, coverage of the attack on the aid flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip has focused on the lack of availability of certain humanitarian goods. This fact sheet is a reference tool based on international aid agencies and [...]

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Letter to Obama: You’ve Sold Your Soul for Kosher Dollars

by Mohamed Khodr May 12, 2010

By Mohamed Khodr* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” –Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Speech, 1986 Dear Mr. President Barack Obama: Again, congratulations [...]

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Deporting Gandhi from Palestine

by SR Editor April 19, 2010

By Jamal Dajani* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The Israeli government’s recent announcement of Army order No. 1,650 was just the latest act of provocation in a series of calculated measures to derail any possible resumption of peace negotiations. Under this new draconian measure, anyone who doesn’t have a “permit” to be in the West [...]

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