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Academic Freedom: The Fall of the Last Bastion of Democracy

by Mohamed Khodr December 10, 2011

It is outrageous, dishonorable, and unconstitutional actions taken by Judge Starr against Prof Marc Ellis, by eliminating his courses, shutting down his department, and investigation on whether Prof Ellis’ writing against ISRAELI policies is anathema to the Jewish Christian Zionist’s standard of “thou shall not speak against Israel.”

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A False Friend in the White House

by SR Editor February 25, 2011

The man who declared in Cairo on June 4, 2009 that a two-state solution was “in the “Israel’s interest, the Palestinians’ interest, America’s interest, and the world’s interest” must have changed his mind, because his actions ever since have merely hastened the moment when creating two viable states will be impossible (if that is not already the case).

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What Obama Hasn’t Changed About the Mid East Peace Process

by Maggie Sager October 6, 2010

The Present: In the midst of Operation Cast Lead, which killed more than 1,400 Palestinians and lead to accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Goldstone Report, on January 16th, 2009, Congressed signed a Memorandum of Understanding essentially endorsing the operation and pledging unconditional support for the State of Israel. While vocal on a number of policy issues before his inauguration, Obama said nothing of this development, and has yet to negatively address the MOU.

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Overcoming AIPAC is not enough

by Lawrence Davidson October 2, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Two stories have recently appeared, each discussing a different approach to overcoming the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby that presently has enough clout to substitute its own parochial interests for the national interest. As John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s 2007 [...]

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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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Stephen M. Walt: The Critic of My Friend is My Enemy

by SR Editor June 16, 2010

Turkey and the Neocons By Stephen M. Walt* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It couldn’t be more predictable. Back when Israel and Turkey were strategic allies with extensive military-to-military ties, prominent neoconservatives were vocal defenders of the Turkish government and groups like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and AIPAC encouraged Congress not to pass resolutions that [...]

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End Israel Lobbies Pervasive and Damaging Influence in US Politics

by Debbie Menon April 24, 2010

Support for Israel is not only tragic and immoral, it is also extremely damaging to Americans. By Debbie Menon* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Mark Perry in his recent article in Foreign Policy journal “Petraeus wasn’t the First,” describes succinctly, the opposition to U.S. support for Israel, the rationale for it, and the cover-up on [...]

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More hype about Iran?

by SR Editor April 23, 2010

By Prof. Stephen M. Walt* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Back when I started writing this blog, I warned that the idea of preventive war against Iran wasn’t going to go away just because Barack Obama was president. The topic got another little burst of oxygen over the past few days, in response to what [...]

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Reversing faux legitimacy

by Paul J. Balles April 5, 2010

By Paul J. Balles* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz We all know what Illegitimate children have been called, Illegitimate countries have not; especially if the foetus grew out of a media that ignores the illegitimate conception. There are illegitimate governments. A few years ago, a blogger who didn’t use his own name asked the question: [...]

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Prof. Stephen M. Walt – Time for George Mitchell to resign

by SR Editor January 29, 2010

By Prof. Stephen M. Walt | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz If Mideast special envoy George Mitchell wants to end his career with his reputation intact, it is time for him to resign. He had a distinguished tenure in the U.S. Senate — including a stint as majority leader — and his post-Senate career has been [...]

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The Israel Lobby [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah January 16, 2010

A documentary which AIPAC and the Zionists don’t want you to see: For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United States in fact keep Israel on its feet? And how long will it continue to do so? Is one [...]

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Breaking the Taboo: Why We Took On the Israel Lobby

by Haitham Sabbah October 20, 2007

If 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? [...]

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Podcast: AIPAC & US Foreign Policy – Debate between James Petras & Norman Finkelstein

by Haitham Sabbah April 23, 2007

What is the power and influence of “The Lobby” (a.k.a. AIPAC) on US Foreign Policy? The explanation for the support is to be found in the activities of the Israel Lobby, also known as the Jewish Lobby, or as AIPAC (the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee), which uses its formidable influence to shape American foreign policy [...]

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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt: pro-Israel Lobby influence over U.S. foreign policy on the recent Israel-Lebanon war

by Haitham Sabbah September 2, 2006

The two scholars who created a controversy earlier this year when they wrote that the pro-Israel lobby exerted too much influence over U.S. foreign policy (I’ve talked about it earlier this year here) said Monday that the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon was yet another example of what they view as a dangerous tendency. The [...]

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The Israel Lobby – Unparalleled Influence

by Haitham Sabbah March 18, 2006

Example: Pro-Israel activists block travel reform By Ori Nir, The Forward, March 17, 2006 Jewish organizations played a leading role in defeating the effort, launched in response to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, to ban privately funded trips for members of Congress…[Complete article] “What is this?” you are asking. Ok, bear with me a little [...]

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