New York dinner raises $18m for IOF

by Haitham Sabbah April 6, 2007

The “Friends” of the Israel Occupation Forces raised a record $18 million at its annual gala dinner held last week in New York City. They “honored” the soldiers who committed war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza last summer, delivering the message to these terrorist that “The more you kill, the more you will get paid.” [...]

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Torture: Read it in the Israeli press by Miko Peled

by Haitham Sabbah April 6, 2007

Thanks to the Israeli press, people in Israel are informed regularly about their government’s mistreatment of the 4.5 million Palestinians under their rule. Most of the information regarding the occupation of Palestine and the oppression of its people is well documented and accurately reported in the Israeli press. But even the most serious offenses are [...]

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US divestment movement grows again throughout the campuses

by Haitham Sabbah April 5, 2007

At Stanford, Wayne and Howard, campus activists have pushed another round of divestment motions and debates. The huge uproar and discussion created on these campuses last month is an important step in forming a powerful divestment movement. These new developments come just after the international anti-apartheid week which was held at several universities in Canada, [...]

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U.S. Justice System

by Haitham Sabbah April 5, 2007

The US spent a record $185 billion annually for the so called justice system (police, law enforcement etc), twice what it spends on education. The bloated system is growing faster than other systems and employes 2% of the workforce in America. Per capita, the US incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country and [...]

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The Jewish People are not my People. My People are Hashem and his Family from Bil’in

by Haitham Sabbah April 5, 2007

[Excellent reading especially on Passover] By. Benny Ziffer Ha’aretz (only in the Hebrew Edition, not in their English Edition): “There is nothing festive in this posting. Passover, shmassover, I hate the holidays because while we celebrate, while us Jews babble slogans about freedom, and fantasize that we are a miserable enslaved nation, we are in [...]

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One Million Blogs for Peace

by Haitham Sabbah April 5, 2007

By the time of writing this, there are over 308 blogs joined together on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, standing in opposition. By the sixth anniversary, their hope is to have 1,000,000 blogs united in the same purpose. read more | digg story

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New Bin Laden called Abd el Malik Regi, supported by USA!

by Haitham Sabbah April 5, 2007

Remember the old story about the relation between Al-Qaida, Bin Laden and USA during Rasia Afghanistan war? That relation which ended with a hard divorce between the two parties and now is called 9/11. Well, this old story is now back to frontpages, but the hero this time is called Abd el Malik Regi. Abd [...]

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Portrait of a Great Taboo: the Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States

by Haitham Sabbah April 4, 2007

[Image by: bendib.com] This 52 min video is a must see by our fellow Americans (and everyone else) who still have doubts about the power of the pro-Israel Lobby. Quoting Charles Vermeulen: This weeks edition of Tegenlicht, a documentary program by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO, allows several interesting opinion makers to speak on [...]

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Pussycat

by Uri Avnery April 4, 2007

By Uri Avnery 31/03/07 CAN A pantheress turn into a pussycat? Impossible, a zoologist would say. But last week, we saw it happen with our own eyes. Condoleezza Rice came here to teach Ehud Olmert, once and for all, who is boss. The President of the United States wants to make order in the Middle [...]

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Initiative versus principle

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

By: Dr. Azmi Bishara [Via: amin.org] According to the US and Israeli foreign ministers, the Arab peace initiative is a non-binding Arab position for which the Arabs deserve a pat on the back and a friendly nudge to modify it. The very quality of eliciting such encouragement is what keeps the initiative from being an [...]

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Israel’s AG decides to add another rape count to draft indictment against Katsav

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

That’s President Katzav, accused of sexual harassment and rape by 8, and now more, women… but still in office. Doesn’t seem to bother those Righteous Christians who were out for Clinton’s hide, nor the women in the US Congress, nor Mrs. Merkel, not to mention the Israeli women… what’s a little rape among friends?? Read [...]

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The Unrecognized

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

If you see only one thing today, this video is a must: ‘The Unrecognized’ is a short documentary which highlights the plight of Palestinian Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel living in the Naqab (Negev) desert, many of whom were forced off their lands following the establishment of the state in 1948. Approximately 70,000 now live [...]

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ADL’S Foxman & Crew Pressured Media To Suppress Israeli 9-11 Connection

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

“What are you doing putting this stuff out there? You’re killing us!” These were the words of Abraham Foxman, executive director of the infamous Anti-Defamation League, considered by many in the know to be nothing more than a domestic branch of Israel’s intelligence service Mossad. According to an explosive piece recently appearing in the online [...]

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The History of Israel Reconsidered: A Talk by Ilan Pappe

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

Another excellent piece by the Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe: Professor Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and senior lecturer of Political Science at Haifa University. He is the author of numerous books, including A History of Modern Palestine, The Modern Middle East, The Israel/Palestine Question and, most recently, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, published in [...]

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IOF prepared for major incursion into Gaza Strip

by Haitham Sabbah April 3, 2007

[Image by Ben Heine] Because one never knows when the Israeli censors step in, and a piece disappears…. (also check out the comments!) IDF prepared for possible major incursion into Gaza Strip By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The IDF last week completed its preparations for a possible major incursion in the Gaza Strip, including special [...]

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