Sabbah Report

Happy Christmas, O prisoners of the Little Town of Bethlehem

by Stuart Littlewood December 24, 2011

O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight

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In the West Bank, a horror story

by Yousef Munayyer December 24, 2011

Israeli settler violence against Palestinians and the Israeli state’s failure to adequately respond to it highlight an important aspect of the Israeli occupation’s Apartheid-like policies.

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The Israeli Jewish War on Islam in Palestine

by Khalid Amayreh December 24, 2011

As Israeli Jewish terrorist attacks on mosques in occupied Palestine are assuming a phenomenal frequency. Indeed, with the Israeli government and security establishment doing next to nothing to put an end to this wanton and unprovoked terror, a huge fire is being started in the region.

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The Two Faces of the United Nations: The Power of Israel and its Lobby

by Mohamed Khodr December 23, 2011

The U.N. must reform its charter regarding the Security Council’s membership and abolish the Veto structure and adopt resolutions by majority vote. It must be funded in large part by the southern hemisphere nations, especially the wealthy Arab oil nations, to remove the constant American threat to defund the organization. Perhaps even consider moving its headquarters outside of the U.S.

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America’s growing isolation because of President Obama’s grovelling for Jewish campaign funding and votes

by Alan Hart December 23, 2011

Alan Hart views the growing international isolation of the United States due to its unconditional support of Israel, as manifested in the recent condemnation by “all the regional and political groupings on the UN Security Council” of Israeli settlement activities and settler violence.

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Britain may be a Christian country but its government marches to the beat of another drum

by Stuart Littlewood December 23, 2011

Stuart Littlewood questions the ethics of British politicians and church leaders who profess a commitment to Christian values but look the other way, actively support or are content to be identified with Israel while it commits crimes against the people of Palestine – Christians and Muslims.

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Ugly Israeli Realities Emerge

by Stephen Lendman December 19, 2011

Haaretz obtained parts of “a classified working paper produced by European embassies in Israel….”

The “unprecedented document” addresses internal Israeli issues. It was written without Israel’s knowledge. It also covers Israeli peace process intransigency, its self-characterization as a Jewish, democratic state, and how it treats its Arab population.

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What happens when a Gazan wants to marry a West Bank woman?

by Amira Hass December 19, 2011

Did you know that Israel allows Gaza residents to enter the West Bank to attend their relatives’ weddings but not to get betrothed themselves? You don’t believe it?

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“Israel has never been so ugly”

by Alan Hart December 18, 2011

If the Gentile me or any non-Jewish critic of Israel had written such things, I and they would have been smeared by Zionism’s propaganda machine as a rabid Jew hater.

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Jesus and the Cherry Tree

by Mantiq al-Tayr December 18, 2011

The new-born Jesus then closes: “And peace be upon me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I am raised up alive.”

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Israel decries Arab democracy

by Khalid Amayreh December 18, 2011

Israel’s worst fears regarding its relationship with the Arab world — and with Egypt in particular — are coming true before our eyes. The rise of the Islamists in Egypt means the end of the peace treaty with Egypt and the rise of a government committed to the ideological Islamist goal of the destruction of Israel.

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The Jews Go To War (With Themselves)

by Lawrence Davidson December 17, 2011

The settlers don’t give a damn about international opinion – no more than does al-Qaeda, to which they have an unsavory resemblance. Led “by fundamentalist religious leaders who do not recognize the state of Israel and its laws,” they are driven by religious fanaticism and have no respect for governments or their agents. It is their ideological conviction that all of Palestine (including, by the way, Jordan) must be Jewish as soon as possible.

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Newt Gingrich: ignoramus, cheat, cynic or all three?

by Uri Avnery December 17, 2011

Uri Avnery views Newt Gingrich’s parroting of the old Zionist propaganda line that there is no such a thing as a Palestinian people – a line now discarded by most Zionists – and argues that the US Republican presidential aspirant is not only being provocative, but is also doing immense damage to US national interests.

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Netanyahu for President (of America)

by Alan Hart December 16, 2011

It’s now clear that the Republican frontrunner in the race for the White House is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Officially the two Republican frontrunners are Newt “the Palestinians are an invented people” Gingrich and Mitt “Obama has pushed Israel under a bus” Romney.

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Obama Ad Condemns Israel Aid Opponents

by SR Editor December 16, 2011

What is so bizarre about the Obama campaign’s hostility toward those who oppose aid to Israel is that Israel doesn’t need U.S. assistance to begin with. Israel, the region’s only nuclear power, has by far the strongest military capability in the greater Middle East, and it possesses the only significant domestic arms industry in the region.

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