Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Sa'id Barghouti – Palestinian History and Identity in Israeli Schools
Palestinian students are inculcated with the idea that Jews are the original and oldest inhabitants of the land and the most attached to it. Raising Arab-Palestinian students on this idea, while not providing adequate cultural and historical knowledge to challenge it, encourages alienation from their homeland.
Feelings of alienation will later on undermine the capacity of students to tackle oppressive policies, especially in matters of land and social culture, and transform them into easy prey for the dominant Israeli political discourse which can be summarized as follows: this is the land of the Jewish people. We returned to our rightful historic homeland and built it up. You Arab-Palestinians are just passers-by, strangers to this land, and a source of annoyance to our presence. This is the discourse underlying Israeli political demands for the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
{More»} Haitham's Choice
Jeff Gates – Today's Ancient Warfare: Facts vs. Beliefs»
By Jeff Gates *
In unconventional warfare, manipulated beliefs are used to displace inconvenient facts. When waging war by way of deception, false beliefs are an oft-deployed weapon.
Recall Iraqi weapons of mass destruction? Iraqi ties to Al Qaeda? Iraqi mobile biological weapons laboratories? Iraqi meetings in Prague with Al Qaeda? Iraqi purchases of yellowcake uranium [...]
Kawther's Choice
Israel Persecutes Israeli Arab MK»
The Israeli Public Prosecution in the Magistrate's Court of Tel Aviv – Jaffa imposed a serious indictment against the Israeli MK (member of the Knesset), Mohammad Barakeh, a Hadash representative. The court accused Barakeh of assaulting police and soldiers on four different occasions over a period of two years since 2005. The indictment was signed [...]
Khalid Amayreh
AshkeNazi threatens Gaza with another “little holocaust”»
WRITTEN BY KHALID AMAYREH
There seems to be a perfect conformity between Gabi Ashkenazi and his last name. The Israeli chief of staff is considered one of the main Israeli war criminals responsible for the virtual genocide against the Gaza Strip during the past winter. On his murderous hands, he carries tons of innocent blood, including [...]
Mary's Choice
Ali Bulac – What we get from the West and how to use it»
The Islamic world is obliged to undergo a deep-rooted and all-embracing change. It cannot continue in its current form. No one is denying this. However, there is a reality which both the West and our intellectuals must accept: The Islamic world can change only in accordance with its own inner dynamics and points of reference.
Attempts [...]
Features
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Hasbara Deconstruction Site
Nima Shirazi – GOLDSTONEWALLED! US Congress Endorses Israeli War Crimes»
"It is part of morality not to be at home in one's home."
- Edward Said
On the afternoon of November 3, 2009, the United States House of Representatives voted in favor of House Resolution 867 (H.Res.867), an AIPAC-backed bill that urges both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "oppose unequivocally any endorsement [...]
Action Alert
Make a difference in Gaza: launch of worker solidarity fund»
Sawt el-Amel launches worker to worker solidarity fund
www.gaza-worker-fund.org
…Thousands of workers from Gaza spent years working for private Israeli employers…When the Gaza Strip was sealed off, they lost their jobs, and the money owed to them, without any compensation…Today they are trapped in Gaza, unemployed, their families dependent on foreign aid…Sawt el-Amel is taking their cases [...]
Nakba and Right of Return
PFLP – PFLP: U.S. is not a mediator but an enemy of the Palestinian people»
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said on November 3, 2009 that the Palestinian Authority, and all Palestinian parties, must immediately end any and all illusions about the United States or its president, Barack Obama, and instead reject its "negotiations" based on surrender and rely on the Palestinian people and their resistance, unity [...]
Video
Israeli Confessions – The Founding Fathers and Mother of Israel»
Source: neverbeforecampaign
The Founding Fathers, and Mother, of Israel
By Earlaiman
Only by their actions have they spelled out more clearly their deliberate and premeditated intent, which provides more than adequate self-incrimination for condemnation and conviction as perpetrators of War Crimes, Genocide, and other Crimes Against Humanity.
When will enough be enough? When the last Palestinian is [...]
Grassroots Activism
Doc Jazz – Undhor! Anti-wall song and video»
This song is dedicated to Basem Abu Rahme, 29 years old, who was non-violently protesting the theft of his village's farmlands and was shot dead by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
The song expresses support for the people's struggle against the Israeli Apartheid Wall in Bil'in and Nil'in, on the West Bank in Palestine. People there are waging daily non-violent protests against the confiscation of their lands and their livelihood, while the armed forces of Israel respond with live ammunition and have injured and killed several people in this way.
Human Rights
Justice for Mohammad Othman»
Weeks of solitary confinement. Six military hearings. Sleep deprivation. No access to a lawyer. No criminal charge.
Mohammad Othman, a prominent Palestinian activist involved with War on Want partner, Stop the Wall, has been detained without charge by Israeli authorities. His detention is illegal – and he now faces the risk of torture. We need to [...]
Children's Corner
Afaq Jadeeda's Let The Children Play and Heal»
As part of Let the Children Play and Heal, 120,000 children attended two-week summer camps throughout Gaza, which ended with music and dance performances.
This psychosocial support program was initiated by our partner Afaq Jadeeda (New Horizons) to address children's psychological needs after the New Year's assault on Gaza. Let the Children Play and Heal is [...]
Middle East Issues
Franklin Lamb – Lebanese students advise President Obama how to get it right»
If those in Lebanon watching the news on 11/12/09 blinked they might have missed an interesting news item. It appeared at approximately 4:20 pm on Narharnet.com, the pro-US/Saudi news website.
The news item read “4:16 pm, American Ambassador Michele Sison (sp) departed Lebanon for her country.” Ten minutes later the item disappeared and, as it turned [...]
Internet and Communication
Angie Tibbs – Spotlight on Palestine: an interview with Stuart Littlewood»
By Angie Tibbs*
British writer and photographer Stuart Littlewood talks to Angie Tibbs about his experience of Israel's occupation in Gaza and the West Bank, and comments on how British and American collusion, under the auspices of the Jewish lobby, is helping to sustain the world's most lawless, brutal and unjust occupation regime.
"Lawlessness must have painful [...]
Website of the Week
DesertPeace»
This week's site is a very special site. DesertPeace is run by Steve Amsel, (who also happens to be a dear and loyal friend) who is that rare bird known as an Israeli citizen who is doing all he can to redress the balance of lies and falsehood told about what Israel is, who the [...]
Arabian Coffee House
Yousef Abudayyeh – Muslim & Arab Organizations in the US that condemned the killing in Texas should be ashamed of themselves»
Muslim organizations and the people who run them in the US should be ashamed of themselves for what they have done to add to the misery and discrimination that Arabs and Muslims face in the United States of America.
These sad and bankrupt organizations are always the first to condemn any tragedy that happens here or [...]
