Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Raid Khoury - Iran, Palestine and the Arab Nationalists: a response to Rime Allaf
In the June 25 edition of "Bitterlemons.org", Rime Allaf lashes out at Arab nationalists for what she perceives is their support of Ahmadinajad and the repressive Iranian regime. Allaf is simply wrong. The one group of Arabs which has not supported Ahmadinajad or the ruling theocracy in Tehran is the Arab nationalists, a position dating [...]
{More»} Haitham's Choice
Israeli ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children - a report»
DCI-Palestine* released a report which documents the widespread ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli army and police force - Palestinian Child Prisoners: The systematic and institutionalized ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities.
The release of the report came just days after an article was published in The [...]
Mary's Choice
Statement of the Frente Polisario before the UN Special Committee on Colonialism»
Western Sahara remains under the illegal occupation of Morocco. The efforts employed so far by the United Nations with a view to finalising the decolonisation of the Territory have not been successful due to Morocco’s current rejection of the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence.
Gilad's Choice
Gilad Atzmon - Tribal Marxism for Dummies»
"The European left must make a serious critical assessment of this “we know better” attitude and the ways it tends to deal with popular forces in the south as ideologically and politically inferior." Hisham Bustani
“The subsequent emergence of Islamism holds a false promise. While it poses a challenge to Western domination, it is backward looking [...]
Features
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Hasbara Deconstruction Site
Khalid Amayreh - Masters of hypocrisy»
Peres is the President of the country that adamantly refuses to allow millions of Christians and Muslims in occupied Palestine to access their respective religious places in al-Quds.
(…) this writer, who lives not far from Jerusalem, has been utterly unable to enter the city for the past 15 years, even for a brief prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This is while people from around the world can easily and freely visit the holy city.
So, one is really at loss trying to reconcile this hateful racist policy of religious discrimination against Palestinian Christians and Muslims with Peres’ call for religious tolerance.
Action Alert
Please sign letter to the UN: Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian political prisoners»
We are asking for your endorsement and that of your organization to the below letter, inspired by the hunger strike of imprisoned Palestinian national leader Ahmad Sa'adat, calling upon United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to uphold his responsibilities and take action to protect the rights, health and lives of Palestinian prisoners and demand the freedom [...]
Nakba and Right of Return
Adib S Kawar - Land Theft with False Justifications»
Arabs call the very Zionist Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “Nitin ya ho” that is “O you the dirty”, but we disagree to a certain extent, because unlike other Zionist politicians, he at least speaks his dirty plans out in the open and says what is going in his head. He openly declares his plans about stealing [...]
Grassroots Activism
PIRATES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: Part II»
WRITTEN BY YVONNE RIDLEY
THE arrogance of Israel is nothing short of breath-taking. On the eve of one of the most damning reports ever to be published on human rights abuses and suspected war crimes, Israel committed an act of piracy. While western naval fleets are patrolling the waters off the coast of Africa, acts of [...]
Human Rights
A new Iran is born amid cries of “We want freedom”»
WRITTEN BY Mozhgan Savabieasfahani
In a wounded and burning Middle East, aching under U.S. and Israeli military boots, with constantly expanding invasions by Israel (Lebanon 2006; Gaza 2009), with close to 2 million dead Iraqis just next door, with millions more Iraqis wounded, made homeless, and poisoned by uranium (some of whom end up in Iran [...]
Middle East Issues
Western Exceptionalism and the Iran Election Fraud Stunt»
Iran and the West: Hardened fronts the not unexpected result of the western “stunt”
WRITTEN BY NOTSILVIA NIGHT
A hardening of the fronts between Iran and the West, and between westernized liberals and Islamic conservatives inside Iran, is the not unexpected result of last weeks post-election confrontations. Western support and the extremely violent behavior of some armed [...]
Internet and Communication
Saja - Where is the self-respecting outrage from Institutional Arab-America?»
Dear everyone who continues to graciously demonstrate patience to listen to my anti-House-Arab* diatribes,
I could denounce the complacency of the self-absorbed and disconnected leadership of our "Arab" community. But at some point, words and videos (and threats to do unspeakable things to one's hair) don't suffice to express frustration. The complacency somehow manages to confound language and [...]
