Palestine Think Tank

Sent to me (Haitham Sabbah) by the author and first published at Sabbah Report.
By Stuart Littlewood*
It is desperately sad to see the noble efforts of the Viva Palestina expedition turning sour in front of our eyes as the forces of darkness plot once again to derail humanitarian aid for Gaza.
Admittedly the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (joint [...]

We Will Never Forget. Remembering Gaza, Palestine, which one year ago on New Year's Eve underwent a Blitzkrieg

The question remains: did the organizers know all [the conditions] beforehand – especially the El-Arish stipulation – or was it suddenly sprung on them? Was clearance given for the southern route via Aqaba, then rescinded, or was it left to chance?

The convoy’s organizers are not answering basic questions and the full picture has still not emerged.
God speed you to the Gates of Hell then, George. But next time you should maybe consider going by sea, sailing 200 boats though international waters and demanding that the Western powers guarantee the freedom of the high seas. That way you don’t need to bow to the likes of Mubarak.

Plans for Thursday, December 31,
Tomorrow (ed note, today), international groups related to the Gaza Freedom March will join together for a united march to Gaza.  We are demanding an end to the Seige of Gaza, freedom of movement for all Palestinians, and end to the Wall.   We urge people around the world to join civil [...]

WRITTEN BY Mozhgan Savabieasfahani
What a charade! 
I learned the word "charade " from my Texan English teacher in Teheran long ago.  I later found out she was the wife of a U.S. military advisor for the Shah's puppet regime. I still remember my teacher's meticulous attention to English pronunciation and her glittering diamonds.  Many such U.S. military families [...]

Gaza one year after operation cast lead 
Don’t tell us a year has passed…
We don’t measure our lives by this calendar
Time has stood still for us so long ago
Punctuated only by loss and grief
And the in between moments of quite reprieve
We don’t count on Christmas, nor Eid for cheer
We don’t fool ourselves with “happy new year”
No [...]

In a press conference conducted earlier this evening, the Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced some threats, warnings, surprises as well as some good news. The press conference that aired on Egyptian official TV a few hours ago was boiling with Aboul Gheit's very firm and angry answers to the journalists' questions who did [...]

"Obama, Prince of Peace and Profanity" by Edna Spennato, from http://mundosonhos.wordpress.com/

The paranoid and pathological-to-the-core line of the neoconservative ideologues reappears on the lips of this champion of U.S. liberalism: the ever-present threat to the well being and security of the American people, whether coming from Communists, populism, drug trafficking, Islamic fundamentalism or international terrorism. But these threats, more imaginary than real, are a necessary ingredient in justifying the unlimited and ceaseless expansion of military spending and the enormous profitability that this provides to the giant oligopolies that depend on the immense business of war.

The American political, academic, and media establishment has long been beating the drums of war with Iran and, as the author of New York Times' latest OpEd encouraging the US bombing of that country, University of Texas professor Alan J. Kuperman has now emerged as the Keith Moon of sensational jingoism and, considering his concept of reality, morality, and legality, is probably twice as crazy.