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Cartoon of the day

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Cartoon of the day, Palestine

Source: www.mahjoob.com



Jazz is my Jihad

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Music, Poetry, Events, Video

Jazz musician Gilad Atzmon reflects upon his roots and his inspiration and how his activities as a supporter of the Palestinian cause and his art influence one another.



Sami Jamil Jadallah - AIPAC, The Jewish Holy Worriers

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Newswire

Written by Sami Jamil Jadallah
Unlike the Rolling Thunder, the Veteran group that descends on Washington, DC every Memorial Day to remind us and the nation, certainly the Congress of the brave men and women who gave up their lives for the love of the country and to remind us and the nation of the millions [...]



Stories of Two Little Girls From Gaza - Must see video

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Features, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Quotes, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination of all…for regular people. But for people who come from where I come from, figuring out who they are is not a choice for them. I come from Gaza City in Palestine, where surviving each day is a huge struggle for all Gazans. Leaving Gaza was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, partly because I miss my old life,



Obama’s missteps

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Newswire, Palestine

George Bisharat
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
On his first day as the presumptive Democratic candidate for president earlier this month, Barack Obama committed a serious foreign policy blunder. Reciting a litany of pro-Israeli positions at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he avowed: “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it [...]



What you don’t see on CNN: IOF Shoot Live Ammunition on Peaceful Protest

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Video

A young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah and was described by doctors as being in critical condition. Ibrahim posed no threat to Israeli soldiers who shot him with live rounds simply for attempting to scale the Apartheid Wall as a symbolic gesture against the ongoing illegal occupation.



The first Zionist colony in Palestine, 1878

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Maps, Palestine, Zionism

Source: Institute for Palestine Studies



Salam Fayad: Re:Potential upgrade of EU-Israel relations

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Haitham's Choice, Israel, Palestine

The European Union is considering upgrading its relationship with Israel, including in the political and economic spheres, and the European Council will take a decision on these matter in its June 16th meeting.
Salam Fayad wrote the EU a letter of protest which is worth noting:
Palestinian National Authority
Prime Minister’s Office
27 May 2008
Re: Potential upgrade of EU-Israel [...]



UPDATED: Not on CNN (or YouTube): Jewish settlers attack elderly shepherd and his wife

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Video

UPDATED (See end of post for new version of the same incident)

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Haitham Sabbah - If Silwan’s Stones Could Speak

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Maps, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Above: A map showing the area of Silwan threatened with demolition and settlement expansion, including an indicator of the area in which settlements already exist. As highlighted on the map, Silwan as well as the adjacent villages of Tur and Ras Al Amud will be on the western side of the Wall, as Jerusalem is [...]