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Lina Suleiman – State of "Caged" Palestinians

By Guest Post • Jun 7th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, War, Zionism

We, Palestinians, are sick and tired of the mock pretenses and the never-ending slaps in the face. We do count on neither the assertions nor the visits made by the American political elites. President Barak Obama today, in the University of Cairo, started his speech by playing on sensitive strings for both Moslems and Arabs, of prosperous history, civilizations of the regions, and tolerance and forgiveness embedded in Islam and the Quran, that make hearts dance happily. It seems that whoever prepared his speech has studied the psychology and mindset of Arabs very well. But his speech, indeed, brought nothing but empty rhetoric. American polices can’t rely any more on naïveté of people. As long as this statement is pronounced “Palestinians have to evade violence”, then we know that Americans are still a gracious political partner and champion of Israeli interests. It is an utterly deliberate misreading of reality.



cartoon of the day

By Guest Post • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: Artwork, Cartoon of the day

Mr Fish. Click to enlarge.



Haitham Sabbah – Shaping U.S. leaders at AIPAC 2008

By Haitham Sabbah • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

As an Arab, an uprooted Palestinian, the AIPAC annual conference is interesting for me to follow, not because I expect anything good from it, but because this is the annual event in which U.S. leaders show their real mettle. Unfortunately, it was always disappointing for me and others in the Middle East, but we understand [...]