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Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’

Saleh Al-Naami – Devil in the details

By Mary Rizzo • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

In Gaza, Saleh Al-Naami finds the latest ideas coming out of Cairo for Palestinian reconciliation miss the core problems
Perhaps the common denominator in the special night prayers at West Bank mosques during Ramadan is a plea for Palestinian unity and an end to internal divisions that constitute a national crisis. It appears that the Palestinians [...]



Ali Hattar – Israel's thirst for the Nile's water

By Adib Kawar • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Features, Israel, Maps, Newswire, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

The Nile Water… When would water go after gas to the Zionist state?
It is a declaration of war
WRITTEN BY Ali Hattar, TRANSLATED BY Adib S. Kawar
What is taking place regarding the Nile’s water is not a simple matter… Without exaggeration… It is as important as war itself…
Lieberman, the foreign minister of the wrathful Zionist entity, [...]



Haitham Sabbah – Jordanian, Egyptian and Lebanese Child Labor and Zionist Businessmen

By Haitham Sabbah • Sep 13th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Zionism

By Haitham Sabbah
his might sound off-topic, but it is not and you will know why by reading until the end. Yet, it is so salient to every single one of us who are members of a global society.
As mentioned here, the US Department of Labor released their long-awaited report (PDF) on goods produced by "Child [...]



Elias Akleh – Obama's Song and Dance in Cairo

By Guest Post • Jun 10th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Palestine

By Dr. Elias Akleh
Young athletic Obama reflects active energy whether running up the ladder stairs into his Air Force One plane, or giving speeches, such as the song-and-dance so-called historic speech to the Islamic World in Cairo University last Thursday June 4th.
This was a very well written speech meant to touch the hearts of Muslims [...]



Lina Suleiman – The 5th World Water forum: “Bridging or Maintaining Divides”?

By Guest Post • Apr 10th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Education, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

More than 28,000 participants including head of states, ministers, parliamentary members, children and youths from different parts of the globe flocked to Istanbul to take part in the 5th World Water Forum.  As the title of the forum "Bridging Divides for Water” promised, the hope was to tackle current water crisis through open discussion and [...]



Sameh Brill – Parricide, Homicide and the Sanctimonious

By Guest Post • Feb 21st, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Homicide, a Zionist holy war: The 22-day sadistic Israeli Assault on Gaza which ended up with flowing rivers of innocent blood of 108 women and 437 children isn't a deviation of the Zio-Nazi mainstream terrorism in the region, The Israel of Operation "Cast Lead" is still the Israel of 1948 Plan Dalet, under which 840,000 Arabs [...]



Freed German-Egyptian blogger and activist describes inhumane interrogation

By Guest Post • Feb 14th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Human Rights, Interviews, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

WRITTEN By PAUL SCHEMM
The rules were simple: Don't touch the blindfold. The handcuffs stay on. Speak only when spoken to — and then only in a low voice.
Newly released German-Egyptian activist Philip Rizk said Thursday that he was interrogated by Egypt's State Security for four days, accused of being everything from an Israeli spy to [...]



Egypt's Intelligence head Suleiman: "Nobody in the Arab World can Afford to say NO to Egypt!"

By Guest Post • Feb 10th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Interviews, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

This article, which I only found yesterday, thanks to my friend Susanne, is slightly dated by a few weeks, but it is an absolutely astonishing document revealing the behind-the-scenes goings on prior to the current cease-fire in Gaza. Italian journalists of Arabmonitor, the first portal of the Arab World in Italy, have interviewed several of [...]



Iqbal Tamimi – Corrupt Egyptian system: feeds the IDF, starves Gazans, oppresses journalists

By Iqbal Tamimi • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

Once upon an alleged democracy, the Egyptian government decided a couple of days ago to try the journalist Majdi Hussein, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Labour party in a military court – even though he is a civilian – because he broke the law when he tried to "illegally enter the Gaza Strip".
 
One wonders what [...]



Another Nakba in the Making??

By Mary Rizzo • Jan 18th, 2009 • Category: Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
this post replaces what you saw earlier today. This is what Yael Kahn wrote on my site under the post:
Yael Kahn
Please URGENTLY remove my letters from your website. I do not want my letters published on your website.
From Another Nakba in the Making??, 2009/01/19 at 10:55 AM
I wrote back to her:
I will do [...]