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Obama is not an Arab… he is a decent family man

By Iqbal Tamimi • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Newswire

WRITTEN BY Iqbal Tamimi 
A few days ago a woman at a rally for John McCain said, “I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab.”
So from a US citizen’s point of view, Arabs are not trustworthy, maybe because they invaded her country killing hundreds of thousands, and causing almost 3 million [...]



Sameh Habeeb – I'm not Barack Obama, but I will endorse him

By Sameh A. Habeeb • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Features, Israel, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

We, Palestinians, are aspiring to any glimpse of hope to establishing our promising country of Palestine. Originally, that glimpse of hope grew when Israelis realized in the nineties that a real peace will not be achieved apart from an Independent Palestinian state. That time, the world agreed on that concept and peace deal (Oslo) was [...]



Mazin Qumsiyeh – The US vs. Obama, McCain, and AIPAC

By Guest Post • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Newswire, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PHD *
Some one million Arab and Muslim Americans, including some in my own family, voted for Obama in the primaries. I was not one of them and I will likely vote for a third party candidate in November.
I believe Obama is a shrewd politician who knew his political weaknesses (his contacts with [...]



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 [...]