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Category Archives: Middle East
Think Hagel represents meaningful change for US foreign policy? Think again.
The nomination of Chuck Hagel is being celebrated in some circles (including here on this site) as a strike against war with Iran and a colossal failure for the Israel lobby. But even assuming he’s confirmed, there is very little evidence that Hagel will do much to shift an administration that has continued to press AIPAC-inspired pressure on Iran and maintains a foreign policy slanted heavily in favor of Israel and its interests.
Palestinians establish new village– Bab al-Shams, ‘Gate of the Sun’– in Occupied E1
The Israel government today vowed to evict a Palestinian village established in a crucial strip of occupied land, E1. The “sons and daughters of Palestine” — a group numbering 250– set up tents near the village of Za’I'm in E1 and said they are prepared to stay indefinitely
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports
Tagged featured
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Maryland state officials to speak at conference featuring anti-Muslim blogger Pam Geller
On Saturday, four Maryland state officials from the Republican Party are scheduled to speak at a conference featuring anti-Muslim activist Pamela Geller. The Maryland branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for the officials to pull out, but at least one official has rejected that call. CAIR is also organizing a protest outside the conservative conference.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Politics, War on Terror
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Watchdog group sues CIA for information on collaboration with NYPD surveillance program
A government watchdog group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, has filed a lawsuit in federal court aimed at forcing the Central Intelligence Agency to release a report that provided details about the agency’s collaboration with the New York Police Department’s program of surveillance of Muslim communities across the Northeast.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Politics, War on Terror
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After Islamophobic hate crime in New York City, mayor wants public to ‘keep death in perspective’
A 31-year-old woman pushed a Hindu man to his death in New York City because she thought he was Muslim. In response, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: ‘It’s a very tragic case, but what we want to focus on today is the overall safety in New York.’
Posted in Israel/Palestine, US Politics, War on Terror
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Nakba Revisited: Syria’s Palestinians and the centrality of the right of return
As long as Israel continues to flout international law, millions of Palestinian refugees will remain captive in regional struggles that use them as political fodder or see them as a demographic problem, or even worse, a threat.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, syria
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‘Save Samer, he is dying’: Samer Issawi and the plight of Palestinian hunger strikers
Malaka Mohammed talks with Samer Issawi’s family after he has been on hunger strike for 152 days. Mohammed also gives updates on other Palestinian hunger strikers Jafar Azzidine, Tarek Qa’adan, and Yousef Yassin.
Why should I be accused of being Westernized?
“Westernized” is very often the first accusation pointed in your face when attempting to discuss or even try to raise gender matters in our society.” Especially if it stems from someone who has just come back from abroad, let alone it being a woman. I cannot deny that being abroad for the first time in my whole life has put me in a very serious confrontation with my own identity not only as a Palestinian, or as a Muslim but also as a woman.
Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza
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Daniel Pipes wants to take down Iranian-American group so he can get a war
The Middle East Forum, led by neoconservative Daniel Pipes, embarked on a smear campaign against an Iranian-American group. The target: the National Iranian American Council, which the Middle East forum labeled as shills and lobbyists for the Iranian regime. The main reason why Pipes’ group led the campaign is because NIAC is working to prevent a war on Iran–something that Pipes desperately wants.
The wrong way to defend Chuck Hagel from neoconservative smears
Liberals have taken to defending Chuck Hagel from an onslaught of neoconservative smears. But they’re doing it all wrong. Instead of highlighting the fact that on some issues, Hagel challenges Washington orthodoxy, they’re running away from that and telling the world that Hagel loves Israel just as much as everyone else does.
Bin Laden execution has claimed more innocent victims
The US used a bogus vaccination program in Pakistan as a cover for seeking DNA samples that might lead to bin Laden. So no wonder 9 UN vaccination workers were killed in Pakistan this week
Following Yarmouk attack, thousands of Palestinians flee Syria for uncertain future in Lebanon
Following air strikes Sunday by the Syrian military on the country’s largest refugee camp, Palestinians are fleeing from the relative shelter of refugee status in Syria to strapped aid services in Lebanon. Once home to 150,000 refugees, Yarmouk camp in Damascus has emptied with Palestinian leaving en masse for the first time since violence erupted two years ago for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
Posted in Arab Spring, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, syria
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Who’s afraid of the Qassams?
One of the more remarkable yet less remarked upon moments of the recent Israeli massacre in Gaza came when the Qassam Brigades gave a press conference on 17 November. They had a message for the Israeli public: “It was your leadership,” they said, “that dragged you into this and into the shelters to score cheap political points.” What’s truly stunning is that the Qassam Brigades were making an open anti-government appeal to the people of Israel.
Posted in Gaza, Middle East
Tagged Hamas, Israel, Mizrahi, Palestine, Sderot, working class
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Israel razes Al-Araqib for the 45th time
Araqib village razed for the 45th time The Israeli authorities razed the Araqib village in the Negev desert for the 45th time running claiming that the houses were built without permit. link to www.palestine-info.co.uk Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic … Continue reading
Meshaal arrives in Palestine, calls for unification
Gaza commemorates the 25th anniversary of the First Intifada and of the founding of Hamas with the arrival of Khaled Meshaal
UN: 120 houses destroyed, 3000 displaced during latest Israeli attack on Gaza
500 Israeli soldiers ransack homes in Burqa Around 500 Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, in the middle of the night, ransacking homes and causing damages amounting to thousands of euros. Soldiers arrived in over 30 … Continue reading
New York panel on Islamophobia talks U.S. empire, Zionism and how to fight back
70 people gathered in the basement of Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to hear about anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. The event was organized by the Jews Against Islamophobia coalition.
Targeted and entrapped: Why Ahmed Ferhani is a symbol of the NYPD’s abuses
Ahmed Ferhani, a 27-year-old Algerian immigrant, pled guilty to charges of terrorism. He will likely get 10 years in prison. But his case raised questions about how the New York Police Department treats terrorism cases, with lawyers charging that Ferhani was targeted and entrapped by an undercover agent who spent years looking for potential Muslim extremists in New York City.
Israel demonstrates sovereignty over occupied territories by stamping passports of West Bank visitors ‘Judea and Samaria only’
Settlements / Land Theft & Destruction / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid & Occupation Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only”, Ali Abunimah The latest change is further proof that … Continue reading
‘NYT’ analysis that Gaza assault was ‘test run’ for Iran war is ripped apart
After the assault on Gaza was over, The New York Times printed a story pointing to Iran as a motivation for why Israel waged its assault. But a series of analysts dispute that claim for various reasons.
Posted in Arab Spring, Gaza, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East
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The AP’s George Jahn serves up Israeli propaganda on Iran yet again
The Associated Press’ favorite conduit for pathetic Israeli propaganda on the Iranian nuclear program, George Jahn, came out with another doozy on Tuesday. Under a banner touting a “Big Story,” Jahn published an article headlined, “AP Exclusive: Graph suggests Iran working on bomb,” which purported to show proof that “Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.”
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
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Palestine: Oppression will not work
Palestine: Oppression Will not Work Anyone who knows a little bit of history realizes that when there is situation where a people has refused to surrender and abandon its rights, oppressing it will not work. The only ones who may … Continue reading
Video: Gaza grandmother forced to give the news of her granddaughter’s death to hospitalized mother
Someone please tell The New York Times, we mourn, we mourn… Israeli Terrorism / Eyewitness Reports / Testimonials LISTEN: Israel heavily bombards Gaza, audio recordings by Rana Baker EI’s blogger Rana Baker (@RanaGaza on Twitter) continues to record the … Continue reading
The war on Gaza
Israeli War on Palestinians in Gaza / Eyewitness Accounts / Testimonies As it happened: Huge airstrike in Gaza Airstrikes have continued in Gaza overnight. Have a listen to what happened as our Al Jazeera news presenter was speaking to our … Continue reading
Thousands of protesters call for ‘downfall of the regime’ in Jordan
Thousands of Jordan protesters tell Abdullah to ‘go down’ Reuters 16 Nov — Thousands of protesters chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan’s capital on Friday, as demonstrations against rising prices gather … Continue reading
