US deeply dependent on Zionist lobby

PressTV –  Mon Oct 3, 2011 3:44PM GMT Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili (R) meets with Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on September 3, 2011. Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says US President Barack Obama’s UN address proves Washington’s profound dependence on the Zionist lobby. Speaking in a […]

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Palestinian Freedom Later, Not Now

Stephen Lendman |  October 3, 2011 | Sabbah Report On October 2, Haaretz said “Israel accepts Quartet peace plan,” making Palestinian UN membership conditional on negotiating peace with an unwilling partner. No matter that decades of on-and-off talks never achieved resolution and won’t now. Moreover, Israel doesn’t negotiate. It demands. As a result, restarting the […]

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America’s modern barbarism

Lawrence Davidson |  October 3, 2011 | Sabbah Report Has anyone noticed that the political air is wafting rancid lately? That is the smell of modern barbarism. Modern barbarism is a malodorous umbrella concept. Underneath the umbrella are lots of fetid phobias, isms and behaviours: Islamophobia, homophobia, xenophobia, semi-fascism, scapegoating, stereotyping, bullying, libelling and a […]

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In America: Heckling Israeli ambassador is a crime, heckling President Obama is freedom of speech

Paul J. Balles | October 3, 2011 | Sabbah Report Republican Congressman Joe Wilson On September 9, 2009, Republican Congressman Joe Wilson shouted “you lie!” at President Barack Obama during the President’s State of the Union address to Congress. The outburst came from Wilson after President Obama said his health care plan would not subsidize […]

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Thousands rally for prisoners in Israeli jails

Related: Palestinian Prisoners – Special Topic | Prisoners – Category Maan News Agency | October 3, 2011 NABLUS (AFP) — Thousands of people in the West Bank and Gaza staged demonstrations on Monday in solidarity with Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails. The rallies were held as inmates saw through the seventh consecutive […]

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Abbas’ Dangerous Path to Palestinian Statehood

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood Dr. Elias Akleh | October 3, 2011 | Sabbah Report Palestinian President, Mahmud Abbas, whose presidency had expired since early 2009, is treading a dangerous path when submitted a formal bid on Friday September 23rd to the UN to recognize a Palestinian Statelet – on the […]

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Behind aid-cut to Palestinian Authority, more than meets the eye

Alex Kane | October 3, 2011 | Mondoweiss On the surface, reports over the weekend that Congress has blocked $200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) indicate that long-standing threats from U.S. politicians over the PA’s United Nations bid have come to fruition.  But there’s much more than meets the eye on this […]

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Abu Zuhri slams Abbas’s claim of right to form transition government

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video [ 03/10/2011 – 07:28 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has objected to statements by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on his claim to the right of responsibility in forming the transition government. He called the statement a major step backward from the reconciliation deal […]

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16-year-old boy shot by IOF soldiers in Gaza

Related: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures [ 03/10/2011 – 07:23 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a 16-year-old boy in the Jahar al-Deik area south of Gaza city. The boy, M.S., was hit in the left thigh by live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation forces east of Jahar al-Deik, located […]

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Sheikh Jarrah – Ethnic Cleansing- video

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category AIC  – Oct 3, 2011 In the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Israeli NGOs and state authorities have worked more than a decade to evict 550 Palestinian residents from their homes in order to build a Jewish settlement, rationalizing that prior to 1948 […]

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Hamas responds to Fatah’s ‘political ignorance’ accusations

Facts & More: “Palestine Has to Be More Flexible…” H(ILL)ARY SAYS! [ 02/10/2011 – 09:41 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas said it is fully aware of its political suggestions, especially with regard to Palestinian statehood, in response to accusations by Fatah’s media and culture office of the party being “politically ignorant”. “Hamas is fully aware […]

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Israel: Settlement in Jerusalem not up for negotiations

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category [ 02/10/2011 – 09:59 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli deputy prime minister Silvan Shalom said settlement construction in Jerusalem was not negotiable and that the city has always been outside of any settlement freeze decisions, despite opposition by various groups. With regard to […]

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Settlers attacked Israeli activist and Palestinians

  Sunday, 2 October, 2011 | 22:53 « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — On Thirsday (30/9) Israeli activists and Palestinians were attacked by settlers near the settlement of Atarot. The landowner of the plot to which the activists came in order to plant trees was also attacked by the settlers […]

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Israeli Bulldozers Level Lands in al-Walagah Village

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category   Monday October 03, 2011 12:04 by Mais Azza – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli bulldozers started to level Palestinian agricultural lands in al-Walagah village, northwest of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestine News & Info Agency (WAFA) reported on Monday. The mayor of […]

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Facing death on Gaza’s border – video

Three Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli troops in recent days while collecting rubble near the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel. Many young Palestinians scour the area to gather the bricks and stones from demolished homes to sell to help them scratch out a living. A UN report says that at least 25 […]

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