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Besieged By Baad Smells
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 19:42Besieged by bad smells Mohammed Omer Published 28 August 2008 The breakdown of Gaza's overworked sewage system threatens to spill over into an international...
A Fresco In Gaza
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:50Program/Issue Where Most Needed Global Food Crisis Emergency Response Sudan Emergency Silent Disasters Gaza Crisis Myanmar Cyclone China Earthquake Climate...
Arab Americans at the DNC, Majid Al Bahadli is Giving it His All
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 10:58Below is an article written by Dr. James Zogby about Arab American participation at the DNC since 1984. What he doesn't mention in the article he wrote, nor does the caption under the picture give,...
Going out of Town
Wed, 08/20/2008 - 05:11Will be back in a week, August 25th. "The Carnival is Over" Dead Can Dance Outside The storm clouds gathering, Moved silently along the dusty boulevard. Where flowers turning crane their...
Celebrate Mahmoud Darwish in Glendale, August 30, 2008
Tue, 08/19/2008 - 03:43Palestine Aid Society Invites you to a Celebration of the Life and Works of Palestinian Poet and Hero Mahmoud Darwish 1941 – 2008 Saturday, August 30, 2:00 p.m. Glendale...
Fortune Cookies and Other Hasbara Brain Farts
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 23:21Every once in while you come across an article that makes you fall off the chair laughing. Such is the case with an article published in JPost, "Pro-Israel fortune cookies, other hasbara ideas...
Marching in the 68th Annual Nisei Parade!
Mon, 08/18/2008 - 20:42Yesterday I had the honor and the FUN of marching in the 68th annual Nisei Parade in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. I marched with my dear friends from NCRR (Nikkei Civil Rights and Redress who...
Where Have All the Poems Gone?
Sat, 08/16/2008 - 22:25Poetry. With the death a week ago of beloved Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, it comes of little surprise (but a smile across my face) that while we here in America are more concerned with...
IOF Looks the Other Way in the Occupied Territorories
Fri, 08/15/2008 - 21:04SOURCE: The zionist occupation of Hebron, Palestine has made life a living hell for the Palestinians who are the rightful owners of this land. The crazy jewish women in this video is Yifat Alkobi,...
CAMERA Is Saying There Is No Palestine, AGAIN
Fri, 08/15/2008 - 10:56The ever ready indefatigable zionist CAMERA (Committee for "Accuracy" in Middle East Reporting in America) is at it again. This time, their latest blog post concerns the NBC Olympics website where...
Drinking the Poisoned Waters of Gaza
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 19:59I have a friend who as an independent journalist traveled to Gaza last year. We were speaking on the phone last night and she told me about a high incident of a type of anemia in the Gaza Strip and...
Let's Look Back at Putin's Speech in Munich for Clues
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 09:29I originally posted this speech in February 2007 right after Putin delivered it. Everyone looking at the situation in Georgia now should take the time to read this rather lengthy speech to see the...
"Walks in the West Bank"
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 21:27Watch the VIDEO View the beautiful SLIDE SHOW Read the article in the New York Times "Roaming Freely in a Land of Restraints"
IDF Murderers: Be They Innocent and Proud
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 20:27Not surprisingly Israel has cleared the IDF in the deaths of Reuter's camerman Fadel Shana and eight others who were struck by fire and murdered from an Israeli tank in April. When was the last...
Who's to blame for the Russian Georgian conflict?
Tue, 08/12/2008 - 18:42Georgian troops launched an aerial bombardment and ground attack on its separatist province of South Ossetia on Thursday. South Ossetians want to join up with their ethnic brethren in North Ossetia,...
All Hail to the Bush "Library"
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 21:46As some may know, the so-called Bush Library (for a "president" who doesn't read much) is being built on the grounds of Southern Methodist University despite the overwhelming objection to it being...
Barak Prefers Truce to Invasion (so he says)
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 21:02Well well, this is interesting...........let's hope to God it's not the calm before the storm. Barak (Israeli defense minister) is saying that he prefers the truce with Hamas over invasion because...
So It's Finally Official, Israel is a SKUNK!
Sun, 08/10/2008 - 19:35It was reported two days ago that Israel was using a new weapon to disperse protesters against the apartheid wall. It was thought to be toilet water which could be contaminated. Many became...
Mahmoud Darwish 1941-2008
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 22:26Mahmud DarwishFamed Palestinian poet dead: hospital 5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) — Mahmud Darwish, widely considered one of the greatest Palestinian poets, died Saturday in a US hospital following...
Palestine's Olympic Team
Sat, 08/09/2008 - 21:15The Palestinian Olympic Committee has sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Palestinian delegation consists of two runners and two swimmers.[1] [2] Palestinian...
