Hundreds of pieces of legislation pass through Congress on a daily basis.
But, as Palestinian blogger Sabbah writes, H. Con Resolution 152 really has a special place in Arab hearts: “Can you understand now why we HATE U.S. politicians?”
Passed by a voice vote on the anniversary of Israeli’s victory in the Six-Day War, HRes. 152 [...]
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“Can you understand now why we HATE U.S. politicians?” – H Con Resolution 152
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, The Big Picture, The United States in the Middle East on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Right of Return: Moot?
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Question: What is the only issue in the Palestinian conflict that has its own interest group here in the U.S.?
That would be the Right of Return (the group is Al-Awda.) And they should find new jobs, according to Saudi columnist Yousef Nasser al-Sweiden. While al-Sweiden doesn’t call out al-Awda, he does argue, in two separate [...]
Worse Than Apartheid?
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, The United States in the Middle East on April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Novak details his visit to Jerusalem and the surrounding towns, writing that the Palestinians feel their situation is worse than the apartheid imposed upon Black citizens of South Africa. As evidence, he points to the hardship imposed by the Israeli security wall, the rough treatment of Palestinian youth by the Israeli government and the [...]
The Unrecognized
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Palestine on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this five-minute documentary on the plight of Bedouin Arabs living in the Naqab (Negev) Desert in southern Israel. It’s one thing to talk about socio-economic disparity and quite another to see two towns, Omer (established 1950), an Israeli settlement, and Tarabin al-Sana, a Bedouin town across the highway, where the former looks like [...]
