Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with lebanon www.salem-news.com 2010 During a workshop at the American University of Beirut last year on the subject of the right to work and to purchase a home for Palestinian refugees, a young business major from the Christian village of Bikerki posed a question that surprised some in the audience: “Why if Palestinian don’t like it in Lebanon do they not go home? Why did they even bother coming here in the first place?” http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/palestine-lebanon-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/palestine-lebanon-fl.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:21:00 PST We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns. But they are currently the two most egregious apart from most Zionist politicians in temporarily occupied Palestine. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:00 PST Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) knows the truth about what happened to the USS Liberty, because his father was directly involved in the cover-up. During an interview with AFP, James Morris, the editor of a news and commentary website entitled “America Hijacked,” referenced a monumentally historical event when Liberty survivor Capt. Ward Boston approached McCain at a political fundraiser and told him he’d worked with his father. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/politicians-liberty-vt.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/politicians-liberty-vt.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:53:00 PST A few years ago that I grasped that Zionism was just one manifestation of Jewish political power in the West. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/win-win-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/win-win-ga.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:29:00 PST Over the past few years, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has sledded into Lebanon bearing gifts during the Yuletide season more regularly than Santa Clause. Yet, as happened yesterday, he somehow manages to finish his gift giving and lift off to continue his rounds as The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/yuletide-lebanon-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/yuletide-lebanon-fl.php Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:13:00 PST Last week the Zionist Board of Deputies of British Jews (BOD) was desperate to expel me from a Marxist music festival. They obviously failed. This week the BOD attempts to control the Palestinian Delegation’s web site. The JC reports today that the BOD has “clashed with the Foreign Office over the content of articles on the website of the Palestinian Mission in Britain.” http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/bod-trantrum-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/bod-trantrum-ga.php Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:15:00 PST Every year on November 29, as part of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinians in Libya as well as approximately a quarter million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the descendants of more than 129,000 who were forced into Lebanon during the 1947-48 Nakba, commemorate the infamous United Nations Resolution 181. Between Nov. 29, 1947, and Jan. 1, 1949, Zionist terrorists depopulated and destroyed more than 530 Palestinian villages and towns, killing more than 13,000 Palestinians and expelling 750,000, approximately half the population. http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/palestine-descent-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november292011/palestine-descent-fl.php Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:55:00 PST After the Arab League hypocritically suspended the membership of Syria amid the mounting pressures of NATO and the U.S., the resurgence of violence in Egypt and Bahrain and Yemen and the unrelenting massacre of innocent civilians by the barbaric regime of Al Khalifa and Ali Abdullah Saleh once again attracted the attention of conscientious observers in the international community. So far 44 Bahraini citizens were killed at the hands of the mercenaries of Al Khalifa regime. http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/political-hypocrisy-kz.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/political-hypocrisy-kz.php Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:29:00 PST This weekend, Bradford TUC joined the Israeli lobby’s attempt to silence me. This sort of thing is no surprise since my book ‘The Wandering Who’ exposes the devastating continuum between Israel, Diaspora Sayanim, Anti-Zionist Zionists (AZZ) and the influential and varied communities of Shabbos Goyim. Is it a coincidence that Paul Meszaros and some of his fellow unionists got very busy indeed doing the Zionists’ bidding? http://salem-news.com/articles/november202011/hope-hate-lies-ga.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202011/hope-hate-lies-ga.php Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:44:00 PST Twenty eight years ago on this date, on 23 October 1983, a truck carrying a suicide bomb managed to get past Marine Corps guards and the driver detonated its charge at the Beirut International Airport in Lebanon. The blasts, equivalent to 5,400 kg (12,000 pounds) of TNT, killed 220 U.S. Marines, 18 sailors and 3 Army soldiers. 58 French paratroopers were killed in an attack that happened almost simultaneously. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/lebanon-marines-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/lebanon-marines-tk.php Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:14:00 PDT Jalil Refugee Camp is located about 90 km east of Beirut near Baalbek in the Bekaa valley and is home to approximately 8000 of the World’s most destitute Palestinian refugees. It is usually referred to as “Wavell Camp”, after the British Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell’s time at the former French military base during World War II. http://salem-news.com/articles/october162011/wavell-camp-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october162011/wavell-camp-fl.php Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:53:00 PDT For westerners who have watched Iran’s President Ahmadinejad up fairly close as he delivers speeches, his charisma and populist connection with the public are evident and often powerful. Barack Obama is normally no slough either on the stump, but last week’s UN appearance by the two leaders left a Matthew 13:24-30 type image of the wheat being separated from the chaff. http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/ahmadinejad-obama-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september282011/ahmadinejad-obama-fl.php Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:21:00 PDT Sabha, now the district Capitol, is about 400 miles south of Tripoli in the Saharan desert, and is one of the four main areas that NATO concedes is still controlled by pro-Gaddafi loyalists,(the other three are Sirte, Bani Walid, and Jufra) and for that reason NATO has intensified its, sometimes, seemingly indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. Today, NATO is desperately wanting to announce “mission accomplished” and put an end to its ill-conceived mission “to protect Libya‘s civilians”, that President Obama assured the World nearly 7 months ago, “will last days, not weeks.” http://salem-news.com/articles/september172011/sabra-shatilla-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september172011/sabra-shatilla-fl.php Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:25:00 PDT Evacuated by the ICRC from the Rixos hotel where she had been blocked for five days, Lizzie Phelan offers her first impressions after the fall of Tripoli. Danger, death and fear reign have engulfed the capital of the "New Libya", while NATO and its collaborators are peacocking around. With her collegues from Telesur, Russia Today, the Centre for Research on Globalization and Voltaire Network, Lizzie Phelan (PressTV) is one of the few journalists to have taken the risk of providing a factual account of the situation in Libya. http://salem-news.com/articles/september102011/ground-libya-lp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september102011/ground-libya-lp.php Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:57:00 PDT In 1999, we visited Syria as well as Jordan, Israel, and Baalbeck in Lebanon. We arrived in Syria on the eve of the Israeli elections. The majority of Arabs and Israelis probably agreed that the prospects for peace in the region improved immeasurably with the election of Ehud Barak as Israel's prime minister. http://salem-news.com/articles/august192011/once-syria-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august192011/once-syria-rs.php Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:07:00 PDT I think of Lifta... I smile.... like a flowerLifta… The healing touch of my grandmotherThe aroma of her bread, baked with tenderness and love Lifta...The hand of my mother against my faceHer gentle fingers running through my curlsLifta…The smile of "Amal" my childhood friend http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/lifa-home-ni.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july132011/lifa-home-ni.php Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:51:00 PDT Nakba Day Yawm an-Nakbah, meaning "day of the catastrophe" is generally commemorated on May 15, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli independence day. For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. - Wikipedia http://salem-news.com/articles/july092011/al-nakba-mk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july092011/al-nakba-mk.php Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:36:00 PDT Yes, I am a PalestinianYes, I am a MuslimYes, I am a humanistYes, I am a womanYes, I am a motherYes, I am a grandmotherAnd YES I am a freedom fighter I fight for my right to think freelyI fight for my right to speak my mind http://salem-news.com/articles/july092011/yes-i-am-ni.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july092011/yes-i-am-ni.php Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:12:00 PDT Is it not an oxymoron to call oneself "atheist Jew"?Is it OK for a "progressive Jew" to be a supremacist?Is it not schizophrenic, for those who call themselves "progressive Jews", to be simultaneously, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli? Is there a problem with Jewish identity?"Is it good for Palestinians" to rally behind some anti-zionist Jews even as we know that they act primarily for Jewish self-interest? http://salem-news.com/articles/july032011/mirror-mirror-ni.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july032011/mirror-mirror-ni.php Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:38:00 PDT As the launch of the Freedom Flotilla – Stay Human approaches, increasing numbers of Zionist officials and commentators illuminate the depths of their moral and intellectual bankruptcy by arguing that it is a political – not humanitarian – project. Like its predecessors, from the successful Free Gaza boats of 2008 to the Freedom Flotilla that suffered lethal violence by Israeli commandos in international waters last year, this Flotilla is an unabashed act of solidarity with a people fighting colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and apartheid. http://salem-news.com/articles/june252011/gaza-flotilla-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june252011/gaza-flotilla-jc.php Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:49:00 PDT Why are the zionists and their NWO allies fervently waging war against Muslims and Islam? Why are they spending so much time, money and energy to disfigure this belief system and to dehumanize its followers? Why do they loath the Qur’an and spread abhorrent lies about it? http://salem-news.com/articles/june242011/demonizing-islam-ni.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june242011/demonizing-islam-ni.php Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:49:00 PDT Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are investigating a Sunday morning two-vehicle serious injury traffic crash that occurred at the intersection of Highway 34 and Seven Mile Lane east of Interstate 5. Troopers say four people were injured, one critically, and alcohol is being investigated as a contributing factor. http://salem-news.com/articles/june052011/crash-us34.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june052011/crash-us34.php Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:32:00 PDT Scenes like the one above evoked veteran Jewish activist Uri Avnery to write this harsh description in his weekly Israeli-based column, Gush-Shalom: 'It was all rather disgusting'. No one has said it better, nor with greater passion. http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/cheering-synchophants-jw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/cheering-synchophants-jw.php Sun, 29 May 2011 01:26:00 PDT President Barak Obama is the great compromiser. For Obama, barter is so essential that he's willing to sacrifice his integrity for compromise. Obama’s biggest critics among once heads of state would be Margaret Thatcher who said, "If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/dissent-compromise-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may292011/dissent-compromise-pb.php Sun, 29 May 2011 00:59:00 PDT Last minute spin is in on the opening of the gates of Rafah as a humanitarian effort to allow a greater flow of goods into Gaza for rebuilding and improving the daily lot of Palestinians who have suffered so much for so long. The promise of such an opening in this long closed border also implies less restrictive passage of humans in and out of Gaza and hopefully increased trade. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/new-cast-lead-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/new-cast-lead-mdp.php Sat, 28 May 2011 20:30:00 PDT From the G8 summit, Reuters reports: The external financing needs of oil-importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa will exceed $160 billion over the next three years and donor countries must step in to help, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday... http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/g8-summitt-mc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/g8-summitt-mc.php Sat, 28 May 2011 19:28:00 PDT Under the Apartheid South Africa, whites would help themselves to the best of the land and water and we would also help ourselves to the best of the beaches and tourist spots. But the one big "plus" was, the Apartheid South Africa was openly racist and didn't play games trying to conceal their racist attitude, the world knew exactly where things stood. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/apartheid-israel-adv.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/apartheid-israel-adv.php Sat, 28 May 2011 17:19:00 PDT Blumenthal interviews delegates outside AIPAC's 2011 conference in Washington. Later, the delegates confront Palestine solidarity protesters. Some will find it surprising, some will not, but either way the perspective is worth your time as is understanding the way Zionists in today's world think. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/aipac-interviews-mb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/aipac-interviews-mb.php Sat, 28 May 2011 16:15:00 PDT Under International Law and America’s War Crimes Act, all U.S. Presidents and the 535 members of the U.S. Congress are “complicitors” in Israel’s long history of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. And as such are “war criminals” themselves. http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/war-crimes-mk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may282011/war-crimes-mk.php Sat, 28 May 2011 14:52:00 PDT As many of us observe the great Arab and Islamic awakening of 2011 in stunned amazement, as it rapidly spreads across the region, this observer agrees with those who declare; “well it’s about time—Godspeed to the rebels and goodbye to the despots.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/assad-govt-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/assad-govt-fl.php Fri, 13 May 2011 21:28:00 PDT