The Palestinian Prisoners' Plight
Illustration By Carlos Latuff By, Bianca Zammit* and Fadi Skaik** | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz There are currently approximately 11,000 Palestinian prisoners being held captive in Israeli jails across Israel. Whilst their imprisonment is of itself in direct contravention of international law, the whole arrest, judiciary and imprison

Israel's Illegal Settlements in America
By Grant Smith* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz US Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell was highly enthusiastic about Israel's partial, temporary illegal settlement freeze stating "it is more than any Israeli government has done before and can help move toward agreement between the parties.&

"…And A Little Child Shall Lead Them"
By Uri Avnery* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The fourth largest powerful military.Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, has an idea. That happens to him quite often. One might almost say – too often. It goes like this: The US will turn its back on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The entire world will follow. Everybody is fed up with this confl

Turkey's New Shift
By Alastair Crooke* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Recep Tayyip ErdoğanWhile the United States and Europe have been struggling to find a path forward in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Afghanistan and Iran, the strategic ground upon which their assumptions about the region rest has begun to shift dramatically. Most significantly, Turkey has finally shrugged off the straightjac

Barghouti: Shalit's capture achieved what no dialogue could
Fatah strongman, expected to win Palestinian election if freed in Shalit deal, declares intention to run. Fatah strongman Marwan BarghoutiFatah strongman Marwan Barghouti said in an interview on Wednesday that he intends to run in the next Palestinian presidential election, and remarked that the capture of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit by Gaza militants achieved what no negotiations could ever achieve. Shalit was kidna