Posts Tagged ‘Fatah’

Video : Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show

In Crime, History, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, TV, War, citizenship, religion on 29 October 2009 tagged Anna Baltzer, Arab, audience interaction, books, Christian, Comedy Central, Desmond Tutu, Disney, Divestment, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, exclusives, Fatah, Hamas, History, Human Rights, international affairs, Interview, Iran, Islamic, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish, Joe Wilson, Jon Stewart, Judaism, Liar, Mahatma Gandhi, media, Mickey Mouse, Middle East, Minister of Information, Mustafa Barghouti, Nelson Mandela, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Peace, Sanctions, segregation, Settlements, The Daily Show, United States of America, Video, Violence with View Comments

In a completely un-edited interview, Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss Palestinian-Israeli non-violent cooperation groups and the future of both Israel and occupied Palestine. Stewart did not let down on Baltzer and Dr. Barghouti addressing specifically Palestinian propaganda, Israel as an Arab scape goat, and the the disproportionate [...]

Video : Life in Lebanese Refugee Camps for Palestinians Not Much Better Than Israel

In Crime, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, Twitter, citizenship on 31 July 2009 tagged A-Films, Beirut, Elkosh, Fatah, Football, Hamas, Human Rights, Human Rights Declaration, Israel, Jordan, Khawla, Lebanon, Mar Elias Camp, Minister of Labour, Palestine, refugee camp, Refugees, Sabra, Settlements, Shatila, Syria, Video, Youtube with View Comments

Watching this two-part short documentary on the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the viewer learns that life as refugees in Lebanon, as opposed to Syria and Jordan, is almost as constricting for the Palestinian people as it is in the Israeli occupied lands that used to be Palestine. In Lebanon, like in Israeli occupied [...]

Video : Gaza Woman Converts to Shi’a Islam to Gain More Freedoms, Engage With Society

In History, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, TV, Twitter, religion on 30 July 2009 tagged Arab, Democracy, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mark Regev, Palestine, Ramallah, religion, Russia Today, Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur, Shia, Sunni, Tel Aviv, Video, Youtube with View Comments

Much of the rest of the report is less interesting re-hashed information, but the statements of the female convert are extremely important considering recent developments for the women of Gaza. The woman clearly states that she feels she has more opportunities to engage with society as a Shi’a woman than she does with the form [...]

Dr. Mark Levine Stopping Settlements is Meaningless, Obama Must Challenge Israel

In History, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, TV, War, religion on 29 May 2009 tagged 1967 Borders, Al Jazeera English, An Impossible Peace: Oslo and the Burdens of History, Benjamin Netanyahu, China, Dr. Mark LeVine, Dr. Shibley Telhami, EU, Fatah, Gaza air strikes, Hamas, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Oslo, Palestine, Riz Khan, Russia, Settlements, Two State Solution, UC Irvine, UN, Video, Youtube with View Comments

Al Jazeera English’s Riz Khan show focused on the Israeli settlements today. Speaking to Dr. Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland and Dr. Mark Levine of the University of California at Irvine, what both guests made clear was that peace between Israel and Palestine is as important to the United States national security as [...]

Fred Kaplan : America Still Figuring Out What They are Doing in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, Opinion, Politics, War, pakistan on 6 February 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, al qaida, Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, David Petraeus, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Fatah, Fred Kaplan, Gaza, Hamas, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Michael Mullen, Obama's Vietnam, pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Robert Gates, Senate Armed Services Committee, Slate.com, taliban, War, War Stories with View Comments

In a recent War Stories column for Slate.com, Fred Kaplan looks at the situation America faces in Afghanistan in order to try and understand the decisions the United Sates of America must make in the nation. Faced with a shortage of troops, claims of a Vietnam redux, an increasing lack of security, and the fatigue [...]