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Finding Al-Ka'aba Direction For Prayers
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  News    

Confrontation is not our choice, says Medvedev, EU ready for friendly ties with Russia

Zardari wins majority in Pakistan's presidential election

Palin's "Troopergate" case investigation moved up

US Occupation of Iraq:

3 Mossad Agents, 35 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 9 Executed by Al-Muthanna Death Squad, According to September 5-6, 2008 News Reports

Bush Turns Against his Puppets, Al-Maliki and Chalabi, for their Refusal to Agree with him on Permanent US Military Presence in Iraq

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure an Italian Peace Activist, Kidnap 18 Palestinians

Palestinian Chief Justice, Member of Israeli Parliament Call on Israeli Occupation Government to Lift  Restrictions on Reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque

Illegal Israeli settlers and soldiers collaborate to control privately owned Palestinian lands: The case of Mahbooba Yassin Abdullah

Racist Israeli High Court Allows Jewish Terrorist Organization to Hold Provocative, Hostile March in Um Al-Fahem Arab city

Lebanon PFLP Commemorates Abu Ali Mustafa in 7th Anniversary of his Assassination

Palestinian artists, Cartoonists in Gaza Commemorate Assassination of Political Cartoonist Naji Al-Ali

September 4-5, 2008

John McCain's Acceptance Speech

Cold War II:

Cheney says U.S. committed to Georgia's NATO membership

U.S. pushes through radar plans despite opposition in Czech Republic

US Occupation of Iraq:

3 US Soldiers, 24 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to September 3-4, 2008 News Reports

Responsibility US-Recruited Sahwa Fighters Transferred to Iraqi Government, as US Forces May Leave Iraq by July 2009

Israeli Occupation of Palestine:

Nine Palestinians kidnapped, one injured by Israeli occupation forces overnight, more suffering at checkpoints

EU parliament Deplores Harsh Conditions, Torture of 11,000 Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Prisons

Sarkozy Delivers a Message from Shalit's Father to Assad But Ignores 11,000 Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Occupation Prisons

Search for Firm to Run Ferry Service Between Cyprus and Gaza, New Siege-Breaking Boat to Sail on 22 September

Former Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, Gave Orders to IOF to Kill 70 Palestinians Daily in 2005

Opinion Editorials

Dicing with death for Gaza: Day 28 By Yvonne Ridley

Sailing into Gaza By Huwaida Arraf

Israeli PR fails the decent, honest and truthful test By Stuart Littlewood

Olympic Follies and Triumphs By Ramzy Baroud

The Food Crisis And Rising Prices: Is It A War On The Poor? By Ali Al-Hail

Sermon on the Mount Two Millennia Later By Ben Tanosborn

And None Dare Call It Treason: Who is Randy Scheunemann? By Patrick J. Buchanan

America: A Zionist Colony By Frank Scott

Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan,  By Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, A Book Review By Jim Miles

August 31, 2008

The other face of western democracy Supporting Oppression Around the World By Khalid Amayreh

Towards a Clear Definition of Terrorism By Hassan El-Najjar and M. Burhanuddin Qasmi

The Saakashvili Experiment By Ramzy Baroud

Gazans Live Back in the Middle Ages Due to the Israeli Siege By Sameh Akram Habeeb

New Books

A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel By Hatim Kanaaneh, a Book Review By Jim Miles

Israel: Good for America? A New Book By James Petras

How the New World is in Fact Being Ordered, a New Book By Abdul-Haq al-Ani

August 24, 2008

Georgia: Israel's Home Sweet Home By Hesham Tillawi

Crisis in Georgia: McCain and Obama React By James J. Zogby

Georgian War: Diplomatic Rubble By Eric Walberg

Blocking a Gazan's path to San Diego By Fidaa Abed

Britain's defence establishment shows its pro-Israel colour: RUSI invites former Israeli official to discuss “problem” of Israel's Arab citizens By Redress

Family Politics and the New Gaza Crisis By Ramzy Baroud

Harper again serves as Bush's mouthpiece in Canada By Jim Miles

August 20, 2008

Putin Walks Into a Trap By Mike Whitney

Mahmoud Darwish: The Anger, the Longing, the Hope By Uri Avnery

The Olympics: Pick On whom? And Picks Of What? By Ali Al-Hail

News Photos

   
John McCain's Acceptance Speech, as the Republican presidential nominee (JM, 9/4/08).
   
Cheney says U.S. committed to Georgia's NATO membership. Above: Cheney and Saakashvili (Xinhua, 9/4/08).
   
Former Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, Gave Orders to IOF to Kill 70 Palestinians Daily in 2005 (PIC, 9/4/08).
   
3 US Soldiers, 24 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to September 3-4, 2008 News Reports  (amsi, 9/4/08).
   
Dicing with death for Gaza: Day 28 By Yvonne Ridley  Above: Yevonne Ridley, one of the international peace activists who broke the Israeli siege of Gaza  (SC, 9/4/08).
Basic Articles About Islam By Hassan El-Najjar:

1. Islam: A Brief Introduction

2. Three Levels of Faith: Islam, Iman, and Ihsan

3. The Scientific Evidence That God Exists and the Holy Qur'an Is His Message to Humanity

4. Creation and Evolution in the Holy Qur'an

5. The Relationship Between the Spiritual and the Physical in Islamic Teachings

6. Mind, Self, Soul, Spirit, and Happiness from an Islamic Perspective

7. Heart-Mind Relationship in the Holy Qur'an

"Terrorism" & "Islamo-Fascism" Propaganda Campaigns: A Lecture

Six Questions About Islam, Muslims and Jews with Andee Goldman

Five Islamic Issues: Predestination and choice, position toward other religions, angels, and the End of Days with Chris Hatcher

Food Islamic Rules and Teachings

Are Muslim women second-class citizens with Donna Jmsn, and Tim Symonds

The French Ban on Islamic Headscarf, an Interview with By Paula Montebruno

Islamic TV Stations

http://www.muslimchannels.tv/
Pledging Allegiance to Israel & Expressing Readiness to Fight its Next War
 George W Bush at the Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem (AP, 1/11/08).  John McCain at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem (AP, 3/19/08).  Barack Obama at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem (7/23/08).  Angela Merkel at the Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem (UPI, 3/17/08).  Nicola Sarkozy and his wife Carla at the Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem (AP, 6/23/08).  Gordon Brown and Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem (PIC, 7/22/08). 
       
Uncovering the Israel Lobby in the US
       

"Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid," By Jimmy Carter.

youtube.com/watch?v=wBJgaBe5NgM 

Carter Continues to Impress Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, Freedom-Loving People Around the World

Senior Hamas leaders head to Egypt to meet with Carter, Haniya renews invitation to Carter to visit Gaza

The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy By John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt (TEXT)

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?

abstract_id=891198 

http://www.israellobbybook.com/book.html

Dutch TV film showing the Israelis' influence over America's Congress. http://video.google.com/videoplay?

docid=2894821400057137878

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIlyj6D5qmk&feature=PlayList&p=E99D887

3F5892DD5&index=0&playnext=1

 

Findley, Paul. A. Lincoln, "Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts about the US-Israeli Relationship." (1990), They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel�s Lobby. (1985). Video: Findley Dares to Speak Again: opposingdigits.com/vlog/?p=478  

The Gaza Holocaust: Israeli Attacks on Jabalia February 27-March 3, 2008

The Gulf War: Overreaction & Excessiveness By Hassan El-Najjar

Zionism, the highest stage of imperialism

"Terrorism" & "Islamo-Fascism" Propaganda Campaigns A Lecture, photos, references

Arab and Muslim Americans: Culture, Beliefs, Views, and Discrimination

US Foreign Policy (Dr. El-Najjar's Articles) 

Emory Peace Activists Oppose David Horowitz Hate Speech: Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRgPKAglmzc

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Articles By Dr. Hassan El-Najjar

Editor of Al-Jazeerah: Cross-Cultural Understanding

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April 2008

US House of Representatives Resolution 185 Aims at Blowing Up UN Resolution 194 Regarding Palestinian Refugees

March 2008

Report Card for US Invasion of Iraq in its 5th Anniversary Astounding Success for War Beneficiaries, Disaster for the US Nation State, Death and Destruction of Iraq

November 2007

Arthur James Balfour A Declaration of War and Injustice on Humanity

October 2007

Terrorism & Islamo-Fascism Propaganda Campaigns

September 2007

Arab and Muslim Americans Culture, Beliefs, Views, and Discrimination

Demonstrations Should be Only Against Occupiers, Not Against their Victims

June 2007

The Condy Rice Vision of Democracy in the New  Middle East Maintaining the Israeli Occupation

April 2007

From Al-Jazeerah.info Editor to Readers

It's the United States that has been under attack, not just Al-Jazeerah.info

February 2007

While Trillions of Dollars Are Spent on Wars, Hunger Kills 18,000 Kids Each Day

Bush's Mission Accomplished Exxon Mobil Posts $39.5 Billion Profit in 2006

January 2007

Why Do War Attacks Suddenly Stop for Three Days Following Announcement of Every New Bush Policy on Iraq

 

                                 2006                                                  2003-2005                                                                  2002

The Promised Land

December 2006

Persons of the Year 2006

Olmert Admits Possession of Nuclear Weapons: A Call to Action

Israel-Firsters  in US House of Representatives, Led by Lantos, Weiner, and Lehinen, Pass Yet Another Anti-Palestinian Legislation

Neither Civil War Nor Sectarian Violence. It's Ethnic Cleansing Before the Partition of Iraq

The Five-Day Olmert Peace Stunt: A Proof Israelis Not Ready for Peace Yet

November 2006

The Olmert Peace Stunt: Blackmailing  Palestinians to Give Up their Inalienable Right of Return to their Homeland

September 2006

Ibrahim Haroon: A Palestinian American Who Died in Kuwait

Palestine is Still the Core of the Conflict, Resources for researchers and speakers

Lowered Oil and Gas Prices: Stage Three of the Bush October Surprise

The Root Cause of America's Problems in the Middle East: The Palestinian Suffering

August 2006

Chronology of the Conflict

The British Terrorist Plot: Stage Two of the October Surprise

Zionist-Supported Hank Johnson of Georgia Accuses Arab Americans and Muslim Americans of Terrorism

Connecticut Leads America in the Democratic Revolution Against Israel-Firster War Entrepreneurs

July 2006

Natanyaho, Bush, and Blair: Astounding Israeli Views About Causes of the Conflict

Nassrullah and Peres: The War Was Supposed to Be October Surprise, and to Weaken Iran

The American People Are the Target for Corporate Media Censorship

Oil Prices Settle at $77 a Barrel, This Time Caused By Israeli Attacks on Lebanon

It Is the Occupation, STUPID! That's Spreading Fire Around the World

Fateh Resumes Temporary Control Over the Palestinian Authority

US Uproar Over North Korean Missile Launch and the Iranian Nuclear Program A Distraction from the Israeli Terrorist Campaign on Gaza Strip

June 2006

AIPAC-Controlled US Senate Follows the House in Blindly Supporting Israeli Occupation Policies Towards the Palestinian People

For Israel, the US Willing to Cooperate with Iran

Great News for Future Palestinian Lawsuits Against the Israeli State Compensation for Deportation

Members of US House of Representatives Insist on Making Fools of Themselves, This Time Cutting US Aid to Saudi Arabia

May 2006

Bush Supports Israeli Unilateral Plan, Inviting a Prolonged Conflict

Jerusalem on Alert over Long-Awaited Israeli-Planned Palestinian Suicide Attack

Unconditional Negotiations Better than Israeli Ultimatums to Annex Palestinian Lands, A News Commentary

Al-Jazeerah: A Test of Freedom of Speech in the United States

April 2006

Bush and Rice Statements about War on Iran Behind Pushing Oil Prices to $75 Per Barrel

US Invasion of Iraq Was a Strategic Error, Despite Rice-Rumsfeld Denials

March 2006

Israeli Elections: Occupation Continues, More Sadism, Savagery, and Slavery Against the Palestinian People

State of the Zionist Empire Three Years After the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

February 2006

Flemming Rose Cartoons: Faking an Islamic-Christian Conflict to Fuel the Permanent War Strategy

January 2006

US Secretary of State Rice Can Do Better Than Beating on Hamas and Punishing the Palestinian People

Hamas Victory and the Old Israeli Trick of Renouncing Terrorism

Al-Jazeerah Enters its 5th Year: Hope Continues Despite Challenges and Distractions

In Memory of Martin Luther King Jr: I Have a Dream� for America and Arabia

October-December 2005

Islam Is Not the Enemy of the American Empire

Iraqi Constitution Adopted Despite Two-Third� Rejection in Sunni Provinces ! 

Pakistan and New Orleans Victims: Is God angry with them? An Interactive Op Ed

August 2005

Ahmed Deedat: A Relentless Caller to Islam With Wisdom 

The Sean Hewitt Testimony of How Powerful People Have Been Making Fortunes in Crude Oil Trading

The Conflict Did Not Start on August 2, 1990

Bolton UN Appointment: Empire Interests Supersede US National Interests ... Again