tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264994012024-03-23T10:51:41.042-07:00Montréal, PalestineA Palestinian without a country who calls Montréal home...for now.Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-60803874328887631752007-06-19T10:09:00.000-07:002007-06-19T10:16:13.845-07:00War in Iran Makes Dollars and SenseThis is not normally within the scope of this blog but felt it was important enough to take a stab at to get a better idea of what is really going on in the Middle East.On November 10th 2005, an article described one of the unspoken reasons why the United States had to invade Iraq: to liberate the U.S. dollar in Iraq so that Iraqi oil could once again be purchased with the petrodollar. See The Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-27354353202424896222007-06-08T10:03:00.000-07:002007-06-09T10:11:55.619-07:00USS Liberty: Memories That Won’t Die ‘When the first missile hit, I thought one of the main lines from the boiler had blown. The whole ship shook so hard it felt like an earthquake. About 15 seconds later when I smelled what seemed like burned gunpowder and heard the Captain order everyone to General Quarters on the ship, I knew it wasn’t no blown pipe, but that the ship was under attack. Everything that took place afterwardsAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-25200275892305142122007-06-05T07:06:00.000-07:002007-06-09T10:09:52.965-07:00The "Set-back"June the 5th marks the 40th anniversary of what has become know as "the set-back" it also marks the day that I as a human being, lost my right to live in security.Timeline:June 5: At 10:10 GMT Israel launches the first wave of attacks. Almost 400 Egypt-based military aircraft destroyed, leaving craters in the runway more than five metres wide and one point six metres deepJune 6: Israel captures Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-61351967473554261272007-05-02T07:11:00.000-07:002007-05-02T07:20:35.622-07:00The Right to StrikeSomething very interesting from haaretz.com regarding the U.S.'s secret plan to attack Israel in 1967 to prevent Israel from expanding westward, into the Sinai, or eastward, into the West Bank.Oh, what a different world we would be in had they implemented the plan...and what a different life I would have had...in my home in Jerusalem!!--------------------The right to strikeBy Amir OrenThe end of Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-80745751958665566842007-03-21T07:22:00.000-07:002007-03-29T08:08:56.201-07:00Time for a Bi-National StateI discovered this article from Le Monde Diplomatique titled:Time for a Bi-National StateEhud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas may have affirmed that they want a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but it may be more promising to return to a much older idea.By Leila FarsakhThere is talk once again of a one-state bi-national solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Oslo peace Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-89250343011281230522007-03-21T06:51:00.000-07:002007-03-21T09:14:52.524-07:00ONE Democratic StateI have just discovered a group called The Association for One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel. They believe (as I do) that the only just solution in Palestine is one secular and democratic state and not the two-state solution which is painfully obvious that it is not working. Here's something about them: The Association The Association Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-1733267150808397332007-03-14T07:52:00.000-07:002008-11-19T00:41:18.572-08:00Patriarch: Son of a RefugeeSince hip-hop was born on the streets of the Bronx in the 70s, it has been a mechanism by which disaffected people have expressed their concerns and empowered themselves through music. Through the years, different groups have put their own stamp on the rap world and this tradition continues today through a man who goes by the name of Patriarch.Born in San Francisco and raised in the East Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-75070601601625221952007-03-06T15:16:00.000-08:002007-03-07T07:51:06.567-08:00Hot WinterMy friend Lucy, has been MIA for a while...last I heard she was back in Nablus. And then all of this:Tell me this DOESN'T remind you of stormtroopers during WWII...I hope she's alright.Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-64041108162848543382007-02-28T08:38:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:19.648-08:001948...in Pictures and WordsA previous post (Old Newspaper Clippings) has had a lot of reaction both on and off the blog mostly thanks to the photographs, so I decided to try and give some depth to what actually happened when the Jewish state was declared in 1948. To do this along with some more photographs, I have decided to use an excerpt from the book "Blessed are the Peacemakers ...The History of a Palestinian Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-69798757573607118002007-02-22T09:01:00.000-08:002007-02-22T09:15:22.992-08:00Palestinians Are Not Children of a Lesser GodThis is an op-ed piece that I just discovered. It was published by The Jewish Daily ForwardWe Palestinians Will Honor Our WordI know of no way to measure suffering, no mechanism to quantify pain. All I know is that we Palestinians are not children of a lesser God.Had I been a Jew or a Gypsy, I would consider the Holocaust to be the most atrocious event in history. Had I been a Native American, itAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-15878735015012323912007-02-14T08:15:00.000-08:002007-02-14T08:23:51.803-08:00Debunking the Myth of Israeli DemocracyAs part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2007...tomorrow night in Montreal: Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights presents: "Debunking the Myth of Israeli Democracy" Speaker:Dr. Jamal ZahalqaPalestinian member of the Israeli Knesset, and member of the National Democratic Assembly (Balad) Party Thursday February 15th 20078:30pmConcordia University, Hall Building (on DeMaisoneuve) room H-937 Dr. Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-27583972996969956432007-02-08T16:15:00.000-08:002007-02-08T08:37:52.117-08:00Israel and the Media: The Ten CommandmentsWell, considering that the subject of my last post barely made the news this week, here are ten rules everyone should memorize before watching the evening news or reading the morning paper. They make everything perfectly clear:Rule # 1: If the story is about the Middle East, the Arabs always attack first and Israel always defends itself. This is called "reprisals".Rule # 2: Arabs, Palestinians orAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-86529265123766607862007-02-07T10:16:00.000-08:002007-02-07T10:21:02.330-08:00Beginning of "The End"?Israeli forces demolished the entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque after destroying the Moroccan Gate bridge leading to the Muslim holy site. Chief Palestinian Justice Sheikh Taysir Tamimi said that the timing of the destruction in the Old City of East Jerusalem was purposeful as all eyes are on the meeting in Mecca and political leaders are enroute.The Sheikh told a press conference in Ramallah this Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-58292920825127955072007-01-30T17:42:00.000-08:002007-01-30T09:37:00.126-08:00Old Newspaper ClippingsPalestine pre-IsraelI've created a photo gallery of some old newspaper clippings of Palestine. Click on the image above to open the gallery.You can run the pictures as a 'slide show' or just click on the individual thumbnails.Take some time to read the captions describing the picture contents...you may gain a better understanding of what Palestine was before the creation of the Jewish state and Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-7080377893580734322007-01-24T06:56:00.000-08:002007-01-30T09:12:30.842-08:00Global Peace MarchHundreds of thousands of Americans will march to their capital city Washington DC on Saturday 27 January. It could be the rebirth of the US peace movement. People round the world - let’s join the march with our own global internet protest! Last week, our ad told decision-makers in Congress how strong world opposition is to Bush’s escalation in Iraq.This Saturday, Avaaz supporters at the US march Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-49453884185301134752007-01-23T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:19.853-08:00Jewish Like MeMcGill University is one of the bigger University's in Canada and it's campus is here in Montreal. It may actually qualify as an "Ivy League" school. I was going through the McGill Daily paper online and came across this story, "Jewish Like Me" written by Jesse Rosenfeld, a Toronto transplant.It's a very good article that illustrates the dichotomy of what it is to be a Jew from a North American Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-38510047710004156042007-01-18T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:19.965-08:00'Peel'ing Back HistoryOne of the most dynamic streets in Montreal, my adopted home is Peel Street. It's full of great restaurants, chic shopping and a beautiful park. As a Palestinian I have always felt uneasy with the name 'Peel' (See: Peel Commmission) but in the desire for knowledge I have done some research and discovered some very interesting things about Peel Street.The street was actually named after a former Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-17653641627953018822007-01-16T08:54:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:20.194-08:00House Buying in JerusalemHappy New Year! (It's not too late is it?) I've been busy.You'll be happy to know (unless you're a Zionist) that with the new year I've decided to start looking for a place to live back in Jerusalem and came across this listing. The down side is that it's just an apartment and I would prefer to "buy a piece of land" for obvious metaphorical reasons, but man, look at the view...come to think of itAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-13804389837641024192006-12-21T15:53:00.000-08:002006-12-21T16:02:49.724-08:00Montrealers Denounce Israeli ApartheidBoycott Israeli Apartheid Banner in Downtown Montreal [Photo: Ron Saba Montreal Planet Magazine]On Saturday, December 16th, 2006 Palestinian solidarity activists gathered on St. Catherine street in downtown Montreal to draw attention to a 2005 appeal from over 170 Palestinian civil-society organizations to, "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel Until it Complies with International LawAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-80575868719471226892006-12-19T08:46:00.000-08:002006-12-19T08:58:34.080-08:00No More Taking SidesOnce again I turn to a great radio show on NPR called Speaking of Faith. I heard the story of Robi Damelin who lost her son David to a Palestinian sniper and the story of Ali Abu Awwad who lost his older brother Yousef to an Israeli soldier. But, instead of clinging to traditional ideologies and turning their pain into more violence, they've decided to understand the other side — Israeli and Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-87308859535772294682006-12-15T10:00:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:20.508-08:00Israel's High Court Legalizes AssassinationYup, Israel...(the only democracy in the Middle East) has just legalized assassinations of it's political opponents...nice, eh? Already some 500 Palestinians have been "sentenced" since the year 2000...now, it's legal well at least according to Israel's High Court. I just wanna know what they've been smoking.Of course this decision will help all of those Israeli military officers in defending Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-42971425129670229412006-12-14T09:25:00.000-08:002006-12-14T09:47:45.510-08:00They Were Just KidsI cried for 5 minutes this morning when I saw the pictures.The other day I read the story on Laila's blog...but couldn't get my mind around the atrocity of it until today when I visited Asad al Nimr's blog. I'm warning you that the pictures are a gruesome disfigurement of what should be three angelic children.As some have speculated I fear that this was a "false flag" operation (see: Operation Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-88079875111586848872006-12-13T13:15:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:41:20.749-08:00Together - One PeopleThanks for the picture Naughton321Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-1655355634174931352006-12-12T10:44:00.000-08:002006-12-12T10:48:07.277-08:00Kofi Annan - Final Speech as UN Secretary GeneralToday, Kofi Annan has made his final speech as UN secretary general, calling on the US not to lose sight of its core principles in its fight on terror."No nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy over others," Mr Annan said, urging the US to respect human rights in its "war on terror". Click here to read more... Abu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26499401.post-22396974677792402372006-12-12T08:18:00.000-08:002006-12-12T08:24:42.739-08:00"Israel needs a wake up call": An interview with Ilan PappeWhen I ordered my copy of "ONE COUNTRY" Amazon suggested a second book to order at the same time and I did called,"The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappe. The link below is to an interview with Ilan Pappe by a fellow blogger Christopher Brown. Please take a moment to read it as an addition to my post ONE COUNTRY. "Israel needs a wake up call": An interview with Ilan PappeAbu-Issahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06161398770975089093noreply@blogger.com0