Post Tagged with: "Israel"

28Sep
2011

Irvine 11 Townhall: Responding to the Verdict (Video)

After the verdict against 10 of the infamous “Irvine 11″ was given, a townhall meeting was held at the Islamic Institute of O.C. There, community members of all backgrounds and faith gathered to hear from the lawyers, community leaders and the students themselves.

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9May
2011

Al-Talib Exclusive: Palestine & Israel in Crisis with Noam Chomsky

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21Mar
2011

Your tax dollars hard at work: U.S foreign aid to Israel and Egypt

A third of the United States foreign aid is spent on Israel and Egypt. That’s your tax dollars hard at work. Israel receives $400 million in economic aid and $2.775 billion in military aid while Egypt receives $250 million in economic aid and $1.3 billion in foreign aid.   Their total aid package ($3.175 billion to Israel and $1.55 billion to Egypt) account for a third of all US foreign aid and yet neither one of the countries are developing countries. [...]

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10Feb
2010

A Request for help from the Brothers and Sisters at UC Irvine

-In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful- Assalamu alaykum (peace be upon you), You may have heard of the recent event at UC Irvine with Michael Oren, the ambassador of Israel to the US. While he was invited by a student organization to speak on US-Israeli relations, the UCI Law School and the Political Science Department cosponsored the speech by Oren, a public figure who represents a state that continues to commit more human rights violations than any [...]

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20Apr
2009

Israeli Blockades

www.guardian.co.uk by Yousef Farsakh As the situation in Gaza deteriorates and the world’s superpower endorses the growing violence by not bringing accountability to Israel’s actions, many have forgotten about the humanitarian blockade of the West Bank. While not remotely as deadly and evil as the blockade, siege, and now massacre in Gaza, the world must not forget that Israel’s support for Abbas’ Fatah government has not prevented them from continuing the illegal confiscation of Palestinian freedom and humanitarian right. I [...]

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9Feb
2009

Authoritarian Rule for Palestinians: a Step up from Apartheid

By: Habib Hamidi Authoritarian leaders subjugate their people to their absolute ways.  They expect everyone to follow their rules and what they deem as right.  Many times, they enforce their rules violently and make it known to their people that dissent is not tolerated. They promote their agendas through the media by stressing how deleterious it would be for the society as whole if they allowed the opposition to speak”that the national security and the life of the ordinary citizens [...]

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