[iraq-supporters] Normalization | Lebanon's sectarian elections | Abunimah on Hamas | And more ...

Thu Jul 9 09:30:26 PDT 2009

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

OFFERING ISRAEL NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR OBSTRUCTION 
By Hasan Abu Nimah, The Electronic Intifada, 8 July 2009 

Israel has never been short of pretexts for obstructing
progress towards a Middle East peace settlement. But
recent moves to push Arab and Muslim states to normalize
ties with Israel as a reward for agreeing to freeze
settlement construction will likely provide Israel with
more opportunities for obstruction rather than incentives
for cooperation. Hasan Abu Nimah comments.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10651.shtml

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LEBANON : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

ELECTIONS ONLY FORTIFY LEBANON'S SECTARIAN POLITICS 
By Sami Halabi, Electronic Lebanon, 7 July 2009 

Lebanon's elections last month confirmed yet again that in
this tiny Mediterranean country, sectarian politics are
paramount. Long gone from the collective consciousness are
the lessons of the 15-year civil war that began as a
political and class dispute and descended into sectarian
enmity. Forgotten also are the post-war years that led up
to the recent elections and were characterized by the ebb
and flow of civil strife. Sami Halabi comments for
Electronic Lebanon.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10646.shtml

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

HAMAS' CHOICE: RECOGNITION OR RESISTANCE IN THE AGE OF OBAMA 
By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 July 2009 

In a major policy speech on 25 June 2009, Khaled Meshal,
the head of Hamas' political bureau, tried to do what may
be impossible: present the Islamist Palestinian resistance
organization as a willing partner in a US-led peace
process, while holding on to his movement's political
principles and base. This is the dilemma that every
Palestinian leadership, and perhaps almost every
liberation movement, has eventually had to confront. It is
a choice, as political scientist Tamim Barghouti has
pointed out, between recognition and legitimacy. Ali
Abunimah analyzes.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10647.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

SIX MONTHS LATER, NO RECONSTRUCTION IN GAZA 
By Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 8 July 2009 

Mahmoud Abu al-Anzain and his wife, Umm Naim, and their
three children used to live in a two-room, cement-roofed
house. It wasn't a palace, but it was a home. The house
was completely destroyed by Israeli army fire during last
January's assault on the Gaza Strip. Six months later, the
family is among those still living in tents. Rami
Almeghari reports for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10649.shtml

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LEBANON : DIARIES: LIVE FROM LEBANON:

THE DREAM OF RETURNING HOME 
By Mary Pole, Live from Lebanon, 7 July 2009 

Fadi looked up and pointed at the rain. "This is like our
life. We hate the rain. But we can't change it so we will
stay under it." This rain appeared all the more invasive
when picking lemons in winter. It is a cold, wet and
miserable task, for the equivalent of $7 a day. A task
only perceived to be fit for Palestinians in Lebanon.
Despite Fadi's postgraduate qualification in accounting
and fluency in English, he rightly pointed out that "I
can't be a lawyer, I can't be a doctor ... Seventy-two
jobs I can't do." Mary Pole writes from the al-Buss
refugee camp.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10644.shtml

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PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL URGED TO NOT PROMOTE APARTHEID 
Open letter, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, 7 July 2009 

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural
Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is writing with grave concern
over the Melbourne International Film Festival's cultural
partnership with the Israeli state, as advertised in its
promotional material. We write to urge the festival not to
accept Israeli government funding or sustain this
partnership with a state that practices occupation,
colonialism and apartheid.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10648.shtml

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