http://myoccupiedterritory.net Thu, 15 May 2008 13:24:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Has it really been only 60 years? Only 60 years of occupation, subjugation, humiliation, oppression? Why does it feel like a lifetime? Wait... 60 years IS a lifetime for many. What can be said on this occasion that has not already been said? Countless words have been spoken, but those who talk ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/05/15/nakbah-at-60/ I was ecstatic to hear that Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Hajj has been released today by American authorities after spending SIX and a half years in the prison at Guantanamo Bay. I previously blogged about his ordeal. Interview with ex-Guantanamo Detainee Who Knew Al-Hajj: http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/05/01/al-jazeera-reporter-freed-from-guantanamo/ Update: The video has been removed by YouTube for a reason I am not able to determine. Click here to read the story that too many media outlets ignored. Update: The video is back on, but YouTube limited its access because of its "disturbing" images. http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/04/28/good-morning-to-you-too-israel/ Ok, I'm exaggerating, there is no greatest Arab nation right now... but I got to hand it to these guys! What many Arab citizens only wish they can do... God bless you ya ged3an! http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/04/12/why-egypt-is-the-greatest-arab-nation/ It will not be forgotten. It will be remembered every year, as it has been remembered for the past 60 years. While Israel celebrates its 60th birthday in a few weeks, many Palestinians will be commemorating the Catastrophe that afflicted them sixty years ago. The massacre of Deir Yassin was ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/04/10/sixty-years-later-a-massacre-is-remembered/ Naturally, my first Arabic post has to be an angry one. I felt the need to express myself in Arabic because this message is directed specifically to an Arab and Muslim audience. I realize that not all Muslims speak Arabic, but the issues involved in these cases are focused on ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/04/01/my-first-arabic-post-fitna-fatwas-and-facebook/ The invasion of Iraq was the first war I lived through while being fully aware of its causes and consequences. All the other wars that occurred during my short lifetime I was either too young, too immature, or too detached to fully understand what was happening.Besides the massive death and ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/03/19/five-years-later-educate-yourself/ If you are one of the sad few who were not convinced that Alan Dershowitz is one of the least credible, most propagandist "academic" frauds in history, then look no further. If you already knew this about Dershowitz, then this should be entertaining. Apparently, the public and the media are just ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/03/14/defending-the-indefensible-dershowitz-defends-sptizer/ These are the raw numbers. Believe it or not, human lives are not equal. We are not all created the same. Some of us are worth more than others. The loss of some lives are worth international condemnation, while others are not even worth those empty words. One Israeli civilian is ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/03/02/1-israeli-life-110-palestinian-lives/ There is no point in describing, complaining, attacking, or attempting to understand. The Palestinian president has accused Israel of "international terrorism", saying its assault on Gaza constitutes "more than a holocaust". Mahmoud Abbas's comments on Saturday came as more Israeli air raids brought the total death toll over four days to ... http://myoccupiedterritory.net/2008/03/01/israel-on-a-rampage-205-gazans-killed-and-injured/