Obama and the Arab Spring
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Fadi Abu Sada – “Events of the past six months show us that strategies of repression and strategies of diversion will not work anymore.” US President Barak Obama said in his speech, for sure he forgot to notice that the Palestinian people have been enduring oppression for the past 63 years; as if all those years is not good enough to prove to president Obama that the Israeli occupation is no longer effective against the Palestinian people and Arabs in general.
Reading Between the Lines of Truce and Escalation in Gaza
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Fadi Abu Sada- No one can ignore the atmosphere of chaos in fomenting in Israel when tension rose in the Gaza strip between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance groups. It began with the myriad conflicting statements by Israeli politicians, which created an air of uncertainty about what is going on in the world of Israeli politics at this time.
Israel is playing with Fire
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Fadi Abu Sada- It looks as though Israel has decided to take the initiative to stop any initiatives to reach a Palestinian national unity. First, the Israeli government continues to shrug off external pressure to end the imposed siege on Gaza, which has entered its fifth year. Second, it continues to slight the new Arab democracies, especially the Egyptian one. Finally, it continues to block the road to an imminent Palestinian state, which could be accomplished by September.
Reconciliation, Resistance and Bad Timing
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Fadi Abu Sada- History repeats itself often. As soon as dialogue began about the possibility of reconciliation between Palestinians, especially after the March 15 Youth Movement, Ismael Haniyeh of Hamas was the first to address the people’s grievances. Then, in his request to meet Hamas in Gaza, President Mahmoud Abbas appeared to push things forward. It looked as though things were headed in the right direction for the first time since the initial split between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, when, as it was said, ‘brothers became enemies’.
The Palestinian Factions and the Bollywood Soap Opera to End Division
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Fadi Abu Sada- It looks like everyone’s trying to escape their responsibilities as usual. As soon as the Palestinian youth announced their intentions to mobilize a stalled Palestine and end internal divisions, all the political groups tried to ride the wave. We’re ashamed to speak about it because it’s such a deep insult to the independent popular movement and repressed the youth who fought so fiercely to break their silence and hit the streets.