Dear Friends,
The US Magazine Vanity Fair just pre-released online an earth-shattering investigative report on the USA’s role in Gaza which brought Hamas to power. It was released the same day Sec. Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel/Palestine, surely embarrassing her, along with other US officials on the ground here and in DC.
This is the kind of report that should provide a platform for every person who reads it in the US to make a personal effort to inquire from their government officials about the wisdom (or more like stupidity) in these types of actions. EVERY US Senator and Congressperson should be lobbied to make a formal inquiry to the State Department and White House on this fiasco.
The US demands accountability from everyone around the world, but when will the Bush Administration be held to the same yardstick that they pay lip service too.
This is USA failure in action. Sadly, Palestinians and Israeli civilians are daily paying the price for the failure of these politicians and diplomats. When will diplomacy have repercussions when those playing the game utterly fail, or promote war crimes?
Vanity Fair
April 2008
The Middle East
The Gaza Bombshell
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/gaza200804
To get all files (including documentary evidence) in one PDF file, click on the link below:
https://epalestine.ps/sambahour/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Vanityfair-TheGazaBombshell-PoliticsPower.pdf
Note: to link to the online recorded interview with the author click here:
https://www.wbez.org/worldview/2008/03/19/the-gaza-bombshell
Ashamed at the ignorance of power,
Sam
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Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.
Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).
He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.
A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.
Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.
He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.
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