“De Oppresso Liber”
(To Liberate the Oppressed) ~~Motto of the U.S. Army Special Forces
A poignant Afghan proverb declares,
“Cowards cause harm to brave men.”
Continue reading None So Brave – “De Oppresso Liber”
Tag Archives: Middle East
EU calls on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes
Diplomatic wrangling ratchets up over European-funded prefab homes given to Palestinians in West Bank which Israel says are illegal
By AFP and Sue Surkes February 7, 2016, 4:03 am
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to halt the demolition of Palestinian housing, some of which was EU-funded, and reiterated its opposition to expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Continue reading EU calls on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes
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UN chief ‘ashamed’ over stalled Mideast peace process
Ban Ki-moon says Jerusalem, Ramallah ultimately responsible for ending conflict; stresses that ‘nothing can excuse terrorism’
By AFP and Times of Israel staff February 5, 2016, 7:21 pm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he was “ashamed” at a lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
“I feel guilty, ashamed of the lack of progress,” he told an event organized by foreign affairs think-tank Chatham House in London.“ Continue reading UN chief ‘ashamed’ over stalled Mideast peace process
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Israeli punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes violates international law
16 November 2015
While recognizing Israel’s “serious security challenges,” a senior United Nations official today called its punitive demolition of the homes of alleged attackers “inherently unjust” and against international law, noting that 20 Palestinians, eight of them children, were made homeless in the past three days. Continue reading Israeli punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes violates international law
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After all this time working toward peace, I’m still an optimist
Peace is still in the interests of both peoples, still supported by both peoples, still wished for by both peoples. But a new approach is required.
Tony Blair Nov 12, 2015 5:44 PM
My visit to Israel for the Haaretz conference will be my 147th since leaving office. The first eight years were spent working as an ex officio envoy for the Quartet – the international management group comprising the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union. This part-time, unpaid role focused in terms of its mandate on the Palestinian economy, and excluded the political process. Continue reading After all this time working toward peace, I’m still an optimist
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Protesting terror surge, thousands march in anti-government rally in Tel Aviv
MK Stav Shaffir says Netanyahu ‘destroying the Zionist vision’
Left-wing demonstrators demand Netanyahu’s resignation, say restoring security requires ‘a diplomatic solution’
By Times of Israel staff and AFP October 24, 2015, 10:32 pm
Thousands of left-wing Israelis turned out in Tel Aviv on Saturday night for a rally condemning the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what they called its poor response to the current security situation. They demanded Netanyahu resign, and said security could not be restored without negotiations with the Palestinians on a permanent accord. Continue reading Protesting terror surge, thousands march in anti-government rally in Tel Aviv
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International Day of Non-Violence at UN organised by INDIA, who has ISRAEL as major arms supplier…the irony
02 October 2015
United Nations, New York
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Source: United Nations Photo
Ironically, while India is promoting “International Day of Non-Violence”, Israel-India’s arms supplier- continues to ignore the United Nations Security Council’s request Continue reading International Day of Non-Violence at UN organised by INDIA, who has ISRAEL as major arms supplier…the irony
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Holy Land youth organize prayer vigil for peace
2015-10-20 (Vatican Radio) The young people of the Holy Land will gather in prayer on Saturday 24 October 2015, to ask the Lord for the gift of peace. Continue reading Holy Land youth organize prayer vigil for peace
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‘We Palestinian Christians say Allahu Akbar’
Published time: 30 Jan, 2015 15:16
The only Palestinian Orthodox Christian bishop in the Holy Land speaking about the suffering of Palestinian Christians, their unity with Muslims in the Palestinian struggle, about Orthodox Christian martyrs, and Ukraine. Continue reading ‘We Palestinian Christians say Allahu Akbar’
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The Pope canonises four new saints and appeals for peace in the Holy Land
Vatican City, 18 October 2015 (VIS) – This Sunday in St. Peter’s Square the Pope celebrated Holy Mass for the canonisation of Blesseds Vincenzo Grossi (1845-1917), diocesan priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory; Maria Isabel Salvat Romero (Mary of the Immaculate Conception), (1926-1998), superior general of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross; and the spouses Louis Martin (1823-1894) and Zelie Guerin (1831-1877). Continue reading The Pope canonises four new saints and appeals for peace in the Holy Land
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Security Council -Statement from JORDAN
16 October 2015
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DINA KAWAR (Jordan) said her Government had called for today’s meeting to urgently address the latest developments in the Palestinian territory, especially occupied East Jerusalem, including Israel’s incursion into Al-Aqsa mosque and imposition of a reality that would change the status quo there, as well as provocations by Israeli extremists that had “crossed all possible lines”. Continue reading Security Council -Statement from JORDAN
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Security Council Urge Palestinians, Israelis De-escalate Situation, Respect Status Quo around Holy Sites
16 October 2015
SC/12083 7536th Meeting (AM) Security Council Meetings Coverage
The crisis sparked by fresh violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza could not be stopped by security measures alone, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs told the Security Council today, urging Palestinians and Israelis to respect decades-old status quo arrangements around holy sites, and for political leaders on all sides to calm their language in a joint effort to de-escalate the situation. Continue reading Security Council Urge Palestinians, Israelis De-escalate Situation, Respect Status Quo around Holy Sites
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More than half a million children now risk ‘severe malnutrition’ in Yemen
16 October 2015 – Yemen’s spiralling crisis has caused “alarming malnutrition levels” among children because of the limited availability of and lack of access to food due to blocked or damaged delivery routes and restrictions on food and fuel imports caused by the conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today. Continue reading More than half a million children now risk ‘severe malnutrition’ in Yemen
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WAR CRIME -MSF Hospital Bombing Kunduz
#independentinvestigationkunduz
22 People were murdered
U.S. is guilty.
This is a WAR CRIME! Continue reading WAR CRIME -MSF Hospital Bombing Kunduz
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US Representative in Rome to Push for ‘Global Covenant of World Religions’
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. 25 Oct 2014
Rome provides a “neutral brokerage” where religious leaders can work together for peace, says Jerry White, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations. In an interview with Vatican Radio, White spoke of the need for faith leaders to work harder to prevent religiously motivated violence. Islamic state extremists have brought the question of faith and violence to the fore, and the world religions must be in the forefront of the peace process. Continue reading US Representative in Rome to Push for ‘Global Covenant of World Religions’
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‘Israel is a terrorist state’
Palestinian citizens of Israel are angered by Israel’s restrictions on access to al-Aqsa and Palestinian casualties.
Nazareth – The violence rocking the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and now Gaza is on the verge of spilling into Israel, Palestinian leaders in Israel warned.
A wave of unrest has swept Palestinian towns in Israel over recent days, with repeated clashes with Israeli police in Nazareth, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, Taibeh, Sakhnin, Rahat, Kfar Qassem and elsewhere. Dozens of protesters have been arrested. Continue reading ‘Israel is a terrorist state’
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Were Strikes Against Kunduz Hospital Revenge Attacks?
Photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford
Posted, 2015-10-11 Exclusive content, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling
Before U.S. forces bombed twice the Kunduz Hospital in Afghanistan, the Taliban shot down a US C-130 plane. Prior to striking the Abu Graib Infant Formula Production Plant in Iraq, Saddam Hussein attacked Israel with Scud missiles and paraded captured allied airmen on Iraqi TV. Ahead of U.S. forces targeting Amiriyah’s Air Raid Shelter in Iraq which was solely used to protect civilians, there were more U.S. casualties and Iran’s offer to mediate a cease fire. Continue reading Were Strikes Against Kunduz Hospital Revenge Attacks?
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What Rothschild, Murdoch, Cheney, and Israel Love Most About Syria
Claire Bernish September 14, 2015
What do Syria, New Jersey, Lord Jacob Rothschild, and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson have in common?
Besides sounding like the introduction to a wince-worthy conspiracy quip, the most elementary answer is also nauseatingly cliché as an explanation for the penchant the U.S. government displays for inserting itself in the domestic affairs of nearly every country in the Middle East: Continue reading What Rothschild, Murdoch, Cheney, and Israel Love Most About Syria
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Synod Terce Prayer: Appeal for peace in the Middle East and Africa
Vatican City, 9 October 2015 (VIS). The Pope exhorted bishops to dedicate the Terce prayer “to the intention of reconciliation and peace in the Middle East”, as he opened the fourth General Congregation of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Vatican City this morning. The Pope also launched an appeal to the international community to find a way of resolving current conflicts, and finally urged the bishops to include in their prayer all those zones in Africa that are experiencing similar situations of conflict.
Continue reading Synod Terce Prayer: Appeal for peace in the Middle East and Africa
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Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 4
2015-10-08 Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) On Thursday Oct. 8 at the daily press briefing for the Synod of the Family, three prelates spoke about issues from Africa and the Middle East. They said that the Synod is universal and that Africa and the West shared similar problems. Continue reading Synod on the Family: Press Briefing Day 4
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Neutron Bomb – (Nuclear) bunker buster back in May 2015
An American, mini Nuclear, bomb used by Israel on a non nuclear country, Yemen?
Continue reading Neutron Bomb – (Nuclear) bunker buster back in May 2015
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Did Israel just use new Bunker Buster to bomb Iranian Missile Base in Yemen?
April 25, 2015
Editor’s Note…One of the Internet’s best independent analysts, Thomas Wictor, who specializes in Open Source Battle damage assessment, believes this may be the case: The Israelis and\or their Saudi allies have managed to come up with a roughly comparable substitute to the American MOAB Bunker Buster and have managed to convert a Boeing 707 tanker to a weaponized platform to carry such bombs. Continue reading Did Israel just use new Bunker Buster to bomb Iranian Missile Base in Yemen?
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Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel
ZEINA KARAM and KARIN LAUB The Associated Press Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel
5:24 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015
UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders Wednesday that he is no longer bound by agreements that have defined relations with Israel for the past two decades and are meant to form the basis for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict. Continue reading Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel
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Palestinian Flag Raised at UN
30 September 2015
The Palestinian flag flew outside the United Nations headquarters in New York for the first time on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture approved by a UN General Assembly vote last month despite opposition from both the US and Israel. Continue reading Palestinian Flag Raised at UN
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Israel disrupting US peace effort: Abbas tells UN
TWO-STATE SOLUTION:Israel said that Abbas was ‘encouraging lawlessness,’ as it urged the Palestinian Authority to start talks with no conditions attached Reuters, UNITED NATIONS Continue reading Israel disrupting US peace effort: Abbas tells UN
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Giant skeletons
Israeli settlement expansion ‘root cause’ of growing violence in Occupied Palestinian Territories – UN experts
Suffering displacement, injury and even death, children continue to bear unacceptable consequences of the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2014-1012/D’Aki
10 August 2015 – A United Nations human rights committee has completed its annual evaluation of the situation affecting millions of people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and has cited Israel’s policy of settlement expansion as a primary driver of the escalating violence in the area. Continue reading Israeli settlement expansion ‘root cause’ of growing violence in Occupied Palestinian Territories – UN experts
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Security Council voices ‘grave concern’ over recent violence around holy sites in Jerusalem
18 September 2015 – The United Nations Security Council expressed its “grave concern” over escalating tensions around holy sites in Jerusalem and called for the “immediate cessation of violence” and the restoration of calm, especially surrounding the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound. Continue reading Security Council voices ‘grave concern’ over recent violence around holy sites in Jerusalem
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Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Jerusalem 17 September 2015
17 September 2015
SC/12052-PAL/2196
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vitaly I. Churkin (Russian Federation):
The members of the Security Council expressed their grave concern regarding escalating tensions in Jerusalem, especially surrounding the Haram al-Sharif compound, including recent clashes in and around the site.
The members of the Security Council called for the exercise of restraint, refraining from provocative actions and rhetoric and upholding unchanged the historic status quo at the Haram al-Sharif — in word and in practice. The members of the Security Council called for full respect for international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as may be applicable in Jerusalem. Continue reading Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Jerusalem 17 September 2015
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As Canada, Israel and U.S. object, UN votes overwhelmingly to let Palestinian flag fly at New York HQ | National Post
Cara Anna and Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press | September 11, 2015 |
UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday allowing the Palestinians and the Holy See to raise their flags at UN headquarters — a symbolic step pursued by the Palestinians in their quest for an independent state.
Israel strongly objected to the proposal and joined seven other countries, including Canada and the United States, in voting “no”; 119 nations voted “yes” and 45 abstained. Continue reading As Canada, Israel and U.S. object, UN votes overwhelmingly to let Palestinian flag fly at New York HQ | National Post
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