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Convoy update

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Convoy Update

by Farid Arada

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A SMOOTH CROSSING INTO EGYPT

The convoy was over 3 miles long and contained about 220 vehicles. So it was an awesome sight when finally, at about 1.00pm local time, the first vehicles rolled into Egypt, where they were met at the borders by officials and a jubilant crowd.

The Egyptians organised the convoy into smaller groups and set off towards the town of SALUM, their first stop. The convoy was handled with military precision by the army and the police. I am told and everyone was relieved at the speed of the crossing.

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Thai armys brutalities against rohingya muslims

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Thai army’s brutalities against Rohingya Muslims

by Abdar Rahman Koya

 "Of the great religions of history I prefer Buddhism, especially in its earliest forms because it has had the smallest element of persecution."
 
— Bertrand Russell
 
When it comes to treating human beings like cattle, or worse, the Thai military does it best. Last December, thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh and Myanmar, desperate to flee their squalid and miserable conditions, decided to jump into boats and migrate to neighboring lands. The Indian navy eventually found them near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
 
While in Andaman, some of these poor people fell victim to rogue agents, who collected money from them promising to take them to Malaysia. On the way, the Thai navy intercepted their boats; they were arrested and then pushed into the sea on engineless boats. 
 

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Israel seeks judaization of al quds

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‘Israel seeks Judaization of al-Quds’       

The Islamic Jihad of Palestine says dissolving the two Palestinian governments would only help Israeli plans to Judaize al-Qods.

Speaking at the international Tehran conference in support of Palestinians Wednesday, PIJ Secretary-General Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah said forming a unity government in place of the two existing ones –Hamas and Palestinian Authority– was a dangerous idea.

 

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“This would mean that once the unity government is formed, Palestinians would have to look for another place to live. This is something we are strongly opposed to,” Shallah told the participants of the conference titled ‘Palestine: Manifestation of Resistance, Gaza: Victim of Crimes’.

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Israeli embassy in mauritania closes after Gaza spat

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Israeli Embassy in Mauritania Closes after Gaza Spat

Israel on Friday closed down its embassy in Mauritania, one of three Arab nations that has diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, the foreign ministry said, in the wake of a dispute over the Gaza war.

"Following a Jan. 16 decision of the Mauritanian government to freeze ties with Israel, and at the request of Mauritania, Israel today closed its embassy in Nouakchott," a foreign ministry statement said.

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