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Two state solution is a disaster

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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has since its formative years in the 1980s staunchly called for armed resistance against Israeli occupation and refused to acknowledge or participate in peace talks.

Headquartered in Syria, the PIJ is much smaller than Hamas but both groups find their inspirational roots in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.Fathi al-Shaqaqi, the group’s leader, was killed in Malta in 1995 in what many believe was an Israeli commando operation. Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, a British-trained academic who lectured in Middle East studies at the University of South Florida, was selected by the leadership to succeed al-Shaqaqi as the group’s secretary-general.

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Shallah says the Likud government is seeking to significantly reduce Jerusalem’s Arab population
 
Al Jazeera recently interviewed Shallah who said that current efforts to restart the peace process were merely attempts to "resell the illusion of peace".
 
Al Jazeera: Political reconciliation initiatives between Palestinian factions seem to have faltered and Gaza remains under Israeli siege. What does the PIJ perceive to be the biggest threats facing the Palestinians today?

Ramadan Abdullah Shallah: I think the biggest threat to the Palestinian people today is the absence of direction. They are losing the sense to decide which way to go in leading this march, this struggle to gain their freedom and independence.

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Press conference

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MUSLIM JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Tel: +27 (0) 21 696 5150/1/3/5
Fax: +27(0) 21 696 5154
Address: P.O. Box 38311, Gatesville, 7766
                    Cape Province, South Africa
E-mail:  mediadesk@mjc.org.za
Website: www.mjc.org.za

MJC SUPPORTS SOMALI RIGHT TO EVIDENCE

The Muslim Judicial Council SA (MJC) is conducting a Press Conference on Wednesday 21 October to declare their full support for the Somali Community, who has come under attack by Hussein Solomons. The MJC will be addressing statements made by Solomon’s without substantiated evidence of having Al Qaeda operatives within their community who intend to attack US interests during the FIFA World Cup in 2010.

The MJC has engaged with the Somali community on various occasions and fully supports their right as a law abiding people to be respected by affording them evidence.

Solomon’s on going abuse of the media wherein he continuosly tries to discredit the Mulsim community will also be addressed.

All media welcome.

Date: 21 October 2009

Time: 12:00

Venue: MJC Boardroom

20 Cashel Avenue, Athlone

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Israeli vulnerability at record high

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by Iqbal Jassat

Israel’s calculated method of dismissing criticism of its policies is continuously displayed in the actions and conduct of its leaders. Arrogance and contempt are unmistakably some of the defining characteristics of a leadership foolishly believing that the protection it enjoys from the United States of America to perpetuate violations of human rights and war crimes will last forever.

If it harboured any notion that the American life-line will not only protect it from international censure but also prevent any actualization of policies it regards as detrimental to its survival as a Zionist state, Judge Richard Goldstone – himself Jewish and a lover of Israel – has served notice that the era of protectionism is not on.

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Goldstone lieberman doesnt want mideast peace process

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(source: HAARETZ)

The author of a damning report on Israel’s winter offensive against Hamas in Gaza, Richard Goldstone, has said that Foreign Minster Avigdor Lieberman does not want there to be an Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Goldstone, a South African Jurist, made the claim in a conference call
on Sunday with 150 U.S. rabbis from left-leaning organizations. He was speaking in reference to an Israeli assertion that the report would harm peace talks.

"That just is a shallow, I believe, false allegation," he said. "What peace process are they talking about? There isn’t one. The Israeli foreign minister doesn’t want one at all."

Lieberman, a right-winger, has drawn fire for criticizing Israel’s past efforts in seeking a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

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