Eu to threaten sudan with new sanctions
EU to threaten Sudan with new sanctions… International experts estimate some 200,000 people have died EU to threaten Sudan with… Read More »Eu to threaten sudan with new sanctions
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The silence of the jurists
The Silence of the Jurists
Gideon Levy
Published on Sunday, February 1, 2009 by Haaretz (Israel)
One silence, of all the shameful silences, has thus far roared especially loud – the silence of the jurists. The 41,000 attorneys in the State of Israel are entrusted with protecting its image as a lawful state, and this large and grand army has once again strayed from its function. There is a deep suspicion throughout the world that Israel carried out a series of war crimes, and the jurists of our country are holding their peace.
Where, for instance, is Aharon Barak when we really need him? Where are his colleagues, the former justices of the Supreme Court, who knew very well how to raise their voices when Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann threatened to harm the apple of their eye, and who now hide in their cowardly silence?
The two state solution and the ruin in Gaza
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Haniyeh meets northern irelands adams in Gaza
Haniyeh meets Northern Ireland’s Adams in Gaza
Hanieyh (L) with Adams (R) [Ma’anImages]
Gaza – Ma’an/Agencies – De facto Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh met with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams in Gaza on Wednesday evening.
The Irish leader is in the region to promote peace negotiations among all the parties to the conflict, including, implicitly, Hamas. Adams himself is the leader of a previously-stigmatized party that has now made peace with the UK and is part of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.