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Obama was unconvinced by Bibi’s desire for peace

Robert Fisk

Barack Obama, they say, did not get on well with Bibi Netanyahu when he met him in Jerusalem before the American elections.

Mr Obama, who figured out the Middle East pretty quickly, apparently found Bibi arrogant and unconvincing in his professed desire for peace with the Palestinians. What Mr Netanyahu thought of Mr Obama is not known, but he could scarcely have tried to hide his election line: security for Israel, but no Palestinian state.

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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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UK MP given Palestinian passport

UK member of parliament George Galloway has received a Palestinian passport from a Hamas leader in Gaza.

Ismail Haniyeh appeared in public for the first time since the Gaza war

The passport was given in "deep appreciation" for his support for the Palestinians and their cause.

The UK MP was part of a convoy which delivered financial and material assistance to Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Wednesday.

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Response from Mercedes-Benz

Dear Mr Vawda

We have been made aware, that during the course of last week individual staff members from our company sent out emails with content of which members of the Islamic community may take offence.

The respective employees acted in a private initiative and illegally abused our company email for this purpose.   Mercedes-Benz South Africa has a zero tolerance policy in this regard and we instantly initiated disciplinary action.

On behalf of Mercedes-Benz South Africa as well as on behalf of Daimler AG in Germany I would like to reiterate our pride in our long successful history and tradition as global multi-cultural and multi-national organisations.   In fact, our diversity has always been an integral and elementary contributor to our success.

I would like to express my deep and sincere regret for this incident and promise that we will do everything possible to ensure, that something like this does not happen again.

Dr Hansgeorg Niefer
President & CEO
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

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