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Fears of Arrest and Prosecution by Tony Blair on Charges of War Crimes

by Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO)

War criminal Blair, the keynote speaker at the National Achievers Conference organised by Success Resources, a sycophant Singapore outfit at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, hid in fear at the threat that members of the Malaysian anti-war NGOs would throw slippers at him and that members of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission would serve an indictment for war crimes.

Extensive security measures were put in place before his arrival for the three-day event. For the first time, delegates to the conference had no itinerary of the speakers invited to speak at the convention. Organisers and delegates were not even told when speakers were scheduled to speak. There was a total black out!

Delegates have to wear a special wrist band for the entire duration of the convention for identification purposes and anyone without the security wrist band was not allowed to enter the vicinity of the convention hall.

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(source: Middle East Monitor)

Deputy Minister of International Relations and Co-operation of the Republic of South Africa Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim used the occasion of the 2010 Budget Vote in the National Assembly (22nd April 2010) to reiterate the South African position in relation to the current state of Israeli – Palestinian affairs.

He took the opportunity to salute Judge Richard Goldstone, a fellow South African countryman, and his team and praised them for having "exposed the calculated and well orchestrated violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza." In addition to emphasising South African support for the implementation of the Goldstone Report’s recommendations, he also stated that the current South African administration would exert efforts to see a "just peace" for Palestinians which should include a total freeze on Israeli settlement building; the end of the blockade on Gaza; the right of return for Palestinian refugees; East Jerusalem as the capital for Palestinians; and the right for Palestinians to control their own natural resources.

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(source: telegraph.co.uk)

Hamas has accused Egyptian security forces of pumping poisonous gas into a cross-border smuggling tunnel, killing four Palestinians as a result

An Egyptian intelligence official has denied they pumped gas into the tunnel although admitted security forces blew up the entrances to several tunnels earlier this week and were not aware of any casualties.Egypt, which has been under pressure to shut down the cross-border tunnels into Gaza, routinely blows up entrances to seal the tunnels off.

Palestinian medics working for the Hamas-run health ministry said the four had died from suffocation and that there was evidence of poisonous gas.

Read More »Hamas accuses Egypt of poisoning palestinians in smuggling tunnel

Aid Flotilla under Israeli Military Attack

The Media Review Network (MRN) and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) express their deep shock and disgust at Israel’s latest show of force, in attacking the flotilla of aid ships carrying much needed aid to the beleaguered, besieged and imprisoned Palestinians.  This latest act of naked aggression has led to the killing of about 20 unarmed aid workers and more than 50 wounded.

Israel has used the challenge of its “legitimacy” as its pathetic excuse to divert attention from this latest act of savagery and brutality.  This time round, this vicious violence was not directed at Palestinians but at the International community in International waters.

This pre-meditated act of criminality by the Apartheid state of Israel is to divert the genocidal brutality she is carrying out against the Palestinian people. This apartheid entity embodies an evil desire to annihilate the Palestinian people.

To quote Mr. Justice Richard Goldstone from his Report on Human Rights Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict:

“The Mission is also gravely concerned at the increase use of force, including the use of lethal force, in response to demonstrations, and at the generalised violence of the security forces………………”

This act of wanton violence vindicates the report.

An International act of criminality requires an International response. The International community must not allow this Apartheid entity to strangulate the Palestinians by starving Gaza. The law of the jungle must not be allowed to prevail.

We call on civil society and COSATU and all its affiliates to launch an immediate blockade on ships and goods entering South Africa at all ports of entry. Let this be Israel’s Sharpeville.

For how long will the humiliated Arab “leaders” like Mubarak, Abbas, Abdullah and the Sheikhs and Kings conspire with the brutal Israeli Zionists in starving the innocent women and children in Gaza?

The MRN and MJC urge them to gain some self-respect and decorum of dignity and honour by joining the oppressed masses suffering at the bloody hands of the Zionist oppressors.

We also call, on our Government and our department of International Relations and Cooperation to immediately review our ties with the Zionist entity and to adopt a principled position regarding oppression and oppressive nature of this illegal regime.

We urge our Government to initiate an urgent legal process to secure the prosecution of the State of Israel for its perpetual war crimes and violations of international law pertaining to its piracy in international waters.

We also believe our Government has a responsibility to immediately arrange for our Mission in Tel Aviv to gain access to the injured and the detained, including the South African radio journalist, Khadijah Davids, of Cape Radio 786, and to demand their immediate release.

Iqbal Jassat                        
Chairman,
Media Review Network
Cell: 083 594 3749
E-mail: mrn_ij@telkomsa.net

Moulana Ighsaan Hendriks
President of the Muslim Judicial Council
Cape Town
South Africa
Cell: 083 384 6973
E-mail: mediadesk@mjc.org.za

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