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STATEMENT OF H.E. FATHER MIGUEL D´ESCOTOBROCKMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONSGENERAL ASSEMBLY,AT THE 57th PLENARY MEETING ON AGENDA ITEM 16,THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK24 NOVEMBER 2008

 Excellencies, Brothers and Sisters, 

1. I am pleased to open this plenary session in which wetake up the Question of Palestine. This morning, withheavy heart, we observed the International Day ofSolidarity with the Palestinian People. I joined theChairman of the Committee on the Exercise of theInalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, H.E.Ambassador Paul Badji, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to voice our ongoing concern for the terriblesituation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank andexpress our solidarity with this long-suffering People.

 2. We heard the comprehensive report of the Chairmanon the current situation of Palestinians living underoccupation. As well, the Secretary- General summarizedthe complex initiatives that are being undertaken by theinternational community tomove forward peace talksand the establishment of the Palestinian state.   

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‘Zionist’ Brown Clings to Power by His Finger-nails 
 
 
 
Brown declared himself a Zionist; said ‘Britain will always stand firmly by Israel’s side’.
 
By Stuart Littlewood – London

What does it take for Britain’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to get the message? Having been deeply humiliated in the Euro elections and local government elections, he hangs on by his finger-nails. He simply will not do the decent thing and stand down.

The verdict of the people was clear enough. They’ve had enough of Brown and his ghastly crew. Oliver Cromwell said it for us, when dismissing Parliament back in 1653, with an elegance that’s sadly lacking today: “Ye sordid prostitutes… you have sat here too long for the good you do. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
 
But the charmless Brown refuses the revolver on the silver tray. He will not do us the courtesy of retiring to the library and blowing his brains out.
 
This is the same Gordon Brown who has presided over the ruination of our economy and the impoverishment of us all. The same Gordon Brown on whose watch parliamentary sleaze has blossomed into a national scandal, undermining the British political system and making us a laughing stock.

This is the same Gordon Brown who voted enthusiastically for the Iraq war.

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The Culture of Resistance

By Ramzy Baroud

(source: Palestine Chronicle)

Resistance is not a band of armed men hell-bent on wreaking havoc. It is not a cell of terrorists scheming ways to detonate buildings.

True resistance is a culture.It is a collective retort to oppression.

Understanding the real nature of resistance, however, is not easy. No newsbyte could be thorough enough to explain why people, as a people, resist. Even if such an arduous task was possible, the news might not want to convey it, as it would directly clash with mainstream interpretations of violence and non-violent resistance. The Afghanistan story must remain committed to the same language: al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Lebanon must be represented in terms of a menacing Iran-backed Hizbullah. Palestine’s Hamas must be forever shown as a militant group sworn to the destruction of the Jewish state. Any attempt at offering an alternative reading is tantamount to sympathizing with terrorists and justifying violence.

The deliberate conflation and misuse of terminology has made it almost impossible to understand, and thus to actually resolve bloody conflicts.

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By Iqbal Jassat – Chairman, Media Review Network

The Media Review Network (MRN) is appalled at the vicious attack by Alan Dershowitz upon Archbishop Tutu. (Businessday Newspaper, 5/1/2011, pg 3)

While we find his insulting remarks reprehensible and slanderous, we are aware that Dershowitz’s claim to fame is based on his role as an apologist for Israel.

This emotional outburst against Tutu is reflective of the high level of intolerance displayed by apologists such as him and others against people courageous enough to oppose Israel’s horrendous violations of human rights.

Far from being anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic, Tutu, unlike his pro-Israeli detractor, has a proud record of contesting oppressive regimes.

We call on South Africans of all persuasions to rally behind Tutu and support his brave stance in defense of Palestinian rights!

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