Right now the Jerusalem Post is debating the accusations that the UN discriminates against Israel. As Israel has frequently stated, "This is the Middle East."
Ban Ki-moon: 'I don't think there is discrimination against Israel at UN' (click here)
Ban Ki-moon: 'I don't think there is discrimination against Israel at UN' (click here)
08/19/2013 21:05
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denied on Monday there is any bias in the UN against Israel.
At a press "encounter" at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, a reporter for Israel Radio pressed Ban about his comments last Friday while meeting with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem....
...The Secretary-General was in Israel on Friday where he met with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, and reportedly did admit to these students that there is bias against Israel in the UN.
“Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias – sometimes even discrimination,” Ban said at the time, according to several media sources.
On Monday in New York, Ban retracted these comments, and emphasized that "incitement against any group of people, any religion or tradition…is unacceptable."...
I think Gaza is closed after the attacks. And then others wonder why Israel seeks control of the borders. I didn't think the rioters wiped out the entire Egyptian military, did they?
Egypt army on high alert in Sinai, Gaza border said shut following deadly ambush (click here)
Everything is not as one sided as the American press likes to paint it. There have been killings on both sides of this and no one is innocent.
It would appear there are many unhappy folks these days. I suppose it is difficult taking the dog for a walk, but, then I hear that is a problem in some areas of California.
Tamarod is a grassroots movement in Egypt that led the campaign to oust president Mohamed Morsi.
The Palestinian group on Monday shared a video announcing a series of anti-Hamas activities as of November 11.
“Repression and tyranny have reached their peak and we can no longer remain silent,” the group said in the video. “The time has come to reject death under Hamas’s security club.”
The group said that the Palestinian Tamarod movement consisted of youths “of all colors and affiliations.”
Denouncing Hamas as medieval gangsters, the group accused the Islamist movement of torture, sabotage, smuggling, bribery and thuggery....
Ya really get the feeling they aren't patient with elections and the democratic process.
At a press "encounter" at the UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, a reporter for Israel Radio pressed Ban about his comments last Friday while meeting with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem....
...The Secretary-General was in Israel on Friday where he met with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem, and reportedly did admit to these students that there is bias against Israel in the UN.
“Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias – sometimes even discrimination,” Ban said at the time, according to several media sources.
On Monday in New York, Ban retracted these comments, and emphasized that "incitement against any group of people, any religion or tradition…is unacceptable."...
I think Gaza is closed after the attacks. And then others wonder why Israel seeks control of the borders. I didn't think the rioters wiped out the entire Egyptian military, did they?
Egypt army on high alert in Sinai, Gaza border said shut following deadly ambush (click here)
LAST UPDATED: 08/19/2013 13:04
...The authorities portray their campaign as a fight against terrorism.
The Brotherhood renounced violence decades ago and denies any links with
armed militants, including those in Sinai who gained strength since
autocrat Hosni Mubarak fell in 2011.
Mounting insecurity in Sinai
also worries the United States because the area lies next to Israel and
the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, as well as the Suez Canal.
At least 36 Islamists died in government custody on Sunday, in an incident that the Brotherhood described as "murder" and the authorities said was a thwarted jailbreak.
"The murders show the violations and abuses that political detainees who oppose the July 3 coup get subjected to," said the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said 36 Brotherhood detainees had been suffocated by tear gas during an attempted prison breakout near Cairo. A legal source said 38 men had died from asphyxiation in the back of a crammed police van....
At least 36 Islamists died in government custody on Sunday, in an incident that the Brotherhood described as "murder" and the authorities said was a thwarted jailbreak.
"The murders show the violations and abuses that political detainees who oppose the July 3 coup get subjected to," said the Brotherhood.
The Interior Ministry said 36 Brotherhood detainees had been suffocated by tear gas during an attempted prison breakout near Cairo. A legal source said 38 men had died from asphyxiation in the back of a crammed police van....
Everything is not as one sided as the American press likes to paint it. There have been killings on both sides of this and no one is innocent.
It would appear there are many unhappy folks these days. I suppose it is difficult taking the dog for a walk, but, then I hear that is a problem in some areas of California.
08/19/2013 18:22
...Following the Egyptian example, (click here) a group of activists has launched a Palestinian
version of the Tamarod (“Rebellion”) campaign to remove Hamas from power in the
Gaza Strip.Tamarod is a grassroots movement in Egypt that led the campaign to oust president Mohamed Morsi.
The Palestinian group on Monday shared a video announcing a series of anti-Hamas activities as of November 11.
“Repression and tyranny have reached their peak and we can no longer remain silent,” the group said in the video. “The time has come to reject death under Hamas’s security club.”
The group said that the Palestinian Tamarod movement consisted of youths “of all colors and affiliations.”
Denouncing Hamas as medieval gangsters, the group accused the Islamist movement of torture, sabotage, smuggling, bribery and thuggery....
Ya really get the feeling they aren't patient with elections and the democratic process.
