Tag Archives: United Nations Agencies and Programmes

OK, Chris

Why don’t we dance more? Just look at the kids in these videos: This one is for Chris Gunness of UNRWA — and the kids: Go Gaza! And here, too (the kids, in Rwanda): Where the hell is Matt dot com… And this is the one with 30 million views — the kids, in South Africa; the [...]
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Human Rights Watch on blockade + on Shalit

Human Rights Watch has just sent out an email that started out by criticizing the weak mandate that it said undermines the credibility of the three-member panel appointed by the government to look into the Freedom Flotilla and also at the Israeli naval raid on the Flotilla at sea (in which at least 9 Turkish [...]
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Can Turkish involvement help Free Gaza – Freedom Flotilla challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza?

A “Freedom Flotilla” is planning to sail for Gaza by the end of the month. It will be the ninth expedition to try to reach Gaza by sea. According to the Free Gaza movement, this time it will be bigger and better than ever. This time, there will be Turkish involvement. This raises [...]
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Why is Palestinian Authority against Richard Falk?

A shocking story: Ma’an News Agency reported from Chicago today that “Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said on Monday the Palestinian Authority (PA) urged him to step down after he criticized the PA’s treatment of a UN war crimes report”. Ma’an added that Falk “said [...]
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Fayyad accuses Netanyahu of “expropriating” Ibrahimi Mosque

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended the Friday prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron today. In remarks to journalists in Hebron, Fayyad accused Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his government of “expropriating” or “annexing” the Ibrahimi (Abraham) Mosque and several other sites important to the three monotheistic religions, including Rachel’s tomb in Bethlehem. [...]
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