We ‘Dirty Arabs’ Have Had Enough Joharah Baker What unwritten law is out there that allows Israelis to sling racist insults at Palestinians with impunity? After all my years in this country and the absurdities that come along with it, this is one absurdity I still find hard to digest. Obviously, my outrage has been most recently rekindled by Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, who during a tour of the old central bus station in Tel Aviv called a Palestinian-Israeli policeman a “real dirty Arab.” Once th e words were out, the minister was forced to apologize, saying his remarks did not reflect his worldview. A spokesman for the ministry also issued a statement saying that, “in a moment of jest, and using common slang, the minister said what he said, not intending to hurt anyone.”.. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55244 But What Kind of a ‘Palestinian State’? By Nizar Sakhnini …In his speech on 14 June 2009, Benjamin Netanyahu declared that he accepts a Palestinian State. Such a state, according to Netanyahu, should recognize “Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish People”. Moreover, Israel has nothing to do with the problem of the Palestinian refugees, which must be solved outside the borders of Israel. In addition, the Palestinian State must be demilitarized, with no army and no control of air space. And, according to Netanyah u, “Jerusalem remains the united capital of Israel.” The ‘State of Palestine’ they are talking about will be created within an area of less than 20% of Mandate Palestine and surrounded with a wall. This is not a State. It is an open air prison… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55246 Behind Closed Doors Gordon Brown’s War Inquiry By BINOY KAMPMARK Any inquiry into politically calamitous causes is bound to be better received if done transparently. The circumstances behind the Iraq War, from lead-up, commencement and execution, has been anything but transparent. Behind a very thin veil, crimes in international law have been committed with flagrant disregard. Evidence has been discounted. The campaigns have been costly and, at stages, incompetently waged. It is then little surprise that t he recent announcement by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to hold an inquiry into the origins and execution of the conflict should take place in the same circumstances it began: behind closed doors… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55237 Interview with Mullah Biradar Akhund, the Deputy Leader of the Taliban In Afghanistan “SARK” journal …We had always said that in Afghanistan foreign invasion will be met with iron hands through Jihad of Afghanistan’s Muslim Nation resistance and have positive influence meaning every single day brings more successes. That is with the passage of every day Mujahideens are facing new techniques, improving our skills not only with the weaponry but in administrative areas gaining more experiences. and at the battle front valo ur against the enemy has its fruitful outcome and its awesome. Obama planning to send more troops to Afghanistan in itself proves that current foreign forces are complete failure and has been defeated by the Mujahideens operations. They have lost the morale to fight and from the beginning closed all channels of diplomacy… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55250 The Real Darfur Story: A Political Conflict, But Not A Genocide A Review of a new book by Mahmood Mamdani Joel Whitney The Save Darfur Coalition has convinced a large portion of the American public that “genocide” is underway in Darfur, the western Sudan. As propagandists, the coalition has done a highly effective job. Among the few public intellectuals in the U.S. to debunk the genocide story is Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, of Columbia University, who concludes, “There’s no attempt to eliminate a people here. This h as been a conflict over land.”… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55252 Could you tell me why the Palestinians have to recognize the zionist state’s right to exist on Arab Palestinian Land ? We Will Return - Is it because God gave his chosen people my land ,even though most of the citizen of the zionist state are not even from the region ? – Is it because the Arab Palestinians have to pay for Hitler and the European’s ruthlessness ? – Is it because the zionist state never respected International Law ?- Or is it because we are Arabs ,our blood,suffering ,dignity etc….do not count ?… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55240 Iraqi exiles decry their government’s decision to allow host countries send them home by force By Fatih Abdulsalam, Azzaman Over the past three months I have received a flood of letters whose senders urge me to highlight the case of Iraqi refugees whose requests for asylum were and will be rejected by mainly European states. Taking advantage of what many in Iraq see as ‘murky deals’ Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zaibari forged into agreements, several European states have began rounding up Iraqi refugees, dumping them in deten tion centers prior to having them hand-cuffed and then dragged into Iraq-destined planes by force… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55247 Iran elections: mass arrests and campus raids as regime hits back Robert Tait and Julian Borger , Guardian …A total of 500 were reported to have been detained across the country, including well-known political figures from the 1979 Islamic revolution. The mass detentions combined with paramilitary raids on university campuses appeared to be part of a determined and sustained backlash on the part of a government that initially appeared to have been taken by surprise by the scale of the protests after the declaration that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won Friday’s presidential poll…Ebrahim Yazdi, a former foreign minister and aide to the father of the revolution, Ruhollah Khomeini, was arrested at the Tehran hospital where he was undergoing medical tests, according to the website of his Freedom party. Seven other members of the party were also detained. With the exception of Yazdi, the arrests appeared to bypass political leaders and focus on their lieutenants.. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55248 A Civil War Obama’s Gift to Pakistan By LIAQUAT ALI KHAN A civil war is brewing in Pakistan. Thanks to President Barack Obama, who is shifting the American war from Iraq to “the real enemies” operating from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cash-strapped Pakistan could not defy Obama persuasion and decided to wage a war against its own people, the Pashtuns inhabiting the Northern Province and the tribal areas of Waziristan. Decades ago, Pakistan waged a similar war against its own people, the Bengalis in East Pakistan. In 1971, the Pakistani military charged to wipe out Mukti Bahini, a Bengali resistance force, paved the way for the nation’s dismemberment. In 2009, the military is charged to eliminate the Taliban, a Pashtun resistance force. History is repeating itself in Pakistan—as it frequently does for nations that do not learn from past mistakes… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55236 Video: Iran’s power struggle behind the scenes AljaeeraEnglish On the face of it, the election in Iran was between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president, and his main rival Mir Hossein Mousavi. But a more significant power struggle is being played out between two other powerful men. Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra explains what is going on behind the scenes. Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55216 Hamas and Carter Joint Press Conference in Gaza By Hiyam Noir During a press conference in Gaza City on Tuesday, the Palestinian PM, Ismail Haniyeh said that Hamas will support any relevant proposal to establish an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. The municipally East Jerusalem, illegally annexed by the Israelis 1980, is administered by the Israeli military.Hamas which following the Palestinian legislative elections,in control of the Palestinian Legislative Council and Prime Minister ship, formally refused to see the Green Line corresponding to a prospective border between Israel and a future Palestinian statehood. Smaller political parties such as the PFLP (General Command) the PRC and Islamic Jihad have supported Hamas position… Read the full article / Leggi l’articolo completo: http://www.uruknet.de/?p=55239