CNN Middle East News- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may comeThe Syrian assault on the city of Homs is "a grim harbinger of worse to come" without united pressure on the government in Damascus, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. […]
- Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdownFour straight days of shelling and bombing by Syrian government forces into the besieged city of Homs have left residents cowering, afraid to escape and fearing for their lives as bodies lie in the streets, unable to be recovered. […]
- Syrian regime gets bloody nose from resistanceOne fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. […]
- Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist imageWhen the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well. […]
- No Libya play for the West in SyriaAmid growing outrage over civilian casualties in Syria, there are ever more urgent calls to aid -- or at least protect -- the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. There is renewed talk of creating safe havens and humanitarian corridors inside the country. And those demanding tougher measures are again asking why events in Syria should not prompt Libya […]
- Ban condemns Syrian 'brutality' in Homs, warns worse may come
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Iranian police clash with mourners
Mousavi, left, and Karroubi have both said the Iranian riot police have used tear gas and batons to disperse hundreds of people who gathered to mourn protesters killed in unrest after a disputed presidential election, witnesses said.[singlepic id=39 w=320 h=240 float=right]
A number of protesters were reportedly arrested as they gathered outside the cemetery south of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday to mark 40 days since the deaths.
Israel defends Gaza war
The Israeli government has said that its war on the Gaza Strip earlier this year, that left up to 1,417 Palestinians dead, was “necessary and proportionate”.[singlepic id=41 w=320 h=240 float=right]
The government also said on Thursday that it was investigating about 100 complaints of misconduct by its forces during the three week war that began on December 27.
Evictions and Settlement Plans in Sheikh Jarrah
Evictions and Settlement Plans in Sheikh Jarrah:
The Case of Shimon HaTzadik
Summary
On May 17, two Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem received court orders to vacate their homes by July 19, 2009. At that point, [singlepic id=42 w=320 h=240 float=right] the houses will be turned over to the landlord: settler organization Nahalat Shimon International, which seeks to demolish the existing Palestinian neighborhood and build a 200-unit settlement in its place.[1]
Jerusalem – Alquds or United Yerushalayem
Recently the Israeli abuse in Jerusalem against the Palestinians is becoming harsher. Since Oslo’s agreement the Israeli leadership decided to do everything possible to make any kind of compromise regarding Jerusalem impossible.[singlepic id=43 w=320 h=240 float=right]
The plan is to try to change Jerusalem into a complete Jewish city that holds no other religious or cultural sign even though it used to be in it since hundreds of years. Although Israel knows that any attempt to make a change in the old city and specifically in the Aqsa mosque would be like playing with fire because of its holiness and importance in the Islamic circles, it keeps on.
Lessons In Leadership XI – Memories – Dedicated to Michael Nitti
Most of us are afraid to travel back into the past and think of bad things that happened to us. We prefer to move on and forget every memory which would remind us of something which happened and we did not want very much. We feel that if we go back into these memories we would lose control and live in a world which we do not want to be in.
