Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Fariz Nafe Mehdawi said his country wished to tap Indonesia`s experience in forging unity in diversity or despite the existence of differences.
As Canadian trade unionists, we are convinced that the global BDS campaign represents a re-awakening of the true principles of the labour movement.
Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides.
Relief aid dispatched to Palestine
Corvallis native Joshua Hough, now a volunteer with Christian Peacemaker Teams, will describe volunteer work in occupied Palestine at a fund-raiser at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Friends Meeting House, 3311 N.W. Polk Ave., in Corvallis.
Forrest City at Nettleton, 7 p.m. Palestine-Wheatley at Jessieville, 7 p.m.
Political Islamists and seculars are at loggerheads these days, and not just in the Arab world. In Palestine, it is Hamas against Fatah. In Algeria, it is the Islamic Salvation Front against the government. In Somalia, it is the Islamic Courts against the government.
A U.N. envoy said that Israel and Palestine can revive stalled peace process.
No place has been more obvious in America’s attempt for global hegemony than in its dealings with the peoples and nations of the Middle-East: from its clear interference in Lebanon’s internal politics, to the genocidal adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, to the bully in-your-face economic punishment of a government democratically elected in Palestine, says Ben Tanosborn .
These days, the main issue on the IPI web site is Korea. Along with Kazakhstan, Korea was mentioned four times on the 26 document lists related to the press that IPI issued this year alone. Korea was followed by Palestine (three times), and Russia, Nepal and Greece (two times).