Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has joined ranks with Peace Now. In a rather startling interview, for Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year, Olmert dared to state what no other Prime Minister has ever said, that a far reaching accord with the Palestinians is an absolute necessity for Israel.
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At the end of September a pipe bomb exploded outside the home of Peace Now activist and leading scholar Prof. Zeev Sternhell. He was, fortunately, only lightly wounded but the bombing has created fears that the radical wing of the settler movement is now moving to try to silence its critics in Israel.
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By Roberto Malini, Matteo Pegoraro, Dario Picciau – EveryOne Group
The European Union has demonstrated over the last few years that it possesses neither the experience nor adequate means for facing the "racism emergency". The situation in Italy, where every EU directive (starting from the 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000) and every international charter for the rights of minorities have been systematically violated by the institutions in their policies involving the Roma and immigrants, is symbolic of how resolutions and warnings are not sufficient for obtaining results on a civil level.
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Israel’s High Court has rightly been hailed as a beacon of justice in the Middle East. However the court and the state have recently been in conflict over two important matters, first the routing of the fence or security barrier and second illegal settlement construction. Israel is now at a turning point and in the balance is whether the law or the movement for a greater Israel carries more weight.
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As a dual citizen of the United States and Canada I must decide how I will vote in two elections. I must admit that Israel is not high on my list of concerns for several reasons. My primary loyalty is as a citizen of the country I am voting in, to choose the best candidates for the general welfare of my two countries.
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By Roberto Malini, Gruppo EveryOne
How much longer are we going to keep ignoring the persecution of the Roma people in Italy? How much longer will we use “caution” when talking and writing about the cases of arson, fires lit by racists with the intention of killing “gypsies”, or fires caused by dangerous and unsuitable heating and lighting? How much longer are we going to avoid counting the Roma children who die every year of cold, hunger and infection in the camps and micro-settlements?
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By Roberto Malini, Dario Picciau, Matteo Pegoraro
EveryOne Group is sounding the umpteenth alarm about the persecution of the Roma people in Italy. The group will soon be presenting a new dossier to the European institutions and authorities concerning the abuse carried out on a daily basis, in violation of EU directives, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the ethical and moral laws that should be at the root of civil society.
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B’nai Brith Canada has recently awarded Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper its Presidential Gold Medal for Humanitarianism. This should inspire similarly appropriate awards for our other party leaders. Liberal Stephan Dion might be selected as Mr. Charisma for 2008. Separatist Gilles Duceppe must surely be named the Outstanding Canadian and the NDPs Jack Layton could be the nominee for Introvert of the Year.
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Can you please pass on to the Amstetten-Mauer Clinic these heartfelt words for Elisabeth and her family... I don't not know how to get a message to them.
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All of us have friends who fill our ears with praise and are uncritical of our every action: they are mere sycophants. And then we have really good friends who are unafraid to criticize us when we are heading off the track, acting against our best long term interests. Thus, those so-called friends of Israel who support the expansion of settlements, maintaining illegal outposts, not negotiating with enemies, and urge alliances with the Christian right are like the “friend” who will “not only let you drive home drunk but offer you their Porsche and a shot of tequila for the road.”
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