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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• June 1, 2016 at 2:00 am
- A 27-year-old
female journalist recounted that a Palestinian official working for
the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza invited her for a job
interview. The official "tried to approach and touch her, but
she walked away and left the office... The following day... he
offered her the job in return for having sexual intercourse with
him."
- The victim
noted that under Palestinian law, UNRWA officials enjoy immunity
from being prosecuted.
- Palestinian
journalist Amjad Yaghi found that the Palestinian Basic Law does not
tackle the issue of sexual harassment in Palestinian society.
Meanwhile, the Hamas connections of these criminals will keep them
out of jail and in positions of power.
- Where are the
women's rights organizations now? Where are the European and
American overseers of the international human rights organizations
in the Gaza Strip? Do they only awaken from their slumber when they
smell fresh Israeli meat? How many women will be sexually assaulted
while these watchdogs sleep?
When it comes to sexual harassment, where are the
European and American overseers of the international human rights
organizations in the Gaza Strip? Under Palestinian law, UNRWA officials
enjoy immunity from being prosecuted, and the Hamas connections of
officials that engage in sexual harassment will no doubt keep them out of
jail and in positions of power. Pictured at right: Pierre Krähenbühl,
Commissioner-General of UNRWA, meets with Federica Mogherini, the EU's
High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
Sex is a taboo topic in the conservative Palestinian society. So it
came as a nasty surprise to many when the rampant sexual harassment in
the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip was recently brought to public attention.
A damning report, entitled "Gaza: Sexual Harassment and Bribery
Chase Job-Seekers," was published in the Beirut-based,
Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar. Amjad Yaghi, the young
Palestinian journalist who wrote the exposé, showed extraordinary courage
in doing so.
Hamas, needless to say, was not amused.
Yaghi wrote that
"[some] public personalities in the Gaza Strip are no longer
abiding by the professional standards of their moral work after being
overcome by their sexual instincts and professional duties. They are
exploiting their status, especially their decision-making regarding
employment, appointments and providing services and funds to projects in
light of the absence of working opportunities for women."
by Sebastian Bustle
• June 1, 2016 at 1:00 am
- Everyone shook
hands and greeted each other courteously, but Aslam Chowdhury came
under fire in Bangladesh after the photographs of the two men
together were published on Safadi's Facebook page, and then picked
up by Bangladeshi media. On May 15, police detectives arrested
Chowdhury for alleged "involvement in a plot to oust the
Bangladesh government with the support of Israeli intelligence
Mossad."
- Salah Uddin
Shoaib Choudhury, a Bangladeshi journalist, was sentenced in 2014 to
seven years in prison, allegedly for trying to travel to Israel, to
speak on the rise of Islamic militancy in his country, and how madrassahs
(Islamic religious schools) are being used to spawn militants.
- Bangladesh has
no diplomatic relations with Israel. It is a country where Jews and
Israeli people are being cursed in every Friday sermon, from more
than 250,000 mosques
This photo of Bangladeshi politician Aslam Chowdhury
(center) with Israeli Mendi Safadi (left) led to Chowdhury's arrest for
alleged "involvement in a plot to oust the Bangladesh government
with the support of Israeli intelligence Mossad." (Image source:
Mendi N. Safadi)
Israel, the Mossad and Jews, seen as one, are now a political issue
in Bangladesh politics. Accusations and denials about "Israel and
Mossad connections" are going on among the rival political parties
and leaders. Both the government and largest opposition party, Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP), have been trying to cash in on the existing
antagonistic sentiment against Israel among the country's 90%-Muslim
population.
Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel. It is a country
where Jews and Israeli people are being cursed in every Friday sermon,
from more than 250,000 mosques. Imams across the country shout before the
Friday prayer's sermon audience that Jewish people are infidels.
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