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by Khaled Abu Toameh
• October 19, 2016 at 5:00 am
- "We have
pledged to prepare an army of fighters by devoting our full abilities
and energies to consolidate the option of armed struggle as the only
means to liberate Palestine." — The armed wing of Fatah, Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades, Martyr Nidal Al-Amoudi Division.
- The
international community continues to perceive Fatah as the
"moderate" Palestinian party with whom Israel should make
peace. Yet Fatah is far from a single united bloc; many groups
within the faction continue to seek the "liberation of
Palestine" through armed struggle. Moreover, neither Abbas nor
any of his senior Fatah loyalists have repudiated the war-set Fatah
militias. Crucially, many of these Fatah militiamen continue to
receive salaries from the Palestinian Authority.
- These Fatah
gunmen who are preparing for war with Israel are indirectly
receiving their salaries from Western donors, including the US and
many EU countries, who fund the Palestinian Authority.
- These groups
believe that they represent the real Fatah, the one that never
recognized Israel's right to exist and holds on to armed struggle as
the only way to "liberate Palestine." They are not
breakaway groups. That is why they continue to operate under the
name of Fatah.
- Fatah is a
two-faced hydra; one face tells the English-speaking international
community what it wants to hear, namely, that it supports a
two-state solution and seeks a peaceful settlement to the conflict
with Israel, while the other tells the truth: it is committed to an
armed struggle and the "liberation of Palestine," and is
even preparing for war with Israel.
Members of Fatah's Martyr Nidal Al-Amoudi Division
read a statement condemning Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
for attending the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Some 300 members of the Palestinian Fatah faction, headed by
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, have begun receiving
"military training" in the Gaza Strip in preparation for war
with Israel.
The armed wing of Fatah, Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - The Martyr Nidal
Al-Amoudi Division, announced that its members have been enrolled in a
new military academy for training "fighters" in the Gaza Strip.
The academy, inaugurated recently in the Gaza Strip, would train the
"fighters" on various fighting methods "in the context of
a program for preparing for any future battle" with the
"Zionist enemy."
by Simon Deng •
October 19, 2016 at 4:30 am
- This very
country [South Sudan] which the United States helped to create and
then later on abandoned. I am appealing to your leadership to
intervene in hope of retracting South Sudan from ascending into a
fully scaled genocide.
- President
Obama, you stated that you will directly hold the leaders
responsible who obstruct the Peace in South Sudan and I hope that
you implement these words within your statement. We hope that the
United States makes progress now towards reconstructing the Peace
agreement, and to end the use of rape and genocide as a weapon of
war against civilians in the country
A snapshot of better times for South Sudan: U.S.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet South Sudan
President Salva Kiir at the White House, August 5, 2014. (Image source:
White House)
His Excellency Barack Obama
President, United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama,
The purpose of this open letter is to urgently appeal to the
government of the United States to rescue and transform the country of
South Sudan. This very country which the United States helped to create
and then later on abandoned. I am appealing to your leadership to
intervene in hope of retracting South Sudan from ascending into a fully
scaled genocide.
The government continues to wage gross catastrophes and human rights
violations since 2013. The government perpetuates wars against humanity
despite the signing of the Peace Agreement and uses rape and sexual
violence as a weapon of war against women and children which has been
condemned by the United Nations.
by Nuhu Othman
• October 19, 2016 at 4:00 am
- There is great
anxiety among Africans who are peace-loving, and who care about
democracy and human rights, that after the U.S. presidential
election next month, this concern for people who care about
democratic values and human rights might stop.
- The
understanding in Africa now is that the United States is showing
signs of feeling over-burdened with taking the lead role in world
affairs. But the implication of this abdication is immensely
dangerous.
- America no
longer looks like the country that extended its soft power to
Western Europe, in the form of the Marshall Plan, shortly after the
Second World War. Was this the same United States that made its hard
power felt to rescue the free world and ensure that it remained
free? The stabilizing role of the U.S. is needed now more than ever.
- We need
America's leadership. There is simply no other free country that can
adequately provide it, to maintain peace in the continent. Who will
be there for us to "talk softly and carry a big stick,"
where and when it is necessary?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with
newly sworn-in Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria, on
May 29, 2015. (Image source: U.S. State Department)
A few years ago, a sitting president of Nigeria was accused of
condoning corrupt activities, and as a result, the nation lost tens of
billions of dollars. When Boko Haram seized an area the size of Belgium
in northeastern Nigeria, U.S. President Barack Obama said that the United
States would not sell arms to Nigeria because of the Leahy Law, which
prohibits the U.S. from providing military assistance to foreign
militaries that violate human rights with impunity.
Thankfully, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with the
political actors in Nigeria ahead of its 2015 elections, and repeated the
position of the United States on the importance of having a peaceful
election and transition. This visible concern in no small measure helped
in a fair political contest and transition. This is the enviable position
of awe in which the United States of America was held.
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