Hamas and the Right of Return of the Palestinian Refugees: A Stand Still in the Peace Process
K.M.Sajad Ibrahim
The misery of the Palestinian refugees continues unabated even after the formation of the Hamas government in the Palestinian Occupied Territories (POT). Most of the refugees trust the Hamas than any other group of Palestinians to restore their right of return to their homeland. It is estimated that more than five million Palestinians are refugees in neighbouring Arab countries since the formation of the state of Israel in 1948. The Hamas, branded as terrorist group by the US and West, emerged as the most popular Palestinian organization in their struggle for the Palestinian statehood. It has proved as the most successful Palestinian organization within a period of 20 yearssince its inception. Hence, the Palestinian refugees, the case of worst denial of human rights in the contemporary world, are jubilant in electing Hamas as their legitimate representative replacing Al-Fatah, a group founded by the late leader Yasser Arafat, for the first time. Israel and their partners in the West are very well aware position of Hamas as a tough partner in peace negotiations. The most important stand of Hamas is to adopt the right of return of all Palestinian refugees to their native land. They believed that no final settlement in the Palestine question is possible without addressing the just rights of the Palestinian refugees.
For the full article see India Quarterly(New Delhi), vol.LXII, no.2, April-June 2006, pp.132-150.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Kashmir is Burning - Why?
Daily Excelsior, 3 October 2006
Afzals family arrives in Delhi
New DelhiI, Oct 2: The family of Mohammad Afzal Guru, set to be hanged
on October 20 for his role in the 2001 attack on Parliament, arrived
here today from Srinagar to seek pardon for him from President A P J
Abdul Kalam. Afzals wife Tabasum, his seven year old son Ghalib, mother
Ayesha Begum, brother Hilal Ahmed Guru and father in law Ghulam Mohammed
flew in this afternoon without much media fanfare. The family is
expected to approach the President to seek clemency for Afzal, convicted for
plotting the December 13 Parliament attack that left 14 people dead
including five armed assailants..
Kashmir Times, 3 October 2006
Mufti, Qarra tour parts of Anantnag, Pulwama
Anantnag, Oct 2 : Peoples Democratic Party PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, accompanied by Minister for Finance, Planning, Law &
Parliamentary Affairs, Tariq Hameed Qarra today conducted extensive tour of
Pampore, Bijbehara, Anantnag and Pahalgam constituencies to review the
progress of development works in the area. Reviewing the progress of the Mega
Shopping Mall coming up at SRTC Yard Anantnag, the Mufti was informed
that the shopping complex, first of its kind in the district, would be
commissioned in May 2008..The PDP Patron visited the Islamic University
campus at Awantipora to review the progress of work there. He directed
construction of a good link road upto the campus..
Daily Excelsior, 3 October 2006
Editorial: No change
It is unfortunate that the latest assertion of Hizbul Mujahideen
supremo Syed Salahuddin eliminates the possibility of truce now or later. He
has made it clear that his organisation will not settle for ceasefire
until its conditions are met. According to him the temporary peace for a
month has no logic. It means that for one month there is no violence
but the rest of the 11 months forces will continue their killings and so
will militants..He is confident that the HM and other militant
organisations operating in the State are not covered by the proposed joint anti
terrorism mechanism between India and Pakistan..
Kashmir Times, 3 October 2006
Editorial: Bleeding Kashmir warns
Kashmir is burning and bleeding. For the past five days the Valley is
rocked by massive protests and demonstration of anger and resentment
against the Delhi courts order announcing the hanging of Afzal Guru,
accused in the Parliament blast case. Not only the so called separatist
leaders are in the forefront of this protest but even the mainstream
political parties owing allegiance to the States accession to India have
joined the powerful voice for reviewing the case to provide justice to
Afzal Guru..Burning Kashmir is warning Indian democracy which can ill
afford to ignore the popular sentiments and voice of reason and sanity..
Greater Kashmir, 3 October 2006
Opinion: From Havana to Srinagar When? (Ghulam Nabi Hagroo)
It is so good that Dr. Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India and
Parvez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan, met cordially and
discussed the problems which trouble both the countries. Quite heartening to
see that J&K problem formed the main part of their agenda. Both the
countries have agreed to make joint efforts for eradicating terrorism. In
July 2006, there were bomb blasts in Mumbai and some 200 men got killed.
And Indias security system got damaged very badly..The people of J&K
get neglected at Indo Pak talks at the secretarys level and also got so
at Havana. In the present day world scenario especially in view of the
rise of the armed resistance it would not be profitable for both the
countries to neglect the people of J&K..
Afzals family arrives in Delhi
New DelhiI, Oct 2: The family of Mohammad Afzal Guru, set to be hanged
on October 20 for his role in the 2001 attack on Parliament, arrived
here today from Srinagar to seek pardon for him from President A P J
Abdul Kalam. Afzals wife Tabasum, his seven year old son Ghalib, mother
Ayesha Begum, brother Hilal Ahmed Guru and father in law Ghulam Mohammed
flew in this afternoon without much media fanfare. The family is
expected to approach the President to seek clemency for Afzal, convicted for
plotting the December 13 Parliament attack that left 14 people dead
including five armed assailants..
Kashmir Times, 3 October 2006
Mufti, Qarra tour parts of Anantnag, Pulwama
Anantnag, Oct 2 : Peoples Democratic Party PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed, accompanied by Minister for Finance, Planning, Law &
Parliamentary Affairs, Tariq Hameed Qarra today conducted extensive tour of
Pampore, Bijbehara, Anantnag and Pahalgam constituencies to review the
progress of development works in the area. Reviewing the progress of the Mega
Shopping Mall coming up at SRTC Yard Anantnag, the Mufti was informed
that the shopping complex, first of its kind in the district, would be
commissioned in May 2008..The PDP Patron visited the Islamic University
campus at Awantipora to review the progress of work there. He directed
construction of a good link road upto the campus..
Daily Excelsior, 3 October 2006
Editorial: No change
It is unfortunate that the latest assertion of Hizbul Mujahideen
supremo Syed Salahuddin eliminates the possibility of truce now or later. He
has made it clear that his organisation will not settle for ceasefire
until its conditions are met. According to him the temporary peace for a
month has no logic. It means that for one month there is no violence
but the rest of the 11 months forces will continue their killings and so
will militants..He is confident that the HM and other militant
organisations operating in the State are not covered by the proposed joint anti
terrorism mechanism between India and Pakistan..
Kashmir Times, 3 October 2006
Editorial: Bleeding Kashmir warns
Kashmir is burning and bleeding. For the past five days the Valley is
rocked by massive protests and demonstration of anger and resentment
against the Delhi courts order announcing the hanging of Afzal Guru,
accused in the Parliament blast case. Not only the so called separatist
leaders are in the forefront of this protest but even the mainstream
political parties owing allegiance to the States accession to India have
joined the powerful voice for reviewing the case to provide justice to
Afzal Guru..Burning Kashmir is warning Indian democracy which can ill
afford to ignore the popular sentiments and voice of reason and sanity..
Greater Kashmir, 3 October 2006
Opinion: From Havana to Srinagar When? (Ghulam Nabi Hagroo)
It is so good that Dr. Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India and
Parvez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan, met cordially and
discussed the problems which trouble both the countries. Quite heartening to
see that J&K problem formed the main part of their agenda. Both the
countries have agreed to make joint efforts for eradicating terrorism. In
July 2006, there were bomb blasts in Mumbai and some 200 men got killed.
And Indias security system got damaged very badly..The people of J&K
get neglected at Indo Pak talks at the secretarys level and also got so
at Havana. In the present day world scenario especially in view of the
rise of the armed resistance it would not be profitable for both the
countries to neglect the people of J&K..
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Former NSA Official: Terror Plot Cooked by Bush Blair Mafia
Former NSA Official: Terror Plot Cooked by Bush Blair Mafia
Wayne Madsen Report | August 11 2006
According to knowledgeable sources in the UK and other countries, the Tony Blair government, under siege by a Labor Party revolt, cleverly cooked up a new "terror" scare to avert the public's eyes away from Blair's increasing political woes. British law enforcement; neo-con and intelligence operatives in the United States, Israel, and Britain; and Rupert Murdoch's global media empire cooked up the terrorist plot, liberally borrowing from the failed 1995 "Oplan Bojinka" plot by Pakistan- and Philippines- based terrorist Ramzi Ahmad Yousef to crash 11 trans-Pacific airliners bound from Asia to the United States. In the latest plot, it is reported that liquid bombs were to be detonated on 10 trans-Atlantic planes outbound from Britain to the United States.
British and American authorities permitted a man with a liquid bomb to board a U.S.-bound flight in Heathrow on Aug. 6 -- the pilot foiled secret UK-US attempt to hype an incident en route to or at Boston Logan.
The London terror plan was "known" last Sunday by British and American authorities, according to the Indian press. American Airlines flight 109 from London Heathrow to Boston boarded a family of five, however, after the plane left Heathrow authorities determined that the father appeared on a British suspect list drawn up after the 7/7 London transit attacks. At first, the pilot was instructed to fly all the way to Boston where U.S. authorities could claim credit for apprehending the suspect. However, the pilot, fearing for the safety of his passengers and crew, refused and quickly returned to Heathrow without informing the passengers. Once on the ground, it was discovered that the male had in his carry-on baggage the type of combination liquid explosive and electronic device now being hyped by the British and American media.
British sources report that the reason for the delay in informing the airlines and traveling public about the liquid bomb on the American flight was to maximize the beneficial political impact for Blair and George W. Bush, both plummeting in the polls from the situations in Iraq and Lebanon.
Earlier this week, two employees of Murdoch's London tabloid, News of the World, were charged with hacking into the voice and text cell phone messages of three members of the staff of Clarence House, the residence of Princes Charles, William, and Harry. One of those charged with the wiretapping was Clive Goodman, the Royals editor of the News of the World. The same paper earlier tried to politically damage two anti-Iraq war British politicians -- Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan and Respect Party MP George Galloway. The paper charges that Sheridan was unfaithful to his wife by going to swinger's clubs. He won a quarter million dollar lawsuit against the paper. Galloway was confronted by Mazher Mahmood, an individual who uses the moniker "Fake Sheik," who posed as a wealthy Arab businessman and tried unsuccessfully to get Galloway to accept cash and make anti-Semitic remarks. In fact, Mahmood was and continues to be a reporter for News of the World, his continued employment approved by Murdoch. Goodman has merely been suspended by Murdoch but he has not been fired.
Murdoch uncovered Prince Charles-Gordon Brown plot to oust Blair. Phony terror plan cooked up to derail political coup plans.
However, what prompted Murdoch and Blair to hype a new global "terror" threat was what Murdoch learned from eavesdropping on the phone calls of Prince Charles' staff at the future king's office, home, and limousine. The eavesdropping revealed that Charles was working with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who is to the left of Blair, to conduct the same type of political maneuver that John Major used to oust Margaret Thatcher from office. London's left-wing Mayor, Ken Livingston, was also in on the Charles-Brown plan and it was expected that in return for his support, Livingston would get a senior position in a Brown cabinet -- a development that sent shock waves through the neo-con circles in London, Washington, and Jerusalem, including British Home Secretary John Reid and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. The Charles-Brown plan was briefed by Blair to Bush during the former's recent visit to Washington. However, because the phony terror plot was known to both leaders -- they decided to be away on vacation when the terror plot was "uncovered." Bush is vacationing at his Crawford, Texas "ranch," while Blair is on vacation in Barbados, staying at Sir Cliff Richard's luxurious villa.
After Blair met with Bush in Washington, he flew to California where on July 30 he attended Murdoch's News Corporation private corporate executive conference at the posh Inn at Spanish Bay golf resort in Pebble Beach. Blair met with Murdoch, Israeli former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Newt Gingrich, and various Fox, Star, and Sky News executives. The final touches were agreed to by Blair and Murdoch on how the fake terror plot would play out in Murdoch's media empire.
Airline terror plot cooked up by Blair, Bush, and Murdoch to save Tony's political ass.
Blair told Bush that a Brown government would move to withdraw British troops from Iraq, break the "special relationship" with the Bush White House, and move closer to the European Union and the United Nations.
The Israeli attack on Lebanon created a rift within Blair's Cabinet with some former Blair loyalists signaling their support for the political coup against Blair. As a result, a suspect passenger was permitted to board an American aircraft at Heathrow with a liquid bomb to lay the groundwork for the media and travel hysteria five days later.
Final touches on fake terror plot were agreed to by Blair and Murdoch at July 30 News Corp/Fox VIP meeting at the Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, California.
The wiretapping of Charles' messages also indicated that he has weighed in with various European royal families to discourage them from inviting Bush on state visits to their nations. This, reportedly upset the Bush and Blair regimes, who were working together to improve Bush's image in Europe. The White House's displeasure with the monarchies in Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Norway are a direct result of the Murdoch eavesdropping on Charles' staff.
Murdoch-Bush- Blair perception management hoax: Be afraid, be very afraid.
Not surprisingly, after Galloway tore into a Sky News reporter on a recent televised interview, The Sun, a Murdoch paper, is now reporting that one of the 24 British aircraft liquid bomber suspects now under arrest, Waheed Zaman, met with Galloway "many times." The paper quotes the sister of the suspect. A Galloway spokesman denies that Galloway knows the suspect. What is suspect is the Murdoch media empire that makes up news and commits illegal acts to provide cover for the false flag operations being conducted by Britain, the U.S., and Israel.
Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) agency has helped provide the cover story for the alleged liquid bombers. Working with British and U.S. intelligence, the ISI says it broke up the plot after arresting terrorist suspects in Lahore and Karachi. However, the ISI claims that the men were affiliated with the Kashmiri terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, a group that is run and funded by the ISI itself.
The disclosure of the Charles-Brown plot has already created a backlash from the neo-cons. The Murdoch media is already floating the rumor that Home Secretary Reid is now Blair's chosen successor, while there will be an effort to scandalize Charles in an effort to convince the British public that it would be best to skip over him and have Prince William assume the throne upon Queen Elizabeth's death or abdication.
British commentators are noting that it is Reid, a noted neo-con, who is chairing national security "Cobra" meetings in Blair's absence. Blair bypassed Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and many political observers believe that Prescott was passed over because of evidence that he was involved in supporting the Charles-Brown coup. Prescott chaired Cobra meetings in the wake of the July 7, 2005 (7/7) London transit bombings.
Meanwhile, Republican governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mitt Romney used the occasion to boost their sagging popularity by placing their states' National Guardsmen at major airports in their states.
http://www.waynemad senreport. com/
Wayne Madsen Report | August 11 2006
According to knowledgeable sources in the UK and other countries, the Tony Blair government, under siege by a Labor Party revolt, cleverly cooked up a new "terror" scare to avert the public's eyes away from Blair's increasing political woes. British law enforcement; neo-con and intelligence operatives in the United States, Israel, and Britain; and Rupert Murdoch's global media empire cooked up the terrorist plot, liberally borrowing from the failed 1995 "Oplan Bojinka" plot by Pakistan- and Philippines- based terrorist Ramzi Ahmad Yousef to crash 11 trans-Pacific airliners bound from Asia to the United States. In the latest plot, it is reported that liquid bombs were to be detonated on 10 trans-Atlantic planes outbound from Britain to the United States.
British and American authorities permitted a man with a liquid bomb to board a U.S.-bound flight in Heathrow on Aug. 6 -- the pilot foiled secret UK-US attempt to hype an incident en route to or at Boston Logan.
The London terror plan was "known" last Sunday by British and American authorities, according to the Indian press. American Airlines flight 109 from London Heathrow to Boston boarded a family of five, however, after the plane left Heathrow authorities determined that the father appeared on a British suspect list drawn up after the 7/7 London transit attacks. At first, the pilot was instructed to fly all the way to Boston where U.S. authorities could claim credit for apprehending the suspect. However, the pilot, fearing for the safety of his passengers and crew, refused and quickly returned to Heathrow without informing the passengers. Once on the ground, it was discovered that the male had in his carry-on baggage the type of combination liquid explosive and electronic device now being hyped by the British and American media.
British sources report that the reason for the delay in informing the airlines and traveling public about the liquid bomb on the American flight was to maximize the beneficial political impact for Blair and George W. Bush, both plummeting in the polls from the situations in Iraq and Lebanon.
Earlier this week, two employees of Murdoch's London tabloid, News of the World, were charged with hacking into the voice and text cell phone messages of three members of the staff of Clarence House, the residence of Princes Charles, William, and Harry. One of those charged with the wiretapping was Clive Goodman, the Royals editor of the News of the World. The same paper earlier tried to politically damage two anti-Iraq war British politicians -- Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan and Respect Party MP George Galloway. The paper charges that Sheridan was unfaithful to his wife by going to swinger's clubs. He won a quarter million dollar lawsuit against the paper. Galloway was confronted by Mazher Mahmood, an individual who uses the moniker "Fake Sheik," who posed as a wealthy Arab businessman and tried unsuccessfully to get Galloway to accept cash and make anti-Semitic remarks. In fact, Mahmood was and continues to be a reporter for News of the World, his continued employment approved by Murdoch. Goodman has merely been suspended by Murdoch but he has not been fired.
Murdoch uncovered Prince Charles-Gordon Brown plot to oust Blair. Phony terror plan cooked up to derail political coup plans.
However, what prompted Murdoch and Blair to hype a new global "terror" threat was what Murdoch learned from eavesdropping on the phone calls of Prince Charles' staff at the future king's office, home, and limousine. The eavesdropping revealed that Charles was working with Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who is to the left of Blair, to conduct the same type of political maneuver that John Major used to oust Margaret Thatcher from office. London's left-wing Mayor, Ken Livingston, was also in on the Charles-Brown plan and it was expected that in return for his support, Livingston would get a senior position in a Brown cabinet -- a development that sent shock waves through the neo-con circles in London, Washington, and Jerusalem, including British Home Secretary John Reid and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. The Charles-Brown plan was briefed by Blair to Bush during the former's recent visit to Washington. However, because the phony terror plot was known to both leaders -- they decided to be away on vacation when the terror plot was "uncovered." Bush is vacationing at his Crawford, Texas "ranch," while Blair is on vacation in Barbados, staying at Sir Cliff Richard's luxurious villa.
After Blair met with Bush in Washington, he flew to California where on July 30 he attended Murdoch's News Corporation private corporate executive conference at the posh Inn at Spanish Bay golf resort in Pebble Beach. Blair met with Murdoch, Israeli former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Newt Gingrich, and various Fox, Star, and Sky News executives. The final touches were agreed to by Blair and Murdoch on how the fake terror plot would play out in Murdoch's media empire.
Airline terror plot cooked up by Blair, Bush, and Murdoch to save Tony's political ass.
Blair told Bush that a Brown government would move to withdraw British troops from Iraq, break the "special relationship" with the Bush White House, and move closer to the European Union and the United Nations.
The Israeli attack on Lebanon created a rift within Blair's Cabinet with some former Blair loyalists signaling their support for the political coup against Blair. As a result, a suspect passenger was permitted to board an American aircraft at Heathrow with a liquid bomb to lay the groundwork for the media and travel hysteria five days later.
Final touches on fake terror plot were agreed to by Blair and Murdoch at July 30 News Corp/Fox VIP meeting at the Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, California.
The wiretapping of Charles' messages also indicated that he has weighed in with various European royal families to discourage them from inviting Bush on state visits to their nations. This, reportedly upset the Bush and Blair regimes, who were working together to improve Bush's image in Europe. The White House's displeasure with the monarchies in Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg, and Norway are a direct result of the Murdoch eavesdropping on Charles' staff.
Murdoch-Bush- Blair perception management hoax: Be afraid, be very afraid.
Not surprisingly, after Galloway tore into a Sky News reporter on a recent televised interview, The Sun, a Murdoch paper, is now reporting that one of the 24 British aircraft liquid bomber suspects now under arrest, Waheed Zaman, met with Galloway "many times." The paper quotes the sister of the suspect. A Galloway spokesman denies that Galloway knows the suspect. What is suspect is the Murdoch media empire that makes up news and commits illegal acts to provide cover for the false flag operations being conducted by Britain, the U.S., and Israel.
Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) agency has helped provide the cover story for the alleged liquid bombers. Working with British and U.S. intelligence, the ISI says it broke up the plot after arresting terrorist suspects in Lahore and Karachi. However, the ISI claims that the men were affiliated with the Kashmiri terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba, a group that is run and funded by the ISI itself.
The disclosure of the Charles-Brown plot has already created a backlash from the neo-cons. The Murdoch media is already floating the rumor that Home Secretary Reid is now Blair's chosen successor, while there will be an effort to scandalize Charles in an effort to convince the British public that it would be best to skip over him and have Prince William assume the throne upon Queen Elizabeth's death or abdication.
British commentators are noting that it is Reid, a noted neo-con, who is chairing national security "Cobra" meetings in Blair's absence. Blair bypassed Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and many political observers believe that Prescott was passed over because of evidence that he was involved in supporting the Charles-Brown coup. Prescott chaired Cobra meetings in the wake of the July 7, 2005 (7/7) London transit bombings.
Meanwhile, Republican governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mitt Romney used the occasion to boost their sagging popularity by placing their states' National Guardsmen at major airports in their states.
http://www.waynemad senreport. com/
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