vrijdag 29 november 2019
29 NOVEMBER: DAG VAN INTERNATIONALE SOLIDARITEIT MET HET PALESTIJNSE VOLK
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people
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En wéér wordt Israël uitgezonderd in de VN
De Mensenrechtenraad van de VN liet een database opstellen van
bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij het militaire regime van Myanmar. De
database van bedrijven die betrokken zijn bij de Israëlische
kolonisering is intussen jaren vertraagd.
Dat opmerkelijke verschil maakt duidelijk dat de vaak gehoorde
klacht dat Israël wordt uitgezonderd juist is, maar niet in de betekenis
die daar door Israël aan wordt gegeven. Het is juist opvallend hoezeer
het land uit de wind wordt gehouden. Afgelopen week publiceerden wij een
artikel met dezelfde conclusie ten aanzien van het Internationaal Strafhof.
Verder
https://rightsforum.org/nieuws/en-weer-wordt-israel-uitgezonderd-in-de-vn/
donderdag 14 november 2019
Protest in Gaza bij de 102e 'verjaardag' van de Balfour Verklaring
Mosques, churches, protests: Gaza on the Balfour Declaration’s 102nd anniversary
3rd November | Wafa Aludaini | Gaza, Occupied Palestine
On
the 102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, churches rang bells
and mosques called for prayer at the same time, while tens of thousands
of Palestinians entered the buffer zone this Friday between the besieged
Gaza Strip and Israel in the massive weekly Great March of Return
protest.
This 81st week of protests was called “Down with the Balfour Declaration!”. It marks the 102nd anniversary of the British declaration announcing support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. Palestinian masses now are calling on Britain to not only apologize but also rectify this major historical disregard for Palestinian self determination and statehood.
Ali
Salim, 55, stated that the Balfour Declaration, in fact, is the cause
and source of all the Palestinian tragedies and sufferings since then:
“The 102nd anniversary means 102 years of displacement, expulsion,
massacres, and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
Khawla Khalil added, “We came here today to confirm our rights, and our rejection of Balfour! These days, we are experiencing the declaration through Trump’s Deal of the Century, when he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
Duaa Abdellateef — spokesperson for the Women’s Committee adjunct to the Committee for the Great Return March — said the weekly marches will continue until Palestinian rights and demands are met.
“We will defeat all the local and international conspiracies that aim at liquidating our Palestinian national cause, including the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, disregard of the internationally recognized right of return, and the proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank.”
On Thursday afternoon, October 31st, mosques in Gaza called for prayers at precisely the same time local churches rang their bells, marking the 102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The public statement was intended to show all faiths in Gaza renewing their rejection of the British empire’s edict. The coordinated actions by mosques and churches across Gaza were organized by the Great Return March’s higher committee.
Wafa Aludaini is a journalist and activist in Gaza who writes a weekly column for ISM on the Great March of Return.
https://palsolidarity.org/2019/11/mosques-churches-protests-gaza-on-the-balfour-declarations-102nd-anniversary/
Gazans march in protest on the 102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
This 81st week of protests was called “Down with the Balfour Declaration!”. It marks the 102nd anniversary of the British declaration announcing support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. Palestinian masses now are calling on Britain to not only apologize but also rectify this major historical disregard for Palestinian self determination and statehood.
Palestinian children at the 81st week of the Great March of Return in Gaza.
Khawla Khalil added, “We came here today to confirm our rights, and our rejection of Balfour! These days, we are experiencing the declaration through Trump’s Deal of the Century, when he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.”
Palestinian
women holds a key, symbolizing the right of return for Palestinian
refugees, at a protest in Gaza on Friday, November 1st.
refugees, at a protest in Gaza on Friday, November 1st.
Duaa Abdellateef — spokesperson for the Women’s Committee adjunct to the Committee for the Great Return March — said the weekly marches will continue until Palestinian rights and demands are met.
“We will defeat all the local and international conspiracies that aim at liquidating our Palestinian national cause, including the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem, disregard of the internationally recognized right of return, and the proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank.”
On Thursday afternoon, October 31st, mosques in Gaza called for prayers at precisely the same time local churches rang their bells, marking the 102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. The public statement was intended to show all faiths in Gaza renewing their rejection of the British empire’s edict. The coordinated actions by mosques and churches across Gaza were organized by the Great Return March’s higher committee.
One of the churches in Gaza which took part in the coordinated actions for the
102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
102nd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
Wafa Aludaini is a journalist and activist in Gaza who writes a weekly column for ISM on the Great March of Return.
https://palsolidarity.org/2019/11/mosques-churches-protests-gaza-on-the-balfour-declarations-102nd-anniversary/
zaterdag 9 november 2019
MENA: Iraq: educators join nationwide demonstration
Iraq: educators join nationwide demonstration
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The Iraqi Teachers’ Union (ITU) informed
Education International (EI) that, since the beginning of the wave of
unrest in the country, over a hundred people were killed and thousands
wounded in the capital city of Baghdad, as security forces are cracking
down on demonstrators.
As teachers and trade unionists, ITU leaders and members are
participating in and supporting the peaceful demonstrations. Moreover,
the education union fully supports the demonstrators and their
legitimate demands, which are vital to ensuring decent living
standards.
Therefore, ITU calls on their government to:
- Open an investigation into the killing of demonstrators and security forces; and hold accountable those who have committed such crimes;
- Resign after its failure to fulfil the demands of Iraqi people;
- Introduce amendments to the constitution banning governmental appointments on the basis of sectarian or ethnic quotas (known as Al Mohassassa), rather than on merit;
- Ensure the independence of the Iraqi judiciary system;
- End the widespread state corruption;
- Stop granting privileges to an elite, such as unjustified and multiple salaries; and
- Set up a new autonomous electoral commission.
ITU has warned educators will go on an open-ended strike if the
government does not respond genuinely to the demands of the Iraqi
people.
The union also calls on the international community, especially the
United Nations, to ask the government of Iraq to protect the rights of
peaceful demonstrators and put a halt to the clear violations of the
freedom of association and assembly.
“We urge the Iraqi government to end its brutal repression of
demonstrators, a repression that violates the country’s own labour laws,
as well as its obligations as a member state of the International
Labour Organisation,” stated David Edwards, Education International’s
General Secretary, in support of ITU and Iraqi people. “The Iraqi
government must listen to those legitimate demands and address the
political, economic and social factors in which the citizens’ discontent
is rooted.”
MENA: Lebanon: educators join nationwide protests calling for political and economic change
Lebanon: educators join nationwide protests calling for political and economic change
Education unions have expressed
their support for the legitimate demands of hundreds of thousands of
citizens calling for radical change in a political system accused of
corruption, confessionalism and clientelism, and an end to the endless
economic crisis plaguing Lebanon.
For nearly a week, the people of Lebanon have
been rising against their politicians. Schools, universities and offices
have been closed as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gather all
over the country to protest against those who have profited financially
while steering Lebanon into an economic abyss.
“We have said it several times: do not look for money in the
pockets of the poor in the name of economic reforms. Noting the wave of
protests that spread throughout the country demanding drastic reform of
Lebanon’s political system, we stand in solidarity with the legitimate
demands of the citizens of Lebanon,” the Public Primary Schools Teachers
League in Lebanon (PPSTLL) stated, reflecting the views of all
education unions affiliated to Education International (EI) in the
country, which include PPSTLL, the Comité des enseignants techniques
officiels (CETO), the Ligue des Professeurs de l'Enseignement Secondaire
Public du Liban (LPESPL) and the Teachers Syndicate of Lebanon (TSL).
The austerity measures are reflected in the restriction of rights,
in ever-growing taxes, frozen salaries, the high unemployment rate and
other consequences Lebanese people have had to live with: “Those
protests are the cry of pain of all citizens. People’s purchasing power
has severely decreased and many were pushed below the poverty line”.
The education unionists insist that, while the Lebanese have
endured a lot of pressure silently, they are no longer able to be
patient, having seen their living conditions and incomes steadily
decreasing. They consider it “a great injustice” to further undermine
the incomes of employees, workers and retirees, to the point where
living with dignity would become impossible.
They therefore reiterate their strong and full support for the protesters, and call on:
- The government to look for different solutions to the economic crisis rather than imposing taxes on those with limited income, particularly employees in the public sector; and
- All teachers to be ready to act together with Lebanese trade union members of the teacher unions’ Coordination Committee and the General Labour Union.
Achtergrond: Colombia, sinds 2016 werden 700 inheemse activisten vermoord, exclusief de moorden op journalisten, vakbondsleiders, milieuactivisten, lokale politici van oppositiepartijen.
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Vijf leiders inheemse volkeren afgeslacht in Colombia, media zwijgen
Woensdag 30 oktober werden vijf Colombiaanse inheemse leiders
afgeslacht in de regio Cauca.
In heel Colombia werden sinds 2016 700
inheemse activisten vermoord. Dit cijfer omvat niet de moorden op
journalisten, vakbondsleiders, milieuactivisten, lokale politici van
oppositiepartijen.
De bijna totale desinteresse van de massamedia hier
voor schendingen van mensenrechten in Colombia de voorbije dertig jaar
contrasteert schril met de verontwaardigde berichtgeving over buurland
Venezuela van de recentste vijf jaar.
Meer https://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2019/11/04/vijf-leiders-inheemse-volkeren-afgeslacht-in-colombia-media-zwijgen/
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Zie ook
https://ei-ie.org/en/detail/15906/colombia-stop-the-wave-of-violence-and-harassment-targeting-education-unionists
Education International supports
its affiliate, the Federación Colombiana de Educadores, in denouncing
and firmly condemning assassinations and threats targeting Colombian
educators, trade unionists, and social leaders.
Several teachers have been assassinated, threatened and targeted by violent groups in Colombia.
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Zie ook
https://ei-ie.org/en/detail/15906/colombia-stop-the-wave-of-violence-and-harassment-targeting-education-unionists
Colombia: stop the wave of violence and harassment targeting education unionists!
Several teachers have been assassinated, threatened and targeted by violent groups in Colombia.
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Achtergronden: over de politionele acties in Indonesië
Onderzoek Vijftig jaar Excessennota
‘De sneeuwbal rolt dan verder’
In 1969 verscheen de Excessennota, over de politionele
acties in Indonesië tussen 1945 en 1950. Een explosieve ambtelijke
notitie over de medeverantwoordelijkheid van toenmalige bewindslieden
als Willem Drees werd angstvallig verzwegen. Die politieke doofpot duurt
voort tot vandaag.
Achtergronden: na de val van de Muur (helaas niet die van Israel)
Dertig jaar na de val van de Muur
De moestuin van Berlijn zit alleen nog in blik en glas
Ooit voorzag de DDR-deelstaat Brandenburg heel Berlijn
van fruit en groente. Maar dertig jaar kapitalisme heeft de vernietiging
van het platteland voortgezet die veertig jaar socialisme al had
veroorzaakt.
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