and other news from Today in Palestine:
Activism/Solidarity/Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
8th Week against the Apartheid Wall, November 9 – 16 2010
Beit Ommar National Committee Member Released From Prison
On Tuesday November 16th, Eyad Jamil Al Alami was released from prison. He was arrested on Monday, October 11th, 2010, when Israeli Forces raided Beit Ommar and arrested him. After three days he was taken to military court, there was no defense possible due to presence of a secret file from the Israeli military that neither Eyad or his lawyer have access to. He was sentenced to four months of administrative detention but they were forced to release him since there was no evidence to keep him there.
http://palestinesolidarityproject.org/2010/11/16/beit-ommar-national-committee-member-released-from-prison/
‘Palestine, and the livin aint easy’–Israeli boycotters strike Tel Aviv opera, Philip Weiss
The ground really is shifting. Here’s incredible video from Israel of Israeli boycott activists trying to submarine the Cape Town Opera House’s performance of “Porgy and Bess” in Tel Aviv last night. Boycott apartheid! they sing. Note the big turnout of activists, the inspiring songs. Ynet reports 40 activists. Wow. This is inside Israel. And it’s civil society: people of conscience around the world waking up to the humiliation and dispossession and statelessness of the Palestinians– and seeing that they can take action.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/11/palestine-and-the-livin-aint-easy-israeli-boycotters-strike-tel-aviv-opera.html
Settler protest: Strike and anti-PM clip
(Video) West Bank Jews to strike against renewing settlement construction freeze; animated clip released showing weak PM ‘eaten’ by US President ‘Hussein’ Obama.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3985681,00.html
Abuse of Palestinian Children
Settler convicted of kidnapping, abusing Palestinian teen
Shiloh resident Zvi Struk kidnapped 15-year-old boy, beat him and left him naked, blindfolded and bound in field. Yesh Din: Most Palestinian complaints end without indictment.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3985625,00.html
Siege/Humanitarian Issues/Rights Violations/Restriction of Movement
100-year-old refugee gets new Gaza home in time for Eid
The four-member Abu Daher family lived their happiest day yet since Israeli army bulldozers crushed their cement home almost two years ago during Israel’s massive assault on the Gaza Strip. Rami Almeghari reports from Gaza.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11627.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
Racism and Discrimination
South Tel Aviv residents call for expelling foreigners from neighborhood
Emergency meeting assembled following the Friday murder of an Eritrean woman by her husband in the Hatikvah neighborhood.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/south-tel-aviv-residents-call-for-expelling-foreigners-from-neighborhood-1.325092?localLinksEnabled=false
Political “Developments”
Palestinians and Arab League likely to reject US proposal
According to Maan News, a proposal from the United States for a 90-day temporary freeze on construction in Israeli West Bank settlements might not be enough to entice the Palestinians into renewing Middle East peace talks.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59916
‘No tension between Israel and U.S. over settlement freeze assurances’
State Department declines to comment on whether letter will be forthcoming, says willing to make every effort to return sides to talks.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/no-tension-between-israel-and-u-s-over-settlement-freeze-assurances-1.325069?localLinksEnabled=false
Clash with U.S. over terms of settlement freeze stalls cabinet vote
Disagreements rose from American desire to remain vague over whether it will seek another freeze three months from now.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/clash-with-u-s-over-terms-of-settlement-freeze-stalls-cabinet-vote-1.325081?localLinksEnabled=false
Israel demands written US guarantees before freeze
Official says Netanyahu will not present Cabinet with American proposal for renewal of settlement construction moratorium until he receives written security guarantees. Likud MK: We cannot sell our national interests.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3985647,00.html
Israeli official: US plan for Mideast hits snag (AP)
AP – An Israeli official said Tuesday that an expected ministerial vote on a U.S. proposal for restarting Mideast peace talks has been put on hold.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
Likud rebels gathering Knesset signatures for anti-freeze protest letter
Right-wing Knesset members demand that Netanyahu fulfill promises he made to them that West Bank building will not be frozen again.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/likud-rebels-gathering-knesset-signatures-for-anti-freeze-protest-letter-1.325020?localLinksEnabled=false
Report: Lieberman bureau tried to meddle in Foreign Ministry appointment
Channel 2 says Foreign Minister attempted to change criteria for cultural attache at Israel’s Moscow embassy, effectively disqualifying one of two final candidates.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/report-lieberman-bureau-tried-to-meddle-in-foreign-ministry-appointment-1.325055?localLinksEnabled=false
Other News
Rep. Gohmert Doesn’t Like “Illegal Palestinian Settlements”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ls2R3NsvCw&feature=player_embedded
Congress must pass legislation to protect Jewish students from anti-semitic harassment
Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) introduced legislation last week that would require that Jewish students be protected from harassment and intimidation on their campuses.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/civil-rights/121973-congress-must-pass-legislation-to-protect-jewish-students-from-anti-semitic-harassment
IDF freezes service deferrals for volunteering due to enlistment drop
Decrease in number of army recruits is due primarily to rise in number of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who don’t serve at all.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/idf-freezes-service-deferrals-for-volunteering-due-to-enlistment-drop-1.325078?localLinksEnabled=false
Palestinian Economy Is Booming, Thanks to Foreign Aid
In a sign of the new prosperity, the West Bank gets it first five-star hotel – and Gaza’s in line to get one, too. In the lobby, a pair of workers is hanging large portrait photographs of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, while outside a construction scaffolding sits close by the front entrance, but otherwise the West Bank’s first five-star hotel is open for business. Banners advertising the Palestinian stock exchange’s annual conference in the grand ballroom adorn centerpieces, while smartly dressed women and men in dark business suits mingle over drinks. Indeed, the demand for conference space is so strong that the Ramallah-based Movenpick Hotel began hosting them before weeks before its first guests checked in.
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=30550
After FBI came to his door in ‘04, AIPAC staffer promptly called Israeli embassy, Philip Weiss
Grant Smith has long argued that AIPAC should have to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Well here is a snippet from Smith’s eyebrow-raising report on depositions in the 2009 lawsuit against AIPAC by former staffer Steve Rosen. You’ll remember that Rosen was indicted in 2005 by the Justice Department under the Espionage Act– a case that the government has since dropped– and that Rosen is suing AIPAC for millions because he felt that the lobby defamed him and hung him out to dry.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/11/after-fbi-came-to-his-door-aipac-staffer-promptly-called-israeli-embassy.html
Analysis/Op-ed/Human Interest
The myth of American pressure
The conventional wisdom is that when Washington has exerted pressure on Israeli governments they have eventually succumbed to American demands. However, a closer reading of the historical record and declassified American archival documents reveals a more complex dynamic between the two allies.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11629.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+electronicIntifadaPalestine+%28Electronic+Intifada+%3A+Palestine+News%29
A modest proposal for the Middle East peace talks, Stephen M. Walt
I’ve been trying to figure what I think of the latest attempt to jump-start the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. For the most part I agree with FP colleague Marc Lynch — it’s hard to see how this is going to lead anywhere. Even if you get a 90-day extension of the partial freeze on settlement building, nobody thinks you can get a viable final-status agreement in that time period. The best you could hope for is some sort of agreement on borders, but even there I’d be pretty pessimistic.
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/11/16/a_modest_proposal_for_the_middle_east_peace_talks
America must draw a map for Palestine
But let’s say we do get back to the talks, there is no reason to believe Israelis and Palestinians can agree on those borders between them in direct or indirect talks, in ninety days or nine thousand days. The history of this conflict leaves no hope the parties can settle such a difficult issue between them. Left to decide the border line, Israelis and Palestinians will never get there. After all, these are very hard choices to make. Bibi will be telling thousands of Israelis they are homeless. The Palestinians will be losing land they have lived in for centuries. With generations of hate and mistrust between them, an agreement between the parties is a mirage. Yet after almost two decades of American–brokered Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, including the Camp David summit in 2000, it is abundantly clear what those borders will look like if we are ever to get a deal. They will be based on the 1948 armistice line with adjustments to put some of the largest Israeli settlements inside Israel, matched by swaps of equivalent pieces of territory given to the Palestinians from pre-1967 Israel. In Jerusalem the city would be split along the simple proposition of what is Jewish is Israel and what is Arab is Palestine.
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2010/11/america-must-draw-map-for-palestine.html
But what if the Palestinians are the victims?, Philip Weiss
Roger Cohen praises Fayyad, and pushes the Obama-Clinton efforts. The settlement deal with Netanyahu is “positive but a detail.” (I’m not sure what he means by that.) His take on the Palestinian change of attitude reminds me a little of patronizing comments on lamentable Jewish attitudes of yesteryear. Of course then we got the IDF! But really I don’t know that it is self-pitying and a cult of victimhood for people to talk about the denial of their basic rights for six decades.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/11/but-what-if-the-palestinians-are-the-victims.html
Israel’s loyalty oath
“Even Ehud Barak attempted to add to the Loyalty Oath the declaration of independence, he did not differ from Avigdor Lieberman, and certainly not from Benjamin Netanyahu. He only strengthened the tight connection between the law and the declaration of independence. And indeed all the Zionist parties, including SHAS, revolve around the contradictory model of a “Jewish and democratic state”, when it is obvious that the country being Jewish must come at the expense of it being democratic. Jewishness, that is race and ethnicity as outlined in religion, is an essential element to reciving equal rights in Israel. That means that the new law makes clear to non-Jews who wish to join that they will be doing so as inferior tenants and that the Jewish Israeli society is built on the basis of religious purity of blood, or strict religious practice. Therefore, Israel, despite its statments, is essentially a Jewish nation and is not democratic. It is one who occupies another nation while discriminating against its Arab citizens. In fact, most of the parties agree to this. Therefore the difference between them and Lieberman is only in that he does what they appear to suppress but in essence, and with a wink, approve. That is, they don’t object but prefer to hide behind a mask of democracy. So Minister Yitzhak Herzog’s opposition to the law isn’t opposition to the disastrous concept of a “Jewish and democratic” country, but opposition to the concept being openly revealed.” (Translated by Lia Tarachansky)
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2010/11/israels-loyalty-oath.html
Dishonesty and East Jerusalem, Henry Siegman
|In response to President Barack Obama’s criticism of Israel’s most recently announced building plans in East Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman made the following statements on behalf of the Prime Minister: “Jerusalem is not a settlement.” “Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel.” “Israel never agreed to limit its construction in any way in Jerusalem.” “Israel sees no connection at all between the peace process and building plans in Jerusalem.” Most, if not all, of these views have since been repeated by Netanyahu himself.
http://nationalinterest.org/node/4395
This Congress won’t give Obama a free pass on Israel
The new Congress can be expected to be openly supportive of Israel. That means that if the president were to resume his tactic of pressuring Israel he will find himself in opposition to many in the Congress.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/this-congress-won-t-give-obama-a-free-pass-on-israel-1.324945
Cantor Recants, MJ Rosenberg
It is Cantor’s statement of loyalty to Netanyahu that is the shocker. Specifically, it is his promise that he would ensure that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives “will serve as a check” on U.S. Middle East policy.
http://politicalcorrection.org/fpmatters/201011150008
The Real Obama-Clinton Game Plan For Israel/Palestine?, Alan Hart
My speculation here will convince many that I have taken leave of my senses – is that Obama might have an ace up his sleeve.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26838.htm
Middle East’s Only Democracy Crushes Dissent, Tammy Obeidallah
Ever since becoming an activist on behalf of Palestine some ten years ago, I have found ironic humor in the label, ‘The Middle East’s Only Democracy’ used by American policymakers and media in describing the Jewish State. This statement is erroneous on two counts. Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of a democracy knows that Israelis overwhelmingly shun the values associated with such a system; furthermore quite a few countries in the Middle East hold elections regularly. Most recently, Jordan elected a new parliament.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16422
Bush at Large, Ralph Nader
George W. Bush is on a roll—a money roll with a $7 million advance for his book Decision Points and a rehabilitation roll to paint his war crimes as justifiable mass-slaughter and torture. His carefully chosen interviewers—NBC’s Matt Lauer and Oprah Winfrey—agreed to a safe pre-taping to avoid demonstrations and tough questions. Requests for him to speak are pouring in from business conventions and other rich assemblages willing to pay $200,000 for “the Decider’s” banalities. This is “Shrub’s” month in the sun.
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=16423
Me, Myself & أنا
I remember this once I got in a cab in Beijing. The driver was naturally curious; asked where I was from. I told him that I was Arab-American. He began to laugh. I accommodated his laughter with a forced grin, while trying to figure out what was so funny. He then semi-sobered up from his laughter and said: “How can you be Arab-American? Does that mean you wage war against yourself?”, It’s one of those Kungfu Panda moments, when the least expected incident reveals an epiphany. How can I be an Arab and an American at the same time? Before then, I didn’t give it much thought. The identity “Arab-American” just vibrated out of my vocal cords so naturally. Then I began to wonder: surely I must feel I’m a little bit more of one over the other, no? Or are the two identities malleable, each perching on its fitted branch (like I’m more Arab when hanging out with other Arabs, but more American when hanging out with monolingual Americans)?
http://www.kabobfest.com/2010/11/me-myself-ana.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kabobfest%2FGrillMe+%28KABOBfest%29
Lebanon
Moussawi to Al-Manar: Hezbollah Prepared for all STL Scenarios
15/11/2010 What could happen in case the Saudi-Syrian ongoing efforts to resolve the Lebanese crisis fail? What if the American-Israeli scheme takes place and Hezbollah members were indicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri’s case? One thing is certain, according to all Hezbollah officials. The Resistance party is prepared for all scenarios. In any case, Hezbollah won’t remain silent and therefore, it’s impossible to expect the Resistance party to accept an accusation of involvement in Hariri’s murder, under any pretext.
http://almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=162332&language=en
Russia to gift Lebanon with arms, military supplies to bolster army
Russian announcement follows U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs lifting ban on giving $100 million in military assistance to the Lebanese army.
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/russia-to-gift-lebanon-with-arms-military-supplies-to-bolster-army-1.325090?localLinksEnabled=false
Stand by Hariri: the New York Times hearts (Israel over) Lebanon
The New York Times today expressed strong support for mini-Hariri and the lousy tribunal for his lousy dead daddy. Let me say this: it suffices for the New York Times to support the Hariri tribunal for me to fiercely oppose it. The paper, like other Zionist outlets, does not take a stance that is not based on the interest of Zionist aggression. Let me make it clear: I have been fiercely opposed to the tribunal from day one believing–let me use the classical wooden language that so upset rightists and Wahhabi columnists–that it is a US-Zionist plot aimed at defeating enemies of Israel in Lebanon. Look at the language…
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2010/11/stand-by-hariri-new-york-times-hearts.html
Oxford Analytica: “Ashkenazi smoking something on Hezbollah ‘coup d’etat'”
Israeli army chief Gabi Ashkenazi has warned of the risk of a Hizbollah coup in Lebanon in the event that its members are indicted by the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to an army statement today. Local media close to Hizbollah have speculated that the group may launch a military takeover if Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri refuses to denounce the tribunal, which is investigating the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Tensions have escalated in recent months over the expected indictments, and Hizbollah has warned that cooperation with the tribunal will be considered equivalent to an attack on the movement. Cooperative regional efforts to find a solution to the crisis, and to moderate Hizbollah’s response, appear to be having little success. A military takeover is unlikely — the costs would be too high — although a ‘soft’ takeover is plausible; Hizbollah and its allies could withdraw from the government, paralysing Hariri’s cabinet and hoping for a parliamentary majority which would strengthen their position in the formation of a new government. However, such an outcome may be avoided, since the group is aware that there is little the tribunal can do to enforce its indictments.
http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2010/11/oxford-analytica-ashkenazi-smoking.html
Israel may give up border village
Israel’s cabinet will meet on Wednesday, and is expected to approve a plan which could leave a border village split down the middle. Ghajar is currently occupied by Israel but under an agreement with the UN, the northern half could be given to Lebanon. As Sherine Tadros explains, it’s just the latest twist for the village, which will have had three owners in the past half century.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMv7XKSPJZs&feature=youtube_gdata
Communist Party slams ‘deliberate’ education slip
BEIRUT: The Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), Khaled Haddade, called Monday for combating what he called a deliberate decline in the quality of national education. He made his remarks during the launch of a LCP youth conference and said “the government is executing an educational plan in the dark.”
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=121616
Iraq
Tuesday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 2 Wounded
Sunni Iraqis who did not travel to Mecca observed Eid al-Adha at home today, while Shi’ite Iraqis must wait until tomorrow. The holiday either reduced violence or prevented reports from reaching the news wires, as the only reported attacks occurred in Mosul. At least five Iraqis were killed there and two more were wounded in the last day or so. The government did take steps to protect the public during the Eid, including deploying about 28,000 security personnel in Diyala province.
http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/11/16/tuesday-5-iraqis-killed-2-wounded/
INTERVIEW-Iraq’s Talabani sees Sunni bloc joining govt
PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) – An Iraqi government supported by the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc will be set up but it is unclear whether its leader will be part of the new Shi’ite-led coalition administration, President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6AF1F8.htm
U.S. & Other World News
US urged to probe torture claims
New UN expert on torture says US must conduct full investigation into detainee abuse abroad and hold those accountable.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2010/11/20101116193419500562.html
Gruesome Find Told at US Hearing into Afghan Killings
If proved in a full court martial, the crimes would be among the worst committed by US forces in Afghanist.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26840.htm
US Torture Victims To Receive Payouts Of Up To £1Million
British former inmates of Guantanamo Bay are to set to receive large payments from the Government to drop claims that British secret agents knew they were being tortured.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/guantanamo-inmates-set-to-receive-payouts-of-up-to-1631m-2135132.html
CIA renditions unlawful: Amnesty
European governments should not follow the United States’ reluctance to shed light on unlawful intelligence operations carried out against suspected Islamist terrorists, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday.
http://www.news24.com/World/News/CIA-renditions-unlawful-Amnesty-20101115
EU criticised for ‘complicity’ in CIA rendition programmes
Amnesty International says EU has failed to hold Britain and other countries accountable for involvement in the CIA’s illegal rendition and detention.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/15/eu-criticised-europe-complicity-us-rendition
Bush Can’t Travel Abroad Without Risking Arrest
The confessed waterboarder is a marked man. If he travels abroad, other countries can—and should—nab him and try him for the crime of torture.
http://www.progressive.org/wx111510.html
Nato chief says there is no alternative to staying in Afghanistan
His comments came as Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s president, said intrusive foreign military operations in Afghan communities were exacerbating the threat from the Taliban.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8135247/Nato-chief-says-there-is-no-alternative-to-staying-in-Afghanistan.html
Holbrooke denies exit strategy for Afghanistan
Special US representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, on Monday said there will be some drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan next year but the US combat mission will not end until 2014.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C11%5C16%5Cstory_16-11-2010_pg7_28
Report: US preparing for extensive Yemen operation
The US is planning an extensive military operation against Al-Qaeda in Yemen, Washington is moving military and intelligence forces in order to aid US and Yemeni military strikes against Al Qaeda targets.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3985538,00.html
US Propose New Bases In Yemen
The proposed bases would vary in size, but could each accommodate scores of troops, including specialized Yemeni commando units, which are trained by the U.S
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658204575610623765564574.html#printMode
US sanctions weaves big trouble for Persian rugs
The US has imposed economic sanctions against Iran for nearly 30 years and the trade barriers have created problems for Iranian businesses. The import and export sector is among the most affected, including in some unusual areas such as the carpet industry. The latest round of sanctions has made trading in Persian rugs illegal, which by extension will hurt the traditional weavers in Iran. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New Jersey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui6zg_O44HA&feature=youtube_gdata
More Reasons to Hate the TSA
Designed to confuse citizens and indoctrinate them to the idea that they should unquestioningly submit to absurd directives from authorities. It’s how you control a populace.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26843.htm
US airport body scanners condemned
New security measures amount to ‘virtual strip searches’ and ‘breast groping’, critics and some travelers say.
http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2010/11/20101116211244546623.html
Beyond the Mosque: Bloomberg and New York’s Muslims, Alex Kane
The following article originally appeared in the Gotham Gazette, an online-only publication focusing on New York City government and politics: When Mayor Michael Bloomberg strongly defended the proposed Islamic community center and mosque near Ground Zero last August even as polls showed most New Yorkers opposed the project, he garnered some favorable media coverage and praise for his stance.
http://alexbkane.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/beyond-the-mosque-bloomberg-and-new-yorks-muslims/
$17m Islamophobic push during 2008 campaign is tied to shadowy figure in Israel lobby, Philip Weiss
Salon’s Justin Elliott is on the trail of the mysterious donor who funded the wide distribution of an Islamophobic film, “Obsession,” during the 2008 campaign, to the tune of $17 million. And he suspicions someone who’s in the Israel lobby: Barry Seid, whose name shows up on an IRS filing by the film’s distributor, Clarion.
https://mondoweiss.net/2010/11/17m-islamophobic-push-during-2008-campaign-is-tied-to-shadowy-figure-in-israel-lobby.html
Syrian bloggers brace for fresh blow to Middle East press freedom
A Syrian law awaiting parliamentary approval is one of a raft of measures across the region to clamp down on a surge in Internet activity over the past decade.
http://rss.csmonitor.com/%7Er/feeds/world/%7E3/WFOv8oOTdkY/Syrian-bloggers-brace-for-fresh-blow-to-Middle-East-press-freedom
Sectarian violence in south Egypt
At least 10 houses have been burnt down in a confrontation between Christians and Muslims in southern Egypt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11768330
Indonesia condemns maid torture
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has demanded justice for the “extraordinary torture” of an Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-asia-pacific-11764129
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