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Harun Yahaya Claim Imam Mehdi (as) will bring Democracyand wealth for every oneIn an Islamic Lecture gathering in Malaysia Shiekh ImranHosien was asked about Harun Yahaya he replied that whatHarun Yaha has written could have come out of Mossad or

Israel because of similarity of thoughts and he accused HarunYahaya of hiding behind the pen name and regarding his bookof Imam Mehdi and end time , and I think he must have writtenhundreds of books in order to put on this one, that was the 99 or95 % to dazzle the world and this was the poison to slip in the ve

percent poison. That when Nabi Eisa (as) will return abelieve he will return as Prophet (SAW) has prophesiswill return that the Jews will believe in him and thewould believe in him , and since Muslims already beli

What Harun Yaha haswritten could have comout of Mossad or Israe

Harun Yahyis Lying -

Sheikh ImranHosein ExposeIs Harun Yahaya on Zion Agenda?

Harun Yahaya said : Gaza Rocket Attacks Stupid and PointleUrged Hamas and Islamic Jihad to Stop and focus on Messia

On Wednesday Israel has rebuffed a UN call to adhere to theNuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and open itself tointernational inspectors, calling the suggestion a meaninglessmechanical vote of a body that lost all its credibility regardingIsrael.

The question is Why does the press follow every jot and tittleof Irans nuclear program, but we never see any stories aboutIsraels nuclear weapons capability?Its a fair question. Going back 10 years into Post archives, I could

What about Israels nuclear weapons?

Israel might have as many as 400nuclear weapons by the late 1990s

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Palestinian warns that it may le

war crimes charges against Israel

with International Crimes Court

if it refuses to halt east Jerusalem

construction plans

Higher Planning Council meetingWednesday to deliberate plans for3,400 new homes in the E-1 corridorbetween Maaleh Adumim andJerusalem; construction plans haveled to unprecedented diplomatictensions between Israel and Europeanstates. The Higher Planning Councilof the Israel Defense Forces CivilAdministration in the West Bank metWednesday morning to push ahead

with plans to construct 3,400 newhomes in the E-1 corridor betweenMaale Adumim and Jerusalem, despite

the international pressure on Israel toreverse the decision. The plan includes

the construction of a commercial centerand educational establishments to bebuilt around the Shai District Policestation, in addition to 2,000 housing

units.Any further discussion on the plan

will warrant the approval of thecoordinator of government activities inthe territories.The Obama administration has harshlycriticised its top Mideast ally, Israel,over new settlement construction plansin areas the Palestinians claim for afuture state.The State Department said the plans,

notably one to begin preliminary work

on an especially sensitive piece of landoutside Jerusalem known as E1, are

especially damaging to prospects for aresumption in Israeli-Palestinian peacetalks and run counter to longstandingUS policy.

Merkel to warn Netanyahu:Promote peace process orface world seclusionBenjamin Netanyahu to meet German

chancellor in Berlin on Wednesdayevening. With Israel and EuropeanUnion states embroiled in a diplomaticcrisis, Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu is scheduled to meet withGerman Chancellor Angela MerkelWednesday night in Berlin.

Netanyahu said that Merkel likely

thought she was promoting peaceby not voting against the unilateralPalestinian move at the UN, but, infact, the opposite has happened. Afterthe UN vote, the Palestinian Authorityunder President Mahmoud Abbas hasmade efforts to unite with the terroristsof Hamas.The prime minister said that Merkelhad encouraged the Palestinians to

harden their position and not to enternegotiations.Netanyahus comments came as theEuropean Union summoned Israelsambassador to discuss the blocs

concerns over Israeli plans to expand

its settlements in the West B

Palestinian President Abbas cautioned WednesdaySpeaking to Palestinian jouhis Ramallah ofce, Abbasthe Palestinian leadership in contact with several intparties to prevent Isrimplementing its plan.If that happens, we will relegitimate and legal method

said, hinting at the possibiliPA may lodge a complaint agwith the UNs InternationaCourt. There is what we and say to prevent this decision.Abbas said that all Israelion the ground must bebecause international law f

occupation from taking anythe lands of an occupied statToday, Abbas added, Woccupied state and the 4tConvention applies to us member observer state inGeneral Assembly.

Israel pushing ahead with new settlemenplans, despite world pressure

Palestinian threatens ICC action over settlement plan

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Calling Pakistanis to rise upagainst Government and Jinnah aTraitor and Pakistani forces haveapostatized from Islam soon Shariaproject for PakistanMI6 assets Anjum Chaudhry and OmerBakri issued Pakistan Resolution for theimplementation of Shariah4PakistanThe known deamonisers of Islam withnew name Shariah4Pakistan declared ina resolution that1) Zardari and his government are apostateregimes, who are enemies of Islam andMuslims.2) They declared that the only system whichMuslims will ever accept in Pakistan (andanywhere else) is that of the Shariah.3) They declare that the founder ofPakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah wasin fact a traitor and an enemy of Islamand Muslims, who divided the Muslimsof India on the directions of his Britishmasters

4) They declared that the case of MalalaYousafzai has been exploited by thePakistani regime in order to further theirown evil agenda.They also urged the Muslims of Pakistan torise up and take what is rightfully theirs i.e.the authority, from the oppressive Zardariregime. Muslims should reject Democracyaltogether and insist only on obeying oneKhalifah. Shaia4Pakistan declared intheir resolution that the Pakistani Army

and other security agencies (such as theISI, Police, Rangers, Frontier Corps etc.)of Pakistan who ght against Muslims intribal areas and Swat, or who arrest andhand over Muslims to the US, or whotorture the Muslims or who provide basesto the Crusaders armies (American,British etc.) or who guard the Crusaders(American, British etc.) supply routes to

Afghanistan, have apostatized from Islam.The Shariah4Pakistan team made the

following announcement as acommunications between

Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid and OMuhammad; this announcemetaken into consideration the security implications of the co

well as the refusal of the Pakistto issue visas to key speakerdecided that in the interests oconcerned that the conference30th November 2012 will be po

With regards to Fatwa against PMalala they claim that After havistudied the case of Malala Ydetail, Omar Bakri Muhammadlike to state that he did not nproving her apostasy and therenot believe she should have be

based on the evidence availablesaid that In the run up to thgeneral elections in March/AprShariah4Pakistan team will launshariah projects .

Fake Sheikh MI6 Assets: CallingJinnah a Traitor & Pak Army anti Isla

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4 South Asia Tribune I Thursday 06 DecemNEWS

EDITORIAL

A systematic campaign toappropriate Muslim monuments.

December 6, marks the 20th

anniversary of the demolition of the

Babri Masjid. It was on December

6, 1992 that the Masjid was razed,

marking a new chapter in Indias

tumultuous history. Many events

have overtaken the demolition andIndia has moved on, but the scars

remain.

Before December 1992, the BJP had

never formed a government at theCentre. Since then, it has formed

governments, either on its own or as

part of a coalition, twice at the Centre

(1998 and 1999) and several times

across states.

A year after the mosque was

demolished, the BJP won the elections

to the Delhi assembly in 1993, and

followed up with victories in Gujarat

and Maharashtra. And its nest

hour was to come when Atal Bihari

Vajpayee, its most accomplished

leader, formed the government at

the Centre in 1998 and then, more

enduringly (it lasted a full ve-year

term) in 1999the rst time an

alternative to the Congress actuallysucceeded in surviving its full tenure.

But things could turn ugly again.

Abdul Hafeez, 78, a local resident

who has been running a school in

Faizabad since 1952, says both Hindus

and Muslims are unhappy with the

courts decision. A Muslim cannot

forget his masjid. His religion teaches

him that. He will never say that

whatever happened has happened

and lets move on and make a temple

or hospital there. Even if its walls

are demolished, the land remains a

mosque, he says.

Given this, it isnt surprising that

some fringe groups succeeded instirring up passions.

Now the Charminar/ temple row. The

Council of Indian Muslims (U.K.) on

Wednesday expressed concern overthe Charminar/temple row, calling it

a part of a systematic campaign to

appropriate Muslim monuments.

The Babri Mosque was the rst casualty

of this campaign. It was pulled down

in full media gaze and now a similar

drama is unfolding at Charminar in

Hyderabad, it said in a statement

on the eve of the 20th anniversary of

the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Munaf Zeena, general secretary of the

Council, said hundreds of historic

mosques had been declared protected

monuments barring Muslims from

praying in them Attempts to deface

Muslim monuments and occupy the

land belonging to Waqf propertiesis a serious issue that serves a

constant reminder of the ongoing

discrimination against and denial of

justice to the community. This is a

matter of principle and everyone who

believes in coexistence and plurality of

the Indian society must stand against

it.

Indian Member of Parliament

Asaduddin Owaisi has said the

Muslims will never give up even an

inch of the land of the demolished

Babri Masjid at Ayodhya. The

president of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul

Muslimeen (MIM) said Muslims

were betrayed at every step in theBabri Masjid case and felt that justice

should be done to ensure peace and

law and order in the country.

Giving a detailed account of the case,

the MP from Hyderabad advised

Muslims to pray for the success of

the All India Muslim Personal Law

Board (AIMPLB) in the legal battle.

The AIMPLB has challenged, in the

Supreme Court, the Sep 30, 2010

verdict of the Lucknow bench of the

Allahabad High Court, which directed

that the 2.77-acre disputed land be

divided in three parts among Hindus

and Muslims. Of this, two parts go

to Hindu organisations, while the

remaining one-third will go to theMuslims.

Owaisi drew a parallel between

installation of idols in Babri Masjid

and the construction of an illegal

temple in the precincts of the historic

Charminar. He alleged that the

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

colluded with communal forces to

allow the temple to come up, in blatant

violation of the rules for protection of

heritage monuments.

United Muslim Action Committee

convenor Abdul Rahim Quraishi

said secularism and justice were

murdered with the demolition of

the Babri Masjid. He said Muslims

would never forget that tragedy.It is apparent that 20 years after the

cataclysmic events of 6 December,

once again tensions between Hindus

and Muslims are on the rise. Unlike

last time, though, it does not appear

to be inspired by the BJP.

Identity politics based on religion

may have run its course, but fresh

fault lines are visible.

the most inuentialin the world? by publishing a new poll. Some 2 million peoin the poll, with 41% of respondents replying Adnan OktarHarun Yahya, thus declaring Mr. Oktar to be the most inMuslim in the world.

All our girls possess the same Islamic moral values and t

superiority, quality and beauty in their behavior, speech and that bet a Muslim women: Harun YahyaFrom his web site some frequently asked questions :Why

broadcast with non-Muslim women? Is that religiously appA: We host people of all faiths and beliefs on our program. to show them, in both words and deeds, the beauties of Islam

values and how a true Muslim should be. The aim of preacword is to invite people who know nothing about Islamvalues to truth and beauty. If an incorrect conception alongof I will not speak to or meet with people who do not live bis adopted, then one fails to properly discharge the duty of pmade obligatory for all Muslims in the Quran.Why do the women who appear on your broadcasts all look

another, and are all very beautiful? And why are the menhandsome?

A: The reason why they give the impression of resembanother is that they all possess the same Islamic moral vathe same superiority, quality and beauty in their behaviorand reactions that bet a Muslim woman.

Harun Yahya is Lying - Sheikh Imran H

The victory of Muhammad Asif at the International Billiardsand Snooker Federation World Championships is one of thosemoments where all of us can take pride at the noteworthyachievements of our own people, while reecting on the lack of

ofcial support given to budding sportspeople. That Pakistanisoccasionally manage to shine on the international stage isall the more remarkable given the absence of support for allsports other than cricket. Asif has now established himselfas the premier amateur snooker player in the world and forthis, the accolades and money should now start pouring in.Before his victory, he was given a stipend equalling about $80a month; hopefully, that will now be increased.

We should, however, question the way government ofcialstreat sports as just another public relations opportunity, liningup to associate themselves with winners who did it all on theirown. The more responsible way of promoting sports would beto use this money to train sportspeople and ensure they can

earn a living. This would give our budding sportspeople theopportunity to develop their skills without having to worryabout how they will be able to earn a living. Asif is a poster

boy for individual achievement but for us to achieve sustained

victories in the world of snooker and other sports requires aconcerted national effort.The challenge for Pakistan is to channel this new-found lovefor snooker into a long-term interest rather than have it beanother passing fad. For that, the crowds will have to showup at national events and corporate sponsorship will haveto be bolstered. Even more importantly, sports need to befunded and encouraged at the school level, where the starsof tomorrow can be identied and nurtured. As a country,

we have taken pride at the individual brilliance shown b y oursportspeople. Now is the time to channel this talent in a moreorganised manner and make ourselves a true powerhouse onthe world stage.

Pakistan : Snooker victory

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Harun Yahaya TV A9 also broadcasted an interview wPakistani politician Imran Khan.

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o Dewani, 33, is being treatedfor depression and post-traumatic stress disorder

while facing extradition toSouth Africao The court heard that he hasadapted poorly to treatmento He is accused of orderingthe murder of his wife AnniDewani on their honeymoonin Cape Towno His extradition has been

halted as he is suffering severemental disordersTHE family of tragichoneymoon bride AnniDewani yesterday reacted

with fury after her husband,who denies hiring a hitmanto murder her, was given sixmore months to recover fromthe shock of her death.

Murder suspect Shrien Dewani issaid to be terried of travelling ina car and spends his days playingcomputer games while facingextradition to South Africa.He denies hiring a hitman tomurder his new wife and told policehe escaped from the window of acab in South Africa minutes beforehis 28-year-old wife was shot.A judge in London was told he was

not t to face extradition to SouthAfrica because of depression andpost traumatic stress.But Annis 62-year-old fatherVinod Hindocha said: What aboutmy mental health and that of myfamily? I am not sure who is goingto crack rst. Annis mother andI have never had a proper nightssleep since Anni was taken fromus.The wheels of British justice turnvery slowly but we will continue tohave faith in the system.Dewani, 33, is currently being

treated in a secure mental healthhospital for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)so he can be extradited to facecharges of his new wifes murder.Anni, 28, was shot when a taxi

the couple were travelling in washijacked in Gugulethu townshipon the outskirts of Cape Town inNovember 2010.Dewanis condition has worsened,

making him a husk of a man, hislawyer Clare Montgomery toldWestminster Magistrates Court.She said: He cannot travel by caras he has a severe reaction, hedoesnt want to get into a travellingcar or go outside. Ashok said: He isleaving for South Africa tomorrowto make sure that justice is beingdone, we hope that justice will bedone for us.Outside court Annis uncle, AshokHindocha, said the delay wouldmean another eight months oftorture. He said: British justicehas taken too much time.

Hindocha said Mrs Dewanisfather, Vinod Hindocha, who alsoattended the hearing in London,will y to South Africa, where thegunman who killed Anni, XolileMngeni, will be sentenced onWednesday.Dewani has strongly denied anyinvolvement in the murder of his28-year-old wife, which took placein November 2010.Speaking about the nal hearing

date he said: It is eight months oftorture for our family, we have noother choice but to accept what thecourt says, but to wait.

It is alleged that Dewani paid cabdriver Zola Tongo to arrange the

hit whilst on honeymoon in CapeTown in November 2010. Their car

was hijacked as it passedthe township of GugulethTongo then ordered ou

but Anni was driven off Mngeni and Mziwamadowho robbed her mobilwhite gold diamond Armani wristwatch andbefore she was killed witshot wound to her neck.Tongos middleman Mbolombo and hijackeadmitted their roles bargains in which they testify against the care hand received lighter senteTerminally ill hitman Mn

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engineer.

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Britain doesnt have to wait any longer:

Prince Williams wife, Kate, is pregnant.St. Jamess Palace made the announcement

Monday, saying that the Duchess of

Cambridge formerly Kate Middleton

has a severe form of morning sickness and is

currently in a London hospital. William was

at his wifes side.

The news drew congratulations from around

the world, with the hashtag royalbaby

trending globally on Twitter.

The couples rst child will be third in line to

the throne behind William and his father,

Prince Charles leapfrogging the gregarious

Prince Harry and possibly setting up the rst

scenario in which a female heir could benet

from new gender rules about succession.

The palace would not say how far along the

30-year-old duchess is, only that she has notyet reached the 12-week mark.

Kate and Williams baby will ultimately

accede to the throne regardless of its sex after

changes in the rules of royal succession.

In a break with more than 300 years of

English constitutional tradition, laws that

would have passed the crown to the oldest

male heir of the Duke of Cambridge will not

apply.

And there were reports yesterday that even

Queen Elizabeth herself did not know about

the pregnancy and was only told because

Kate had to be rushed to hospital due to her

morning sickness.

Under the previous rules, any male child born

to the couple would have taken precedence

in the order of succession over older sisters.

That would have meant that were next years

child to be female, her place in the line

of succession could have been taken by a

younger brother.

The laws required to change the succession

rules have not yet been passed, but ministers

insist that a political agreement David

Cameron made with other Commonwealth

leaders last year is enough.

At a Commonwealth summit in Perth,

Australia, Mr Cameron last year agreed

in principle that succession rules will be

changed across the Queens Realms, the 16

nations where the queen is head of state.

Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, last

month told MPs that there has been a de

facto change in the succession rules.

The change to the rule came into effect from

the point of the Perth conference last year,

he said. A de facto change has already been

introduced pending the legal changes that

now need to be made.

Ms Middletons extreme morning sickness

has given rise to speculation that she may be

carrying twins, since hyperemesis gravidarum

is associated with multiple births.

Twins have never been born into prominent

positions in the British line of succession

before.

However, were she to bear two or more

children next year, the rst to be born would

take a higher place in the line.

Last year, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

Before the birth, there was speculation that

Princess Mary would have a Caesarean

delivery, leading to reports that the presiding

doctor would effectively be choosing the

babies position in the line of succession.

However, the babies were delivered without

surgery. The boy, Prince Vincent, was

delivered around 25 minutes before his

sister, Princess Josephine.

Succession

The law on the royal succession in Britain

is often referred to as the Act of Settlement,

but the rules are actually set down in several

different pieces of legislation passed in the

17th and 18th Centuries. They include the

Act of Settlement, the Bill of Rights, the

Royal Marriages Act and Princess

Precedence Act.

William and Kate will do their u

give their son or daughter as n

upbringing as possible. William

spoken of how important it was for

treated like everyone else.

He relished the time he spent away

media at university and in the arme

Kate too, although also from a

background, has been praised for h

to-earth approach. The youngs

however, grow up, just as William

the knowledge that they will one

the crown.

A private education beckons and

a stint at boarding school. William

Eton and Kate to Marlborough C

Wiltshire.

The childs milestones from their

at school to their rst public en

may well be recorded by the me

barrage of photographers just lik

experienced.

Yet William and Kate could decide

such things private in a bid to offer

protection to their child as possible

Their recent experience will ha

them all the more wary of guard

private lives. Kate was pictured

while sunbathing on holiday in

French chateau after being snap

photographer using a long lens.

Summer holidays will often be sp

the family in the Scottish countrys

Balmoral.

Christmases will partly be at Sandin Norfolk with the royals, andBuckingham Palace and Windso

will expose the youngsters tosurroundings. ( Daily TLondon)

Kate Middleton Baby this ChristmaWill and Kate expecting a baby, UK palace conrInfant will shake up 300 years of royal histo

Iranian and Pakistani warships hadplanned a joint Red Sea drill to startFriday, Nov. 30 in Port Sudan. It

was rumored in Khartoum that thePakistani Shashmir carrying nucleararms or nuclear-related equipmenthad docked Thursday ready to meettwo Iranian warships. Washingtonthen warned Tehran that the US-Iranian nuclear talks due to openSaturday, Dec. 1, would be called off,if this rst ever joint drill between aMuslim nuclear power and a closenuclear candidate went ahead.Mean while the spokesman of theArmed Forces, Col. Al-Sawarmi

Khalid Saad, announced that aPakistani warship would visit Port-Sudan harbor on November 29 anddue to stay for two days.He said that other two Iranianwarships would also visit Port-Sudan

harbor on November 30 and wouldstay at the harbor for three days withinthe military maritime cooperation.In a statement to SUNA, Col. Al-Sawarmi said that this work comes aspart of the naval military cooperation

between Sudan and all countries inthe world.He said that the reasons for stay ofthese ships at Port-Sudan harborinclude getting fuel and other logisticmaterials, adding that the three ships

would open their doors for vthe public.A Pakistani warship docked a

Sudan harbor in eastern SudThursday.A ceremony and military paradbeen organized by the Sudanein reception of the Pakistani wFew weeks ago, two Iranian wdocked at Port-Sudan shortlan aerial attack against Al-Yaarms factory complex in the Sucapital Khartoum, which claimed was producing arms the Palestinian Hamas movwith Iranian support.

US ultimatum averted Iranian-Pakistaniwarships drill in Port Sudan

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The resolution, approved by avote of 174-6 with 6 abstentions,calls on Israel to join the NuclearNonproliferation Treaty withoutfurther delay and open itsnuclear facilities to inspection bythe International Atomic EnergyAgency.Those voting no were Israel,the US, Canada, MarshallIslands, Micronesia and Palau.Resolutions adopted by the 193-

member General Assembly are not

legally binding but they do reectworld opinion and carry moral andpolitical weight.Israel refuses to conrm or denyit has nuclear bombs though it iswidely believed to have a nucleararsenal. It has refused to join theNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty,or NPT, along with three nuclearweapon states - India, Pakistanand North Korea.The conferences main sponsors

are the US, Russia and Britain.

British Foreign Ofce Alistair Burt has said itpostponed, not cancelledWhile the United Statagainst the resolution, itfavor of two paragraphs were put to separate voteBoth support universal ato the NPT, and call countries that arent pratify it at the earliest donly no votes on those pa

were Israel and India.

U.N. to Israel: Open nucleaprogram to inspection

General Assembly approves resolution calling on Israel

open its nuclear program for IAEA inspection, join NPT

Any use of chemical weaponsby Syrias government wouldprompt immediate response,NATO chief Rasmussenwarns

The United Nations has suspended

operations in Syria and begunwithdrawing its non-essential staffas the civil conict raged and theregime of the Syrian President,Bashar al-Assad, was promptedto promise it would never usechemical weapons against its ownpeople.A UN spokesman, Martin Nesirky,said on Monday the organisation

was suspending its Syria missionsindenitely, amid fresh bloodshedin the war that has already claimed

an estimated 41,000 lives since

starting in March last year.The UN pullout coincided with

the US voicing concerns that MrAssads forces might be weighing

up the use of chemical weapons.Any use of chemical weapons bySyrias government would prompt

an immediate international

response, NATOs chief warnedon Tuesday, saying the chemical

threat made it urgent for thealliance to send Patriot missiles to

Turkey.Syria has stressed repeatedlythat it will not use these types of

weapons, if they were available,

under any circumstances againstits people, the foreign ministry

said.Syria preparing to use chemical

weaponsPresident Assads forces arepreparing to use chemical weapons,

judging by evidence of activity at a number of Times. and also ObamAssad against use of weapons.The use of chemical wand would be totally unaand if you make the tragiof using these weapons, be consequences and yoheld accountable, US warns.The latest developments came after the Russian PVladimir Putin, warned T

the NATO deployment missiles along its border wcould exacerbate tensionHe met the TurkishMinister, Recep Tayyip in an Istanbul summit tto yield a common resSyrias conict.

Mr Putin said Russinecessarily a supporteSyrian regime but was cabout how it would be reWe are not inveterate of the current regime iMr Putin was quoted as Russian state television

things worry us, like whappen in the future.

UN pulls out of Syria as Assadenies chemical weapons plo

NATO warns Syria not to use chemical weaponsObama warns al-Assad against chemical weapons, declares the world is watch

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THE UNITED Nations (UN) GeneralAssembly vote to recognize Palestineas a nonmember observer statesparked celebrations in the streets ofRamallah in the West Bank--and bittercomplaints from Israel and its devotedally, the U.S.Following the UNs decision lastThursday, Palestine may contact thecourts prosecutor once again, askingfor a hearing on the crimes that arebeing committed in its territory. The

courts prosecutor may well rule thatin light of Palestines recognition as astate, the court has authority to hearthe case.If Palestine should complain to thecourt, Article 8(2)(b)(viii) of thecourts statute may be at the center ofthe case. This article states, in part:The transfer, directly or indirectly, byan occupying power of parts of its owncivilian population into the territory itoccupies is a war crime.This statute is the continuation of arule in the Fourth Geneva Convention.Israels past claims that the rule did notapply in the territories may be rejected:

The International Court of Justice, alsoin The Hague, settles legal disputesbetween countries and gives advisoryopinions. When this court gave itsadvisory opinion over the separationbarrier, it ruled that contrary toIsraels position, the Fourth GenevaConvention applied in the territories,including the prohibition againstbuilding settlements in occupiedterritory. This ruling has even greaterforce now that Palestine has beenrecognized as a state.Many Palestinians and their supportersconnected the vote with the cease-re

agreement one week earlier that endedIsraels latest onslaught against Gaza--as twin signs that the decades-longbattle for Palestinian liberation has

gained new momentum in a MiddleEast reshaped by the Arab Springupheavals of the last two years.In concrete terms, the cease-re deal isfar more important. Israel was forcedto give up unprecedented concessions

to Palestinian demands in negotiationsbrokered by the U.S. and Egypt--including a promise to ease the Israeliand U.S. economic blockade imposedon Gaza since 2006. By contrast, UNrecognition of an observer statepresided over by the PalestinianAuthority is symbolic at best.Nevertheless, the lopsided margin

in the UN General Assembly wascelebrated as a rebuke to the Israeliand U.S. governments, which bothopposed even observer status. Neitheractually has anything to fear fromthe outcome of the vote. But the twoPalestinian victories--especially theGaza cease-re--show that the U.S.

and Israel are scrambling to contendwith a realignment of forces in theMiddle East in the wake of the Arabrevolutions.The upheavals across North Africa andthe Middle East have pried apart the

network of alliances that Washingtonhas used to exert its dominance fordecades--leaving the U.S. and itsIsraeli watchdog more isolated andexposed as imperialist oppressors whoare opposed by the vast majority ofpeople in the region. In the context ofthe wider pan-Arab uprising, the cause

of Palestinian liberation enjoys better

prospects than it has in more than ageneration.But the U.S. nevertheless backed Israeliopposition to the observer status vote.U.S. Ambassador to the UN SusanRice argued that Palestinians would beworse off for daring to seek recognition:Todays grand pronouncements will

soon fade, and the Palestinian peoplewill wake up tomorrow and nd thatlittle about their lives has changed,save that the prospects of a durablepeace have only receded.The irony of such complaints is that

Israel and the U.S. are attacking theinitiative of a PA leadership underPresident Mahmoud Abbas that hasembraced the U.S.-brokered peaceprocess and made historic concessionson Palestinian demands in pursuit of atwo-state solution. Meanwhile, Israelused the cover of negotiations to carry

out countless massacres and targeted

assassinations, and to neathe number of Israeli settlersUnder the Oslo peace

the PA has become a caIsraeli interests, particularlopposition to Hamas, thparty that won elections inthe Palestinian Legislative Cthat dominates Gaza. As writes:The Abbas PAs record of colwith Israel, against the intePalestinian people is long,and well documented. Itplotting secretly with Israeand the former Mubarain Egypt to overthrow thHamas-led Palestinian Auth

2006, colluding with Israethe Goldstone report into Icrimes in Gaza in 2008-0Israel not to release Pprisoners so as not to giveHamas, and more recentpublic renunciation of the Pright of return, a reectilongstanding position in negAbbas has already shown will change because of theFor example, supporters oUN observer status had claimleast the PA could become ato the Rome Treaty that estabInternational Criminal Co

raising the possibility ofcharges against Israeli responsible for war crimes cin Gaza and the West Bank.Yet one day after the voreafrmed his continued to Israel on this issue: Wethe right to appeal to the ICare not going to do it nownot do it except in the caseaggression.In other words, Abbas conthe PA wouldnt pursue onefew possibly meaningful conof gaining observer status. ruins of Gaza after anoth

assault or the promise tsettlements in the West Bcount as Israeli aggressionto imagine what does.Britains Financial Timethat Hamas is now recognlegitimate regional player:Hamas may still be listed asorganization by Israel, the UEU, but few dare to treat inow. In the Arab and MusHamas lost its pariah status

Following UN vote on Palestine, Israel may now nd itself at The Hag

What will UN recognition mean for Palestine?

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The British Government will explorean internationally coordinated newtax made specically to capturethe earnings of Internet giants,

including Amazon and Google.The Treasury wants to work withother jurisdictions, including theUS and continental Europe, toclose the loophole that allows web-based companies to avoid millionsof pounds of tax on earningsaround the world.According to the Telegraph, theChancellor is expected to appoint

a tax expert to lead a consultationinto the practicalities of a newlevy following public and politicalcriticism of the low levels oftax paid by some of the biggestcompanies operating in Britain.

More pressure for reform willcome from the Public AccountsCommittee which is publishing itsreport into Britains treatment ofinternational earnings, the reportsaid.The Parliamentary Committeehas accused Google, Amazon andStarbucks of being immoral inpaying low levels of corporationtax, the report added.

According to the report, inevidence to the Committee, it

emerged that Amazon recorded

2.9 billion pounds sales last year,

but declared Amazon.co.uk salesof just 207 million pounds.Over three years, the UK divisionhas paid 2.3 million poundscorporation tax on 7.1 billionpounds sales, the report said.According to the report, Googlepaid six million pounds corporationtax on 2.5 billion pounds of UKrevenues in 2011.Last week Matt Brittin, chief

executive of Google UK, said thatMPs were blaming companies for a

system that they had desiGoogle plays by the by politicians, he saidThe only people who re

choices are politicians whtax rates.According to the repTreasury is planning ta new information agreement with BritainDependencies under wgovernments of Jersey, and the Isle of Man wildetails of accounts and in

trusts held in their jurisdExperts have said tclampdown on British terlow-hanging fruit but taxbased companies is far hreport added.

UK govt considering tax clampdowon Google and Amazon

A Norway court has convicted an

Indian couple for alleged child

abuse. The police have accused

the couple, who is from Andhra

Pradesh, of gross or repeated

maltreatment of their children by

threats, violence. Indian software

professional and his wife weretoday held guilty of serious child

abuse and sentenced to jail terms

for 18 months and 15 months

respectively.

Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni

and his wife Anupama, who

were arrested by the police last

month, were convicted for gross

or repeated maltreatment of their

child/children by threats, violence

or other wrong. They have a couple

of days to go in for appeal.

Oslo District Court has found an

Indian couple guilty on several

counts of child abuse. In the view of

the Court, the couple deliberately

burned their sons leg with a hotspoon or similar object with the

result that the child had burn

marks measuring approximately

3 x 5 centimetres, an ofcial

statement said. Justifying the

arrest and charges, Kurt Lir,

head of prosecution, Oslo Police

department, had told the news

agency that there were burn

marks and scars on the body of the

child, who has also been beaten by

the belt.

The Court said it has been proven

that on one occasion the parents

had even threatened to brand their

sons tongue with a hot spoon.The Court also found that it had

been proven that the parents had

on several occasions hit the child

with a belt or similar object and

that they had on one occasion

threatened to burn their son on

his tongue with a hot spoon. The

proven abuse took place over a

period of six to seven months and

therefore falls under section 219,

rst paragraph, of the Penal Code

on repeated maltreatment.

The jail terms of 18 months for the

father and 15 months for the mother

were proposed by the prosecution.

One of the parents received anunconditional prison sentence

of 18 months, and the other an

unconditional prison sentence

of 15 months. This is in line with

the sentences proposed by the

prosecution. The verdict can be

appealed to the Borgarting Court

of Appeal, the statement said.

The counsel for the couple indicated

that they will challenge the verdict.

It has been proved that the

couple has burnt their child with

a hot spoon, apart from beating

and threatening him, Kurt Lir,

Head of Prosecution, Oslo Police

Department, told PTI. He also saidprosecution was satised with

the Court verdict.

Reacting to the Court verdict,

Indian ofcials in the Ministry of

External Affairs said,our embassy

in Norway has been in touch with

the Indian nationals involved in

the case.

Even during the course of their

detention the Consular Ofcer

has been in touch with them. We

will continue to render necessary

consular assistance and

touch with their lawyer,

Family members of th

couple, ChandrashekhAnupama Vallabhaneni

by an Oslo court on ch

charges, on Tuesday e

their disappointment

verdict saying it viola

rights and sought interv

the Government.

We will now appeal in th

court. We also request th

Government to in

Chandrasekhars nephew

told reporters in Hyderab

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President Mohamed Morsi is

expected to take to the airwavestoday and address the nation notjust his Muslim Brotherhood andSala followers, to whom he spoke

last Friday and convince themhe is committed to reconciliation.The text of Morsis messagewas still being pondered onWednesday. Its aim, though, wasclear to contain reactions to theconstitutional declaration issuedlast Thursday in which Morsieffectively neutered the judiciaryat a time when, courtesy of anearlier constitutional declaration,he already holds all legislative andexecutive power.

The presidents advisors and otherinformed sources agree Morsi

will not rescind the constitutionaldeclaration. What he will dodepends on who is talking. Somesay the most likely scenariois an early referendum on thecontroversial draft constitutionbeing nalised by a ConstituentAssembly that has lost a third ofits members and as a consequenceis dominated more than ever byIslamists. The move, they say,has the advantage of speedingup the de facto elimination of theconstitutional declaration whichplaces Morsis presidential decrees

beyond judicial review.Other scenarios revolve around thesame trade off, exchanging a widelyrejected constitutional declarationfor a controversial constitution.Sources say the president, as wellas his Sala allies, have refusedalternatives, including a temporaryand downsized constitution or atemporary re-introduction of thebulk of the 1971 constitution, despitethe fact that Morsis constitutionaldeclaration provoked the largestdemonstration Tahrir Square hasseen since the downfall of HosniMubarak.But if the presidents supporters

are adamant, so too the crowdspacking Tahrir Square on Tuesdayevening: they rejected any trade-off between Morsis constitutionaldeclaration and a constitutionmany fear is designed to limit thefreedom of women, Copts andother minorities.He can forget it. If that is what heis planning then he should sparehimself the effort, said Maha, amechanical engineer and memberof the Constitution Party.

What Morsi needs to do, she says,is withdraw his constitutionaldeclaration and accept whateverruling the AdministrativeCourt delivers on the fate of theConstituent Assembly.If Morsi comes out to tell us wehave to accept one unacceptable

alternative or another thatsequally unacceptable then we willsimply tell him that we have nointerest in his offers. If he cannotoffer anything better then we have

no interest in him He can leave asMubarak left, said Amal, a teacherwith no partisan afliation.

Chants calling on Morsi to stepdown were not the loudest inTahrir Square, though they couldbe heard in Cairo as well as othergovernorates which witnessedviolent clashes. And the factthat ofces of both the MuslimBrotherhood and its political wing,the Freedom and Justice Party(FJP), were attacked in a number

of towns made the feelings of atleast some of the demonstratorscrystal clear.If Morsi does not nd a way out ofthe current quagmire soon, argueslawyer, activist and foundingmember of the Egyptian CurrentIslam Lot, then his presidency is

in danger of sinking.Lot does not believe theconstitutional declaration is thesole cause of Morsis current woes:it merely compounded existing

problems.Despite concerns over theperformance of the president we

all know his removal will aggravatean already volatile situation. Therewill be severe consequences,economic and otherwise, saysLot. It is therefore up to thepresident to work out a pathwaythat leads Egypt away from thebrink.Lot does not exempt Morsispolitical adversaries of some of

the responsibility for the currentstalemate.They need to be open to workingout an exit scenario that willeliminate any dictatorial attemptson the part of the president or thecurrent political majority but thatalso takes into account the impact

of any further procrastinationon stability, says Lot. But, headds, the president, as head ofthe executive, and the one thatcame up with this constitutional

declaration, must take the lead inexiting the quagmire.Lawyer and activist Nasser Amin

worries that Morsi is not seekinga way out of the current crisisbut rather looking for ways toovercome hurdles to imposingan Islamist constitution. Byattempting to exchange hisconstitutional declaration for therushed imposition of the draftconstitution, says Amin, Morsihopes to pave the way for the

Islamists social and

hegemony.Members of the CoAssembly belonging to spoke on Tuesday and W

of attempts to convince who had withdrawn fconstitution drafting comrejoin and vote on the nagrand sheikh of Al-Azharthe appeals though as AWeekly went to press theof those who had withdrthey stood by their decisiMorsi is pondering hisunder growing pressnation grieving over thlives of young demonstr

frustrated by the disapperformance of the gov

state bodies that have nevin full to the authoritMuslim Brotherhood pa unied opposition threatening a civil disoa declining economy; concern among Islamistspopularity is waning and apprehensiveness amongstates that Egypt is instability in an alread

region.It is not an easy situaMorsi got us here by insa fully Islamist govern

excluding other nationand by failing to live uexpectations of the natiit comes to transparereforms, says Maha. Hthe problem and he is thehas to come up with the sWhatever choices he maneeds to avoid offering too late. He must be awapace of the public opinionto repeat Mubaraks misall know where it led Mub

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Ten main political parties of thecountry together had a whoppingRs. 2,490 crore of tax-exempted

income in the last ve years,according to information from theIncome Tax department through a

Right to Information plea.Of this the ruling, Congress and themain Opposition party BJP havecornered more than 80 per cent.

The gures of political partiesincome in this period receivedunder the RTI does not include

the donations or income below Rs.20,000 and hence a large number ofsmall individual donations are not

incorporated into it. The Congresshad a tax-exempted income to thetune of Rs. 1385.36 crore, morethan double of the BJP, which

recorded a tax-exempted incomeof Rs. 682 crore in the periodbetween 2007-08 to 2011-12.

BJP ally JDUs tax free income inthis period except the year 2008-09 has been Rs. 15.51 crore.

BSP recorded an income of Rs.147.18 crore in three nancial years2007-08, 08-09 and 11-12. Theparty led incomplete return in

2009-10 and had no tax-exemptedincome in 2010-11.Sharad Pawars NCP had a tax-

exempted income of Rs. 141.34crore in the ve years from 2007to 2012.

According to the information fromthe IT department, CPI-M recordedan income of Rs. 85.61 crore in fouryears in this period while it had nil

income in 2008-09.CPIs income in two nan2008-09 and 2009-10 is Rs. 28.47 crore.

JD(S) had an earning ofcrore in two nancial 2009-10 while Ram VilasLok Janshakti Party (LJtax-exempted earning ofcrore in four years from2011.Lalu Prasads Rashtriy

Dal (RJD) earned Rs. 2.8three years from 2008 toThe information came tpetition led by Hisar bactivist Ramesh Verma bIncome Tax department.1. Political parties are efrom tax on their incomesection 13 A of IT Act 19

have to however, maintaof account for donations oabove Rs. 20,000.

Rs. 2,490 crore of tax exemptioto political parties in ve years

Korean news agency say they have recentlyreconrmed the lair of one of the unicornsridden by the ancient King TongmyongNormally, North Koreas ofcial state news agency isthe place to go for reports ranging from the reclusivetotalitarian states unparalleled scientic achievementsto the limitless love which its inhabitants reserve for

their successive leaders.Yet in what appears to be a genuine world exclusive, theinimitable Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) hasnow broken the incredible news that archaeologists inPyongyang have discovered a unicorns lair.

Or rather, the report says that they have recentlyreconrmed the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by theancient Korean King Tongmyong, founder of a kingdomwhich ruled parts of China and the Korean peninsulafrom the the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD.The KCNA goes on to state that the location happens tobe 200 metres from a temple in the North Korean capital,adding: A rectangular rock carved with words UnicornLair stands in front of the lair.The carved words are believed to date back to the periodof Koryo Kingdom (918-1392), says the report.Archaeologists from the Academy of Social Sciencesat North Koreas History Institute were credited withmaking the discovery.The news story comes days after eyebrows were raised byanother news story relating to the state ofcially knownas the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK).On that occasion, it was the online version of ChinasCommunist party newspaper which hailed a report byThe Onion naming North Korean dictator Kim Jong-unas the sexiest man alive not realising it was satire.

North Korea conrmsunicorns lair its leaders have long been welcome

guests in royal palaces and presidentialresidences from Turkey to Qatar andfrom Tunisia to Jordan...In the end,Hamas appears to have forced Israel,

the U.S. and others to engage withit largely on its terms--as a powerfulpolitical force that will no longer beignored.Meanwhile, the regional realignmentin the Middle East has left Israel moreisolated. The Egyptian Revolution ofFebruary 2011 toppled Hosni Mubarak,whose dictatorial regime was crucialto enforcing the subjugation of Gaza.Egypt is now led by President MohamedMorsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, theIslamist movement that gave rise toHamas in the late 1980s.Likewise, Turkey, also once a close ally

of Israel, can now be counted amongHamas allies--Turkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan denouncedIsraels assault on Gaza as ethnic

cleansing and terrorism.So even as many Palestinians welcomedthe PA initiative for observer staterecognition, the political frameworkthat the PA has accepted for twodecades--of negotiations and continualconcessions under the rubric of theOslo peace process, with the goal of atwo state solution--is crumbling.When Palestinians and their supporterscelebrate the Gaza cease-re, theyare celebrating the determination of

a resistance in Gaza that has inspired

hope for an alternative to endviolence and endless PA surThe potential for Palestachieve much more than noobserver status at the UN

clearer today--and should our struggles for justice andin the Middle East and a

world.Both Israel and the US were opposed, but the UnitedGeneral Assembly on granted the Palestinians noobserver status, essentially recognition of a PalestinianEuropean Union was unablcommon line, and Germanyas expected.Palestines Abbas to visit deliver special thanks for

UNPalestinian President Mahmis expected to visit Turkey oto deliver his special thAnkaras support for Palest

statehood bid. Speaking at ain New York, Abbas thankeleaders for standing by the Pin their quest for statehood rin the UN.Recognition of Palestine wcelebrated by a reception by the Palestinian Embassynext week.The Palestinian Authoritysthe UN was upgraded wit

vote at the 193-member UAssembly on Thursday.

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President Mahmoud Abbasreturned from New York, where hewon a UN vote to admit Palestine,to cheering crowds in the WestBank city of Ramallah on Sunday.Buoyed by the UN GeneralAssembly vote to recognizePalestine as a non-member state,Abbas told thousands assembledoutside the presidential compound:We are now a state.The date Nov 29. is now considereda critical moment in Palestinianhistory, Abbas said.The world is with us, and historyis with us, God is with us and the

future is ours, he told the crowds.

East Jerusalem is now secured asthe capital of the Palestinian state,he said, promising the vote wouldchange many facts on the ground.The vote for Palestine by 138countries shows the forces of war,settlements and occupation havebecome even more isolated in theworld, he continued.Abbas said up until the lastmoment he was under pressure tochange the content of his speech,but he refused.Now, he said, there are several

other issues waiting to be achieved,including reconciliation withHamas. He thanked Palestinian

parties for standing behind himwith the UN bid.

After UN vote, Israelto suspend PA fundsIsraeli Finance Minister Steinitzsays wont transfer tax paymentsto Palestinians in response to UNbid. Ill use the money to offsettheir debt to the Electric Corp,he states. PM Netanyahu: Wellcontinue building in JerusalemIsraeli government continues

to punish Palestinians over UNbid: Israeli Finance MinisterSteinitz stated Sunday morningthat he would not transfer the taxpayments collected on behalf of thePalestinian Authority this month.Israel rejects Palestine, takespunitive actionIsraels government on Sundayvoted to ofcially reject lastweeks UN General Assembly

vote recognizing Palestineas a sovereign state, and tookseveral punitive measures suchas withholding tax revenuesand approving more Jewishsettlement housing.Netanyahu: We will ContinueBuilding Settlements EverywhereIsraeli prime minister BenjaminNetanyahu, in the weekly Israelicabinet meeting on Sunday,

afrmed that his government willcontinue settlement constructionin every place, in West Bankand East Jerusalem it considersstrategic, following Palestinewinning UN status recognitionvote at the United Nations.He said that settlementconstruction will continue inEast Jerusalem and other areasthat Israel considers as essential

for its security, stressing that hisgovernment refuses the decisionof the United Nations to recognizePalestine as non-member state.The state of Palestine will notbe established without reachingsecurity arrangements, withoutrecognizing the Jewish identityof Israel and without ending theconict by the Palestinian side,said Netanyahu.

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitztold his fellow ministers that hewould be withholding more than$100 million in tax revenuescollected by Israel on behalf of thePalestinian Authority in responseto the UN vote.Steinitz noted that the PalestinianAuthority owes Israel an evenlarger amount in unpaid electricalbills, so he will put the money

toward covering that debt.Netanyahu indicated that he isstill ready for a negotiated peacesettlement that includes the realestablishment of a PalestinianArab state, but only after Israelsconditions are met:There will be no Palestinian stateuntil Israel is recognized as aJewish state alongside a resolutionto end the conict.

Britain and France condeSaturday a plan by Israel tsettlements in the occupBank and East Jerusaleminternational condencdesire to make peace Palestinians was at risk. ThStates, one of just eight to vote alongside Israethe Palestinians at the UNAssembly, said the latest eplan was counterproductresumption of direct pestalled for two years.France, which voted Palestinians, and Britai

abstained, had tougher

for Israel, which wantsall of Jerusalem and swWest Bank settlements ufuture peace accord. Moview the settlements as itaking in land captured inMiddle East war.If implemented, theswould alter the situatioground on a scale that mtwo-state solution, with Jas a shared capital, incdifcult to achieve, BritisSecretary William Hague

statement.They would undermininternational reputatio

create doubts about icommitment to achieviwith the Palestinians.The Organization of Cooperation condemnedIsraeli decision of construsettlements in the West Boccupied Jerusalem, emthat such actions juurgency to lodge this doUN Security Council.One of the areas

Abbas Upon Arrival in Ramallah

Now, We Have a StateAbbas on return from UN: The future is ou

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consideration for the new homes is Maale Adumim, asettlement of 40,000 inhabitants that separates EastJerusalem from the rest of the West Bank.Hagit Ofran, head of the Settlement Watch project at PeaceNow, told Al Jazeera that the announcement would notmean immediate construction. There is no plan ready for

implementation, she said. In order to build, they mustapprove plans.About 500,000 Israeli settlers live in more than 100illegally-built towns and cities in the West Bank and EastJersualem. Palestinian ofcials said on Sunday that, despiteIsrael threatening to increase building if Palestine went tothe UN, the new houses were in line with normal annualbuild numbers.

Manifest desireHagues French counterpart, Laurent Fabius, spoke of E1 asthe new colonization zone and said the Israeli expansionplan could drain the condence needed for a return to

dialogue.I call upon the Israeli authorities to abstain from any

decision in this direction and to manifest clearly their desireto restart negotiations, Fabius said in a statement.Israel says Thursdays upgrade of the Palestinians statusat the United Nations to non-member state from entitycould allow them to sidestep disputes such as territorialdemarcation that should be addressed in negotiations.The Israelis were further incensed by what they deemed aninammatory UN speech by President Mahmoud Abbas,and said the upgrade resolution neglected Israels securityand need for its own sovereignty to be recognized.The Israeli settlement plan was disclosed to the media

by ofcials in Prime Minister Benjamin Neconservative government who spoke on conanonymity, a reticence suggesting the expansionbeen formally nalized.

Asked about the plan on Israels Channel 2 teleSaturday, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon denin response to the Palestinians UN upgrade. We areand we will continue to build, in accordance with our inin accordance with the reaction of anyone else, AyaloInterviewed separately on Channel 2, Palestinian PrimSalam Fayyad said that, if implemented, the Israeli splan would be most detrimental to peace prospectsThe challenge to all of us now is to use what happdays ago (UN upgrade), to build on it, rather than much time either, you know, thinking This is the eroad, which it isnt, from our point of view, or cosulk about it and express protestation and anger,

Abbas on return from UN: The future is ou

By Rashid Shahin

Up until the last moment, theUnited States and Israel weredoing their utmost to change thepositions of other countries, andto dilute the signicance of thePalestinian step to upgrade thestatus of Palestine to non-memberstate observer status.Since the Palestinians announcedtheir intention to go to theUN, many Western countries,including the US, did everythingpossible to convince Palestinianleaders to drop the move, or atleast postpone such a step.

In their contacts with thePalestinian leadership, European

ministers, in particular theBritish, acted against the valuesand traditions to which Europesubscribes, values that call forfreedom and human rights for allhuman beings around the globe.It is obvious that some Europeanpoliticians have not overcomewhat happened during and afterWorld War II.It is also clear that the Europeanshave different attitudes to theirgovernments.

This contradiction in therelationship between the peoplesand governments in Europe is dueto the absence or lack of statesmenlike Churchill and Charles deGaulle.It is hard for Palestinians tounderstand why America, theUK and Germany were trying tofrustrate the Palestinian move.Palestinians consider the positionsof these countries shameful,especially the UK, whom theyjudge not only responsible for the

tragedy of the Palestinian peoplebut revealing its immoral, inhumanand even hostile attitudes to Arabsand Muslims in general.In 1947, Palestine was under

the British Mandate when it wasdecided to divide Palestine intotwo states through the unfairResolution 181, when 33 statesencouraged, incited and in some

cases threatened by the US andthe UK, voted for the partition ofPalestine, with 13 against and 10abstentions.Sixty-four years ago, part of theresolution was implemented: this

part was the establishment of theState of Israel, while the other partwhich concerns the establishment

of the Palestinian state was andstill never has been put intopractice.Now, Britain, which thePalestinians consider the power

behind their catastrophe, wasagainst the idea of Palestine goingto the UN to seek new status.According to the BBC, the ofcialposition of the UK was that it

would abstain from the voteunless the Palestinians promisedto meet its condition which wasto seek public assurance by thePalestinians that they will notuse the new status to go to The

Hague.All peoples of the world who aresuffering oppression and treated

in an inhuman way, or are thevictims of war crimes or crimesagainst humanity have the right togo to The Hague.Such rights cannot be divisible or

ignored because of color, origin,religion, race or any other reason,it cant be granted to the Jews orto the Serbians and banned for thePalestinians.

Equal rights for the people ofthe world is the core principleof democracy; demanding thatanybody not to practice hisrights is immoral and smacks ofhypocrisy.

Imagine that it was Israel whodemanded to go to The Hague forany reason? It would be difcult to

see any of these politiciato ask her not to go.Since Israel is a democrand allegedly never commcrime or crime against h

why are the Israeli leader

that Palestine will be pa

International Criminal Co

It is not easy for the Pa

to understand the hostile

of the UK, especially whe

and other Western count

demanding Palestinians

violence and respect inte

laws and conventions.

Palestinians wonder how

trust the Western countr

they speak about a real ind

state with full sovereign

opposing the symbolic ste

observer status.

William Hague, the Britisecretary, who joined th

of Israel Society when he

16, will not understand t

of an old Palestinian man

among thousands of Pa

celebrating the event in

of the Nativity Church wh

was born.

The old Palestinian wa

Zionist leaders were b

the fact that old Palestinia

die and new generation

forget.

The old man added, Pale

never be another Andalu

is much difference betw

and there; here it is our the land of our ancestors,

it was the land of others

the invaders, that is why

left.

Palestine is not Anda

were born here and we di

The author is a Pjournalist based in Bethl

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A bomb went off in northwest Pakistan onTuesday near the home of a girl who was

injured in the Taliban attack on teenagerights activist Malala Yousufzai, killing awoman and injuring seven others.

The explosion occurred early Tuesdaymorning in Mohammad Nazirs house,destroying half of the house. Soon afterthe explosion, neighbours rushed to thespot and shifted the injured to SaiduGroup of Hospital.The deceased woman was identied as

Wara Bibi who was a guest atthe house, while the injuredinclude four women and twochildren.

The guardian of the house is workingin Saudi Arabia and majority of the

people living in the house are children

and women. The blast occurredthe morning which destroyed 70house, a neighbour Fazal Hareporters.It was earlier speculated that a bplanted by militants near Kainain the Makan Bagha area of district, but according to DistriOfcer Gul Afzal Khan, the eoccurred due to gas leakage and wterrorism attempt.

A relative of the family Fazal WaThe Express Tribune that there frequent gas loadshedding in the people burn re wood as fuel to cWe really dont know whether occurred due to some explosive ddue to gas leakage.Following the incident, police andforces reached the spot, cordonearea and launched an investigathe matter.Kainat just recently returned tand despite trauma from the s

was very excited about it.She was injured when Tehreek-Pakistan (TTP) members shot

Yousufzai, a 15-year-old child actiis currently recovering in a UK h

Blast near home of Malalafriend, one killed

The blast occurred behind the home of Kainat Ahm

An injured person is being treated in the hospital after a blast near the house ofKainat, friend of Malala Yousafzai in Swat

A policeman collecting evidence from the site after a blastnear the house of Kainat, friend of Malala Yousafzai in Swat.

I was spending some time with my

children in a swimming pool when

I saw some movement behind the

curtains upstairs and heard camera

clicks. I did not have to guess as he

could be none other than Suman,

said Sachin Tendulkar talking

about a snap that nds a proud

place in the book.

While visiting a hospital in Pakistan,

batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar

encountered a child whose name

made the master tremble with

fear. The kids name was Osama -

the same as that of Al Qaeda chief

Osama Bin Laden.

One would come across many such

anecdotes about Tendulkars life in

The Peak - a book by sports photo-

journalist Suman Chattopadhyay

which was launched by cricketer

Yuvraj Singh at a glittering

ceremony here Sunday.

The book captures some rare and

memorable moments of Tendulkars

life through Chattopadhyays lens

and the stories behind them in the

masters own words.

I was spending some tim

children in a swimming p

I saw some movement b

curtains upstairs and hear

clicks. I did not have to gu

could be none other than

said Tendulkar talking

snap that nds a proud pl

book.

Suman is among th

persons who have seen

close quarters since my e

I happen to carry a ph

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Leading Islamic seminary Darul UloomDeoband has issued a fatwa againstappointment of Muslim women asreceptionists, calling it illegal and againstsharia law.The founders of the Deobandi movementwere inuenced by the Wahhabi movement.

The fatwa was issued after a query on

November 29 from a Pakistan-basedcompany asking if it could appoint a Muslimwoman as a receptionist.Darul Uloom said, Muslim women workingin ofces as receptionist is un-Islamicbecause Muslim women are not allowed toappear before men without veil.Meanwhile, Mufti Zulkar Ali, Muslim clericand president of UP Imam organisation,upheld the fatwa and said Muslim womencan work in institutions after wearingthe veil but the work of a receptionist isto constantly interact with people, which

should not be practised.The seminary recently also issued fatwas(religious decree) against the wearing ofjeans and transplanting and dyeing of hairin black.

These fatwas have been issued in responseto three different queries, according to theDarul Ulooms Darul Ifta (department of

fatwa). In response to a query on wearing ofjeans by women, especially in cold countriesin Western Europe, the seminary has made itclear that jeans pants and shirts are againstthe shariat (Islamic rules). The physical

structure (curves) of the body is reectedif one puts on a jeans. Wearing them by awoman is a sin, the fatwa said adding that

it should not be put on by the menIt is barred for men as well. Womwant to look as men, are cursed, went on to say.On a query on dyeing ones hair in b

fatwa said that any other colour oblack is permissible. Use of blackis un-Islamic, it said.

Pakistani Company asked and Deoband issued a fatwagainst appointment of Muslim women as reception

Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandras lawyer RKHandoo on Monday informed the Delhi Police that he was

ready to join probe in the case involving the arrest of two

senior editors of Zee News.

The letter sent by Mr Handoo to the Assistant Commissioner

of Police is attached herewith:

Zee News disappointed with denialof bail to its Editors on preliminarytechnical grounds withoutconsideration of meritsZee News Ltd has strongly opposed the denial of bail to its

two Editors Sudhir Choudhary (Zee News) and Samir

Zee editors case: Chairman SubhasChandra ready to join probe

Ahluwalia (Zee Business) in connection with

a case relating to a series of exposes in the

Coalgate scam involving Congress MP and

industrialist Naveen Jindal. Both the editors

would have exposed Mr Jindals efforts to

silence the medias coverage of Coalgate

through Rs 100 crore-advertisement

contracts.

Zee News Ltd stated that it sees todays

proceedings as another of the several

coordinated efforts to muzzle the truth and

harass the journalists to deter them from

uncovering the Rs 1.86 lakh crore Coalgate

Scam. The CAG has listed Mr Naveen Jindal

promoted JSPL as the primary beneciary

in the Coalgate scam.

We are disappointed but condent that

justice will prevail as the two Editors are

innocent. We hope to succeed in the superior

court, Rebecca John, Zee News Counsel,

said. Todays order is only on preliminary

technical grounds and without consideration

of merits, RK Handoo, counsel, stated.

Zee News considers the entire episode of

arrests of Zee Editors and the deliberate

delay and denial of their bail since last week

as a subversion of honest journalism and an

attempt to prejudice and defame

Ltd and deliberately divert atte

JSPLs wrongdoings in the scam

has a history of unfairly targeting

dare to confront him with the tru

Both the Editors of Zee News

arrested by the Delhi Police on

27. The Editors were rst sent to

police custody after the arrest

on November 30, they were s

day judicial custody. On Decem

court had pulled up the Delhi Po

curious absence of the Public

and the Investigating Ofcer from

while the bail applications of

Editors were posted for hearing.

Zee has reiterated that the a

unwarranted, illegal and an att

freedom of the press. The arrest

been strongly critiqued by var

thought leaders from the media, c

and governance.

Zee News Ltd is undeterred

diversionary tactics adopted

Jindal and JSPL and would st

on unravelling the ultimate tr

Coalgate scam.

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NEWS Saarc international I Thursday 06 Decemb16

not nd any in-depth reporting onIsraeli nuclear capabilities, althoughnational security writer WalterPincus has touched on it many timesin his articles and columns.

Israel is working on improvingits nuclear weapons capabilities,according to a report by theindependent Trident commissionin the United Kingdom thatwas published in the Guardiannewspaper on Monday. According tothe report in the Guardian 2011, theworlds nuclear states are planningto spend more than $800 billion inthe coming years to modernize andupgrade their nuclear arsenals. TheUnited States itself will spend $700billion dollars on such projects.Other countries that will reportedlyinvest in upgrading their nucleararsenals are Russia, China, Pakistan,

India, Israel, France and Britain. UStaxpayers have contributed moreto the Israeli defense budget thanIsraeli taxpayers. Since 2009, thatamount is more than $11 billion.American taxpayers give Israel over$3 billion per year (over $8 millionper day).First, Israel refuses to acknowledgepublicly that it has nuclear weapons.The U.S. government also ofciallydoes not acknowledge the existenceof such a program. Israels ofcialposition, as reiterated by AaronSagui, spokesman for the IsraeliEmbassy in US, is that Israel willnot be the rst country to introduce

nuclear weapons into the MiddleEast. Israel supports a MiddleEast free of all weapons of massdestruction following the attainmentof peace. The introduce languageis purposefully vague, but experts sayit means that Israel will not openlytest a weapon or declare publicly thatit has one.According to Avner Cohen, aprofessor at the Monterey Instituteof International Studies in Californiawho has written two books about thissubject, this formulation was born

in the mid-1960s in Israel and wasthe foundation of a still-secret 1969agreement between Israeli PrimeMinister Golda Meir and PresidentRichard Nixon, reached when theUnited States became sure that Israelpossessed nuclear bombs.

President John Kennedy vigorouslytried to prevent Israel from obtainingthe bomb; President Lyndon Johnsondid so to a much lesser extent.But once it was a done deal, Nixonand every president since has notpressed Israel to ofcially discloseits capabilities or to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. In return, Israelagrees to keep its nuclear weaponsunacknowledged and low-prole.Because Israel has not signed thetreaty, it is under no legal obligationto submit its major nuclear facilityat Dimona to International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) inspections.Iran, in contrast, did sign thetreaty and thus agrees to periodicinspections. IAEA inspectors areregularly in Iran, but the core ofthe current dispute is that Tehranis not letting them have unfetteredaccess to all of the countrys nuclearinstallations.Furthermore, although Israel has anaggressive media, it still has militarycensors that can and do preventpublication of material on Israelsnuclear forces. Censorship applies

to foreign correspondents workingthere, too.Another problem, Cohen said, is thatrelatively few people have overallknowledge of the Israeli program andno one leaks. Those in the programcertainly do not leak; it is a crime to

do so. The last time an Israeli insiderleaked, in 1986, nuclear technicianMordechai Vanunu was kidnappedby Israeli agents in Italy, takenhome to trial, convicted and served18 years in jail, much of it in solitaryconnement.And perhaps most important,Americans dont leak about theIsraeli nuclear program either.Cohen said information aboutIsraeli nuclear capabilities is someof the most compartmentalizedand secret information the U.S.government holds, far more secretthan information about Iran, forexample. U.S. nuclear researchers,Cohen said, have been reprimandedby their agencies for talking about itopenly.George Perkovich, director ofthe nuclear policy program atthe Carnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, said there arebenign and not-so-benign reasonsthat U.S. ofcials are so tight-lipped.The United States and Israel areallies and friends. Do you out yourfriends? he asked.

Among the less benign reasons U.S.sources dont leak is that it can hurtyour career. Said Perkovich: Its likeall things having to do with Israel andthe United States. If you want to getahead, you dont talk about it; you dontcriticize Israel, you protect Israel. Youdont talk about illegal settlements on

the West Bank even though everyoneknows they are there.The sipri.org reports says Israelcontinues to maintain its long-standing policy of nuclear opacity,neither ofcially conrming nordenying that it possesses nuclearweapons.1 However, Is rael is widelybelieved to have used the heavy-water research reactor at the NegevNuclear Research Center, nearDimona, to produce plutonium fora nuclear weapon arsenal. There islittle publicly available informationabout the Dimona reactorsoperating history. According to oneestimate, it could have produced690950 kilograms of weapon-gradeplutonium as of 2011.According to Federation of ScientistFAS.org : The actual size andcomposition of Israels nuclearstockpile is uncertain and the subjectof many - often conicting - estimatesand reports. It is widely reported thatIsrael had two bombs in 1967, andthat Prime Minister Eshkol orderedthem armed in Israels rst nuclearalert during the Six-Day War. It isalso reported that, fearing defeat inthe October 1973 Yom Kippur War,the Israelis assembled 13 twenty-kiloton atomic bombs.

Plutonium productionreactor at Dimona:Israel spends on the entire nuclearproject more than a billion dollars ayear.Dimona nuclear reactor to produceplutonium reactor is used to produceatomic bombs. The reactor waspurchased from France as partof a secret agreement Suez War(1956), in which the IDF conqueredthe Sinai for France and Britain.

Establishment began lateor early 1958 and was com1962., He began to operatecritical) in 1963. In Janumedia reports indicated Israel Atomic Energy Co

had decided to, at least temshut down the reactor.This reactor fueled byuranium and heavy waFrench (through Alsace) reactor with a capacity of 24- watts, that Israel secretly- initially to 70 mega - wacapacity of up to 150 megaIsrael tried to argue that tis used for all kinds of civilifor peaceful purposes - bbuild nuclear weapons. Ia lie. Even water desalindevelopment of the Nerecruited to disguise the trThus, Ben-Gurion in the KDecember 21, 1960 when eanything reactor (from thAvner Cohen Israel and thpage 128):

Development of the Nsee vocation heads nexrequire scientic researchsided, and for this purposBeer Sheva Institute of Research bloom and ora of the desert, and the like -currently building a researwith a capacity of 24,000watt thermal serve needs oagriculture , Medicine and Strain scientists and Israeli to build future nuclear poas we assume, in 10 to 15 y

Research reactor in the build now will not be complethree or four years. This rereactor American, is intenfor peaceful purposes, andunder the direction of IsraeEnd Trainees will be opencountries, and is similar helping the Government oto establish in India, althsmaller reactor power.Needless to say, apart power of the reactor, Ben-Gurions said is true secretly increased power dlow amount of plutonium barely enough to build bomb.) Ben Gurion was nowith this false statement:On another query, presenDr. Yunichman oppositionMovement, the source of ththe atomic bomb productoff Israeli, Ben-Gurion repknowledge source of false kor unknowingly (frogovernment of Israel anby Gideon Spiro, VanunBomb, page 148).

Israel might have as many as 400nuclear weapons by the late 1990s

Diagram of some of the Dimona nuclear reactor, according to the information and photos provided by Mordechai Vanunu newspaper The Sunday Times, the British in 1986


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COMMENTSaarc international I Thursday 06 December 2012

The rst nuclear accident in Israelwas established before the reactor.It was in 1956-1957 that scientists atthe Weizmann Institute in Rehovot.Radioactive material leaked out.Leak was discovered late. Radiationvery high level was found in thelaboratory and the bodies of theworkers. High radiation was also

found in young scientists, objectswhich touched and beds childrenreported Maariv the rst timeonly in 2006, On December 14, 1966accident occurred Dimona criticalone worker was killed and the entirearea was contaminated (The accidenthappened in unit 36 Institute 2).Apparently the accident was causedby the incorrect use alcohol to cleanthe steam caused the explosion. Ittook weeks to clean up the area andthe reactor was closed for severalmonths. Exact details of the accidenthas not been released, the scope,the radiation levels emitted and thereasons for its occurrence.

In 1982, a small explosion occurredin the reactor as a result of leakinghydrogen. The blast was blownengineer was near, but he was notinjured and leaked radiation.Early 90s large re broke reactorand is disabled for a long period.Here, too, which was not publishedto the public. Recently safetyconcerns about this 40-year-oldreactor have been reported. In 2 004,as a preventive measure, Israeliauthorities distributed potassiumiodide anti-radiation tablets tothousands of residents living nearbyIn 1994, following the large amountsof rain fell at the Dimona reactor

pool water overowed the drainageof the reactor to the small craternearby - water was suspected thatcontaminated radiation. YossiSarid, who was then Minister of theEnvironment tried to go there withexperts and journalists from Israeland abroad. November 1998 reportedthat Israel is burying nuclear wastein Mauritania in Africa with a secretagreement with the local government- waste for money. Accordingto testimony, aircraft carryingradioactive waste from Israel landedat Tidjikdja north country, andships with nuclear waste from Israeldocked at the port of the capital of

Mauritania. The government deniedit outright. However, a year later,in November 1999, established theMuslim Mauritania and Israel fulldiplomatic ties (economic ties onlyafter 1996).

Reactor from the beginning was partof a secret project of the Ministry ofDefense and the Ofce of the PrimeMinister. He was never designed toproduce electricity (power by BenGurion), and built for research. He

never was open and obvious notvisited academics from around the

world. Nor reactor was used forindustry, agriculture or medicine- and purpose from the beginningwas the same: to produce plutoniumfrom building nuclear bombs.According to Vanunu, the reactorproduced about 40 kg of plutonium

per year. Estimate is that half ofthe 70 Israeli produced about 200kilograms of plutonium, up to half ofthe 80s Israel already has producedabout 350 kilograms of plutonium.Vanunu provided informationindicates that Israel used about 4.5kg of plutonium bomb, namely with adatabase of 300-200 nuclear bombsand nuclear weapons.Reactor building

(From an article by Alon Ben Davidon Channel 10)Institute 1 is the core of the reactor,the building with the silver dome(height 20 meters).3 Institute - Institute which produce

the fuel rods drives the reactor andlithium 6 used component of thebomb.Institute 4 - Treatment Instituteat The reactors radioactive wasteburied in the ground before.5 Institute - Institute in expectingthe reactors fuel rods aluminum.Institute 6 - power plant that provideselectricity to the reactor.Institute 8 - laboratory where Israelproduces enriched uranium, likeplutonium can be used as ssilematerial for a bomb. To produceuranium gas centrifuges.9 Institute - Institute laser uraniumenrichment, a unique Israeli

invention.10 Institute - Institute for theproduction of depleted uranium,an important component for theproduction of armor-piercing shells.Institute 2 - a long building (60meters by 24 meters) between twooors with no windows. Below thetwo-story has another six oorswhich Israel established secretplutonium separation plant designedto produce atomic bombs. In recentyears, it turned out that this project

was supported by the French.

60s American inspectors visited therst oor of the Institute 2. They sawthe restaurant and ofces. Specialwall built hid from them the elevatordescended down into the ground.2 Institute of trucks bringing theprocessed uranium rods reactor.

Through the great doors crane grabsthe bars and pulls them into thelargest production 4 levels deep.The rods dipped in tanks of nitricacid and simmer about 30 hours.Pipe system draws water, includinguranium and plutonium. Chemicalprocesses separated ingredients,baked in the oven which leaves littleball of 130 grams of plutonium, 1.7kg of plutonium per week. Singlebomb required amount of more thanfour kilograms of plutonium.

From level 2 Institute 2 can beviewed on a special balcony processestablished distinguished guests -

Terrace Balcony Golda machine.Level 4 produce a substance calledtritium, used to make bombs thermo- nuclear bombs more powerful thanordinary atomic bomb. In additionto producing at second bomb twoessential materials: Lithium andDitorium.

All these components are takento level 5 unit known as mm 2,Department of Metals 2, and hereare complex with a nuclear bomb.Beyond money and technicalknowledge that Israel obtained fromthe French, plutonium productionreactor needs a steady supply of

natural uranium and heavy waterfor cooling the core. France providedIsrael with a small amount ofuranium and 4 tons of heavy water(made in USA), U.S. has providedIsrael with four additional tons ofheavy water in 1963 - three yearsafter discovering through the U2planes that Israel secretly builtnuclear reactor in Dimona bomb-making.Dimona reactor also produceslithium-6 is used for the production

of thermo nuclear bombs. 220 kglithium-6 Daotrid were produceduntil the mid-80s - the amountsufcient to produce 35 nuclearbombs contributed.Israel could potentially have produceda few dozen nuclear warheads in theperiod 1970-1980, and is thought

to have produced sufcient ssilematerial to build 100 to 200 warheadsby the mid-1990s.

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