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Obama Administration to Boycott UN Racism Conference
The Obama administration has announced that the United States will boycott the World Conference Against Racism in Geneva next month, unless its final document drops all references to Israel and reparations for slavery. Israel and Canada have already announced plans to boycott the UN conference. In 2001, Bush administration diplomats walked out of the conference in Durban, South Africa after delegates proposed a resolution likening Zionism to racism. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, praised President Obama’s decision. The group said, “The event, which has again proven to be a celebration of racism and vile anti-Semitic activity, is further evidence of the U.N.’s inability to demonstrate any semblance of fairness or objectivity on these issues when it comes to the Jewish State.”
Clinton Silent on Israeli Settlements, Gaza Blockade
US secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Jerusalem this week meeting Israeli leaders. Appearing with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Clinton said the US will work toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
State Hillary Rodham Clinton: “Eventually, the inevitability of working toward a two-state solution seems inescapable. That doesn’t mean that we don’t respect the opinions of others who see it differently, but from my perspective and from the perspective of the Obama administration, time is of the essence on a number of issues, not only on the Iranian threat, and we happen to believe that moving toward the two-state solution step by step is in Israel’s best interest.”
Clinton did not voice any criticism of the ongoing Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. She also refused to publicly urge Israel to stop its blockade of Gaza and allow desperately needed humanitarian aid. Clinton also singled out Hamas rocket fire as the single biggest obstacle to peace—not the Israeli attacks that killed over 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza earlier this year. Hamas spokesperson Mushir al-Masri said the Obama administration is continuing the Bush administration approach.
Mushir al-Masri: “It is clear that there is nothing new when it comes to the policies of the new administration in this region. Repeating the Quartet’s conditions is something that has proven to have failed. It’s useless. What is wanted is for America to stop its biased policies towards the enemy and to correct their political discourse when it comes to dealing with this region.”
Aid Groups Calls for Israel to Lift Gaza Blockade
International aid groups are calling on Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza, because they say it is preventing the Palestinians from rebuilding the Gaza Strip. Israel has banned the importation of cement, steel rods and other material necessary for construction. Over the past month, Israel has also arbitrarily refused entry to items like chickpeas, macaroni, wheat flour, notebooks for students, freezer appliances, generators and water pumps, and cooking gas.
Israel Considers Vastly Expanding West Bank Settlement
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports an Israeli government agency is quietly promoting plans to vastly expand a settlement in the occupied West Bank that currently houses just twelve Israeli families. The Israeli Civil Administration has proposed the initial construction of 550 apartments in the settlement of Gva’ot, located near Alon Shvut, followed by the construction of another 4,450 units at a later stage. Another 2,000 apartments are planned for a neighboring settlement.
UN General Assembly President Calls for Iraq Human Rights Probe
UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann is calling for an independent probe into human rights violations as a result of the US invasion of Iraq. On Tuesday, d’Escoto appeared before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann: “Independent experts estimate that over one million Iraqis have lost their lives as a direct result of the illegal invasion of their country. The various UN human rights monitors have prepared report after report documenting the unending litany of violations from crimes of war, rights of children and women, social rights, collective punishment and treatment of prisoners of war and illegal detention of civilians. This must be addressed to bring an end to the scandalous present impunity.”
Canadian PM: Insurgency Can’t Be Defeated in Afghanistan
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has predicted the United States and NATO forces will never be able to defeat the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Harper made the comment in an interview on CNN with Fareed Zakaria.
Stephen Harper: “We’re not going to win this war just by staying. We’re not going to—in fact, my own judgment, Fareed, is, quite frankly, we are not going to ever defeat the insurgency. Afghanistan has probably had—my reading of Afghanistan, the history—has probably had an insurgency forever, of some kind. What has to happen in Afghanistan is we have to have an Afghan government that is capable of managing that insurgency and improving its own governance.”
Canada currently has about 2,700 troops in Afghanistan.
Ex-US Official Predicts US Will Be in Afghanistan Until 2025
Meanwhile, the former top US commander in Afghanistan has projected that US troops will remain in Afghanistan for another sixteen years. Retired Lieutenant General David Barno told a Senate panel last week that it will take until 2025 for the US to hand over control fully to Afghan institutions.
Army: Up to 18 Soldier Suicides in February
The US Army says soldier suicides continue to follow a record trend. Up to eighteen soldiers took their lives last month. That’s down from the twenty-four soldiers who took their lives in January, but still in line with the most number of suicides since record-keeping began. As many as 143 soldiers reportedly took their own lives last year.
CIA Admits It Destroyed 92 Videotapes of Interrogations
The CIA has acknowledged it destroyed ninety-two videotapes documenting harsh interrogations of prisoners held by the CIA. The number of destroyed tapes is far more than has previously been acknowledged. ACLU attorney Amrit Singh accused the agency of engaging in a “systematic attempt to hide evidence of its illegal interrogations.”
Thousands Protest Anniversary of US-Backed Coup in Haiti
In Haiti, several thousand people staged a protest Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the US-backed coup that led to the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The protest came days after the Haitian government barred members of Aristide’s Lavalas party from running in the upcoming Senate elections.
Jacques Mathelier: “We are here so the rights of the majority of the population will be respected. The people cannot eat. They only have battery acid to live on. Also, there can be no election without the participation of the Lavalas party. And five years after the kidnapping of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the people’s dream is to ask for his return.”
Study: 7.3 Million Americans Now in Prison, on Parole or Probation
A new study has in the US found the number of people in prison, on parole or probation has reached a record 7.3 million. One in every thirty-one adults is now in the US corrections system. Twenty-five years ago, the rate was one in seventy-seven.
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National’s 3 strikes prison privatization, Californian example, the US drug economy and de-industrialization in the 80s?
NZ 2nd highest per capita rate of imprisonment, how?
Do we even pretend to be serious about reform and rehabilitation?
A what level does this actually make economic sense? Surplus population
Socialism/Facism dichotomy, solidarity/fear
Sensible sentencing trust, organic political movement or new right puppet?
Reaction to Dunedin’s ‘gang problem’
Are we in danger of becoming corporatist police state, urgency measures in parliament
One question about the stadium
You should hit up a national MP about ACC and hidden agendas.
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