UN peacekeeping has survived many crises throughout its history, but none has provoked such distinctive disgrace as peacekeepers committing sexual violence against those they are meant to protect.
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UN: Dealing with Disgrace: Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping
3 October 2017, by siawi3 -
Israel: Images of Emergency ad by Gush Shalom in Haaretz appearing July 21, 2014
20 July 2014, by siawi -
Israel-Palestine : la politique étrangère des USA
25 juin 2013, par siawi3Beaucoup des révélations que Manning ont contribué à amener à la lumière n’étaient pas vraiment des surprises. Néanmoins, ils offrent des détails sur des rencontres officielles qui indiquent comment les US dirigent leur politique étrangère au Moyen-Orient.
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Israel: Perhaps the Messiah will Come...
19 March 2017, by siawi3A few weeks ago it was disclosed that the rulers of Egypt and Jordan had indeed met in secret last year with the Prime Minister of Israel in Aqaba, the pleasant sea resort where the three states touch each other. The two Arab leaders, acting de facto for the entire Arab world, had made this offer. Benyamin Netanyahu gave no answer and went home.
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Israel: A man of peace? Not exactly. But still…
2 October 2016, by siawi3Was Shimon Peres a Man of Peace? Many of my political friends are skeptical about that, to say the least. It is not difficult to gather damning evidence and point to black spots all along Peres’ career. As for me - I would have been very happy indeed if it were possible to turn the wheel backwards, go back to May 1996 and give Shimon Peres the extra thirty thousand voices which would have made him a Prime Minister for an extra four years and reduced Netanyahu to a forgotten footnote in Israel’s history. The Shimon Peres of 1996 was completely committed, politically and personally, to the Oslo Accords.
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L’ONU limoge le commandant des casques bleus au Soudan du Sud après un rapport accablant
1er novembre 2016, par siawi3Le commandant des Casques bleus au Soudan du Sud a été limogé ce mardi à la suite de la publication d’un rapport accablant sur leur incapacité à protéger les civils lors des violences de juillet à Juba.
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Palestine : Le désespoir
26 septembre 2016, par siawi3« Mon père gagne un salaire de misère à la municipalité de Kalkilya. Ma mère est au chômage. Je voulais mourir ». Ils ne meurent pas pour devenir les martyrs de la Palestine, de l’Islam, ou pour tuer des juifs. Ce sont les martyrs du désespoir. Ils veulent mourir et les soldats sont l’instrument de leur suicide.
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Mortar Fire on Russian Embassy in Syria
29 December 2016, by siawi3Russia says its embassy in the Syrian capital has been hit by mortar fire. Russian officials blamed the attack on “extremists” opposed to a peaceful settlement of Syria’s conflict.Russia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Protection of Afghan women’s rights
12 July 2013, by siawi3THE AFGHAN WOMEN FACE BEING SOLD OUT IN THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE USA AND THE AFGHAN TALIBAN WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE THE NATO COALITION WITHDRAWS IN 2014
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Israeli hysteria over UN vote is solidifying country’s new status, as a rogue state
29 December 2016, by siawi3President Obama’s decision to allow passage of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements as illegal has done more to change the shape of the conflict than any other action in the last ten years.