Allemagne, après la Grèce, l'Iran

L'Allemagne refuse que l'Iran intègre le conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU
AP | 03.03.2010 | 16:59
Le ministre allemand des Affaires étrangères Guido Westerwelle a souhaité

mercredi que les pays membres du Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU votent

contre la candidature de l'Iran.Guido Westerwelle a estimé qu'intégrer

l'Iran dans cette institution, qui compte 47 pays, serait un "affront" aux droits de

l'homme. Selon le chef de la diplomatie allemande, l'Iran ne mérite pas de siéger

au Conseil des droits de l'homme en raison des nombreuses violations commises envers

ses citoyens, en particulier lors de la répression des manifestations de

l'opposition.

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Après la Grèce, l'Iran est dans le collimateur allemand, pour qui les Iraniens ne sont pas dignes de droits de l'homme à l'ONU. Car Khamenei a durci le ton envers Israël pour la question Palestinienne, mais surtout pour les agissements des colons Israéliens sous la protection de l'IDF, dans la scène des Patriarches. Selon un Rabbin Sioniste, la tombe des Patriarches, est le berceau du sionisme (ses mots ?
« le Sionisme est né là il y’a 4000 ans.). J’ai tenté de discuter avec un jeune homme sur un blog , qui a rapporté ces propos. Pour lui dire que ce Rabbin leur ment. Qu’en ces temps là des Juifs égarés- auxquels il n’est pas censé s’apparenter, ont tué la nuit 200 prophètes juifs pleins de bonté et d’humanité, le lendemain , les assassins ont nettoyé le sang et rouvert leurs commerces..
Que nous autres aussi, nous avons dans le monde musulman des Cheikhs qui nous mentent, nous leur montrons du respect et puis, nous croyons ce qui nous plait… Jai coupé net..Parce que ces gens qui croient et propagent de tels propos, sont aveugles.
Mon Dieu , en ce jour du Vendredi, « Préserve les Cieux et la terre de voir le Tombeau des Patriarches devenir un berceau du Sionisme ».

Mourn this sad world

4000 burried under quake rubbles

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/200910355313145360.html

Each time the same disaster strikes and leads to the same humanitarian misery.Have anyone helped to prevent, with early warning to make it less miserable? Is everyone helping to ease their wounds?

Iran out of Arab games

Watching the news has become a real challenge these times. Since the last Israeli campaign against Gaza, and as it has been considered by international community as a unilateral massacre aginst civilians, we have been expecting a " correct " end rather than a happy one. Al least, that the Aid awaited by the population would enter: medical, food and material to rebuild houses for the sick and most poor. But, unfortunately, both Arabs and Israelis have made it impossible to carry out such a simple and largely approved scheme. They , at least, have agreed on making the miserable suffer more. Because no one is really suffering except Palestinians. Egyptians, after , big pressure , inside and outside their own state, have chosen to face the crises otherwise than expected: a big campaign against Hizbullah( and Iran). Such a scoop from a ME giant: Isralis have not dreamt of such a big deal. Accusing Hizbullah of the same charges than Al Qaida, makes things worse. In the dark; prominent arab figures are not sharing the same views, so they build obstacles against each other.
To sum it up; Al Qaida is not good! Hamas is not good! Hizbullah is worse! Arabs are devided! Iran is out of Arab games! So wake up the sleeping conscience because we are lost before dawn. Some Palesitinians alone have chosen to face forgery and misery with a brave gesture. They are trying to protect their and our Mosque , from Israli excavating machines and mad settlers.
Does anyone care in this mad world about the real challenges?
لاف الفلسطينيين يرابطون حول المسجد الاقصى للدفاع عنه

Apr 16, 2009 - 12:57 -

الاقصى / فلسطينيون / مرابطة

القدس المحتلة في 16 أبريل / وام / تجمعت طلائع من الفلسطينيين القادمين من الجليل والمثلث في القدس المحتلة أمام باب الاسباط مع سكان القدس الذين استنفروا اليوم لمواجهة أية محاولات اسرائيلية لاقتحام المسجد الاقصى وسط هتافات بالروح بالدم نفديك يا اقصى.

ووصلت الى القدس اليوم حافلات انطلقت ليلا للدفاع عن المسجد الذي حظرت قوات الاحتلال الوصول اليه الا لمن هم فوق الخمسين من العمر.

وشددت قوات الاحتلال تواجدها في البلدة القديمة وعلى الحواجز والجدار الفاصل المحيط بالقدس .

كما وصل أعضاء كنيست عرب على رأسهم احمد الطيبي وابراهيم صرصور ..

في الوقت الذي تمكن فيه قرابة ثلاثة آلاف مواطن مقدسي من الوصول الى المسجد فيما رابط الآلاف خارج سور القدس وعند ابوابها.

وام / قد وام/ع ا و

Smart faces

I was angry when I saw A. Merkel; the woman who came after men like H.Kohl and others, behave against Palestinians the way she did when in fact she simply paid tribute to Israel. I regretted, in fact, because, we should less judge and more help. Further, woman could have given to me and to many students, in other circumstances a true illumination for the study of her background as a leading actor in Europe. Europe without a positive German role is very low. But, from that date on, when I felt injustice towards Palestinian women considered as terrorists while they are not, I just stepped it out… and said wildly my opinion because I am not a diplomat. Now, I am sure I was right , look at what they are doing to Muslim women ( head scarfs)in Germany, like in some Arab countries. But if we understand that Arabs lack democracy in their views and behaviour, I really do not get it when the situation is related to Western countries. I know that this policy goes within larger scope, but who cares?
The following article from HRW gives better insight:
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Germany: Headscarf Bans Violate Rights
State Restrictions on Religious Dress for Teachers Target Muslim Women
February 26, 2009

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Discrimination in the Name of Neutrality

People should be judged on the basis of their conduct, not views imputed to them by virtue of a religious symbol they wear.
Haleh Chahrokh, researcher in the Europe and Central Asia division

(Berlin) - German state bans on religious symbols and clothing for teachers and other civil servants discriminate against Muslim women who wear the headscarf, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

The 67-page report, "Discrimination in the Name of Neutrality: Headscarf Bans for Teachers and Civil Servants in Germany," is based on extensive research over an eight-month period. It analyzes the human rights implications of the bans and their effect on the lives of Muslim women teachers, including those who have been employed for many years. It says that the bans have caused some women to give up their careers or to leave Germany, where they have lived all their lives.

"These laws in Germany clearly target the headscarf, forcing women who wear it to choose between their jobs and their religious beliefs," said Haleh Chahrokh, researcher in the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch. "They discriminate on the grounds of both gender and religion and violate these women's human rights."

Half of Germany's 16 states (Länder) - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saarland - have laws prohibiting public school teachers (and other civil servants in several states) from wearing the headscarf at work. The laws were all introduced in the last five years, following a 2003 Constitutional Court ruling that restrictions on religious dress are only permissible if explicitly laid down in law. The other eight German states have no such restrictions.

Some of the laws allow some exemptions for Christian and "Western" cultural traditions. None of the laws explicitly target the headscarf, but parliamentary debates and official explanatory documents prior to their introduction make clear that the headscarf is the focus. Every court case about the restrictions (the most recent ruling was on January 26, 2009, on a case in Baden-Württemberg) has concerned the headscarf issue.

"The claim that these restrictions don't discriminate doesn't stand up," said Chahrokh, "In practice, the only people affected by them are Muslim women who wear the headscarf."

Human Rights Watch has repeatedly criticized governments such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran when they force women to wear religious clothing. But laws such as those in German states, which exclude women who wear the headscarf from public employment, run afoul of the same international standards, undercutting women's autonomy, their right to privacy, self expression and religious freedom in a similar way.

The research for the report included interviews with Muslim women in Germany affected by the ban. It documents the profound effect of the bans on women's lives. The laws in all eight states effectively prohibit women who wear the headscarf from working as teachers. Teachers wearing the headscarf have been told to remove it and been have subject to disciplinary action if they refused.

If a teacher refuses to remove her headscarf and subsequently is unsuccessful in court proceedings, she runs the risk of losing her civil servant status and of being removed from her teaching position. Muslim trainee teachers cannot find employment as public school teachers after successful completion of their education unless they remove their headscarves.

State officials justify the restrictions on the basis that teachers have a duty to ensure that schools remain neutral on questions of religion and ideology. But there is no evidence that the teachers' conduct violated that duty. Instead, the bans are based on the notion that merely wearing the headscarf places neutrality at risk.

"People should be judged on the basis of their conduct, not views imputed to them by virtue of a religious symbol they wear," said Chahrokh. "If there are concrete concerns about individuals, they should be addressed through ordinary disciplinary procedures, on a case-by-case basis."

Some of the teachers affected told Human Rights Watch that they had offered to wear alternatives to the headscarf, such as large hats, or to tie the scarves in atypical styles, but that these offers were rejected. As a result of the bans, some of the women left their home states or Germany altogether, while others felt compelled to remove their headscarf to keep their jobs, after years of studies and investment in developing their skills. They complained of feeling alienated and excluded, even though many have lived in Germany all their lives.

Proponents of restrictions on the headscarf frequently argue that bans protect women from oppression and empower them. The women interviewed by Human Rights Watch said they had all freely chosen to wear the headscarf. Even for women who are pressed to wear a headscarf, but are able to become teachers, blocking access to their profession will not protect them from oppression. Some affected women pointed out that, far from empowering them, the bans had led to deterioration in their social position. In the words of one woman: "As long as we were cleaning in schools, nobody had a problem with the headscarf."

Human Rights Watch calls on state governments to revise and repeal legislation on prohibition of religious dress and symbols and ensure that their legislation and procedures comply with Germany's international human rights obligations. The German states should guarantee in particular that regulations do not discriminate on grounds of gender or religion and that freedom of religion and expression are fully protected."""""""

When Angela Merkel talked wise befor the I. Knesset

Today, and for the first time on this blog, I am here to report about a Palestinian concern made in Arabic on an arabic website.I browsed nights and days to find anything in French, British, or Latin expressing the same, or at least disgust about statements of hatred , I found none. No interesting comments were made on her eloquence or extremist words. Some Palestinians, said they were outraged to hear what they heared from Angela Merkel. But in any case , no clear position was stated by western critics after this event. Can we guess that the case is to forcast many other cases of extremist support for Israel, during its 60th anniversary celebrations ? As if , there's nothing immoral in showing support with hatred. Diplomacy has always been of a western culture, why is it then, that fierce approach is blowing in Europe?This very intelligent woman, compared in European media to Thatcher's, escaped the dilemma of her intervention which was supposed to be said in German before the Knesset, since the language itself recalls so many horrible things to the ears of the victims of Nazzis. So she made a very big mistake when she wished officially that her freinds in Israel would starve to keep their state Jewish...which is a clear invitation to carry on further ethnic cleansing. Israelis are turning what remains of Palestine to huge miserable camps. Settlements are expanding, and now. Snipers have reportedely killed more children than elders, during the last blockade on Gaza.
85./. of underground Palestinian waters are used by Israelis, the remaining part is not good for use. It is polluted, and there's no chlore to clean it, no medication is entering to cure disease and no products are there to struggle against painful disease or war injuries. Existing hospitals are unable to face the local demands. Not to mention the lack of food, and big threats are to come to destroy the weak existing subsidiaries of agriculture and food products. No programs for electricity, no industry, no artifacts. Palestinians are dying slowly...To talk that way to a people causing another people 's death is hard to analyze. I cannot see its purpose, because I tend to understand more the Palestinian concern , and find it harder to understand the urgent need to encourage lies. May be it is a kind of a spiritual mind towards the weak victims of the past, so that they can feel themselves strong by crushing other weaker entities... Or it might be our weakness to always support the strong offenders...We cannot consider it like US actions, because the latter has always shown a biased position towards Israelis. Although Germany is still paying compensation to the victims of nazism, this is the new official German position.
WHat Israelis are awaiting from Palestinians, is first to see them kneel before Israeli demands, and isolating them from external world. Secondly, it is is making pressure on Abbas government to isolate and weaken Hamas and erase any idea of resistance leading to independance .

The main point is that this statement is made by a non Arab figure, if Arabs or Muslims have declared such insane words against Israelis, the fuss would have been about global anti-semitism.But this is another story.

Some facts about the Lady:"Merkel is a Protestant, originating from predominantly Protestant northern Germany, while the CDU is a male-dominated, socially conservative party with deep Catholic roots, and has its strongholds in western and southern Germany"."Merkel came out in favour of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, describing it as "unavoidable" and accusing Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of anti-Americanism."

In her 2007 speech to the Europen Parliament, she said :
" It is vital that Europe remembers that freedom is not something which can be achieved once and for all. Freedom has to be won anew almost every day. And freedom does not stand alone. It is inextricably linked with responsibility.When we speak of true freedom, therefore, we are actually always speaking of the freedom of others.Or we can say in Voltaire's famous words, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.""

"I therefore state quite clearly that Europe must never show the least understanding for intolerance, for violence perpetrated by right-wing or left-wing extremists, for violence in the name of a religion. Tolerance sounds its own death knell if it does not protect itself from intolerance. In the words of Thomas Mann, "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." Tolerance without acceptance of intolerance is what makes us humane."