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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2044)	6/21/2001 10:39:09 AM
From: ajs	Respond to of 23908

Arafat, Palestinian media incite murder The Palestinian media is involved in virulent incitement against Israelis, particularly those who reside in the territories, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Ya'akov Or said this morning. Or added that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is directly involved in these incitement efforts, Or told Israel Radio. Or said that Arafat and the Palestinian media have framed residents of the territories in a 'blood libel' in the eyes of the international community. Arafat has accused settlers in the murder of two Palestinians who were killed in traffic accidents. Arafat also accused settlers in the kidnapping of a Palestinian boy, Or said. The boy was reportedly given a ride in an Israeli vehicle to a medical clinic. Given the current political atmosphere and rampant incitement in the Palestinan territories, Or told Israel Radio that Israeli citizens who enter Palestinian communities are endangering their own lives. jpost.com

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2044)	6/21/2001 11:32:49 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: Why were the EU elites comparing him to Haider before the election? Because it'd be too unfair to liken him to Hitler <g> I guess some European leaders are not completely oblivious of what befell Europe 60 years ago when each and every far-rightist creed was fashionable --from Franco's Spain to Hitler's Germany to Mussolini's Italy to... With the Soviet Union as a useful ideological foil. In short, we all know how totalitarianism starts but we're still pussyfooting and anxious about when we ought to rein it in... Below is a news snippet from Belgium's daily Le Soir. It reports a complaint filed by a (Surinamese-?)Dutch citizen against the EU. The plaintiff claimed that, although over 30 million Europeans belong to one ethnic minority or another, they make up only a scanty part of EU bureaucrats... EU ombudsman Jacob Soderman has agreed to investigate. Racisme dans le recrutement ? Le médiateur européen Jacob Soderman a accepté d'examiner une plainte, relative à l'éventuelle existence de racisme dans le recrutement des institutions et organes communautaires. La plainte émane d'un citoyen néerlandais, selon qui malgré la présence de trente millions de personnes originaires d'une minorité ethnique dans l'Union, à peine quelques-unes travaillent au sein des institutions européennes. Le médiateur a demandé à la Commission de lui fournir, avant le 31 octobre 2001, les statistiques sur la proportion de fonctionnaires et autres agents des Communautés européennes originaires d'une minorité ethnique. (AFP.) lesoir.be It confirms what I told you in a previous post: Message 15841414

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2044)	6/22/2001 9:12:58 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Just one more thing you'd better keep in mind while watching Belgium's human rights circus: - The most important pro-apartheid lobby was Protea. Protea or the Flemish-South African friendship club, was founded in 1977 by professor André J Vlerick (ex Minister of Finance and vice-president of the "Kredietbank") and the late senator Wim Jorissen. The right wing members consisted of MP's of the liberal and Christian-democratic parties, some important Flemish bankers and industrialists, some journalists and high civil servants. Its aim was to furnish "objective information" about South Africa, defending the apartheid regime and attacking the ANC. Since 1981 there existed a Protea student association. Protea organised meetings, debates, tourist trips to South Africa and offered opportunities to student to do their practical training in SA. Many members of Protea lobbied also against a new law against racism and xenophobia (1987). Other pro-apartheid lobbies, with more or less the same membership as Protea, were The Interparlementaire Verening België - Zuid-Afrika (the interparliamentarian association Belgium-SA) founded in 1976 and the - Studiecentrum voor Zuidelijk Afrika (Study Centre on Southern Africa), founded in 1986 by Vlerick and others . At the end of the 80's, beginning 90's all these organisations withered away. These more "respectable" pro-apartheid lobby-organisations maintained good relations with the Vlaams Blok. For example Karel Dillen (former president of the VB) was also founding-member of Protea, as was the late Bob Maes (former leader VMO). Rochtus friend of the old and new South Africa? An important right wing founding member of Protea was Leon Rochtus, the director of the bank Paribas in Antwerpen. Rochtus was also one of the founding members of the Vlaams Kultureel Centrum Dr. Missak in Johannesburg (1981). Rochtus, called "Black Leon" because of his Nazi sympathies and his financial mentor ship for the extremist right. He maintained contacts with the Vlaams Blok and helped the VMO financially. Leon Rochtus was honorary consul of South Africa from 1975 until his death in 1997. The SA Ministry of Foreign Affairs (as well its Ambassador in Belgium Mrs. Anette de K. Joubert as its Minister Alfred Nzo) blundered by writing in the journal "Beelden"of the South African Embassy in Brussels [Beelden, febr.97] about this former enemy of the ANC and pro-apartheid activist: "Mr. Rochtus was an exceptional man for South Africa, since he fulfilled the role of Honorary Consul in an admirable way. He received in 1992 "Die Orde van Goeie Hoop" for his excellent record of service, especially for the promotion of trade relations between South Africa and Belgium". (comment: in other words " thanks for your boycott busting activities!") [snip] From: contrast.org