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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (8571)	6/27/2005 2:37:28 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Respond to of 22250

Israel leads, Bush follows re: torture. Israeli Interrogators Killed 178 Palestinian Detainees While Torturing Them, Haaretz Report GAZA, Palestine, June 27,205 (IPC+Agencies) -- The daily Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, disclosed Saturday that 178 Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation jails were tortured in various means leading to their fatal death. "Each Palestinian is an enemy and the causes of such inhume behaviors with the prisoners stem from a feeling of the warder and the interrogator that he will not be held accountable for his wrongdoings and he will be backed by his comrades and superiors," the daily Haaretz reported. The report asserted that the Israeli military and security establishment ruled down the life of the Palestinian prisoners at the lowest level, to the extent that some soldiers said that their acts of humiliation and callous repression against the prisoners was just only for entertainment. The Israeli interrogators used all forms of sever torture and psychological pressures, a matter that allowed by the Israeli supreme court and the State's Legal Advisor on the claim to force the prisoner to confess the charges documented in a file . No Israeli official has put on trail for accountability over his war crimes, protected by the Israeli law, which do not let holding the integrators accountable. On the other hand, the Palestinian ministry of detainees and ex- prisoners demand Sunday on commemoration of the international day in support with the victim of torture the international community to press on Israel to halt its blatant violations against the Palestinian prisoners. In a statement, the ministry denounced Israel's legalization of torture against Palestinian prisoners, referring that t the torture is internationally forbidden in the letter of the Convention against Torture (CAT) adopted by the UN General Assembly 1984 and taken into effect in 1987, a convention slammed by Israel. On its part, the Palestinian Prisoners Society published Friday a report, saying that 90% of the Palestinian prisoners were tortured in Israeli prisons, and that interrogators are using "New and inhuman methods" against them. "Israeli interrogators' violence against the Palestinian detainees is not new or unique to the current Intifada. What is unique though is the increase in the numbers and forms of abuse. Torture has exceeded being limited to severe treatment, physical and psychological pressure in interrogation cells, to threats of rape to force the detainees to admit the charges against them or to provide information about residents", the PPS reported Also, the society stated that dozens of child detainees told the lawyers of the society that soldiers sexually harassed them, and threatened to rape them if they do not "confess" to the charges filed against them. Another sort of abuse and humiliation in Israeli prisons is the usage of military dogs to attack the detainees. Threats of rape, curses and degradation forms of torture are used mainly against female detainees. Detainee Rawya As'ad Mousa, 18, from Tulkarem, said that soldiers attacked her and pulled her head veil, then verbally abused her, using offensive and degrading language. Also, soldiers threatened detainee Zakiyya Oweidah, 48 from Qalqilia, to kill her children if she does not confess to the charges against her; she was also denied medication in spite that the army knows that she is suffering from a blood disease Also, the PPS added that Israel is the only state in the world that legalized torture and in spite that using torture during interrogation was outlawed in 1999 by the Israeli High Court of Justice; the Israeli General Security Service continued suing it under the pretext of "fighting terrorism". Israeli interrogators get special permits to use torture methods form the State's Legal Advisor and the High Court which provides "legal protection" to their illegal acts. 190 prisoners died in Israeli prisons since 1967 as a result of torture or medical negligence. Many released prisoners are still suffering from physical and psychological problems. The society appealed that international community and the UN to take their responsibilities, and ensure legal and human protection to the Palestinian detainees

To: Thomas M. who wrote (8571)	6/27/2005 2:44:10 PM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

I really do not care too much about Jewish racism. They are far from the only racists in the world today. What does bother me is the Zionist grip on our institutions which has enabled them to get America into a war against Israel's enemies. -- real and imagined.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (8571)	6/28/2005 12:06:39 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 22250

Hi Thomas...been awhile. Israel apologizes to New Zealand Sunday June 26, 2005 "Israel and New Zealand have restored full diplomatic relations after the Middle East country formally apologized for two alleged spies who tried to illegally obtain a New Zealand passport, Prime Minister Helen Clark said Sunday. Ties between the countries plunged last year following the incident, which led to the conviction and imprisonment of two men New Zealand alleges are Israeli agents. Uriel Zoshe Kelman, 31, and Eli Cara, 50, were sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to the passport charge, but were released and deported after serving about two months. Clark said last year that she had "no doubt whatsoever" the two were Israeli spies. "The New Zealand government has strong grounds for believing that the two men convicted were working on behalf of an Israeli intelligence agency," Clark reiterated in a statement Sunday. New Zealand demanded a public apology from Israel and a commitment to prevent another such breach of New Zealand laws by its officials in the future. Clark also imposed a range of diplomatic sanctions on Israel from July 2004, including halting the approval of a new Israeli ambassador. In a letter released Sunday, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Israel wished "to express our regret for the activities which resulted in the arrest and conviction of two Israeli citizens in New Zealand on criminal charges and apologize for the involvement of Israeli citizens in such activities." "Israel commits itself to taking steps to prevent a recurrence of similar incidents in the future," he wrote to counterpart Phil Goff. In response, Goff said the issue is now "behind us" and the two states "should ... resume friendly diplomatic relations." Clark said that "restrictions on official contact with Israel are being lifted today (Sunday). The new Israeli ambassador can now be accredited, and visits and other diplomatic activities can be restored." In a statement in Jerusalem Sunday Shalom welcomed Clark's announcement of the thaw in relations, adding he was pleased "to end the crisis with New Zealand" after intense negotiations "to close the gaps and to renew the mutual trust." He said Israel was committed to its relationship with the South Pacific nation. Clark said that official inquiries had revealed that "a very small number" of New Zealand passports had been obtained by those working on behalf of Israeli intelligence. "Those passports have been canceled and that it would be futile for attempts to be made to use them," she noted. Since the Israeli passport fraud was uncovered, New Zealand passports have been made more secure through the inclusion of biometric data on the holder, stricter checking procedures and the reduction from 10 years to five in the time a passport remains valid." len