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Accuse Defined
Fragments, Young Vic, London
Published August 28, 2008, 4:17 pm, Independent
Nobody could accuse Samuel Beckett of having a Pollyanna-ish approach to existence. But he's not Eeyore either. He faces up to the terminal – or, rather, not yet terminal – bleakness of life with the courage of pedantically exact and exacting comedy. If you want to know the scale of your misery, he will give you the precise measurements. His palette may be mostly grey and black, but he'll show ...
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Sun Aug 17
- UN expert: Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation - Haaretz - Israel News: Dugard says "common sense ... dictates that a distinction must be drawn between acts of mindless terror, such as acts committed by Al-Qaida, and acts committed in the course of a war of national liberation against colonialism, apartheid or military occupation.&qu ot; "While Palestinian terrorist acts are to be deplored, they must be understood as being a painful but inevitable consequence of colonialism, apartheid or occupation,&qu ot; His 25-page report accuses the Israel of acts and policies consistent with all three. He cited checkpoints and roadblocks restricting Palestinian movement to house demolitions and what he terms the Judaization of Jerusalem. "As long as there is occupation, there will be terrorism,&quo t; he argues. "Acts of terror against military occupation must be seen in historical context," "This is why every effort should be made to bring the occupation to a speedy end."
- UN report calls Palestinian terrorism result of occupation - The Boston Globe: Dugard says "common sense ... dictates that a distinction must be drawn between acts of mindless terror, such as acts committed by Al-Qaida, and acts committed in the course of a war of national liberation against colonialism, apartheid or military occupation.&qu ot; "While Palestinian terrorist acts are to be deplored, they must be understood as being a painful but inevitable consequence of colonialism, apartheid or occupation,&qu ot; His 25-page report accuses the Israel of acts and policies consistent with all three. He cited checkpoints and roadblocks restricting Palestinian movement to house demolitions and what he terms the Judaization of Jerusalem. "As long as there is occupation, there will be terrorism,&quo t; he argues. "Acts of terror against military occupation must be seen in historical context," "This is why every effort should be made to bring the occupation to a speedy end."
- Norman G. Finkelstein. An important report by the honorable John Dugard -- UN expert: Palestinian terror 'inevitable' result of occupation: Dugard says "common sense ... dictates that a distinction must be drawn between acts of mindless terror, such as acts committed by Al-Qaida, and acts committed in the course of a war of national liberation against colonialism, apartheid or military occupation.&qu ot; "While Palestinian terrorist acts are to be deplored, they must be understood as being a painful but inevitable consequence of colonialism, apartheid or occupation,&qu ot; His 25-page report accuses the Israel of acts and policies consistent with all three. He cited checkpoints and roadblocks restricting Palestinian movement to house demolitions and what he terms the Judaization of Jerusalem. "As long as there is occupation, there will be terrorism,&quo t; he argues. "Acts of terror against military occupation must be seen in historical context," "This is why every effort should be made to bring the occupation to a speedy end."
Sat Aug 16
- JTA, Jewish News. UNIFIL commander: Israel at fault. He said that the UN enjoyed excellent cooperation with Hizbullah and with the local Lebanese people.: UNIFIL Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second Lebanon War. He cited the IAF forays over Lebanon and the village of Ghajar, which he called "a permanent violation of 1701" and "a permanent area under occupation.&qu ot; A further violation, according to Graziano, was Israel's failure to provide maps of all the locations where it dropped cluster bombs during the 2006 war. He said that the UN enjoyed excellent cooperation with Hizbullah and with the local Lebanese people.
- UNIFIL commander: Israel violating 1701 - Military Photos: UNIFIL Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second Lebanon War. He cited the IAF forays over Lebanon and the village of Ghajar, which he called "a permanent violation of 1701" and "a permanent area under occupation.&qu ot; A further violation, according to Graziano, was Israel's failure to provide maps of all the locations where it dropped cluster bombs during the 2006 war. He said that the UN enjoyed excellent cooperation with Hizbullah and with the local Lebanese people.
- UNIFIL commander: Israel violating [ceasefire] -- Jerusalem Post: UNIFIL Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second Lebanon War. He cited the IAF forays over Lebanon and the village of Ghajar, which he called "a permanent violation of 1701" and "a permanent area under occupation.&qu ot; A further violation, according to Graziano, was Israel's failure to provide maps of all the locations where it dropped cluster bombs during the 2006 war. He said that the UN enjoyed excellent cooperation with Hizbullah and with the local Lebanese people.
Wed Aug 6
- An independent Rwandan commission said France was aware of preparations for the genocide and helped train the ethnic Hutu militia perpetrators. The report also accused French troops of direct involvement in the killings.: Rwanda has accused France of playing an active role in the genocide of 1994, in which about 800,000 people were killed. An independent Rwandan commission said France was aware of preparations for the genocide and helped train the ethnic Hutu militia perpetrators. Some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered by Hutu militias in just 100 days in 1994. The report says France backed Rwanda's Hutu government with political, military, diplomatic and logistical support. It accuses France of training Hutu militias responsible for the slaughter, helping plan the genocide, and participating in the killings.
Mon Aug 4
- Accused spy was targeted because he is Jewish, report says. | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press: A Detroit-area military engineer accused in 1997 of passing secrets to the Israelis was targeted because of his Orthodox Jewish faith, the Defense Department 9;s Office of Inspector General said in a report. Tenenbaum' ;s lawyer, Mayer Morganroth of Southfield, said the bogus investigation prompted the Army to scrap Tenenbaum' ;s 1995 project to improve the armor on Humvees, a decision that proved fatal to American troops who were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan in woefully inadequate fighting vehicles. "The discrimination in this case ended up costing American soldiers their lives," Morganroth said. Morganroth 9;s associate, Daniel Harold, said Tenenbaum' ;s persecutors "have blood on their hands."
Fri Aug 1
- BBC --- Crossing Continents | Reopening Lithuania's old wounds.: A judicial inquiry into the wartime activities of Jewish anti-Nazi resistance fighters in Lithuania has led to accusations that the small Baltic state is trying to distort the history of WW2. The row follows investigations by the country's prosecutor into whether the former partisans - Holocaust survivors now in their 80s - themselves committed war crimes. Israel has denounced the inquiry as scandalous and refused to allow one of the main potential witnesses to be questioned. Britain's foremost WW2 historian, Sir Martin Gilbert, told the BBC he was "deeply shocked" by the investigation, which he called "perverse ".
Fri Jul 4
- DCI/PS --- Israeli military continues to torture Palestinian children. On the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, DCI/PS releases further evidence that Israeli military forces in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) continue to ab: Israeli interrogators beat 15-year-old Ibrahim S. over the course of several hours. Ibrahim was then threatened with sexual assault for the purpose of extracting his confession. The accusation, which Ibrahim kept denying, was that he had thrown stones at
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