Daily Archives: 12/26/2016

Interfaith Council of New York Calls for Mutual Tolerance – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

12/26/2016 – 2:24 am

Interfaith Council of New York Calls for Mutual Tolerance

Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine

The answer to immigration is that there is no answer. The undocumented in the United States is neither here nor there. He or she is caught in a limbo from which there is no light at the end of the tunnel. The latest figures suggest that around 80,000 immigrants have put their cases to the Department of Homeland Security, since 2012, through a procedure that is known as ‘administrative closure.’ This means that they are not forced to leave the US but they are not legally allowed to remain. Who wants to live this way?

As one immigrant in Queens says, ‘no society should treat people like that. We have lived here for over 20 years and have been law-abiding. Our children are in schools and we work and contribute to the country. All we want is to come out from the shadows.’ There is no guarantee that this will happen anytime soon.    Continue reading →

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David Friedman – Trump’s US Ambassador to Israel – By: Uri Avnery

12/26/2016 – 1:33 am

David Friedman – Trump’s US Ambassador to Israel

……  DONALD TRUMP has spat in my face
By: Uri Avnery  – 24/12/2016

Not only in my own face, but in the faces of at least half the Israeli population.

He has appointed a bankruptcy lawyer named David Friedman to the job of USA ambassador in Israel.

This sounds like a bad joke. But it is brutal reality. It sets a precedent unknown in the annals of international diplomacy.

FIRST OF all, it is bad practice to appoint an ambassador to a country with which he has a deep personal connection. You don’t send a Cuban-American Castro-hater to be the USA ambassador in Havana. You don’t send Kuomintang Chinese from Taiwan to be USA ambassador in Beijing.   Continue reading →

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University of Guyana (UG) – Renaissance Magazine – November 2016

12/26/2016 – 1:31 am

Download: University of Guyana (UG) – Renaissance Magazine – November 2016

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Understanding the Ramifications of the UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements — analysis

12/26/2016 – 12:59 am

Understanding the UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements: What Are the Immediate Ramifications?

Can Trump’s administration overturn the Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements? Why didn’t Putin veto it? Why didn’t China veto? What are the short-and long-term implications? A guide to make sense of the mess.

Barak Ravid | HaaretzOpinion - commentary -analysis

The resolution against Israeli settlements adopted by the UN Security Council Friday sent out diplomatic, political and media shockwaves. After thousands of reports, analyses and spins, here is a guide to make sense of the mess.

Is this the first UNSC resolution concerning Israeli settlements?

No. But it is the first to deal so specifically with the settlements in over 35 years. The previous such resolution, Resolution 465, was adopted by the Security Council in March 1980. That being said, since 1980, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has undergone dramatic changes, the extent of the Israeli settlement enterprise has grown dramatically, and international community’s focus on the settlements as a threat to the viability of the two-state solution has also increased markedly.    Continue reading →

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