Salam al Maseeh

The first Palestinian above all others is Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Let be accursed any gospel other than that which was preached at the beginning, received not from man but from Christ Jesus, thou alone, in whom we have redemption through thy all holy infinitely pure and undefiled blood, the remission of our sins, who in the future shall recreate the heavens and the earth, called by thine special choice, who before hoped in Christ with all who heard the word of truth and believed, sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, who is the pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of the possession, for the praise of his glory, in faith in the Lord Jesus, and of love for all the saints in unceasing intercession of all the elect angels and saints of God, virgins, with all thanksgiving, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of him; the eyes of our minds being enlightened, to know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power wrought in Christ the only first born from the dead in the flesh raised above all things he made subject under his feet, we who hold him the head directly and no other, Christ Jesus our only Lord and Saviour immortal son of the immortal Father in the unity and power and bond of love of the immortal Holy Spirit our Paraclete unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

The Final Trial: Jesus Christ begotten of the Father - not made

A prayer of Isaias the Prophet.

Is. 26: 9-21

(Isaias' prophecy, which is also his prayer.)

O Lord our God, grant us peace. Out of the night my spirit waketh at dawn unto Thee, O God; for Thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, all ye that dwell upon the earth. For the ungodly man hath come to an end; every one that learneth not righteousness upon the earth shall not be able to do truth; let the ungodly be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord. O Lord, Thine arm is lifted up, and they knew it not; but when they know it, let them be put to shame. Zeal shall lay hold upon an untaught people, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. O Lord our God, bestow Thy peace upon us, for Thou hast given all things unto us. O Lord our God, take us for Thy possession. O Lord, we know no other beside Thee; we call upon Thy name. But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; therefore hast Thou brought wrath upon them, and hast slain them, and hast taken every man of them away. Bring more evils upon them, Lord; bring more evils upon them that are glorious upon the earth. O Lord, in trouble we remembered Thee; with small affliction was Thy chastening with us. And as a woman in travail draweth nigh to be delivered, and crieth out in her travail, so have we become in the presence of Thy beloved. We have conceived, O Lord, because of Thy fear, and have suffered pangs, and have brought forth the spirit of Thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth. We shall not fail, but all those that dwell upon the earth shall fail. The dead shall arise, and they that are in the tomb shall awake, and they that are upon the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which Thou sendest is healing unto them; but the land of the ungodly shall perish. Go, my people, enter into thine inner chamber, shut thy door, hide thyself for a little season [during the Great Tribulation, hidden in mountains and dens and caves of the earth - there is NO secret rapture which is only an heretical apostate Lurianic Talmudic Judaic doctrine], until the anger of the Lord shall pass away.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

And see: The Abomination of Desolation

Note in the below that this is a description of the evil that precedes the Antichrist who is the Abomination of Desolation. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ then comes after the reign of Antichrist has proceeded for a while. Antichrist, his reign and the False Prophet and all their followers are then destroyed by the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ from heaven with all His elect Angels and sent to hell forever. The saints will then reign with Our Lord Jesus Christ at their head on earth forever.

Palestine, which is properly the Holy Land for in it walked God in the flesh, Jesus Christ, and there He allowed Himself to be sacrificed for the salvation of those who profess Him from the heart and with the mouth, is a miniature of all the evil that has come upon the earth and there will the final evil be concentrated in its fullness and rule from there for a short time.

From: The Abomination of Desolation

Writing in the second century, St. Hippolytus wrote the following about the evil that will abound before the coming of Antichrist:

The temples of God will be like houses, and there will be overturnings of the churches everywhere. The Scriptures will be despised, and everywhere they will sing the songs of the adversary. Fornications, and adulteries, and perjuries will fill the land; sorceries, and incantations, and divinations will follow after these with all force and zeal. And, on the whole, from among those who profess to be Christians will rise up then false prophets, false apostles, impostors, mischief-makers, evil-doers, liars against each other, adulterers, fornicators, robbers, grasping, perjured, mendacious, hating each other. The shepherds will be like wolves; the priests will embrace falsehood; the monks will lust after the things of the world; the rich will assume hardness of heart; the rulers will not help the poor; the powerful will cast off all pity; the judges will remove justice from the just, and, blinded with bribes, they will call in unrighteousness.

St. Hippolytus of Rome, Treatise on the end of the world and on Antichrist

Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

"Consummation of the world," - the end of this age of grace and the beginning of the eternal ages with Christ reigning visibly. This is the end of the eschaton and the beginning of the eternal recreated heavens and the earth and will begin when Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ returns from heaven in the same flesh He rose with and ascended into the third heaven with, seated at the right hand of the Father. His return will be with all of His elect angels. He will raise and judge all men in the flesh and then recreate the heavens and the earth, which in that state will last that way for eternity. There will NOT be any sin in the new heavens and earth, so prepare now by confessing the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and be baptized as commanded above and shown how to baptize below and live Holy and Godly lives in sincerity and humility and meekness waiting for the Lord when He returns so that we are not like the five foolish virgins but are like the five wise virgins.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Totally reject Dajjal and instead Come to Christ and receive the water of life

The Muhammad of the Almighty Triune God of The Final Trial would not stand in the way of Muslims coming to Our Lord Jesus Christ and being baptized in Him as the Injeel commands. The Mohammed of Ahmadiyya is the same as the Mohammot of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah and both are antichrists and contradict the clear commands of God in the Injeel and Taurat and Quran.

Noble Quran

003.045 Behold! the angels said: "O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and of (held in honor by the company of the prophets and saints) those nearest to God;

003.046 "He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (adhered to by the company) of the righteous."

003.047 She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: God createth what He willeth: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!

003.048 "And God will teach him [Jesus Christ] the Book [alkitaba = all sacred writing from God Most High] and Wisdom [hikma = sophia = uncreated wisdom of God one with His Holy Spirit], the Law [Taurat fulfilled in the Gospel of Jesus Christ] and the Gospel [of Jesus Christ],"

As the Word of God Jesus Christ willed to learn in His Incarnation what He already possessed and knew prior to His Incarnation as part of His kenosis (emptying out of Himself and taking upon Himself our nature while in no way losing anything of what He already was as God by nature and Son of God as the Second Person of the undivided Trinity) and as an example to us of how we in humility must follow God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Baptism

The Final Trial: Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

Traditional Catholic Prayers: Baptism

MATTHEW 28

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.

1 And *in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week,

18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

19 *Going, therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

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1: A.D. 30.; Mark xvi. 1.; John xx. 1.

19: Mark xvi. 15.

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Method of Baptism

From the Didache (49 A.D. Council of Jerusalem):

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism.

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize the one to be baptized into Jesus Christ in "the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit," in running water. But if you have no running water, baptize into other water [still water]; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head onto the one to be baptized saying at that time "in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." But before the baptism, if possible, let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized [when there is time] to fast one or two days before.

Baptism can and should always be performed immediately when there is danger of death of the one to be baptized. For instance, impending martyrdom or possible death causing illness.

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See this for why Jesus Christ must be confessed as the Holy Word and Son of God: The Final Trial: Mary - revered by both Christians and Muslims as the vessel through whom God made the Word, Jesus Christ, Incarnate

The Muslim feast of Eid only commemorates the typological sacrifice by Abraham of Issac. That prefigured the final and only Supreme Sacrifice of Jesus Christ on His Most Holy Cross. It is only by the Sacrifice of Christ on His Cross that we are saved. Jesus Christ commanded, not suggested, that we be baptized; echoing the rest of the Church Fathers, St. Augustine noted that if someone could not be baptized even though they wanted it and did everything they could to be baptized in the water in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, then their confession of faith is enough for their salvation. But no where are we allowed to refuse baptism.

All Muslims and everyone who will, are invited and encouraged to come to the water of life now and be baptized in the water and in the Spirit in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit and receive Communion.

For Noah and Abraham as Prophecies of Baptism in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ see:

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Second Prophesy: Genesis 5: 32; 6; 7: 6: 11-14, 18-21, 23-24; 8: 1-3, 6-12, 15-21

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Third Prophesy: Genesis 22: 1-19

There is no evolution, to be baptized in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one must believe in the truth of literal Creation by God and no pantheistic syncretism with deistic design and the rest of pagan evolutionary theory.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The First Prophesy: Genesis 1: 1-31; 2: 1-2

And see the rest of the Baptismal Prophecies. They are a must.

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Fourth Prophesy: Exodus 14: 24-31; 15: 1

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Fifth Prophesy: Isaias 54: 17; 55: 1-11

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Sixth Prophesy: Baruch 3: 9-38

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Seventh Prophesy: Ezechiel 37: 1-14

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Eighth Prophesy: Isaias 4: 1-6

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Ninth Prophesy: Exodus 1-11

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Tenth Prophesy: Jonas 3: 1-10

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Eleventh Prophesy: Deuteronomy 31: 22-30

Traditional Catholic Prayers: THE TWELVE PROPHECIES - The Twelfth Prophesy: Daniel 3: 1-24

For all Jews wishing to convert sincerely from the heart to Jesus Christ now, here is a prayer based on the biblical Hebrew of the prophets of the Old Testament and the Septuagint Greek of the Old Testament and the New Testament and Arabic.

(The Arabic, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, means the same as God Almighty, or 'O Theos 'O Pantocrator, in Septuagint Greek.)

In the below “Dam (Blood) Kadosh (Holy) bet Yeshua ha Maschiach (Jesus Christ) kanawn anawim (have mercy on Your faithful [those who turn to God by the shed Blood of Christ on Calvary])” is asking for God's forgiveness by the shed Holy Blood of Christ – which is the only forgiveness there is from God for sin.

Go here: Jews called in Christ: Begun in 2002, judged illegal 2004, Israel’s apartheid wall goes on regardless | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

And then be baptized in Christ - see above: Baptism.

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Palestine Cry: The Justice of God: Parousia of Jesus Christ Our Lord: The BROAD way to hell - forever.

The Final Trial: The Final Trial: The Truth: The coming of the Antichrist, ad-Dajjal

The Illuminati: Mani and Manichaeism - blasphemous heresy

The Illuminati: Bahai - The Illuminati - Masonic Colonialism of the Holy Land

The Illuminati: Gnosticism, Occult, Masonry, Sabbateanism, Frankist--followers of Jacob Frank, Illuminati, Rosicrucianism and Mormonism are all rooted in and intertwined in the same Diabolic paganism

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: The Holy War - The Review of Religions

Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: 18 Temple Benedictions: 6 + 6 + 6 = Temple of the Antichrist

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

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EU: Conference to Discuss Support to Arab Israel

Pic. Credit: EU

Sikkuy, the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equality, and Injaz, the Center for Professional Arab Local Governance, are organizing a conference marking the publication of the new policy research “Funding and Income Sources for Arab Local Authorities” on 18 March 2014 at Nazareth, Israel.

The conference will be opened at 10 a.m. by the Head of the EU Delegation to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen.

Sikkuy is a shared organization of Jewish and Arab citizens, working to implement full equality on all levels between the Arab Palestinian and Jewish citizens of Israel. Founded in 1991, Sikkuy works with the government, local authorities, and the public to achieve far-reaching change in government policy towards Arab citizens.

Injaz Center is taking action to participate in the development of Arab local governance consisting of proper management components, including high-quality local councils and municipalities. The Center views the local authorities as the lever for social-economic development, based on the principles of democracy and transparency regarding decision-making and applying them on the municipal level, allowing the public to participate in establishing policy regarding municipal development and growth.

Injaz Center is taking action to participate in the development of Arab local governance consisting of proper management components, including high-quality local councils and municipalities. The Center views the local authorities as the lever for social-economic development, based on the principles of democracy and transparency regarding decision-making and applying them on the municipal level, allowing the public to participate in establishing policy regarding municipal development and growth. Programme of the conference. Source: EU.

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Is The USA Flooding Iran With Narcotics? Video

On the sidelines of the 57th Session UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs at the UNOV, H.E.Mr. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Minister of Interior and Head of the Drug Control Headquarters of Iran, held a press conference at the Iranian Mission in Jaurèsgasse in the third district of Vienna.

From the beginning of the event it became obvious that the chosen people who own and control of the media have succeeded in preventing journalists from attending the interesting press conference of the minister as a further measure to marginalize Iran but also to avoid the USA the embarrassment that the uncomfortable truths that the minister revealed about the supposedly “anti-drug” stance of the USA, facts which are missing from the yearly spectacle organized by the UN and aimed at the reduction of the spread of narcotic drugs.

The representatives of the member states of the UNODC who attend these yearly meetings as well as the national authorities who send them know very well who is involved in the narcotics trade, worldwide. The members of the UNODC know at national level and also at level of the institution UNODC who sets the crops from which the base components of narcotics are extracted, who harvests them, who processes them, who sells other precursor chemicals needed to process and refine the raw substances into market-ready drugs, and who markets them.

At each step of the industrial chain between the peasant in Afghanistan and the consumer in Europe or the USA, the people in the narcotics trade are known. Those who protect them are known as well as the people who help derail legal prosecution at all levels are also known. What is seldom or never said in the “polite” company typically found at UN meetings and among diplomats, certainly not system media, is that narcotics traffic is aided and abetted by the US and British military and spy organizations and by israel, the proceeds of narcotics traffic are laundered mainly through israel-connected banks located in London and New York.

That the US military in Afghanistan is protecting narcotics crops rather than eradicating them has been documented by Americans and the UNODC itself, see here. and here and here

I asked the minister about the Americans, their relationship to drug trafficking and how this influenced Iran. My question was: How has the presence of the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan influenced the drugs problem in your country, and how cooperative are they in helping to solve this problem?

Minister Fazli answered ”Prior to their presence, the production of drugs was less than 200 tons per year, right now (March 2014) the production is over 5000 tons per year, and they have never cooperated, in seizures or other measures to combat the drugs”.

On last March 10, Mr. Yury Fedotov, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told reporters before the start of the current meeting in Vienna on global efforts to combat narcotics drugs, that Iran takes a very active role to fight against illicit drugs.

He stated: “In 2012, Iran seized 388 tonnes of opium, the equivalent of 72 percent of all such seizures around the world.” And described Iran’s effort as “very impressive.” But Mr. Fedotov immediately started criticizing the Iranians: “But on the other side, while Iran takes a very active role to fight against illicit drugs, the Vienna-based agency opposes the death penalty and I will raise the issue again with Iranian officials later this week.“ meaning the executions in the Iran of about 40 people convicted of crimes related to drug trafficking.

I also asked Minister Fazli about the allegations about executions in the Iran to the people convicted of drugs-related crimes by certain “human rights” organizations which Mr. Fedotov mentioned.

In his answer, Minister Fazli made it clear that each country has its own juridical system and laws and that the conditions under which each country operates are different. The minister also made it clear that these were not the figurative chicken thieves caught red-handed, but that these drug traffickers were armed, had access to lawyers and were involved in other crimes besides drugs trafficking. Mentioned were rape, murder, money laundering, armed confrontations with law enforcement and support for terrorist activities.

The minister stated that in total over 3700 law enforcement personnel had lost their lives combating narcotics contraband, 15 during the last few months. When adding the big quantities of drugs the country has confiscated to the equation, the harsh way how Iran deals with drugs traffickers becomes understandable and Mr. Fedotov relaying criticism from “human rights” groups gets a strange tinge. And there is another dimension of smuggling the amounts of narcotics mentioned through Iran, which nobody has mentioned: the israeli military systematically flooded Palestine with all kinds of narcotic drugs in order to destroy generation after generation of young people. They’d give narcotics very cheap to Palestinian dealers and protect them from harm and in this way succeeded in depopulating parts of many towns, as the Palestinians who lived in these parts would move away due to the troubles and crime caused by the dealers and addicts.

Taking in account the demonstrated ill will of the Americans, who according to Minister Fazli have never cooperated in interdiction of narcotics contraband, as well as the documented destruction of communities in the USA itself on part of the US government by flooding them with cheap drugs, it would not be far fetched to suspect the Americans of organizing the massive smuggling of drugs into and through Iran as a way of systematically destroying the country without actually invading it. This should certainly be addressed at future meetings of the UNODC and also by the “human rights” organizations who find it outrageous that violent narcotics smugglers are executed but at the same time seem to never find fault in the crimes against humanity and other atrocities perpetrated by zion and its friends.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

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Government of Syria to Attend Next Round of Geneva Talks

كلمة ورد وغطاها, مصر لم تعد دولة عظمى أو قلب الأمة العربية منذ رحيل عبد الناصر
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A new round of peace talks between the warring parties in Syria will start on 10 February at the United Nations offices in Geneva. The face to face negotiations are aimed at ending the three year conflict that has claimed over 100,000 lives and left millions of Syrians displaced or under siege.

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service, confirmed the news on Friday. She said: “We have received the composition of the delegation of the government and we are still waiting for the composition of the delegation of the opposition. But both are coming and we will start on Monday morning. We expect to work the whole week and we will see how it goes.”

Meanwhile, the UN Secretary-General released a statement through his Spokesperson on Thursday, appealing to all sides to reduce the levels of violence and focus on a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

إنتهاء فعاليات مؤتمر حول سوريا في فيينا بمشاركة السفارة الأمريكية

انهى معهد دراسات الشرق الأدنى في جامعة فيينا, ومبادرة بحوث الإرهاب في جامعة ماساتشوستس، فرع ولاية ويل, وهي أحد فروع جامعة ماساتشوستس, الأمريكية المكونة من خمسة مقرات موزعة على مدن ولاية ماساتشوستس في أمريكا, مؤتمرهم المتعلق بالصراع السوري وتعزيز المصالحة وآثارها على الأمن الدولي, الذي عقدت فعالياته في ستوديو أكاديمية الفنون الجميلة في جامعة فيينا يومي الخميس والجمعة من الأسبوع المنصرم. البقية على هذا الرابط

شارك في المؤتمر عدد من المتحدثين السوريين, وممثلين عن السفارة الأمريكية, ولفيف من الأكاديميين اليهود إلى جانب ممثلين عن المؤسسات الأكاديمية التي نظمت اللقاء

وناقش الحضور عددا من القضايا ذات العلاقة في الشأن السوري والصراع الدائر فيها, وألقى تظرة على سبل المصالحة ومستقبل الصراع في المنطقة وتأثيره على ألأمن الدولي؟؟؟

وفي نهاية اللقاء إستفسر ممثل السفارة الأمريكية ممن لقب نفسه بإسم “جوزيف” عددا من المشاركين في المؤتمر حول وجهة نظرهم فيه, وأكد لنا أحد الحضور قائلا: أن شخصا قدم نفسه إليه على أنه ممثل للسفارة الأمريكية في فيينا, وسأله حول وجهة نظره في المؤتمر

وأضاف المتحدث: أنه قال للمسؤول في السفارة ألأمريكية أنه ليس سوريا, أو عربيا ليدلي برأيه في هذا الخصوص

وقال: قلت له أنني نمساوي وانني لو كنت سوريا كنت سأوجه السؤال لنفسي, ماذا أفعل هنا بين هذا الحشد من اليهود والأميركيين ممن يقررون بشأن مستقبل بلدي، آخذا بعين الإعتبار التاريخ الحديث للمنطقة والتجربة الفلسطينية في الصراع؟؟؟

وقال المشارك, أن مسؤول السفارة إستاء من وجهة نظره وذهب في إتجاه آخر

هذا وعلمت مصادرنا أن المعهد قرر عقد مؤتمر جديد له في غضون الشهرين القادمين

جدير بالذكر أن صورا فوتغرافية من صور الصراع الدائر في سوريا عرضت عل جدرات القاعة التي عقد فيها المؤتمر

Friday, February 7, 2014

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Vienna: Conference On The Syrian Conflict

A conference under the title “The Syrian Conflict and the Promotion of Reconciliation and its Implications for International Security” will be held on 6 and 7 February 2014 at Studio Building of the Academy of Fine Arts at Vienna University. The conference has been organized by Institute for Near Eastern Studies at the University of Vienna and theTerrorism Research Initiative at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

The conference seeks to provide an array of Syrian political actors who are present and active in Vienna and abroad an opportunity to provide insight into the current conflict, its violent and non-violent manifestations, and prospects for future reconciliation. The conference will provide a neutral environment for the exchange of perspectives on the interconnected issues of the promotion of civil society, political cooperation, violence, and the implications for international politics and security.

The conference will also host an exhibition of contemporary Syrian artists, reflecting the war through their photographic artwork.

The agenda of the conference can be found as a (PDF file – Syria Conference 02_2014 Vienna), here.

Attendance to the conference is limited due to the small size of the facilities, so persons interested in attending are asked to write an Email to the organizers – address is in the PDF linked above.

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Thursday, November 28, 2013

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Protests Lead to Arrest of Journalists and Lawyers

لا للتصعيد بين الأخوة المصريين في النمسا, ورأب الصدع واجب وطني وأخلاقي

Tuesday – November, 26 2013 – 35 Egyptian activists were arrested by the Egyptian security forces during a peaceful protest organized by the “No to Military Trials for Civilians” movement outside of theShura Council in Cairo. The protesters were expressing their rejection against an article regulating military trials for civilians in the new constitution. The police used excessive force and tear gas against the peaceful protest, and they arrested dozens of activists who were participating in the protest demo, including journalists and lawyers.

In a related development, the Kasr Al-Nile Court for Misdemeanours today ordered the imprisonment for one month of activist Ayman Maher. He was fined EGP 50 and a bail of EGP 100 was imposed to suspend the ruling. The security forces arrested Maher during his participation in the second anniversary of the “Mohamed Mahmoud incidents”. He was accused of possessing and distributing the statements of the “Thuwar” front, what is deemed by the regime as incitement to subversion.

The names of the detainees during the protest demo are below.

Eman Ouf, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Peter Galal, Mona Saif, Rasha Azab, Nazli Hussein, Ahmed Ragab, Amr Adel, Ahmed Mohamed Abdel Monim, Abdel Hamid Mohamed, Ahmed Al-Demishiti, Mamdouh Gamal, Alyaa Ali Abdel Latif, Maha Mousa, Mohamed Sami Mokhtar, Ahmed Hossam Al-Attar, Nermine Hussein, Mohamed Hossam Al-Din, Hany Mahmoud Al-Gamal, Abdel Rahman Tareq, Mustafa Yousri, Osama Al-Hadi, Abdullah Gamal, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Abdel Rahman Atef, Mohamed Al-Refai, Mohamed Abdel Hakim, Noha Tareq, Abdel Rahman Sayyed, Mariam Ezzat, Ahmed Mohamed Nabil, Mohamed Hosni, Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Naglaa Ahmed Yousif, Madiha Al-Malwani, Mustafa Al-Marsafawi

Monday, November 25, 2013

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Corruption And Development

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The Fifth Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Panama City (25-29 November 2013)

Panama City – Vienna, 24 November – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) believes corruption is the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development around the world. Every year it is estimated by the World Bank that between US$20 to US$40 billion dollars are lost from developing countries due to corruption and bribery. But corruption does not just steal money from where it is needed the most; it leads to weak governance, which in turn fuels organized criminal networks and promotes crimes such as human trafficking, arms and migrant smuggling, counterfeiting and the trade in endangered species.

Rooting out corruption has become critical to the achievement of targets such as the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals and the post-2015 agenda with its focus on sustainable development goals. Fighting this scourge is also a major policy priority for development agencies and a rapidly increasing number of countries.

Identifying the challenges

Less prosperity: corruption stifles economic growth, undermines the rule of law, and squanders talent and precious resources. Where corruption is rife, companies are reluctant to invest as the costs of doing business are significantly higher. In corrupt countries which are
rich in natural resources, the population often does not benefit from this wealth. Ultimately, corruption prevents people, countries and businesses from fulfilling their potential.
Less respect for rights: corruption undermines democracy, governance and human rights by weakening State institutions that are the cornerstones of fair and equitable societies. Vote buying at election times harms the democratic process and justice is challenged when criminals are able to bribe with impunity.
Less provision of services: corruption diverts funds intended to provide essential services such as health care, education, clean water, sanitation and housing.
Less employment: when jobs are given not on merit, but through nepotism, opportunities are denied. Often for the poor, women and minorities, corruption means even less access to jobs. Additionally, as corruption discourages foreign investment, this leads to fewer employment opportunities.

The facts

• According to the World Health Organization, fraud and abuse in health care has been estimated to cost individual Governments between US$12 billion and US$23 billion every year.

• In 2012, 50 per cent of Afghan citizens paid a bribe while requesting a public service and the total cost of bribes paid to public officials amounted to US$3.9 billion (Corruption in Afghanistan: Recent Patterns and Trends, UNODC, 2013).

• The percentage of businesses in the Western Balkans experiencing bribery over a 12-month period: in Serbia: 17 per cent, in Albania: 15.7 per cent; while bribes paid by businesses in Croatia: 8.8 bribes per year and in Kosovo*: 7.7 bribes per year. The most expensive bribes are paid in Kosovo (average 1,787 EUR per bribe) and Serbia (average 935 EUR per bribe). (Business, Corruption and Crime in the western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise, UNODC, 2013)

• Migrants pay bribes at border crossings, transport corridors, and where police are encountered. Bribes range from between US$6.50 and US$260.23. Police may collect from employers based on a monthly, per head basis. (Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment, UNODC, 2013).

• Small and medium enterprises (SME’s) pay a much higher percentage of their annual revenues in bribes to public officials than large companies. (Corruption prevention to foster small and medium-sized enterprise development, UNODC/UNIDO, 2012).

UNODC: working towards viable solutions

Preventing and combating corruption requires a comprehensive approach, but only in a climate of transparency, accountability and participation by all members of society, is this possible. The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is an international pact to say no to corrupt practices. It covers four main areas: prevention; criminalization and law enforcement measures; international cooperation; and asset recovery. The Convention now has 168 States parties, and contains innovative and globally accepted anti-corruption standards applicable to both the public and private sectors.

UNODC also partners with the World Bank on the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR Initiative), which supports efforts to end safe havens for corrupt funds. StAR works closely with developing countries and financial centres to prevent the laundering of the proceeds of corruption and to facilitate more systematic and timely return of stolen assets.

UNODC also offers technical advice on anti-corruption, helps to build the capacity of countries to prevent and confront corruption, and supports the successful peer review mechanism regarding the implementation of UNCAC. Finally, UNODC is working closely with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN country teams, and in partnership with countries to prioritize anti-corruption activities.

The Private Sector

Companies need to take a zero-tolerance attitude towards corruption and put policies in place covering issues such as gifts, supply chains and whistleblowers, in order to promote a fair and just environment. Through their actions and attitudes towards corruption, the business community can promote fair competition by working together and supporting countries in developing and strengthening public anti-corruption infrastructure.

* All references to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).

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The Ugly Face of Egypt After The Military Coup

الوجه القبيح لمصر بعد الإنقلاب العسكري – جامعة الأزهر على طريق الهاوية تسير – والعدالة تحولت لدمية قبيحة في يد العسكر؟

The entire Egyptian society was shocked and dismayed to see Al-Azhar University students were sentenced to prison terms of 17 years and a fine of 64 thousand each, (about $ 92400) because of a peaceful protest against the dictator leader of Al Azhar. The students were tried for allegedly trying to break into their own university. Meanwhile, those who kill or torture people or threaten the public with deadly weapons are not brought to trial or even jailed.

The undersigned organizations are strongly condemn the verdict by Al Gamaleya court of misdemeanor in case no. 7332/2013 on 12 November 2013 to sentence 12 students at El Azhar university to 17 years in prison and a bail of LE 6400 (US $9292) for non-implementation of the sentence.

The students had last been arrested during their demonstrations in front of the Azhar chiefdom on 30 October while protesting the arrest of a number of their colleagues and to express their opposition to the current authority, which they consider illegitimate. During their protest, members of Azhar security attacked the students with knives, arrested a number of them and held them inside the Azhar chiefdom premises before handing them over to the El Gamaleya police. The police documented the incident and summoned the prosecution, which then interrogated the students inside the police station.

The undersigned organizations recognize that the arrest of the students and putting them to trial is a violation of the right to demonstration and freedom of expression. The harsh sentences and conditioning their release with payment of such a high bail is a violation of the right to a fair trial. The undersigned organizations also reiterate that demonstration and expression of opinion through peaceful means is a human right, which Egyptian authorities must respect and protect and that the current political conflict in Egypt should not be used as a pretext to violate the right of any person to a fair trial.

Based on the above, the undersigned organizations believe that the respective court was at fault in its impartial implementation of the law and supporting the freedom of individuals. Aside from the accusations made by the prosecution against those students, whether true or false, the court has dealt with cruelty against the sentenced students, by punishing them for all charges raised by the public prosecution, despite all the charges being related to their arrest during their protest in front of Al Azhar chiefdom. This is considered a flagrant violation of the provisions of the Egyptian penal code which obliges criminal courts, in the case of indivisible, multiple crimes for the same purpose, to consider them all one crime and sentence the maximum penalty for those crimes.

Also, the court ordered the students to pay a bail of LE 64000 as a condition to stop the execution of the sentence and their release until the time of appeal, scheduled for 4 February 2014. Only one student could afford to pay this sum, while the rest of the students are still in detention until now. This very high sum for a bail and the remote date set for the appeal, according to which the students will remain in prison, indicates a tendency to harass those students, raising the possibility of a vengeful nature of the verdict, politically motivated and totally unrelated to the necessary respect and indiscriminate enforcement of justice.

The undersigned organizations believe that the security-driven policy towards the students’ movement at the current time threatens the independence of the university and the future of students’ rights and freedoms in Egypt, and raises concerns regarding the imposition of a tight security grip on campus life. During previous months, university administrations have abandoned reacting to student breaches though the specified disciplinary punitive measures and decided it was easier to leave the students prey to the authority of the police, with no regard to the impact this may have on their educational career or its impact on the escalation of acts of violence inside universities as well as deepen the rapidly increasing societal split in view of the ongoing political conflict.

Finally, the undersigned organizations call upon Al Azhar University to fully bear its responsibility and to immediately intervene and pay the necessary bails to release the students sentenced in the above mentioned case. Otherwise its position would indicate approval of the detention of those students until the time of their appeal, a matter of grave consequence to their academic career.

To learn more about the cause, kindly watch this video from the Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression’s (AFTE) press conference in solidarity with El Azhar students.

Signed,

Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Nazra for Feminist Studies
Appropriate Communications Techniques for Development (ACT)
Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance
Hisham Mubarak Law Center
Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
Andalus Center for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies
El Nadeem Centre for psychological rehabilitation of victims of violence and torture

بدى الوجه القبيح لجمهورية مصر العربية الذي رسمه العسكر, يتشكل بوضوح ويخرج للعلن في صورة قبيحة مسيئة للبلاد ومسيرتها الديمقراطية التي خطت نحوها خطوات متعثرة في عهد الديكتاتور المخلوع حسني مبارك, وذلك في أعقاب المهزلة في الحكم الصادر بحق 12 من طلاب جامعة الأزهر ممن تظاهروا بأسلوب حضاري أما حرم الجامعة التي يدرسون فيها

محكمة جنح الجمالية, حكمت يوم 13 من الشهر الجاري بالسجن بحق الطلبة المعتقلين عشوائيا (سبعة عشر عامًا وكفالة مالية تزيد 64 ألف جنيه؟؟) الأمر الذي هز مقولة نزاهة العدالة وأعاد مصر إلى عصور الظلام والديكتاتورية التي لم تعرفها عهود الأحتلال أو حتى في عصور الإنحطاط الحجري

مؤسسة حرية الفكر والتعبير، نظمت يوم أمس الاثنين، مؤتمرًا صحفيًا للتضامن مع طلاب الأزهر المحكوم عليهم بالسجن سبعة عشر عامًا وكفالة 64 ألف جنيه لإيقاف التنفيذ لحين الاستئناف، حيث كانت الأحكام بالحبس لمدة ٣ سنوات و٣٠ ألف جنيه كفالة لكل منهم في تهمة التجمهر، وفي تهمة البلطجة حبس ٣ سنوات وكفالة ٣٠ ألف جنيه، وتهمة التعدي على موظفين عموميين بالحبس ٣ سنوات وكفالة ألف جنيه لكل منهم، أما بالنسبة لتهمة إتلاف الممتلكات العامة حبس ٣ سنوات وكفالة ألف جنيه، وتهمة إتلاف الممتلكات الخاصة حبس سنتين وكفالة ألف جنيه، وتهمة حيازة أدوات تستعمل في الاعتداء على الأشخاص ٣ سنوات وكفالة ألف جنيه

وقال أحمد عزت، مدير الوحدة القانونية بمؤسسة حرية الفكر والتعبير، إن الشرطة زعمت اعتداء الطلاب على الموظفين ومبنى مشيخة الأزهر، خلال مظاهرة في 30 أكتوبر الماضي، ولا توجد في الأحراز أي أسلحة أو قنابل مولوتوف، بينما كانت عبارة عن “مجموعة من الأدوية، وزجاجات الخل، وأقنعة واقية من الغاز المسيل للدموع”، أي أن الأحراز التي قدمتها الشرطة تدل أن الطلاب كانوا يعبرون عن آرائهم بشكل سلمي، بالإضافة إلى القبض على الطلاب وقع بشكل عشوائي

وأضاف مدير الوحدة القانونية بالمؤسسة أن الأحكام في مثل هذه القضايا التي تتعدد فيها الاتهامات، لا تقبل التجزئة، وأشد عقوبة يمكن توقعها من المحكمة هي 3 سنوات على تهمة التجمهر، وتضمن الحكم مبلغ ضخم للكفالة (64 ألف جنيه لكل طالب)، يثبت أن الحكم القضائي مُسيس وبدافع الانتقام، وتعجيز الطلاب عن دفع هذه المبالغ الباهظة، ومن ثم عدم تمكنهم من حضور الامتحانات

وشدد «عزت» قائلًا كان ينبغي على القاضي التأني قبل إصدار حكم على الطلاب بهذه الرعونة الشديدة وبدون دراسة كافية، بدلًا من إصداره الحكم في الجلسة الأولى للمحاكمة، فهذا الحكم مؤشر خطير على عدم تحقيق العدالة وإهدار قيم القانون. كما أنه دليل على أن الجامعة لم تطبق على طلابها اللوائح الجامعية والتأديبية وتركتهم فريسة سهلة للشرطة، مما يوضح أن الجامعة في الآونة الأخيرة باتت تستخدم سياسة في غاية السوء، تؤدي إلى زيادة العنف والاحتقان وإهدار مبدأ استقلال الجامعات

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