Following U.S. Footsteps, Israel May not Go to Durban
The Israeli Foreign Ministry
delegation originally scheduled to go to the anti-racism
conference in Durban Thursday, is still waiting for final word
of what the U.S. plans to do before deciding whether to
boycott the conference.
U.S. Endorses Israeli Assassinations, U.S. Arab Allies Say
Arab leaders and media sources
warned Tuesday that the Middle East violence had rocketed to
new heights after Israel's high-profile assassination of the
leader of a Palestine Liberation Organization faction,
pointing a finger at the United States.
Human Rights Groups Slam Moroccan Whistleblower's Sentence
Two Moroccan based human rights
organizations on Wednesday condemned the sentencing of former
Moroccan secret agent Ahmed Boukhari to one year's
imprisonment for writing bad checks , saying it was designed
to hide the truth about human rights abuses in the Arab Muslim
nation.
Protesters Lash
Out at IMF, World Bank
Activists planning mass protests
against the IMF and World Bank next month accused the two
institutions Tuesday of secretly plotting policies that hurt
the poor.