Why?
Rogel @ August 2, 2007 # No Comment Yet
For god sake, why should they have done that? And why the extra brutality?
Egyptian soldiers killed four Sudanese refugees, beating two to death in front of horrified Israeli soldiers, an Israeli TV station reported Thursday, screening what it said was army surveillance video and interviews with the soldiers.
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Israeli soldiers were sent to the scene to […]
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Good deed
Rogel @ June 11, 2007 # No Comment Yet
In our next visit in Israel, when we will take our few relaxation days in Eilat we are going to stay in one of the Fattal chain hotels. We will do that not because the hotel we use to go to in the past isn’t good, it is an excellent hotel, or that we heard any recommendation on […]
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Lets expel some Israelis
Rogel @ May 16, 2007 # One Comment
Few years ago a good friend of mine that was than an Infantry battalion commander was injured after he was ambushed by Palestinians gunmen. When I came to visit him at the hospital I was surprise to find out that in the room near him was one of the Palestinians gunman who was injured as […]
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“Its time to put force on the table and use it now”
Rogel @ April 17, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Senator Biden’s suggestion to send troop to stop the genocide in Darfur, unilaterally if needed, is very good. Obviously the suggestion timing, and the fact that the clip was posted by the Senator’s campaign team, is focus more on the Senator’s presidential campaign than on the situation in Darfur. However this is to be expected, […]
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Never again?
Rogel @ April 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Today, the Holocaust Memorial Day , I find myself lack the ability to express my sadness that more than 60 years after the world discovered the horrors of the Nazi’s concentration camps and the genocide we are still facing similar pictures.
What more should happened to make us care?
Tags: Darfur North Korea China Holocaust […]
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Too busy
Rogel @ April 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Back on Thursday I wrote about the shameful role of the UN in protecting human rights, or actually avoiding from doing so. And than I saw this caricature that expressing basically the same criticism:
While I’m used to here most criticism about the UN focus on Israel from Israelis or Jewish organizations it is encouraging to […]
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Tear the UN decency mask
Rogel @ April 5, 2007 # 7 Comments
I have written numerous times about the genocide in Darfur, and I have joined my voice to organizations that called the UN to send peacekeeping forces. This was a mistake!
The UN, as organization, was a mistake from the day it was established. pretending to created a democratic institute that will prevent wars, or at […]
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Reminder
Rogel @ March 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Just a quick reminder for today’s demonstration to request the china to use its influence to stop the genocide in Darfur. The demonstration will take place:
Friday, March 30 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Across from the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations1st Avenue(between 35th and 36th sts.)New York, NY 10016
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It is time for Plan “B”
Rogel @ March 23, 2007 # One Comment
I just receive a newsletter from the Save Darfur Coalition that I want to share with you. The e-mail request to call the white house comment line today to urge the president to launch "Plan B," his tough, three-tiered plan to push Sudan to end the genocide, before more lives are lost in Darfur. […]
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Taking action
Rogel @ March 22, 2007 # 2 Comments
A dear friend send me an e-mail with details about a planned Amnesty USA demonstration next week at the Chinese Mission to the United Nations to request that China use its significant influence to pressure the Sudanese Government to protect Civilians in Darfur. The demonstration will take place:
Friday, March 30 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 […]
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