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Gaza Crisis Talks Start, Hamas Seeks Say Over Border Alaa Shahine, MIFTAH 1/31/2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began crisis talks with Egypt on Wednesday about restoring order at the breached Gaza border, facing a challenge from his Hamas rivals for control of the frontier. Hamas Islamists, who seized control of Gaza in June after routing Abbas’s secular Fatah forces, blasted open the Egyptian border last week in defiance of an Israeli blockade, letting Gazans pour into Egypt to stock up on goods in short supply. Abbas, who met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and other officials, has already won U.S. , European and Arab backing to take control of the Rafah crossing, to the exclusion of Hamas. Hamas officials were also expected to meet Egyptian officials on Wednesday." We have international support," Abbas aide Yasser Abed Rabbo said. "Hamas should stay out of this." Shunned by the West for refusing to renounce violence against Israel after winning Palestinian elections two years ago, Hamas signaled it could prevent Egypt from re-sealing the border unless its own authority at the border was recognized. Abbas rules out deal with Hamas Al Jazeera 1/30/2008 Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has ruled out talking to Hamas unless the group meets certain conditions, including previous Gaza border arrangements. But Hamas, which governs the Palestinian enclave, has said it must have a role in the control of the Rafah crossingbetween Egypt and Gaza. Abbas met Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, and other officials in Cairo on Wednesday for crisis talks on restoring order at the border terminal. Separately, a number of Hamas officials, including Mahmoud al- Zahhar, Said Siyam and Hussam Abu Hashim, met Mubarak. ’End the coup’ "Hamas has to end its coup in Gaza, accept all international obligations, and accept holding early elections," Abbas said at a news conference after his meeting with Mubarak. Abbas tells Hamas to end ’coup’ Reuters, YNetNews 1/30/2008 Following talks with Mubarak in Egypt, Palestinian president tells reporters ’Hamas has to end its coup in Gaza, accept all international obligations, and accept holding early elections’ - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza". Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June after routing Abbas’ more secular Fatah forces, blasted open the Egyptian border last week in defiance of an Israeli blockade, letting Gazans pour into Egypt to stock up on goods in short supply. Abbas, who met Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and other officials in crisis talks in Egypt on restoring order at the frontier, has already won US, European and Arab backing to take control of the Rafah crossing, to the exclusion of Hamas. PA rejects unconditional dialogue as Hamas and Fatah leaders meet with Egyptian officials Ma’an News Agency 1/30/2008 Gaza – Ma’an – Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday reiterated the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) readiness to hold dialogue with Hamas, but only on condition that they retract their military takeover of the Gaza Strip, which the PA views as illegal. Abbas was speaking the journalists in Cairo after he met with the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday. Mubarak has recently called on Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo under Egyptian mediation and resume unconditional dialogue aimed at restoring Palestinian unity. Hamas accepted the Egyptian proposal for dialoge while the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority demanded that Hamas relinquish control of the Gaza Strip before beginning talks. "We are ready for dialogue with Hamas in case they recognize the international legitimacy and agree on early elections. IRAN: Ahmadinejad Caught Between Reformists and Hardliners Khody Akhavi, Inter Press Service 1/28/2008 WASHINGTON, Jan 28(IPS) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has garnered headlines around the world for his defiance of Washington, as well as his rhetorical grandstanding on Palestinian issues, the existence of Israel, and his government’s alleged support of Shiite militias in Iraq. Still, it appears that Iran’s upcoming parliamentary elections in March will be determined less by debates over the country’s foreign policy than by rising criticism of incompetence and economic mismanagement of conservatives and hardliners in the legislature and in the office of the president. "Ahmadinejad is in trouble, not only because his economic policies have not worked; he has managed to antagonise almost the entire Iranian elite because of his exclusivist management style," said Farideh Farhi, an independent researcher on Iran and political scientist at the University of Hawaii. Haniyah is willing to negotiate with Abbas and Egypt about a deal to run Rafah crossing Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 1/24/2008 The Hamas leader and deposed prime minister Isma’el Haniyah stated on Thursday he is willing to negotiate a deal to run the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and the Egyptian government. Haniyah’s statement came during an interview with the Qatari based aljazeera TV Arabic service. "Running things alone is an unsuccessful policy" Haniyah told aljazeera TV. The Hamas movement won the Palestinian legislative elections in 2006, shortly after Hamas formed a national unity government headed by Haniyah, in July 2007 after several months of bloody internal infighting with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah party; Hamas took total control of Gaza. Abbas fired Haniyah’s government and appointed Salam Fayyad and his government that was based in the West Bank while the Hamas government still controls the Gaza Strip. Gaza emergency Islamic Relief, ReliefWeb 1/24/2008 Background The humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories in general and in Gaza Strip in particular has continually and rapidly deteriorated since January 2006 when Hamas won the parliamentary elections and formed the new government. Since then, most direct financial aid to the Palestinian Authority was suspended. Israel also froze the transfer of custom tax revenues it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, depriving it from a major source of revenue. As a result, over 160,000 Palestinian civil servants have only been partially or irregularly paid, placing new strains on more than 79% of households. The international community stopped most funding after internal violence erupted in Gaza Strip in June 2007. These actions have resulted in shortages of food, medical and relief items, spare parts for critical health and water sanitation equipment, materials... Peek at an Agreement Gershon Baskin, MIFTAH 1/19/2008 President George W. Bush has given Israel and the Palestinian Authority until the end of his term to reach an agreement on the creation of a viable democratic Palestinian state that will live peace with Israel. The assumption is that the sides will negotiate in secret and will reach a declaration of principles which will then be brought to the electorate in Israel and Palestine - either through full elections or through referenda. The agreement will set down principles for permanent status and for the end of the conflict and a finality of all claims. The implementation of the declaration of principles will be based first on the full implementation of phase 1 of the road map (Palestinians dismantling the infrastructure of terrorism and Israel freezing all settlements and redeploying to the position held in September 2000), and then on the negotiations of a detailed agreement. Gaza is another issue that will have to be dealt with before an agreement could be implemented there. There are no more excuses Haaretz Editorial, Ha’aretz 1/17/2008 If Kadima is a party and not a mere accident of circumstances, if it plans to run again in the next elections, it must prove that it intends to fulfill the prime minister’s promises. If the prime minister cannot even keep his promise to evacuate settlement outposts, there would seem to be no reason for him to remain in his seat for so much as another day. To justify his claim that he ought to continue serving as prime minister even after the Winograd Committee publishes its final report, Ehud Olmert must prove that he, more than anyone else, can best advance the diplomatic negotiations. But meanwhile, he and Ehud Barak are competing between themselves over who can put off dismantling the outposts for longer. They are thereby sending a message of cowardice that has been received by the Palestinians, the Americans and, especially, the settlers. The Palestinian government calls upon Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 1/15/2008 The Palestinian government issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon condemning the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip and called on Israel to stop any military operations because it damages the Palestinian-Israeli ongoing talks. The statement was made after the Palestinian government headed by Dr Salam Fayyad met today in the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The government of Fayyad was appointed in late June 2007 by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when he fired the Hamas-led government in the same month. In January 2006 Hamas won the parliamentary elections and formed the Palestinian government. A power struggle between Fatah and Hamas emerged shortly after. In June 2007 Hamas took total control of the Gaza Strip and Fatah headed by President Abbas controlled the West Bank. On Tuesday morning Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded the eastern part of the Gaza Strip,... PLO Central Council urges UN to stop Israeli aggression Ma’an News Agency 1/15/2008 Bethlehem – Ma’an – The Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) concluded its two-day meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday night by calling on the larger PLO to stop Israeli aggression in the Palestinian territories and urging the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution in opposition to Israel’s attacks. The final statement of the "nationalist inalienable principles" meeting was read by Fatah spokesperson Ahmad Abdul-Rahman. The Central Council welcomed, during the session, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ call for resuming dialogue with Hamas and "turning a new page in intra-Palestinian relations." It also called on Hamas to respond "positively" and relinquish control of the Gaza Strip as a step towards dialogue. Abbas also called on Hamas to accept early elections under a proportional representation framework. Peres: Chance for talks will be lost if we wait till all sides ready Associated Press/Haaretz Service, Ha’aretz 1/14/2008 If intensive contact between Israel and the Palestinians is postponed until both sides are ready then the chance for progressive negotiations this year will be lost, President Shimon Peres said on Monday. "There is no point in waiting until both sides are ready for negotiations," Peres said, during a visit to the northern town of Yokne’am. "If we don’t work with vigor we are likely to miss an important year allowing for progress," the president added, pointing out that in addition to a change in U.S. leadership in 2009, both the Palestinians and Israeli could also expect elections in the near future. Meanwhile chief Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and former Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qureia, launched on Monday a series of intensive meetings meant to tackle the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. PLO Central Council to dissolve Palestinian Legislative Council; Ma’an News Agency 1/13/2008 PLC speaker: ’act is illegal’ - Gaza – Ma’an Exclusive – The Acting Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Ahmad Bahar, has condemned an announcement that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) plans to dissolve the PLC on Sunday. Bahar blasted the plan: "Who are the members of those councils who want to dissolve the PLC? They were clinically dead, and now they want to revive themselves at the expense of the Palestinian people and the elected PLC! They had been appointed without elections, and we do not know who appointed them." Constitutional concerns The Central Council of the PLO is meeting at 5:30pm local time on Sunday. It is expected that the Council will dissolve the Hamas-majority PLC, which is a part of the Palestinian Authority created by the Olso peace agreements. De facto government in Gaza: Bush came to gain support for the Republicans Ma’an News Agency 1/12/2008 Bethlehem – Ma’an – The spokesperson of the Hamas-run de facto government in the Gaza Strip, Tahir An-Nunu said on Friday that George Bush’s visit to the Middle East was intended to garner support the Republican Party in the US elections. He added that it was evident that Bush focused during the visit on the Israel’s security. Regarding Bush’s declarations about the establishment of a Palestinian state, An-Nunu pointed out that Bush promised to establish a Palestinian state seven years ago, and now he is talking about a state to be established after ten months. "During his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Bush said that settlement outposts are an obstacle to the peace process, while he called for keeping the larger settlements in the West Bank. This way, he wants to establish a Palestinian state without geographical contiguity, and without sovereignty," he added. MIDEAST: In Exclusion, Hamas Counts Mohammed Omer, Inter Press Service 1/10/2008 GAZA CITY, Jan 10(IPS) - As U.S. President George W. Bush began talks Thursday with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas supporters in Gaza were determined to make their absence count. Leaders from the Palestinian party Hamas that won the elections in Gaza two years back have inevitably not been invited to meet Bush. The U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist organisation. Hamas took control of Gaza by force from the Fatah party headed by Abbas in June last year, about a year and a half after it swept the polls in January 2006. As Hamas leaders and supporters see it, Bush’s talks with Abbas can count for little if they are kept out. And so with Abbas’s talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert just ahead of Bush’s visit. The visit is "no more than an attempt by Bush to boost his image before he leaves office," Dr. Thousands of Palestinians protest Bush’s visit in Gaza Ghassan Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 1/9/2008 The Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip organized a protest on Wednesday afternoon against Bush’s visit to Israel and Palestine that started today. According to Hamas sources, thousands have gathered in Gaza City raising flags and banners demanding that Bush stop supporting Israel and recognize the Palestinian National demands. On Tuesday a similar protest was organized by the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza in which around three thousand Islamic Jihad supporters chanted "Bush you are the Great Devil". Hamas officials told media sources that Bush should stop supporting the Israeli occupation and must recognize Palestinian Legitimacy. In 2006 Palestinian elections Hamas won and formed its government but President Bush and other European leaders refused to recognize it. Shortly after an internal power struggle between Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Fatah party... Hamas rejects Israel talks offer Al Jazeera 1/5/2008 Khaled Meshaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas, has said the group rejected a European offer for an indirect meeting with Israel to discuss an end to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a rally in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Friday to mark Hamas’ 20th anniversary, Meshaal said that "some Europeans have offered us to meet indirectly with [the] Israelis to discuss a truce and we told them no and one thousands nos". He did not say what European country made the offer. Meshaal also said he was ready to talk "unconditionally" with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. He said: "We are ready for an unconditional dialogue in which all issues will be discussed, including that of bringing forward elections. This Week In Palestine - Week 01 2008 Ghassan Bannoura - Audio Dept, International Middle East Media Center 1/4/2008 Click on Link to download or play MP3 file File 14. 6 MB || Time 16m 0s || This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www. IMEMC. org, for December 29th 2007, through January 4th, 2008. This week Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for early elections, and Israeli army attacks continue in the West Bank and the Gaza strip resulting in the deaths of 18 Palestinians, these stories and more coming up stay tuned. Nonviolent Resistance in West Bank Let’s begin our weekly report with the nonviolent actions in Bethlehem and Ramallah. Ramallah The inhabitants of Bil’in village, located near the central west bank city of Ramallah, conducted their weekly non violent demonstration against the illegal wall that is being constructed by Israel on the village land. Hamas ready for unconditional talks with Abbas Middle East Online 1/5/2008 DAMASCUS - The exiled political chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement reiterated in a Friday speech he was ready to talk unconditionally with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. "We are ready for an unconditional dialogue in which all issues will be discussed, including that of bringing forward elections. I say to the leaders of Fatah that our differences are political," Khaled Meshaal said, in a speech in Damascus on the 20th anniversary of the founding of Hamas. On Monday, Abbas said he wanted to "open a new page" with Hamas if it gave up control of the Gaza Strip, which it took forcibly in mid-June last year from forces loyal to the secular Palestinian president. The following day, senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar said the movement welcomed dialogue, but he adamantly rejected the conditions Abbas set for talks aimed at halting the factional struggle. Palestinian President wants early elections Rami Almeghari, International Middle East Media Center 1/1/2008 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas invited Monday all Palestinian parties including the rival Hamas to early elections, in a televised speech from the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas’s call is apparently meant to revive Palestinian politics, which has been marred by a violent Hamas-Fatah power struggle since December2006, when he first called for such elections. "I invite all parties for early elections and I call on Hamas to cede Gaza before any elections", Abbas was quoted as saying. Hamas , which has been in control of Gaza since June2006, has been refusing to hold electioconstitutional’. Hamas’s spokesperson, Fawzi Barhoum, told a press conference yesterday " Abbas is betting on the Zionists and Americans not on a dialogue". Abbas’s call this time is unlike previous ones, bearing a reconciliatory tone. Six reported killed in Gaza infighting Monday Saed Bannoura, International Middle East Media Center 1/1/2008 Late on Monday evening, clashes reportedly broke out between the rival Fateh and Hamas parties in the Gaza Strip. Some sources have reported as many as six dead in the evening gunbattles, with up to 30 wounded. Apparently the clashes broke out after Hamas banned a 34th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Fateh party. Hamas security forces reportedly raided a university in the morning, arresting Fateh supporters, and the Fateh leadership decided to cancel the planned gathering. Hamas and Fateh are the two major Palestinian parties -- Hamas was elected to power by the Palestinian people in democratic elections in January 2006, but Israel and the U.S. refused to recognize the government they formed. Instead, the U.S. and Israel called on the Fateh party, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to appoint a separate government.  Articles
IHT: Light through the wall Fida Qishta, International Solidarity Movement 1/30/2008 Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli soldier near Rafah in late June 2006. We have had little electricity, fuel, money, food or medicine since. We felt some hope last week, however, when Palestinians knocked down the wall that Israel built along Rafah’s border with Egypt, allowing us to escape our prison and cross to Egypt to buy essential goods. The Israeli Army has destroyed about 2,000 homes in Rafah in the last seven years. In January 2004 they demolished our home. My grandmother, aunt, uncles and cousins had gathered in our house because their homes had just been demolished. Gaza’s last gasp Sonja Karkar, Electronic Intifada 1/23/2008 By now, people watching their news programs around the world would have caught a glimpse of Gaza City in candle-lit darkness.A pretty sight indeed if it were not for the fact that most of the people in the Gaza Strip will have to depend on these candles as their only source of light now that the power plant servicing much of Gaza’s population has shut down completely. There is no fuel to keep the plant running because Israel has imposed a complete lock-down of this most densely populated place on earth.That means no movement in or out of the Gaza Strip for people, or any kind of shipments in of vital food, fuel supplies and medicines.It is more than a miserable existence: it is a slow death. This is the sixth day of Israel’s draconian action against a people already suffering from the punitive sanctions imposed on them after their democratic elections in January 2006 did not yield a result palatable to Israel and parts of the international community. Israel’s latest 24-hour reprieve to let in some supplies is not going to change the circumstances under which the Palestinians have had to live for the last two years.At most, these supplies will last two days.The Palestinians have been struggling to survive in conditions that reached emergency levels even before this latest siege. Hunger, poverty and unemployment are widespread and in this maximum-security prison surrounded by Israel’s military cordon, disease, malnutrition and anarchy are dangerously close to breaking out. This brutal siege of Gaza can only breed violence Karen Koning AbuZayd in Gaza City, The Guardian 1/22/2008 Gaza is on the threshold of becoming the first territory to be intentionally reduced to a state of abject destitution, with the knowledge, acquiescence and - some would say - encouragement of the international community. An international community that professes to uphold the inherent dignity of every human being must not allow this to happen. Across this tiny territory, 25 miles long and no more than 6 miles wide, a deep darkness descended at 8pm on January 21, as the lights went out for each of its 1.5 million Palestinian residents. A new hallmark of Palestinian suffering had been reached. There have been three turns of the screw on the people of Gaza, triggered in turn by the outcome of elections in January 2006, the assumption by Hamas of de facto control last June, and the Israeli decision in September to declare Gaza a "hostile territory". Each instance has prompted ever tighter restrictions on the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza. Each turn of the screw inflicts deeper indignity on ordinary Palestinians, breeding more resentment towards the outside world. The Death of the Stalinist Left in Palestine Randa Abu Naeem, Palestine Chronicle 1/14/2008 To understand the reasons behind the rapid deterioration of the Palestinian Left, especially following Hamas’ June 2007 take-over of the Gaza Strip, one needs to scrutinize the verbalized positions of its’ leaders. Interviews and media statements made by Abdul Rahim Malouh, Deputy Secretary General of the PFLP, following his release from Israeli prisons, indicates that the PFLP has chosen to support the right-wing within Fatah. Amazingly, this is also the position of the DFLP and the People’s Party, in spite of the pro-American agenda spouted and supported by Mahmoud Abbas and his cabal within Fatah. The U-turn taken by the Palestinian Left should not come as a surprise since it has historically expressed an undemocratic world-view, both in general and in relation to its’ Palestinian agenda in particular. This lack of democracy is, of course, the outcome of its Stalinist ideological orientation. As a result of this dominant orientation, both the People’s Party (which has recognized Israel since its inception) and the DFLP (which made the proposal that led to the interim solution later accepted by the PLO), could not accept the results of the January 2006 Palestinian elections. These elections, in fact, are the only non ethno-religious elections in the entire Middle East to date... In exclusion, Hamas counts Mohammed Omer, Electronic Intifada 1/11/2008 GAZA CITY, 10 January (IPS) - As US President George W. Bush began talks Thursday with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas supporters in Gaza were determined to make their absence count. Leaders from the Palestinian party Hamas that won the elections in Gaza two years back have inevitably not been invited to meet Bush. The US considers Hamas a terrorist organization. Hamas took control of Gaza by force from the Fatah party headed by Abbas in June last year, about a year and a half after it swept the polls in January 2006. As Hamas leaders and supporters see it, Bush’s talks with Abbas can count for little if they are kept out. And so with Abbas’s talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert just ahead of Bush’s visit. LinksAdalah Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is the first non-profit, non-sectarian Palestinian-run legal center in Israel. The main goal of Adalah’s work is to achieve equal rights and minority rights protections for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization: Addameer (conscience) is a Palestinian non-governmental, civil institution which focuses on human rights issues. Supports Palestinian prisoners, advocates for rights of political prisoners, works to end torture. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Amnesty International USA Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Arab Association for Human Rights - HRA The HRA was founded in 1988 to promote and protect the political, civil, economic, and cultural rights of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel and to further the domestic implementation of international human rights principles. It is an independent non-governmental organisation registered in Israel. Association for Civil Rights in Israel - ACRI The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was founded in 1972 as a non-political and independent body, with the goal of protecting human and civil rights in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control. B’tselem The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Occupation Prisoners News stories and reports about Palestinian prisoners from International Press Center, of the Palestinian National Authority’s State Information Service. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent legal body based in Gaza City dedicated to protecting human rights, promoting the rule of law, and upholding democratic principles in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Palestinian Prisoners Society The Palestinian Prisoner Society is a social and human institution and its members are prisoners inside prisons and released prisoners. Membership is open to every Palestinian prisoner inside and outside prisons who meets the conditions of membership. Physicians for Human Rights - Israel Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR-Israel) was established in 1988 as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and protecting the medical human rights of all residents of Israel and the Occupied Territories. Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - PCATI An independent human rights organization founded that monitors the implementation conditions in detention centers and continues the struggle against the use of torture in interrogation in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine The main collection contains the texts of current and historical United Nations material concerning the question of Palestine and other issues related to the Middle East situation and the search for peace. World Organisation Against Torture OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture,summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights. It has at its disposal a network, SOS Torture, consisting of some 240 non-governmental organisations which act as sources of information.
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