HUMAN RIGTHS

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Comment by luisella valeri on January 9, 2009 at 11:32pm

Tree, you made perfectly a synthesis of Human Rights and put in light the Spirit back them. Bravo! We need few deep words.
We the People
Thanks for the esteem and respect, we have each other
Smiles Luisella

Comment by Tree Thunderchild on January 9, 2009 at 11:05pm

Luisella is wise one.
I seek not to follow those who teach of killing, abuse, absence of respect.
Those? I must learn to be just like them before they return equal respect.
Luisella? She speaks not "follow me" but "let US" grow in strength.
She does not seek to "take" but to "give" and one who I hold with high respect,
and respect others who would treat her with honor and respect.
I bow to her feet in front of all those who seek to be leaders.

"so we grow all toghether, we speak each us all toghether and we learn a new larger vision"

I behold the words of a WISE ONE !

She does not say 'follow me', but let us help each other grow.
She does not seek to be a leader, and so I hold her above those who do!
Tommy I also agree with the advise she offers you.

Tori, what you say is close but I would ask for a little different description so others who may read what you say do not 'mis'understand,
I do not wish to live "off" the land, but "with".
I do see you see wisdom of wolf as teacher.
Was giant who was gentle that, wise wolf.

5% I think are very aware they are hurting us and planet, but they honestly do not care.
Showing them caring to teach it to them, is what they are counting on.
Treating them with respect to try and teach them the value of it, is what they are counting on.
They learn to only return a small amount to keep others trying.

Tori Luisella is doing what you say about the native peoples of north America.
Each, the name of the tribe in their own language is.

"We the people"

What we do to earth we are doing to each other.
That 5% who claim they are of power, above others, take without giving.
And seek to have us follow and become just like them.
It is the same thing.
Should I steal? Then look to those who dont and show off, look at MY wealth!
You want wealth? Then STEAL, what is your problem that you dont?
Be it respect, or oil, or anything else. It is the illusion of power, not power.
Seeking to force, force respect, force from earth.
Why force?
My horse was violent to all other humans, but bowed down to my feet.
WHY?
I treated him with EQUAL respect. He just simply refused to accept, those trying to convince him, they deserved respect and he did not.
He saw same thing within me. I am a MAN and strong in that way, I do not bow to Luisellas feet as one of WEAKNESS, but one of POWER as is my horse doing with me.
Same thing, same reason.
HONOR.. those of honor. Respect, those of respect.
Give power to those who seek to give power.
Return it to the right place not the wrong one.

A man has power, I would not feel power if I raped a woman,
but if I treated her with honor and respect and PROTECTED her.
And she in turn (my wife) puts her self at my feet.
And for doing so I bow to hers and place her above all other woman and asked her to be my wife. Because she walks the path of honor and respect and I RETURN it.

If MAN is above all life here, POWERFUL,
Does he rape the world and boast of his POWER?
Or PROTECT IT, and find all life on earth bowing to his feet?

Horse, eagle, wolf, wife.... bow before me.
I do not CONTROL them. I RESPECT them.

I BOW BACK EQUALLY!.
As a MAN of POWER and RESPECT.

If I saw another, who had one such as these, bow before them,
And they did NOT bow back?
I would NOT bow to that person I would IGNORE them, and bow to the one who bowed down first!
I do not respect nor honor disrespect and dishonor.

A man of power does not STEAL it,
He uses it to give power to those who walk the path of honor and respect.
He does not rape earth, women, children, he PROTECTS them.
THAT is his job.

I bow to the feet of the 95% and serve THEM.
and turn my BACK on the 5% who would behave as if they deserve to be bowed to,
and would used use force on me to get,
what they can NEVER get.
My REAL respect.

To all my relations.
To all my friends, and all those of respect,
I honor and love you all, with all my heart!
I lend my power to you, and seek NO one by my follower!
But be my brothers and sisters and use what I may give to grow stronger,
TOGETHER as stronger INDIVIDUALS.

WE THE PEOPLE

Comment by Tori on January 9, 2009 at 4:55pm

Hello:

I also agree with Tree, I don't understand how 5% always wins. I myself have always thought that if we would have listened to indians, our world would not be so ugly now. Tree I admire you so much for living the way you do. HA HA I have always wanted to be a mountain woman. Living off the land and with the animals. I also had a wolf, Cisco, and he was gentle giant. Anyway, why can't the 5% realize that they are the ones that are hurting all of us. It is a circle of life and if we don't take care of planet earth and everything on it, it will all be gone.

God gave us this planet for a reason but it wasn't for us to destroy it.

Sending Lots of Hugs and Hope
Tori

Comment by luisella valeri on January 9, 2009 at 2:41pm

I agree with Tree. Why 95% is dependent from 5%?
I agree with Tommy: please, act you to have petition to sign, to have photos, to move people in an indignation movement to ask Human Rights.
Every we have to take one particular peace road and bring to all us to sign, etc., so we grow all toghether, we speak each us all toghether and we learn a new larger vision with new view points, growing in coscience.
Thanks to all.
Smiles
Luisella

Comment by Tree Thunderchild on January 9, 2009 at 12:01pm

Human rights.... still have a difficult time with that since at 51 I have lived more with other animals besides humans (both wild and used to being around humans) than I have with humans.
Would rather look at it as humane rights.
Still cant figure this out though....
From what I've seen,
95% of the humans on earth agree with basic humane rights (at least with each other).
around 5% dont.
And those 5% push for war, forced labor, control over civilians (people of peace)....
95% in favor of peace,
5% in favor of fighting/controling/ruling...

I dont understand why the 5% keeps staying in "control" to the extent they do all over this world.

I mean I do understand, that 5% has little issues with killing innocent people,
and the 95% would never consider doing that (which would make them, just as evil),
and that may have a whole lot to do with it, that much I do understand.
But still....
95% vs 5%
and the 5%, wins.....

Comment by sasko on January 8, 2009 at 10:26pm

Press conference by humanitarian, human rights organizations on gaza
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As the Security Council was preparing to resume its deliberations on the ongoing Gaza crisis, representatives of several humanitarian and human rights organizations called for immediate action to stop the fighting in Gaza and ensure respect for international law, full access to the population in need and lifting of the Israeli-imposed blockade this morning.



Speaking from New York, Gaza and Jerusalem at a Headquarters press conference were: Brenden Cox, Executive Director of Crisis Action; Michael Bailey, OXFAM International Spokesperson based in Jerusalem; Yazdan al Amawi, Team Leader, CARE; Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch; and Allyn Dhynes, Advocacy/Communications Manager of World Vision Jerusalem/West Bank/Gaza.



Opening the briefing, Mr. Cox said the purpose of the press conference was to stress the need for the Security Council to take action on the crisis, both from the humanitarian and human rights perspectives.



Presenting a detailed update, Mr. Al Amawi said that the humanitarian situation was very dire on the twelfth day of air strikes and ground operations by Israel, which had followed an 18-month blockade. Some 218 children and 85 women were among the 660 casualties of the conflict. “Women are really in a panic and we are all the time trying to establish any kind of humanitarian corridor to supply the people with the needed supplies and food.”



Various humanitarian organizations and international agencies on the ground had faced many challenges in their efforts to alleviate the suffering of the population, including displaced and injured people, he continued. While some supplies had been able to reach the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation was seriously exacerbated by the lack of equipment, medical supplies, access and safety. The lack of electricity, depleting food supplies and water shortages also represented serious problems.



Speaking from Jerusalem, Mr. Bailey of OXFAM added that since 20 June 2007, the Israeli authorities had only allowed a minimum of humanitarian aid into Gaza. As a result of the blockade, about 70,000 jobs had disappeared, leading to the freezing of the economy, closure of some 95 per cent of the factories and a 50 per cent unemployment rate. Every family in Gaza was hit by poverty, and some 80 per cent of them were dependent on food aid. As if it were not enough that 1.5 million people were being collectively punished for something they simply could not control -- Palestinian factions firing rockets at Israeli cities on the other side of the Gazan border -- the current “onslaught” had made the situation even more serious. However, the blockade and the weakening of the population had not achieved any of the stated aims of removing Hamas from control of Gaza or, indeed, impeding the rocket fire.



“When the ceasefire is achieved ‑- and we pray that it be today or tomorrow ‑- we need to see also a change in the policy and a lifting of the blockade”, he insisted, “because otherwise, we would just return the people of Gaza back into the situation of isolated dependency they have been in for the last 18 months.”



Focusing on the legal aspects of the conflict, Ms. Whitson of Human Rights Watch said that the closure of Gaza represented collective punishment, which was unlawful under international humanitarian law. Under international law, Gaza remained occupied territory, where the occupying forces, Israel, had the primary responsibility for providing food and medicine and securing the welfare of the population. Clearly, Israel was failing in its legal obligation. To that end, Egypt was complicit in the collective punishment of the Gaza population, enforcing the closure of the borders on its side. As for the recent fighting, Gaza was densely populated, and artillery attacks and aerial bombardments were not suitable there. Since the recent ground incursion, the death toll had nearly doubled, with some 40 per cent of the casualties being civilians, according to the most recent estimates.



Regarding yesterday’s attack on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school, she said that it was an example of civilians being exposed to great harm. Of course, the Israelis had said that there had been artillery fire from the vicinity of the school, but Human Rights Watch had spoken to witnesses on the ground, as well as UNRWA representatives, who had said that was not the case. Further, initially, Israel had focused its attacks on the police stations in Gaza. However, police were not combatants and could not represent legitimate targets, unless actively engaged in hostilities. It was Israel’s burden of proof to show that the police they had targeted were, indeed, Hamas militants. Instead, it appeared that Israel had targeted the police stations “on a blanket basis”.



Israel had also made clear that all Hamas entities, affiliates and sympathizers were subject to attack, she continued. In that regard, it was important to note that only combatants who were actively engaged in fighting were legitimate subjects of attack. Thus, a Hamas official at the Ministry of Health was not a legitimate target, and neither was a Hamas media broadcasting station.



Right now, all the international community had statements from Israeli officials that all they were doing was retaliating against Hamas rocket fire or attacks on their troops. Stressing the need to verify those claims, she said that pressure should be brought on Israel to allow access for those in a position to make an independent assessment of the situation on the ground. To see whether the rules of war were being respected, independent monitors and journalists should be allowed in Gaza.



Responding to a question, she said that Human Rights Watch was calling for respect for international humanitarian law. With regard to Hamas, that meant containing rocket attacks that were indiscriminate or targeted civilians. With regard to Israel, it meant cessation of indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas. Her organization also called for a Security Council-led international investigation into the violation of the rules of war, as well as recommendations for holding those responsible for such violations accountable.



“Without a ceasefire and full opening of the borders to let the humanitarian supplies to flow into Gaza, we will witness a humanitarian catastrophe, on top of the high levels of death and injury caused directly by the violence,” said Mr. Dhynes of World Vision. Children were the first victims, who needed the attention and protection of the international community. He urged the Security Council and Quartet to work tirelessly to develop a lasting ceasefire plan that could be implemented, monitored and supported. In the absence of such a joint agreement, he called on both sides to agree to a pause in the fighting, so that emergency medical supplies and other essential goods could be transported to Gaza. The international community and parties to the conflict should take seriously the rights of children and civilians to flee the conflict zones. He urged the Council to include the provisions to protect the rights of children in its resolution.



While welcoming the three-hour daily ceasefire, he also insisted that only a full ceasefire would allow for the crisis to be fully addressed. Responding to several questions in that regard, Mr. Al Amawi said that, while today’s three-hour cessation of fire had allowed humanitarian organizations to deliver “some more aid” to the needy people, the measure was certainly not adequate to respond to the needs of the ground. There had also been concerns about “the seriousness of this cessation”. Mr. Bailey added that he did not want the cessation to become a distraction from the need to achieve a complete ceasefire and allow proper humanitarian access to all the people in need.



Asked how civilians were identified in such a conflict, Ms. Whitson said that, while women and children under the age of 10 were generally considered civilians, in many cases witness information was sought to confirm that the casualties were not combatants. The task of identification was made easier by the fact that, in most cases, militants did not try to hide their participation in such organizations as Hamas. It was a point of pride, and militants were usually buried with special grave markings identifying them as martyrs. It was difficult, however, to determine if a person had died while engaged in fighting.



To another question, Mr. Cox said that some 20 to 30 aid agencies and other organizations had called on the European Union today to reconsider its association agreement with Israel, which was currently under negotiation. OXFAM’s Mr. Bailey added that the rationale behind that call was that it would be inconsistent for the European Union, which held human rights as an inviolable principle of all its agreements, to be in negotiations with Israel at a time when so much of its activities were “entirely inconsistent with the understanding of international humanitarian law and the application of human rights to civilians”.

Comment by sasko on January 8, 2009 at 10:21pm

Ban meets with Arab ministers to secure Israel-Hamas ceasefire
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is intensifying his diplomatic drive to secure a Gaza ceasefire, meeting with Arab foreign ministers in New York today to press for an end to hostilities by both Israel and Hamas while preparing to travel to Washington tomorrow for talks with United States President George W. Bush.
“I’m going to stress the importance of bringing this violent situation to an immediate halt, with the durable and permanent systems which can be respected fully by all the parties concerned,” he said of the upcoming meeting with Mr. Bush when asked at a press encounter about US “hindrance” to an effort by the Security Council on Saturday to issue a call for a ceasefire.

He told journalists today’s meeting with Arab leaders “provided an excellent and appropriate opportunity” to discuss how to bring “this violence to an immediate end and restore peace and stability in the region, and also a durable peace process which can be fully respected by the parties concerned in the region.

“We have agreed to work very closely so that the Security Council can take decisive and swift and credible action for a binding resolution to bring an immediate end to this crisis and also allow humanitarian assistance to be delivered by opening the crossings [from Israel into Gaza],” he added.

Earlier, in welcoming remarks at the meeting at UN Headquarters, he called on Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, the foreign ministers of Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and other Arab representatives to help ensure that Israel end its “clearly excessive” military assault and Hamas stop its “terribly counter-productive” and “completely unacceptable” rocket attacks.

“As leaders I believe we must do more,” he said. “Our task is to find fast and real solutions. It is regrettable that the call by the Security Council has not been heeded by the parties concerned. I believe that the Security Council should live up to its responsibilities under the UN charter and bring this crisis to an end and establish a durable, permanent peace in the region.”

After Israel launched a ground offensive into Gaza on Saturday in addition to its then week-old air attacks, the Council held a closed meeting but reached no formal agreement, although Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert of France, which holds the Council Presidency this month, said there were “strong convergences” to express concern at the stepped up violence and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

“As Secretary-General, I want to help facilitate a speedy and effective international consensus to end this violence,” Mr. Ban told the Arab leaders, adding that the UN is doing all it can to “feed and help the men, women and children of Gaza and ease their suffering in the midst of this frightening and dangerous ordeal.

“I am trying hard to use the moral authority of my office to bring an end to this trauma,” he said, voicing deep concern at “the terrible crisis unfolding before us…

“We must insist that Israel end its military assault, which is clearly excessive. We must insist that Hamas end immediately its rocket attacks, which are so terribly counter-productive, in addition to being completely unacceptable. There must be an immediate ceasefire, durable and fully respected by all.”

Gaza’s civilian population is “being subjected to a massive trauma that is not of their own making… I am also deeply worried about what the further escalation of this conflict could mean for stability in the region,” he added.

The foreign ministers present were Salaheddine al-Bashir of Jordan, Fawzi Salloukh of Lebanon, Abdel-Rahman Shalgam of Libya, Fassi Fihri of Morocco and Mhamad Husayen al-Shali of UAE. The UN permanent representatives of Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Syria and the Palestinian representative also participated.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is due in New York tomorrow as are the Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt to boost the diplomatic effort for a ceasefire.

Comment by luisella valeri on January 8, 2009 at 9:46pm

Tommy, all war is bad! Produce gear, power, body and mental disability, violence for long times, the Earth is full of weapons and the arm not only destroy where they go down, but all around...infects also Israel! Generally, at the stop of a war many people in a bigger area become to dye for cancer...
We don't wont war, we want stop them!

Comment by Fintan on January 8, 2009 at 9:12pm

"Hamass, who prey on the deperate and weak would have to find real jobs." Have you been watching ? Who seems to be preying on the weak from the air killing over 700 people ? Why have the UN had to evacuate their humanitarian aid to Gaza ? because of fear for their workers by the Israelis. Would you not call Israel extreme ? Have you any idea why Hamass started firing rockets into Israrel just before christmas ? Why won't they allow journalists in to report ? An eye for an eye isn't exactly the best term to use considering the overuse of hi tech and illegal weaponry being used on the side of Israel.

Haamass may be criminals but that doesn't mean that a dignified country like Isarel should ac ten times worse. And they say Hamass started this conflict. When in reality it was broken on the 17th of november by Israel when they raided Gaza, and killed two civilians.

Comment by Dylan Cook on January 8, 2009 at 8:13pm

What do people think of the war with Hamas?

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