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skip to main|skip to sidebarUrShalim 06 October 2006An Urgent CallThe following call is from our fellow blogger Sophia at Les Politiques: Foreword:Because the US, the first power in the world, is an integral part of the Israeli-Arab conflict, siding with Israel no matter the circumstances, and even intiating wars in the middle east on behalf of Israel and asking Israel to do the same on ist behalf, it is becoming clear to everybody by now that the US is incapable of playing the role of a honest peace broker in the region. The EU was and is still absent from this scene trying to work out its internal divisions and to catch up on the USs hegemonic new role in the region and the world. The future is grim in the middle east. It is this context, I [Sophia] believe, that pushed the signatories of the following decalaration to unite in one voice calling for an immediate settlement. I [Sophia] am translating here their statement as published in French by le Monde. The list of the signatories is long (more than 140) and include, as you can notice, many personnalities from across the globe and the political spectra; ex head of states, ex prime ministers, ex ministers, ex ambassadors, etc... The text, which is my translation from French here, is also in English atthe site of the International Crisis Group who launched the initiative .Bringing the Israeli-Arab conflict to an end We are calling, as the middle east has been going through its worst crisis ever, for an urgent action from the international community to come up with a global settlement to the Israeli-Arab conflict. Except the extremists who prosper across the world stage by exploiting the rage generated by this conflict, we are all losing. Every passing day is taking away from us the perspective of a peaceful and durable solution. As long as this conflict will last, it will engender violence and instability in the region and beyond. [...] read the rest here... Posted by Bashir 8:43 AM 0 Comment(s) #160; #160;TrackbackCategoriesActivism,International Politics,War 04 October 2006Blog Round UpThis weeks roundup of Lebanese blogs for Global Voices Online:Lebanon: Men, Women and Post-War IssuesThe Lebanese blogosphere keeps growing day after day. Rampurple, who is a member of the Lebanese Blogger Forum and who maintains the Lebanese Aggregator in addition to her own blog states that the total number of Lebanese blogs in the aggregator have reached 287 so far. This makes the task of a round up of blogs even harder; nevertheless the following is a sampling of some of these blogs starting with the non political posts.Maya NYC and Ana Min Beirut are back with the male-female debate. Maya NYC started the deliberation like this:In the morning, the reflection in my bathroom mirror is just a façade. Itcarries nothing in it. Just shapes, colors, forms. I am not there. I am insomeone #8217;s mind, on someone #8217;s thoughts, in someone #8217;s heart. In someone #8217;s eyes.There are men that look you in the
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