Merkel was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin before...

Merkel said she was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin before leaving the post of German Chancellor

In an interview with Der Spiegel, she said that the start of the special operation was not unexpected, because the Minsk agreements were destroyed.

“In the summer of 2021, after the meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin, I wanted to again create a separate European format for negotiations with Putin, together with Emmanuel Macron in the EU Council. Some objected to this, and I no longer had the strength to insist, because everyone thought about me: “She will leave in the fall,” Merkel said.

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 Merkel admitted that she was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin

The ex-Chancellor of Germany, in an interview with Spiegel, said that she was prevented from arranging a negotiation process with Moscow. According to Angela Merkel, the beginning of the SMO was expected and did not surprise her, the reason was, among other things, Kiev's failure to comply with the Minsk agreements.

“In the summer of 2021, after the meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin, I, together with Emmanuel Macron, once again wanted to establish an independent European format for discussions with Putin in the EU Council. Some objected, but I no longer had the power to move it forward. After all, everyone knew: 'she will leave this fall,'" the ex-chancellor admitted.

Merkel noted that in the event of her candidacy, she would continue to try to establish peace talks. But during her last visit to Moscow, the politician felt that her time in politics was over. The old approach, she said, would not resolve the issues of tensions in Ukraine, between Transnistria and Moldova, Georgia and Abkhazia, as well as conflicts in Syria and Libya.

Zelensky wants peace talks in a reality show format - Russia

Russia believes Ukraine is making a mockery of peace talks – RIA

Moscow suspects that Kiev wants to turn negotiations into “a TV show,” a source told the news agency

Ukraine wants to make a spectacle out of peace negotiations, instead of earnestly pursuing a diplomatic resolution to the current conflict, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, citing a Moscow source.

The report comes after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Wednesday that he would like to have negotiations with Russia in “a public format,” rather than behind closed doors.

“Russia has not changed the position that it is open to negotiations – unlike Kiev, which first requested [negotiations], then abandoned them, and now is ready to renew them but is putting forward inappropriate preconditions,” the source was quoted as saying.

“Kiev’s new idea of ‘public’ negotiations, which is an attempt to turn diplomacy into a TV show, proves the unseriousness of its intentions.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied on Thursday that the notion of public negotiations “doesn’t exist.”

“One thing is obvious: The Ukrainian side doesn’t want any talks,” he added.

source @NewResistance

'An Islamic View of the Christian World' By Shaikh Imran Hosein

Published on 18 Mar 2015 - This lecture restricts itself to establishing the foundation from the Qur'an for friendly ties between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in particular, but does not as yet address the subject of an alliance that is divinely-ordained. That will be addressed in the second recording Insha Allah. 

 This recording also offers a view concerning a Christian response to usury and to bogus paper money which can instantaneously electrify the entire world of Islam in a manner that would cause eternal dismay to our mutual enemies, and would significantly advance the cause of an alliance between Islam and RUM.

Israel’s Netanyahu hails Jonathan as Nigeria pulls last-minute surprise to block Palestinian UN resolution

Vote on the resolution:
China - y France - y Russian Federation - y Argentina (2014) - y Chad (2015) - y Chile (2015) - y Jordan (2015) - y Luxembourg (2014) - y

United States - n Australia (2014) - n

Lithuania (2015) - a United Kingdom - a Nigeria (2015) - a Republic of Korea (2014) - a Rwanda (2014) - a As of 1 Jan 2015, Rwanda, S. Korea, Australia and Luxemburg are gone, replaced by Venezuela, Angola and Malaysia and Spain. It would have carried, and the US would have been alone (11-1-3) and forced to veto. 

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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, praised President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday, after Nigeria pulled a last-minute surprise that helped thwart a resolution calling for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory by 2017.

The resolution, presented to the United Nations for approval, called for new talks based on territorial lines that existed before Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in 1967.
The proposal was the culmination of three months of campaigning by the Palestinians at the UN, and was backed by 22 envoys from Arab states.

The Palestinians required nine votes from 15 permanent and non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Nigeria is currently one the 10 non-permanent members, with its tenure expiring in 2015. Chad and Rwanda are the other African members.

But Palestine received eight votes, short of one, during the vote which took place 11pm Nigerian time.
The United States and Australia voted against the resolution, while Russia, China, France, Luxembourg, Jordan, Argentina, Chile and Chad voted for the resolution.

Nigeria, Britain, South Korea, Rwanda and Lithuania abstained.

Nigeria’s role stood out because until shortly before the vote, diplomats had expected the resolution to get nine “yes” votes, with Nigeria believed to be in support.

But at the last minute, Nigeria’s envoy, Joy Ogwu, abstained from voting, echoing the position of the United States that the ultimate path to peace between Israel and Palestine lies “in a negotiated solution”.

Regardless of whether Palestine received nine votes, the resolution still stood no chance as U.S. would have deployed its veto powers as a permanent member to block it.

But analysts believe the U.S. sought to avoid that scenario as it would have angered Arab allies who are currently supporting a US-led international coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS.

To save the U.S. from that awkward position, its Secretary of States, John Kerry, reached out to Nigeria to help block the move, the Times of Israel reported.

After the vote, U.S. envoy, Samantha Power, said “We voted against this resolution not because we are comfortable with the status quo. We voted against it because… peace must come from hard compromises that occur at the negotiating table.”

The Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, also said he personally spoke to President Jonathan and received his assurance of support.

“I would like to voice appreciation and thanks to the United States and Australia, and also special appreciation for the president of Rwanda, my friend Paul Kagame, and the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. I spoke with both of them. They told me and promised me, personally, that they would not support this resolution. They kept their word, and that’s what clinched this matter. I think this is very important for the state of Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu said.

Some Israeli media hailed the cordial relations between Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Netanyauhu, with the Times of Israel recalling how President Jonathan visited Israel during his last pilgrimage with a 20-member delegation, and how Mr. Netanyahu condoled with Nigeria after the Kano Mosque blast that killed more than 100 people.

Nigeria’s position on the complex Israel and Palestine issue has been that of neutrality for years, in the belief that any decision must be attained through negotiations.

Nigeria has maintained that policy in what analysts believe is informed by the government’s sensitivity to many factors including, not wanting to be seen as supporting Palestine’s Hamas, or opposing the United States.

A major factor also is the religious angle back home, with many Nigerian Muslims supporting Palestine, while there is also the Christianity affiliation between Nigeria and Israel.

Settlements in the West Banks for Israelis.

Published on 17 Jul 2014 | In West Bank land belonging to Palestinians are taken and turned into 'Settlement' or Colonies. Presented by :Anna Baltzer, a Jewish American with the International Women Peace Service (IWPS), who documents the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Israelis.

Peace in Palestine : Craziness by Einstein's definition?

America's Pro-Israel Special Middle East Envoy Resigns

Published on 27 Jun 2014 | Phyllis Bennis: Closely linked with the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, Martin Indyk was a key figure in the so-called peace process.

Australia removes ‘occupied’ from East Jerusalem

A Palestinian youth prays as Israeli policemen guard during 

Friday prayers in the Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood 

of Ras al-Amud. (File photo: Reuters)

AFP, Sydney Friday, 6 June 2014 Australia has decided to remove the term “occupied” when referring to East Jerusalem in a move blasted by an opposition party leader Friday as “inflammatory” and “at odds with the peace process.”

The issue flared in the upper house Senate this week with Attorney-General George Brandis issuing a statement to clarify Canberra’s stance on the controversial question of the legality of settler homes.

“The description of areas which are the subject of negotiations in the course of the peace process by reference to historical events is unhelpful,” he said in the statement Thursday.

“The description of East Jerusalem as ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem is a term freighted with pejorative implications which is neither appropriate nor useful.

“It should not and will not be the practice of the Australian government to describe areas of negotiation in such judgmental language.”

He added that Canberra supported a peaceful solution to the dispute “which recognizes the right of Israel to exist peacefully within secure borders and also recognizes the aspiration to statehood of the Palestinian people.”

Israel’s army seized the West Bank, including Arab east Jerusalem, in the Six-Day War of 1967.

It later annexed the entire eastern sector, in a move that has never been recognized by the international community.

Brandis sparked a heated debate on Wednesday evening in the Senate when he stated that no Australian government of either political persuasion “acknowledges or accepts” the use of the word “occupied.”

A number of senators disagreed, pointing out that Australia had voted in support of U.N. resolutions in 2011 and 2012 where such language was used to describe the East Jerusalem settlements.

Independent senator Nick Xenophon suggested that dropping the term “occupied” would represent a “massive shift” in Australia’s foreign policy, Australian Associated Press reported.

The leader of the Australian Greens Christine Milne Friday called it “an outrageous backdown” by the Tony Abbott-led government.

“It is inflammatory behavior and at odds with the peace process,” she said in a statement.

“The use of the term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ is the accepted term used by the U.N.

“The Israeli settlements built after 1967 are illegal. The settlements contravene the Fourth Geneva Convention.”

Last Update: Friday, 6 June 2014 KSA 09:38 - GMT 06:38 Original here

Ukraine - US &EU demoncracy?

America's "demoncracy"? What a load of bullshit? Shouldn't Ukraine have a referendum too? It's the Ukraine's Oligarch, the White House & EP calling the shots & making decision for the Ukrainians? Where do they place the consensus & will of Ukrainian - NO self-determination for them?

Published on 13 Mar 2014 | Secretary of State John Kerry warned that the U.S. and Europe would be forced to take "serious series of steps" against Russia if a referendum on Crime goes forward.

The Ukrainian Pendulum

The American soldiers are “military advisors”, ostensibly members of Blackwater private army (renamed Academi); a few hundred of them patrol Kiev while others try to suppress the revolt in Donetsk. Officially, they were invited by the new West-installed regime. They are the spearhead of the US invasion attempting to prop up the regime and break down all resistance. They have already bloodied their hands in Donetsk.

Besides, the Pentagon has doubled the number of US fighter jets on a NATO air patrol mission in the Baltics; the US air carrier entered the Black Sea, some US Marines reportedly landed in Lvov “as a part of pre-planned manoeuvres”.

The Russian soldiers ostensibly belong to the Russian Fleet, legally stationed in Crimea. They were in Crimea before the coup, in accordance with the Russian-Ukrainian treaty (like the US 5^th fleet in Kuwait), but their presence was probably beefed up. Additional Russian troops were invited in by deposed but legitimately elected President Yanukovych (compare this with the US landing on Haiti in support of the deposed President Aristide ). They help the local pro-Russian militia maintain order, and no one gets killed in the process. In addition, Russia brought its troops on alert and returned a few warships to the Black Sea.

from ICH more here 

Geneva 2 failed - Lebanon needs peace & stability!

Lebanon announces new coalition government | Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports from Beirut.

Published on 15 Feb 2014/Lebanon has announced its new government, ending almost eleven months of political deadlock. The cabinet involves rival factions, including Shia group Hezbollah and the Future Movement led by former Prime Minister Saad Harriri.

Among the top posts announced, former Energy Minister Gebran Bassil, from the March 8 bloc, becomes foreign minister. Former Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, also from March 8, takes the finance portfolio. Nouhad Machnouk, a March 14 legislator, was named interior minister. 

from haaretz More here <<

AJE reporting : Syria rivals declare impasse in peace talks

Published on 14 Feb 2014 | Talks aimed at finding a political solution to the fighting in Syria seem a long way off any kind of agreement. An attempt to get the US and Russia to use their influence to push things forward seems to have backfired. Al Jazeera's diplomatic editor James Bays reports from Geneva.

Geneva 2 on Syria? On

Syrian opposition picks interim government.

Published on 11 Nov 2013 | Members of the Syrian National Coalition, the main opposition group to Bashar al Assad, convened in Turkey and voted in a list of ministers for its interim govenment. The group said it will take part in proposed talks in Geneva - but re-stated that conditions must be met for it to do so. Al Jazeera's Anita McNaught reports from Istanbul.

Dim peace prospects for Syria : UN-Arab League envoy heads to Damascus.

Published on 28 Oct 2013 | The UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is on his way to Damascus for talks with the Syrian government. He is due to meet president Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. Brahimi is trying to build support for peace talks planned in Geneva next month, but the main rebel groups have refused to take part.