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In 1994, Yale World Fellow Gidon Bromberg co-founded EcoPeace, a unique regional organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists to promote sustainable development and advance peace efforts in the troubled Middle East, and in 1997 led the entry of the organization into Friends of the Earth International. He has spearheaded the advocacy campaigns of the organization both in Israel and internationally and developed the cross border community peace building program "Good Water Neighbors" that is seen as a model for other programs in conflict areas. Bromberg speaks regularly on water, peace, and security issues, including at the UN Commission for Sustainable Development, the US House of Representatives, the European Parliament, and the UN High Level Panel on Security. He is a member of the EastWest Institute's International Task Force for Preventive Diplomacy. Bromberg was named an 'Environmental Hero' by TIME Magazine, and was, with his co-directors, awarded the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.
Showing posts with label middle east. Show all posts
Showing posts with label middle east. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Anger in Syria over crackdown - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
it's getting really bad in Syria.. check out this video. Reuters has reported over 38 deaths so far. And now the government has responded by bringing reform some include an increase in wage for all public sectors
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
too funny
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Ayman couldn't have done a better job.. fantastic!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Mubarak and decaf coffee - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Mubarak and decaf coffee - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
im not going to ramble on : but if you don't have time ill just quickly give you an overview :
talks about how the west decides who to partner with in the Middle East. love it bc it talks about their stupidity and how they always pick the wrong person ...well, wrong for the people of the region.
talks about how the west decides who to partner with in the Middle East. love it bc it talks about their stupidity and how they always pick the wrong person ...well, wrong for the people of the region.
So whats the end result ?... while they get what they want, more control and more money, we end up suffering. need i say more? u'll like reading this..
enjoy.
why generation Y are so cool :)
- We are strong willed and relish challenging work .
- we ditch the traditional and embrace the new.
- we thrive on creative expression, don't care about making $, but we care for meaningful work
- we listen to music , dress casually, and embrace creativity and independent thinking
Reclaiming a place for Iraqi youth | Mercy Corps
Sunday, February 27, 2011
the rebel of egypt
Wael Abbas is the most famous blogger in Egypt and apparently an award winning journalist ?.. oh and he's the face of GOOGLE in the middle east.. this guy's pretty legit stuff.. this is his blog :
Rebel With A Cause
Rebel With A Cause
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Update on Yemen's unrest
it's their 12th day and continuous shots have been fired at demonstrations in Sanaa.
Thousands of people have staged sit-ins in the cities of Ibb and Taiz, demanding the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh,
it's been confirmed that 7 employees of the parliament have resigned. GREAT NEWS ! A step in the right direction!
Yemen MPs resign over violence - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
Thousands of people have staged sit-ins in the cities of Ibb and Taiz, demanding the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh,
it's been confirmed that 7 employees of the parliament have resigned. GREAT NEWS ! A step in the right direction!
Yemen MPs resign over violence - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
The unrest of the arab region creates a domino effect, West bank next?
This is a great article i found on al Jazeera .. Iran's leader, Ahmedinejad asks "how can a ruler kill his own people?"
What a fantastic question! I look forward to him, as a ruler who does just that, to answer it.. and as for prime minister Netanyahu who too has criticized Qaddafi's violence must be blinded by his own hypocrisy.
Ahmedinejad oppresses his people and in the past has used violence as his approach to silence his people and how can anyone forget the worlds biggest humanitarian crisis, PALESTINE in which israel IS responsible for the war on gaza along with it's refusal to accept a peace deal, and continuous settlements being built in palestinian territories....
Is the West Bank next? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
What a fantastic question! I look forward to him, as a ruler who does just that, to answer it.. and as for prime minister Netanyahu who too has criticized Qaddafi's violence must be blinded by his own hypocrisy.
Ahmedinejad oppresses his people and in the past has used violence as his approach to silence his people and how can anyone forget the worlds biggest humanitarian crisis, PALESTINE in which israel IS responsible for the war on gaza along with it's refusal to accept a peace deal, and continuous settlements being built in palestinian territories....
Is the West Bank next? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
current events on Libya's unrest.
Live Blog - Libya Feb 22 | Al Jazeera Blogs
1
at 6pm Muammar Gaddafi gave a speech on Libyan State Television:
In his defiant speech, Gaddafi said he will "cleanse Libya house by house" if protesters did not surrender.
"will not leave Libya and will die a martyr. He criticised 'Arab media', saying it painted an insulting picture of Libyans."
" "when they are prosecuted they will be begging for mercy".
at 7.12pm: Gaddafi's speech finally finished. He gets his hand kissed by a loyalist and waves to what appears to be about half a dozen senior officers still listening. State TV now showing thousands of people cheering...
Libya gets suspended , from the Arab League
0.43pm: Disturbances rocking Libya have killed 300 people, including 58 soldiers, according to figures provided at the venue of a press conference to be given by Gaddafi's son, the AFP news agency reports.
10.00pm: Gaddafi spoke to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi via telephone, telling him that Libya is fine and the truth about events in the country are being shown on state media. he's delluisonal
10.30pm: After growing unrest and violent crackdowns in Libya, a group of hackers has launched a way navigate the censors and route information to those affected in the north African nation. Red more here
10.39pm: Saif Gaddafi gives a press conference in Tripoli.
John Kerry, a US politician, called the Libyan government's use of force "beyond dispicable". He called on Barack Obama to reconsider sanctions against Libya, and hops these were Gaddafi's last hours in power. also urges international community must send a message to Gaddafi that his "cowardly actions will have consequences".
DISGUSTING Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, says he has telephoned Muammar Gaddafi to express his solidarity with the embattled leader.
Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan minister of interior and army general is "Gaddafi's No.2" and he resigned.
he was interviewed on Al Arabiya. Here's a rough translation of some of his comments, provided by @SultanAlQassemi:
"the Libyan people have suffered too long. We have so much oil, the people could have lived as in a 5 star hotel.
Al Arabiya asks him: What happened? "There was a crowd of people outside my office, I was with my cousin. A bullet then went next to my right cheek, it hit my cousin who is in a very bad case now.Gaddafi, that dirty man, wanted to say that I was killed by protesters so that my tribe, the Obeidat, will stand by him."
The King of King's speech... Check out this analysis of Gaddafi's speech by Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior policy analyst. a chilling warning from Gaddafi as he reads from his copy of the Green Book.
Defiant Gaddafi vows to fight on - Africa - Al Jazeera English
1
at 6pm Muammar Gaddafi gave a speech on Libyan State Television:
In his defiant speech, Gaddafi said he will "cleanse Libya house by house" if protesters did not surrender.
"will not leave Libya and will die a martyr. He criticised 'Arab media', saying it painted an insulting picture of Libyans."
" "when they are prosecuted they will be begging for mercy".
at 7.12pm: Gaddafi's speech finally finished. He gets his hand kissed by a loyalist and waves to what appears to be about half a dozen senior officers still listening. State TV now showing thousands of people cheering...
Libya gets suspended , from the Arab League
0.43pm: Disturbances rocking Libya have killed 300 people, including 58 soldiers, according to figures provided at the venue of a press conference to be given by Gaddafi's son, the AFP news agency reports.
10.00pm: Gaddafi spoke to Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi via telephone, telling him that Libya is fine and the truth about events in the country are being shown on state media. he's delluisonal
10.30pm: After growing unrest and violent crackdowns in Libya, a group of hackers has launched a way navigate the censors and route information to those affected in the north African nation. Red more here
10.39pm: Saif Gaddafi gives a press conference in Tripoli.
John Kerry, a US politician, called the Libyan government's use of force "beyond dispicable". He called on Barack Obama to reconsider sanctions against Libya, and hops these were Gaddafi's last hours in power. also urges international community must send a message to Gaddafi that his "cowardly actions will have consequences".
DISGUSTING Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, says he has telephoned Muammar Gaddafi to express his solidarity with the embattled leader.
Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan minister of interior and army general is "Gaddafi's No.2" and he resigned.
he was interviewed on Al Arabiya. Here's a rough translation of some of his comments, provided by @SultanAlQassemi:
"the Libyan people have suffered too long. We have so much oil, the people could have lived as in a 5 star hotel.
Al Arabiya asks him: What happened? "There was a crowd of people outside my office, I was with my cousin. A bullet then went next to my right cheek, it hit my cousin who is in a very bad case now.Gaddafi, that dirty man, wanted to say that I was killed by protesters so that my tribe, the Obeidat, will stand by him."
The King of King's speech... Check out this analysis of Gaddafi's speech by Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior policy analyst. a chilling warning from Gaddafi as he reads from his copy of the Green Book.
Defiant Gaddafi vows to fight on - Africa - Al Jazeera English
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Egyptian Revolution on Twitter
this is really cool.. the video is composed of ppl that have tweeted and retweeted msgs during the first hr of mubaraks resignation..
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Hypocrisy knows no boundaries
It’s 2011 folks and by now, many of you should recognize and come to accept that a disease, driving millions into poverty and unemployment, is tormenting our world.
Fighting this infectious disease is not easy. It requires a lot of dedication, determination, and willpower.
Together we’ll fight it.
Look around you; isn’t every other country suffering from economic and social development crises. Why?
Simple. Corruption. Government corruption particularly has been the driving force behind all this. People in control live for it.
Corruption is worldwide and has taken the lives of many. It’s so widespread that it would take me till the end of tomorrow to list just a few examples.
Corruption stems from global capitalism. Our modern day capitalism is so susceptible that it resulted us in having a financial crisis, a rise in climate issues, Iraq, Afqghanistan, and a war we cannot get out of. But before I really begin, here’s a little about me to help you better understand where I’m coming from.
1. I love home; the United States.
2. I am a firm believer of universal human rights.
3. When appropriate I believe the U.S. should step in to stop atrocious human right violations.
4. I believe in sustainability.
5. I’m not fond of politics
6. I prefer to shop local and support small businesses.
7. I believe problems of the world are bc of globalization/capitalism.
8. The US should practice what it preaches.
That being said, let’s get back to how hypocrisy knows no boundaries.
The shamelessness of the U.S. government over it’s foreign polices is just one of many reminders of how much of a role hypocrisy plays in this government. Not to mention, the reassurance of where their real interests lay, capitalism not freedom or human rights.
Change is essential now more than ever. This cannot and should not be tolerated any longer. More and more people are falling victim of the tricks by our world leaders. While some countries have been successful in fighting against injustice others have not been so lucky. In many developing countries, the people turn to America hoping for change. Wait, America for change? What did I miss?
As if American democracy is any good.
You see, the biggest problem we face today is global capitalism. Because of this, we are beginning to recognize the hypocrisy of our governments.
Take for example the U.S. government. It rules on democratic policies but clearly that’s not been the case. In recent days, we have learned by the peoples’ revolution of Egypt and Tunisia, that the U.S. has forgotten it’s principal of freedom and democracy. It seems that even my very own government was a victim of deceit. The same government that advocates “human rights”, “democracy” and “Freedom” is shutting its eye on reality, blinding itself to it’s very own hypocrisy.
For many, this does not come as a surprise. The U.S. has long been known as a perpetrator of democracy whilst supporting dictatorship and governments that employ devastating tactics and injustice to its people.
What happened to freedom and human rights? Guantanamo bay and patriot act are clear violations of the constitution. What about our right to a transparent government, aren’t those leaks our right to read? So then why was the government so quick to dismiss wikileaks?
That’s because the greatest hypocrisy is within the U.S. government especially with foreign policies. They pretend to promote democracy and freedom but in reality they are destroying it.
As a society we have a moral duty to work cooperatively to overcome the disease that is slowly destroying our beautiful world. Survival is our strongest trait and as we have learned from the recent uprisings, people have power. As a matter of fact, they hold so much power that governments are so scared. So to all leaders of oppression, including my very own, the silencing of society, a strategy you once could rely on; will no longer be promising.
Fighting this infectious disease is not easy. It requires a lot of dedication, determination, and willpower.
Together we’ll fight it.
Look around you; isn’t every other country suffering from economic and social development crises. Why?
Simple. Corruption. Government corruption particularly has been the driving force behind all this. People in control live for it.
Corruption is worldwide and has taken the lives of many. It’s so widespread that it would take me till the end of tomorrow to list just a few examples.
Corruption stems from global capitalism. Our modern day capitalism is so susceptible that it resulted us in having a financial crisis, a rise in climate issues, Iraq, Afqghanistan, and a war we cannot get out of. But before I really begin, here’s a little about me to help you better understand where I’m coming from.
1. I love home; the United States.
2. I am a firm believer of universal human rights.
3. When appropriate I believe the U.S. should step in to stop atrocious human right violations.
4. I believe in sustainability.
5. I’m not fond of politics
6. I prefer to shop local and support small businesses.
7. I believe problems of the world are bc of globalization/capitalism.
8. The US should practice what it preaches.
That being said, let’s get back to how hypocrisy knows no boundaries.
The shamelessness of the U.S. government over it’s foreign polices is just one of many reminders of how much of a role hypocrisy plays in this government. Not to mention, the reassurance of where their real interests lay, capitalism not freedom or human rights.
Change is essential now more than ever. This cannot and should not be tolerated any longer. More and more people are falling victim of the tricks by our world leaders. While some countries have been successful in fighting against injustice others have not been so lucky. In many developing countries, the people turn to America hoping for change. Wait, America for change? What did I miss?
As if American democracy is any good.
You see, the biggest problem we face today is global capitalism. Because of this, we are beginning to recognize the hypocrisy of our governments.
Take for example the U.S. government. It rules on democratic policies but clearly that’s not been the case. In recent days, we have learned by the peoples’ revolution of Egypt and Tunisia, that the U.S. has forgotten it’s principal of freedom and democracy. It seems that even my very own government was a victim of deceit. The same government that advocates “human rights”, “democracy” and “Freedom” is shutting its eye on reality, blinding itself to it’s very own hypocrisy.
For many, this does not come as a surprise. The U.S. has long been known as a perpetrator of democracy whilst supporting dictatorship and governments that employ devastating tactics and injustice to its people.
What happened to freedom and human rights? Guantanamo bay and patriot act are clear violations of the constitution. What about our right to a transparent government, aren’t those leaks our right to read? So then why was the government so quick to dismiss wikileaks?
That’s because the greatest hypocrisy is within the U.S. government especially with foreign policies. They pretend to promote democracy and freedom but in reality they are destroying it.
As a society we have a moral duty to work cooperatively to overcome the disease that is slowly destroying our beautiful world. Survival is our strongest trait and as we have learned from the recent uprisings, people have power. As a matter of fact, they hold so much power that governments are so scared. So to all leaders of oppression, including my very own, the silencing of society, a strategy you once could rely on; will no longer be promising.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
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