リビア国民によって晒し者にされ、殺害されたカダフィ(昨今の日本の報道ではカダフィーと発音されていますが、実際の発音はカダーフィ)。Democracy Now!のウェブサイトで、Human Rights Watch の見解が述べられています。。
>To talk more about the situation in Libya, we go to Sirte to speak with Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director for Human Rights Watch. "This is a very unfortunate way to start the first chapter of the new Libya, with this very brutal killing," Bouckaert says. "It certainly is already a stain on the record of the new Libya... Justice should be done in a courtroom and not by street mob rule."
長い間、放置して申し訳ありませんでした。10月、11月と二度に渡り中東を訪問、ものすごく忙しい毎日でした。エジプト、イスラエル、パレスティナと回りましたが、パレスティナに入った途端に戦争が勃発。私が率いるRock Of Asia の中東ツアーは大成功だったけど、罪のない民間人が無残に殺されている中、音楽を演奏するだけの自分に無力感が生じました。
イスラエル内務省報道官は、当局が、新たに、ラマト・ショロモ地区(東エルサレムの一部)の入植者住宅1500戸増設に「予備的認可を与えた」と述べた。イスラエルは、先に、東エルサレムとマアレ・アドミーム入植地の中間にある「E1地区」に入植地住宅建設を許可、EU諸国などから強く非難されている。
(12/17 Maan News)
-But the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and justice must also be recognized. Put yourself in their shoes – look at the world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day.
It is not just when settler violence against Palestinians goes unpunished. It is not right to prevent Palestinians from farming their lands; to restrict a student’s ability to move around the West Bank; or to displace Palestinian families from their home. Neither occupation nor expulsion is the answer. Just as Israelis built a state in their homeland, Palestinians have a right to be a free people in their own land.
-Of course, Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with anyone who is dedicated to its destruction. But while I know you have had differences with the Palestinian Authority, I believe that you do have a true partner in President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad. Over the last few years, they have built institutions and maintained security on the West Bank in ways that few would have imagined a decade ago. So many Palestinians – including young people – have rejected violence as a means of achieving their aspirations.
Palestinians must recognize that Israel will be a Jewish state, and that Israelis have the right to insist upon their security. Israelis must recognize that continued settlement activity is counterproductive to the cause of peace, and that an independent Palestine must be viable– that real borders will have to be drawn.
-That is where peace begins – not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people; not just in a carefully designed process, but in the daily connections that take place among those who live together in this land, and in this sacred city of Jerusalem. Speaking as a politician, I can promise you this: political leaders will not take risks if the people do not demand that they do. You must create the change that you want to see.