Impunity and more

We completed two days of conferences in Amman, Jordan: future of Research and Development, a meeting organized by the Union of Arab Universities and a meeting on Biodiversity organized by IUCN and the Palestine Environmental Quality Authority. Israeli authorities prevented a key leader of EQA  from joining the meeting. But they have been doing much more recently from assassinating innocent civilians to ethnic cleansing and more. That is why the Kerry-Netanyahu attempt at pacification based on the falso notion that Israel is keeping the status quo on the Haram Alsharif Compound in Jerusalem.ity is that Israel uses might to change everything: destroying native presence in Jerusalem and importing racist settlers, preventing religious access to non-Jews, while allowing racists in to “visit” under new rules of armed escorts instead of the usual mosque guards, home demotions, and more.

Tonight I am in Dubai and tomorrow morning heading to Bali, Indonesia for the Writers and Readers Festival (ubudwritersfestival.com). Please act to prevent interference in this international festival
 http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/indonesia-end-interference-with-literary-festival-over-year-of-living-dangerously-sessions/

Again I feel like a fish out of water being away from Palestine especially in this difficult situation and I notice how people live normally in all countries while we suffer from 7 decades of colonialism. We wonder when impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity will end. When will the world wake-up.

Event: Peacebuilding in the Holy Land: Strategizing Our Popular Resistance, Bethlehem, Palestine November 4-7, 2015Those interested in participating should email for further details giving a little background on why interested toinfo@palestinenature.org

Report on conference in Rhodes that I attended with the author of this piece by Cynthia McKinney Dialogue of Civilizations: Imagining a world beyond global disorder
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/318378-dialogue-civilizations-mckinney-rhodes/

We are not numbers is a web outlets to hear thoughts of Palestinians many are accomplishing and living even under extremely difficult circumstances. I wish I have more time to "mentor" more young Palestinians from Gaza but this one is exceptionally bright young man (22 y.o.) studing medicine. aHere is one of his articles:  iA Palestinian encounters Hyde Park's Speakers Corner http://wearenotnumbers.org/home/Story/114

Questions  and answers about recent events in Palestine
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2015/qa-palestinian-popular-resistance-13440

A good article and resources on Israel’s targeting of children
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-killing-palestinian-children-inevitable-outcome-israeli-policies

War for Oil Revisited Once Again:  Why It Is Both Fallacious and Popular
http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/war-for-oil-revisited-once-again-why-it-is-both-fallacious-and-popular/#.VipKr36rQgs
http://bit.ly/1NsP3iH

Mazin Qumsiyeh
Professor and Director
Palestine Museum of Natural History
Bethlehem University
Http://palestinenature.org

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