CounterCurrents: Shimon Peres From The Perspective Of His Victims, Indian And Pakistani Citizens Speak Out Against War, Gandhi And The Message Of Nonviolence

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Nuclear armed neighbours, India and Pakistan are trading live ammunition and hot words on either side of the border.  Who pay the price? The people! Evacuation has started in Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab border. Helpless people are leaving their dear homes and homestead and running for safety. Who will feed the animals left behind? Who will tend the farms left behind? If only it ended there! 

It's time for saner people to step in. We the commoners have to raise the voice and say, enough is enough. Ordinary people from India and Pakistan and all around the world are signing a petition calling on the leaders  to end the tension. It's time to speak out for peace. Please come forward and sign the petition herehttp://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/indian-and-pakistani-citizens-speak-out-against-war/

Israeli war criminal politician Shimon Peres passed away the other day. We've two obituaries one from the point of the victims of Peres's wars of aggression and another from Dr. Ludwig Watzal of Germany. 

President Obama faced a humiliating defeat while defending the House of Sauds. US Congress overturned President Obama’s veto of legislation that would permit victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and their families to sue Saudi Arabia. Now the action moves to US Courts where the skeletons of 9/11 will, hopefully, come tumbling down. 

"The Common Heritage Of Mankind" is a bold doctrine in International Law. It envisages that some localities belong to all humanity and that their resources are available for everyone’s use and benefit. This doctrine has been enshrined in the laws of high seas and the Moon. Why isn't it  extended to protect all our Common Heritage? CHM is a bold ethical concept, and a general concept of international law, but it's kept within strict boundaries. These boundaries must be broken to protect our common heritage for our future generations. 

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India-Pakistan Relations Remain Tensed, Evacuation In Border Districts

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/india-pakistan-relations-remain-tensed-evacuation-in-border-districts/

The India-Pakistan relations remain tensed after India’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control Wednesday night. People living in the border districts of Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab are being evacuated




Indian And Pakistani Citizens Speak Out Against War

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/indian-and-pakistani-citizens-speak-out-against-war/

There is  a petition campaign calling for peace between India-Pakistan. Please sign the petition





Congress Overrides Obama Veto Of Bill Allowing 9/11 Lawsuits
by Tom Carter 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/congress-overrides-obama-veto-of-bill-allowing-911-lawsuits/

On Wednesday, the US Congress overturned President Obama’s veto of legislation that would permit victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and their families to sue Saudi Arabia. Declassified documents released this year confirm the involvement of Saudi intelligence agents in the funding, organization, and planning of the attacks—facts which were covered up for years by the Bush and Obama administrations.





Suing Saudi Arabia: Overturning Sovereign Immunity In US Courts
by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/suing-saudi-arabia-overturning-sovereign-immunity-in-us-courts/

It was momentous on one fundamental level. Here was the President of the United States, Barack Obama, holding the torch for a wretched ally the politicians on the Hill and others have had reservations over for many years.  Saudi Arabia, ever the thorn and asset of US interests, facing the grief of families who lost members on September 11, 2001.  This, the same ally whose theocratic bent remains the most bruising of obstacles in any claims that the US is open to a global democratic experiment.





Shimon Peres From The Perspective Of His Victims
by Ilan Pappe 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/shimon-peres-from-the-perspective-of-his-victims/

Shimon Peres  occupied many positions in politics that had immense impact on the Palestinians wherever they are. He was director general of the Israeli defense ministry, minister of defense, minister for development of the Galilee and the Negev (Naqab), prime minister and president. In all these roles, the decisions he took and the policies he pursued contributed to the destruction of the Palestinian people and did nothing to advance the cause of peace and reconciliation between Palestinians and Israelis.






Shimon Peres – Obituary Of A “Peace Politician”
by Dr Ludwig Watzal 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/shimon-peres-obituary-of-a-peace-politician/

In obituaries, only good and beautiful things are written about the deceased. May mine only serve to complete the picture of a man who authentically personified Zionism.






The Common Heritage Of Mankind: A Bold Doctrine Kept Within Strict Boundaries
by Prue Taylor 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/the-common-heritage-of-mankind-a-bold-doctrine-kept-within-strict-boundaries/

The “common heritage of mankind” is an ethical concept and a general concept of international law. It establishes that some localities belong to all humanity and that their resources are available for everyone’s use and benefit, taking into account future generations and the needs of developing countries. It is intended to achieve aspects of the sustainable development of common spaces and their resources, but may apply beyond this traditional scope.





What It’s Like To Be A Muslim Australian
by Ghali Hassan 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/what-its-like-to-be-a-muslim-australian/

A recent Essential Research poll had found 49 per cent of Australians support a ban on Muslim immigration, including 60 per cent of Liberal-National Coalition voters, 40 per cent of Labor voters and 34 per cent of Greens voters agreed with the proposition that Muslim Australians were not integrating (assimilating) into “Australian culture” and pose a threat to Australia. It is the result of a steady diet of fear, and xenophobia fed to Australians by openly racist politicians and the mass media.





A Simple Solution For Kashmir
by Akhter Bhat 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/a-simple-solution-for-kashmir/

So, don’t you think it has become imperative for India as well to look for an immediate solution for Kashmir? Then what is India waiting for? Why not start the process of solution finding now?  For Kashmiris , I think the best thing to do at the moment would be to stop fighting the forces with stones. Kashmir has lost enough of Rasheeds and Tawseefs and can’t afford losing more. Kashmir has got enough of Inshas blinded and simply can’t afford more.  They should immediately stop banging their heads into the walls so that no more heads are crushed. However, it is for the leaders of Kashmir, both from mainstream and separatist league to unite and press India for an ever lasting solution for Kashmir.





Gandhi And The Message Of Nonviolence
by Robert J Burrowes 

http://www.countercurrents.org/2016/09/30/gandhi-and-the-message-of-nonviolence/

Fortunately, there are many committed people who have identified the importance of taking action to end the violence in our world – whether it occurs in the home or on the street, in wars, as a result of economic exploitation or ecological destruction – and this includes the courageous people below. These people have identified themselves as part of the worldwide network, now with participants in 96 countries, committed to ending violence in all of its forms. I would like to share their inspirational stories and invite you to join them.