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. KEPUTUSAN MK TENTANG UJI MATERI UU PEMILU-PILPRES DAN PILEG 2014 .... KONON.... DI BUAT DAN DIPUTUSKAN OLEH MK... DENGAN KEPUTUSAN YANG MEMBINGUNGKAN PARA PAKAR HUKUM.. TERLEBIH AWAM YANG BUKAN AHLI HUKUM.. ATAW MALAH TAK FAHAM TENTANG LIKU2 PERMAINAN HUKUM...???>> KALAW PARA PEJABAT INSTITUSI HUKUM YANG KONON DITETAPKAN SECARA RESMI.. SEBAGAI PEJABAT NEGARA YANG KONON INDEPENDEN-PAKAR-DAN PENUH INTEGRITAS...??? .. TAPI MALAHAN TERKESAN ADA MAIN2.. DAN BERKHIANAT AKAN KELURUSAN TUGAS2NYA..DAN TERHADAP TANGGUNG JAWABNYA..??? MAKA .. MENJADI PERTANYAAN MENDASAR.. BAHWA MEREKA BISA SAJA TELAH MENCORENG ETIKA PROFESI... DAN TERLEBIH LAGI SEPERTINYA MELAKUKAN PENGKHIANATAN TERHADAP JIWA DAN MAKNA SERTA MAKSUD MULIA DARI UUD 1945 DAN CITA2 PROKLAMASI 17.8.1945...??? . ....SEYOGIANYA.. SIKAP DAN JIWA MEREKA ITU MENDAHULUKAN KEBENARAN PENERAPAN DAN MATERI2 HUKUM.. YANG DI UJI DAN HARUS SEJALAN DAN DIPANDU OLEH LANDASAN UUD 1945..DAN JIWA SERTA SEMANGAT PROKLAMASI 17. 8. 1945.. UNTUK MEMBANGUNKAN JIWA2 LUHUR-MARTABAT BANGSA DAN KEDAULATAN REPUBLIK INDONESIA.. MENUJU PEMBANGUNAN KESEJAHTERAAN DAN KEMAKMURAN SERTA KEADILAN BAGI SEGENAP RAKYAT DAN BANGSA INDONESIA....??? >> .... LALU .. MENGAPA DAN VESTED INTEREST APA YANG ADA PADA PEJABAT2 RESMI DI MK... SEHINGGA MEREKA SEPERTI KEHILANGAN JATI DIRI.. DAN KEPERCAYAAN DIRI DALAM MEMBUAT KEPUTUSAN2 MENGIKAT SERTA BERKAITAN DENGAN KELANJUTAN KEABSAHAN HAKIKI... SECARA HUKUM... BAGI KEPENTINGAN KHALAYAK-BANGSA-DAN NEGARA..??>> ALANGKAH ABSURDNYA PARA PEJABAT MK .... DAN PARA PENDORONGNYA.. YANG MEMPERMAIN-MAINKAN HUKUM ...YANG DEMIKIAN PENTING TERHADAP KEHORMATAN DAN NASIB BANGSA DAN NEGARA DIMASA DEPAN..??>> ADA MAFIA DAN JARINGAN POLITIK ABSUD.. YANG SEDANG MENGOYAK... MARTABAT YANG PALING DASAR.. YAITU.. MENGOYAK2 MORAL HUKUM.. OLEH PARA PAKAR HUKUM DAN PEJABAT2 HUKUM DI NKRI..??? INIKAH PARA PENGKHIANAT DAN KAUM YANG MEMUJA ..... ABSURDITAS... DAN KESERAKAHAN.. YANG MATERIALISTIS... ?>>> ...YANG MENJADI KEANEHAN.. KONON KEPUTUSAN MK TERSEBUT... DIBUAT SETAHUN YANG LALU.. DAN BARU DIBACAKAN BEBERAPA WAKTU LALU SAJA.... SEJALAN ADANYA PENGAJUAN UJI MATERI BARU... YANG DIAJUKAN... MASYARAKAT DAN PAKAR2..??? ... .DAN KONON PULA PARA HAKIM2NYA YANG MENGAMBIL KEPUTUSAN ITU.. SUDAH TIDAK MENJABAT LAGI.. SEBAGAI KETUA DAN ANGGOTA MK...???>>> ANEH...DAN SEMAKIN TAK TERFAHAMKAN AKAN MAKSUD DAN TUJUAN2NYA....???>>> KENAPA MK MEMPERLAKUKAN CARA2 YANG TIDAK ETIS.. DAN SEPERTI MELANGGAR SIKAP KOMPETENSITAS SEBAGAI PAKAR.. DAN DENGAN TANPA MALU DAN PERTIMBANGAN YANG ADIL.. TELAH MENUNJUKKAN UNTUK MEMPERMAIN-MAINKAN... YANG TERKESAN SANGAT ABSURD..??? . "MK tahu putusan MK berlaku seketika setelah diucapkan dalam sidang yang terbuka untuk umum. Kalau putusan itu berlaku seketika namun baru berlaku di Pemilu 2019 dan seterusnya, maka Pemilu 2014 dilaksanakan dengan pasal-pasal UU Pemilu yang inkonstitusional," ujar Yusril dalam akun Twitter miliknya, @Yusrilihza_Mhd, jelang dinihari tadi. Karena pelaksanaan Pemilu 2014 menggunakan pasal-pasal UU yang inkonstitusional, kata Yusril, maka hasil pemilunya juga inkonstitusional. Konsekuensinya, DPR, DPD, DPRD dan Presiden serta Wapres terpilih dalam Pileg dan Pilpres 2014 juga inkonstitusional. Pertimbangan putusan MK yang menyatakan Pileg dan Pilpres 2014 sah dengan merujuk pada putusan-putusan yang diambil MK sebelumnya yang nyata-nyata salah, juga mengganggu nalar hukum Yusril. Bagi Yusril, pertimbangan MK tersebut hanya untuk menutupi inkonstitusionalitas putusannya. "Saya justru mempertanyakan apakah benar semua hakim MK itu 'negarawan yang memahami konstitusi' seperti dikatakan oleh UUD 45? Jawaban saya 'entahlah'. Kenyataannya seperti itulah MK," tutur Yusril...>>>..Yusril dalam permohonanya juga meminta semua parpol peserta pemilu bisa mengusung pasangan capres-cawapres. Jika tuntutan Yusril dikabulkan, maka tidak berlaku lagi batas presidential threshold...>>>..... Yusril sendiri menguji Pasal 14 Ayat 2 dan Pasal 112 UU Pilpres terhadap Pasal 6A Ayat 2 dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945. Yusril dalam pemohonanya meminta agar pelaksanaan pilpres bersamaan dengan pileg. Menurut Yusril, jika pilpres digelar setelah pileg seperti diatur dalam UU Pilpres, maka 12 parpol peserta Pemilu 2014 disebut parpol mantan peserta pemilu. Padahal dalam UUD disebutkan pengusung capres-cawapres adalah parpol atau gabungan parpol peserta pemilu....>>> ....Yusril melihat MK nampak seperti dipaksa-paksa untuk membacakan putusan permohonan Effendi Ghazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Pemilu Serentak. Dia mengira putusan tersebut dibacakan untuk menjegal permohonan uji materi UU Pilpres yang disampaikannya belakangan. ..>>> Bagi Yusril, putusan MK atas uji materi UU No 42/2008 tentang Pemilihan Presiden dan Wakil Presiden yang diajukan akademisi Effendi Gazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Pemilu Serentak ini benar-benar misteri. Putusan tersebut telah diambil setahun lalu tapi baru dibacakan kemarin. Tidak hanya itu, tiga hakim yang memutusnya sudah berganti. Mahfud MD, Akil Mochtar dan Ahmad Sodiki yang memutus perkaranya sekarang sudah tidak menjadi hakim MK lagi. ..>>> ..."Pembacaan putusan seperti itu aneh bin ajaib. Harusnya MK sekarang musyawarah lagi, siapa tahu tiga hakim baru pendapatnya beda," imbuh Yusril. Yusril melihat MK nampak seperti dipaksa-paksa untuk membacakan putusan permohonan Effendi Ghazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Pemilu Serentak. Dia mengira putusan tersebut dibacakan untuk menjegal permohonan uji materi UU Pilpres yang disampaikannya belakangan...>>> Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) tentang Pileg dan Pilpres yang dilakukan serentak tahun 2019 mengusik nalar hukum pakar hukum tata negara Prof. Yusril Ihza Mahendra. Bagi Yusril, putusan MK tersebut blunder dan sangat misterius. Di satu sisi MK menyatakan beberapa pasal dalam UU Pilpres bertentangan dengan UUD 45 sehingga tidak mempunyai kekuatan hukum yang mengikat. Tetapi di sisi lain, MK di dalam putusannya menyatakan pemilu serentak baru berlaku untuk Pemilu 2019...>>> ..."Itu (kevakuman hukum) disebabkan Effendi Ghazali dan kawan-kawan tidak memberikan jalan keluar setelah pasal-pasal undang-undang Pilpres yang diuji dinyatakan bertentangan dengan UUD 1945," ujar Yusril dalam siaran pers yang diterima pada Kamis (23/1/2014). Hal ini karena pengajuan permohonan yang diajukan Effendi Ghazali dan kawan-kawan tidak meminta secara langsung maksud Pasal 6A Ayat (2) dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945. Yusril yang dalam kasus berbeda mengajukan pula uji materi atas UU 42 Tahun 2008 tentang Pemilu Presiden, mengatakan, dalam gugatannya dia meminta MK menafsirkan secara langsung maksud Pasal 6A Ayat (2) dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945. Pasal 6A Ayat (2) UUD 1945 berbunyi, “pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden diusulkan oleh partai politik atau gabungan partai politik peserta pemilihan umum sebelum pelaksanaan pemilihan umum.”..>>>

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Yusril: Putusan MK soal Pemilu Serentak Sebabkan Kevakuman Hukum

Jumat, 24 Januari 2014 | 03:20 WIB 
 
 
 
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Ketua Dewan Syuro Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB) Yusril Ihza Mahendra berpendapat putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi soal pemilu serentak menyebabkan kevakuman hukum dalam pelaksanaan pemilu. 

"Itu (kevakuman hukum) disebabkan Effendi Ghazali dan kawan-kawan tidak memberikan jalan keluar setelah pasal-pasal undang-undang Pilpres yang diuji dinyatakan bertentangan dengan UUD 1945," ujar Yusril dalam siaran pers yang diterima pada Kamis (23/1/2014).

Hal ini karena pengajuan permohonan yang diajukan Effendi Ghazali dan kawan-kawan tidak meminta secara langsung maksud Pasal 6A Ayat (2) dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945.

Yusril yang dalam kasus berbeda mengajukan pula uji materi atas UU 42 Tahun 2008 tentang Pemilu Presiden, mengatakan, dalam gugatannya dia meminta MK menafsirkan secara langsung maksud Pasal 6A Ayat (2) dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945.

Pasal 6A Ayat (2) UUD 1945 berbunyi, “pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden diusulkan oleh partai politik atau gabungan partai politik peserta pemilihan umum sebelum pelaksanaan pemilihan umum.”

Adapun Pasal 22E UUD 1945 berbunyi, “Pemilihan umum diselenggarakan untuk memilih anggota Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, Presiden dan Wakil Presiden, dan Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah.”

Menurut Yusril, jika MK menafsirkan maksud Pasal 6A Ayat (2) dengan parpol peserta pemilu mencalonkan pasangan capres sebelum pileg, maka tak perlu lagi ada undang-undang untuk melaksanakannya.

"Kalau MK tafsirkan Pasal 22E Ayat (1) bahwa pemilu dilaksanakan sekali dalam lima tahun berarti pileg dan pilpres disatukan, tak perlu mengubah UU untuk melaksanakannya. Maka, penyatuan pileg dan pilpres dapat dilaksanakan pada 2014 ini juga," papar Yusril.

Pemilu serentak

Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK), Kamis (23/1/2014), mengabulkan sebagian uji materi (judicial review) Undang-Undang Nomor 42 Tahun 2008 tentang Pemilihan Presiden dan Wakil Presiden yang diajukan akademisi Effendi Gazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat Untuk Pemilu Serentak. Namun, putusan itu dinyatakan berlaku untuk Pemilu Presiden 2019.

"Mengabulkan permohonan pemohon untuk sebagian," kata Ketua Mahkamah Konstitusi Hamdan Zoelva saat membacakan putusan di Gedung MK, Jakarta, Kamis (23/1/2014). Permohonan yang dikabulkan adalah untuk uji materi atas Pasal (3) Ayat (5), Pasal 12 Ayat (1) dan (2), Pasal 14 Ayat (2), serta Pasal 112 UU 42 Tahun 2008.

Dalam amar putusan, majelis hakim konstitusi menyatakan bahwa putusan tersebut hanya berlaku untuk Pemilu 2019 dan seterusnya. Permohonan yang tidak dikabulkan adalah uji materi atas Pasal 9 UU 42 Tahun 2008 yang mengatur tentang besaran batas minimal perolehan suara partai politik untuk dapat mengusung pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden (presidential treshold).

Mahkamah menyatakan pula bahwa putusan tidak dapat digunakan untuk Pemilu 2014 agar tak muncul ketidakpastian hukum. Dalam pertimbangan putusan, MK menilai tahapan Pemilu 2014 sudah memasuki tahap akhir. Bila seperti lazimnya putusan berlaku seketika setelah dibacakan, majelis menilai yang terjadi adalah terganggunya Pemilu 2014.

Langkah membatasi akibat hukum dari putusan ini, menurut majelis, juga sudah memiliki preseden alias putusan serupa di masa lalu. Karenanya, majelis menegaskan putusan ini baru berlaku segera setelah seluruh rangkaian tahapan Pemilu 2014 rampung.

Meskipun lima dari enam gugatan uji materi dikabulkan, di luar isu presidential treshold, majelis berpendapat pelaksanaan Pemilu 2009 dan Pemilu 2014 dengan segala akibat hukumnya, harus tetap dinyatakan sah dan konstitusional. Putusan ditandatangani delapan hakim konstitusi, dengan dissenting opinion atau pendapat berbeda yang disampaikan Maria Farida Indrati.

Yusril Ihza: Putusan MK Misterius, Pemilu 2014 Inkonstitusional
Jum'at, 24 Januari 2014 , 02:26:00 WIB

Laporan: Ade Mulyana
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RMOL. Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi (MK) tentang Pileg dan Pilpres yang dilakukan serentak tahun 2019 mengusik nalar hukum pakar hukum tata negara Prof. Yusril Ihza Mahendra. Bagi Yusril, putusan MK tersebut blunder dan sangat misterius.

Di satu sisi MK menyatakan beberapa pasal dalam UU Pilpres bertentangan dengan UUD 45 sehingga tidak mempunyai kekuatan hukum yang mengikat. Tetapi di sisi lain, MK di dalam putusannya menyatakan pemilu serentak baru berlaku untuk Pemilu 2019.

"MK tahu putusan MK berlaku seketika setelah diucapkan dalam sidang yang terbuka untuk umum. Kalau putusan itu berlaku seketika namun baru berlaku di Pemilu 2019 dan seterusnya, maka Pemilu 2014 dilaksanakan dengan pasal-pasal UU Pemilu yang inkonstitusional," ujar Yusril dalam akun Twitter miliknya, @Yusrilihza_Mhd, jelang dinihari tadi.

Karena pelaksanaan Pemilu 2014 menggunakan pasal-pasal UU yang inkonstitusional, kata Yusril, maka hasil pemilunya juga inkonstitusional. Konsekuensinya, DPR, DPD, DPRD dan Presiden serta Wapres terpilih dalam Pileg dan Pilpres 2014 juga inkonstitusional.

Pertimbangan putusan MK yang menyatakan Pileg dan Pilpres 2014 sah dengan merujuk pada putusan-putusan yang diambil MK sebelumnya yang nyata-nyata salah, juga mengganggu nalar hukum Yusril. Bagi Yusril, pertimbangan MK tersebut hanya untuk menutupi inkonstitusionalitas putusannya.

"Saya justru mempertanyakan apakah benar semua hakim MK itu 'negarawan yang memahami konstitusi' seperti dikatakan oleh UUD 45? Jawaban saya 'entahlah'. Kenyataannya seperti itulah MK," tutur Yusril.

Bagi Yusril, putusan MK atas uji materi UU No 42/2008 tentang Pemilihan Presiden dan Wakil Presiden yang diajukan akademisi Effendi Gazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Pemilu Serentak ini benar-benar misteri. Putusan tersebut telah diambil setahun lalu tapi baru dibacakan kemarin. Tidak hanya itu, tiga hakim yang memutusnya sudah berganti. Mahfud MD, Akil Mochtar dan Ahmad Sodiki yang memutus perkaranya sekarang sudah tidak menjadi hakim MK lagi.

"Pembacaan putusan seperti itu aneh bin ajaib. Harusnya MK sekarang musyawarah lagi, siapa tahu tiga hakim baru pendapatnya beda," imbuh Yusril.

Yusril melihat MK nampak seperti dipaksa-paksa untuk membacakan putusan permohonan Effendi Ghazali bersama Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Pemilu Serentak. Dia mengira putusan tersebut dibacakan untuk menjegal permohonan uji materi UU Pilpres yang disampaikannya belakangan.

Yusril sendiri menguji Pasal 14 Ayat 2 dan Pasal 112 UU Pilpres terhadap Pasal 6A Ayat 2 dan Pasal 22E UUD 1945. Yusril dalam pemohonanya meminta agar pelaksanaan pilpres bersamaan dengan pileg. Menurut Yusril, jika pilpres digelar setelah pileg seperti diatur dalam UU Pilpres, maka 12 parpol peserta Pemilu 2014 disebut parpol mantan peserta pemilu. Padahal dalam UUD disebutkan pengusung capres-cawapres adalah parpol atau gabungan parpol peserta pemilu.
Yusril dalam permohonanya juga meminta semua parpol peserta pemilu bisa mengusung pasangan capres-cawapres. Jika tuntutan Yusril dikabulkan, maka tidak berlaku lagi batas presidential threshold.

"Dengan dibacakan putusan Effendi Ghazali dan kawan-kawan, maka permohonan saya seolah kehilangan relevansi untuk disidangkan," demikian Yusril.[dem]

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THE WAR WHICH IS CTREATED BY THE SUPERPOWER... MAKE PEOPLE AS THE TARGET AND UNCONTROLLABLE VICTIMS....??!! >> SINCE ITS FOR BEING AN DEMOLISHING PEOPLE AGENDA IN THE WORLD..?? ...>> ...Steven Seagal Praises Putin..>>> ..The Russian government has deployed roughly 40,000 law enforcement officers to protect Sochi...>>> ...The Russian government currently has deployed roughly 40,000 law enforcement officers to protect Sochi, the Black Sea coastal town of roughly 343,000 residents. For context, that's a force 5,000 stronger than the entire New York City Police Department, which serves a population of more than 8 million...>... Russian security forces are professional and well-trained, Miles says. Their main problem remains one they share with many other advanced nations: a lack of adequate resources. The U.S. announced last week that two Navy ships already parked in the Black Sea are available to the Russian government if it asks for assistance. American law enforcement also will share technology developed during prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that aims to counter improvised explosive devices.>> ...The only way to deter a suicide bomber is to grab the device before it's put over his or her shoulders, Miles says. They are extraordinarily difficult to interdict once they're out in the field. "Once that suicide bomber leaves the residence, leaves the safe house, leaves anywhere he or she is, that's it. You've lost the device," he says. "You will not see it again until it's detonated." Miles is currently director of training at the Massachusetts-based private security firm Troy Asymmetric. He teaches law enforcement officers how to neutralize a suicide bomber if they are lucky to encounter one who hesitates before detonating the explosives. Many extremist groups operating in the Caucasus region and throughout southern Russia often build fail-safe devices into such bombs, allowing them to be detonated remotely if the prospective bomber has second thoughts...>>>







Steven Seagal Praises Putin And FSB Ahead Of Sochi

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American actor Steven Seagal (right) chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi in August 2012.
American actor Steven Seagal (right) chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi in August 2012.
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A suicide bomber on the loose. Western governments warned of an imminent terrorist attack. Nearby American warships on stand-by.

That was the grim security scenario laid out for next month's Sochi Winter Olympics by former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee on his Fox News talk show on January 26.

But martial arts expert Steven Seagal knows better, apparently.

Speaking as Huckabee's guest on the conservative U.S. TV news station, the action-movie hero assessed the danger of an attack in Sochi as "extremely remote," citing his acquaintances in the Russian security forces.

Although he acknowledged that absolute security is impossible ("You could walk out to go buy a bag of sugar and get hit by a car" was how he put it), Seagal used the Fox News appearance to lavish praise on Russia's President Vladimir Putin and its Federal Security Service (FSB).

Seagal also urged U.S. President Barack Obama to pursue closer relations with Russia.

"They are a very powerful country with spectacular natural resources and a wonderful leadership," he said. "And, I believe that they are our friends and I think one of the only ways we are going to survive without getting swallowed by other superpowers or adversely affected is to be best friends with Russia. I think they should be our great allies."

On Sochi, Seagal reasoned that the colossal security presence in the region would prevail during the games.

"The chances of any of these suicide bombers actually being able to pull it off are extremely remote by virtue of the fact that Sochi is on such high alert," he said. "They've got amazing assets in place with great liaison over the world. President Putin is doing the very, very best he can. And, like I said, the FSB and [their elite counterterrorism taskforce] Alfa Spetsnaz are really some of the best on Earth, so it's going to be pretty tough for anybody to pull it off."

WATCH: Steven Seagal On Sochi Security Measures


Huckabee introduced Seagal as "the unofficial ambassador who’s developed a friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, something our president has not been able to do."

The comment appeared to be a jibe aimed at the cool relationship between Putin and Obama, who is one of several Western leaders skipping the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Seagal does indeed enjoy good relations with Russia. He has been photographed with Putin, and he was asked in March last year by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to lobby in the United States for opening up the American market to Russian rifles.

The actor was also scheduled to lobby for Kalashnikov rifle sales at an arms exposition in Las Vegas earlier this month.

Seagal was less voluble, however, when asked about U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has been given temporary asylum in Russia.

Without knowing the actual content of the material Snowden leaked, Seagal said, "it's not easy for me to comment [on the matter]."

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Vladimir Putin Tells Gay Visitors to 'Leave Children in Peace' During Sochi Winter Olympics

Putin discusses homosexuality, security measures and Russian morale weeks before the Olympics

January 17, 2014
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets upcoming Olympic games volunteers in Sochi on January 17, 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin discusses homosexuality and security measures for the Sochi Winter Olympics, to be held Feb. 7-23, 2014.

During a gathering with Winter Olympic volunteers in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin assured the public that gay visitors will be welcome to attend the games. However, Putin also warned gay visitors to "leave the children in peace."
Putin asked that gay visitors respect Russia's law banning the spread of gay "propaganda" among minors.
"We don't have a ban on non-traditional sexual relations," he said. "We have a ban on promoting homosexuality and pedophilia among minors."
[READ: Obama Taps Gay Athletes for Russian Olympic Ceremonies]
The assertion comes inspite of gay rights activists across the globe who have demanded a boycott of the Olympics on account of the anti-gay legislation Russia passed in June, the BBC reports. The law says that individuals that share information about homosexuality to children age 18 will face heavy fines.
The anti-gay sentiments reverberated throughout the country has in fact resulted in a number of foreign dignitaries foregoing the games. President Barack Obama is among those who have said they will not be attending. Instead, Obama has designated a number of openly gay athletes to represent the U.S. at the Olympics.
Though Putin continues to defend the new law, he reiterates that homosexual athletes and visitors will be well received. He pointed out that Russia does not consider homosexuality a criminal offense.
"We aren't banning anything, we aren't rounding up anyone, we have no criminal punishment for such relations unlike many other countries," he told The Associated Press.
Putin also addressed the public's fear over recent terrorist attacks that took place in the Russian city of Volgograd and the possibility of attacks during the winter games.
"I think the international community should unite to fight such inhuman phenomena as terror attacks and the murder of totally innocent people," Putin told the BBC.
[ALSO: Anti-Terrorism Sweep Underway in Russia Following Booby-Trap, Bodies]
He continued by saying that Russia would boost its security measures in ways that would not detract from the Olympic experience.
Putin also said that the Sochi Games was not a manifestation of his "personal ambition but the direct, concentrated interest of the state and our people."
He said that he expected the games to be a much needed morale boost for the Russian people.
"After the collapse of the USSR, after the bloody events in the Caucasus, the general mood of society was somber and pessimistic, and we need to give ourselves a shake," Putin said according to BBC.
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In Moscow, Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a torch during a ceremony on Oct. 6, 2013, to mark the start of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay across Russia.
The Olympic flame went out during its ceremonial path through Moscow.
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Irony stole the show Sunday when the Olympic torch went out momentarily, during its ceremonial first-day trek through the Kremlin. In some way the extinguished flame doubled as a metaphor for the various controversies surrounding the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics that have been threatening to stifle Russia's moment on the world stage.
The flame was extinguished just as Shavarsh Karapetyan, a Russian world swimming champion, was running through the gates of the Kremlin. Thanks to a fast thinking security guard, who used a cigarette lighter to revive the flame, the torch was back on track to complete its parade through the streets of Moscow.

[READ: Russia’s Anti-Gay Laws Become A Part of the Olympic Narrative]
Before the torch was sent out to complete its scheduled 123-day trip, covering 40,000 miles of Russian soil and the International Space Station, Russian President Vladimir Putin lit the cauldron with the Olympic flame.
Putin told audience members attending the ceremony that the tournament would give Russia the opportunity to show the rest of the world its greatness.
Putin also indirectly addressed the concerns about the controversial anti-gay laws that were recently established in Russia, by saying the Olympic Games would show Russia's "respect for equality and diversity- ideals that are so intertwined with the ideals of the Olympic movement itself," BBC reported.
"The Olympic flame - the symbol of the planet's main sports event, the symbol of peace and friendship - has arrived in Russia," Putin said.

[MORE: Don’t Boycott the Sochi Olympics Over Russia Anti-Gay Law: Fly the Rainbow Flag]
But between gay rights groups and human rights activists, Russia is facing less then friendly reactions to its hosting the world's most prominent sporting event. Backlash started early this summer when the Russia government passed legislation that banned the dissemination of "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," CBS news reports.
Some equal rights groups have even suggested countries boycott the Olympic Games. Actors like Rupert Everett and Ian McKellen have joined this movement and promised to join the boycott according to the Huffington Post.

But others say that boycotting the Olympics won't change things. Canadian Journalist, Joe Schlesinger wrote an op-ed for CBS about how boycotting the Olympic Games would hurt the people of Russia. Schlesinger wrote "the biggest losers could be Russia's gays. If there is to be a boycott of Sochi, they could well be scapegoated as the unpatriotic cause of it."
Instead he proposed that if straight and gay athletes alike "unfurled rainbow flags from the winners' podium it would be a strong message to the world – and above all to the Russians — that in the 21st century the diversity of sexual orientation is a basic human right."
But many athletes see the Olympics to be something much more simple then a political platform. Many view the Olympics to be a chance to compete against challenging opponents.
"The Olympics are not a political statement, they are a place to let the world shine in peace and let them marvel at their youthful talents," Johnny Weir, a U.S. figure skater wrote in an Op-Ed for the Falls Church (Va.) News-Press. Weir said that as much he respected the LGBT community he also hoped that they would remember what the Olympics was truly about; "a chance to dazzle the world."
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Putin May Resume Crackdown After Olympics

Recent amnesty may be for international Olympic image, not reform

January 28, 2014 RSS Feed Print 
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets upcoming Olympic games volunteers in Sochi on January 17, 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin discusses homosexuality and security measures for the Sochi Winter Olympics, to be held Feb. 7-23, 2014.
http://world.einnews.com/article/187659137/S4ZeFfCaS-U62RgG?n=1&code=lCtThc8XIaCtSyaE

Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent amnesty of political prisoners and limited access for protests near the Winter Olympics in Sochi may not be a part of a trend, as crackdowns on civil dissent seen in recent years may continue once the international media leaves after the Games.
Russia declared amnesty for prisoners in December including members of Greenpeace protesting on an offshore oil rig, and two members of the punk protest band Pussy Riot. The two members of Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, were released two months before the end of their two-year prison sentence for "hooliganism," which was defined as playing a song protesting the Putin government in a Russian Orthodox cathedral.
Russia's government said the amnesty marked the anniversary of the country's post-Communist constitution in 1993, but it is widely viewed as a public relations move by Putin to improve his nation's human rights image ahead of Winter Olympics in Sochi, which begin on Feb. 7.

[READ: 3 Weeks to Sochi: Are Russian Security Forces Ready?]

Hosting the Olympics is a "personal project" for Putin to gain international legitimacy, but it has also spotlighted his government's human rights restrictions, including against the LGBT community, says Laura Reed, an Internet freedom research analyst focused on Eurasia for advocacy group Freedom House.
Putin is also allowing special protest zones near the Games, walking back his original decree in 2013 banning all demonstrations in Sochi for the duration of the Olympics. A Russian law passed in 2013 bans the distribution of information about homosexuality as "propaganda" on the pretense that it could be harmful to children.
"The real question is what happens to Russian citizens and bloggers critical of the government once the spotlight of the Olympics is gone," Reed says. "That is when we are more likely to see ramifications of what people say and do during the Olympics." Putin served as president of Russia from 2000 to 2008, and served as prime minister under former President Dmitry Medvedev from 2008 until 2012. Putin returned to power in 2012 facing huge demonstrations accusing his re-election as a fraud, which resulted in laws that limit the right to protest without government permits.

[READ: Russians Hunt for Potential Female Suicide Bombers in Sochi]

"We have seen more cases where local prosecutors have used the anti-extremism laws to restrict free speech," Reed says. "While the media attention is focused on the Olympics, I think there will be some tempering of their crackdown as long as they are not disruptive."
Anti-government protests in Ukraine may also occupy the journalistic attention of Russia-based bloggers who may have been prepared to protest Putin online during the Olympics, says Kevin Rothrock, an editor on Russian news at Global Voices Online, an Internet freedom-focused blog. The Putin government may be trying to put on a good face during the Games for the international media, but his government is also considering legal measures that could increase limits on free speech, Rothrock says. A draft law could limit funding of extremist groups using online payment platforms like PayPal, which could be used to limit the funding abilities of Russian civil society critical of Putin, Rothrock says.
"They have a lot of instruments to crack down on dissent after the Games," Rothrock says.


Russians Hunt for Potential Female Suicide Bombers in Sochi

Suspected attack comes less than a day after U.S. offered military support

January 21, 2014
 A photo of a police leaflet seen in a Sochi hotel on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, shows Ruzanna Ibragimova and states that she is at large in the city of Sochi. Russian security officials are hunting down three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom is believed to be in Sochi, where the Winter Olympics will begin next month.

Security forces in Sochi, Russia, distributed flyers Tuesday morning warning of a potential suicide attack by three women. One of the suspects, Ruzanna Ibragimova, 22, is believed to be at large in the host city on the Black Sea coast.
http://world.einnews.com/article/187659137/S4ZeFfCaS-U62RgG?n=1&code=lCtThc8XIaCtSyaE

Less than 24 hours after the U.S. offered military support to the Russian government for the upcoming Olympic Games, reports indicate local authorities are looking for three potential female suicide bombers, one of whom may be in Sochi.

Security forces in Sochi distributed flyers Tuesday morning warning of a potential suicide attack by three women. One of the suspects, Ruzanna Ibragimova, 22, is believed to be at large in the host city on the Black Sea coast. The flyers include pictures of Ibragimova and two other women, Zaira Aliyeva, 26, and Dzhannet Tsakhayeva, 34, all wearing veils and believed to be trained "to perpetrate acts of terrorism."

The news follows twin bombings in late December in Volgograd, one at a train station followed the next day by another suicide bomber on a crowded commuter bus. The attacks, roughly 400 miles northeast of Sochi, accounted for 34 deaths. An Islamic militant group in Dagestan on Monday posted a video claiming responsibilities for the attacks and threatened further strikes in Sochi, reports The Associated Press.

[READ: Vladimir Putin Tells Gay Visitors to 'Leave Children in Peace' During Sochi Winter Olympics]

Experts in these kinds of attacks say they are consistent with Islamic extremists in southern Russia. These groups often recruit so-called "black widows" – the wives of slain insurgents – to carry out such suicide bombings.

Security has been on high alert as a result, with the Russian government deploying 40,000 police officers to guard Sochi.

The Pentagon announced late Monday it would offer jets and Navy ships to the Russian government in preparation for the games, to begin on Feb. 7. Two ships already in the Black Sea "will be available if requested for all manner of contingencies in support of – and in consultation with – the Russian government," said spokesman Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby.

"The United States has offered its full support to the Russian government as it conducts security preparations for the Winter Olympics," he said. "To that end, U.S. commanders in the region are conducting prudent planning and preparations should that support be required."
Kirby said there is no such requirement at this time.
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A woman and a police officer walk in front of Bolshoy Ice Dome in the Coastal Cluster on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in Alder, Russia.
The Russian government has deployed roughly 40,000 law enforcement officers to protect Sochi.
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Terror in Russia in recent weeks has exceeded the usual security paranoia surrounding a high-profile event like the Olympic Games, following twin bombings in a city a few hundred miles away and reports of another impending suicide attack in Sochi.
A string of countries that includes Australia, Britain and the U.S. has recommended against their citizens traveling outside of the Olympic venue, amid reports of new threats popping up each week.
The Russian government currently has deployed roughly 40,000 law enforcement officers to protect Sochi, the Black Sea coastal town of roughly 343,000 residents. For context, that's a force 5,000 stronger than the entire New York City Police Department, which serves a population of more than 8 million.
As the Feb. 7 opening ceremonies approach ever closer, world powers are looking to Russia for some indication that the situation is enough under control for the games to go on.
[READ: Russians Hunt for Potential Female Suicide Bombers in Sochi]
"The main problem is the threat from suicide bombers. It's a unique threat and one that is not easily defended against," says Kevin Miles, a former FBI special agent who retired in 2013 after 23 years as a bomb technician.
Miles cites a mixture of pride and cooperation among the Russian law enforcement officers with whom he frequently worked at the FBI training facility in Quantico, Va., and other federal training centers. The "cop-to-cop" relationship was always strong, he says, but is often subject to disputes at the executive levels of the two governments.
The only way to deter a suicide bomber is to grab the device before it's put over his or her shoulders, Miles says. They are extraordinarily difficult to interdict once they're out in the field.
"Once that suicide bomber leaves the residence, leaves the safe house, leaves anywhere he or she is, that's it. You've lost the device," he says. "You will not see it again until it's detonated."
Miles is currently director of training at the Massachusetts-based private security firm Troy Asymmetric. He teaches law enforcement officers how to neutralize a suicide bomber if they are lucky to encounter one who hesitates before detonating the explosives. Many extremist groups operating in the Caucasus region and throughout southern Russia often build fail-safe devices into such bombs, allowing them to be detonated remotely if the prospective bomber has second thoughts.
Russian security forces are professional and well-trained, Miles says. Their main problem remains one they share with many other advanced nations: a lack of adequate resources.
The U.S. announced last week that two Navy ships already parked in the Black Sea are available to the Russian government if it asks for assistance. American law enforcement also will share technology developed during prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that aims to counter improvised explosive devices.
"I know the [FBI] is going to have people over there," Miles says. "I don't know how active we're going to be. It's not our country, I doubt very seriously we're going to go there and do things on our own. We're there in an advisory capacity."
The U.S. will not share any classified technology with the Russians, he adds, opting instead to share tactics, techniques and drills.
"The relationship between the two countries right now isn't the best. Cop-to-cop it is pretty good, if we are allowed access."

[ALSO: Vladimir Putin Tells Gay Visitors to 'Leave Children in Peace' During Sochi Winter Olympics]
Thus encapsulates the complex and at times paradoxical relationship between the two rivals, constantly prompted to cooperate in an ever-shrinking world, but hung up by a history of distrust.
Most countries hosting a high-profile event like the Olympics initially shirk external help, but soon realize such a course is foolish and unrealistic, says Juan Zarate, who served as a deputy national security adviser in the George W. Bush White House.
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Palestinians in the grip of evil Israel - Egypt - Saudi Arabia - and the Gulf State of Kuwait - Bahrain - etc.. >>...Generations of Palestinians living in Gaza have suffered massacres, occupation, a tightening Egyptian-Israeli blockade, and continuous military attacks by Israel. In the face of this, a group of young Palestinian writers have chosen to resist through the power of writing....>>>...Palestinians struggle .. should be kept fueled and supported by the whole world , so that soon an independent and sovereign Palestinian state . UN betrayal and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt - Turkey - and Kuwait - Bahrain .. etc is a crime against humanity . The U.S. and Europe just to take advantage .. from Muslim countries .. without really wants to help the State of Palestine to gain full rights as a nation is the nation's original Merdeka .. and have sovereignty . .. Peipuan by British politicians .. when colonizing Palestine .. that should be given to the nation's independence Plestina .. , tetapiu instead they gave to the Israeli occupation - that is cruel .. Indonesia and the whole nation in the world should immediately intervene to re-establish the state of Palestine .. and gives the right of freedom of sovereign nations .. or all of the independent nation out of the UN and the UN to build a new one that is free from U.S. diminasi et al who constantly betray and harm to other nations ... as they treat the Palestinians . .. who always treated unjustly and very clumsy manner and vile .......>>>



Gaza Writers Resist War and Siege through Fiction

A Palestinian youth waits near luggage, hoping to cross into Egypt, at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on January 21, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Said Khatib)
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/gaza-writers-resist-war-and-siege-through-fiction
Published Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Generations of Palestinians living in Gaza have suffered massacres, occupation, a tightening Egyptian-Israeli blockade, and continuous military attacks by Israel. In the face of this, a group of young Palestinian writers have chosen to resist through the power of writing.

“Writing is a form of resistance; [a] refusal to surrender,” said Refaat Alareer, the brain-child, editor, and one of the contributors of the recently published “Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine.”
Fifteen young writers, between the ages of 18 and 30, five of whom never wrote fiction before, contributed 23 short fiction stories to the final collection. Only four were able to attend the book’s launch in packed rooms in London and Malaysia on January; the rest unable to leave Gaza.
For these writers, the stories within “Gaza Writes Back” symbolized their own personal struggles, as well as societal challenges they witnessed around them. It was an opportunity for them to give voice to the voiceless.
“As a Palestinian living in Gaza City, I have always believed that every Palestinian life is a story worth telling,” said Tasnim Nabil Hammouda, a 19-year-old English and literature student at the Gaza university and author of two short stories in the book.
“Every Palestinian is a potential storyteller, for the story is always there, but putting it into words is the real challenge,” echoed Hanan Habashi, 23-year-old teacher and another story contributor.

Stories Reflecting Realities

“My story is personal. It’s about my eldest brother Omar who was killed by Israel in Gaza in 2004…[and] about my other brother who was named after him too,” Yousef Aljamal, a Palestinian blogger currently studying a master’s in International Relations at the University of Malaysia, told Al-Akhbar.
Initially, “Omar X” was an article written by Aljamal entitled, “Why I Have Two Brothers Called Omar,” that was reworked and re-edited through Alareer’s guidance, and eventual was transformed into a fictionalized short story that was incorporated into the collection.
“The story is a token of appreciation to my eldest brother in which I try to describe his last moments in life as he bled and tried to call us, but he could not,” Aljamal explained.
The Gaza Strip, a small sliver of land, populated with almost 1.7 million people, has been under total blockade, cutting land, sea, and air routes, by Israel since 2007, a dire situation that has had an enormous influence on the writers’ stories.
The siege, a form of collective punishment and a crime against humanity, denies Palestinians in Gaza the ability to import basic goods including construction material, certain food products, and even books. It has significantly decimated agriculture, manufacturing, and the fishing industry that many of Gaza’s people rely to sustain a living.Movement is completely curtailed, in effect forcing the population to exist in an open-air prison.
The noose continues to tightened over time.
According to a report released by Oxfam late last year, more than 80 percent of Gaza's inhabitants are in need of humanitarian aid and 65 percent of families are expected to be food insecure.
"The situation in Gaza has deteriorated substantially - and I repeat, substantially - in the last few months,” the former Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, warned during the opening session of UNRWA's Advisory Commission in Jordon last November.
"UNRWA has a major responsibility for the welfare of two thirds of the population [in Gaza], and from that perspective I must remind you, once more, that Gaza is quickly becoming uninhabitable," he added.
Since the summer of 2012, the Egyptian military, crucial in maintaining the siege with Israel from its beginnings, furthered the population’s strangulation by indefinitely closing the Rafah crossing – the only exit out of Gaza – and intensified a campaign to destroy hundreds of underground tunnels that are the strip’s economic and social life-line.
“My story is set in Gaza and many aspects of it reflect the daily distress Gazans have to endure,” said Habashi, whose short story “L for Life,” kicks off the collection.
“Gaza is the home of electricity cut-offs, UNRWA refugee cards and the miserable camps. Those weren't things I had to imagine to write, I just needed to look around and go forward with my story,” Habashi said.
In Hammouda’s case, she tackled the medical and humanitarian crisis arising from the blockade in one of her two stories called “Neverland.” The plot centers around a nurse working with children who suffer from cancer.
“The theme is universal. Yet, it saddens me to realize that the painful fact of Gaza having remarkably high rates of patients with cancer stands behind my inspiration of this story,” she said.
“Gaza being under siege for several years means limited medical assistance to these patients who don’t get the attention they deserve. Through writing ‘Neverland,’ I wanted to bring their agony into spotlight in one way or another.”

Overcoming Obstacles

“Gaza Writes Back” blossomed three years ago during Alareer's tenure teaching English and creative writing courses in Islamic University of Gaza. During that time, he commonly met students that he felt handled and wrote English very well, but were not being prodded into more creative directions.
Alareer decided that his students should produce their own stories rather than solely examining and deconstructing works by famous writers.
It was a teaching style that from the start was opposed by many of the university’s faculty, including a few students in his own classroom.
“I guess where I come from, and this is probably true in the Arab world, being young facing older generations resulted in some resistance. [Many] didn't believe that students could write fiction. The difference with me is that I believe that students can be better than their teachers,” the 35-year-old father of five explained to Al Akhbar.
Working mainly in secret, he encouraged his students to create their own stories about their surroundings. This meant, of course, that many wrote about the blockade and it’s unavoidable effect on them and their society.
But beyond the blockade, the 2008-2009 war, called “Operation Cast Lead,” on Gaza by Israel, which killed and wounded thousands of civilians, was another influential source for the students.
“It doesn’t sound right that wars inspire, but it did in our case. In a way or another, the war was behind most of the Gaza Writes Back stories,” Habashi noted.
“Recognizing the vulnerability of our own lives in the face of the Israeli war machines, helplessness took hold of us, and writing pain down helped us realize the might of our word,” she added.
Alareer further tested the waters by sharing these home-grown short stories in his classes with other students, side-by-side with prominent English writers like Edgar Allan Poe. The feedback was immediately positive.
By October 2012 Alareer was approached by Helena Cobban, founder and owner of Just World Books, who was keen in publishing works by Gazan writers. It was decided that a collection of short story books should be complied and published, and soon after, Alareer contacted former and current students to form a workshop to develop such a book.
A call for submissions spread on the university’s campus and throughout social media like wildfire, and 70 short stories were amassed, a bulk way beyond what was expected.
During the process the writers dealt with a range of obstacles. From frustrations over continual power-cuts at their homes to intimate personal fears that the stories would be rejected. Fiction, as a medium unto itself, was unruly and uncomfortable to work with for some.
“[W]riting fiction for the first time wasn't the easiest thing to do,” Habashi said, “But at the end of the day, Palestinians are armed with provoking memories of theirs or of people they knew or heard of. We definitely have the raw materials for the story.”
The final book of 23 short stories was completed and released by Just World Books mid-January of this year, and already generated favorable reviews.
The book, available in North America, Europe and elsewhere, has also not been released in Gaza as of yet.
“The situation in Gaza has become more horrible because of Egypt. It is sad to talk about how Egypt is making your life terrible,” Alareer said. “People are suffocating.”
“[But] I managed to smuggle one book in my friend's suitcase,” he added with a light chuckle.
Despite the various obstacles, plans are already in motion to translate the book from English into Arabic, Malay, Japanese, and other languages, a testament to “Gaza Writes Back’s” wide-spread appreciation and growing success.

“Writing Is Resistance”

“Everybody is encouraging. It's very humbling, especially because its the first time for [some of] these young writers,” Alareer said. “They lacked experience, lacked practice, and yet we have five great stories in the collection from them.”
“From day one they were amazing and very cooperative. They knew and felt that it was a good project for Palestine and Gaza,” he said.
As Alareer noted, these Palestinian writers discovered that they have a means to freely express themselves, and sentiments of their society, to others beyond massive barriers that surround them. It was an important revelation, which left a massive mark on them.
“Having been a tiny part of Gaza Writes Back, I came to realize the power of the written word and the importance of having our voices heard,” Habashi said. “At this point, writing [about] Palestine grew out of the ‘writing as healing’ shell and became more of a moral duty towards our just cause.”
“Seeing my ideas in front of me on papers and being creative never fail to set me free in a country where life is all about freedom,” Hammouda asserted.
For Aljamal: “Writing became a part and parcel of my life. Writing is resistance, one form of it. I will keep writing and resisting.”

Palestina vs Zionis
Israel Hancurkan Rumah Warga Palestina di Timur al–Quds
 
Islam Times - Aktivis tersebut mengatakan, warga setempat bentrok dengan polisi Israel yang menembakkan granat setrum pada warga di daerah tersebut.
http://www.islamtimes.org/vdcfjtdm1w6djca.,8iw.html
 
Warga Gaza, meninggalkan reruntuhan rumah mereka.jpg
Warga Gaza, meninggalkan reruntuhan rumah mereka.jpg

Pasukan Israel menghancurkan empat rumah warga Palestina di Timur al-Quds (Yerusalem) di daerah Issawiya dan Beit Hanina.

Buldoser Israel menghancurkan bangunan dua lantai seluas 300 meter persegi di Issawiya, Senin (27/1/14), kata seorang aktivis.

Aktivis tersebut mengatakan, warga setempat bentrok dengan polisi Israel yang menembakkan granat setrum pada warga di daerah tersebut. Sebuah rumah dengan luas 70 meter persegi milik seorang warga Palestina juga dihancurkan di Issawiya.

Dua rumah lainnya dihancurkan oleh pasukan Israel di al-Ashqariya daerah Beit Hanina, utara al-Quds Timur yang dihuni oleh 20 orang.

Menurut urusan kemanusiaan PBB, Israel menghancurkan sekitar 100 rumah warga Palestina di Timur al-Quds pada tahun 2013 dan membuat 300 warga menjadi tunawisma.

Kelompok HAM itu mengatakan, penghancuran yang dilakukan Tel Aviv bertujuan memperoleh lahan lebih banyak dalam pembangunan pemukiman ilegal dan menjalankan proyek-proyek militer di wilayah Palestina yang diduduki.

Perluasan pemukiman Israel di Palestina yang diduduki menjadi hambatan besar dalam upaya membangun perdamaian di Timur Tengah.[IT/r]

Warga Palestina Menentang Pembangunan Tembok Pemisah Zionis Baru

 

Warga Palestina memperingatkan rencana pembangunan tembok pemisah Zionis akan menghancurkan mata pencaharian penduduk setempat di selatan Baitul Maqdis.
 
Besok (Rabu, 29/1) Mahkamah Agung Israel akan memutuskan rute pembangunan tembok pemisah Zionis.
 
Warga desa Battir di Tepi Barat mengatakan bahwa tembok tersebut akan mengancam mata pencaharian sekitar 5.000 warga Palestina yang bergantung pada sistem irigasi kuno.
 
Terdapat sistem saluran air kuno era Romawi dari sumber air melalui pintu air untuk mengaliri kebun dan taman-taman desa.
 
"Pembangunan tembok akan merusak bagian dari sistem air yang telah berada di selama 2.500 tahun, termasuk saluran yang mengarah ke desa," kata Akram Badr, kepala desa.



Horror as banker, 39, plunges to his death from headquarters of JP Morgan in Canary Wharf

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547275/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-30s-dies-plunge-JP-Morgan-headquarters-Canary-Wharf.html

  • Scotland Yard said the deceased was found on the ninth floor roof at 8am
  • JP Morgan wouldn't confirm man's identity but was 'reviewing sad incident'
  • Witnesses said banker's body lay uncovered on roof for several hours
  • 'Traders are usually in by 7.30am, so it could be one of them,' one said
By Martin Robinson
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A banker has died after jumping 500ft from the top of JP Morgan's European headquarters in London this morning.
The man, who is believed to be 39, fell from the 33 floor skyscraper and was found on the ninth floor roof of the Canary Wharf building.
A source close to the investigation told MailOnline the man was a banker, but JP Morgan, the world's largest bank by assets, said his name and job would not be released until his family were informed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2547275/BREAKING-NEWS-Man-30s-dies-plunge-JP-Morgan-headquarters-Canary-Wharf.html
 
Tragedy: A banker has been found dead today after jumping from the top of JP Morgan's headquarters in Canary Wharf, London and landing on a surrounding building
Tragedy: A banker has been found dead today after jumping from the top of JP Morgan's headquarters in Canary Wharf, London and landing on a surrounding building
Scotland Yard said they were called to 25 Bank Street at 8.02am and detectives are not treating the death as suspicious.
 
'We believe we know the identity of the deceased but we await formal identification', a Met spokesman said.

FORMER BANK EXECUTIVE FOUND HANGED AT KENSINGTON HOME

South Kensington road
A former Deutsche Bank executive has been found dead at a house in London, it emerged today.
The body of William ‘Bill’ Broeksmit, 58, was discovered at his home in South Kensington on Sunday by police.
Mr Broeksmit - who retired last February - was a former senior manager with close ties to co-chief executive Anshu Jain.
Mr Jain and co-chief executive Juergen Fitschen said in an internal memo: ‘He was considered by many of his peers to be among the finest minds in the fields of risk and capital management.'
They added: ‘We are deeply saddened by Bill's death. He was a dear friend and colleague to many of us who benefitted from his intellect and wisdom.
‘Our thoughts and condolences are with his wife and family at this time. We will remember him for his contributions to Deutsche Bank, thoughtful advice and personal friendship.’
Mr Broeksmit worked in investment banking - specifically risk and securities - and lived on exclusive Evelyn Gardens in South Kensington, which has an average property value of £1.9million.
Canary Wharf workers were in shock today, with one trader telling MailOnline that his body lay on the flat roof until around Midday.
'My colleague yelled that he could see that someone had jumped from the top of the building onto a lower roof. His body lay there uncovered for at least two hours,' he said.
'Hundreds were looking out of their windows at him.
'Traders are usually in by 7.30am, so on that basis it could be one of them.
'It was bonus week at JP Morgan last week so I hope it wasn't to do with that'.
Another Canary Wharf worker who could see where the man fell told the Evening Standard: 'It’s upsetting what’s happened but the thought of somebody lying up there for four hours is awful.
'I got into the office at about 8.10 and the body was on the floor and there were police up there, and they put a white cover on him.
'I think he was in a suit. As far as I could see the was dressed appropriately, but there was quite a lot of blood, so me and my colleagues were a bit upset.'
Others tweeted that what they saw this morning.
Amie Hughes-Gage said: 'Just watched the police finally remove that poor bankers body 4 and half hours later with only a white sheet over him.'
Hetal Patel tweeted: 'The 9th floor roof of JP Morgan is visible from my office window. For a long time the body was left cordoned & unattended'.
Another wrote online: 'It's not a nice view from my building. The body is on the rooftop of level 9. So sad'.

In shock: A JP Morgan worker looks out of his window as the man's body was recovered today
In shock: A JP Morgan worker looks out of his window as the man's body was recovered today

The man was found on the 9th floor of the bank's European headquarters building
People look out of the window of the J P Morgan building at Canary Wharf
Roof death:  Workers at Canary Wharf said hundreds were looking at the man's body from their windows


Investigation: Police at the scene outside the JP Morgan building this morning, where the man was found dead at around 8am
Investigation: Police at the scene outside the JP Morgan building this morning, where the man was found dead at around 8am
Tweet from the scene

Reaction: A tweet by a witness
Reaction: A tweet by a witness
The man appears to have been killed instantly by the fall.
An air ambulance was sent but the man could not be saved.
'We were called to Bank Street to reports of a person fallen form a height', London Ambulance Service spokesman said:
'We sent one ambulance crew, a duty officer, our hazardous area response team and London Air Ambulance to the scene.
'Sadly a man in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene.'
JP Morgan's building has been the headquarters of the bank's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operation since July 2012. 
It used to be owned by Lehman Brothers until its collapse in 2008, and the area houses the headquarters of other banking giants including HSBC and Barclays.
The bank declined to comment on whether the dead man was an employee.
A company spokeswoman said: 'We are reviewing a very sad incident at 25 Bank Street this morning.'
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