Avevo libri di fiabe, e vari dischi di fiabe sonore: su 45giri (anzi, 7pollici, come direi adesso con l’esperienza del dj… ), erano quelle con la sigla A mille ce n’è… che è uno dei ricordi più lontani e preziosi, almeno per me.

Su un libro di fiabe illustrato, c’era la storia di Abdallah di terra e Abdallah di mare.

Troppo difficile da leggere, quel nome, per uno che a leggere sta imparando, una lettera alla volta: suona sbagliato, non assomiglia a nessuna parola conosciuta – e infatti anche chi l’ha scritto, oggi quel nome lo scriverebbe diversamente, con la u (Abdullah) che rende meglio il suono che fanno gli arabi quando lo pronunciano.
Ma il suono che fanno gli arabi quando lo pronunciano, in quel tempo lontano non è che l’avessero poi sentito in tanti.

Le illustrazioni me le ricordo: questo Abdallah di terra che era un povero pescatore, e Abdallah di mare che esaudiva i suoi desideri portandogli una dotazione di ogni ben di dio, tra cui mi ricordo di aver fotografato in modo indelebile, con i miei occhi di allora, anche delle perle lucenti.

Della fiaba non so dire più niente, già è strano che in quei tempi di Grimm e Perrault e Andersen, due omonimi arabi si siano infilati tra le pagine di un libro per bambini.

Però oggi so dire un sacco di cose sulla terra e sul mare, sugli arabi che lo attraversano, il mare, sperando disperatamente di raggiungere questa terra – e sulle ricchezze, sui ben di dio che qui ingrassano l’ego di gente che, voglio credere, quella fiaba da bambini non l’ha mai letta, e si vede. E so misurare la distanza in anni luce, da quella fiaba coi nomi strani, da quel disegno con le perle, fino a questo tempo povero, senza fiabe e con un nodo di cose che stanno per succedere e chissà quando scopriremo.

Però sto sulla rete, che è il regno del possibile, e quindi bastano tre parole su google per scoprire che quel libro di fiabe viene venduto, su ebay, e che la versione audio è anche lei in vedita, ma naturalmente e per fortuna anche in condivisione sui circuiti torrent… e che c’è chi l’ha ripresa, la fiaba, illustrandola di nuovo per farmela rileggere. E allora adesso ci vado.

RFI

C’est la première visite en Syrie du roi Abdallah d’Arabie Saoudite, depuis son accession au trône en 2 005. Le souverain est arrivé à Damas ce mercredi. Un geste fort entre deux pays en froid depuis des années.

Ce sont deux puissances incontournables de la région et tout ou presque les oppose.

L’Arabie Saoudite est l’un des principaux alliés des Etats-Unis au Proche et au Moyen-Orient, alors que la Syrie est toujours sous le coup de sanctions américaines (même si le dégel est en cours avec Washington).

Face à Téhéran, le royaume saoudien -arabe et sunnite- s’inquiète de la montée en puissance de l’Iran -perse et chiite-, alors que la Syrie cultive sa relation privilégiée avec la République islamique.

Le Liban au coeur des discussions

Au Liban, les Saoudiens financent et arment l’actuelle majorité autour de Saad Hariri, à l’opposé des Syriens qui arment et protègent le Hezbollah. La Syrie vers laquelle beaucoup de regards se sont tournés, en 2 005, lorsque l’ancien Premier ministre libanais Rafic Hariri fut assassiné.

Le Liban devrait être l’un des principaux sujets de discussion entre le roi Abdallah et le président Bachar El- Assad, puisque le pays du Cèdre peine depuis quatre mois à se doter d’un gouvernement. La situation en Irak, le conflit israélo-palestinien, ainsi que la difficile réconciliation interpalestinienne seront également évoqués.

L’Orient Le Jour

La visite surprise du président syrien Bachar el-Assad en Arabie saoudite, pour participer à l’inauguration de l’Université du roi Abdallah pour les sciences et les technologies, a été accueillie très favorablement au Liban. Des personnalités de différents camps politiques ont salué cette initiative, estimant qu’elle aura un impact positif sur les efforts de formation du gouvernement au Liban.

Le député Anouar el-Khalil a qualifié cette visite d’ « initiative positive et courageuse ». Il a souligné que les efforts des deux leaders arabes en vue de résoudre les problèmes entre eux aura « un impact sur divers dossiers intéressant ces pays et le Liban ».

Le député Ammar Houri (Bloc du futur) a considéré que « cette visite pourrait ouvrir la voie à la formation d’un gouvernement ». « Peut-être que les Syriens ont fait leurs calculs, a-t-il poursuivi. En tant que libanais, nous favorisons tout rapprochement entre pays arabes. »

Le député Kassem Hachem (parti Baas) a trouvé « normal que cette visite ait un impact positif sur le Liban ». L’ancien vice-président du Parlement, Élie Ferzli, a estimé que cette visite « fermera la route aux tentatives de certains groupes de faire exploser la situation entre les deux pays ».

Le ministre Jean Oghassabian a appelé à « profiter de ce climat propice dans la région et former un gouvernement homogène et efficace, qui se concentre sur la Constitution et les règles démocratiques ».

Pour sa part, le député Henri Hélou (Bloc démocratique) a assuré que « tout rapprochement et toute entente entre pays arabes ont un impact positif sur la situation locale ».

Seule voix discordante : l’ancien Premier ministre Sélim Hoss. Celui-ci a bien qualifié l’initiative de « courageuse » et « bénéfique pour les réconciliations interarabes ». Il a cependant dénoncé le fait que « certains Libanais prétendent que cette initiative conduira à faciliter l’opération de formation du gouvernement. Pour notre part, nous ne le pensons pas parce que pour nous, la décision politique libanaise se prend au Liban et n’a pas de lien avec les développements régionaux ».

Beirut Hippodrome, officiellt kallas Hippodrom Du Parc De Beyrouth, vilket är en hästracing anläggning i Beirut, Libanon. Den byggdes 1885 i Bir Hassan, en förort till Beirut.

Den flyttades 1918 till en plats på Abdallah Al Yafi Avenue intill Horsh Beirut. Förutom nationella och internationella hästkapplöpningar, denna Hippodrome är också värd för Garden Visa var våren som välkomnar mer än 160 utställare och över 24.000 besökare från Libanon, Syrien, Jordanien, Cypern och andra europeiska länder.

Hästar och Hästkapplöpning i Libanon har en lång tradition av kvalitet. Den arabiska hästen är ett mästerverk av Moder Natur.

IHT

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Published: May 14, 2009

JERUSALEM — The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, met on Thursday with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who urged the Israeli leader to commit to a two-state solution with the Palestinians, according to news reports.

Mr. Netanyahu made the unannounced trip to Jordan hours before he was to meet in Nazareth with Pope Benedict XVI, and days ahead of a pivotal meeting with President Obama, scheduled to take place in Washington on Monday. It will be the first meeting between the Israeli and American leaders since the conservative-leaning Mr. Netanyahu took office six weeks ago.

The Obama administration has pronounced the two-state solution — the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel — to be the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mr. Netanyahu has so far refused to publicly endorse the notion of a sovereign Palestinian state, a point of possible friction with Washington.

Mark Regev, a spokesman for Mr. Netanyahu, said that the Israeli prime minister and the Jordanian monarch discussed bilateral issues and the peace process with the Palestinians. On the subject of Palestinian statehood, Mr. Regev said only that “the Prime Minister expressed his view that he is committed to moving forward and is committed to tangible steps that will benefit people on the ground.”

A statement issued by the royal palace after the meeting and quoted by news organizations said that the king had also asked Mr. Netanyahu to accept the Arab peace initiative, which offers Israel normal ties with the Arab world in return for a full withdrawal to its pre-1967 boundaries and a solution for the Palestinian refugees of 1948.

Mr. Netanyahu has emphasized the Palestinians’ need for rapid economic development. While stating his readiness for political talks, he has been less eager to define the desired outcome.

By meeting with King Abdullah, and earlier this week with the president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Mr. Netanyahu seemed to want to pursue a regional approach that would pit moderate forces in the region against those that reject Israel outright, like Iran and its proxies.

Mr. Regev said that Mr. Netanyahu wanted to see Egypt and Jordan, countries that already signed peace treaties with Israel, playing an “enhanced role” in the Israeli-Palestinian process.

At a news conference in Egypt on Monday, the Israeli leader expressed appreciation for Egypt’s “assistance in the struggle with the extremists and the terrorists who threaten both the whole region and the peace which we all desire.”

Israel and Jordan have a history of cooperation on security issues. Relations were strained in 1997, during Mr. Netanyahu’s last term as prime minister, after a failed assassination attempt against a senior Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, carried out by Israeli agents on Jordanian soil.

Times

James Hider in Jerusalem

America’s spy chief was sent on a secret mission to Israel to warn its leaders not to launch a surprise attack on Iran without notifying the US Administration.

As Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, prepares to visit Washington, it emerged yesterday that Leon Panetta, the head of the CIA, went to Israel two weeks ago. He sought assurances from Mr Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, the Defence Minister, that their hawkish new Government would not attack Iran without alerting Washington.

Concerns have been rising that Mr Netanyahu could launch a strike on Tehran’s atomic programme, in the same way that Israel hit Saddam Hussein’s Osirak reactor in 1981. Israel has been preparing for such an eventuality. It has carried out long-distance manoeuvres and is due to hold its largest civil defence drills this summer. The country’s leaders reportedly told Mr Panetta that they did not “intend to surprise the US on Iran”.

Mr Netanyahu will leave for Washington this weekend. He will meet Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, and Mr Obama, whom he will try to convince of the need for tougher action against Iran. Mr Obama favours trying to engage Tehran, but his efforts have been received coolly by President Ahmadinejad.

The Israeli leader is expected to insist that the US stays focused on Iran, rather than tackling stalled talks with the Palestinians.

Mr Netanyahu has held meetings with Arab leaders this week, including President Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan. Both Sunni leaders share Israel’s fears of a resurgent Shia Iran.

In Aqaba, Jordan, yesterday King Abdullah told Mr Netanyahu there could be no regional peace without a Palestinian state. So far Mr Netanyahu has refused to commit to a two-state solution. Instead, he has talked about developing the Palestinian economy, with Palestinians having only limited sovereignty. That view is likely to cause confrontation with Mr Obama.

Mr Netanyahu raised the issue of Iran during a private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Nazareth yesterday. “I asked him as a moral figure to make his voice heard loud and continuously against the declarations coming from Iran of their intention to destroy Israel,” he said. .

“I think we found in him an attentive ear.” The Pope, who reiterated his calls for peace yesterday, did not give an account of the meeting.

Times

UN Security Council statement comes a week before President Obama due to hold first meeting with new Israeli Prime Minister

James Bone in New York and James Hider in Jerusalem

The UN Security Council called yesterday for diplomatic action to achieve a two-state solution in the Middle East after King Abdullah of Jordan warned in The Times of a possible war within 18 months.

David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, said that the Security Council meeting reflected King Abdullah’s call for urgent moves towards peace.

“Debate has moved from seeking a solution between two states to a debate about the whole regional stability of the Middle East,” Mr Miliband said.

Susan Rice, Washington’s UN Ambassador, said: “We share a sense of urgency. This is a moment that should not be lost. That is why the United States and others are redoubling their efforts to achieve a lasting two-state solution.”

The Security Council statement, at a summit for foreign ministers called by Russia, comes a week before President Obama is due to hold a crucial first meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu, the new Israeli Prime Minister.

Ms Rice told the UN council that the US would incorporate the Arab Peace Initiative, formulated at a Beirut summit in 2002, into its peace efforts. Israel boycotted the UN meeting, saying that it did not believe the involvement of the Security Council “contributes to the political process in the Middle East”.

Israel reacted cautiously to King Abdullah’s call in the The Times for it to embrace the Arab League peace plan because it offered the Jewish state full recognition by 57 Muslim countries.

Israel has always been wary of the Arab League plan, denouncing the way it was presented as a take it or leave it package in which Israel would gain automatic normalisation with the 22-member Arab League if it allowed millions of Palestinians to return to their homes inside Israel.

The package also required it to withdraw to the pre-1967 amnesty lines, relinquishing the Old City of Jerusalem.

Recent leaks have suggested that a revised Arab plan could be submitted with US backing, dropping the right of return clause that Israel says would end its status as a Jewish state.

Yigal Palmor, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League, had “said that there’ll be no change in the text and nobody’s going to make an amendment. I don’t see any sweetened Arab peace plan being presented to Obama any time soon. If Amr Moussa said no, then it is no”.

Questions remained in Israeli minds about the King’s prediction of war within 12 to 18 months if no progress was made towards peace.

Mr Palmor said that the phrasing could be construed as a threat.

“It means we are not engaged in a territorial conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, but between Israel and 57 nations. Put like that, it’s a conflict of a whole different order,” he said.

Times

Richard Beeston

How has the Pope’s visit gone? I

think it’s gone extremely well. I said to His Holiness that this is the right time. You’re coming here on a spiritual pilgrimage with a message of peace … as a signal of hope for what we’re planning to do on the political aspect. It is all part of one major effort. This is a critical crossroads that we need to take advantage of.

So this is good timing between your visit to Washington and before President Obama’s visit to Cairo?

I concentrated in my discussions with him on his being the spiritual dimension while I work on the politics of this. The trickle-down effect to the people has always been the challenge. So the message of reconciliation, the message of hope for the future of Jerusalem comes at a perfect time because there has been a flurry of activity over the past six weeks, after the Doha summit and what the Arab nations are doing as part of the Arab peace proposal. [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu’s expected visit to Washington next week will be the turning point. Obviously, I’m sure President Obama is keeping his cards close to his chest until he hears what Prime Minister Netanyahu has to say. I think the President is committed to the two-state solution. He is committed to the two-state solution now. He feels the urgency of the need to move today. Because we’re not working for peace in a vacuum, with others not there. So this is a critical moment.

A cynic might say, we’ve had the Annapolis peace conference, we’ve had the road map for peace, the Arab initiative, almost a decade with no results. What’s the difference now?

Four or five decades!There are two major factors. We are sick and tired of the process. We are talking about direct negotiations. That is a major point. We are approaching this in a regional context. You could say through the Arab peace proposal. The Americans see this as we do and I think the Europeans. Britain is playing a very vital pro-active role, more than I have ever seen in the ten years of my experience in bringing people together. What we are talking about is not Israelis and Palestinians sitting at the table, but Israelis sitting with Palestinians, Israelis sitting with Syrians, Israelis sitting with Lebanese. And with the Arabs and the Muslim world lined up to open direct negotiations with Israelis at the same time. So it’s the work that needs to be done over the next couple of months that has a regional answer to this — that is not a two-state solution, it is a 57-state solution. That is the tipping point that shakes up Israeli politicians and the Israeli public. Do you want to stay Fortress Israel for the next ten years? The calamity that that would bring to all of us, including the West? This has become a global problem. We are saying to the Israelis that this is an issue that is far bigger than you Israelis and the Palestinians. This is where I think the Obama Administration gets it. I am very, very concerned about having a conference in six months’ time, and another one in a year’s time, that doesn’t work. I think we’re going to have to do a lot of shuttle diplomacy, get people to a table in the next couple of months to get a solution.

So you are front-loading an offer to the Israelis that says if a deal is done, these are the people who will be making peace with you, whom you will be having embassies with and whom you will be trading with?

If you consider that a third of the world does not recognise Israel — 57 nations of the United Nations do not recognise Israel, a third of the world — their international relationships can’t be all that good. More countries recognise North Korea than Israel. That is a very strong statement when we are offering a third of the world to meet them with open arms. The future is not the Jordan river or the Golan Heights or Sinai, the future is Morocco in the Atlantic to Indonesia in the Pacific. I think that’s the prize.

There have been reports that the Americans have asked you to clarify certain parts of the Arab initiative, in particular the status of Jerusalem and the future of Palestinian refugees.

I was very specific in carrying a letter on behalf of the Arab League highlighting the Arab peace proposal, their desire to work with President Obama to make this successful, their commitment to extending the hand of friendship to the Israelis and a lot of other things that we could probably do for the world.

Are these reports malicious? I

t’s hard to say. I’d like to think they’re not malicious, it’s just people with a lot of extra time on their hands. The speculation is very far from reality.

You have a very right-wing Government in Israel which does not even accept a two-state solution. How do you overcome that?

We have to deal with what we’re stuck with. Just because there is a right-wing government in Israel does not mean that we should chuck in the towel. There are a lot of American Jews and Israelis who tell me that it takes a right-wing Israeli government to do it. I said, I hope so! Netanyahu has a lot on his shoulders as he goes to Washington. I think the international atmosphere is not going to be in favour of wasting time; it is going to be very much “we are getting sick and tired of this”. Here is one final opportunity. If the only player in this equation between the West, the Arabs and the Muslims that is not being helpful and is against peace is Israel, then let’s call it for what it is. Let Israel understand that the world sees Israeli policy for what it is.

Have you dealt with Netanyahu before?

I had three months with the overlap [after the death of King Hussein]. These were probably the least pleasant of my ten years. However, a lot has happened in the last ten years and we are looking at the bigger picture, and looking for what’s best for Israel, which I believe is the two-state solution.

How a bout Jerusalem?

It is not an international problem, it is an international solution. Jerusalem unfortunately has been a symbol of conflict for so many centuries. From the start of this new century what we desperately need is for Jerusalem to become a symbol of hope. How do you encourage the three monotheistic religions to make Jerusalem into a pillar for the future of this century? I am sensing a lot more maturity and understanding in these troubled times of cultural and religious suspicions that Jerusalem could be a binder that we need.

Do you think you can bring Syria on board?

The Syrians definitely see the benefit of peace negotiations with Israel, and I’m hoping in my discussions with their foreign minister on my visit to Damascus tomorrow that they understand that this is a regional approach, because I strongly believe that a bilateral approach between Israel and Syria would be used by one or the other side to waste time. I think that this regional approach that Obama is looking at and which is endorsed by all of us, of getting all three of them at the table at the same time, sends a powerful message to Israel and a powerful commitment to solving the Lebanese and Syrian problems at the same time. So there is a tremendous opportunity for Syria to benefit from the regional context of this and ingratiate itself into the West. So it is my real hope that they see how the dynamic approach has changed and they see this as part of a team. There is hope now that it’s a win-win situation for everyone. What’s good for the Palestinians is good for the Syrians, is good for the Lebanese.

Isn’t this a reversal of the traditional policy of Syria of wanting a comprehensive solution?

Well, they said that but they didn’t mean it. The comprehensive approach is the only way.

Netanyahu is going to Cairo and Washington. How do you see the process moving forward?

The critical juncture will be what comes out of the Obama-Netanyahu meeting. If there is procrastination by Israel on the two-state solution or there is no clear American vision for how this is going to play out in 2009, then all the tremendous credibility that Obama has worldwide and in this region will evaporate overnight if nothing comes out in May. All eyes will be looking to Washington in May. If there are no clear signals and no clear directives to all of us, then there will be a feeling that this is just another American government that is going to let us all down.

If you don’t succeed in your peace plans, will it matter?

We’re going to have a war. Leading up to the Lebanese war, I said there was going to be a conflict with Israel. I said it four or five months before. I said it would happen either in Lebanon or Gaza. It was Lebanon. In November, I said there would be another war in Lebanon or Gaza. I thought it would happen when Obama was in office but was surprised by it happening a month earlier. If we delay our peace negotiations, then there’s going to be another conflict between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next 12 to 18 months — as sure as the other conflicts happened. So that’s the alternative — to have another round of war, and death and destruction. But its implications now resonate far beyond the Middle East region. There are other challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We have a lot more on our plate to deal with. If the call is in May that this is not the right time or we are not interested, then the world is going to be sucked into another conflict in the Middle East.

Comenzando su visita de una semana a Tierra Santa, el Papa Benedicto XVI aterrizó en Amman, la capital del Reino Ashemita de Jordania, donde fué recibido por el monarca, Abdallah Segundo. Luego de pasar revista a la guardia de honor, el Santo Padre expresó su profundo respeto por el Islám y agregó su esperanza que la Iglesia Católica pueda jugar un importante rol en la paz para el Medio Oriente.
En su primera visita a la región, Benedicto XVI deséa mejorar las relaciones del Vaticano con musulmanos y judíos. Dos años atrás enojó a muchos en el mundo islámico al citar un texto medieval que caracterizaba la Profeta Mahoma de “malo e inhumano”, aunque más tarde se arrepintió por la cita y dijo que la misma no respondía a su propia opinión.
A la espera del Papa Benedicto XVI, el diario Jordan Times escribió en un breve editorial que el jefe de la Iglesia Católica llega en “una misión de paz” y “con gran esperanza que sus plegarias para la paz en la región tengan éxito donde fracasaron hasta ahora los esfuerzos políticos”.
En Israel, el diario Yediot Ajaronot escribe que los rabinos principales de Israel se disponene a ausentarse del acto de recibimiento al Papa en el aeropuerto Ben Gurion, en protesta por su historia personal como ciudadano alemán y soldado de la Wermaj y sus posiciones frente al conflicto palestino-israelí.
Por su parte, los palestinos deséan usar la visita del Papa para atraer la atención mundial sobre sus diferencias con Israel y presionar a Jerusalén.

(source : http://antirepression.over-blog.com/article-30560825.html)

Les jours à venir sont chargés d’actualité judiciaire pour les prisonniers révolutionnaires emprisonnés en France depuis plus de 22 et 25 ans.

Le 28 avril, une demande de libération conditionnelle de Jean-Marc Rouillan sera examinée en appel. En première instance cette demande avait été refusée car Jean-Marc Rouillan n’a effectué que 10 mois de semi-liberté sur les 12 qu’exige la loi. Et pour cause ! En octobre 2008 les juges avaient retiré la semi-liberté à Jean-Marc Rouillan pour quelques mots parus dans la presse. Après un retour à temps plein à la prison des Baumettes au titre de sa condamnation à perpétuité, il a dû être hospitalisé d’urgence le 6 mars dans l’Unité hospitalière sécurisée interrégionale (UHSI) de Marseille. Aujourd’hui Jean-Marc est toujours hospitalisé dans une chambre d’hôpital /prison pour examens médicaux.

Le 28 avril également aura lieu par un Tribunal d’Application des Peines, l’examen en première instance d’une demande de libération de Régis Schleicher qui est en prison depuis plus de 25 ans. Régis Schleicher est passé au Centre National d’Observation de Fresnes cet été en même temps que Georges Cipriani, dans le cadre de la loi sur la rétention de sûreté.

Le 30 avril sera le jour du délibéré pour la troisième demande de libération de Georges Cipriani déposée le 12 novembre 2007.
Dans un courrier récent, Georges Cipriani détaille le long parcours kafkaïen de cette demande.

Et le 5 mai sera le jour du délibéré en appel pour la demande de libération de Georges Abdallah, communiste libanais emprisonné en France depuis bientôt un quart de siècle.
Après 22 ans de prison, deux ans et trois mois d’attente supplémentaire pour Georges Abdallah:

Voir les sites :

http://liberonsgeorges.over-blog.com/article-26587969.html

http://linter.over-blog.com/article-30169286.html

http://nlpf.samizdat.net/

RTL Info

Le premier ministre Herman Van Rompuy, en visite actuellement en Jordanie, a été reçu jeudi à Amman par le roi Abdallah II et a également rencontré son homologue jordanien Nader Dahabi, avant un déplacement la semaine prochaine au Liban.

Avec son homologue jordanien Nader Dahabi, M. Van Rompuy s’est entretenu de la situation régionale au sens large (conflit israélo-palestinien, Afghanistan dans la foulée du sommet de l’OTAN, etc) ainsi que des relations bilatérales avec la Jordanie. Le premier ministre belge a en particulier remercié le roi Abdallah II et M. Dahabi du soutien de la Jordanie dans l’acheminement de l’aide belge humanitaire lors du récent conflit de Gaza.

M. Van Rompuy passera le week-end pascal en Jordanie à titre privé. Il se rendra ensuite au Liban du 15 au 17 avril afin de rencontrer, en compagnie du ministre belge de la Défense, Pieter De Crem, les militaires belges qui participent à la force intérimaire de l’ONU au Liban (FINUL). Le premier ministre et le ministre de la Défense rendront également visite aux démineurs actifs dans la région de Tebnine (sud-Liban), ainsi qu’à la frégate belge “Léopold Ier” qui assure le commandement de la composante maritime de l’opération de paix.

Le Nouvel Observateur

La chambre de l’application des peines de la cour d’appel de Paris, statuant en matière terroriste, a mis en délibéré au 5 mai sa décision sur la demande de libération conditionnelle du Libanais Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, 57 ans, condamné en 1987 à la réclusion criminelle pour l’assassinat de deux diplomates en France, a-t-on appris de sources judiciaires.

Depuis la loi sur la rétention de sûreté, les détenus qualifiés de dangereux doivent être examinés par une commission pluridisciplinaire chargée de se prononcer sur leur dangerosité avant une demande de libération conditionnelle. Selon le comité de soutien à Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, l’avis de la commission a été négatif.

“Il revendique ses actes et les justifie par son engagement politique; il se présente comme un ‘résistant’ qui, à l’époque, luttait par la violence contre l’occupation du Liban par Israël, avec la complicité des Etats-Unis (…) Sa dangerosité est démontrée par son indifférence pour le sort des victimes et la force intacte de ses convictions qui peuvent à nouveau, si le contexte politique s’y prêtait, le pousser à se comporter en activiste résolu et implacable”, explique la commission dont une partie de l’avis a été rendu public par le comité de soutien.

Le 10 octobre 2007, une première demande avait été rejetée par le tribunal d’application des peines, jugeant insuffisantes les garanties de réinsertion du fondateur des Fractions armées révolutionnaires libanaises (FARL). Incarcéré à Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées), Abdallah s’est déjà vu refuser sa remise en liberté en septembre 2005.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah est né en 1951. Vers 1969, il rejoint le Front populaire de libération de la Palestine (FPLP) du Dr Georges Habache, un chrétien de rite grec-orthodoxe, au sein duquel il rencontre Illitch Ramirez Sanchez, plus connu sous le pseudonyme de Carlos.

Au début des années 1980, Abdallah fonde les FARL avec ses frères, cousins et proches. Ce groupe aux allures de clan familial revendique au total huit “actions” de 1981 à 1984.

Le 18 janvier 1982, Charles Ray, attaché militaire adjoint à l’ambassade des Etats-Unis, est assassiné d’une balle de 7,65mm dans la nuque en sortant de chez lui. Les FARL signent à Beyrouth leur première revendication. Le 3 avril de la même année, Yacov Barsimentov, deuxième secrétaire à l’ambassade d’Israël, subit un sort semblable. Le 26 mars 1984, le consul américain à Strasbourg, Robert Onan Homme, échappera d’extrême justesse à un attentat.

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Une femme de 75 ans a été condamnée à 40 coups de fouet en Arabie Saoudite. Son crime ? Avoir reçu à son domicile deux jeunes hommes qui lui faisaient ses courses. Or la loi islamique interdit à une femme de recevoir des hommes autres que ceux de sa famille directe. La sentence divise le pays.

En condamnant à 40 coups de fouet une femme de 75 ans, la police religieuse a provoqué sans le vouloir un débat en Arabie Saoudite. Le crime de cette femme âgée : avoir reçu chez elle deux jeunes hommes n’appartenant pas à sa famille directe. Un acte répréhensible selon les lois en vigueur dans le Royaume.

La veuve de nationalité syrienne a été sévèrement condamnée. Si le jugement est confirmé en appel, outre les 40 coups de fouet, la femme de 75 ans ira quatre mois en prison et sera définitivement expulsée d’Arabie saoudite. Les deux hommes ont eux aussi écopé d’une peine de prison et de coups de fouet.

Certaines voix s’élèvent dans le pays pour dénoncer l’absurdité de ces condamnations alors même que le roi Abdallah vient d’annoncer des réformes libérales. La vieille dame a fait appel.

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Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, communiste arabe, militant de la cause palestinienne, entame ce vendredi 24 octobre 2008, sa vingt-cinquième année de prison en France, dans l’indifférence générale.

Qui ne dit mot consent. Les partis politiques, les médias, les intellectuels, la plupart des militants de la cause palestinienne, tous ceux qui se taisent sont responsables, à différents niveaux, de cet acharnement étatique.

Il y a 60 ans, 800 000 Palestiniens étaient contraints de fuir leurs villages devant les bandes armées sionistes et les terroristes de l’Irgoun/Stern. Les assassins, futurs fondateurs de l’État illégitime d’Israël, sont demeurés impunis.

Georges Abdallah, lui, est toujours derrière les barreaux.

Son « crime » : non pas d’avoir posé des bombes aveugles, ni commandité des massacres contre des populations civiles, mais d’avoir milité au sein d’une organisation, les Fractions armées révolutionnaires libanaises (FARL).

Face à l’occupation de leur pays, le Liban, les résistants communistes des FARL ont décidé de frapper leurs ennemis partout où cela était possible, exécutant un agent du Mossad, services secrets israéliens responsables du meurtre de Palestiniens hors d’Israël, et un attaché militaire étatsunien à Paris quelques mois avant que ne soit perpétrée la boucherie de Sabra et Chatila lors de l’opération de nettoyage cyniquement intitulé par Israël “Paix en Galilée”.

Pour être allé au bout de son engagement, Georges Abdallah, militant communiste arabe, a été condamné à la perpétuité en 1987. Il est libérable depuis 1999. Il y a dix ans qu’il aurait pu recouvrer la liberté !

Mais de la théorie/justice formelle à la pratique/justice de classe, il y a un gouffre : en 2003, la juridiction régionale de libération conditionnelle de Pau se prononce pour sa remise en liberté. Le ministre de la justice s’y oppose. En 2007, la DST lui emboîte le pas au motif que Georges Abdallah « sera probablement fêté comme un héros à son retour dans son pays ».

Georges Abdallah est un symbole vivant de la résistance du peuple palestinien qui ne se résigne ni au vol de ses terres, ni à l’avenir misérable que lui réservent les spéculateurs en col blanc.

A l’heure où le capitalisme trébuche et où les forces impérialistes en Afghanistan s’enlisent, les idées de justice portées par Georges Abdallah sont plus que jamais vivantes.

Georges Abdallah doit être libéré !

Le Collectif pour la libération de Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

Hallo, ich bin Abdallah aus Wete/Pemba (der mit dem braunen Dress). Auf dem Foto sieht man auch meine Familie! Wir nehmen gerne Freiwillige von World Unite! in unsere Familie auf. Wir freuen uns darauf, uns mit Euch zu unterhalten und darüber zu reden, was in der Welt los ist. In unserem Haus leben meine Frau und ich zusammen mit unserer kleinen Tochter und meinem Bruder Mohammed, seiner Frau und deren zwei Kids.

Meine Frau und ich betreiben einen Lebensmittelladen in Wete Town. In meiner Freizeit unterhalte ich  mich gerne mit Menschen auf der Straße in Wete und beschäftige mich auch mit Taubstummen. Dazu habe ich die Zeichensprache erlernt!

Wir freuen uns darauf, Freiwillige, die auf der grünen Insel Pemba tätig sind, bei uns aufzunehmen.

Il re dell’Arabia Saudita Abdallah ha detto che intende organizzare un incontro tra mussulmani, ebrei e cristiani per contribuire a “salvare l’umanità dalla
decadenza”. Secondo quanto ha riferito l’agenzia ufficiale Spa, il sovrano ha manifestato questo suo proposito durante un seminario tenuto a Riad, la capitale saudita, che aveva per tema il dialogo tra il mondo islamico e il Giappone. Il sovrano non ha però precisato nè dove nè quando la sua iniziativa dovrebbe concretizzarsi.

We have reached the month of Safar.

It is prescribed to perform the following throughout the month:

Every day in addition to any recitations already being carried out:

1. Ashadu an la ilaha ill’ Allah wa ashadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluhu (saws) – three times

2. Astaghfirullah (300 times).

3. Give sadaqah (charity) daily for the sake of Allah Almighty with the intention of lifting away afflictions and misfortunes.

4. Surat Al-Fil (seven times)

5. Ayat al-Kursi (7 times).

It is a good practice, and that of Grandshaykh ‘Abdullah al-Fa’iz al-Daghestani, to sacrifice a lamb (qurban) for the sake of Allah Almighty on the 27th of Safar.
from Futuhat al-Haqqaniyya by Shaykh Muhammad ‘Adnan Kabbani

from a talk by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Allah made for every sickness a remedy. We must not accept that there any sickness without remedy. The Prophet Muhammad mentioned that for every sickness there is a cure. This is the Prophet to whom Allah gave the power of Isra’a and M’iraj (the Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then the Heavenly Ascension to the Divine Presence) to go to the Presence of Allah. It was a miraculous event that many did not at first accept until the Prophet gave them proof, telling them what he had seen on the road to masjid al-aqsa in Jerusalem. He told them about the caravans that were due to arrive in Mecca, and they then immediately believed him as no one would know such detail except one who was there. The Prophet was sent by Allah as a mercy, a rahma, to humanity. Every mercy therefore falls under the mercy of the Prophet: health is a mercy, wealth is a mercy, to be in a good position in this life is a mercy, to be in good standing in the hereafter is a mercy, even showers of rain (rahma in Arabic) or snow are mercies. All of this mercy that’s coming, Allah put in the hearts of our master Muhammad and his family, because his family is his blood and his blood is holy. So the one to whom Allah bestowed His Mercy knows what kind of remedy will help against every sickness.

I witnessed many illnesses cured by the remedies prescribed by both my shaykh Abdallah al-Fa’iz al-Daghestani and Grandshaykh Muhammad Nazim al-Haqqani. These cures come from the Prophet: it is prophetic medicine that so many people are using today under the names “alternative medicine” or “Chinese medicine”.

Real seclusion bears fruit. A real seclusion is not one that you demand, but one that is demanded of you: where the skaykh calls you out of the blue and says, “You, go to seclusion.” When you are in such a seclusion and training well, becoming more experienced, every sickness comes to you itself and says, “I am this type of sickness and the remedy for me is this.” According to the level of the one performing the seclusion, there will be prescriptions coming from heavenly sources for many difficult medical situations.

One of the most important sicknesses that people are facing today is cancer. I heard, witnessed, and saw from my shaykh (these are three distinct levels) that cancer can be cured and eliminated from a patient, but the patient must accept what they have to do. My sister was a gynecologist, and she had cancer. As a doctor she wasn’t able to accept anything other than what she’d studied. She went to Shaykh Nazim in the late eighties to speak with him about her case. He told her not operate. As a doctor, she insisted on it- she did the operation on her breast and lived 15 years before passing away. My auntie, who was in her early 50s, also had a cancer. She went to Shaykh Nazim and Granshaykh Abdallah for advice. Her doctors had already decided that she needed to have an operation. The night before the operation was to occur, we went to grandshaykh’s house. This was in the 1970s. He told us to take her out of the hospital, that if she didn’t do the operation she would have another 30 years of life. That night we went back to Beiruit and removed her from the hospital. The next morning they were searching for her, not knowing what had happened. She ended up living another 30 years, passing away at age 85. Meanwhile, my sister went through with her operation and lived only another 15 years.

Shaykh Nazim is carrying knowledge of Prophetic medicine that he has inherited by his spiritual connection with the Prophet through the chain of saints. He explained that there is a dormant cancer in every human being. It doesn’t awaken except in certain patients. If we touch the cancer, it will go crazy. Instead of going slowly, if we touch it with a knife the cancer will go wild and spread. He said the best thing is to take onion juice. The Prophet said that although onion and garlic have a bad smell, they are cures for 70 different illnesses that cannot be cured by any other means. So people of Allah recommend onion juice.

Just this past weekend, I was in New York. One of the students brought a lady to me, saying that this was the lady who had cancer before and, thanks be to Allah, she’d been cured. A year before I was in New York, and they had brought to me this lady saying that she had a tumour in her head. She had a child. I told her to drink onion juice. I also read surat al-fatiha (the first chapter of the Koran) seven times onto some water on behalf of Shaykh Nazim, telling her to drink it. One week later she had an x-ray at the hospital and the tumour was gone. It’s not because I read or she took the onion juice, it’s because she believed that it could happen. She believed in Allah and she believed in the Prophet. So a year later I saw her again, and she had been cancer free for the whole time with no operation and no chemotherapy. My recommendation for people with this problem is to take onion juice and to read surat al-fatiha seven times on water, or coffee for example, and drink it. They could alternatively read fatiha seven times and blow on themselves. If they are not able, someone else can read fatiha for them.

May Allah give us healing, shif’a, and give those who are suffering from this sickness healing also, especially Shaykh Nazim`s followers. May Allah make it easy on everyone. He is al-Shafi (The Healer). Ya Rabbi (Oh Lord), You are the One that Cures, there is no one else, we are coming to you, requesting through our master Muhammad and through your saints. We are weak and sinful servants, but we are coming to you. Where else is there to go? Your door is the one people can come to. We are coming to your door asking you to cure every human being, especially those sufferers who have children- to give them happiness in their lives. And to us also, and to our children. Extend our lives to see our master the Mahdi and our master Jesus, for that will be the best time- the golden time. We are asking that Allah will accept from all of us, for there are children here and their supplication is accepted. May Allah for the sake of the saints, our master Muhammad, and ahl bayt (the family of the Prophet) accept from us. Bi hurmati l-habib bi hurmati l-fatihah (by the sanctity of the beloved, by the sanctity of surat al-fatihah)