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Barghouhti: Israel should pay compensations for the huge damage in Gaza

PIC&Ikhwanweb - Palestine

Monday, February 16, 2009

MP Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, the secretary general of the national initiative, said that Israel should not be allowed to escape responsibility for the vast destruction it inflicted on Gaza Strip during its three-week blitzkrieg.

Barghouthi in a statement on Sunday called on all concerned, official parties to immediately start filing lawsuits against the Israeli government to force to it pay compensation for the human casualties and material damage.

He said that the investigations, including those of the Israeli army, proved that the huge devastation was not "legally or ethically justified".

The MP expressed regret that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon retreated over his previous stands on formation of a neutral international committee to probe Israel"s war crimes including the shelling of UN agencies in Gaza.

"Without such procedures there is no guarantee that the Zionist entity would not repeat such crimes," he warned.

Barghouti said that he was participating in an international campaign to impose sanctions on Israel similar to those imposed previously on South Africa during the rule of the apartheid regime.

Hamas: "Zionist" right’s rise shows Israel gets more radical

World Bulletin - Turkey

Monday, February 16, 2009

Hamas official in Turkey said that "Zionist right`s rise shows, they has gotten wilder and more radical.

Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, is in Istanbul for the Gaza Conference.

Hamdan spoke to the World Bulletin after the Conference on Israel"s 22-day Gaza attack, the Palestinian national dialogue and Hamas`attitude towards the cease-fire.

According to Hamdan, when reading the Israeli elections, three points is required to be analyzed.

"Zionist right`s rise shows, they has gotten wilder and more radical. This also shows that idea of a peace with that right-wing formation is how fanciful.

Second, Ehud Barak, despite all those blood he spilled, could not be successful in this election. Maybe he got the payoff for this attitude. Israelis must understand that: no Palestinian blood is cheap anymore. They will learn that they can`t build a future on the lives of the Palestinian women, children and old people.

Third, during the first 15 years, a radical right government can be established in this way . This will display the degree of Israeli threats to the region would be. "

He also commented on the Israeli elections and on the UN humanitarian aid mission UNRWA to Gaza and international power was to be sent to Gaza.

Palestinians win in the Palestinian territories for the first time

Hamdan said Israel executed a massacre in Gaza beyond the German Nazi genocide, found all kinds of weapons to use on the Palestinian people and intentionally targeted civilians, children and women.

Osama Hamdan said: "Israel"s aim was to disrupt the morale of the Palestinian fighters and to coup the resistance and stability of the Palestinian people. When you read the general view, Gaza won the first military victory on Palestinian land in the ongoing struggle with İsrael.

Gaza truce with Egyptian mediation

"Hamas`s cease-fire conditions that it is forwarded to the Egyptian side for the negotiations have not changed," says Hamdan, "All these mediation efforts, took a very long time and the debate has set the stage for negotiations."

"The two sides mutually was applying pressure to each other. It is true that there were efforts from the Arab countries. But I do not want to interpret these efforts in here," he told to World Bulletin.

The Palestanian National Dialogue

Hamdan said first meeting on Palestinian reconciliation was yesterday. "At the meeting, decision was made to accelerate the national dialogue. However, this dialogue should include all the files."

He emphasized that to properly conduct a dialogue, the necessary atmosphere should be established. First of all, political arrests should be ended and detained persons should be released.

UNRWA

"UNRWA knows Hamas in control of everything in Gaza. Again, they understand Hamas" resistance power and ability to struggle at least in this case."

"At this time, UNRWA is free to install any relationship with realityi" the representative underlined, "In the end, they will understand this reality."

"Even unseated, there is a government in Gaza. This government is conducting business in the Gaza Strip for the Palestinian people. UNRWA must also move in this direction."

International forces problem in Gaza

Repeating Hamas stance on international forces he said that "Hamas has announced in the first day this: the Palestinian people struggle to get rid of the occupation."

"Therefore, they do not want a second invasive force, rejects new occupation nominees in this land. Therefore,we will treat any power coming to Gaza as to "stooge of the occupiers"."

He also said that "We have made clear our attitude on this issue to Turkey. Turkey, would not act againts the Palestinian people`s will."

"Other governments must act in accordance with the interests of the Palestinian people in these matter."

Current status of the Palestanian refugee camps in Lebanon

"Palestinians in refugee camps is in a deplorable situation in Lebanon," Hamas official said, "We are in dialogue with the Government of Lebanon officially , expressing the rights of Palestinians. Work, property acquisition, transport, etc.. We"re working on rights issues."

For this purpose, Eb`ul Valid Khaled Meshaal visited Lebanon. He met with President, Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Assembly, addressed the problems of the Palestinians to political leaders. Security and legal status were discussed.

"We are currently are working to create an authority to include all the resistance groups," Hamdan cited.

"We want all Palestinians in Lebanon to gather under one roof. Hopefully this will also be successful. We have many social activities in the Palestinian camp. These efforts will provide results."

The issue of Palestinian weapons in Lebanon has developed a variety of conditions, the official expressed.

"These are weapons of resistance, are not militia weapons. Unfortunately, some mistakes happened. Fatah said there are shortcomings in this regard. But the issue of Palestinians in Lebanon must be addressed thoroughly. They should not be left aside from political, humanitarian, social and security issues."

urkey condemns Israel over recent comments

World Bulletin - Turkey

Monday, February 16, 2009

Turkey presented a note to Israel after recent remarks made by the Israeli Commander of Ground Forces Avi Mizrahi.

According to a statement issued by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Saturday, Israeli Ambassador in Ankara Gabby Levy had been summoned to the MFA by the Undersecretary due to Mizrahi"s comments, Anadolu Agency said.

Remarks against all forms of diplomatic practice, historical and current realities and those accusations as well as nonsensical talks targeting our prime minister and country had been protested by a note, the MFA said.

"Furthermore, we have stressed that the relevant statements of Avi Mizrahi are ungrounded and unacceptable and as such we have requested an urgent explanation from Israeli authorities," the MFA also said.

Turkish General Staff also issued a statement on Saturday in regard to recent comments made by Avi Mizrahi.

"The remarks made by the Israeli commander are unacceptable and could hurt national interests of Turkey and Israel," the Turkish General Staff said.

The Israeli Ground Forces Commander Mizrahi had made remarks accusing Turkey of the incidents of 1915.

The Turkish military also said that allegations by an Israeli general about Turkey"s presence in Cyprus and its conflict with the Kurds threatened to harm relations between the two countries.

It was the latest sign of tension between Turkey and Israel, who maintain close military ties but whose alliance has been strained by the Israeli offensive on Gaza.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan criticized Israeli President Shimon Peres of "knowing very well how to kill" in a public debate last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Israeli Allegations

Mizrahi was quoted by Haaretz newspaper as saying Turkey was not in a position to criticise Israel"s occupation of Palestinian lands when it stations troops in northern Cyprus as a retaliatory to Davos.

Decades long armed attacks on the defenseless Turkish Cypriots culminated in 1974 when an Athens-backed Greek Cypriot military coup on the island led to Turkey"s military intervention.

He also accused Turkey of repressing its Kurdish minority and massacring Armenians during World War One.

Turkey says many Armenians in fact served at the highest echelons of the Ottoman government and the Ottoman parliament.

Turkey said that the equally well documented massacres and ethnic cleansing of Ottoman Muslims in Eastern Anatolia committed directly or assisted by Armenian rebels, which were acknowledged by independent observers, are routinely ignored or denied today.

The Turkish General Staff, in a statement carried by the state-run Anatolian news agency, said Mizrahi"s remarks were competely unacceptable.

Turkey and Israel"s military co-operation includes allowing Israeli jets to use Turkish airspace for training.

Erdogan told Reuters on Friday there were no plans to halt that agreement.

Turkey keeps about 30,000 troops in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Although the Republic of Cyprus as described in the 1959 agreements is no longer there, Greek Cypriots continue to enjoy this title and international recognition while the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a fully democratic government representing Turkish Cypriots, still suffers under an unfair political and economic blockade.

Scholars in Ottoman history generally agree that the Armenian deaths resulted from a multiplicity of causes, the letter said and listed these causes as inter-communal warfare, the conditions of the forced relocations, murder, famine, disease, deficient medical care and austere conditions of life during wartime.

rkey and the Palestinian Question

Bülent Aras*, World Bulletin - Turkey

Monday, February 16, 2009

Like many, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Israel for the human tragedy in Gaza. This response may not seem extraordinary if one remembers that he criticized Israel in the same way in response to former Israeli aggressions in the occupied territories. This time, however, Erdoğan stated that the attack on Gaza, which began four days after the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert"s visit to Ankara, "is an act of disrespect toward Turkey."The major issue on the meeting agenda for Olmert"s visit was the Turkish-led, indirect talks between Israel and Syria. In response to the latest Israeli attack, Erdoğan suspended the talks, and paid visits to Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to search for a solution to the Gaza situation. He also talked to the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas. Erdoğan"s response to Israel, his suspension of talks, and his increase of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East indicates the high level of Turkish involvement in the Palestinian question.

Over the past few years, Turkish foreign policy makers have gained self-confidence and political will to pursue peace attempts in Turkey"s neighboring regions. Turkey hosts Middle Eastern, Eurasian, and African leaders as well as high-level politicians and officials from Western countries, and facilitates platforms for the solution of conflicts in various geographies. Turkish policy makers try to overcome differences between countries in conflict through confidence-building measures and by positioning Turkey as a mediator and facilitator in the search for solutions to chronic regional problems. Turkish policy makers work to initiate regional dynamics for peace-making and mobilize regional actors to create a new awareness of peace in a wide geography extending from the Middle East to the steppes of Eurasia. Their vision and policy style are exemplary and one may discern the emergence of a peace-maker role for Turkey in the periphery of the international system. Turkey"s involvement in the Palestinian question is a crucial part of a broader peace vision, bearing with it the additional dimensions of a rich historico-cultural background and a high degree of Turkish societal interest in the issue.

Turkish Involvement

The Palestinian question occupies a central place in Turkish policy toward the Middle East; the recently adopted Turkish attitude exemplifies Turkey"s new policy line in the region. Still, Turkey"s sensitivity to the Palestinian question is not a new development. For example, the commencement of the construction of Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem in 1967, the 1969 fire in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the declaration of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel under the Basic Law of 1980 have all received harsh responses from Turkish foreign policy makers; bilateral relations with Israel were nearly severed on various occasions. However, the new attitude of Turkish policy makers is to consider the Palestinian question an area of responsibility and opportunity wherein to claim a constructive Turkish role in the Middle East. Turkish administrators define their position as a critical policy line that seeks to deter Israeli aggression against the Palestinians and to condemn Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets, while pursuing good relations with both Israel and the legitimate Palestinian government

Turkey"s new geographic imagination has led to a more confident role for Turkey in the Middle East, which has found its expression in the statements of policy makers. Former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit defined the Jenin operation in 2002 as "genocide" and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yasin in 2004 and the heavy civilian casualties in the Rafah refugee camp as "state terror." As an example of Turkey"s serious attention to the Palestinian question, Turkey established the Palestine Economic and Social Collaboration coordination office, which is headed by veteran politician and former minister Vehbi Dinçerler. Turkey"s attention to Palestine also intensified with the establishment of the West Bank branch of TİKA (Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency).

During Sharon government"s withdrawal from Gaza, Turkey offered to mediate between the Israelis and Palestinians. Sharon refused Turkey"s mediation offer. Erdoğan said at that time that "Turkey has the capacity to help the Palestinians after the redeployment in the economic field." This capacity is best exemplified by the initiative of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) with respect to managing an industrial zone on the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip. The "Industry for Peace Initiative in Palestine"is an example of the new self confidence among Turkish foreign policy elites and business leaders under the impact of the new geographic imagination that celebrates trade as the basis for sustainable peace in the region. This initiative could create a concrete basis of cooperation between Palestine, Israel, and Turkey. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also defined the Erez project as ""the initiative which would contribute to the regional peace." Although the site on which the TOBB intended to build an industrial complex was destroyed during the escalation of the Gaza conflict in August 2006, TOBB president Rıfat Hisarcıklıoğlu announced the Organization"s determination to invest 100 million US dollars to restore the project and employ six thousand Palestinians after maintaining stability in the region. The TOBB convened the fourth meeting of the Ankara Forum on January 15, 2007 in Tel Aviv to discuss the further steps in the Revival Project for the Erez Industrial Region. Hisarcıklıoğlu underlined that the project is the only concrete proposal on the table in economic terms, and reiterated that Turkey is as crucial a shareholder in the project as the Palestinians and Israelis. As stated in the Joint Declaration of the Fourth Meeting of the Ankara Forum: "The project is now coming to the stage of implementation in early 2007." The then Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres underlined his support for the project by saying that "there is no time to waste any time. The Erez industrial zone will be beneficial to all related parties." Although there have been delays due to security situation in Gaza, TOBB keeps its promise and has preparations to continue with this project after normalization in Gaza.

The subsequent Hamas victories in the local elections of 2005 and in the Parliamentary Legislative Elections opened a new era in the Palestinian question. Hamas" denial of Israel was the main concern of the international community, and the US and the EU started to discuss possible measures to force Hamas to recognize Israel. Turkey interpreted the Hamas victory in a different way and favored diplomatic engagement with Hamas to preempt possible problems. The Turkish position, as expressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is that all related parties should respect the result of democratically conducted elections and that it would be against democratic principles if outside actors attempted to weaken the newly elected order by imposing economic measures against the Palestinian administration. According to Turkish policy makers, Hamas was in search of allies in the Middle East to put an end to the economic and political blockade it was facing from the international system. In such an environment, without Turkey"s intervention, the only possible entry for Hamas was the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah axis.

When the Iranian religious leader, Ali Khamanei, invited Hamas leadership to Tehran, he supported this perception. In the midst of all these developments, the Turkish ministry of foreign affairs invited Khaled Mashal, the political leader of Hamas in exile, to Turkey. This unexpected visit was criticized by some circles in the US and Israel. In response, the then Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül stated that it was not possible for Turkey to remain a spectator to the Palestinian problem while even the land registration records of Palestine remain in Turkey. As a response to critical comments from Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Gül explained that his team advised Hamas to disarm, become more moderate, and enter into diplomatic negotiations with Israel.

Hamas received an invitation from a number of other countries, such as Russia, South Africa, Venezuela, and Iran, indicating that Turkey was not alone in its engagement with the newly elected government. Turkey also pursued diplomatic activities in the EU and partially influenced the EU decision to resume economic aid to the Palestinians under Hamas rule. Turkey"s Hamas diplomacy is a new development. There is no other example of Turkey"s involvement at this level of complexity concerning the Palestinian question, which involved intervention in regional alliances, and diplomacy vis-à-vis the US and the EU. During the clashes between Hamas and another powerful Palestinian group, Fatah, in the Gaza Strip, Turkish policy makers continued an active policy to persuade the clashing sides to end the civil war situation in the Palestinian territories.

The Palestinian question is a sensitive issue for large segments of the Turkish society. Palestine is among the few issues that the Turkish electorate forced politicians and policy makers to take positions on in foreign policy. A poll conducted in October 2000 showed that 71 percent of Turks have an interest in Palestinian affairs and 60 percent demand a more active Turkish role on behalf of the Palestinian people. Another poll conducted in November 2000 showed that 41 percent favor delivering Jerusalem to Palestinian rule, 29 percent proposed autonomous administration, and only two percent favor Israeli rule over the city.

Another poll, conducted in November 2003 surveying 2,183 people in different parts of Turkey, assessed the Turkish people"s attitudes toward Palestinians. 66 percent support the Palestinians in their struggle. Public support for Prime Minister Erdoğan"s blaming of Israel for pursuing state terror was 82 percent in another poll conducted in July 2004. Different segments of Turkish society, ranging from political parties to student In the wake of the most recent attack, Turkish official and civilian charity organizations rushed into Gaza with aid convoys. Turkey"s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (İHH) stood as an outstanding charity organization for reaching out to Gaza with urgently needed foodstuff and medical equipment. İHH also made preparations to bring wounded Palestinians to Istanbul for treatment

The core of the Palestinian question for most Turks is the status of Jerusalem (al-Quds) and who will control the sacred places in the holy city. This has long been a sensitive foreign policy issue in which Turkish society has shown the utmost interest. The widespread protests against Israeli expansion and violence in Palestinian lands in March and April 2002 indicate the societal sensitivity in Turkey. The protests against the most recent Israeli attacks on Gaza were even more widespread in different parts of Turkey after Israeli operation in Gaza. A large New Year"s Eve Party in Istanbul was cancelled to show solidarity with Gaza. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul to protest Israeli aggression against Palestinians on January 4th. This demonstration was broadcast on major Arab satellite televisions, including Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia. Thousands of people continue to protest against Israel in different parts of Turkey

Turkish Diplomacy after the Gaza Tragedy

Turkey has initiated an intensive diplomatic campaign at both the regional and international level to put an end to the Gaza tragedy. PM Erdoğan visited major Arab countries and talked to Palestinian leader Abbas in the first days of 2009. Erdoğan addressed the international community before his visit to Egypt, saying that "the Palestinian and Gaza people, our brothers, can only be saved from their isolation when these embargoes are lifted." Turkey"s position is to include Hamas in the political process; Erdoğan aims to persuade Hamas to return to truce in exchange for lifting the blockade of Gaza, and Turkish policy makers have conveyed a message to Hamas to declare cease-fire and work for the political accommodation of different groups within Palestinian politics. Erdoğan"s top foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoğlu met twice with Khaled Mashal, the leader of Hamas in exile, in Syria. Davutoğlu"s second visit came as a result of French president Sarkozy"s request for help from Erdoğan. In this sense, Turkey has already started to mediate between Hamas and international actors while maintaining regular contacts with Fatah, the Palestinian Authority as well as the US and European countries

Erdoğan"s active diplomacy, aimed at preventing further tragedy in Gaza, coincides with Turkey"s resumption of a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Erdoğan welcomed the Arab League"s call to lobby for a UN Resolution for a ceasefire and stands ready to cooperate in this initiative. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan attended the extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on January 3rd, 2009. The Secretary-General of the OIC, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, called for immediate international action to put an end to Israeli aggression in Gaza The final statement of the OIC meeting condemned "the ongoing barbaric Israeli assault on the Palestinian people in Gaza And before departing from Saudi Arabia, Erdoğan added: "Hamas abided by the truce. But Israel failed to lift the embargoes. In Gaza, people seem to live in an open prison. In fact, all Palestine looks like an open prison. I am calling out to the whole world: why do you not display the same sensitivity you showed in Georgia, now in Gaza? The United Nations, the United States and the EU-member states mobilized for Georgia immediately. But now, no one takes action for Gaza"

Erdoğan"s critical responses led to a phone conversation between President Abdullah Gül and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres. Gül released a written statement after this conversation, expressing concern for the political and humanitarian situation in Gaza, underlining the need for supplying humanitarian aid, and calling for an immediate cease-fire. The Turkish National Security Council (NSC) expressed deep concern over the deaths of high numbers of Palestinians in the Israeli operation in Gaza. The NSC issued its own statement calling for an immediate end to military operations, the lifting of the barriers so that humanitarian aid might be delivered to the Palestinian people in Gaza, and urging the consideration of diplomacy for a solution. The statement also added that the Palestinians should reach a compromise among themselves as soon as possible. The NSC statement exemplifies the broad consensus on the Palestinian issue in Turkey.Turkey has a two stage plan for dealing with the Gaza situation. The first phase is to broker a ceasefire and provide supervision by international peacekeepers, including Arab and Turkish forces. The second phase is to achieve a compromise between rival Palestinian groups to stabilize Palestinian politics and ensure a commitment to peace. Erdoğan is working to build bridges among the Arabs to create a common stance toward the Palestinian question. Fehmi Huwaydi and Muhammed Nureddin in major Arab dailies like Al-Dustur, the Daily Star, and Al-Safir, praised Turkish activities on Gaza"s behalf and asked Erdoğan to remind Arab leaders that the Palestinian cause is an Arab issue. Turkish attempts are likely to continue in the UN to bring the issue to more international attention. Turkey will also look for opportunities to discuss the issue with the US administration and EU countries.

Policy Recommendations

Turkey"s dynamism at the state and societal level in response to the Gaza tragedy makes evident the consolidation of Turkey"s role as a peace promoter in the Middle East. Turkish involvement in finding a solution to the Palestinian question will continue, as the democratic and societal backing of the policy makers in regard to this issue remain strong. The following points may help to expedite the results of Turkey"s attempts to further the Palestinian cause.

1. Turkey should search for diplomatic engagement with the US to affect a change in Washington"s position regarding the Palestinian cause. President-elect Obama has raised the possibility of extending talks to a wider Palestinian group; Turkey should prepare the ground for a renewed US involvement with all Palestinian groups.

2. Turkish society"s humanitarian aid to Gaza stands in need of coordination. A civil coordination committee should be established to help to reach out to Gaza with the most required materials in a more organized fashion.

3. The EU remained "Czech"to the Gaza tragedy. The EU is losing its strategic sight in the Middle East, along with hundreds of years of historical memory. The Czech Presidency reveals the lack of vision in the EU, rendering the EU neighborhood policy and other policy instruments simply meaningless. Ankara should bring the Gaza tragedy to the EU agenda with an eye toward substantial revision of the EU policy toward the Palestinian question.

4. Turkey should collaborate with France and the UK with the understanding that these countries have more historical and strategic experience with the Palestinian question. French President Sarkozy has followed Erdoğan"s footsteps in Caucasia and the Middle East. Turkey may lead the other major European countries by maintaining a cooperative approach toward a solution of the Palestinian question.

5. The Turkish government should bring the Palestinian case to the agenda of the Turkish parliament. All groups in the parliament have already expressed their support for the Palestinian cause; adopting a formally united position would bear more influence in the regional and international environment.

6. The Palestinian question is a sensitive issue for the Turkish people independent of their political leanings. Turkish policy makers should address the demands of society at large, while keeping domestic tension at a controllable level.

7. Turkey"s two year term in the UN Security Council should be utilized to bring the Palestinian issue to the world public agenda. Turkey"s non-permanent seat also creates a chance to be closer to different UN forums and to play a more active role at the UN level. A prerequisite for influential action in the UN is to secure strong support from the Arab league and the OIC.

8. Turkish-Israeli relations will be strained in the short to medium term. Turkish policy makers were disturbed by Israel"s irresponsible act at the initiatory stage of Syrian-Israeli direct talks. There has been a loss of confidence on the part of Ankara towards Tel Aviv in regard to future negotiation efforts. For its part, the Israel administration criticizes Turkey for being unnecessarily harsh toward Israeli security measures. Ankara should make sure that Israel does not cause irreparable damage to the Turkish brokered talks in the region in the future

9. Turkey should be ready to assist in the reconstruction of Gaza after a possible settlement. There is need for coordinated activity, including the establishment of state institutions, charity organizations, civil society, universities, research institutes, etc., to aid the recovery of the Palestinians and the rebuilding of Gaza. Turkey should invite 1,000 Palestinian students to Turkey for education to help in the post-war rehabilitation and to strengthen the ties between the Turkish people and the Palestinians.

SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research

[*] Professor of International Relations, Işık University, abulent@isikun.edu.tr

Prime Minister"s Speech, 28 February 2006, www.basbakanlik.gov.tr
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1911609.stm.
See http://rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/06/2dcae3ab-d364-452a-85f5-428c2f757fa9.html?napage_3.
See http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8395C7CE-AEAC-4CF9-8319-B7F5C6AD0DCF.htm
TOBB-BIS, Baris Icin Sanayi Girisimi: Kavramsal Cerceve, (Ankara: TEPAV, 2006).
See http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno_191398
See http://www.tepav.org.tr/engyeni/admin/dosyabul/upload/Joint_Declaration.pdf
For more information, see www.tobb.org.tr/haber_arsiv2.php?haberid_1170.
Fikret Bila, "HamasHamasHamas"in Ankara Ziyaretinin Hassas Yonleri,"Milliyet, 17 February 2006
Yasemin Congar, "Mesal, Esad, Bush, Erdogan,"Milliyet, 3 July 2006
Guneri Civaoglu, "Erken Depar,"Milliyet, 21 February 2006
Taha Akyol, "HamasHamasHamas ve Turkiye,"Milliyet, 18 February 2006
Sezai Kalayci, "Ambargo Baris Getirmez,"Zaman, 13 April 2006
Bulent Aras and Salih Bıcakci, ""Turkey, EU and the Middle East: Is Harmonisation Possible" East European Quarterly, 40 (3), September 2006: 367-381
Ibid
Cengiz Candar, "Erdogan"in Ortadogu Turu,"Radikal, 3 December 2009
Star, 28 December 2008
See http://www.oic-oci.org, 03 January 2009
"Turkish premier calls on international community to take action for Gaza,"Today"s Zaman, 4 January 2009
"Gul Peres ile Gorustu,"Sabah, 31 December 2008
"30 Aralık 2008 Tarihli MGK Toplantisinin Basin Bildirisi,"at http://www.mgk.gov.tr/Turkce/basinbildiri2008/30aralik2008.html
Al Dustur, 30 December 2008; Al Safir, 1 January 2009; Daily Star, 2 January 2009

PERANG BOGEL TELAH BERMULA.....

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18 FEBR
Hampir seluruh media harian memaparkan berita foto bogel YB. Tak jauh beda macam pernah terjadi di Taiwan seorang YB perempuan cantik disebarkan vedio intimnya. Cuma di Malaysia yang dihebuhkan adalah berita YB dari Selangor. Kenapa Selangor? Bagi saya ada beberapa poin yang mungkin boleh disyer:

1. Anggap saja betul foto YB (tapi saya belum lihat lagi) diambil oleh seseorang . Yang saya tanyakan kenapa sekarang baru disebarkan? Kenapa tidak dari awal sebelum beliau dilantik menjadi Exco? Bagi saya amat jelas motif utama bukan fotonya tapi nilai politik yang diheret bersama fotonya. Semua manusia ada mungkin foto seperti itu jika seseorang ambil dan simpan. Ambil kerana suka atau saja-saja atau koleksi. Tapi jika disimpan kukuh dalam album peribadi rasanya ia tidak bernilai politik langsung. Tetapi setelah beliau ada peranan dan konsistan dengan peranan beliau sebagai YB PR sehingga beberapa pihak YB BN rasa terancam maka bermulalah babak ini. Musuh akan mencari segalanya demi sebuah kemenangan yang amat memalukan. Demokratik ala tempe bermula sekalipun ianya hanyor kate orang Perak. Dalang dan macai UMNO konsumsi dulu foto-foto ini dan diusunglah ke sana dan ke sini mencari siapa yang sanggup menawarkan yang tertinggi. Maka hero porno pun sanggup memberi seberapa juga asalkan foto yang boleh melesapkan kredibiliti musuh politiknya terjadi. Belum sempat apa-apa si hero nilah yang paling awal suruh letak jawatan. Maka foto ini betul-betul bernilai politik. Hebatke hero begini? Al ghuyuble jika dia jadi pemimpin kita.....habis foto kita disebarkan ke khalayak jika menentang dia..Zaman batu dulu manusia ugut guna batu, zaman sekarang cara ugutnya guna body manusia.....(mengerikan ...Jadi lebih sopan orang zaman batu ye.)

2. Foto dan beritanya bagaikan babak terpenting dari beberapa babak-babak sebelum ini di Selangor dan harapan BN agar terjadilah gerakgempa seperti di Perak. Hebatke style begini? Alamak style lama dah..basi. Saya yakin YB PR jauh lebih sedia dari YB BN dalam menyatakan prinsip dan komitmen kepada prinsip moral. Jika salah sudah tentu pimpinan PR akan memberi sangsi sewajarnya atas hal tersebut ke pihak YB yang terlibat. INilah komitmen kepada amalan demokrasi baru. Khir Toyo tak perlu terlebih desak kerana ianya tak mustahil akan terjadi pula kepada anda. Cot: Maaf YB, foto dalam toilet tanpa sedar apakah tidak mungkin diambil oleh seseorang? Begitulah juga dengan kaum keluarga kita semua. Kita tak bersetuju dengan cara begini bukan sahaja dari aspek moral bahkan dari sudut undang-undang dan kemanusiaan. Jadi semua pihak wajib hentikan perbuatan hina ini!!.

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Elizabeth tawar letak jawatan, KeADILan akan bermesyuarat!

Harakahdaily Tue | Feb 17, 09 | 2:47:41 pm MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb (Hrkh) - Parti KeADILan akan mengadakan mesyuarat dalam waktu terdekat untuk membincangkan pendirian Elizabeth Wong yang memutuskan untuk meletakkan jawatan Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan Adun Bukit Lanjan. "Beliau hanya menawarkan untuk melepaskan kedua-dua jawatan, bukan meletakkan jawatan. "Beliau baru sahaja membuat pengumuman dan beliau juga sudah memaklumkan kepada kami malam tadi, kami sudah mendapat penjelasan penuh mengenai isu ini dan kami akan membuat keputusan dalam waktu terdekat," kata Naib Presiden KeADILan, Azmin Ali dalam satu kenyataannya kepada akhbar online hari ini. Terdahulu pada pukul 11.40 pagi tadi, selepas dua dua hari didedahkan penyebaran gambar dan video separuh bogel, Elizabeth mengumumkan keputusannya untuk meletakkan jawatan Exco Kerajaan Negeri dan ADUN Bukit Lanjan. Keputusan itu dijangka membuka laluan kepada pilihan raya kecil ketiga tahun ini selepas Bukit Gantang di Perak dan Bukit Selambau di Kedah. Beliau mengumumkan pendiriannya itu pada sidang media pukul 11.40 pagi tadi di Ibu Pejabat KeADILan di sini. "Saya menerima sokongan padu daripada keluarga, pemilih kawasan saya, rakan-rakan dalam Pakatan Rakyat, sahabat dan masyarakat umum. "Bagaimanapun, demi kepentingan parti, saya telah memutuskan untuk menawarkan peletakan jawatan sebagai Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan juga ADUN Bukit Lanjan," katanya dengan nada sebak manakala penyokong-penyokongnya pula mendesak beliau menarik balik keputusannya. "Saya akan berbincang dengan Menteri Besar untuk mengaturkan penyerahaan tanggungjawab saya dengan baik. "Saya akan terus berkhidmat untuk rakyat dan berjuang untuk keadilan di Malaysia," kata Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pelancongan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna dan Alam Sekitar Selangor. Khalid yang juga Pengerusi KeADILan Selangor dijadual membuat kenyataan rasmi mengenainya tidak lama lagi. - mks._ "Kerja jahat,celaka dan hina..." Mohd Khalil Abdullah Tue | Feb 17, 09 | 6:37:13 pm MYT KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb (Hrkh) - "Ini satu mainan politik yang sangat buruk yang berlaku dan kita lihat ada satu paten yang menyerang wakil-wakil rakyat kita, dulu di Perak, Kedah dan kini Selangor." Demikian tegas Ketua Umum KeADILan pada sidang media di lobi Parlimen hari ini sambil menambah, "Cara ini merupakan kerja yang celaka dan jahat. Kerja menghina dan mengaibkan orang. Kalau ada bukti, silakan." "Saya beritahu pada Eli, kita akan ikhtiar untuk pertahankan nama beliau kerana seperti anda semua maklum, Eli adalah tokoh penting di Selangor dan rekod kerjanya sangat baik sebagai wakil rakyat dan Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri,"jelasnya mengenai isu terkini yang melibatkan Adun Bukit Lanjan,Elizabeth Wong. Beliau turut mengecam laman web Agenda Daily yang dikatakan cuba menghina Wong dengar memaparkan gambar yang kurang sopan wakil rakyat itu dan Khalid. "Cara ini merupakan kerja yang celaka dan jahat. Kerja menghina dan mengaibkan orang. Kalau ada bukti, silakan. "Saya mahu tanya pimpinan Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk bercakap soal moral dan diketengahkan. Jika mereka konsisten, saya minta Timbalan Perdana Menteri bangun dahulu untuk menjelaskan bahawa beliau ada cukup kekuatan moral untuk menjaga moral rakyat. "Jangan paksa kita main isu ini kerana kita tidak fikir masuk gelanggang politik untuk mengaibkan orang terutama dalam kamar sendiri," katanya yang mendakwa insiden yang menimpa Wong didalangi oleh Umno dan disokong oleh parti-parti komponen BN. Ditanya bagaimana beliau pasti bahawa insiden itu didalangi Umno, Anwar berkata: "Buktinya Agenda Daily yang mainkan gambar Eli duduk bersendeng-sendeng dengan MB." "Anda fikir itu bermoral? Itu jawapan saya,"tegasnya. Sementara itu,Anwar menasihatkan Elizabeth supaya bercuti bagi menenangkan fikiran berikutan insiden gambar bogelnya yang kini tersebar. Anwar berkata, Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim telah memaklumkan kepada beliau bahawa Elizabeth telah diminta bercuti berikutan tekanan yang diterima oleh exco Selangor itu terutama daripada beberapa laman web berhubung insiden tersebut. "Menteri Besar telah mengesahkan bahawa beliau telah menerima surat mengenai kedudukan Eli (Elizabeth) dan ini saya serahkan kepada kebijaksanaan Menteri Besar. "Saya faham yang Eli membuat keputusan setelah mempertimbangkan semua opsyen terutama bagi mempertahankan imej dan kredibiliti parti. "Bagaimanapun, opsyen terbaik sekarang adalah beliau bercuti dan memikirkan semula semua opsyen yang ada dan kemudian datang balik dan berbincang dengan kita,"jelasnya. Anwar berkata, Elizabeth telah menemuinya dan juga Presiden KeADILan, Dato' Seri Dr. Wan Azizah dan beberapa pemimpin parti malam tadi di rumahnya bagi menjelaskan perkara itu. "Kita dengar penjelasan beliau dan berasa simpati terhadap apa yang beliau tanggung berhubung usaha untuk menyerang peribadinya yang sangat jahat,"luah Anwar. - mks. _

3. Ok jika begitu sekarang kita buka gelanggang tinju foto bogel dari para YB UMNO pula macamana? Dengan harapan semua pihak akan siap bertinju, berlaga dan sampai ke peringkat perang foto bogel. Jika ada yang punya foto atau sebarang rakaman dari YB BN dan UMNO mohon diemel ke pihak saya dengan segera!!! Semua pihak yang berani ke depan membawa sebarang foto atau vedio akan dirahsiakan identitinya asalkan ianya asli bukan rompakan dan tiruan. Jika anda semua bersetuju kita minta izin dari TPM agar dengan penuh semangat beliau melancarkan tinju foto bogel ini di seluruh jaringan media alternatif.

Kita tunggu respons dari pemimpin BN dan UMNO. Apakah mereka siap atau dengan segera tarik semua foto YB PR dari dari media? Stok lama dah banyak tapi kita mahu yang baru.!!!

Kenyataan dari media BN....

Khir gesa Elizabeth letak jawatan

SHAH ALAM 16 Feb. - Ketua Pembangkang Selangor, Datuk Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo menggesa Exco kerajaan negeri, Elizabeth Wong supaya meletakkan jawatan serta-merta jika benar wujudnya penyebaran gambar bogelnya melalui Internet.

Katanya, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bukit Lanjan itu perlu berbuat demikian kerana penyebaran gambar berkenaan berkait rapat dengan soal moral seorang pemimpin.

Mohamad Khir yang belum melihat gambar itu berkata, jika benar ia adalah sesuatu yang serius.

"Kalau ada pihak menyatakan gambar berkenaan adalah privasi ADUN terbabit, ia bukan soalnya kerana perkara ini melibatkan masalah moral.

"Malah, tindakan itu (bergambar bogel) adalah sesuatu yang tidak boleh diterima oleh semua masyarakat di negara ini, apatah lagi ia melibatkan individu yang bergelar wakil rakyat.

"Saya fikir lebih baik beliau (Elizabeth) melepaskan semua jawatannya termasuk ADUN secepat mungkin," katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

HR9808: Khir Toyo desak sampai ke ADUN ni ngarut le...Dan ini betui-betui strategi politik tempe..Belum apa-apa dah hukum lebih dahsyat dari HUDUD lah beb...Alahai..."harapkan hujan sampai ke petang rupenye berhenti di tengah jalan...harapkan jadi MB sampai ke sudah rupenye MB dah berubah" .

Tapi YB PR telah terlebih dahulu sedia melepaskan semua jawatannya dan terserahlah kepada parti...Kenyataan media beliau diatas ..patut diberi tahniah atas kesediaan dan komitmen ini. Bersalah bukan selamanya dan lebih mulia mengakuinya dari menafikannya. Cuma cara UMNO yang kampungan bukan sahaja dinilai oleh rakyat sebagai strategi terdesak dan makan diri. Semoga ada jalan yang terbaik untuk YB dan PR....

Elizabeth telah membuat laporan di Balai Polis Damansara, Petaling Jaya, kira-kira pukul 11 malam tadi berhubung penyebaran gambar berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu, Mohamad Khir memberitahu, perkara yang sama turut berlaku kepada Naib Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek sebelum ini.

Bagaimanapun, bekas Menteri Kesihatan itu melepaskan jawatannya ekoran kes tersebut yang turut dijadikan modal politik pakatan pembangkang.

Malah, DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dan Pas ketika itu turut mendesak supaya Soi Lek meletakkan semua jawatannya termasuklah dalam Kabinet.

"Saya harap pembangkang sedar tentang perkara ini dan meminta supaya ADUN itu mengosongkan kerusinya termasuklah sebagai Exco kerajaan negeri.

"Dulu mereka lantang bersuara mendesak Soi Lek letak jawatan, tetapi beliau berbuat demikian. Sekarang giliran mereka, janganlah berdolak-dalik pula," ujarnya.

HR9808: Tak ada siapa yang berdolak dalik...sendiri mahu ingat jika kita mulakan sesi perang membogelkan YB BN siapakah yang paling banyak berbogel. Seluruh data dari hotel, rumah tumpangan, gundik pro dari kalangan artis dan vip bersama hero-hero tua bangka UMNO dan sebagainya kita buka. Jika setuju kita akan dedahkan!!

Tak payah nak ugut la Tengku..dengan hang sekali nanti hanyut bersama foto bogel sensasinya.....

Jangan kaitkan BN.......(HR9808:Kena kaitkan BN sebab yang suka bogel dan membogel ni kerja hangpa...Melauun politik).

Setiausaha Agung Barisan Nasional Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor beri amaran kepada pembangkang jangan cuba tuduh BN terlibat dengan isu gambar bogel ADUN PKR Elizabeth Wong. Beliau yang ditemui Agendadaily di Parlimen pagi Selasa sejurus Wong umum nak letak jawatan menegaskan Insiden yang berlaku adalah masalah dalaman PKR dan ADUN itu sendiri." Tidak ada kena mengena dengan orang lain",katanya - -17/2/2009

APAKAH ADA UDANG SEBALIK MEE DALAM KRISIS DI PERAK???

HR9808@IKRAR - adalah wadah bebas bukan partisan yang memfokus kepada kebajikan rakyat.
Singkatan;IKRAR (Ikatan Kebajikan Rakyat)

16 febr

Sambil minum petang di pesisir sungai belakang Masjid India bersama teman lama dari Ipoh yang kebetulan kaum kerabat Diraja Perak yang dipinggirkan dari Raja Dihilir. Menarik juga hujah-hujah beliau tentang kemelut di Perak dan pembicaraannya juga terkait dengan isu Sultan Perak. Termenung juga mikionye..Di balik mahligai indah kediaman para raja dan sultan Melayu terpalit berbagai cerita aneh. BUkan tahyul tapi konyol....Dari beberapa poin yang menarik ialah tentang kesahihan jalur alur kerabat Sultan Azlan sekarang.... Jika mahukan lebih jelas sila hubungi YM Raja Dihilir. (Nak komen lebih tak syok bunyinye nanti..)

Setelah jam 3 saya berpindah pula ke Restoran berdekatan Masjid Jamek bertemu beberapa personal taifah pejuang sambil kena teh tarik. Memang dah lama kami tak bersua kerana saya sering berada di Bandung berbanding di KL jadi panjanglah ceritanya.. Yang paling manarik dari semuanya ialah isu krisis Perak lagi dan ada juga Sultan terkait. Alamak macam ada talian maya pula kerana di mana sahaja ekornya ke situ juga. Tapi tak pe kita cuba tenguk satu persatu:

1. Dalam bulan pertama sebelum perlantikan MB, beberapa kuncu UMNO menghubungi saya dan menjanjikan sesuatu yang amat memberangsangkan asalkan jangan NIZAR jadi MB. Nak berapa puluh juta dan di mana sahaja asal jangan NIZAR jadi MB. Saya akui saya bukan dekat dengan NIZAR dan pimpinan Perak kerana saya membekukan diri dari politik selama beberapa tahun sejak tahun 2000 di Indonesia. Jadi saya tak teringin dan tak minat untuk menjadi barwa UMNO apatah lagi nak meruntuhkan sebuah kerajaan yang dinanti-nantikan sejak puluhan tahun lalu. Lalu ianya berlalu begitu sahaja. Ada dua tawaran masa itu agar saya jadi mediator. Alhamdulillah terlepas dan kerajaan PR berjaya.

2. Dalam bulan Mac juga macai UMNO tak duduk diam termasuk taifah kecewa dari PKR yang bergabung dengan UMNO memainkan peranan intensif bagi menjatuh dan menghancurkan kerajaan PR. Saya sebenarnya amat bimbang masa itu dan cuba meminta pandangan dari beberapa ajk dan kami sempat ke Perak untuk bertemu dengan pihak pimpinan di sana. Sayang hasrat kami tergendala kerana mungkin faktur masa dll. Peluang untuk bersemuka ditangguhkan. Apa yang saya ingin nyatakan pada masa itu ialah tolong tingkatkan pemerhatian kepada para YB PR di negeri Perak khasnya kerana jarum syaitan sudah mula masuk. Soal rasuah dan lain-lain makin memuncak ketika kempen pihanraya di Permatang Pauh. Telahan saya betul-betul terjadi dan perancangan jahat para pengkhianat menjadi kenyataan.
Di sini saya belajar bahawa perasaan kita jangan diabaikan terutama yang berkaitan dengan telahan-telahan yang berasaskan fakta serta ilmu. Saya yakin pimpinan PR juga tentu merasainya tapi tak ambil serius. Namun sempat saya suarakan dengan teman-teman ketika kempen di Permatang Pauh terutama yang iktikaf bersama agar program sepertinya iaitu iktikaf wajib diadakan di setiap bulan bagi setiap negeri PR. Perlu ada peningkatan iman khusus kepada para YB PR dan yang bukan Islam dengan cara mereka sendiri. Kekuatan aqal dan ilmu semata-mata tidak akan mampu untuk menangkis serangan wang, wanita, lelaki, pangkat dll. Sayang selepas kempen di sana iktikaf kembali dilupakan dan kita hanyut dengan kehebatan retorika kita. Saya bukakan ini semua untuk muhasabah terutama kepada diri saya sendiri, barisan pimpinan PR dan barisan YB PR. Muhasabah..kita mulakan lagi misalnya di Wilayah Persekutuan bersama Ust. Badrulamin di Masjid Ehsan Kepong setiap Khamis akhir bulan. Apa salahnya jika program begini kita adakan di setiap Masjid di seluruh DUN dan Parlimen PR. Ajak rakyat kembali ke Allah dan rumah Allah iaitu masjid. Dari menghabiskan waktu kita kepada hal lain sudah tentu ianya amat bermanfaat. Kuliah kita minta para YB sendiri yang berbicara dari hati mereka bukan otak sahaja. Mungkin DSAI boleh menggilirkan kuliah serius kepada para YB PR ini disebuah tempat yang terkondisi amat syahdu iaitu masjid. Contoh semasa kempen di Permatang Pauh DSAI telah lakukan di beberapa masjid dan sangat berhasil.

Ketika mendengar para atlit pengkhianat melompat, jauh di hati saya ialah rasa hiba kerana mereka tidak dapat merasakan nikmat Iman dan Islam dalam jiwa mereka. JIka nikmat Iman dan Islam telah dirasakan bagi YB muslim pasti kakinya tidak akan mampu melompat bahkan akan terus sujud ke hadrat Allah yang telah memilih mereka sebagai YB di kawasan tersebut. HIba dirasakan kerana tak sempat program pembinaan ruh dilaksanakan kepada para YB-YB PR ini. Hiba dirasakan kerana tak sempat dengan serius mendesak barisan pimpinan PR untuk peduli soal spiritual YB PR. HIba kerana waktu yang singkat dan kerja yang terlalu banyak sehingga terlupa mengingatkan para YB PR hal ini melalui media blog dll. Hiba kerana para pendurjana akan sekali lagi berkuasa. Begitulah seterusnya dan sekarang mereka terus menyerang terutama di Selangor..
..Soal foto.... YB Elizabeth bukan isu perdana tapi rempah ratus dari sekian banyak perancangan mereka. Benar kata pujangga “Untuk mengetahui keburukan bertanyalah pada musuh kamu” dan “Untuk mencari kebaikan bertanyalah pada sahabat kamu” Jadi musuh adalah musuh selagi belum bersahabat dengan kita dan pasti dengan apa cara sekalipun ianya akan berusaha meruntuhkan diri kita.

3.Penglibatan Najib dalam merasuah pihak istana dan para YB PR sekalipun dinafikan amat menarik jika ditinjau dengan penuh teliti kerana ianya melibatkan wang rakyat yang amat besar. Projek Gamuda yang terhalang di Butterworth yang sememangnya syarikat ini ada kaitan langsung dengan keluarga Sultan Perak menambahkan lagi rasa syak yang mendalam terhadap penglibatan serius dari Sultan Perak. Sehingga seperti penerjun payung terjun yang terjun tanpa cukup pertimbangan. Seperti tindakan seorang yang amat tertekan dan terdesak. Najib datang bertemu Sultan dan terus selesai pada hari itu juga seperti ada jampi Doremon aje...??. Soal Pak Lah terlibat atau tidak, tidak dapat dipastikan kerana tindakan Najib adalah jerat yang amat bagus kepada nama baik Pak Lah di kalangan rakyat. Najib terus melompat menerajui UMNO Perak bagaikan superman bersayap bocor dan Najib memang betul-betul terperangkap sekarang apabila ada pihak yang mahu membawa isu rasuah YB ke pihak pencegah rasuah. Tak cukup dengan kes Altantunnya yang diminta peguam untuk dibicarakan lagi sehingga semua akan dipanggil termasuk Razak Baginda. Apakah ianya terjadi tanpa kawalan atau remote control atau ianya sememangnya dirancang rapi bagi menghadapi Perhimpunan UMNO bulan depan? Masing-masing berstrategi dan masing-masing merancang untuk masa depan kroni dan anak cucu masing-masing. Rakyat bukan prioriti agenda mereka. Wallahuaklam..

HR9808: Kita amat berbangga dengan kejayaan anak Melayu dari siapa sahaja tapi rakyat amat berduka cita jika khazanah bumi Malaysia hanya dikaut oleh golongan tertentu yang punya kaitan dengan istana melalui jalan yang tidak manusiawi. Dalam kes di Perak patut diambilkira juga aspek ini.. Mungkin Gamuda kurang dapat layanan dari Kerajaan PR seperti mana di zaman BN???

Y A M Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah 45, Malaysian Non Independent Non-Executive Director Y A M Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London, UK. She was called to the English Bar in 1985.

Upon returning to Malaysia, she joined Messrs Skrine & Co and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. She set-up her own legal practice Messrs Raja Eleena, Siew Ang & Associates in 1987 of which she is presently a senior partner. Y A M Raja Dato' Seri Eleena Azlan Shah was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992. She is the niece of Y Bhg Dato' Ir Kamarul Zaman bin Mohd Ali. She is a Director and major shareholder of Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Bhd, which is a major shareholder of Gamuda. Her directorships in other public companies are with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Holdings Berhad and Danau Permai Resort Berhad. HR9808: Duit rasuah berpuluh juta dari mana Najib dapat? Tak mustahil dari gudang duitlah...jika di Indonesia dari Tommy anaknya Suharto kalau di Malaysia...Sendiri mahu ingatlah...!!! Rakyat tak benci kepada kekayaan tapi biole betui yop...!! Jangan dah kaya lupe diri dan semua boleh disuap..sampai Kerajaan Perak dirompak dll..... Dato' Sri Nazir Razak Non-Independent Executive Director/Group Chief Executive Dato' Sri Nazir Razak, a Malaysian, aged 41, was appointed a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 27 January 2006. He is presently the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of BCHB and CIMB Group and is also a Director and Deputy Chairman of CIMB Investment Bank, CIMB Bank and CIMB Islamic. Dato' Sri Nazir Razak graduated from University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree and obtained a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge. He joined Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad’s (“Commerce International“) (now known as CIMB Investment Bank) corporate advisory department in 1989 and managed various fund raising, privatisation, listing and corporate restructuring exercises. In 1993 he transferred to CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd (now known as CIMBS Sdn Bhd) where he rose to Executive Director with responsibility for institutional equities. He moved back to Commerce International as Deputy Chief Executive on 1 June 1996 and became Chief Executive on 1 June 1999. In July 2005 he became Chairman of the EXCO, managing both Commerce International and Bumiputra-Commerce Bank following the announcement of the merger of the two banks. He assumed the position of BCHB Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer on 7 November 2006. Dato' Sri Nazir Razak is a member of the Investment Panel of the Employees Provident Fund, the Securities Commission’s Capital Market Advisory Council and the Asia Business Council as well as a director of the Multimedia Development Corporation and the Kuala Lumpur Business Club. He is also a member of the Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (“MIFC”) Executive Committee set up by Bank Negara Malaysia. He was Chairman of the Industry Action Committee to set up MESDAQ, the stock exchange for high growth companies and a member of the Advisory Panel for Bank Negara Malaysia’s Financial Services Master Plan. He is also the President of University of Bristol Alumni Association and a trustee of both the Rahah Foundation and the Pride Foundation. Dato' Sri Nazir Razak was the winner of Malaysia’s CEO of the Year Award 2004 organised by Business Times and American Express Global Corporate Services. In 2005, he was named one of the “25 Stars of Asia” by BusinessWeek magazine and one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders. In 2006 and 2007, Asiamoney listed him among the top 100 most powerful and influential people in business and finance in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2006, Dato' Sri Nazir Razak was named one of Asia’s 50 most influential figures of the last decade (1996-2006) by Finance Asia magazine. In Asiamoney’s 2006 poll amongst analysts and fund managers, Dato' Sri Nazir Razak was named Malaysia’s best executive.

Ketika Azan Asar berkumandang, kami pun bersurai. Sambil berjalan ke masjid, saya melihat sekali lagi bentuk Masjid Jamek yang klasik dan teringat peranan Sultan Abd Samad dan Inggeris. Jadi begitu dekatnya institusi Raja dengan masjid cuma sayang para Sultan bukan lagi penghuni masjid dan pencinta Masjid. Lucukan tapi realiti?? Semoga Allah memberi hidayah kepada kita semua..!!!

Abdullah diminta kekal jawatan PM sehingga PRU 13 - Nik Aziz

Mohd Nor Yahya Mon | Feb 16, 09 | 12:06:48 pm MYT

PENGKALAN CHEPA, 16 Feb (Hrkh) - Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi diminta mengekalkan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri selepas perhimpunan agung Umno Mac depan bagi mengelakkan politik negara terus menjadi kalut. Ini kerana PAS melihat Dato' Seri Najib Razak sudah terpalit dengan banyak isu dan kepemimpinannya semakin tidak dihormati rakyat di negara ini. Mursyidul Am PAS, Tuan Guru Dato'Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata, Abdullah usah mudah menyerah kalah kepada Najib biar pun pada perhimpunan agung Mac depan Presiden Umno sudah beralih kepada anggota parlimen Pekan itu. "Kejadian penculikan tiga bekas Adun Pakatan Rakyat di Perak merupakan rancangan jahat Umno yang dikatakan turut melibatkan Najib. Ini kerana setelah menghilang diri beberapa hari mereka muncul bersama Timbalan Perdana Menteri di Putrajaya. "Bagi saya sahlah Najib punca kekalutan politik di Perak. Menculik wakil rakyat adalah salah dalam Islam. Malangnya perkara itu berlaku ketika Najib bakal menduduki kerusi Perdana Menteri tidak lama lagi," katanya. Beliau ditemui di Lapangan Terbang Sultan Ismail Petra ketika dalam perjalanan ke Kuala Lumpur petang semalam. Baru-baru ini Adun Changkat Jering, Mohd Osman Jailu, Adun Behrang, Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi dan Adun Jelapang, Hee Yit Foong menghilangkan diri dan hanya muncul bersama Najib di Putrajaya bagi mengisytiharkan keluar dari Pakatan Rakyat. Ekoran tindakan itu Najib mengadap Sultan Perak bagi membolehkan Menteri Besar BN dilantik. Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz yang juga Menteri Besar Kelantan berkata, cara yang dilakukan Timbalan Perdana Menteri tidak kena adat orang timur dengan merampas kuasa melalui penculikan wakil rakyat. "Saya tak dapat terima cara Najib memancing tiga Adun terbabit yang menghilangkan diri dan kemudian muncul di televisyen. "Kalau di Kelantan perkara seperti itu kita katakan pekerjaan hantu raya yang menyembunyikan orang," katanya. Oleh itu beliau berkata, Abdullah perlu mempertahankan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri sehingga menghadapi pilihan raya umum (PRU) ke-13 bagi mengekalkan kestabilan negara. Menurutnya tidak sepatutnya beliau melepaskan jawatan disebabkan faktor kekalahan teruk Umno pada pilihan raya umum lalu, sebaliknya perlu terus memikul tanggungjawab tanpa mudah menyerah kalah. "Kalau Dato' Seri Abdullah rasa tak bersalah dalam hal ini, mengapa harus ambil tindakan untuk berundur. Saya tak faham politik Umno sekarang," ujar beliau. Katanya tidak menjadi halangan beliau terus kekal sebagai ketua kerajaan di Malaysia biar pun bukan lagi mengetuai Umno. Ditanya mengenai tindakan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) melengah-lengahkan tarikh pilihan raya kecil Bukit Gantang dan Bukit Selambau sehingga mengambil tempoh 58 hari dianggap sebagai satu permainan politik. "Saya tahu SPR boleh bertindak atas kuasa mereka tetapi apa yang berlaku sekarang tarikh penamaan calon dan pilihan raya ada kaitan dengan perhimpunan agung Umno Mac depan," katanya. - mj/mks. _ HR9808:Jangan terkejut..berbagai bentuk serangan yang sangat tidak demokratik akan berlaku kepada para YB PR sepanjang tahun ini. Jadi bersiap sedialah...!!! Elizabeth Wong jawab isu penyebaran foto bogel beliau Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping Mon | Feb 16, 09 | 5:07:29 pm MYT Saya telah dimaklumkan pada hari Jumaat, 13 Februari 2009 oleh wartawan-wartawan Malay Mail bahawa mereka memiliki foto-foto intim saya dan akhbar tersebut ingin menyiarkan berita mengenai foto-foto tersebut. Saya dimaklumkan bahawa beberapa orang cuba menyebarkan foto/video yang menunjukkan saya tidur dalam keadaan separuh bogel dan juga dalam posisi intim. Penyebaran dan penerbitan foto/video tersebut satu serangan berniat jahat terhadap keperibadian saya. Ia merupakan pencabulan maruah saya, satu pelanggaran ruang peribadi saya dan terutamanya, kekudusan kehidupan peribadi saya. Ia juga perbuatan mereka yang tidak berakhlak untuk memalukan saya dan mencemar nama baik saya. Saya menjadi mangsa perbuatan tersebut. Saya telah membuat laporan polis semalam berhubung perkara itu dan saya akan bekerjasama sepenuhnya dengan polis dalam menjalankan siasatan mereka. Oleh itu, saya tidak akan membuat sebarang spekulasi secara terbuka tentang siapakah mereka yang bertanggungjawab menceroboh ruang peribadi saya. Saya telah menerima banyak sokongan daripada penyokong saya, rakan dan penduduk di kawasan pilihan raya saya. Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih atas keprihatinan, sokongan dan galakan mereka. Anggota keluarga saya juga berdiri teguh di belakang saya. Saya ingin merayu kepada pihak media supaya memberikan saya dan anggota keluarga saya ruang keselesaan dalam menghadapi keadaan mencabar ini supaya saya boleh memikul cabaran berat ini. Buat masa ini, saya akan menjalankan tugas seperti biasa, terus berkhidmat dengan jujur kepada rakyat Selangor. Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping Adun Bukit Lanjan Exco Pelancongan, Alam Sekitar dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna _ HR9808: Tindakan Kerajaan Sarawak yang terdesak...Rakyat mahukan perubahan dan hak mereka sekali lagi dipermainkan. Sarawak pertahan tindakan sekat Sivarasa KUCHING 15 Feb. - Kerajaan negeri mempertahankan tindakannya melarang pemimpin Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) daripada memasuki negeri ini yang dilakukan atas sebab keselamatan rakyat. Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri, Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman berkata, kerajaan negeri berhak melarang sesiapa sahaja yang dikatakan boleh mendatangkan ancaman kepada Sarawak. ''Kerajaan negeri mempunyai alasan yang kukuh untuk tidak membenarkan mereka memasuki Sarawak terutamanya daripada segi aspek keselamatan," katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini. Semalam, seorang lagi pemimpin Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) iaitu R. Sivarasa dilarang daripada memasuki negeri itu. Sivarasa yang menaiki penerbangan Air Asia AK5206 dari Kuala Lumpur, tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuching (LTAK) kira-kira pukul 1.30 petang sebelum ditahan di balai ketibaan pemeriksaan Imigresen. Difahamkan, Sivarasa datang ke Sarawak untuk bertemu dengan pemimpin PKR negeri. Ia merupakan kejadian kedua dalam tempoh dua bulan selepas Ahli Parlimen Padang Serai, N Gobalakrisnan juga dari parti yang sama dilarang daripada memasuki negeri ini, Disember lalu. Daud memberitahu, kerajaan negeri telah menyerahkan senarai beberapa individu kepada Jabatan Imigresen Sarawak untuk melarang mereka daripada memasuki negeri ini. Beliau menjelaskan, Sarawak merupakan sebuah negeri yang aman dan mempunyai banyak masyarakat berbilang kaum di negeri ini. ''Kehadiran sesetengah individu itu mungkin boleh mengganggu sensitiviti rakyat Sarawak yang secara tidak langsung mengancam keselamatan negeri. ''Untuk mengelakkan perkara ini berlaku, kerajaan negeri memutuskan tidak membenarkan beberapa individu daripada memasuki negeri ini," ujarnya. Bagaimanapun jelasnya, kerajaan negeri mungkin membenarkan mereka untuk memasuki semula negeri ini sekiranya didapati tidak lagi memberi ancaman kepada keselamatan rakyat Sarawak. Terdahulu, beliau menyerahkan bantuan kepada mangsa kebakaran Kampung Pinang Jawa di Ibu Pejabat Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Sarawak (PBB) di sini. Peguam mohon kes dibicara semula SHAH ALAM 16 Feb. - Peguam Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin hari ini membuat kejutan apabila mengesyorkan kepada Mahkamah Tinggi di sini agar membicarakan semula ketiga-tiga tertuduh dalam kes bunuh Altantuya Shaariibuu termasuk penganalisis politik, Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda yang telah dibebaskan. Beliau menyatakan demikian atas alasan pihak pendakwaan telah gagal memanggil atau mengemukakan seorang saksi penting iaitu Deputi Supritendan (DSP) Musa Safri memberikan keterangan. Peguam itu turut melihat kegagalan pendakwaan berbuat demikian secara tidak langsung telah menyebabkan berlakunya perbicaraan yang silap. Ketika menyampaikan hujahan di akhir kes pembelaan terhadap anggota Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK) Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman, Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar, Kamarul Hisham memberikan penekanan kepada ucapan pembukaan pihak pendakwa yang telah dikemukakan oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah pada permulaan prosiding kes itu. Sambil memetik ucapan pembukaan yang dinyatakan pendakwaan, Kamarul Hisham turut menarik perhatian mahkamah kepada afidavit Abdul Razak yang kandungannya telah diterima ketika mahkamah melepaskan dan membebaskan penganalisis politik itu daripada tuduhan subahat. Kata peguam itu, Abdul Razak dalam afidavit menyatakan bahawa beliau telah menceritakan ugutan yang diterima daripada Altantuya kepada pegawai tersebut dan beliau dinasihatkan supaya membuat laporan polis. Melalui afidavit tersebut juga menurut Kamarul Hisham, Abdul Razak mendakwa beliau telah meminta DSP itu agar semua yang diceritakan kepada pegawai polis tersebut yang juga rakannya, dapat dirahsiakan. ''Kami ingin menegaskan bahawa kegagalan pendakwaan mengemukakan keterangan pegawai polis itu sebagai saksi penting, bukan sekadar menimbulkan prejudis ke atas Sirul dan Azilah. Malahan adalah selamat untuk mahkamah menolak dan mengisytiharkan prosiding ini sebagai perbicaraan yang silap. Ia juga telah menidakkan hak Sirul untuk menyoal balas pegawai berkenaan.'' ujar Kamarul Hisham dalam hujah yang disampaikan secara lisan. Sirul, 37, dan Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri, 33, sedang dibicarakan pada peringkat pembelaan atas tuduhan membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, di antara Lot 12843 dan Lot 16735 Mukim Bukit Raja dekat sini antara pukul 10 malam, 19 Oktober dan 1 pagi, 20 Oktober 2006. Perbicaraan masuk hari ke-158 hari ini. Sebelum ini, mereka dibicarakan bersama Pengarah Eksekutif Pusat Penyelidikan Strategik Malaysia (MSRC), Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 48, yang dituduh bersubahat membunuh Altantuya. Bagaimanapun pada 31 Oktober 2008, Hakim Mohd. Zaki memerintahkan penganalisis politik itu dilepas dan dibebaskan tanpa perlu membela diri setelah pihak pendakwaan gagal membuktikan elemen penting dalam pertuduhan bersubahat. Hujahan pihak pembelaan bersambung esok.