How extremists undermine the Palestinian cause
Ray Hanania
June 09, 2021 22:10
Palestinian children play among the rubble of homes in Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, that were destroyed by airstrikes during an 11-day war between Gaza s Hamas rulers and Israel. (AP File Photo)
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The fight for Palestine is two-tiered. One battle is on the ground, between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians, with the latter demanding their human rights and seeking statehood, freedom and justice. The other is a political fight that often takes place internally between moderates and extremists, with the extremists seeking to perpetuate the conflict and the moderates seeking to end it.
NYON: Malta’s domestic champion was removed from the Champions League qualifying rounds by UEFA on Wednesday for the club’s past links to match-fixing.
Hamrun Spartans failed the entry rules for being “directly and/or indirectly involved in activity aimed at arranging or influencing the outcome of a match,” UEFA’s appeals body ruled.
The fixing case dated back to the 2012-13 season, Maltese media reported, but the team had not qualified for any UEFA club competition since then.
Hamrun Spartans won its first Maltese title in 30 years as the leader in April when the league was formally abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CAIRO: An Egyptian project to build the largest park in the Middle East a green “oasis” in the heart of historic Cairo will get underway within days following a directive by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday. El-Sisi told the government to begin implementing the Fustat Hills Park project as part of the country’s efforts to develop the greater Cairo region.
No excuses left for world not to support Myanmar’s unity govt
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
June 09, 2021 22:52
Demonstrators show the three-finger salute to protest against the military coup, Yangon, Myanmar, Feb. 6, 2021. (Reuters)
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A national unity government emerged in Myanmar in April as a formal challenger to the military junta that in February usurped power from the civilian government democratically elected late last year. The national unity government has represented the most hopeful option for the future of Myanmar from the very beginning, but it was not without issues. However, it has now addressed the biggest concern of the international community. So it is time for us to fully and unapologetically back their claim to power in Myanmar.