Last Week in CrisesMagazine.org / March 12 to March 19, 2009

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Last Week in CrisesMagazine.org
March 12 to March 19, 2009

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Blogs:
"The Choices facing Sudan After the Arrest Warrant For Bashir"
Nadim Hasbani

Before the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its arrest
warrant for Sudan’s President, Omar Bashir, for crimes against
humanity and war crimes, a poll last month showed 91% of the Arab
public believes the ICC’s prosecutions are politically motivated.
But those 91% misunderstand the nature of the atrocities committed in
Darfur - all the way from why and how the crimes are committed, to the
identity of the perpetrator. The role of the Chief Prosecutor of the
ICC stipulates that he prevents impunity, stops the offenders and puts
an end to those crimes in Darfur, by holding those who committed the
crimes accountable. His role is needed because without justice,
lasting peace in Darfur will be hard to achieve.
If today the ICC has enough evidence to arrest an Arab leader for
committing crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur, it is
largely because the international community — including Arab countries
— for the past six years did little to stop him. Perhaps as important
to the victims in Darfur, the Arab world’s contribution to their
humanitarian assistance over the past few years has been dismal
compared to western relief efforts.
Read More at http://crisesmagazine.org/blogs/50-global-view/174-the-choices-facing-sudan-after-the-arrest-warrant-for-bashir.html

"What Comes after the American Withdrawal from Iraq ?"
Nahla Chahal

The American forces are going to withdraw from Iraq. Some do not
believe it, just as they did not believe that Iraq would be occupied
in the first place. Both events are of great importance and
consequence. For just as the occupation of Iraq had serious
consequences for the country itself, the entire region and even at the
international level, the ending of this phase will similarly have new
political consequences for Iraq and the Middle East, and at the
international level will mark the end of an era of great violence that
knew no limits. The participation of the other parties has gradually
diminished, with the British forces, the last to remain at the side of
the Americans, announcing their complete withdrawal within a few
months. The occupation of Iraq shows its failure. For despite the huge
number of American forces, both official and hired, their superior
technological and arms capabilities, unfettered use of force, and the
exploitation of the contradictions of a society weakened by decades of
dictatorship and wars, Washington was unable to strengthen its grip on
Iraq. The Iraqi society has shown, despite all the damages that it has
suffered, and the horrors that have befallen it, an ability to
reunite : when general solidarity has been shown during American
Read More at http://crisesmagazine.org/blogs/50-global-view/154-what-comes-after-the-american-withdrawal-from-iraq-.html

Gaza 2009: De-Osloizing the Palestinian Mind
Haidar Eid
Not only have the whites been guilty of being on the offensive, but by
some skilful manoeuvres, they have managed to control the responses of
the blacks to the provocation. Not only have they kicked the black,
but they have also told him how to react to the kick. For a long time
the black has been listening with patience to the advice he has been
receiving on how best to respond to the kick. With painful slowness he
is now beginning to show signs that it is his right and duty to
respond to the kick in the way he sees fit. Steve Biko

One of the most important outcomes of the Gaza massacre (2009) has
been the unprecedented tremendous outpouring of popular support for
the Palestinian cause; something the signatories of the Oslo accords
(1993) must have not been happy with. The return of the pre-Oslo
slogans of liberation, as opposed to independence, have, undoubtedly,
created a new dilemma, not only for Oslo political elites, but also
for the NGOized, Stalinist Left.

Read More at http://crisesmagazine.org/blogs/50-global-view/142-gaza-2009-de-osloizing-the-palestinian-mind.html

Videos
American citizen critically injured after being shot in the head by
Israeli forces in Nilin
http://crisesmagazine.org/crisescast/58-video/148-american-citizen-critically-injured-after-being-shot-in-the-head-by-israeli-forces-in-nilin.html

Read about the the crisis in Palestine at
http://crisesmagazine.org/crises-news/165-issues-unresolved-as-delegates-leave-cairo-unity-summit.html