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Former Cuban Rafter Cherishes Gitmo Memories

More than two decades later, D.C. artist and photographer José Varela credits his Guantánamo detention with preparing him and other Cuban refugees for a transition to American life

"Close Guantánamo!" The name invokes images of a remote island prison for orange-clad terrorist suspects. But with $240 million in upgrades planned for the U.S. naval base, its immanent closure is unlikely. The 45-square-mile base has undergone many previous incarnations. Seized during the Spanish-American War, when the U.S. assisted Cuban independence, it has been leased from Cuba since 1903. Castro's government cashed one rental check, but refused to cash any more, characterizing the territory as stolen and demanding its return. Landmines and an 8-mile barrier of Opuntia cactus planted by Cuban troops in 1961, the so-called Cactus Curtain, were designed to prevent Cubans from crossing over. Still, ten political dissidents slipped into the base in 2011.

Despite "Gitmo's" inglorious history, a former rafter who spent 14 months there actually appreciates his detention. He is José Varela, a DC artist and photographer, American citizen, and Corcoran art school graduate now living with his long-time partner Christopher in Washington, DC. "Guantánamo really prepared us," José declares. "It was our school for democracy and gave us hope." His home still displays artworks from his Gitmo days.

Today's controversies about the naval base have obscured its former value as an Americanization crucible for Cuban rafters. The 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act offered refuge to Cubans fleeing their homeland. But departure by sea was always a life-or-death journey. And, under Cuban law, citizens were prohibited from leaving or assisting others to leave without permission. Intercepted rafters could be imprisoned for up to 10 years. But thousands took the risk and many died at sea. On July 13, 1994, Cuban authorities sank a fleeing tugboat, "13 de Marzo," killing 41 people. That served as a warning to others.

But by August 1994, when the number of Cuban boat people had become a tidal wave, President Bill Clinton announced an abrupt shift in U.S. policy. Rescued rafters, including children, would no longer be brought to the mainland, but taken instead to the Gitmo base and never allowed into the United States. After all the perils they had endured, those diverted to the base protested at being sent to territory actually still considered part of Cuba. Clinton held fast to his resolve for almost a year. Not until mid-1995 would he begin allowing the detainees into the U.S. By Oct. 1995, almost all had been admitted and the current wet-foot/dry-foot policy had been officially declared, with the Coast Guard returning Cubans rescued at sea back to Cuba proper instead.

On August 30, 1994, just after his 30th birthday, José set out on an unauthorized sea departure. Why? Why, indeed? Relatively speaking, he was doing fine. Despite his youth, he held a prestigious position as head librarian at Havana's National Museum of Art. Yet he earned only $1.50 a month and, he says, a bottle of shampoo at the government dollar store cost 50 cents.

He also belonged to a Baptist church, but, "We had to hide our faith." Still, church membership provided a sense of quiet defiance because of official disapproval. "We led a double life," José recalls, "Inside our home, we could relax with family and trusted friends, but outside, we had to watch everything we said and did. Even in our own neighborhood, we were not free, because someone might snitch to the secret police."

Yet José appreciated many aspects of his job. As an artist himself, he enjoyed being surrounded by artworks and deciding how to display them. In 1989, when he was only 25, he helped arrange an international exhibit of Asian and African art with artists from abroad, "A great privilege, since, otherwise, being seen walking down the street with a foreigner could get you arrested." He also arranged exhibits of paintings by one of Cuba's most famous artists, Wifredo Lam, once a Picasso associate. With meticulous sleuthing, he recovered ten paintings stolen from the museum. Even the police thanked him: "The Revolution is proud of you."

José's father was living in Canada, where he'd stayed after visiting relatives. He sent money whenever he could, allowing the family to buy food from government dollar stores to supplement their meager official rations. José lived with his mother and younger brother in cramped quarters near Havana's Malecón, the old seawall. One day, he packed a bag, telling his mother he planned to visit a friend in another town. Instead, in the quiet of pre-dawn darkness, he crowded onto an old wooden motorboat along with 21 other passengers. Among them were relatives of Mario Chanes, the world's longest-known political prisoner and once Fidel's close confident, held almost 30 years, longer even than Nelson Mandela. Chanes had recently been released and had left for the U.S., so his family sold everything to acquire a boat to join him.

After only a few hours at sea, the balseros, rafters, ran into trouble. "But technically," José explains, "we were boat people, not rafters. Yet, we still identified with the balsero exodus." Their boat's motor had suddenly sputtered and died, and the rotten floorboards had begun taking on water. Fortunately, Hermanos del Rescate, volunteers in a small aircraft flying overhead (later, shot down by the Cuban military), alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, so, by noon, they had been rescued by the Coast Guard, which fired to sink their empty boat to prevent the appearance that its occupants had drowned. But instead of going to the mainland, as would have happened previously, they were taken straight to Gitmo, eventually joining 33,000 other Cuban refugees there.

Every refugee was given a T-shirt and a bag containing a towel, soap, and toothbrush. After being screened, each was outfitted with an ID wristband. Some turned up their noses at unfamiliar food: salad, turkey, and corn, served without rice, a staple of their former daily diet of black beans and rice. Many protested about a double-cross, complaining that they had risked their lives to go from one island prison, Cuba proper, to another. A few even went on a hunger strike. Eventually a handful returned to Cuba and an unknown fate, but José held fast, "After all we had gone through, I vowed to stick it out."

After their initial protests, most refugees soon realized that being on the base was not so bad. They had enough to eat, showers, and eventually moved from tents to wooden houses raised on stilts above the seasonal mud and dust. Because the Castro government had cut off the water supply, ocean water had to be desalinized, a costly procedure, but enough water for drinking and bathing was provided.

And life was busy and full. Detainees joined sports teams and attended the church services--or none--of their choice. There were schools for kids and English and computer classes for adults. José was especially fascinated by computers. "We learned how to write checks and balance a checkbook for the very first time," José recalls, "We'd never had the experience before of making group decisions or of organizing events from scratch, like an art show I mounted at the base. We even wrote for our own newspaper. And we also elected our own leaders." Entertainers like Gloria Estéfan sang for them. It was an exciting time, "Yes, we were enclosed, but we felt free and we had hope, because if we were being taught English and U.S. history, then surely we were destined to leave. It really was a boot camp for becoming Americans."

Back in Havana, his worried mother tuned in nightly to Radio Martí, her ear pressed up against the radio so as not to alert the neighbors, listening anxiously for the names of Gitmo detainees. Finally, she heaved a sigh of relief after hearing her son's name and knowing he was safe.

José is convinced that the refugees' experience at Guantánamo was invaluable citizenship preparation: "When we finally came here, we already knew some English, the basics of the political system, and how to get around, so it wasn't such a shock. All refugees should be so lucky. Of course, there was uncertainty at first, but I always believed in my heart that we would make it." He gives high marks to World Relief Corporation, a U.S. government contractor, for organizing such a helpful refugee program. Other Gitmo rafters in touch with José agree that their detention turned out to be a crucial life passage. Regarding his own stay, Dr. Renato Domínguez told the New York Times, "I polished my English. I learned to write medical histories like the Americans. I made good contacts. "

Some elderly Cubans still consider the base their home. Those working there before the revolution, called "special category residents," remain by choice. There is an assisted living facility and a graveyard for the departed. Although these residents could always go to the U.S. and may be airlifted there for medical care, many prefer to return to the base.

For José, his stay was only temporary, but he considers it time well spent, enhancing his current life in Washington, DC. Looking back, he says that being at the camp was informative, often fun, and provided lasting friendships. He is still grateful for the experience.

2016-07-16-1468677978-9673709-YOGITMOBAY.jpg José arranging a rafter sculpture as curator for a Guantánamo art show, 1995

2016-07-16-1468678042-3591060-photo1.jpg At Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC, José next to one of his own photographic pieces


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Over the last few years, it has become one of the most talked about topics in Hull.

The number of vacant shops in the city centre continues to rise, despite the efforts of agencies including the council and HullBID to turn a corner and make Hull a place where businesses want to open their doors.

The empty units are likely to affect the amount of people wanting to pay a visit to the place which still holds the UK City of Culture title for 16 months to come, meaning now is the right time to arrest the slide and make good on the successes of 2017.

Hull is not alone in the fight as high streets across the UK continue to wage war with online sellers.

An empty shop in Whitefriargate
An empty shop in Whitefriargate

Hull Live has conducted its own survey of the city centre's most popular shopping streets and centres to assess the trend.

In the last six months, major players including House of Fraser, Marks and Spencer and Boots have waved goodbye to huge units, while smaller independents have also made moves.

Altogether, 77 units in areas ranging from Whitefriargate to St Stephens Shopping Centre and from Princes Quay to Jameson Street are now dormant - an increase on March.

Here is the latest count on the city centre's empty shops in some of the major streets:

Whitefriargate – 18 empty units (was 16)

Whitefriargate continues to be among the areas worst hit by the disappearance of shops on the city's high street.

Since the last set of figures were released in March, the former heart of the city's retail sector has been ripped apart by further departures - one of which saw Marks and Spencer wave goodbye to Hull.

The Marks and Spencer store was on Whitefriargate for more than 100 years

Its closure in early May brought tears to shoppers and heralded the end of an era stretching more than 100 years.

That came before Boots moved on and after the departures of shops including Kapow, Ann Summers and Bonmarché.

Princes Quay - 20 empty units (still 20)

Herby's sandwich shop is moving out of Princes Quay shopping centre in Hull
Herby's sandwich shop opened in Princes Quay in 1991

The amount of empty spaces in Princes Quay doubled the last time we conducted our survey however this time figures have stabalised.

The addition of the soon-to-open escape room on the ground floor is one of a number of new faces to the centre, however others have departed - including Hares and Graces which has opened up in King Edward Street and Herby's sandwich shop which moved to Carr Lane in the spring.

Several empty units have been covered over with good-looking displays advertising other shops nearby.

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King Edward Street - nine empty units (was 12)

While nine is still a hefty number, King Edward Street has seen an improvement over the last six months.

The huge Poundland Plus unit still looms large over the street as landlords continue to seek a business to fill it, but spaces like the former Yorkshire Linen shop and Mooch now also need new owners.

Yorkshire Linen ceased trading
Yorkshire Linen ceased trading

However, Hares and Grace's move from Princes Quay has filled one spot and Affordable Foods Hull have moved into another.

Jameson Street - eight empty units (was seven)

From seven to eight does not seem like a huge problem but when you consider that two of them are House of Fraser and BHS, then it spells trouble.

House of Fraser is now closed
House of Fraser is now closed

Jameson Street has long been one of the city's most popular high streets but its two biggest shops now lay empty.

BHS closed its doors in the summer of 2016 and the former Hammonds building, which had entrances in Jameson Street and Ferensway followed suit last month.

Paragon Street - 10 empty units (was nine)

Paragon Street has long been one of the main thoroughfares taking visitors from Paragon Interchange towards the heart of the city, stretching from the cenotaph at Paragon Square to Hull City Hall - however its count of empty shops is on the increase.

Paragon Arcade has proven to be a huge success
Paragon Arcade has proven to be a huge success

There are now 10 empty units, which does include the former Lloyds Bank and Macys - both of which have been empty for some time.

However, the resurgence of Paragon Arcade, led by Allenby Commerical, has helped to bring footfall through that part of town.

Prospect Street - seven empty units (was five)

Prospect Street is a route with many an issue, not least its wobbly paving stones and occasional drain smells in warm weather but it badly needs new tenants.

Empty shops in Prospect Street

The former Farmfoods store closed last year, followed shortly by Blue Sea and Fed N Watered cafe.

But more have since followed. Dove House Hospice have left the street along with the Money Shop meaning something has got to give.

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St Stephen's Shopping Centre - two empty units (was three)

One of Hull's best-looking shopping venues, St Stephen's remains almost full.

The 2007 development remains popular and is still one of the city's top destinations.

St Stephen's has always proved popular
St Stephen's has always proved popular

However Starbucks, who had the unit affectionately titled "the Pod", have departed in recent months leaving a key part of the centre barren.

A unit in the upstairs food court is also looking for new tenants, while a couple of other spots, which are supposedly taken, appear to have been cast aside.

Prospect Centre (including attached shops in Brook Street) - three empty units (was two)

The Prospect Centre, sandwiched between Paragon Street, West Street and Brook Street, always appears to be thriving - but a few empty spaces have opened up recently .

The high profile departure of Boots gets the headlines, while one other inside is looking for a new owner.

One store accessible from Brook Street is also closed.

Maria Kamper, Prospect Centre manager, said: "The Boots unit is still with Boots, their lease doesn’t end until the end of September, but we are having very positive conversations with a well known brand. The former NUU Salad bar came back to us earlier this year, we are looking for a good coffee operator to take the unit, but in the interim there will be a Christmas temp going in to the unit."

What Hull BID say

Kathryn Shillito, executive director at HullBID
Kathryn Shillito, executive director at HullBID

"Our vacancy rate count takes in all ground floor retail units throughout the whole of the city centre and includes the new units on Humber Street, Bond Street and the Indoor Market. Our counts take place quarterly with the last count at the end of July.

"Vacancy rates in Hull for July 2019 were tracking just above the regional figure – standing at 14.5 per cent vs 14.3 per cent for North & Yorkshire. The national vacancy rate for July 2019 was 10.3 per cent. Hull has seen a slight uptick in vacancy rates since April 2019 but this is reflected both nationally and regionally where the rates have also risen.

"As is well-reported, retail is experiencing very difficult times but the city is adapting. We are particularly encouraged by the influx of residents moving into the city centre who want vibrant independent shops, great places to eat and drink and an evolving cultural calendar, but importantly appealing costs to buy or rent. We know there is interest from retailers looking at the viability of Hull and it’s vital to work together with partners to show the many positives the city has to offer."

Join the Hull city centre news Facebook group

We've created a Facebook group for people who live, work and play in Hull city centre. It will have all the latest on new shops that are opening, events taking place and developments around the town.

All eyes are on Hull as we continue as City of Culture to see how we take the next steps forward and this is the perfect place to explore that.

Don't be shy - feel free to like, comment and share your own ideas and pictures, and let us know if anything pops up that you think is worth us reporting.

You can join the group here.

What Hull City Council say

Councillor Daren Hale, portfolio holder for regeneration and economic development, said: “The council is proactively finding ways of supporting and evolving the city centre. We have already secured £1m of funding through the Humber LEP’s Humber High Street Challenge fund for Whitefriargate, and we were successful in the first round of the Government’s Future High Streets Fund which could unlock further millions of pounds for the street.

“The £130m Albion Square development continues to progress with the appointment of a contractor to oversee the huge investment, and later this year work will begin on the third phase of the city centre’s public realm improvements.

“The council is committed to investing in the city centre to support its long-term, and successful, future.”

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Follow us on Instagram - On the Hull Live Instagram page we share gorgeous pictures of our stunning city - and if you tag us in your posts, we could repost your picture on our page! We also put the latest news in our Instagram Stories. Click here to follow Hull Live on Instagram .

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Super Bowl 54
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Super Bowl 54

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San Francisco 49ers vs Kansas City Chiefs
6:30 P.M. ET
KC -1.5 (-107) | O/U 54 (-108)

Opening Odds Analysis

Nearly 14 days after the Chiefs opened as 1.5-point Super Bowl favorites, Kansas City remains 1.5-point favorites. Some books we monitor saw a slight dip to Chiefs -1, but the consensus is KC -1.5 with a few days to go. As for the point total, that opened at 52.5, but crept as high as 55.0 at one book before Thursday's consensus settled at 54.5.

The OVER is 4-1-1 in the 49ers’ last six games and has hit in three straight Chiefs games.

As of January 30, 53 percent of the public consensus are backing the Chiefs -1.5 and 61 percent are on the OVER 54.5.

Both teams are 7-1 SU and 6-2 ATS away from their home stadiums this season.

The Chiefs have won eight consecutive games by an average margin of 16.13 points.

The 49ers were 8-1 SU when Jimmy Garoppolo passed for 248 or more yards during the regular season. The OVER hit in six of those nine games.

The Chiefs were 8-2 SU and 7-3 ATS when Patrick Mahomes passed for 275 or more yards in the regular season and postseason.

In his 15th season, referee Bill Vinovich will head the Super Bowl 54 officiating crew. Since 2012, favorites are 3-7 SU and 2-8 ATS in playoff games reffed by Vinovich.

San Francisco News & Notes

After rushing for a team-high 105 yards in the win over the Vikings two weeks ago, Coleman suffered what appeared to be a serious and painful shoulder injury in the 49ers’ win over the Packers. He was carted off and was to undergo an MRI on Monday.

Before we jump in and analyze specific 49ers-Chiefs matchups, I wanted to highlight San Francisco’s season-to-date metrics and see how those stacked up against averages posted in the Niners’ three regular-season losses, to the Seahawks, Ravens and Falcons.

As you might expect, the 49ers were statistically “worse” in every category with the exception of their bread-and-butter pass defense. They allowed nearly nine fewer pass yards per game in their three losses vs the season-to-date baseline.

However, the one area of concern that jumps off the stat sheet is that opposing offenses converted 17 of 38 third downs in San Francisco’s three losses. The Chiefs boast the league’s second-best third-down rate as they’ve converted 47.3 percent of them to date and better than 53 percent over the last three games.

After he needed just 17 total completions to win the divisional and conference championship rounds, some may undervalue Jimmy Garoppolo’s potential impact heading into Super Bowl 54. That would be a mistake. Though improved, the Kansas City pass defense has allowed 272 yards per game over its last three.

Plus, and this is important, opposing tight ends have thrived against the Chiefs secondary. Kansas City ranks in the bottom five against opposing tight ends. The position averaged 6.1 receptions and 61 receiving yards per game during the regular season. George Kittle averaged nearly eight receptions and 97.3 receiving yards the last four games of the regular season. Jimmy G. and his tight end were one of the most consistent tandems in football and, if the trend holds, will rekindle that connection in the Super Bowl.

The 49ers pass rush sacked Aaron Rodgers three times in the NFC championship game. San Francisco has averaged 3.3 sacks per game over its past three. Thanks in part to Patrick Mahomes’ mobility out of the pocket, the Chiefs allow just 1.6 sacks per game, third-fewest in the NFL.

San Francisco is 11-1 SU and 8-3-1 ATS when it finishes with three or more sacks this season.

Kansas City News & Notes

Andy Reid’s teams are 23-4 straight up and 18-9 against the spread all-time after a regular-season or postseason bye. Since joining the Chiefs, Reid is 7-3 SU and 6-4 ATS with an extra week to prepare.

While you’ll hear about this resume bullet point often over the next two weeks, remember the Texans dropped 24 consecutive points on Reid’s squad after the Chiefs enjoyed a wild-card round bye.

So, how does a team rally back to win after spotting the Texans 24 points and the Titans 10 in back-to-back playoff games?

For one, you take care of the football. Kansas City has turned the ball over just once in eight quarters. Next, the Chiefs (eventually) got their defense off the field. The Texans and Titans were just 8-for-25 (32 percent) on third downs. How did they get off the field? The Chiefs pass rush has posted 12 hits on the quarterback and eight sacks in its two postseason wins. Garoppolo was sacked 2.2 times per game this season.

The Chiefs were 9-2 SU and 8-3 ATS this season when they finished with three or more sacks.

The scariest part of the Chiefs’ 35-point effort against the Titans is that Travis Kelce was held to three receptions for 30 yards and Kansas City’s lead running back averaged 2.6 yards per carry. Mahomes has averaged 53 rush yards per game this postseason.

Kansas City’s recipe for success is quite simple. They want a track meet. If the Chiefs take care of the football and limit the 49ers pass rush, they’re in business because for as good as San Francisco’s secondary is, they can’t cover Kelce, Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins forever and it’s when Mahomes extends the play that he’s most dangerous. As cliched as it sounds, the Chiefs O-line vs the 49ers pass rush and its ability to get pressure on Mahomes may be the difference in this game, because if Mahomes has time to throw or roll out and make something out of nothing, San Francisco’s offense doesn’t have the horses to keep pace.

The Chiefs escaped the AFC championship game without any notable injuries. It’s worth noting that LeSean McCoy was a healthy scratch against the Titans. Damien Williams rushed 17 times for 45 yards in the starting role.

Shark Bites

San Francisco are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 games.

The total has gone OVER in 8 of San Francisco's last 12 games.

San Francisco are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games.

San Francisco are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against Kansas City.

San Francisco are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games on the road.

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Officials try to strip Haneen Zoubi of citizenship
Jonathan Cook reports that an Israeli Arab MP, Haneen Zoubi, who has testified that she had seen passengers on board the Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara shot in the head by Israeli soldiers and others left to bleed to death, is now facing a possible trial and revocation of her citizenship for speaking the truth.
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An Israeli parliamentary committee has recommended stripping an Arab MP of her privileges in a move to prepare the ground for putting her on trial for participating last week in the Gaza-bound aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos.
Haneen Zoubi, who has become a national hate figure since challenging Israel’s account of the confrontation, said on 7 June she was facing “a witch-hunt”.
The interior minister, Eli Yishai, has submitted a request for her citizenship to be revoked, and a bill – labelled the “Zoubi Law” – is being considered that would allow a serving MP to be expelled for “inciting” against the state.
Ms Zoubi has been provided with a bodyguard after receiving a spate of death threats. A popular Facebook page in Hebrew is calling for her execution and an online petition for her expulsion from the parliament has attracted tens of thousands of supporters.
Last week, in unprecedented scenes as she tried to address parliament, Ms Zoubi was heckled into silence by Jewish legislators shouting out “terrorist” and “traitor”. Guards only narrowly prevented a far-right parliamentarian from attacking her.

“…an atmosphere of ‘dangerous incitement’ was developing against Israel’s Palestinian minority, a fifth of the population…”

Yesterday’s hearing of the parliament’s house committee was originally intended to consider revoking the immunity of six Arab MPs, including Ms Zoubi, who travelled to Libya in April. All the Arab MPs boycotted the meeting.
However, the committee chairman, Yariv Levin, of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, switched the focus to Ms Zoubi’s involvement in the flotilla.
Legal advisers said the MP was still being investigated for attempting to enter a closed military area and violence against the commandos. After she disembarked from the Mavi Marmara in Ashdod last week, Ms Zoubi said she had been questioned by police about possessing a weapon.
The committee approved by a majority of 7-1 stripping her of parliamentary privileges that take away her diplomatic passport, reportedly to prevent her fleeing the country, and withdraw help with litigation fees. Parliament must approve the decision.
Mr Levin accused Ms Zoubi of betraying the country and said she must be put on trial. “What Zoubi did crossed the line and even in a democracy there must be red lines. Whoever sails to Hamas is a supporter of terror,” he said.
Ms Zoubi responded: “They conducted a kangaroo court against me. They have called on the public to harm me.”

An editorial in the liberal Haaretz newspaper warned on 7 June that an atmosphere of “dangerous incitement” was developing against Israel’s Palestinian minority, a fifth of the population. Two other Arab MPs, Ahmed Tibi and Taleb al-Sana, revealed that they too had received death threats.

In addition to the removal of Ms Zoubi’s privileges, she is also facing the revocation of her citizenship. The measure has been used only twice before in Israel’s history – both times against Palestinian citizens accused of terrorism.
Last week, Mr Yishai wrote to the attorney-general asking for the go-ahead, saying Ms Zoubi had “headed a group of terrorists” and was “undoubtedly aware of the activists’ preparations for the attack against IDF [Israel Defence Forces] troops. This is a premeditated act of treason.”
Orna Kohn, a lawyer with Adalah, a legal centre for the country’s Palestinian minority, said Mr Yishai’s move was “uncharted legal territory” that could leave Ms Zoubi stateless, in violation of international law. “There is simply no precedent for revoking the citizenship of an MP,” she said.

“It was so hostile in the [Israeli parliament] chamber that, had MPs been allowed to carry guns, I am sure someone would have shot me.”

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After Ms Zoubi’s release last week, she said she had seen three passengers shot in the head by soldiers, and two more left to bleed to death. According to autopsies conducted in Turkey, five of the nine dead passengers were shot in the head, and many of the lethal shots were fired from close range.

  During her address to the parliament last week, Ms Zoubi called for an international investigation and demanded to know why Israel had not published photographs and video footage it confiscated from passengers that related to the nine dead and dozens of wounded.
After the session, she said: “It was so hostile in the chamber that, had MPs been allowed to carry guns, I am sure someone would have shot me.”
Israel has been swept by rightwing demonstrations in support of the raid on the flotilla over the past few days.
A Hebrew Facebook page “Execute MP Haneen Zoubi” features a cartoon image of the MP with crosshairs on her forehead as the figure waves a Palestinian flag with a bloody Star of David at its centre.
Ms Zoubi said she had been surprised to learn that the armed bodyguard – normally reserved for government ministers and the head of state – was supposed to remain with her even inside the parliament chamber. “What does that say about the threat posed by my fellow MPs?”
Four other leaders of Israel’s Palestinian community who were on the ships are being investigated by police. After the mass release of detainees last week, they were freed to house arrest but are banned from leaving the country.
At his remand hearing, Sheikh Raed Salah, a leader of Israel’s Islamic Movement, said of the flotilla episode: “The soldiers tried to kill me. They fired in the direction of someone else they thought was me.”
Rumours circulating widely that Sheikh Salah had been killed in the commando raid eight days ago were not denied by Israeli officials and only ended when his family identified that a body brought to an Israeli hospital was not his.

Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth, Israel. His latest books are “Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East” (Pluto Press) and “Disappearing Palestine: Israel's Experiments in Human Despair” (Zed Books). His website is www.jkcook.net.
A version of this article originally appeared in The National, published in Abu Dhabi. The version on this website is published by permission of Jonathan Cook.

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Lawrence Davidson outlines a strategy for unshackling the United States from Israel, based on melding the liberation of the US from AIPAC with the revival of American national interests in the broader Middle East and Muslim world, and with the viable future of Palestine.
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Two stories have recently appeared, each discussing a different approach to overcoming the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby that presently has enough clout to substitute its own parochial interests for the US national interest. As John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's 2007 book,
The Israel lobby and US foreign policy, demonstrated, there is a direct connection between AIPAC's level of influence in Congress and the White House and the recent disasters that have befallen the US in the Middle East.

Indeed, the connection is one of sufficient intensity to have led to the creation in 2008 of a new “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby called J Street. J Street calls for Israel to accept, “borders based on the 1967 line with reciprocally agreed land swaps”, thus allowing for a two-state formula settlement.

The optimistic view here is that in the relatively near future J Street will become strong enough to displace AIPAC and its hard line “we must keep it all” stance on the occupied territories. While this prognosis might be a tad premature, the situation has progressed enough that folks involved in this effort are now discussing tactics and approaches that might speed up AIPAC's demise. And so, our two stories.

George Soros, J Street and lobby politics

The first story appeared in the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz on 26 September 2010 and is entitled “Billionaire George Soros revealed as mystery J Street donor”. It is now public information that Soros sees AIPAC as “too hawkish” and so he and his family have thrown their weight behind the more compromising, “dovish” J Street. They have done so to the tune of 245,000 dollars a year. Soros has in fact been making these contributions since J Street’s founding in 2008. This is certainly not all the money the Washington-based lobby obtains per year. J Street has about 10,000 donors and they provide about 11 million dollars annually.

What is important is that a man like George Soros, who is dedicated to using some of his fortune to move the world in what he feels is a progressive direction, has put his money behind the traditional approach to influencing American policy formulation. He appears to accept as a working assumption that interest group politics plays a central role in both domestic and foreign policy making. Thus, if you want to change policy you have to out-lobby the fellow who is helping to shape the one now in place. In the case of J Street this means the organization must not only be able to win the politicians' allegiance through reasoned argument, but be capable of providing them with enough money to counter any AIPAC effort to unseat them in an election. Soros knows this and his aim is to help J Street achieve this status.

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The second story comes in the form of a short essay by the Irish writer Maidhc O'Cathail that appeared in the Salem-News.com. It is entitled “The truth will set US free: breaking Israel’s stranglehold over American foreign policy”. O'Cathail quotes  Philip Giraldi, who is executive director of the Council for the National Interest (an organization critical of the American-Israel alliance), a former CIA officer and also a contributer to the American Conservative. Giraldi's position is that overcoming AIPAC “must be done from the bottom up as Israel cannot be challenged in the mainstream media, Congress, and in the White House”. The tactic here is to convince enough American voters that “Israel is and always has been a strategic liability that has done immense damage to the United States and its worldwide interests” so they will be led to demand that the Congress and political parties abandon AIPAC. This has proven anything but easy. According to Jeff Gates, a former counsel for the Senate Committee on Finance, the present lack of transparency on the various sources of lobby money means that “the American public is ignorant of Israel's all-pervasive influence”.

However, this opaqueness might also be slowly dissipating. A multiplicity of advocacy groups, both Jewish and non-Jewish, have grown up in the last 10 years to publicize the brutal policies of the Israelis and US complicity in them. Despite Giraldi's opinion that challenge in the mainstream media is impossible, there has been movement even in this unlikely arena.

“...unlike 10 years ago, one now can find articles and op-ed pieces critical of Israel and, by extension, AIPAC as well.”

For instance, consider the relatively wide coverage of Israel's recent decision not to extend its settlement freeze and thereby threaten an end to the Obama administration's efforts at peace talks. So, unlike 10 years ago, one now can find articles and op-ed pieces critical of Israel and, by extension, AIPAC as well. And, while they do not yet appear frequently enough to create a tipping point in public awareness, they are beginning to contribute to a slow but perceptible shift in public opinion. Even a recent poll conducted by the American Jewish organization, The Israel Project, suggests a steady decline in the number of American citizens who feel that the US must continue to support Israel.

The truth is that the two approaches, one centered on the national capital and the other centered on main street, have to be pursued simultaneously. And, there is now movement at both levels.

Yet the pace of change is agonizingly slow. And that fact raises the question of just how much of Palestine will be left when AIPAC's influence is finally overcome? If the Israelis have their way what will be left is an emaciated Gaza and a rump area of the West Bank. Even though the Obama administration has promoted talks and called, unsuccessfully, for a continued settlement freeze, one suspects that it, and other foreseeable US administrations, would be accepting of such a final outcome.

It should be pretty clear to anyone who cares to see that ruination is the preferred fate for any Middle East country that challenges either the US or Israel. It is the adage “bomb them back to the stone age” made real. If you do not believe that, just ask an Iraqi refugee about what is left of their homeland now that the Americans have redone the landscape. Ask someone familiar with the present state of affairs in Gaza as well as the West Bank. Perpetual weakness and poverty is the fait accompli that Israel has in mind for Palestine on the day when AIPAC goes by the board. On that day they plan to have taken all that they desire and so even if Washington is persuaded to change its policies, it will no longer matter in Jerusalem.

Unshackling the USA

What does all this mean for those involved in the fight against AIPAC's influence in American foreign affairs? It means that the goal of displacing the Israel lobby is really not sufficient. The J Street people and those who are presently campaigning at the grassroots have to argue the fate of US national interests in broader terms. For instance:

“... It must be made clear that, as an advocate for the destruction of Palestine, AIPAC advocates the destruction of US interests as well.”

1. It must be made clear that a rejuvenation of American interests in the Middle East and Muslim world is linked much more directly to the fate of Palestine than to Israel. If any final settlement fails to insure the creation of a viable Palestinian state, the US will be blamed and our interests will continue to suffer whether we are still allied to Israel or not. It must be made clear that, as an advocate for the destruction of Palestine, AIPAC advocates the destruction of US interests as well.

2. Why is this so? This is the way it is because the issue of justice is first and foremost in the minds of a billion Muslims and at the core of this issue stands Palestine (and not head scarfs). If US interests are to be promoted in the lands with Muslim majorities, then the question of Palestine must be faced honestly and objectively. This simply cannot happen as long as a Zionist lobby has the power to monopolize policy formulation. The problem is not Hamas, Hezbollah or Iran. The problem is Israel and its American agents. They are the ones complicit in past disastrous policy decisions and they are the ones pushing for equally disastrous future ones.

3. In the face of these truths, J Street presently operates as if it is afraid of its own shadow. If J Street feels it cannot directly advocate for justice for Palestinians, then it should do so indirectly. That is, the organization should get specific about the fact that the Israel which AIPAC so strongly defends is in the hands of leaders who represent a harshly anti-American ethic. Men like Avigdor Lieberman and the leaders of the Shas party are racists who want to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians from as much territory as they can. For these Israeli leaders this is not a matter of security, it is a matter of religious purity. This is an utterly un-American goal. This has to be said loudly to both the American public and the Congress.

So you see that as we move ahead we must meld the liberation of the United States from AIPAC's wholly negative influence with the revival of US national interests in the broader Middle East and Muslim world, and that in turn with the viable future of Palestine. All three must be promoted as an interlinked package. If they are not, Washington will certainly some day be free of AIPAC, but Palestine will be left under the pernicious shadow of Israel. For this we will always be blamed and our interests will always suffer.

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Lawrence Davidson is professor of history at West Chester University. He is the author of numerous books, including Islamic Fundamentalism and America's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood.

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Shaping the International Agenda: Raising Women’s Voices in Intergovernmental Forums

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May 2, 2017

Shaping the International Agenda: Raising Women’s Voices in Intergovernmental Forums

Business as usual is not an option. To fulfil the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, concrete actions and intensified commitments to improve women’s participation and representation are needed.

In early 2016, the International Gender Champions–Geneva started to look closely at the number of women in delegations to governing bodies of Geneva-based international organizations. At its annual meeting in 2016, the United Nations Governing Bodies Secretariat further discussed gender balance in the governing bodies of international organizations and agreed to support efforts to promote women’s participation and advance the goal of gender balance across their conferences and meetings.

This publication aims to build knowledge on women’s participation in national delegations to meetings of international organizations’ governing bodies and their leadership roles in these meetings. It is based on responses to a questionnaire addressed to members of the United Nations Governing Bodies Secretariat and of the International Gender Champions–Geneva. Although the results of the survey may not be representative of all United Nations organizations, they have yielded important information on the current policies and practices in the 23 entities that took part.

Based on the responses, six types of actions to improve women’s participation in governing body meetings have been identified: (a) explicit policies and mandated targets; (b) tracking and reporting; (c) training and capacity-building; (d) financial support; (e) advocacy and networking; and (f) communications strategies.

The survey results are complemented by an overview of intergovernmental and inter-agency frameworks and trends in women’s participation in national Governments and intergovernmental forums. Best practices in promoting women’s participation at different levels – national and multilateral – are also presented with the aim of informing concrete recommendations on the way forward to realize gender balance in international organizations’ governing bodies.

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2019 Virgo Finance and Wealth Horoscope

For Virgo, 2019 is a year which requires lots of financial planning and management. Expenditure on unnecessary things needs to be controlled otherwise shortage of money may arise. You should plan investments in long term plans and policies to keep your accounts safe. Expenses on electronic gadgets, medicines and health are likely to happen. Investments in gold are likely to be a profitable choice for you in 2019. Avoid purchasing second hand vehicle as it might increase your expenses. Shun wasting your money to impress people. Profits may come in from your parents especially father in the form of wealth or money.

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Saturn, who lords 5th house (house of planning & creativity) and 6th house (house of daily expense and litigation/credit card/loan) will be placed in the 4th house of Virgo natives in 2019. Such placement of Saturn usually promises gain related to loans, credit cards, business in creative field, etc.
Jupiter will be posited in the 3rd house of short distance traveling. Financial gain, promotion & hike in salary are observed in Virgo 2019 Finance and Wealth horoscope. Expenditure on higher education and learning new skills would also fulfill wishes related to monetary gain.
Mars will be transited in the 7th house of partnership till 6th February 2019. During this time, sudden travel expenditure is possible.

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Jupiter aspects the 9th house of higher education of Virgo moon because of which long distance journey are likely to bring financial gain and increase in monetary sources. Also, the aspect of Jupiter on the 7th house of business & partnership gives you the likelihood of getting financial aid from partner or spouse. In 2019, people with moon in Virgo in their natal chart have possibility of enjoying financial gain from different sources due to Jupiter’s aspect on their 11th house of gain. Your account balances are likely to look better than ever in this time.

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2019 - From North To South And East To West The Year When Almost Entire India Flooded

2019 will go down as one of the worst years on record when it comes to natural calamities in India. This is particularly true when it comes to heavy rains and floods

The annual monsoon, which arrived late in India picked up by mid-July across the country. The rains, however, began showing its nasty side in early August with heavy downpours and flooding being reported from Kerala.

The state, which was still recovering from the worst flooding in nearly a century just a year earlier was once again hit by the deluge. 12 out of the 14 districts of Kerala were once again affected by the floods in 2019, with northern districts of Kozhikode, Malappuram, and Wayanad among the worst hit. The Kavalappara village in Malappuram and Puthurmala village in Wayanad was whipped out entirely by landslides killing dozens.

In the nearly two weeks that the state was flooded, 181 people lost their lives, while as many as 1,789 houses were damaged fully and 14,542 houses partially damaged. The total damage of properties was estimated to be around Rs 40,000 crore.

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Neighbouring Tamil Nadu, too, was hit by heavy rains and floods around the same time. Nilgiri district was the worst-affected in Tamil Nadu where nearly a dozen people were killed.

More than 1700 people were also evacuated to safety.

In Karnataka, 106 people were killed and close to 7 lakh people in the state were displaced in the heavy rains in the state. The worst affected areas were North Karnataka districts of Belagavi, Bijapur, Raichur, Kalburgi, Yadgir, and Uttara Kannada.

 Moreover, many districts along the Western Ghats, including Shivamogga, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru were also severely affected. Overall, the property damage caused by the floods across the state is estimated to be around Rs 35,160.81 crores.

Maharashtra was another state that took the brunt of the flooding in 2019, with Mumbai receiving the heaviest rains in nearly three decades. The rains were so heavy that even the rain shadow region of the state like Vidarbha was flooded. More than 399 people were killed in the state in rain-related incidents.

The monsoon rains and floods hit 22 districts in West Bengal, where 227 people lost their lives, 37 received injuries, four were reported missing and 43,433 took shelter in 280 relief camps.

In Bihar, 166 people have lost their lives and 1.96 lakh have taken shelter in 235 relief camps following the deluge that hit 28 districts in the state. A total of 182 people were killed, 38 were injured and seven have gone missing in Madhya Pradesh, where 32,996 people took shelter in 98 relief camps set up in 38 districts. Twenty-two districts in Gujarat were hit during the monsoon season where 169 people lost their lives. 32 districts of Assam were flooded in 2019 killing 97 people.

Crop damage

The floods this year were much more than the over 2,100 dead and more than 25 lakh people who were displaced. It has quite literally broken the backbone of India's agrarian economy. The Rs 100 plus which we are shelling out for a kilo of onions is a direct consequence of the floods this year. The floods happened at a time when the Kharif crops (summer crops) was just a few months away from harvest.

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This is an original and incisive contribution to the discussion of modern and postmodern art and of the theories by which it has been influenced and explained, from someone who has been closely involved in the art of this period as practitioner, teacher, critic, and historian.

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"Forces even the most sophisticated to rethink and rework their ideas of how images work in the world."--School Library Journal.* Traces the history of the swastika, from religious symbol to reviled symbol * More than 175 illustrations * Powerful examination of the impact of one graphic symbol on society. This acclaimed examination of the most powerful symbol ever created is now available in paperback. The rise and fall of the swastika, and its mysteries and misunderstandings, are fully explained and explored. Readers will be captivated by the twists and turns of the symbol’s fortunes, from its pre-Nazi religious and commercial uses, to the Nazi appropriation and misuse of the form, to its contemporary applications as both a racist and an apolitical logo. In a new afterword, author Steven Heller discusses the controversy around ideas to ban the symbol and public reaction to the book since it was first published. This is a classic story, masterfully told, about how one graphic symbol can endure and influence culture for generations.

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Yet another school year and a pile of freshly covered new notebooks to start off. What about the unused pages from last year’s notebooks? Here is a simple way to create your own unique eco-friendly journals for class notes etc from your last year’s notebooks. A simple method to go green.

Transform an ordinary journal or notebook into a handmade creation that will be both beautiful and unique. Handmade notebooks can be used to journal thoughts, class notes and as gifts.

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Cretan-born Yiannis Stefanakis studied painting, engraving, hagiography and book art at the Athens School of Fine Arts. The exhibition "Yiannis Stefanakis - A Journey to Utopia," curated by art critic Peggy Kounenaki at the Municipal Art Gallery of Hania, presents concepts and techniques defining the work of this productive artist. The burdens of modern-day people, the sadness of urban centers, the beauty of nature, illusions and memories, as well as the desire for a greater understanding of the world, serve as links in this artist's multifaceted work.
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is associated with a number of human diseases. Based on the therapeutic success of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) PR inhibitors, the proteinase (PR) of HTLV-1 is a potential target for chemotherapy. To facilitate the design of potent inhibitors, the subsite specificity of HTLV-1 PR was characterized and compared to that of HIV-1 PR. Two sets of substrates were used that contained single amino-acid substitutions in peptides representing naturally occurring cleavage sites in HIV-1 and HTLV-1. The original HIV-1 matrix/capsid cleavage site substrate and most of its substituted peptides were not hydrolyzed by the HTLV-1 enzyme, except for those with hydrophobic residues at the P4 and P2 positions. On the other hand, most of the peptides representing the HTLV-1 capsid/nucleocapsid cleavage site were substrates of both enzymes. A large difference in the specificity of HTLV-1 and HIV-1 proteinases was demonstrated by kinetic measurements, particularly with regard to the S4 and S2 subsites, whereas the S1 subsite appeared to be more conserved. A molecular model of the HTLV-1 PR in complex with this substrate was built, based on the crystal structure of the S9 mutant of Rous sarcoma virus PR, in order to understand the molecular basis of the enzyme specificity. Based on the kinetics of shortened analogs of the HTLV-1 substrate and on analysis of the modeled complex of HTLV-1 PR with substrate, the substrate binding site of the HTLV-1 PR appeared to be more extended than that of HIV-1 PR. Kinetic results also suggested that the cleavage site between the capsid and nucleocapsid protein of HTLV-1 is evolutionarily optimized for rapid hydrolysis.
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