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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Calls to Execute Iranian Protestors

Calls to execute Iranian protestors
Hussein Obama must be Green with envy

Australian Deptuy PM , "Style Queen" and "Body Image role model" Madame Gillard visits West Bank and promises another $10million for PA (Hamas)

Stop West Bank settlements, Julia Gillard urges

John Lyons, Middle East correspondent
The Australian
June 27, 2009

DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday backed the Obama administration's call for a freeze on settlement activity by Jewish settlers on the Palestinian West Bank.

She also restated Australia's long-standing commitment to "a two-state solution with secure borders" to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Speaking at a news conference in Ramallah on the West Bank with the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayyed, Ms Gillard said Australia supported a Palestinian state next to a secure Israel.

She backed the position of the Obama administration that Israel needed to freeze all new settlement activity as a prerequisite for lasting peace in the Middle East.

"The position of the Australian government has been quite clear," Ms Gillard said. "We have called for a freeze on settlement activity.




"Obviously President Obama has made a very significant speech, including making some very significant statements about settlement activity.

"We have talked today about these issues, and about the prospects for a further process for dialogue leading to a lasting peace."

Ms Gillard said Australia had expressed humanitarian concerns on behalf of the Palestinian people. She used the meeting to announce that Australia would be providing $10 million additional funding for assistance to the Palestinian Authority, particularly for health and education.

Ms Gillard said this aid "shows that we are concerned about the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people. We do have concerns about humanitarian issues and we're acting on those concerns."

Asked what action should be taken if Israel did not halt settlements, she said: "I believe what President Obama is calling for and what the world is looking towards is to have a real dialogue that leads to progress.

"I think that there is a sense of urgency about that, and I think that sense of urgency was expressed by President Obama."

Asked whether Australia would accept the Hamas faction, which controls the Gaza Strip, having a role in any Palestinian government, she said: "Australia has made consistently clear that our view is that Hamas should accept the principles laid down by the (Middle East mediating) Quartet (the US, Russia, EU and UN) - in particular, and most significantly, it must renounce violence."

She said there was reason to believe there were people of good will on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict who wanted to see an acceleration of dialogue.

Ms Gillard has been in Israel for five days, during which time she has met the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman. Before visiting Ramallah, she visited the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, a 10-minute drive from Jerusalem. Bethlehem is separated from Jerusalem by the separation barrier, or wall."

Style Queen and Body Image role model ?
See Rudd's Internet censorship, and now Rudd's Body Image "Code" to be introduced.

194 more "illegal immigrants" found entering Australian waters

Christmas Island can cope: Government

News.com.au
June 28, 2009 05:19pm

THE Federal Government has disputed suggestions its Christmas Island detention facility is nearly full as about 200 more asylum seekers head to the island.

The 194 asylum seekers are heading to the centre after the navy picked up the suspected illegal-entry vessel off Christmas Island today.

It is the 15th boatload of suspected asylum seekers intercepted in Australian waters this year and is believed to be the biggest group of arrivals since 2001.

Almost all the passengers are adult men, with two or three women on board but no children.
It is not known where the people have come from.



"Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, said the interception of the vessel showed border protection was working."

You bone head, O'Connor, you are supposed to send them back to whence they came,NOT invite them in, this is the fifteenth bloody boatload this year you dope.
Whilst your Dear Leader Kevin 07 continues full speed ahead in his war against prosperity, you and that arse clown immigration Minister,are ensuring that as many illegals as possible are able to walk in the door totally unhindered whenever they want.
Immigration Minister Chris Evans said facilities on Christmas Island - which can accommodate 1,200 in total - could adequately cater for the 479 asylum seekers currently on the island, as well as the new arrivals.

The detention centre alone holds 800 people.

"There are a number of facilities on Christmas Island to accommodate unauthorised boat arrivals including a secure detention centre and community housing," he said in a statement.

"Children and, where possible their families, are not held in immigration detention centres."

The opposition again raised concerns that the Rudd government's border protection policies may be encouraging more people to come to Australia by boat to seek asylum.

Opposition customs spokeswoman Sussan Ley reiterated her call for an independent inquiry into why more people were arriving.

"We've raised serious concerns in the opposition that it is softening of border protection policies,'' Ms Ley said.

"That is what all the messages are indicating strongly."

The Rudd government has taken a more humanitarian approach to border protection, softening mandatory detention rules and abolishing temporary visas for asylum seekers.

Ms Ley said facilities at Christmas Island were already "stretched to capacity''.

"Nearly 200 more people on board coming to Christmas Island is seriously going to stretch the resources and the capacity of the Christmas Island detention centre and the island generally," she said.

Ms Ley also said she was "extremely worried'' about safety, given the large number of people on board the vessel.

Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, said the interception of the vessel showed border protection was working.

"The Australian government is committed to strong border security arrangements and is determined to deal effectively and appropriately with people smugglers," Mr O'Connor said.