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'Israel blackmailing Palestinian patients'
sunday, 26.04.2009, 10:32pm (GMT)
















Israel is extorting information about resistance groups in the Gaza Strip from Palestinian patients in exchange for medical treatment, Hamas claims.

Hamas Health Minister Dr. Bassem Naim on Sunday claimed that Tel Aviv is providing medical treatment to Palestinian patients in exchange for intelligence about the resistance operatives and figures in Gaza, Ynet reported Sunday.

Naim made the remarks in a meeting with a Scottish delegation who brought medical supplies and drug contributions to the besieged strip.

He said patients who refused to cooperate were not allowed to cross over for treatment in Israel. Sick Palestinians are questioned for hours in the sun before being subjected to a humiliating physical search, Naim told the Scotts.

He also accused the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank city of Ramallah of collaborating with Israel and exacerbating the long-running blockade on the coastal territory.

Hamas has long accused Abbas-led Fatah of cooperating with Israel to intensify the Gaza blockade.

Last year, prior to the Israeli onslaught, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said that "The Gaza blockade is a Zionist-American siege being imposed on the Gazans by the will of Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and through the contribution of Arab countries to Israel."

The Gaza Strip has been under a tight Israeli blockade which has been in place for over 22 months, even during Tel Aviv's three-week war on the region.

Some 324 Palestinian patients have reportedly died because they were denied access to medical treatment in Israel.

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Islam Berkembang dengan Pesatnya

Islam Berkembang dengan Pesatnya

Semakin ramai orang Rusia memeluk Islam pada hari ini. Mengikut Majlis Mufti-Mufti Rusia, “seramai 20,000 orang memeluk Islam dari bulan Januari hingga Oktober tahun 2004. Jumlah mereka yang memeluk Islam pada tahun 2002 adalah 12,450 orang dan 15,300 orang pada tahun 2003. 60 peratus daripada penganut-penganut itu tidak pernah menganuti sebarang agama sebelum ini. 75 peratus daripadanya adalah wanita berumur antara 17 hingga 21 tahun.” Hal ini disebutkan di dalam MosNews bertarikh 4 Oktober 2004.

Lucy Berrington di dalam majalah The Times bertarikh 9 November 1993 di bawah tajuk The Spread of a World Creed berkata, “Semakin ramai rakyat Britain terutamanya daripada kalangan kaum wanita yang memeluk agama Islam. Jumlah mereka dianggarkan antara 10,000 hingga 20,000 orang. Dijangkakan dalam tempoh 20 tahun, jumlah ini akan mengatasi jumlah keseluruhan pendatang-pendatang asing Muslim…Di Britain, antara wanita yang memeluk Islam adalah anak perempuan hakim terkenal, Lord Scott. Mereka memilih Islam selepas melihat gejala-gejala negative melanda barat dengan dasyatnya, sebagai contoh peningkatan kes-kes jenayah, keruntuhan system kekeluargaan, penyalahgunaan dadah dan ketagihan arak. Di sampng itu, mereka juga kagu dengan disiplin Islam di samping jaminan kesejahteraan hidup yang terdapat dalam ajarannya.”

Marc Ramirez dari Seattletimes dalam artikelnya yang diterbitkan pada 24 Januari 1999 melaporkan, “Dengan enam juta penganut-penganut Islam di Amerika, Islam menjadi agama yang plaing cepat berkembang di Amerika.”

Dipetik dari Tip-Tip Cemerlang, Dr. DanialZainal Abidin

WHY THEY CHOSE ISLAM!!

OBAMA PROMISSES TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO

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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has promised to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, as human rights lawyers warn such a move would face a number of legal difficulties.

Obama told the CBS programme 60 Minutes on Sunday: "I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that.

"I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture.

"And I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world."

Obama had originally promised to shut the US prison in Cuba while on the campaign trail, but his comments on Sunday were the first confirmation of his intentions since the November 4 election.

He did not, however, elaborate on where the Guantanamo detainees would be sent or whether they would be put on trial, or released.

Obama's comments come as he prepares later on Monday to meet John McCain - his former Republican presidential rival - for their first meeting since the US elections, to discuss possible bipartisan action on political issues.
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