<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><p><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.598551" target="_blank">http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.598551</a></p>
<p>Diplomats from Islamic countries have warned the Australian
government of possible trade sanctions if it does not retract its
recent decision to refer to East Jerusalem as "disputed territory,"
rather than the internationally accepted "occupied territory."
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-13/australia-threatened-with-sanctions-over-israeli-settlements/5520248?" target="_blank">The Australian Broadcasting Company reported</a>
that after a meeting Wednesday between delegates from 18 Islamic
countries and senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs officials,
Izzat Abdulhadi, head of the General Delegation of Palestine to
Australia, said: "There are a lot of exports of meat to the Arab world
and now also we're talking about the wheat."
</p>
<p>Such a move would undermine Australian efforts to expand access for local produce in the Middle East, ABC reported.
</p>
<p>"I think ... the interest of Australia is to work with the Arab world," Abdulhadi said.<br>A
spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said diplomats from
both sides have agreed to keep an "open dialogue" on the issue.
</p>
<p>Last week the Palestinian Authority condemned Australia's policy shift and warned that it was weighing its response.
</p>
<p>In
a letter sent to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, which was
obtained by Haaretz, Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat said the
Palestinians view this decision "in the gravest terms," and accused
Australia of not recognizing the illegality of Israel's settlements
policy.
</p>
<p>A
statement released by Australia's attorney general revealed that the
country will no longer refer to East Jerusalem as an occupied territory,
a dramatic shift in Australian policy on Israel since 1967.
</p>
<p>''The
description of East Jerusalem as 'Occupied East Jerusalem' is a term
freighted with pejorative implications, which is neither appropriate nor
useful,'' the statement said, adding that Australia must not use such
"judgmental language."
</p>
<p>In
his letter, Erekat said the term "occupation" is not judgmental, but a
recognition of the "legal fact" that Israel occupies the Palestinian
territories, as affirmed by a UN resolution.
</p>
<p>Erekat
said Australia's refusal to use the term "occupation" with regards to
East Jerusalem is the latest in a pattern of behavior which shows
Australia "has no interest in complying with its duty under
international law not to recognize the illegal Israeli settlement regime
in Palestinian territory."
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:48 AM, David Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net" target="_blank">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<font size="+3"><font>Ya'aQov,<br>
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I was unable to access the Haaretz article.<br>
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Are you able and willing to copy and post the article to the list
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David Johnson</font><br>
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<div>On 6/13/2014 11:48 AM, ya'aQov wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/arabs-threaten-to-ban-meat-trade/story-fn59nm2j-1226948715978#" target="_blank">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/arabs-threaten-to-ban-meat-trade/story-fn59nm2j-1226948715978#</a><br>
<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.598551" target="_blank">http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.598551</a><br>
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This is for those of you looking the other way, producing hot
air about Zionism and Apartheid. Let's us not kid ourselves
about democracy Palestinian Authority style.<br>
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This is about CGE, DJ, DG and their followers, refusing to look
into the facts of what the Palestinian<br>
and Israeli people have been put through by their own leaders.<br>
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By all means, NOT to justify the Occupation, but to look in the
eye of the leaders of the Palestinian Authorities and their
strategies.<br>
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This about why talking and interacting with the
Israelis/Palestinians involved directly, seeking social and
political change is the attempt that can in deed seek
socio-economic and human rights change for these people.
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<div><span>Y</span><span>A</span><span>’A</span><span>Q</span><span>O</span><span>V</span><span> </span><b><span><span>ziso</span></span></b><br>
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