(Jerusalem) – Businesses should stop operating in, financing, servicing, or trading withIsraeli settlements in order to comply with their human rights responsibilities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Those activities contribute to and benefit from an inherently unlawful and abusive system that violates the rights of Palestinians. The 162-page report, “Occupation, Inc.: How Settlement Businesses Contribute to Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Rights,” documents how settlement businesses facilitate the growth and operations of settlements. These businesses depend on and contribute to the Israeli authorities’ unlawful confiscation of Palestinian land and other resources. They also benefit from these violations, as…

On February 1, 2013, John Forbes Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, becoming the first sitting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman to become Secretary in over a century. Secretary Kerry joined the State Department after 28 years in the United States Senate, the last four as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Secretary Kerry was born on December 11, 1943, at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado, one of four children of the late Rosemary Forbes Kerry and Richard Kerry, a Foreign Service Officer. Shortly before he graduated from Yale University,…

Par souci d'enrichir la partie en langue anglaise et française, afin de la rendre plus attractive, nous annonçons le lancement d'un concours mensuel à partir du 1 mars prochain inshâallah du meilleur article que ce soit en arabe, français ou en anglais qui ne dépasse pas une page Word, le meilleur article sélectionné sera récompensé de deux milles dinars, bien sûr à nos lecteurs de respecter la ligne éditorial du site, qui est Islam, lumière, liberté, savoir et science et libre à vous de choisir le thème qui vous plait Afaf Aniba va consacrer davantage d'article, de portrait et d'interview…

Suharto (Javanese: ꦯꦸꦲꦂꦠ;[2] Gêdrìk: Suhartå; O-Javanese: Suharta;  pronunciation (help·info); 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the secondPresident of Indonesia, holding the office for 31 years from the ousting ofSukarno in 1967 until his resignation in 1998. Suharto was born in a small village, Kemusuk, in the Godean area near the city of Yogyakarta, during the Dutch colonial era.[3] He grew up in humble circumstances.[4] His Javanese Muslim parents divorced not long after his birth, and he was passed between foster parents for much of his childhood. During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, Suharto served in Japanese-organised Indonesian security forces. Indonesia's independence struggle saw him joining the newly formed Indonesian army. Suharto rose to the rank of Major General…

date palm n. A palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) of western Asia and northern Africa thatis cultivated also in the United States, South Asia, and Australia, havinglarge pinnate leaves and bearing clusters of dates. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. date palm n 1. (Plants) a feather palm, Phoenix dactylifera, probably native to N Africa and SW Asia andwidely grown in other arid warm temperate and subtropical regions for its edible fruit (dates) Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 date′ palm`  n. any tall date-bearing palm of the genus Phoenix, esp. P. dactylifera, topped by pinnateleaves. [1830–40] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. date palm - tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweetedible fruit Phoenix dactylifera date - sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woodyseed feather palm - palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves  Link : http://www.thefreedictionary.com/date+palm