— John Ensslin, President of the Society of Professional Journalists "We have not given up our commitment to the tactic of occupation — the idea of having an outdoor space with tents and so forth.
The Americans, too, hope the ayatollah's commitment to the idea that the occupation will improve the situation for Shiites will dispel any corrosion toward either internal bloodshed or attacking American forces.
The election of Barack Obama offers the international community the opportunity for some new thinking about how to re-energise its commitment to end the occupation and create a sovereign, independent Palestine at peace with Israel.
Mahmoud Zahar, a senior leader of the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, said, "We declare our commitment to the lull as long as the occupation does".
"We declare our commitment to the lull as long as the occupation does," said Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, referring to Israel.
Mahmoud Zahar, a senior leader of the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, said, "We declare our commitment to the lull as long as the occupation does". He was referring to Israel, which unilaterally withdrew its forces and settlers from Gaza in 2005.
He had a strong commitment to the idea of freeing Belgium from German occupation but was known to be critical of what he considered anti-clerical views held by the French authorities.
"It is time for a strong and unequivocal statement of U.S. commitment to the human rights of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation," McCollum continued in the letter, which was publicly released on Monday.
- The U.S. wants Egypt to fulfill its commitment to the 1979 Camp David Accords, which ensures Egypt's complicity in the Israeli occupation of Gaza.
But the chancellor did announce more money for the occupation - an additional £500m this year and £300m next, bringing Britain's total commitment to the "war on terror" to £3.6bn.
