Download or read book The Legacy of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey - A Study of Rule-of-Law Violations, Politically Motivated Harassment, Gender Violence and Press Freedom Violations in the Republic of Turkey written by Dr. Mark O'Doherty and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 10 years of siege the 2 million people of Gaza, living packed on a tiny strip find themselves without work, their economy killed off, without the bare essentials for decent life and without any hope of freedom. The siege is fracturing minds, pushing the most sensitive and vulnerable to suicide in numbers never seen before; such as the suicide of Mohanned Younis, a 22-year-old student in Gaza, being symbolic of the misery and despair of the siege. Hence the blockade of the Gaza Strip must go. Yet Hamas's leaders - Ismail Haniyeh, Saleh al-Arouri and Yahya Sinwar - seem to reject reconciliation and peace talks with Israel; reconciliation and healing being an essential prerequisite to lift the Gaza blockade. This also includes shutting down the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization - the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades - which exploits and kills innocent people to further their own primitive agenda; of hatred and unforgiveness. Otherwise it will not be possible to lift the Gaza blockade - which is the essential first step of improving human rights for the people in Gaza. Hence Hamas's leaders need to reinvent themselves and make peace with Israel; otherwise the Gazans must find a new leadership, so that the blockade can finally be lifted. Critical, but also deeply sensitive and humane, this book explores social scientific, ethical and Islamic approaches, so that human rights can be restored in Gaza and Palestine. To manifest Democracy and Equality in the country, a Bi-National State - following the South African example to end apartheid in Israel-Palestine, would be the best way to go, in our opinion. This would combine all territories into a single state with one government. An argument for this solution is that neither side can justly claim a state on all of the land - or the better and richer parts of the land. It is also important to emphasise, that rule of law and judicial independence must prevail in the land. Amid the current social and political upheaval in the country, it is very important that everybody keeps a cool head and remains calm and positive in this very challenging and critical time. So all parties concerned in this process of Peacebuilding - in particular the Government of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas - should be reasonable and co-operative; in the process of manifesting a Bi-National State; so that Peace, Democracy, Social Cohesion and Legal Equality can be manifested in Israel-Palestine.