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littered shellsSrinagar, July 17: The killing of a 23 year old ma-son sparked massive pro-test in Central Kashmir’s Beerwa town in District Budgam on Thursday. Bi-lal Ahmed Parrey son of Ghulam Muhammad lost his life when a littered shell exploded within the Tosamaidan firing range on Wednesday evening. Eyewitnesses told CNS that the body of the youth was handed over to the family members during wee hours at Cherhar Beerwah where hundreds of people stage a massive protest against the gov-ernment and demanded action against the Army who according to them

are directly responsible for littering the area with explosive substances. The residents stated that state government is playing politics

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New Delhi, July 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the establish-ment of the BRICS devel-opment bank opens up newer opportunities of cooperation with nations of South America.“Our discussions today should throw up new ideas for partnership be-tween BRICS and South America. BRICS nations have already started a new chapter in this with the BRICS New D e v e l o p m e n t Bank. This will open up newer oppor-tunities of cooperation,” he told leaders

from South America. South American presi-dents were specially in-vited by Brazilian Presi-dent Dilma Rousseff for a meeting on the side-lines of the summit of the five-nation grouping. Modi said South America has tremendous poten-tial. “It is blessed with vast resources and talent. It can become an import-ant pillar of the global economy. In the face of economic uncertainty its growth can be crucial for global prosperity,” he said.

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Israeli repression on Palestine peo-ple in Gaza has crossed all the limits of barbaric and inhuman behavior of Israel which defies all internation-al customs and laid principles. The whole international community is being humiliated as that country does not care about the stand taken even by its own mentor USA. Infact, it dares the whole world because it knows that all USA statements are just an eye-wash as all its barbaric actions are funded, armed and ignit-ed by America. Palestine has totally exposed the hypocrisy and double speak of America which has become a self-styled

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Srinagar, July 17 (KNS): Two per-sons were injured in two separate road accidents across the valley. According to a police statement issued to KNS, a Trailer bearing registration number PB35507539 collided with Tipper bearing reg-istration number Jk03C-0146 at Matalhama, in the jurisdiction of police station Kulgam, resulting in injuries to the Trailer driver Mohammad Essa. The injured was shifted to SKIMS Soura for treatment. Kulgam police has reg-istered a case in this regard.Meanwhile, a Tipper bearing reg-istration number JK01G/5196 hit and injured a pedestrian Moham-mad Shafi resident of Check-i-Mu-jgund at Mujgund in the jurisdic-tion of police station Parimpora. The injured was shifted to hospi-tal for treatment. Parimpora po-lice has registered a case in this regard. (KNS)

Kabul, July 17: A militant attack was underway at Kabul airport on Thursday as explosions and gun-fire rang out.The interior ministry said a group of insurgents had opened fire with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades after seizing a building under construc-tion at the airport.he attack began around 0530 IST but no casualties have been re-ported so far, the ministry said. “The situation will be brought un-der control before long,” General Ayub Salangi, the deputy interior minister, said as security

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||||||| June 23--Sopore Killing >>>>>Anantnag, July 17: Locals beat a dog to death after it mauled at least 17 persons including six women of the same locality in Tethwan Pathri area of Khansa-hab tehsil in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Eyewitnesses told CNS that a rabid dog unleashed a reign of terror in Tethwan Pathri area and at least 17 persons were bit-ten by it within two hours time. After chaos and confusion, the locals cornered the stray dog and beat it to death. Locals identified some of the victims as Showkat Ahmed Ganaie, Mumina Bano, Bisma Akhtar, Zaina Bano, Shabir Ahmed, Muhammad Ak-bar, Abdul Razak and others. Meanwhile, in Khaipora

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Valley observes shutdown against Israel’s repression Srinagar, July 17 : The Kash-mir valley observed shutdown on Thursday against the Gaza crisis with the streets wear-ing deserted looks and public transport off the roads. Stone pelting and clashes were also reported from various parts of North and South Kashmir.According to the KNS corre-spondent, shops and other business establishments re-mained closed on Thursday with the transport off the roads as the Huriyat Confer-ence (G) chief Syed Ali Gee-lani had called for a one-day strike against the Gaza crisis by Israel. Shutdown was also reported from various other areas of valley with people at several places holding Anti- Israel protests after Zuhar and Asr prayers.Massive anti-Israel protests were held in Valley during last seven days with the stu-dents of schools and colleges holding protest demonstra-tions. Authorities later an-nounced summer break for the students. Reports reach-ing KNS, maintained that on Thursday, protests were held at the campus of Kashmir University wherein students of various streams assembled in groups to protest against Israel.

Reports informed that police used tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse the protest-ing crowd at North Kashmir’s Palhallan area as the people held protest marches against Gaza crises. Some youth have reportedly been injured

during the clashes. Reports from South Kashmir’s Islam-abad district said that youth fought pitched battles with police in old town areas, in-cluding Cheeni Chowk, Mal-akhag, Dangerpora, Mattan and Kadipora, among others.

Reports of clashes were also reported from some areas of Bandipora wherein youth as-sembled in groups and raised anti-Israel protests. The re-ports added that Israeli flags were burnt

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Kuala Lumpur, July 17: A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane with 295 people on board has reportedly crashed in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on Thursday. The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lum-pur carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew, reports said. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said the plane was brought down by a ground-to-air missile. 280 passengers were on board, with 15 crew.

All are believed to have died.Emergency Ministry official on site says body parts scat-tered around up to 15 km from crash site, at least 100 bodies seen.Malaysia Air-lines has confirmed it has lost contact with flight MH17 from Amsterdam.Malaysia Airlines said via its twitter feed, “Malaysia Airlines has lost contact of MH17 from Amsterdam. The last known position was over Ukrainian

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Charar-e-Sharief, July 17 : Chief Minister, Omar Ab-dullah who is also Working President, National Con-ference Thursday said that PDP is out to attempt tilting the Assembly Elections in its favour by applying cor-rupt means. He said PDP has clandestine plan to utilize ill-gotten money to buy the support of people as has been done by this party in the re-cently concluded Parliament Elections.“PDP received huge sums

from its mentors to buy support of people in the Lok Sabha Elections and the party is planning to apply same tactics in the Assem-bly Elections”, he said and maintained that admitting corruption stigmatized per-sons and elements with high-est charges of malpractices and misappropriation in the party fold and giving them mandates is clear indication of PDP’s plan to utilize the ill-gotten money to tilt elec-tions in its favour.

Addressing party workers convention here, the Work-ing President, National Con-ference asked the NC work-ers to make people aware of the unfair and corrupt means, PDP wants to apply for grabbing power in the State. He said PDP has al-ways nurtured corruption, misappropriation and false-hood to mislead the common man and is out to utilize same tactics in the Assembly Elections.

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spokesmanSrinagar, July 17 : The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Thurs-day in a scathing attack against the ruling national conference stated that the government at present is hell- bent upon creating difficulties for the next govern-ment.“NC is trying to make the state ungovernable with the false an-nouncements being made about the jobs and developmental works. Reality is that during these last days of the tenure, NC wants to adjust their workers and relatives in the government,” said PDP chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar.He told KNS that the state trea-suries are running dry with the payment of hundreds of crores pending to the contractors and other agencies. “The state gov-

ernment is deceiving people in the name of jobs. All claims are hanging in air as none can be im-plemented on ground.” He state that Omar Abdullah claims to empty the treasuries for people, he has already done that for his own comforts while enjoying the luxuries of power for the last six years. “In Srinagar alone, there are around 500 crores pending for the contractors and new tenders are being issued. Scores are peo-ple are aghast as their GP funds applications are gathering dust in the government offices.”Over the announcement of the ad-ministration units to start func-tioning, PDP chief spokesman stated that it is bizarre that new ration depots are being started and there is a huge scarcity of ra-tion in the already functional ra-tion depots.”We are really afraid that where from the funds for the operation of new units would come. The aim of such

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Srinagar, July 17 : A transporter namely Mo-hammad Yousuf has al-leged that the inspectors at transport office of Sri-nagar beat him up to pulp after he refused to pay bribe to them.Later he approached the police and registered FIR against the officials. Po-lice has started investi-gations into the matter. Talking to KNS, Yousuf stated that on Wednesday he approached the trans-port office for the fitness check of his three vehi-cles. “I was kept awaited for hours and later on one person masquerading as an agent approached me and stated that without money, no work of yours shall get done,” said You-suf.He added that he later approached the officials who told him that

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explosion, 2 injuredSrinagar, July 17: A brief spell of rains in the sum-mer capital has brought respite from the scorch-ing heat here on Thurs-day during the ongoing month of Ramadan. Ac-cording to the KNS re-ports, the unabated heat conditions in valley was giving tough time to the people at large with the weathermen predicting no respite in the weath-er conditions during the past. Meanwhile, the fresh showers of morning brought respite from the heat during the ongoing month when people pray for 16 hour long spell without water and food. “Almighty has really be-stowed his mercy upon his people through these rains. It is Baraan-e-Rah-mat,” said a senior citi-zen of Srinagar.The state metrological

department here stated that Jammu and Kashmir would witness from light to heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours. “Srinagar recorded a maximum of 24.7 degrees Celsius and the minimum tempera-ture was 20.2 degrees Celsius. It was informed through the reports that more rains would occur at various places of Jam-mu division. Dry weather coupled with four to five degrees above normal temperatures during the past few weeks had re-sulted in heat wave in the Valley, forcing people to use coolers and air-condi-tioners.The metrological office stated on Thursday that temperatures would be around 29°C and 19°C re-spectively. For Jammu, it stated that moderate to heavy rain,

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Srinagar, July 17 : An unfortunate accident occurred in Tosa-maidan wherein Mr Bilal Ahmed Parry, resident of Cherhar Beerwah died due to an explosion. The Army troops on ground as-sisted in evacuating the injured to the near-est medical facility at Village Drang.According to a state-ment issued toSee Army On PG 11..

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with slogans against Israel being raised by the youth at various places. A Police spokesman told KNS over phone that the situation remained normal with no un-toward incident reported from anywhere. However, it was stated that police had to use tear smoke shells at some places of north Kashmir to pacify the situation that turned violent during the protests. (KNS)

In a globalised and inter-connected world, he said, “our destinies are inter-linked”. “We are all bound by shared aspirations and common challenges. We all have a stake in each other’s success. Distance is not a barrier to opportunities. It also does not insulate us from challenges in other parts of the world,” Modi said. The Prime Minister said nations must unite to seek faster growth and newer avenues of generating pros-perity, to find solutions to the challenge of poverty and to preserve our environment, and use our re-sources well. Referring to the links between India and South Amer-ica, the popularity of authors like Octavio Paz and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the links between Gu-jarat and the region, Modi assured the leaders from South America that India will work more closely with them more than ever before “at the bilateral level, as a BRICS member, in the G77, as well as other interna-tional forums. India’s trade with South America, has shown strong growth in recent years but it is still well below poten-tial, Modi said. To tap enormous opportunities of co-operation, he said, “We must utilise, the Preferential Trade Agreement between India and the MERCOSUR Trade Block (South America’s trade block) and Chile, more effectively.” “I firmly believe, the possibilities of cooperation are limited not by distance but only by our imagination and efforts. We have much to learn from each other, in our journey towards inclusive and sustainable development. “We must share with each other, our experiences, best practices and inno-vative solutions. India stands committed to the same. I am pleased, that India has deputed experts, to coun-tries in the South American region in the fields of Ag-riculture, Horticulture, Disaster Management, Com-munications and Law. We are also working together in Renewable Energy,” Modi said. To share its expertise in Information Technology, India will establish Centres of Excellence in Informa-tion Technology, in South American countries, the Prime Minister said. India also offered to expand co-operation, in areas like Tele-medicine, Tele-education and e-Governance. “We extend our Space capabilities, for weather fore-casting, resource mapping and disaster management. I also look forward, to a much more intensive level of engagement, between India and South America, in the coming years, across all domains of cooperation,” he said.

airspace.” Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammud-din Hussein said he has directed the country’s Minis-try of Defense to investigate the incident, according to a message on his Twitter account.He said he could not confirm that the plane was shot down.Ukraine prime minister Areseny Yatseniuk orders investigation into Malaysian “Airline catastrophe,” says plane was en route from Amsterdam. Interfax news agency says the passenger airliner was shot down at an altitude of 10km above Eastern Ukraine.

According to a statement issued to KNS, Omar asked the people to reject the nefarious designs of PDP to corrupt the elections and torpedo the society’s values and principles. He asked the people to stand for truth-fulness, honesty and sincerity represented by Nation-al Conference all along.Omar Abdullah asked the workers to girdle the loins and launch door to door campaign to counter the false propaganda of their opponents (PDP) aimed at de-faming the Government and National Conference by circulating falsehood and misgivings. He said people should be made fully aware of this tactics of PDP so that they do not get trapped in the net opponents have cast for them. He said emotional blackmailing and ex-ploitation of sentiments has also been the handy work of PDP. He said this party utilizes these tools along-with mudslinging and character assassination to at-tempt at misleading people for their vested interests of grabbing the power.The Working President, National Conference asked the people to recollect the opposition by PDP to all people friendly initiatives taken by the Government during last over five years including holding of Pan-chayat Elections, creating of new administrative units, employment generation programmes, Rehabil-itation Policy for the youth who had crossed LoC, em-ployees benefit measures, spending of money for pub-lic welfare, etc. “ This reveals the anti-people approach of PDP and its frustration”, he saidOmar Abdullah asked the workers to disseminate the details of huge development process initiated and com-pleted by the Government during the last over five years. “Tell the people that this Government is only and first one since 1947 which initiated power projects of the capacity of 1500 MW in five years as against 750 MW projects launched in the State from 1947 to 2008 which included 450 MW Baghliar-I initiated by Dr. Farooq Abdullah”, he said and asked the workers to also pro-vide details of over two dozen of degree colleges, scores of polytechnics and ITIs, half a dozen university cam-puses, two central universities established in the State during the last five years which is a record so far.Omar Abdullah referred to the Cabinet decisions regard-ing opening of 7697 departmental sale outlets to provide jobs to more than 15,000 salesmen and helpers. He also mentioned the approval of the Cabinet for operational-ization of new administrative units and said that 5860 posts have been created for these units including 181 in Gazzetted category. He said this decision of the Govern-ment will pave way for the employment of equal num-ber of educated youth. He said Cabinet also approved allotment of Rs.63.22 crore for making these adminis-trative units functional immediately. The convention was also addressed by the General Secretary, NC, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Provincial President, Nasir Aslam Wani and Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather. (KNS)

he has to pay 30000 for three vehicles. “I refused and the same was followed by the verbal dual. The three inspectors and a clerk beat me up to pulp. I almost felt unconscious.” He stated that he later approached the police station and the police personnel took him to the hospital for treatment. KNS has learnt that a case under FIR number 143/2014 under section 343,323 was registered

announcements is just to engage the NC workers in government offices” H stated that during the last days of the government, NC is leaving no stone unturned to ‘loot’ the state ex-chequer. “In the education department, huge frauds are being backed by the government. Rates have been fixed for the transfer of teachers in the education de-partment and also the ministers are openly demand-ing HAFTA from their sub-ordinates.” (KNS)

on the issue.” On one side, the government claims that the lease period for Tosamaidan has not been ex-tended to army. And on the other side there is no or-der from the government regarding the cancellation of the lease,” said Farooq Ahmad, a protestor who added that all the surrounding area of Tosa Maidan should be cleared from littered shells. Tehsildar Khag Muhammad Shafi told CNS that au-thorities have directed police to start an inquiry into the matter. “Yes, the youth was killed when a littered shell exploded suddenly. Police has started investiga-tion,” he said adding that police is also investigating the incident which occurred in May this year when a littered shell claimed the life of a little girl Simran Reyaz and seriously injured her brother. The deceased according to CNS was the sole bread earner for his family. “He had gone to Tosamidan to inquire about the condition of his flock of sheep, looked after by a shepherd, when this unfortunate in-cident occurred,” his brother told CNS. Meanwhile, some district officials visited the spot of incident and assured the locals that a thorough in-quiry will be conducted into the matter to fix respon-sibility. (CNS)

KNS, Army expresses profound grief on loss of pre-cious life and conveys deepest condolence to the be-reaved family. (KNS)

thundershower. Maximum and minimum tempera-tures would be around 34°C and 24°C respectively. For Ladakh region, light rain and thundershower. Max-imum and minimum temperatures would be around 30°C and 18°C respectively. The met office maintained that fairly widespread to wide spread Rain, thunder-showers will occur till July 19 morning.(KNS)

forces armed with automatic rifles took up position. Civilian flights from the international airport north of Kabul have been suspended, another Afghan offi-cial said. The airport lies next to a sprawling military base run by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, whose troops are withdrawing from Afghani-stan after more than a decade of war, as the country lies in the grip of a power struggle following disputed presidential elections. ISAF and Afghan military helicopters were seen hov-ering over the area during today’s attack, which came after a devastating suicide bombing at a busy market in southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday killed at least 42 people.

locality of the same tehsile, stray dogs attacked some children when they were playing on the road. Lo-cal have appealed authorities to save them from the wrath of canines. (CNS)

Washington, July 17: The US and EU have slapped fresh sanctions on Russia, hitting its finance, mili-tary and energy sectors, with President Barack Obama saying the action was taken as Moscow con-tinued its provocative and destabilising actions in Ukraine. The US Department of the Treasury imposed a broad-based package of sanctions on Wednesday on entities in the finan-cial services, energy and arms or related materiel sectors of Russia as well as on those undermin-ing Ukraine's sovereign-ty or misappropriating Ukrainian property. "Russia has continued to destabilise Ukraine and provide support for the sep-aratists, despite its state-ments to the contrary," Un-der Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Finan-cial Intelligence David S Cohen said."Because Russia has failed to meet the basic standards of international conduct, we are acting today to open Russia's financial services and energy sectors to sanc-tions and limit the access of

two key Russian banks and two key energy firms to US sources of financing and to impose blocking sanctions against eight arms firms and a set of senior Russian officials," he said.President Obama said Rus-sia has continued with its provocative and destabi-lising actions in Ukraine. "Given its continued prov-ocations in Ukraine, today I have approved a new set of sanctions on some of Russia's largest compa-nies and financial institu-tions," Obama told White House reporters soon after Department of Treasury announced the new tough sanctions on Russia. "Along with our allies, with whom I've been co-ordinating closely the last several days and weeks, I've repeatedly made it clear that Russia must halt the flow of weapons and fighters across the bor-der into Ukraine; that Rus-sia must urge separatists to release their hostages and support a ceasefire; that Russia needs to pur-sue internationally-me-diated talks and agree to meaningful monitors on the border," Obama said.

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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border

A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has reportedly crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Rus-sia. All the latest details here17.11 The Foreign Office is looking into whether any Britons were on board.17.08 More from our transport edi-tor, Nick Collins, who is looking at the Malaysia Airlines flight plan.17.06 Raf Sanchez, our Washington correspondent, sends the following update from the US. Obama is heading to Delaware and to New York today to talk about the American economy but will also be dealing with is looking like a full-blown international crisis.He ignored questions from report-ers about the Malaysian plane as he walked to his helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House this morning.Here's what he said last night about Russian activities in Ukraine:Along with our allies, with whom I’ve been coordinating closely the last several days and weeks, I’ve repeatedly made it clear that Rus-sia must halt the flow of weapons and fighters across the border into Ukraine; that Russia must urge separatists to release their hostag-es and support a cease-fire; that Russia needs to pursue interna-tionally-mediated talks and agree to meaningful monitors on the bor-der.17.04 And here's another image of the BUK missile.17.03 It's thought that the plane was shot down by a BUK surface-to-air missile.16.57 More detail on the circum-stances of the crash - although it must be stressed that this is only preliminary information.Interfax-Ukraine quoted anoth-er Ukrainian official as saying the plane disappeared from radar when it was flying at 10,000 metres (33,000 feet), a typical cruising alti-tude for airliners.It came down at Torez, near Shakhtersk, some 40 km (25 miles) from the Russia border. The area

has been the scene of fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels.16.54 Witnesses from the town of Torez in the Donetsk Region told RIA Novosti that plane wreckage and dead bodies have been locat-ed in the vicinity. The crash took place near the Hrabovo village, outside Torez.16.53 Interestingly, Russia Today says that the Ukrainian rebels - backed by Russia - have denied any involvement in the plane crash.QuoteThe Donetsk People’s Re-public, where fighting continues between Kiev and opposition, has rejected any involvement in the in-cident, as there are reports that the plane was shot down.It said its self-defense forces just don’t have such military equip-ment.Residents have reported about finding debris from a plane, which they say could belong to the Ma-laysian Boeing. They also said no bodies have been seen, RIA Novo-sti reports.16.52 Russia Today has the follow-ing report:QuoteThe head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Geraschenko said the plane car-rying 285 passengers and 15 crew members fell.16.50 Reports suggest that the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile called a BUK.Colin Freeman explains: The BUK is a self-propelled, me-dium-range surface-to-air missile systems in the Soviet era and de-signed to engage cruise missiles, smart bombs, aircraf and and un-manned aerial vehicles. Modern versions can reach up to 80,000 feet.16.47 Reaction to the plane crash is beginning to come in now.16.45 Malaysian Airlines ave confirmed that they have lost contact with the plane.16.44 Here's a more detailed route map, showing precisely where the plane dropped off the radar.16.43 Nick Collins, The Telegraph's

transport editor, points out the fol-lowing:16.42 The Ukrainian interior min-istry adviser, quoted by Interfax, says there are no survivors.16.38 More footage is emerging of the scene, minute by minute.16.36 Our Washington correspon-dent, Raf Sanchez, has the follow-ing observation: It's still not clear what happened to today's Malaysia Airlines flight but last night, as the US announced new sanctions on Russia, Amer-ican officials suggested Russian weapons were behind the downing of a Ukrainian transport aircraft on Monday. Here's what they had to say:"On July 14th, Ukrainians lost an An-26 transport jet, which was shot down from an altitude of 21,000 feet, with eight crew on board. And only very sophisticated weapons systems would be able to reach this height."16.35 16.34 Interfax are saying that the plane was shot down.16.28 Initial reports suggested that the flight could have been Malay-sia Airlines MH17, which left Am-sterdam at 12.14.It was due to arrive in Kuala Lum-pur at 06.09.16.27 Unconfirmed reports on Twit-ter showed YouTube footage of a large pall of smoke in fields near Shaktersk.The footage could not be verified.16.20 The plane is thought to have crashed near Shaktersk.16.15 Interfax news agency are claiming that a Malaysian passen-ger plane has crashed in Ukraine, near the Russian border."A Boeing Malaysian Airlines that was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur began to descend about 50km before entering Rus-sian airspace, and was subsequent-ly found burning on the ground in Ukraine," an aviation source told Interfax.Interfax said that 295 people were on board at the time.

Israel, Hamas Resume Hostilities

Israeli Defense Forces and Palestinian mili-tants resumed hostilities in Gaza Thursday after a temporary humanitari-an cease-fire came to an end. Meanwhile, talks on a more comprehensive truce are underway in Egypt.Palestinian civilians re-ceived a brief reprieve from 10 days of conflict after Israel and Hamas agreed to a U.N. proposal to allow for humanitari-an movement. But U.N. Humanitari-an Coordinator for the Palestinian Territories James Rawley tells VOA the violence resumed shortly after the cease-fire expired. "Rockets have been go-ing out of Gaza and air-strikes and naval bom-bardment has resumed on Gaza," he said, "so once again the people of

Gaza are suffering and probably dying, and the people of Israel are also being victimized by rockets and mortars go-ing out of Gaza." Deserted streets The streets of Gaza have been virtually deserted since Israeli military operations targeting Hamas began last week, as residents have stayed home or have sought protection at U.N. schools.But for a brief time during Thursday's truce, Rawley says, citizens were able to go shopping or go to the bank, while some vital repairs were done to electrical and water facilities.

"It only was a pause of five hours, it was re-spected for the most part by all parties, which is good," he said, "but it is a pity that as soon as the pause is over, the hostili-ties have resumed." Israeli Defense Forc-es have been pounding Gaza with airstrikes and offshore assaults, while militants in the Pales-tinian territory have launched a continuous barrage of rocket fire into southern Israel. More than 220 Palestin-ians have been killed in the conflict, while one Israeli citizen has died.The U.N. agency for Pal-estinian refugees (UNR-WA) reported 20 rockets were discovered hidden in a vacant school in Gaza. A statement from UNRWA said this was the first time weapons have been found in their

facilities. Egypt talksMeanwhile, talks for a broader truce are being held in Egypt. Israeli and Hamas officials have backed away from earli-er media reports that a deal had been reached. Israel previously agreed to an Egyptian-backed deal that called for an immediate end to the fighting, the eventual easing of border restric-tions and further alks hosted by Cairo. Hamas rejected the deal, saying their leaders had not been consulted and it did not address other conditions such as Isra-el's long-standing block-ade of Gaza.

Typhoon takes aim at China after killing

38 in Philippines

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines set to work clearing debris, recon-necting power and re-building flattened houses on Thursday after a ty-phoon swept across the country killing 38 people, with at least eight miss-ing, rescue officials said.Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year, was heading north-west towards China after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, shutting down the capital and knocking down trees and power lines, causing widespread blackouts.The storm destroyed about 7,000 houses and damaged 19,000, the exec-utive director of the Na-tional Disaster Agency, Alexander Pama, said. More than 530,000 people had taken refuge in evac-uation centres, according to official figures.Pama put the damage to crops, mostly rice and corn, from the Bicol re-gion, southeast of Manila and the first to be hit by the storm, at around 668 million pesos, or about $15 million (8.76 million pounds).Most schools remained closed in the capital and southern Luzon, the most densely populated part of the country with about 17 million people. Power had been restored to just over half of the Luzon grid, a transmission agency offi-cial said.Electricity distributor Manila Electric Co said a third of its 1.88 million customers were without

power.Disaster officials were assessing damage but the coconut-growing Quezon province south of Manila appears to have borne the brunt of Rammasun, which intensified into a category 3 typhoon as it crossed the country.The cyclone is expected to make landfall in China around midday on Fri-day somewhere between the island of Hainan and the southern province of Guangdong, the Hainan government said on its website, adding that fish-ing boats had to returned to port.The Ministry of Civil Af-fairs has already put au-thorities on alert across a swathe of southern and southwestern China to deal with expected dam-age, especially as torren-tial rain across a large part of southern China has killed 34 in the last week.Tropical Stom Risk, which monitors cyclones, downgraded Rammasun to a category 1 storm on a scale of one to five.But it predicted it would gain in strength to cate-gory two within 24 hours, picking up energy from the warm sea.Quezon governor David Suarez said the province was preparing to declare a state of calamity. He said officials had confirmed seven people died in the province.“Last night we had difficulty going around because many trees and fallen poles are blocking highways and roads,” Suarez said in a radio interview.

Daily ZABARWAN TIMES NEWS SRINAGAR | FRIDAY 18. 07 .2014

SRTC Employees to get 15% DA SRINAGAR, JULY 17: The

Employees of Jammu and Kashmir State Road Trans-port Corporation (JKSRTC) will get 15% Dearness Allow-ances (DA) from this month and the decision was taken at the 71st Board of Direc-tor Meeting of Corporation held here today under the Chairmanship of Minister for Transport and CA&PD, Ch. Mohammad Ramzan, who is also chairman of the Board.

Minister of State for Transport, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma was also present in the meeting.

Reviewing the perfor-mance of the Corporation, it was informed that the Cor-poration has earned a rev-

enue of Rs. 99.84 crore dur-ing 2013-14 which was Rs. 89.96 crore during the pre-vious financial year thereby registering a growth of 11%. In view of the better per-formance and encourag-ing revenue generation, the Board released 15 percent DA instalment in favour of the employees from this month.

The meeting also ad-opted the constitution of Establishment and Finance Committee for regulariza-tion of establishment and finance matters of the Cor-poration, Constitution of Sub-Committee of Board under the Chairmanship of Economic Advisor, J&K Gov-ernment to examine release of COLA/6th Pay arrears in favour of SRTC/erstwhile GTU employees and Consti-tution of Committee to ex-amine proposed revision of

delegation of powers. The Board also ap-

proved the Budget estimate of the Corporation for the year 2014-15 while the re-vised estimate for the year 2013-14 were also approved besides adoption of ac-counts for the year 2010-11 and 2011-12 for further sub-mission of CAG for auditing.

Speaking on the Occa-sion, Mr. Ramzan asked the authorities of the Cor-poration to take necessary measures for making the Corporation a profitable organization besides ask-ing them to ensure safe and efficient bus services to the commuters and visitors. He said the Corporation has important role in the trans-port sector and asked the officers of the Corporation to streamline the bus and truck services to meet the local demands in the State.

AGARTALA: Editor-cum-proprietor of a local Bengali daily, Sushil Chowdhury, who was pronounced guilty in a triple murder case by a local court, was on Thursday sentenced to life im-prisonment till the last day of his life with the judge noting that it was a ‘rarest of the rare case’.

The 76-year-old editor of ‘Dainik Gandoot’ was present in court when the order was read out.

Special public prosecutor Dilip Sarkar, while initiating the hear-ing, sought capital punishment for Chowdhury for his direct in-volvement in the crime.

“Being an editor and owner of the newspaper, he was sup-posed to protect his employees but instead he killed three of his employees, Ranjit Chowdhury, Balaram Ghosh and Sujit Bhat-tacharjee,” he told the packed court.

Hearing the charges against him, Chowdhury said, “I am inno-

cent, I don’t know who has killed them. Please pardon me consider-ing my age.”

Additional district and ses-sions judge West Tripura Kripan-kar Chakraborty replied, “It has been proved that you have killed three persons.

“It was a fit case for hanging

the convict but considering his age, the convict Sushil Chowd-hury is hereby sentenced to suffer imprisonment for life, means the whole natural life, that is till his death for the offence under sec-tion 302 read with 120 (B)/ 109 of IPC and to pay Rs 50,000 as fine.”

Three employees of ‘Danik Ga-nadoot’, a vernacular daily were killed inside the newspaper office premises at Palace Compound in the heart of the city on May 19 last year sending shock waves across the entire state.

Investigating officer Manas Paul had submitted a 562-page charge sheet accusing Chowd-hury of the gruesome incident be-fore the court.

The additional district and sessions court, after hearing the case, held Chowdhury guilty in the triple murder case on July 14. The verdict sentencing the con-vict till last day of his natural life was pronounced today.

SURAT/RAJKOT: Ending days of dry spell, heavens opened up on Gujarat with all 32 districts receiving moderate to heavy rainfall since Tuesday night.While coastal districts of Saurashtra have been receiving rains since the past five days, southern Gu-jarat districts of Valsad and Navsari witnessed heavy showers. Valsad town was lashed by 197 mm rainfall, leaving several roads heavily waterlogged and forcing many schools to alter their timings or announcing holi-day. In just three hours on Wednesday morning, Valsad was pounded by 85 mm rainfall.All three exit points of Valsad town witnessed traffic jams. Rain was reported from Umargaon (206mm), Vapi (170mm), Pardi and Navsari (101 mm each), and Gandevi, which received 150 mm rainfall.Surtis, however, had to stay content with occasional rain as the city received just 36 mm rainfall on Tuesday night. In Navsari, a bridge over Ambika river connecting the town to Gandevi was damaged.Meanwhile, 30-year-old life insurance agent Ashok Parmar was swept away when he tried to wade through flooded Suvera river near Vanda village of Amreli on Tuesday.North Gujarat too heaved a sigh of relief as most districts reported moderate rainfall with Vadali in Sabarkantha getting maximum 67mm.Indian Meteorological Department (Gujarat) director Jayanta Sarkar said that good rains are expected to continue over Saurashtra and south Gujarat on Thursday.

SRINAGR, JULY 17: Speaker, Jam-mu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mubrak Gul has said that the con-struction on additional block at MLA Hostel, Srinagar to be started soon. He said, in this regard, a detailed project re-port of Rs.4.22 crore has been prepared and submitted to the concerned quarter for approval.

This was disclosed by the Speak-er while chairing a House Committee of Legislative Assembly constituted “to look into to deal with all questions relat-ed to residential accommodation and to consider Members’ matters connected with facilities of accommodation, food, medical aid and other amenities ac-corded to Members in this residences and Hostels” here today.

Legislators, Mr. M. Y. Tarigami, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Mr. Moham-mad Khalil Bandh, Mr. Abdul Gani Ma-lik, Mr. Mohammad Yasin Shah, Mr. Charnajit Singh and Mr. Durga Dass at-tended the meeting and gave their valu-able suggestions with regard to mainte-nance of Assembly assets.

Threadbare discussion was held on various issues including installation of LCDs, Fax Machines, Photostat Ma-chine, ATM of J&K Bank, renovation of kitchen at MLA Hostel, Srinagar and construction of dispensaries both at Sri-nagar and Jammu.

The Committee stressed for ensur-ing cleanliness in and around the MLA Hostels both at Jammu and Srinagar. It also asked for ensuing proper medicare and drinking water facilities in these hostels.

The Speaker said that construc-tion of Dispensaries both at Srinagar and Jammu has already taken up with the health department and the work on these projects would be started soon. He said there would be provision of a medi-cal shop on no profit no loss basis add-ing that existing legislators and employ-ees of both the Houses can avail benefits from it.The meeting was informed that the construction work on Staff Quarters at Jammu having 12 single rooms are apace, out of which 6 rooms have been completed.

Ch. Ramzan chairs 71st BOD Meeting of STRC

Newspaper editor sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 3 employees

Finally, heavens open up on Gujarat

Rs 4.22 Cr project for additional block at Srinagar MLA Hostel: Gul

Rivers can be linked across the country in 10 years time if states agree:Uma Bharti

JKSCCC earns Rs. 27 cr up to ending June:

G A MirSRINAGAR, JULY 17- The Jammu

and Kashmir State Cable Car Corpo-ration (JKSCCC) has earned Rs 27. 06 crore from April to June ending, 2014 on Gulmarg Gandola riding which was Rs. 19.27 crore during the corresponding pe-riod of last fiscal.

This information was given at a meeting convened under the Chair-manship of Minister for Tourism, Mr. Ghulam Ahmad Mir, to review the func-tioning of JKSCCC, Gulmarg Develop-ment Authority (GDA) and tourism re-lated activities being carried out in the

Gulmarg area here today. Minister for Agriculture Production

Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir was also pres-ent in the meeting.

Addressing the meeting, the Minis-ters called for proper utilization of avail-able resources for the comfortable stay of the tourists at tourist destinations, saying that it would go a long way in conveying the hospitable nature of the people of the State and help in increasing the influx of tourists to the State. They sought detailed project report of mea-sures taken for maintenance of Gulmarg Golf Course.They stressed the need for maintaining sanitation and hygienic en-viron at Gulmarg. They said that clean-liness should be focussed area and the hoteliers should also be taken on aboard in this regard so that the pristine glory of the destination is preserved.

Reviewing the physical and financial targets of the Corporation set for current fiscal, the meeting was informed that Rs. 40.13 crore have been realized while over 6 lakh persons enjoyed Gandola ride

during 2013-14. As many as 11,133 pas-sengers were ferried at Makhdoom Sa-hib Ropeway earning Rs. 8.42 lakh from April to June, 2014 and hoped for good response from the visitors in future, the meeting was informed.

The issues relating to maintenance of sanitation, provision of financial, tech-nical assistance and issuance of snow-bike and excursion vehicles licences to new beneficiaries at Gulmarg tour-ist spot, parking of vehicles at proper places, safety and security of tourists at different tourist destinations were also came up for discussion during the meet-ing.The meeting also reviewed the pace of progress on various ongoing develop-mental works being carried out at vari-ous other tourist destinations including at Veerinag, Cheshmashahi, Kishtwar, Bhaderwah and Jammu.

Among others, Secretary Tourism and Culture, Mr. Zaffar Ahmed Bhat, Di-rector, Tourism, Kashmir, Talat Parvez, MD, JKSCCC and Chief Executive Offi-cer, GDA.

JKSCCC, GDA functioning reviewed

NEW DELHI: In the wake of rising debate over role of country’s apex policy making body Planning Com-mission, government on Thursday said there are no plans presently to abolish it.

“No Sir. There is at present no proposal un-der consideration of the government for abol-ishing the Planning Commission,” Minister of state for planning Rao Inderjit Singh said in a written reply in Ra-jya Sabha to a question

if there was any such proposal. Earlier this week, the Minister in his Facebook

post said there was a need for streamlining the role of the commission. He had also said that it should not be seen as a hindrance by states. The Narendra Modi gov-ernment is yet to reconstitute the Planning Commis-sion, the term of which is co-terminus with the gov-ernment. The Prime Minister is the chairman of the commission. Prime Minister is expected to make an announcement regarding the role of the commission.

No plans to abolish Planning Commission:

Rao Inderjit Singh

NEW DELHI: A week after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley pitched for inter-linking of rivers during his budget presen-tation saying the move can yield “rich dividend”, the water resourc-es and Ganga rejuvenation minis-ter Uma Bharti on Thursday said rivers across the country can be linked in 10 years time if concerned states give their consent.

Replying to a supplementary question in Lok Sabha, Bharti said the inter-linking of rivers would strengthen the Prime Minister ru-ral irrigation scheme.

Allaying concerns of members, she, however, insisted that the in-ter-linking of rivers (ILRs) would be implemented in such a way that it would ensure their uninterrupted flow and purity.

Her remarks assume signifi-cance in the light of the Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi’s government push for the move.

Calling for a serious effort in the direction of river inter-linking, Jait-ley has in the budget for the period 2014-15 allocated Rs 100 crore to ex-pedite preparation of detailed proj-ect reports. In his maiden budget

speech in Lok Sabha on July 10, Jaitley said that rivers were the lifeline of the country as they pro-vide water not only for producing food but also for drinking.

“Unfortunately, the country is not uniformly blessed with peren-nial rivers. Therefore, an effort to link the rivers can give rich divi-dends... It is time we made a serious effort in this direction. To expedite the preparation of the Detailed Proj-ect Reports, I propose to set aside a sum of Rs 100 crore,” he had said.

It is learnt that the Centre in its effort to link the rivers would first take consent of state govern-ments while cautiously selecting the specific project for imple-mentation.

Though the Ken-Betwa river link would be the first to be im-plemented under the Modi gov-ernment as both the concerned states - Madhya Pradesh and Ut-tar Pradesh - had already given their consents for this purpose, the focus will primarily be on linking rivers of sub-basins within a basin or nearby basins instead of going on for distant inter-basin river linkages.

SRINAGAR, JULY 17: The High Powered Committee headed by Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Thursday, discussed and finalized the Annual Plan 2014-15 of Rs 104.68 crore under the Rajiv Gan-dhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhi-yan (RGPSA) and Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF).

To strengthen the Panchayat Raj System and address critical gaps, the plan envisages various activities in-cluding administrative and technical support, construction and repair of Panchayat Ghars, capacity building and training of Elected Representa-tives (ERs) at various levels, Informa-tion, Education and Communication activities, E-enablement of Panchay-ats and strengthening of the institu-tional structure.

Secretary Rural Development, Sheikh Mushtaq presented a detailed overview of the status of panchayats in the State. He said the state has 4128 Halqa Panchayats out of which 2185 have Panchayat Ghar buildings. He said as many as 1678 Panchayat Ghars have been taken under the 13th Finance Commission and the remain-ing 265 Panchayat Ghars for which

funds to the tune of Rs 795 crore are required will be taken once the pro-posal is approved.

He said Rs 21 crore have been pro-posed during the current financial year for repair and renovation of 700 existing Panchayat Ghars at an av-erage unit cost of Rs 3 lakh per Pan-chayat Ghar.

He said that Rs 13.19 crore has been proposed under the Capac-ity Building and Training component during the current year’s annual plan. It includes various training and orientation courses for ERs, exposure visits besides computer courses for ERs and official functionaries.

He said for providing administra-tive and technical support as many as 1032 Accountant-cum-Data Entry Operators, which were sanctioned by the cabinet yesterday will be engaged to maintain accounts of the Pan-chayats, area profiling, up-loading of plans, software etc. He said besides these during the current financial year an additional 1032 operators have also been proposed. In addition, he said with the establishment of ad-ditional 177 blocks in the State, there is a requirement of as many as 354

JEs/Technical Assistants which have been booked under the current year’s plan with a fund requirement of Rs 6.37 crore for their recruitment.

For strengthening the institution-al structure for training, funds to the tune of Rs 50 lakh have been approved for establishing State Panchayat Re-sources Centre (SPRC) within J&K IMPARD in Srinagar besides the Union Ministry has also approved two District Panchayat Resources Centres (DPRCs) during 2013-14. He said two additional DPRCs have been proposed in the current plan with to-tal fund requirement of Rs 6.55 crore for their establishment.

Dr. S. N. Alam, Head Academics and Trainings J&K IMPARD said that the institute has already pre-pared brief modules/Calendar for the year 2014-15 for various training, refresher and orientation courses un-der the Capacity Building and Train-ing component of RGPSA.

The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary H&UD Mr. Satish Nehru, District Development Commissioners of Doda, Ramban, Kishtwar, Poonch, ADDC Kupwara and other officers.

CS reviews RGPSARs 104 Cr Plan approved

Consider making some plans for a vacation or short getaway, Libra. Looking forward to something fun can make even the tough-est of days far easier to handle. You’ll be amazed how much you can manage when there’s an end in plain sight. Your entire attitude can lighten. So take the bull by the horns and create an incentive for yourself. Do something special to reward the hard work you do day after day.

Don’t judge someone if he or she has a different lifestyle than what you consider to be OK, Scorpio. You probably lean toward the traditional, yet not everyone feels this way about re-lationships, working, or lifestyle. While it may seem impossible to understand and even frighten you, try not to be too harsh on those you deem odd. You’d be better off using that energy to keep your own life on track.

Friends seeking advice or a shoulder to cry on could be plentiful today, Sagittarius. You’re one of best people to give them the support and care they need. Just be sure that you don’t give so much to others that you don’t have anything left for yourself. True friendship is about sharing and the exchange of problems and help. Running yourself down will leave you in a place where you aren’t going to be much help to anyone.

Getting through today shouldn’t pose too big a problem for you, Capricorn. You may feel a huge second wind that can give you the drive and determination to see your chores and projects through. Make some plans for this evening, such as getting to-gether with friends or taking in an event that really intrigues you. Until then, go about your tasks bit by bit. You’ll get things finished before you know it.

Working within boundaries and restrictions could really get to you today, Aquarius. Yours is an independent spirit and your best achievements are often born of doing things your own way. Yet like it or not, we all have to follow guidelines and rules. Do your best to follow suit and finish what needs to be done. Afterward, you may find more freedom to act independently without consequences. Exercise patience and diligence as needed today.

Chances are that you’ll feel upbeat and positive today, Pisces. Consider sharing this energy with those around you who are feel-ing less than content. Your attitude can have a profound effect on friends, partners, spouses, and children. Even neighbors and ex-tended family can pick up on your spirit without you even real-izing it. Share your optimism with everyone you can today. If you see someone hurt or angry.

Feeling the effects of today’s energies, Virgo? Take heart if this is the case, because the end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it seems. Do your best to take things one step at a time and see about making some plans for a little fun this evening. Get together with friends or take in a movie. Help yourself feel better by staying busy and focused and follow up with some recreation. Before you know it, the aspect will pass and you’ll be back to normal.

Don’t discount your ability to be extremely resourceful if you need to be, Aries. If you don’t have everything you need or all of the required information, take time to think. Who can you ask? What places can you access? Who might know where you can find what you need? Rather than panic because the pieces aren’t all there, instead make a list of contacts and go for it. Trust in yourself.

Try not to let today’s blues get you down, Taurus. While it’s true that some days can seem to drag on, the busier you are the faster time will pass. Get down to finishing any work still before you and then make plans for tonight. If there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, not only will things seem to speed up but you’ll feel better knowing it’s coming.

Dare to be different, Gemini. It can be so easy to fall into a drill. Sleeping at the same time, eating at the same time, wearing the same style, and going about work the same way day after day. Be-fore you know it, you feel like you’re in a rut. The only way to get away from this is to make a decision to break free by doing some-thing unique. Try a new haircut. Wear colors that are unusual for you. If the need is there, consider a new career. Pursue expansion.

If your lifestyle is considerably different than that of others, re-sist feeling self-conscience about it today, Cancer. Try to remember that you chose the life you have for specific reasons. Even if you’ve come to a point where you’re considering a change, there’s no need to feel badly, ashamed, or embarrassed about where you are now. Everyone has to make his or her own way. If this conforms to the norm, that’s fine. If it doesn’t, that’s fine, too.

An enhanced feeling of determination could motivate you today, Leo. Finish the things that aren’t complete and make some plans for this evening. Don’t hesitate to take on something that feels compli-cated or big. Chances are you’ll be able to handle most anything and it will feel great when it’s finished. Enjoy your day by making the most of opportunity.

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Repression in Gaza – Inhuman and intolerable

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

Quote of the day

Mark Twain

Israeli repression on Pal-estine people in Gaza has crossed all the limits of barbaric and inhuman be-havior of Israel which de-

fies all international customs and laid principles. The whole international community is be-ing humiliated as that country does not care about the stand taken even by its own mentor USA. Infact, it dares the whole world because it knows that all USA statements are just an eye-wash as all its barbaric actions are funded, armed and ignit-ed by America. Palestine has totally exposed the hypocrisy and double speak of America which has become a self-styled protector of peace in the world. It supports rebellions in Libya, kills its ruler, exhibits its mili-tary might, but it has a different stand in Israel where the offi-cial terrorism of Israeli govt. is being totally ignored and if the matter comes up in United Na-tions Security Council, Amer-ica totally vetoes any action against Israel.USA has no prob-lem in supporting uprising in Libya and Iraq and can go to the extent of killing the Pres-idents of those countries as it can not see its interests being harmed. It sponsored armed re-volts and openly supported ter-ror in these countries though it knew that Al-Quada is behind the violence. It intervenes in Af-ganistan, Egypt, Syria, Somalia and any other Muslim country for that matter, but cannot utter a word against Israel who is di-rectly involved in open genocide of the people of Palestine. Israel and its unbridled armed forces are massacring even the small children in Gaza but so called civilized Europe and Ameri-ca are not only watching it but openly supporting it. What a mockery of human rights rhet-oric by these so called champi-ons of human values. If the state sponsored terror of Israel con-tinues, it will definitely kill some Palestinians but the re-pression will give rise to such a tsunami which will endanger the very existence of Israel. Ter-ror creates terror. It does not in any way help in bringing peace to any volatile place. It is only peace which brings peace and solves all out-standing issues. Therefore, it is for the interna-tional community to get togeth-er and bring lasting peace in Palestine.