Orang Muda Dalam Politik

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Laksana dikata oleh seorang blogger mengambil kata Anak Allahyarham Tun Ghafar, Tamrin… Umno tidak berubah, dia akan kalah dalam PRU-13… angka 13 adalah angka karut yang suka diguna oleh bekas Perdana Menteri Malaysia Tun Abdullah Ahmad.

Politik adalah politik… kerana dalam politik itu ada ahli politik, ada parti poltik dan ada matlamat politik. Maknanya ada tiga perkara iaitu ahli, parti dan matlamat. Sebab itu saya tertarik dengan ahli parti politik negara ini untuk dipostingkan. Dimana ada dua laman web karut marut yang boleh saya salinkan memberitau ada dua orang muda dalam aktiviti politik.

Satu dalam Malaysiakini, beliau ialah fekah husin sebagai setiausaha politik Datuk Menteri Besar Selangor, dan satu lagi ialah dalam medan-info-kita beliau ialah Rafizi Ramli adalah anak muda graduan Oxfod yang boleh dikategorikan sebagai “genius boy”. Beliau kini bekerja dalam pejabat Anwar iaitu Pejabat Penasihat Ekonomi Selangor. Rafizi sanggup meninggalkan jawatan penting dan gaji lumayan di PETRONAS! Di sana juga ada YB Nurul Izzah Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai Kuala Lumpur.

Teringat saya dalam dailog gurau-gurau, agaknya antara Datuk Seri Sharizat A. Jalil dengan Nurul siapakah yang mendapat tempat. Mereka olok-olok kata, tentulah nurul, sebab dia muda dan cantik. Memang terbukti, YB Nurul menang besar di kawasan itu mengalahkan calon yang patutnya sukar untuk kalah.

Itu pasal agaknya, budak-budak muda suka lagu "Oh Saroja" bila Mawi yang menyanyi. Walhal lagu lain yang lama pun sedap didengar, tapi kerana yang menyanyi, tua, maka budak-budak kata itu untuk orang-orang tua, untuk emak-emak dan untuk bapa-bapa.

Saya tafakur… dalam Umno pun ada yang muda seperti YB Khairy Jamaluddin. Jawapannya tiba-tiba keluar sendiri. Umno tidak hargai orang muda macam itu. Ini tidak sama zaman Datuk Harun Idris, dan Tun Dr Mahathir, di zaman makhluk ini, ramai orang muda join parti itu, termasuklah DSAI yang kini jadi Ketua Pembangkang dalam Parlimen. Dan mereka semua yang muda dalam Umno dulu dah tua veteran, kecuali Dr Khir Toyo yang hadiahkan penyapu kat pegawai tinggi kerajaan.

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Israel, Palestinians to resume direct talks

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Israel and the Palestinians are set to resume direct peace talks in Washington, DC in early September with the aim of reaching a deal within a year to create an independent Palestinian state, US officials have announced.

In the first direct talks in 20 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will meet face-to-face in Washington on September 2 with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The peace talks will come after Netanyahu and Abbas meet separately the day before with US President Barack Obama, who has made Arab-Israeli peace a priority for his administration, Clinton told reporters. Text of Quartet statement on renewed Mideast peace talks

Obama will also meet separately September 1 with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II, Arab mediators whose states have signed peace treaties with Israel and who, Clinton said, play a "critical role."

Backed by a diplomatic quartet of world powers, the parties will "relaunch direct negotiations to resolve all final status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year," Clinton announced at the State Department.

She was referring to security for Israel, borders of a future Palestinian state, the future of Palestinian refugees, and the fate of Jerusalem, which both sides claim as their capital. Related article: Huge hurdles ahead as direct Mideast talks set to resume

Clinton said that the "continued leadership and commitment to peace" of both Mubarak and King Abdullah will "will be essential to our success."

Clinton said she and Obama, as well as Netanyahu and Abbas, shared "the goal of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security."

A top Palestinian official in Ramallah said Palestine Liberation Organization voted Saturday to accept the US invitation to peace talks, which Netanyahu had already welcomed.

The White House said it was "very hopeful" about the talks, while in London, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague called them a "courageous step" towards peace in the region.

"Urgent progress must now be made. We call on all parties to refrain from any activity that could undermine negotiations," Hague added in a statement.

The diplomatic Quartet -- the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union -- reiterated past statements calling for an end to the Israeli occupation, which began in 1967.

The reference is important for the Palestinians, who want the borders of their future state along the boundaries that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in 1967. Chronology: Israel-Palestinian peace moves since 1993

Clinton said the new round of negotiations "should take place without preconditions and be characterized by good faith and a commitment to their success, which will bring a better future to all of the people of the region."

The point appeared designed to appease the Israelis, who reject Palestinian calls for a complete freeze of Jewish settlements.

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who has shuttled between both sides for months, said the United States will be engaged in the peace talks, which he said could move at some point to the Middle East.

"We will be active and sustained partners, although we recognize that this is a bilateral negotiation, and we have indicated to both parties that, as necessary and appropriate, we will offer bridging proposals," Mitchell said.

He also said Hamas, which has for three years run the Gaza Strip since ousting Abbas's Palestinian Authority, would have no role in the peace talks.

Hamas on Saturday rejected the planned new talks, with spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri telling AFP in Gaza City that: "The Palestinian people will not feel bound by the results of this misleading invitation."

Clinton added that Obama will also host a group dinner on September 1 with the four Middle East leaders and the Quartet representative, former British prime minister Tony Blair.

With the launch of the talks, Clinton warned "there will be difficulties ahead. Without a doubt, we will hit more obstacles. The enemies of peace will keep trying to defeat us and derail these talks.

"But I ask the parties to persevere, to keep moving forward even through difficult times, and to continue working to achieve a just and lasting peace in the region," she said, reading from a prepared statement.

The last round of direct talks collapsed when Israel launched a devastating three-week offensive in Gaza in December 2008 in a bid to halt rocket fire from the enclave ruled by the militant Hamas movement.

Netanyahu welcomed the news and declared: "Reaching an agreement is a difficult challenge but is possible."

"The prime minister has been calling for direct negotiations for the past year and a half," a statement from Netanyahu's office said. "He was pleased with the American clarification that the talks would be without preconditions."

"The PLO executive committee announces its acceptance of a resumption of direct negotiations with Israel," senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo said in Ramallah.

Both Netanyahu and Abbas have visited Washington in recent months for talks with Obama, with the White House urging a speedy return to direct negotiations.

The two sides have accused each other of stymieing direct talks, but both parties agreed, albeit reluctantly, to indirect "proximity" talks that began in May, facilitated by Mitchell

--- WASHINGTON (AFP) http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100821/tts-israel-palestinians-talks-c1b2fc3.html