He stepped forward and gave all. It should not have been demanded just to feed a senile old man’s ego.
[IsraelTimes] A US Army soldier who was in critical condition after suffering non-combat injuries while supporting the military’s pier off the coast of Gaza earlier this year has died, the US military says.
Sergeant Quandarius Davon Stanley, who recently retired from the military, suffered critical injuries in May while supporting operations at sea of the US-built pier designed to increase flows of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s war with the Hamas terror group.
In a statement, the US Army confirms that Stanley had died, though it does not specify when. He was receiving treatment in a long-term care medical center.
“Stanley was an instrumental and well respected first line leader in the 7th Transportation Brigade Expeditionary (TBX), especially during the mission to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza,” Colonel John “Eddie” Gray, commander of the unit, says.
Three US troops sustained non-combat injuries during the pier operation, but the other two suffered minor injuries and have returned to duty.
Seeing what kind of payoff they can get out of the current administration on the assumption that Donald Trump will end up in the White House in January — and that will be an entirely different negotiation.
[IsraelTimes] Sources cited by Axios say Washington, Riyadh looking at signing smaller agreement that falls short of defense pact initially sought, before Biden leaves office in January
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[Kavkauzel] The information spread on social networks about the mandatory wearing of the hijab in Chechnya is false, the muftiate stated.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", the decision of the Vladimir Region authorities to ban the wearing of religious clothing in schools has caused a wide resonance in the republics of the North Caucasus. State Duma deputy and TV presenter Yevgeny Popov stated that he received threats from Dagestan deputy Biysultan Khamzaev because Popov supported criticism of Khamzaev on television for his position on banning hijabs in Vladimir Region schools. Khamzaev is known in Dagestan for his outrageous behavior, and his conflict with Popov went beyond the bounds of parliamentary ethics, journalists and a political scientist stated.
False information is being spread on social networks that wearing a hijab has been made mandatory in Chechnya, the republic's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) announced today on its Telegram channel. "This information does not correspond to reality," the muftiate emphasized.
Attached to the publication is a screenshot of the post, which, in addition to information about the introduction of wearing the hijab in Chechnya, provides links to the Koran, and also states that all female residents of the republic who identify themselves as Muslims must allegedly begin wearing hijabs by December 1 of this year.
[IsraelTimes] Eight facing judge on terror charges; main focus of trial is father of Muslim pupil and founder of pro-Hamas group who spread information against Samuel Paty
Eight people are going on trial in Gay Paree on terrorism charges Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic krazed killer after showing caricatures of Islam’s prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression.
Paty’s shocking death left an imprint on La Belle France, and several schools are now named after him. Paty was killed outside his school near Gay Paree on October 16, 2020, by an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, who was shot to death by police.
Those on trial include friends of assailant Abdoullakh Anzorov
… 26, the vicious petty criminal from Chechnya whose asylum request had just been renewed for another decade when he cut off the head of local teacher, just because he was asked. Among his many personal connections was known wolf Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, the Iranian-Frenchman who a year ago geared up with knife and hammer to attack tourists near the Eiffel Tower in a classic case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Both miscreants swore fealty to ISIS before heading out for their grisly work, though only Mr. Anzorov sent a video of the event to a dear friend in Idlib. The Moslem colonists who aided and abetted Mr. Anzorov’s project didn’t bother — just being Muslim was good enough for them…
who allegedly helped purchase weapons for the attack, as well as people who are accused of spreading false information online about the teacher and his class.
The attack occurred against a backdrop of protests in many Moslem countries and calls online for violence targeting La Belle France and the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo ...Pix/charlieHebdo.jpgA lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe... . The newspaper had republished its caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad a few weeks before Paty’s death to mark the opening of the trial over deadly 2015 attacks on its newsroom by Islamic krazed killers.
The cartoon images deeply offended many Moslems, who saw them as sacrilegious. But the fallout from Paty’s killing reinforced the French state’s commitment to freedom of expression and its firm attachment to secularism in public life.
Much attention at the trial will focus on Brahim Chnina,
…52, Moroccan, may or may not have a half sister who emigrated to ISIS in Syria in 2014, but who definitely has connected friends...
the Moslem father of a 13-year-old girl who claimed that she had been excluded from Paty’s class when he showed the caricatures on October 5, 2020.
Chnina sent a series of messages to his contacts denouncing Paty, saying that "this sick man" needed to be fired, along with the address of the school in the Gay Paree suburb of Conflans Saint-Honorine.
In reality, Chnina’s daughter had lied to him and had never attended the lesson in question.
Paty was giving a Moral and Civic Education lesson mandated by the National Education Ministry on freedom of expression. He discussed the caricatures in this context, saying students who did not wish to see them could temporarily leave the classroom.
An online campaign against Paty snowballed, and 11 days after the lesson, Anzorov attacked the teacher with a knife as he walked home, and displayed the teacher’s head on social media. Police later shot Anzorov as he advanced towards them armed.
Chnina will be tried for alleged association with a terrorist enterprise for targeting the 47-year-old teacher through false information.
His daughter was tried last year in a juvenile court and given an 18-month suspended sentence. Four other students at Paty’s school were found guilty of involvement and given suspended sentences; a fifth, who pointed out Paty to Anzorov in exchange for money, was given a 6-month term with an electronic bracelet.
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
…65, Franco-Moroccan…
is another key figure in the trial opening Monday for the adult suspects. He presented himself as a spokesperson for Imams of La Belle France, although he had been dismissed from that role. He filmed a video in front of the school with the father of the student. He referred to the teacher as a "thug" multiple times and sought to pressure the school administration via social media.
Sefrioui founded the pro-Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... Cheikh Yassine Collective in 2004,
…another branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, or just the usual Islamist solidarity?
which was dissolved a few days after Paty’s killing. Sefrioui had long criticized and threatened Moslems who advocate friendship with Jews, including the rector of the Grand Mosque of Gay Paree.
Sefrioui and Chnina face 30 years in prison if convicted.
Chnina denied any incitement to "kill" in his messages and video, claiming he did not intend to incite hatred and violence, according to judicial documents.
Sefrioui’s lawyers have said they would seek his acquittal, and that the video filmed by Sefrioui in front of the school was not seen by the terrorist.
Anzorov, who had wanted to go to Syria to fight with Islamic murderous Moslems there, discovered Paty’s name on jihadist social media channels, according to Sherlocks. Anzorov lived 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Paty’s school and did not know the teacher.
Two of Anzorov’s friends face life imprisonment if convicted on charges of complicity in murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise. Naim Boudaoud
…22…
and Azim Epsirkhanov
…23, Chechnyan…
are accused of helping Anzorov buy a knife and a pellet gun. Boudaoud also drove Anzorov to Paty’s school. They turned themselves in at the cop shoppe, and deny being aware of the attacker’s intentions.
The other four individuals are charged with criminal terrorist conspiracy for communicating with the killer on pro-jihad Snapchat groups. They all deny being aware of the intent to kill Samuel Paty. One of them sent smiling emojis after the decapitated teacher’s head was shared.
On October 13, 2023, another teacher in LaBelle France was killed by a radical Islamist from Russia, originally from Ingushetia, a region bordering Chechnya.
The Daily Mail has more, courtesy of Skidmark, including a courtroom sketch of the miscreants, adding:
Four other defendants interacted with Anzorov online.
Yusuf Cinar, a 22-year-old Turkish national, shared a jihadist Snapchat account with him, that later published images of Paty's killing.
Ismail Gamaev, a 22-year-old Russian of Chechen origin with refugee status, and Louqmane Ingar, also 22, exchanged jihadist content on a Snapchat group with Anzorov. The first posted an image of Paty's head with smiley faces after the killing.
The only woman on trial is 36-year-old Priscilla Mangel, a Muslim convert who conversed with Paty's killer on X, describing the teacher's class as 'an example of the war waged by (France's) Republican institutions against Muslims'.
Six former secondary school pupils were sentenced in December 2023 to terms ranging from 14 months suspended to six months in prison, following a closed-door trial before the juvenile court. Those sentenced to prison, however, will not serve jail time.
[IsraelTimes] ‘These are not protests; they are hate crimes’: Vandals charged with terroristic threat, criminal mischief for smearing red paint on homes of officials with Jewish-sounding names
Three people have been indicted on hate crimes charges in connection with red paint that was smeared on the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials during a wave of pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protests this summer, prosecutors announced Monday.
Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and Gabriel Schubiner, all of New York, face a range of charges including making a terroristic threat as a hate crime, criminal mischief as a hate crime, making graffiti, possession of graffiti instruments and conspiracy.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the three — along with others who have not yet been arrested — specifically targeted members of the museum’s board of directors with Jewish-sounding names in the early morning hours of June 12.
Among the homes vandalized were those of the museum’s director, Anne Pasternak, its president and chief operating officer, Kimberly Trueblood,
…I had no idea Kimberly is a Jewish name…
and board chair Barbara Vogelstein.
"These defendants allegedly targeted museum board members with threats and antisemitic graffiti based on their perceived heritage," Gonzalez said in a statement. "These actions are not protests; they are hate crimes."
Using red paint, the vandals scrawled phrases such as "Brooklyn Museum, blood on your hands" and hung banners with the names of the board members, along with phrases including "blood on your hands, war crimes, funds genocide" and "White Supremacist Zionist," according to prosecutors.
Homes of the director and multiple board members of @brooklynmuseum —including one home on the Upper East Side—were vandalized last night.
The banners also included red handprints, anarchy symbols and inverted red triangles akin to those used by Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... to mark its targets.
Prosecutors say the vandals spray-painted security cameras so they couldn’t be identified as they defaced the properties, but were captured in other surveillance video carrying supplies to and from Pelton’s vehicle.
They also said a stencil found at one of the locations had a fingerprint covered in red paint that was identified as Schubiner’s.
Schubiner, who is 36 years old and lives in Brooklyn, was arraigned Monday and released without bail. Seligson, 32, also of Brooklyn, and Pelton, 28, of Queens, are expected to be arraigned next week.
Schubiner and Pelton are each charged with 25 counts, whereas Seligson faces 17, according to prosecutors. The most serious charge the three face is making a terroristic threat as a hate crime.
Lawyers for the three didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment on Monday.
Seligson’s attorney, Leena Widdi, has said her client is an independent videographer and was acting in his capacity as a credentialed member of the media. She described the hate crime charges as an "appalling" overreach by law enforcement officials.
Pelton’s attorney, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, has criticized the arrest as an example of the "increasing trend of characterizing Paleostine solidarity actions as hate crimes."
Hundreds of protesters marched on the Brooklyn Museum in May, briefly setting up tents in the lobby and unfurling a "Free Paleostine" banner from the roof before police moved in to make dozens of arrests. Organizers of that demonstration said the museum was "deeply invested in and complicit" in Israel’s military actions in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... — where it is battling the Hamas terror group — through its leadership, trustees, corporate sponsors and donors — a claim museum officials have denied.
The march on museum was a project of Within Our Lifetime, one of the many tentacles of the pro-Hamas section of Antifa
[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... on Monday sacked three mayors in its southeast Kurdish region on "terrorism" charges and replaced them with government-appointed trustees, the interior ministry announced.
The Kurdish mayors of the cities of Mardin and Batman, as well as Halfeti in Sanliurfa province, were removed from their positions and replaced with government-appointed trustees, the interior ministry said. All three mayors are from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party).
They include veteran Kurdish politician Ahmet Turk of Mardin, Gulistan Sonuk of Batman, and Mehmet Karayilan of Sanliurfa’s Halfeti district.
"Never give up. We will not step back from the struggle for democracy, peace, and freedom. We will not allow the usurpation of the people’s will. Let this be known!" Turk, who in March was sentenced to ten years in prison in the Kobane trials, said on X following the decision.
Alongside Turk, both Sonuk and Karayilan have been handed prison sentences for alleged "membership in a terrorist organization" charges, referring to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
The Ottoman Turkish government has recently turned the heat up against the DEM Party and its elected mayors. In June, a Ottoman Turkish court sentenced the party’s mayor in Hakkari (Colemerg), Mehmet Siddik Akis, to 19.5 years in prison for alleged affiliation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Akis was removed from his position days before the court ruling and was replaced by a state-appointed trustee.
The removal of Kurdish mayors and their replacement with trustees is not new. Dozens of Kurdish mayors affiliated with other pro-Kurdish parties have been dismissed and replaced with trustees for terror-related charges since 2016, with many of them being sentenced to jail. The DEM Party denies any links to the group and maintains it is merely pro-Kurdish.
On Wednesday, Kurdish mayor Ahmet Ozer of Istanbul’s Esenyurt district from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was arrested due to alleged PKK links and quickly replaced with a trustee.
Thousands of Kurdish politicians and supporters of pro-Kurdish parties, mainly DEM Party’s predecessor the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in the past decade for PKK-linked charges. A large number of them remain behind bars.
DEM Party scored several significant victories in the March election. It took Diyarbakir, Mardin, Batman, Siirt, Hakkari, Van, and Igdir provinces, which its sister party, the HDP, won in 2019 only to have their mayors removed because of alleged links with Kurdish rebels and replaced by state-appointed administrators.
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"We are drafting a resolution to present to the United Nations General Assembly to expel israel due to its continued violation of international law regarding Palestine." pic.twitter.com/RrmfUS4GSV
Not that the UN General Assembly generally matters, but Taiwan has managed just fine without being a member. Does the Security Council have veto power over such things? Would the [Biden-]Harris administration be short-sighted enough to neglect to veto it?
[Rudaw] Iraq has undertaken important steps to combat extremism in the country and region, National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji said on Monday, noting Baghdad’s efforts to return nationals being held at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava).
"Iraq’s participation in that conference embodies the will of the international community, friendly nations, and allies and lovers of peace, to combat extremism and protect the rights of the nations and build continued peace," Araji said at a conference in Kuwait for combating terrorism and border security.
He said that his country has taken "important steps" to combat terrorism and this has allowed Iraq to become "more attractive to investment and an encouraging factor for establishing projects in all fields."
Araji noted that 2,710 Iraqi prisoners - many charged with terrorism - being held at al-Hol camp in Syria’s Hasaka province have been transferred to interior ministry prisons in Iraq, where complete investigations will be conducted and then they will be handed over to the judiciary.
Iraqis and Syrians make up the majority of the estimated 40,000 people at the camp since the military defeat of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in Syria in 2019. The camp controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been described as a humanitarian disaster and a breeding ground for terrorism by security experts.
Araji noted the brave decision by Baghdad to repatriate Iraqi families, totalling 2,629 families and 10,242 individuals.
Most of the repatriates live in al-Jada rehabilitation camp in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province. al-Jada prepares the individuals for reintegration into their communities and then return to their places of origin
Until now, 2,082 families, consisting of 7,685 people in eight Iraqi provinces have been returned to their homes, according to Araji.
Iraq and the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... reached an agreement to repatriate all Iraqi nationals from al-Hol by 2027, a spokesperson from the migration ministry told Rudaw in June.
The repatriation of ISIS-linked citizens has sparked opposition in Iraq, with tribes unwilling to accept and welcome people associated with the group that committed heinous human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... abuses and war crimes from 2014 to 2017, when they controlled vast swathes of the country.
On Friday, the SDF announced that their forces conducted a security operation in al-Hol camp, "targeting an ISIS terrorist cell."
Additionally, Kurdish authorities in Rojava have repeatedly called on the international community to repatriate their nationals from the camps, but their calls have largely gone unanswered as most countries are unwilling to bring back their citizens due to security concerns.
[IsraelTimes] State Department says Israel ‘failed’ to sufficiently improve humanitarian conditions as deadline to meet requirements or risk restrictions on military assistance draws near.
”Nice country ya got there. Sure would be a shame if something happened to it, capish?”
[IsraelTimes] Yahya Sinwar’s brother Muhammad has been operating as the de facto leader of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, alongside a small council of top commanders, the Kan public broadcaster reports.
There was no formal appointment of Muhammad Sinwar by Hamas, which has yet to confirm the death of its former military wing chief Muhammad Deif, who Israel says it killed in a July airstrike.
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Somebody must not like him, making a public announcement like this. Just painted a HUGE target on his back -- although being Sinwar's brother, he probably already had one.
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[IsraelTimes] In the midst of an investigation into leaks of top secret documents from his office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends a letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara asking her to look into separate leaks from cabinet meetings throughout the war.
“Since the beginning of the war,” he writes, “we have been witness to a never-ending flood of serious leaks and revealing state secrets.”
Netanyahu writes that the leaks come from cabinet meetings, the national security cabinet, hostage negotiators, and other settings at which no members of the government had been present.
“Till now,” he writes, “despite my repeated requests that these leaks be investigated and an end be put to them, nothing has been done.”
He says that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar told him on Saturday that there must be an official request for an investigation.
Netanyahu includes a secret appendix listing leaks that he says were not investigated.
Parts of the PMO’s defense around the ongoing investigation is that, while other leaks were not investigated, those that could harm the prime minister are being investigated aggressively.
But the current investigation is not about just about a mere leak, rather the alleged theft of classified intelligence and its distortion by Netanyahu’s aides in order to influence public opinion regarding a potential hostage deal. Moreover, the main suspect in the ongoing Shin Bet probe allegedly gained access to classified intelligence despite having failed a security background check.
[IsraelTimes] Bild’s report on one such document said to pose ongoing threat to soldiers, hostages in Gaza by exposing sources; 4 suspects said to serve in IDF unit tasked with preventing leaks.
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I was really upset about it at first, but as more was revealed yesterday and today, I became increasingly skeptical that this was anything more than yet another anti-Bibi deep state play.
That’s nice. But Israel has already said that they will not turn Gaza over to the tender care of the Palestinian Authority. Is this likely to meet with Bibi Netanyahu’s approval?
[IsraelTimes] A round of talks between Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... and Fatah officials in Cairo has yielded an agreement to establish a technocratic committee composed of independent Paleostinian figures to manage the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip after the ongoing war, according to an unnamed Hamas source quoted by the Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i-owned paper al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The talks were part of Egypt’s broader mediation efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and terror group Hamas and to expand humanitarian access to the enclave.
According to the Qatari paper, the Hamas delegation presented a detailed work plan for the technocratic committee, while the Fatah delegation requested a discussion of its central management, which will reportedly be done in follow-up meetings.
Today, Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> is scheduled to sit down with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo to discuss ways to end the war in Gaza and the future Paleostinian governance. A Hamas delegation led by top official Khalil al-Hayya reportedly met with the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate yesterday but did not achieve any progress on a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Al-Araby al-Jadeed writes that the Hamas delegation included new officials who had never participated in such talks before, in order to create "new opportunities for future discussions." The terror movement’s main demand was for Egypt to exert pressure on Israel to stop ongoing military operations in the northern Gaza Strip, the paper reports.
[IsraelTimes] Following up on Iran International report, Channel 12 says Brig. Gen. Yotam Sigler was target of plot foiled after arrest of seven Israelis
The military has reportedly put in place heightened security measures for a commander at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, following an Iranian scheme to assassinate him.
An Israeli defense official told Iran International, an Iranian opposition media outlet based outside of the Islamic Republic, that the security arrangements for the commander are “not standard procedure,” but are similar to those provided for high-ranking officials like the IDF’s chief of staff.
The official said that the commander was targeted by Iran because the Nevatim Airbase “is in itself so strong a target for Iran. It’s not just fighters. It’s intelligence. It’s multi-disciplinary and a strategic base.”
Channel 12 news reported that the target of the plot was Brig. Gen. Yotam Sigler, the commander of the airbase.
Nevatim is a major airbase in southern Israel, and is home to the Israeli Air Force’s most advanced aircraft, including US-produced F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets. The base was one of the main targets of two unprecedented Iranian ballistic missile attacks, one in April and one in October, sustaining minor damage in both strikes.
Iran International said that the assassination plot was foiled after the arrest of seven Israelis of Azerbaijani descent, who had been working for Iran for the past two years.
The suspects, all Jewish, were arrested in September on suspicion of spying for Iran for as long as two years, carrying out some 600 missions at the behest of the Islamic Republic.
The suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information on IDF bases and facilities, including the Kirya defense headquarters in Tel Aviv and the Nevatim and Ramat David airbases, on behalf of Iranian agents with whom they were in contact through a Turkish intermediary.
In return for their actions, the suspects were allegedly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars, some of it in cryptocurrency, and some of it in cash that was delivered by Russian tourists.
Israel Police Chief Superintendent Yaron Binyamin, who heads the Lahav 433 serious crimes unit, called it “one of the most severe cases we’ve ever investigated. There is a real possibility that the main charge will be aiding the enemy in wartime, for which the penalty is death or life imprisonment.”
The Shin Bet in recent months has uncovered a series of alleged Iranian plots to recruit Israelis into carrying out missions, including assassinations.
[GEO.TV] The Israeli Foreign Ministry has informed the UN that it has ended the 1967 agreement that recognises the UN's relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), according to The Times of Israel, reported Al Jazeera.
[GEO.TV] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm... pinned blame on Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... for rejecting a temporary Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... truce as he reached out to mediator Egypt in a new bid for a deal.
A Hamas official told AFP on Friday that the group had received a proposal from Egypt and Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... for a short-term truce and rejected it for not including a lasting ceasefire.
In a telephone call with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Blinken "noted that Hamas has once again refused to release even a limited number of hostages to secure a ceasefire and relief for the people of Gaza," a State Department statement said.
Blinken "emphasized the importance of bringing the war in Gaza to an end, securing the release of all hostages and increasing and sustaining the delivery of humanitarian assistance," it said.
Egypt had put forth a proposal that would have begun with an initial 48-hour ceasefire during which Hamas would have prepared for the release of four Israeli hostages over the next 10 days, two Arab diplomats told The Times of Israel.
The four hostages were to fall under the so-called humanitarian category, meaning they were to be either women, elderly, or sick.
In exchange, Israel was to release roughly 100 Palestinian security prisoners, the diplomats said, and Israel and Hamas would have held talks throughout the 12-day deal about a more long-lasting ceasefire.
Netanyahu is also prepared to offer their captors “several million dollars” for the release of each hostage. In addition, the captors who release hostages would be guaranteed “safe passage” for them and their families, the report stated.
But Hamas made clear that it would only agree to a short-term deal that includes guarantees for a longer-term one, and the Egyptian proposal stopped short of such an assurance, given Israel’s refusal to agree.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...
