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From Russia Today
Black Lives Matter halts Toronto Pride parade to address ‘anti-Blackness’ (PHOTOS)
Published time: 4 Jul, 2016 03:17
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Toronto’s famous Pride parade was interrupted by members of the Black Lives Matter group, which halted the march for about 30 minutes.
Black Lives Matter Toronto addressed the issue of anti-Blackness within Pride Toronto.
In its news release, the Black Lives Matter said Pride Toronto “has shown little honor to black queer/trans communities, and other marginalized communities. Over the years, Pride has threatened the existence of black spaces at Pride that have existed for years.”
The situation was resolved as Pride Toronto agreed and signed the list of demands, which allowed the parade to resume.
“Canada is united in its defense of rights and in standing up for LGBTQ rights; this is what we are truly celebrating today,” Trudeau said on June 1 when he kicked off Prime Month in Parliament Hill.
From The Times of Israel
Israeli industrialist convicted of stock manipulation
Nochi Dankner and co-defendant Itay Strum could face up to 5 years in prison for IDB Group shares fraud
July 4, 2016, 5:14 pm
The Tel Aviv District Court on Monday convicted former billionaire Nochi Dankner of the manipulation of shares of his own company in 2012.
Judge Khalid Kabub, from the court’s economic department, ruled that the former chairman of the IDB Group and co-defendant financier Itay Strum, the owner of ISP Group, were guilty of fraudulently trying to influence share prices.
“The evidence leaves no doubt about a conviction,” Kabub said in his summation.
The maximum sentence for stock manipulation in Israel is five years in prison.
Dankner lost control of IDB Holdings in 2013, as the company fell tens of millions of dollars in debt.
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From Ynet News
IDF attacks two Syrian army targets
On Sunday morning, security forces identified a rocket which had fallen in open territory on the Israeli side of the fence but had not caused any damage or injuries. The retaliatory strikes were launched by way of artillery rather than the air force.
“The gunfire did not endanger the residents in the area or our forces. The IDF is not involved in the fighting in Syria but is determined to defend itself and will respond to any unusual incident,” and IDF statement read.
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From Russia Today
Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran won’t coordinate with US on Syria
Published time: 4 Jul, 2016 08:48
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. © Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters
Tehran will never coordinate with the United States in relation to Syria or any other regional conflicts, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told university students.
“We don’t want such coordination as their [the US’] main objective is to stop Iran’s presence in the region,” Khamenei said, according to the transcript of his speech published on his website Sunday.
Iran, along with Russia, has been supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in his fight against Islamic extremists.
Khamenei commented on the situation in which, despite the nuclear deal coming into force in January, international financial institutions and banks are still reluctant to do business with Tehran because of certain sanctions still not lifted by Washington.
Both the American Congress and US administration are “still engaged” in hostility against the Iranian nation, Khamenei said.
“Those who believe in looking to the West for the progress of the country have lost their minds because wisdom tells us to learn from experience,” Khamenei said.
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From The Times of Israel
Declaring Brexit ‘victory,’ UKIP’s Farage quits as party leader
Head of nativist UK Independence Party says he will remain in EU parliament to watch Britain’s exit negotiations ‘like a hawk’
July 4, 2016, 1:26 pm
United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, a major driving force behind Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, stepped down as leader of his party on Monday.
“I have decided to stand aside as leader of UKIP,” he told a London press conference. “The victory for the ‘Leave’ side in the referendum means that my political ambition has been achieved.”
This was not the first time Farage resigned as the leader of the party, but he said this time it was definite. Farage first quit as party leader in 2009 over party infighting and again in 2015 after failing to become an MP, but on both occasions decided to stay.
He insisted Monday that “I won’t be changing my mind again, I promise you.”
The June 23 referendum for Britain to exit the EU — known by the portmanteau Brexit — passed by 52 percent to 48 percent, shocking the world and sending the British pound plummeting to a 30-year low.
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From PressTV
Saudi Arabia intensifies airstrikes on Yemen
Saudi warplanes have intensified the airstrikes on Yemen to support militants loyal to Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi — who has resigned as Yemen’s president — fighting against Yemeni forces, despite a UN-brokered ceasefire.
Saudi fighter jets conducted nearly 10 airstrikes on the districts of Rahba Saeed and Hama Thawaba at the foot of Hailan Mountain, east of Sirwah district in the province of Ma’rib, Beirut-based al-Mayadeen television reported.
The Yemeni army and Popular Committees, however, managed to thwart a wide-scale attack by the pro-Hadi forces on the districts.
A few hours before the new airstrikes, one person was killed and five others were injured in a Saudi air raid on the district of Mahjaza in Sirwah.
Saudi warplanes also attacked the Nihm district of Sana’a Province as the Yemeni forces took control of the al-Aswad Mountain.
The Yemeni Defense Ministry said that many pro-Hadi forces were killed and injured as the Yemeni forces took the al-Aswad Mountain on the outskirts of Nihm district, northeast of Sana’a.
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From PressTV
Ankara may let Moscow use Incirlik base to fight Daesh: Turkey FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country is open to allowing Russia to use the Incirlik Air Base in south-central Turkey to launch airstrikes against the positions of Daesh in Syria, as Ankara and Moscow further move to mend fences.
“We will cooperate with everybody who is fighting Daesh. Ankara has opened the Incirlik Air Base to all those wishing to join the active fight,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with the state-run TRT television network on Monday.
“Why not cooperate with Russia in the same manner? Turkey is ready for such cooperation. Terrorism is our common enemy. Joint efforts are important to avoid negative incidents,” the top Turkish diplomat said.
The Incirlik Air Base lies eight kilometers (five miles) north of the Turkish city of Adana near the border with Syria, and currently hosts military aircraft from the United States, Germany, Britain, Saudi Arabia as well as Qatar. The latter countries are involved in the US-led coalition that purports to be targeting Daesh targets inside Syria.
A crisis emerged in relations between the Ankara and Moscow after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter jet on November 24, 2015 as it was conducting an anti-Daesh mission in Syria. Turkey said the jet violated its airspace, a claim that Russia refuted.
One of the two pilots of the Russian jet — both of whom parachuted out of the aircraft — was killed by militants on the ground in Syria. The other was rescued.
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From Ynet News
Netanyahu in Entebbe: ‘When Yoni was killed, our world collapsed’
“Entebbe is always with me. In my thoughts, in my mind, and deep in my heart,” the prime minister said.
“The hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe touched a nerve for the people of Israel,” Netanyahu continued. “Thirty-one years after the Holocaust, another a selection process took place in which Jews were separated from non-Jews by those who seek to kill us. The terrorists freed people of other nations and condemned the Jews to death.”
He went on to say that “for the families of the hostages who were killed, the cost was terrible, as it was for me and my family. When Yoni was killed, our world collapsed.”
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From Ynet News
Livni says British police sought to question her
Former foreign minister MK Tzipi Livni said on Monday that a British war crimes investigator sought to question her during a trip to Britain over her role in the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
Livni arrived in London on Saturday night to attend a conference of the Jewish community in the city, after British police emailed her a summons on Friday.
The police request, which Livni dubbed “unacceptable,” defined the questioning as non-mandatory, and she did not comply.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it views the British request “with great concern” and would “engage” with British authorities until the matter is resolved. Britain’s Foreign Office, the Metropolitan Police in London and Scotland Yard declined comment.
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From Ynet News
IDF demolish terrorists’ homes, arrest brothers of Hallel Ariel’s killer
The demolitions of the two homes, which lasted four hours, were not carried out using explosives but hammers and other tools due to the overcrowding of the refugee camp. The prolonged period of time between the attack—in which Rabbi Reuven Biermacher, 45, a married father of seven, was killed while another was wounded—can be attributed to judicial proceedings and petitions presented before the Supreme Court.
Also overnight, riots took place in Dura, southwest of Hebron, after IDF forces entered the village of Bani Na’im and arrested at least four Palestinians, two belonging to the same family. A vehicle was also confiscated.
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From Russia Today
13yo invented sex attack story about ‘dark-skinned’ man in Austrian pool – police
Published time: 4 Jul, 2016 09:54
© Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters
The story of a 13-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by a “dark-skinned” man in an Austrian swimming pool was apparently invented by the girl herself, police said. The hoax prompted the authorities to issue a temporary pool ban for refugees.
The schoolgirl was since interviewed by several times by police and finally on Wednesday she admitted that the whole incident had been invented, local media cited police.
The girl’s story, which took place in the Austrian town of Mistelbach, hit the headlines back in June.
The teenager claimed that she was first followed by a young man into the women’s changing room. Once there, he forced her to perform oral sex. The girl however fiercely resisted and started shouting, forcing the attacker to flee.
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