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From PressTV
Ex-Israeli nuclear technician elaborates on ‘powder keg’ in Dimona
Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician, has revealed details about Tel Aviv’s “greatest secrets” regarding its clandestine nuclear activities.
In a lengthy interview on Israeli TV on Friday, Vanunu explained how he once exposed the existence of Israel’s nuclear arsenal and elaborated on a potential disaster which could emanate from Israel’s notorious Dimona facility.
Vanunu’s revelations of overwhelming evidence of Israel’s military nuclear program to Britain’s Sunday Times in 1986, provided further proof to the world about Tel Aviv’s huge nuclear arsenal. However, Israel has maintained a policy of “nuclear ambiguity,” although it has threatened that it could use nuclear weapons in case a conflict erupts in the Middle East.
The new revelations by Vanunu were in fact a sign of the regime’s acknowledgment to possessing the warheads after decades of censorship being imposed on such media material.
The 60-year-old Vanunu said he had an obligation to reveal to the world the nature of the “powder keg” in Dimona, calling Israel’s entire nuclear strategy “a failure” that he had “exposed.”
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From PressTV
Over 100k sign UK online petition calling for Israeli PM’s arrest
More than 100,000 people in the United Kingdom have now signed a petition demanding the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes against Palestinians when he visits London later this month.
The petition, which was published on the website of the British Parliament on August 7, calls upon the British government to apprehend the 65-year-old chairman of Israel’s Likud party upon arrival in London next Wednesday for the massacre of thousands of Palestinians during the Israeli military’s 50-day onslaught against the blockaded Gaza Strip last year.
The petition garnered 100,021 signatures as of Saturday morning.
“Under international law, he should be arrested for war crimes upon arrival in the UK for the massacre of over 2,000 civilians in 2014,” the petition says, referring to the Israeli prime minister’s scheduled September visit.
After 10,000 signatures, the British government must respond to the petition, and after 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in the parliament.
From Russia Today
Thousands of refugees reach Germany after Hungary & Austria surrender to exodus
Arriving by trains from Salzburg, Austria on Saturday evening, the refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Eritrea were welcomed by cheering crowds. Upon their arrival Germans offered small toys to refugee kids as they made their way through the terminal.
A cluster of medical helpline and Red Cross tents were set up outside the station ready to assist with aid. In a stark contrast to the disorder refugees faced in Budapest, Arabic-speaking interpreters have been helping people at emergency registration centers in Munich.
From Russia Today
Swiss police fire rubber bullets during pro-refugee protest in Zurich (VIDEO)
Dozens marched in Zurich’s Helvetiaplatz on Saturday, which is a popular spot for various demonstrations in Switzerland’s largest city. The rally was originally organized by concerned citizens, Ruptly agency reported. The protesters said they were eager to welcome the refugees and wanted to express their concern over the inaction of some EU leaders and governments.
As the peaceful demonstration proceeded, a group of left-wing people intervened in the protest, Ruptly reported. Although originally restricted to a static demonstration by authorities, the newer protesters attempted to march to the city center. To halt their progress, riot police used rubber bullets and pepper spray.
READ MORE: Thousands of refugees streaming through Austria, as Germany accepts first hundreds
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From Ynet News
WATCH: Masked Israeli youth attack Palestinian in Hebron
IDF soldier detains Palestinian who is wanted for questioning by police, but before the cops could get there, a group of settlers arrive on the scene and attack him. A Palestinian man was attacked by masked Israeli youth at the Beit Hadassah checkpoint in Hebron on Saturday, as an IDF soldier helplessly tried to separate the man from his attackers.
The Israelis beat him with their fists, kicked him, and one even attacked him with pepper spray.
From The Times of Israel
Herzog: Israel has a duty to take in Syrian refugees
Zionist Union leader says he spoke to Syrian opposition leader, insists Jews cannot be apathetic as hundreds of thousands seek sanctuary
Israel is duty bound to absorb refugees from the civil war in Syria, opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Saturday, speaking at a cultural event in Tel Aviv.
“I spoke with the head of the Syrian opposition [in Europe], Kamel Labwani. It is incumbent on Israel to take in refugees from the war and push for the establishment of an urgent international conference on the issue,” the Zionist Union chairman said, according to Chanel 10 television.
“Jews cannot be apathetic when hundreds of thousands of refugees are searching for safe haven,” he said, referring to the plight of Europe’s Jews in the run-up to the Holocaust.
Former British chief rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks made a similar appeal on Thursday, telling the BBC that Britain should make a “very clear and conspicuous humanitarian gesture, like Kindertransport” – the absorption of hundreds of Jewish children fleeing the Nazis before the outbreak of World War II.
Yesh Atid MK Elazar Stern also called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take in a limited number of Syrians fleeing the fighting, urging him on Thursday “to save them, but also as a message to our own children.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
For Biden and congresswoman ally, Iran deal tests Jewish bond
At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., arrived for a breakfast meeting with Jewish reporters in an upbeat mood.
Wasserman Schultz had backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries, and Barack Obama was now the nominee, but she had reason for a sunny outlook: Joe Biden was the vice presidential nominee.
“He’s like mishpokhe!” she told me at the time, explaining that she had known him since 1987, when she backed his primary run as a Student for Biden — until it imploded.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Leading Jewish senator Ben Cardin opposes Iran deal
WASHINGTO (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., said he would vote to reject the Iran nuclear deal in Congress and proposed legislation to maintain tight controls on Iran should it cheat on the deal.
Cardin, who was closely watched as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as one of the Jewish leaders in the Senate, said in an Op-Ed on Friday in the Washington Post that his decision was a “close call.”
While the nuclear deal contains “significant achievements,” including tough restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program for up to 15 years and the ability to resume sanctions should Iran cheat, Cardin said, the deal also “legitimizes Iran’s nuclear program.”
The deal “would provide this legal path to a country that remains a rogue state and has violated its international nonproliferation obligations for years,” he said. “It would provide Iran with international endorsement of an industrial-scale nuclear program. Worse, Iran would be economically strengthened by frighteningly quick relief from sanctions and international economic engagement.”
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From PressTV
Palestine seeks pressure on Israel over refugees
Palestine authorities are calling on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to allow Palestinian refugees in war-torn countries in the region to enter their homeland.
The Palestinian Authority official news agency Wafa reported on Saturday that President Mahmoud Abbas has tasked the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations (UN) Riyadh Mansour to work with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on “appropriate and necessary action” to allow Palestinian refugees to return to Palestine.Vice President Joe Biden, right, laughing as he is introduced by DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., at the DNC Women’s Leadership conference in Washington, Sept. 19, 2014. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Images)
“This is not only a humanitarian issue but a right for every Palestinian living in exile in refugee camps,” a statement issued by Abbas’ office said.
Reports say that the Palestinian Authority is also in contact with other international bodies, including the European Union, on pressuring Israel to avoid prohibiting Palestinian refugees from returning to their homes.
Abbas’ office “has been making contacts with the UN, EU and other relevant actors, urging them to pressurize [Israel] to allow Palestinian refugees back into” the Palestinian territories, the report by Wafa added.
Israel has been tightly controlling Palestinian borders since it occupied Palestinian territories in 1967, denying Palestinian refugees the right to return to those territories.
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From PressTV
Palestinian woman succumbs to burn injuries: Report
The mother of the 18-month-old Palestinian baby boy, who was killed in an arson attack on his home by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, has succumbed to the severe burn injuries she sustained in the incident, a report says.
Riham Dawabsheh, Ali’s mother, who had also lost her husband in the assault, was pronounced dead after spending five weeks on life support at Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba late on Saturday, Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news network reported.
Vice President Joe Biden, right, laughing as he is introduced by DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., at the DNC Women’s Leadership conference in Washington, Sept. 19, 2014. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Images)The Palestinian woman had third-degree burns on 90 percent of her body.
Her 32-year-old husband, Sa’ad Dawabsheh, also died at the same hospital a week after the assault on August 8. He had been left with second-degree burns over more than 80 percent of his body.
On July 31, a large fire broke out after extremist Israeli settlers threw firebombs and Molotov cocktails into two Palestinian houses in the town of Duma, located 25 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of Nablus. Ali burned to death as a result.
The incident sparked angry reactions from Palestinians, including political and resistance groups.
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From Ynet News
Trump: Hezbo-who? Hama-what?
Republican presidential candidate dismisses need to know the ‘individual players’ in Middle East conflict, says the key is hiring the right advisors.
Yitzhak Benhorin
09.04.15, 21:19
Washington – America’s president doesn’t need to know the difference between Hamas or Hezbollah, or who’s leading the terrorist organizations threatening Israel, according to real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump – that’s for his future advisors to know.
In a Thursday radio interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump told his audience that upon being deemed “appropriate,” he would know more about Hezbollah and Hamas than his interviewer.
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And don’t worry. According to Trump, “It won’t take me long. I will know far more than you know within 24 hours after I get the job.”
Trump accused Hewitt of asking him “gotcha” questions to put him on the spot when referring to Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, among others.
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From The Times of Israel
Refugee crisis will feature at G-20 summit – Ankara
Turkey, host to 1.8 million Syrian refugees, puts the growing migrants crisis at top of world leaders’ agenda
ANKARA, Turkey – The unprecedented migrant outflow from the Middle East and North Africa will feature high on the agenda at a summit of the world’s top 20 economies in November, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.
“The refugee issue is more about geopolitical risks and the humanitarian matters caused by them,” Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said after a two-day conference in Ankara of G-20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs.
“It will definitely be dealt with at the leaders’ level politically,” he said.
Turkey, the G-20’s president this year, will host the summit in Antalya on November 15-16.
Europe is facing an unprecedented influx of people seeking a haven, many of them from war-torn Syria.
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From The Times of Israel
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UK minister: To solve migrant crisis, Assad, IS must be crushed
Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne says problem should be addressed ‘at source’; EU’s Mogherini: refugee crisis ‘here to stay’
The British finance minister on Saturday said resolving the migrants crisis in Europe would necessitate dealing with the “evil” Assad regime in Syria and with the brutal terrorism of Islamic State.
“It’s absolutely clear we need a comprehensive plan across Europe,” Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of G-20 finance chiefs in Turkey.
“Yes, we must offer asylum to those who are genuinely fleeing persecution. Countries like Britain always have. We are one of the founders of the asylum system. We will take, as the prime minister said, thousands more,” the minister told Reuters.
“But at the same time, you’ve got to make sure you’ve got aid going into the refugee camps on the borders … We’ve got to defeat these criminal gangs who trade in human misery and risk people’s lives and kill people,” he said, in apparent reference to Islamic State, the terror group which conquered vast swaths land in Syria and Iraq, engaging in mass murder and causing mass displacements.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
How much did Jeb Bush really do to rescue Ethiopian Jews?
Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor running for the Republican presidential nomination, has been called out for exaggerating his role in the rescue of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s.
Bush takes credit on his campaign website for Operation Joshua, a U.S.-led transfer of Ethiopian Jews from Sudanese refugee camps to Israel in 1985.
The website says: “In the 1980’s thousands of members of the Jewish community had fled their homeland due to famine for a refugee camp in Sudan. Jeb, hearing of the conditions in the camp and the persecution these Jews were suffering, suggested to Reagan-Bush officials that the United States had a duty to support a massive airlift. The resulting effort, Operation Joshua, made history when Israeli planes, with American support, brought these Jews to the homeland of the Jewish people, the State of Israel.”
But Mother Jones magazine has dissected the claim and found it wanting in truthiness.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Obama honors Jewish writer on secularism with humanities medal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama awarded the National Humanities Medal to a Jewish writer who has through fiction and philosophical writings chronicled the transition from religious orthodoxy to secularism.
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is one of 10 2014 medalists who will receive the award in a ceremony on Sept. 10, according to a White House statement released Thursday. Another 10 National Medal of Arts winners will also be honored at the ceremony.
Goldstein has won a number of Jewish book prizes for her work, among them the 2006 Koret Jewish Book Award for “Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew who Gave Us Modernity.”
In its statement, the White House cited this work, a biography of Baruch Spinoza, the 17th century Dutch Jewish philosopher who was excommunicated for his writings on secularism. The National Endowment
British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. (Courtesy: hm-treasury.gov.u for the Humanities manages the nomination process.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish candidate for Nashville mayor attacks rival on religion
(JTA) — A Jewish mayoral candidate from Nashville defended a campaign ad that accused his Catholic-raised rival of fighting with Christian organizations and opposing public prayer.
Created by the campaign staff of Republican David Fox, the ad ran last month in local radio stations targeting Democrat Megan Barry and her husband, who is a Vanderbilt University professor of sociology, ahead of a Sept. 10 election.
“So how do Megan Barry and her husband, Bruce, spend their time, since it’s not in the black community?” an announcer is heard saying in the ad. “They are opposing the National Day of Prayer, opposing prayer before high school football games, fighting with Christian faith-based organizations that he called, and I quote, ‘part of the Jesus industrial complex.’”
Fox, a former hedge fund manager and journalist, has referenced his Jewish background during the campaign in an apparent attempt to reach out to left-leaning and centrist voters. “Jews tend not to be hard-right social conservatives,” Fox was quoted by the website nashvillescene.com as saying. “We tend to be big-tent people” who “try to respect everybody else and hope everybody will respect us.”
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From PressTV
EU nears decision over labeling Israeli products made in occupied territories
The European Union will soon announce its decision on the labeling of products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, says EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini.

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. (Courtesy: hm-treasury.gov.u“The work is close to being finished but it is still ongoing,” Mogherini said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Saturday.
Some EU countries have already decided to issue guidance to consumers on the origins of goods imported from Israeli settlements, as such establishments are deemed illegal by most countries. Following a decision by the European Commission, the body will extend these guidelines to all of its 28 countries.
Mogherini’s remarks come at a time of increasing anger in the EU over Israel’s continued settlement construction. In April, 16 EU states sent a letter to Mogherini urging a speedier decision on the labeling process. Among the letter’s signatories were the foreign ministers of Italy, Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Holland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovenia, Spain, Portugal, Finland, France and Sweden.
“We have to make sure that consumers can distinguish products that come from territories occupied by Israel,” said Jean Asselborn, foreign minister of Luxembourg which currently holds the presidency of the EU. He added that a solution is expected by the end of the year.
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