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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Google denies deal to jointly monitor YouTube videos with Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Google has denied an Israeli government claim that it has agreed to jointly monitor YouTube videos that incite attacks on Israelis.
Google, which owns YouTube, on Monday denied that it had made such an agreement at a meeting last week of the company’s executives with Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely.
A statement about the meeting released by the ministry last week, which remains on its website, quoted Hotovely as saying, “We are engaged daily in confronting incitement to violence, a task which can benefit greatly from the cooperation of those companies that are involved in social media.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hungarian mayor says Israel behind Paris attacks, then apologizes
BUDAPEST (JTA) — A Hungarian mayor who accused Israel of being behind last month’s terror attacks in Paris apologized after his comments became public.
Gabor Huszar, mayor of the western Hungarian town of Szentgotthard, said during a committee meeting of his rightist Fidesz party, the ruling party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ahead of a council meeting on Nov. 16, “What happened in Paris is clear evidence that certain business circles, dare I say business circles which are likely backed by the Jewish state, are trying to pit Christian Europe against the Muslims.”
A recording of his comments were broadcast Sunday on the Nyugat.hu news website.
Following the release of the recording, Huszar the next day apologized for what he called his “unfortunate wording,” and said in a statement posted on the municipal website that “it was not my aim to offend anyone, especially not people of Jewish religion. I apologize from those whom I offended. I am sorry for what happened.”
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From PressTV
Erdogan lost nerve in Syria, downed Russian jet: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Turkey downed a Russian jet over Syria because Moscow has turned the tide against foreign-sponsored militants in the Arab country.
The downing of the warplane “has shown the real intention of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan who, let’s say, lost his nerve just because the Russian intervention has changed the balance on the ground,” said Assad during an interview with the Czech Television channel broadcast on Tuesday.
Russia began airstrikes on Daesh positions in Syria on September 30 at the request of the Syrian government.
On November 24, Turkey shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber, which it claimed had entered its airspace – an allegation Russia strongly rejects.
The “failure” of Erdogan’s “terrorist groups means his political demise,” he added in the interview which was conducted in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Assad also said that peace would only return to Syria when “France, the UK, the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some others stop supporting terrorists.”
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From Russia Today
‘The situation exploded’: Mass brawl at Berlin refugee shelter leads to arrests (VIDEOS)
The fight, which broke out at a shelter at the disused Tempelhof airport, erupted while lunch was being served.
“There were apparently many hundreds of people involved,” a police spokesperson told Reuters.
A total of 830 refugees and migrants were present at the facility, and around 20 or 30 people caused the disruption, according to Michael Elias, who is in charge of the shelter.
“It’s the simple fact that there are a lot of young men traveling alone here. We withdrew…because the situation simply exploded. It was a complete blow-out,” Elias said.
An unspecified number of arrests were made after around 100 police officers arrived at the scene to restore order.
It came just hours after a brawl at a separate refugee shelter in the Berlin suburb of Spandau forced 500 residents to flee the building in “fear and panic.”
From The Times of Israel
Netanyahu confirms Israel strikes Syria ‘from time to time’
Prime minister acknowledges air force targets weapon transfers en route to Lebanon; hails coordination with Russia
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday acknowledged the Israel Air Force operates in Syria “from time to time” to thwart weapons transfers to Lebanon.
Speaking at the Galilee Conference in Acre, the prime minister praised the Israeli-Russian coordination in Syria, echoing comments from his defense minister in recent days.
“We operate in Syria from time to time to prevent it turning into another front against us. We act, of course, to prevent the transfer of deadly weaponry from Syria to Lebanon,” Netanyahu said.
Israeli airstrikes in Syria have been widely reported over the last nearly-five years of the country’s civil war, though officials have refused to confirm them on the record.
From The Times of Israel
Zionist Union MK proposes unilateral ‘separation’ plan from Palestinians
Omer Bar-Lev outlines steps to ‘keep Israel Jewish and democratic’; Likud’s Avi Dichter calls proposal unrealistic
Zionist Union legislator Omer Bar-Lev unveiled a new unilateral plan to separate from the Palestinians, featuring compensation for settlers living outside the main settlement blocs and the transfer of some Israeli-controlled West Bank land.
The idea was quickly criticized by a Likud MK as unrealistic.
“I don’t plan to discuss again the question of the existence of a Palestinian partner and how the average Palestinian educates his children,” said Bar-Lev, a former commander of the IDF’s elite Sayeret Matkal (General Reconnaissance) unit, at a Knesset press conference on Monday. “I understand that there will be some who will disagree with me, but I am not ready to put the future of the Jewish democratic state into the hands of the Palestinians.”
The four-part plan, titled “Separation: Putting a Border on the Conflict,” is meant as a way for Israel to move forward on the diplomatic and security front without needing to depend on the Palestinians, he said.
The first part of the plan calls for an immediate end to West Bank building outside of the large settlement blocs which are expected to stay under Israeli sovereignty in any potential agreement with the Palestinians.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Sean Penn, in Tel Aviv, praises Israeli aid group working in Haiti
(JTA) — Academy Award winner and activist Sean Penn, in Israel for the first time, credited the Israeli international relief organization IsraAID for the success of his humanitarian efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Penn was the keynote speaker Monday at an IsraAID conference in Tel Aviv.
“The indirect impact of IsraAID is that everything that JP/HRO [Penn’s Haiti relief effort] has accomplished would not have existed without the inspiration and support that they provided,” he said at the conference, according to Israel21C.
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