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From Russia Today
Majority of Germans don’t believe Merkel will handle refugee crisis – poll
Published time: 30 Jul, 2016 12:13
German Chancellor Angela Merkel © Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters
The majority of Germans do not trust Chancellor Angela Merkel’s claim that the country will successfully handle its refugee crisis. Merkel has come under fire over her “we can do it” remark in response to her open door policy towards asylum seekers.
The findings came in a recent poll, which was carried out by the YouGov market research firm between July 26 and July 29 among 1017 German citizens, according to the German media, which saw the results of the survey.
The question put to the public was: “What is your attitude to Merkel’s statement ‘We can do it’ which she said several times in relation to the high number of refugees and the need to accept them in Germany?”
READ MORE: ‘Germany should send back foreigners to save lives, stop appeasing Islamists’ – Bavarian MP to RT
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From Russia Today
After slitting priest’s throat, France church attackers smiled & talked peace and God – witnesses
Published time: 30 Jul, 2016 13:41
French CRS police secure a street near the church after a hostage-taking in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy, France, July 26, 2016 © Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
Two nuns, who were taken hostage by two jihadists in a Normandy church on Tuesday, gave accounts of their ordeals. They said one of the attackers smiled happily after slitting Father Jacques Hamel’s throat and a bizarre theological dispute followed the crime.
Abdel Malik Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, both 19, were killed by French police as they tried to flee the 17th century Catholic church in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in the north of France just after killing its priest and seriously injuring an elderly parishioner.
Sister Huguette Peron and Sister Helene Decaux, both in their early 80s, were among the people taken hostage by the attackers, who pledged allegiance to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Two days after the attack the still shocked women talked to the Catholic newspaper La Vie, which published their interview on Friday.
READ MORE: ISIS hostage takers kill 84yo priest at French church, reportedly slitting his throat
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From The Times of Israel
On her big night, Hillary Clinton stresses Israel’s security, not quest for peace
At national convention, Democratic candidate made no mention of two-state solution or restarting peace talks — to mild applause
TA — It was Hillary Clinton’s night, but the Rev. William Barber II was the sleeper star.
The self-described “theologically conservative, liberal, evangelical biblicist” drew repeated, enthusiastic applause – including when he described Jesus as a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew and declared that “when we love the Jewish child and the Palestinian child … we are reviving the heart of our democracy.”
With his focus on commonality instead of grievances (terrorism, occupation), Barber seemed to hit the sweet spot that could excite everyone in the arena, from Bernie supporters to old-school pro-Israel Democrats. The Clinton and Sanders camps took a similar approach to the Israel section of the party platform — focusing primarily on the mutual benefits of a two-state solution.
So it was striking later in the night when Clinton got to her Israel line: “I’m proud that we put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program without firing a single shot – now we have to enforce it, and keep supporting Israel’s security.”
From PressTV
Several militants surrender in E Aleppo, turn in arms
A number of militants operating in the eastern areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo have laid down their weapons and surrendered themselves to government troops, who are making more gains in the embattled province.
The capitulation took place in Aleppo’s Salaheddine neighborhood on Saturday, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported.
The report further noted that tens of families went out through the corridors set up by army forces for the safe departure of the civilians trapped by terrorist groups in Aleppo’s eastern districts.
The families were sent by the Syrian army to makeshift centers upon their arrival to the Salaheddine neighborhood, the report added.
Earlier this week, the Syrian army sent text messages to residents and terrorists in eastern Aleppo, saying it will grant safe passage to people wishing to leave the area.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad also vowed amnesty for those who turn in their weapons, stressing that the policy has been exercised by Damascus since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle Eastern country.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Abbas, Kerry discuss two-state solution in Paris meeting
(JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met in Paris and talked about ways to advance a two-state solution.
During Saturday afternoon’s meeting, the two leaders “discussed regional challenges and constructive ideas for the way forward to support our shared goal of a two-state solution,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
“Secretary Kerry stressed the United States’ commitment to this issue, and they agreed on the importance of continuing to work with key partners to advance the prospects for peace while opposing all efforts that would undermine that goal,” Kirby also said.
The Palestinian Authority news service Wafa, quoting Saeb Erekat, the former chief Palestinian peace negotiator and secretary of the Executive Committee of the PLO, reported that Abbas told Kerry that he fully supports the French peace initiative, which would convene the two sides under the auspices of the international community.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Bernie Sanders references his Jewish history in response to Trump attack on Muslim couple
Bernie Sanders speaking at the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
(JTA) — Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders referenced his family’s Jewish history in condemning GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s attack on the parents of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq.
“I’m Jewish. My father’s family died in concentration camps. I will do everything I can to rid this country of the ugly stain of racism,” Sanders said in a tweet Friday evening.
Sanders also tweeted: “Lots of hate is being generated against Muslims in America. If we stand for anything we have to stand together and end all forms of racism.”
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From Russia Today
Germany sees record requests for self-defense weapons amid fears of lone-wolf attacks
Published time: 31 Jul, 2016 10:45
© Tami Chappell / Reuters
Requests in Germany for self-defense weapons permits are hitting record highs in 2016, police data reveals. Firearms ownership experts say people wanting to purchase non-lethal weapons come from all sections of society, “be it workers or professors.”
The new police data shows that Germans are feeling increasingly unsafe in the wake of recent lone-wolf attacks and shootings, which has sparked a demand for non-lethal self-defense weapons.
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From Russia Today
World order in 2035: US could lose ability for global dominance, DoD paper says
Published time: 30 Jul, 2016 14:30
© Rick Wilking / Reuters
By 2035, the US could find itself in an environment where Russia or China may match or even exceed the West’s military and economic might in some areas, taking advantage of a “disordered and contested world,” the Pentagon’s research unit said.
In just 20 years, the US and its allies will live in a world where shaping a global order the way they have since the end of the Cold War would be increasingly difficult, if not impossible, Pentagon’s research division, the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), warned in a new foresight report.
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From Russia Today
Austria’s far-right candidate leading in first re-run election poll
Published time: 30 Jul, 2016 06:39
Presidential candidate Norbert Hofer © Heinz-Peter Bader / Reuters
Far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) candidate Norbert Hofer has a four percent lead over his main rival according to early opinion polls, as he looks to win a repeat of the Austrian presidential election, which is due to be held in October.
Hofer received 52 percent of support from respondents, while his opponent, Alexander Van der Bellen, a Green-backed independent, got 48 percent, according to a Gallup poll, commissioned by the Oesterreich newspaper.
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From The Times of Israel
Trump trashes Bloomberg, calls him ‘little’ on Twitter
Republican nominee snipes at former NYC mayor, says he lacks ‘guts’ to run for president, after media mogul tells DNC that Trump is ‘risky, reckless and radical’
Donald Trump lashed out against former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Twitter, calling him “little” and terming his mayoral stint a “disaster.”
The Republican presidential nominee took aim at Bloomberg, who is 5′ 8″, on Friday morning, two days after Bloomberg said at the Democratic National Convention that Trump is “a risky, reckless, and radical choice” that the United States cannot afford to make.
“’Little’ Michael Bloomberg, who never had the guts to run for president, knows nothing about me. His last term as Mayor was a disaster,” Trump said on Twitter about Bloomberg, a billionaire who was mayor from 2002 to 2013.
In 2012, Trump wrote on Twitter: “Mike Bloomberg is doing a great job as mayor of New York City. Ray Kelly is a great police commissioner.”
But on Friday, Trump wrote: “If Michael Bloomberg ran again for Mayor of New York, he wouldn’t get 10% of the vote – they would run him out of town!” He ended his tweet with the hashtag “#NeverHillary” in reference to his Democrat opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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From PressTV
Palestinian official likens Daesh terror attacks to Israel atrocities
A senior Palestinian official has drawn parallels between recent Daesh-claimed terror attacks in Europe and Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.
“Those who murder children in Europe in the name of religion are no different than those who murder children on Palestinian land,” said Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat.
He made the comments at a press conference following a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris on Saturday.
A string of violent attacks have struck Europe in recent weeks. The Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for a number of them, including the July 14 Bastille Day attack in the southern French city of Nice, where a driver plowed through a crowd, killing 84 people and wounding 200 others.
Palestinian officials had earlier angered Israel by comparing the regime to Nazi Germany.
In April, the Palestinian envoy to the UN, Riyad Mansour, made such a comparison, criticizing Israel for branding all the Palestinians who oppose its policies as “terrorists.”
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From PressTV
Secret document reveals how Israel skipped international law to build settlements
A secret Israeli document has revealed that one of the first Israeli settlements in the West Bank was constructed under false pretenses aimed at bypassing international legislation.
A meeting was held in 1970 at the offices of then Israeli Minister of Military Affairs Moshe Dayan where a number of politicians, civil servants, and military leaders discussed plans for the Kiryat Arba settlement on the outskirts of West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
According to the minutes of the meeting, seen by Haaretz, the participants discussed a plan to build some 250 homes on a piece of land that was claimed by the army for “security purposes.” Their plan, revealed in the minutes, goes like this: after the completion of base 14, “the commander of the Hebron district will summon the mayor of Hebron, and in the course of raising other issues, will inform him that we’ve started to build houses on the military base in preparation for winter.”
In 1971, the first settlers who were relocated to the occupied territories were given permanent residence in the said homes in a move which circumvented the international law that bans building for civilian purposes on occupied lands.
According to human rights groups, the process was used by the Israeli military on multiple occasions at the time to build illegal settlements on land they claimed was “required for essential and urgent military needs.”
The United Nations and most countries regard the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Pope Francis becomes newest Krakow JCC member
Pope Francis receiving his membership card to the Krakow Jewish Community Center from its director, Jonathan Ornstein, July 31, 2016. (Courtesy of Krakow JCC)
(JTA) – Pope Francis is the newest member of the Krakow Jewish Community Center.
JCC Executive Director Jonathan Ornstein presented the pontiff with a JCC membership card and an acid-green JCC T-shirt during a reception Sunday at the residence of the archbishop in Krakow.
Francis was concluding a four-day visit to Poland to mark the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day. During his trip, the pontiff visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi death camp that is now a museum and memorial, where he prayed silently and met with Holocaust survivors.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hours after historic Auschwitz visit, Pope Francis says ‘the same thing is happening’ today in many places
Pope Francis visiting Auschwitz, July 29, 2016. (Screenshot from YouTube)
(JTA) — Human cruelty “did not end in Auschwitz,” Pope Francis said in Krakow after visiting the Nazi death camp in Poland.
Following his historic visit on Friday, the pope compared contemporary atrocities around the world to the atrocities at Auschwitz, The Associated Press reported. Some 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, died there between 1940 and 1945.
Citing torture and overcrowded prisons, the pope said, “We say, yes, there we saw the cruelty of 70 years ago, how people died being shot or hanged or with gas. Today in many parts of the world where there is war, the same thing is happening.”
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From Russia Today
‘They murdered him’: Hundreds of Canadians protest police killing of mentally ill black man (PHOTOS)
Published time: 31 Jul, 2016 03:25
Protesters march in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 30, 2016 for Abdirahman Abdi, a mentally ill black man who died following his arrest by police. © Patrick Doyle / Reuters
Over 500 people marched through Canada’s capital on Saturday to protest the death of a mentally ill Somali-Canadian black man, who died during a confrontation with police.
Demonstrators marched through downtown Ottawa, making their way to police headquarters on Elgin Street in memory of Abdirahman Abda, 37, who died at the hands of police near his house following a disturbance call almost a week ago.
Protesters chanted: “Justice for Abdirahman” and “Black lives matter.” Others were heard saying: “They murdered him! Enough is enough!”
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah leads a protest march in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 30, 2016 for Abdirahman Abdi, a mentally ill black man who died following his arrest by police. © Patrick Doyle / Reuters
Activists demanded more transparency in the investigation into Abdi’s death and also called for a separate analysis of how police treat minorities.
“We want to know what’s going on, and we want the officers to have some form of cameras on their person at all times so we know exactly how they’re dealing with situations like this,” CTV Ottawa quoted march organizer Chi-chi Ayalogu-Okonkwo as saying.
Hadayo Ali prepares a Black Lives Matter sign before a protest march in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 30, 2016 for Abdirahman Abdi, a mentally ill black man who died following his arrest by police. © Patrick Doyle / Reuters
Demonstrators also called for the two officers involved in the incident to be removed from duty. “We want them to be taken off and suspended until the investigation is completed,” said Wangui Kimari, another march organizer.
Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau told the media that both officers are still on the payroll. “One officer is on leave and the other officer is conducting investigative work right now,” Bordeleau said.
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