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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Trump would ‘leave open possibility of spying’ on allies like Israel
(JTA) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would “leave open the possibility of spying” on allies like Israel if he were president.
On Sunday morning, Trump was asked on the CBS news show “Face the Nation”for his reaction to The Wall Street Journal story from late last month reporting that the National Security Agency spied on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The White House planned to use the intercepted information to counter Netanyahu’s campaign against the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill, according to the Journal.
“I would certainly not want to do it,” Trump said of spying on Israel.
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From Russia Today
‘New dimension of crime’: Crowd of ‘Arab origin’ blamed for mass sexual assaults in Cologne on NYE
Published time: 5 Jan, 2016 01:47
© Report24 / YouTube New Year’s celebrations in the western German city of Cologne escalated into chaos with a series of sexual assaults, including a rape, being blamed on an uncontrolled crowd of intoxicated men of “Arab or North African” origin.
The mass attack on women that happened “in the middle of the city” around Cologne Central Station on New Year’s Eve was “an intolerable situation,” Chief of Police Wolfgang Albers told reporters.
So far the authorities in Cologne have received 60 complaints. The crowd of around 1,000 men attacked people in the city center in what Albers described as a“crime of a whole new dimension.”
According to report up to 1,000 heavily intoxicated men of “Arab or North African” origin flooded the city’s famous square between its central train station and Gothic cathedral. Aged between 15 and 35, the crowd began throwing firecrackers and shooting fireworks as the new year arrived.
While the festivities were happening to the sound of of cheers, some men began sexually assaulting women and pick-pocketing feasters. Some 60 criminal complaints have so far been officially filed, including at least one allegation of rape.
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From Russia Today
Domino effect: Sweden, Denmark introduce border checks to handle refugee flow
Published time: 4 Jan, 2016 21:11
A group of refugees, coming off an incoming train, are seen next to police on the platform at the Swedish end of the bridge between Sweden and Denmark, in Hyllie district, Malmo © TT News Agency / Reuters
Sweden and Denmark tightened border controls on Monday to cope with the flow of refugees coming through Germany, delivering yet another blow to the idea of a European Union without state lines.
The measure had an almost instant effect as just a single refugee arrived by train across the bridge-and-tunnel link from Denmark by midday Monday, Ewa-Gun Westford, a Swedish police spokeswoman, said.
During the peak of the migrant crisis in autumn, over 1,000 asylum seekers crossed the bridge to Sweden on a daily basis.
This is the first time that border checks between Sweden and Denmark have been introduced since the 1950s.
The Danish side suggested that the Swedes should pay 1 million kroner ($145,000) for the ID checks, carried out by train operators in Denmark.
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From Russia Today
UN human rights envoy to Palestinian Territories resigns over Israeli ‘denial of access’
Published time: 4 Jan, 2016 19:56
Makarim Wibisono cited his frustration with Israel’s denial of access to Palestinian territories. © Denis Balibouse / Reuters
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Palestine resigned Monday, citing frustration at Israel’s denial of access to Palestinian territories.
Indonesian diplomat Makarim Wibisono said during his resignation that, “unfortunately, my efforts to help improve the lives of Palestinian victims of violations under the Israeli occupation have been frustrated every step of the way.”
Wibisono said his applications for access both written and oral were repeatedly rejected. “With no reply from Israel to my latest request, in October 2015, to have access by the end of 2015, it is with deep regret that I accept the premise upon which I took up the mandate, which is to have direct access to the victims in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will not be fulfilled,” he said.
In contrast Wibisono praised his relationship with the Palestinian government saying they cooperated fully with him and called for Israel to cooperate in future for the sake of their own human rights credibility.
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From The Daily Mail
Nigel Farage’s car wheels ‘were sabotaged in an assassination attempt’: Ukip leader lost control of Volvo when wheel fell off on motorway… and police confirm foul play
- Ukip leader careered off French road after a wheel on his Volvo came loose
- Police told Farage all the vehicle’s wheels had been deliberately unscrewed
- He was forced to jump over the road barrier to escape the speeding lorries
- Farage has received death threats during his tumultuous time as Ukip head
- See more of the latest on the feared assassination attempt on Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage fears he has been the victim of an assassination attempt after his car was sabotaged, causing a terrifying motorway crash.
The Ukip leader careered off a French road after a wheel on his Volvo came loose while he was driving from Brussels back to his home in Kent.
When the police arrived at the scene, they told him that the nuts on all of the wheels had been deliberately unscrewed, The Mail on Sunday has established.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
UN Palestinian territory investigator resigns after Israel denies visa request
(JTA) — The United Nations special investigator into Israel’s human rights abuses in Palestinian territories has resigned over Israel’s refusal to grant him a visa for travel into the West Bank.
Makarim Wibisono of Indonesia announced his resignation to the United Nations in a letter on Monday, the Jerusalem Post reported. He had taken over the post of special rapporteur on the state of Palestinian human rights in 2014.
Wibisono claimed that he had been denied access to the West Bank since he assumed his post, despite multiple written and oral requests.
“With no reply from Israel to my latest request, in October, 2015, to have access by the end of 2015, it is with deep regret that I accept the premise upon which I took up the mandate, which is to have direct access to the victims in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, will not be fulfilled,” Wibisono wrote.
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From PressTV
Israeli forces arrest over dozen Palestinians across West Bank
Israeli military forces have reportedly arrested more than a dozen Palestinians during separate overnight operations across the occupied West Bank.
Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israeli military vehicles rolled into Far’a refugee camp, located 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, early on Monday, Arabic-language Safa news agency reported.
The Israeli troops broke into dozens of homes and violently searched them, causing excessive property damage, before detaining six young Palestinians.
Violence also broke out in the camp as local residents engaged in clashes with Israeli troopers. Israeli forces fired stun grenades as well as tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. There was no immediate report of casualties.
Elsewhere in the town of Tell, located five kilometers (three miles) southwest of Nablus, Israeli forces raided a number of houses and ransacked them. They later arrested two Palestinians identified as Majd Bilal Mohammed Saleh Ashtiyyah, 20, and 27-year-old Samir Abdul Rahman Mohammed Zeidan.
Israeli forces stand guard as members of the Palestinian Red Crescent (not seen) give medical aid to an injured Palestinian woman near the al-Shuhada street in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) on December 20, 2015. (AFP photo)
Additionally, Israeli forces stormed several houses in Madama village in northern West Bank and questioned their residents. No reports of arrest were available.
Activist Mohammed Awad also said five young Palestinians were arrested in the town of Beit Ummar, located eleven kilometers (6.8 miles) northwest of al-Khalil (Hebron) on Monday morning.
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From Russia Today
Thousands protest in Baghdad over Saudi execution of Shiite cleric (VIDEO)
Published time: 5 Jan, 2016 03:23
Supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against the execution of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia, during a demonstration in Baghdad January 4, 2016. © Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters
Thousands of protesters staged a massive rally in front of the Saudi embassy in Baghdad following the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr which has split the Muslim world along sectarian lines.
Protesters carrying posters of Nimr chanted “Damned, damned be Al Saud!” in reference to the Saudi Royal family. The crowd at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad demanded the government boycott Saudi commercial goods in response to Saudi Arabia’s latest executions.
While burning photos of King Salman of Saudi Arabia near Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, angry Iraqis called on Baghdad to reconsider the re-opening of the Saudi embassy. The embassy was reopened only last month after being closed since 1990.
“We demand that the Saudi embassy be closed down and all Saudi interests terminated,” one demonstrator Ahmad, told AFP.
Monday’s rally became extremely heated as more than 5,000 protesters in central Baghdad threatened to burn down the building.
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From Russia Today
Crimea turns on gas supply to freezing Ukrainian town
Published time: 5 Jan, 2016 00:47
Gas has begun flowing into a southern Ukrainian town that pleaded for Russian help during a bitter cold front. Amid regular blackouts caused by Ukraine, Crimean authorities have fulfilled President Vladimir Putin’s order to prevent people from freezing.
A port city along the Sea of Azov in the Kherson Oblast of southern Ukraine, Genichesk is home to over 25,000 people who began suffering severe gas shortages when the thermometers plunged to -14 degrees Celsius over the weekend. By Monday over 1,500 residents in the Kherson region were left without gas, as authorities struggled with the decreased pressure on municipal pipeline.
To provide relief for those families left without an adequate heat supply amid freezing temperatures, Genichesk Mayor Aleksandr Tulupov appealed to the Russian side to supply gas to the affected areas from Crimea.
“On behalf of the residents Genichesk, the mayor of the city amid low temperatures over the last few days, has addressed the Russian side with a request to ensure gas supply to prevent the people of the city from freezing,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that the Russian president has reviewed the plea without delay.
The gas supply to the freezing city was turned on Monday evening, according to Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak. Genichesk will be receiving up to 20 thousand cubic meters of Russian gas per day, to increase pressure in the city’s pipe network, and to compensate for the region’s increased demand for gas heating at night.
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From Russia Today
Collective punishment or deterrent? IDF demolishes, seals off attackers’ homes in Jerusalem
Published time: 4 Jan, 2016 16:23
The Israeli military has demolished the homes of two Palestinians involved in deadly attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem last year, saying bulldozing is an effective tool to “deter” attacks. Rights groups say the demolitions are collective punishment.
One attacker, a Palestinian named Bahaa Elayan, had opened fire on passengers on a bus in October, killing three people. On the same day, another attacker, Alaa Abu Jamal, rammed his car into pedestrians and then stabbed people, killing one, according to AP.
Although both attackers were shot and killed on the spot, the decision to demolish their homes was approved by Israel’s High Court of Justice in December, Israeli news outlets report.
On Monday morning, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops entered Jabel Mukaber, the East Jerusalem neighborhood where the attackers’ homes were located. Before the destruction began, the military and police set up road blocks at some entrances to the neighborhood, according to The Times of Israel. The home of Allyan was demolished and the home of Abu Jamal was sealed off with concrete.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said in a report that before the demolition Israeli forces raided Abu Jamal’s home, and his family was given an order to vacate the house in 48 hours “on the grounds of collective punishment.”
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From Russia Today
German army to stop aiding refugees as troops now required for ‘core tasks’ – defense minister
Published time: 4 Jan, 2016 12:52
A German soldier (L) prepares a migrant prior to taking his identification photo in Heidelberg, Germany © Ralph Orlowski / Reuters
Germany’s defense minister has said the country’s military cannot incorporate into its daily routine the practice of helping local authorities cope with hosting refugees. The Bundeswehr is set to stop aiding the new arrivals by this summer as it begins running out of manpower.
“A body-to-body assistance in acute necessity should not become a routine task for the Bundeswehr,” Defense Minister Ursula Von der Leyen said, referring to the thousands of soldiers busy helping civic authorities to provide registration, housing, care and distribution of incoming refugees.
The armed forces will reduce its refugee care tasks as more and more troops are required to conduct immediate military duties, added Von der Leyen, who was speaking to the magazine of the German Armed Forces Association (DbwV), an independent organization that represents nearly 200,000 active servicemen and veterans.
The minister added that she has “a bottom line drawn” that by summer 2016, if the situation with refugees begins to ease due to proper measures taken, the army will commit German regions and communities to set up their own structures dealing with those arriving in Germany. The Bundeswehr is not dropping all its refugees-related tasks now, because civic authorities “have to fill the gaps step by step,” Von der Leyen said.
When the current refugee crisis began, the Bundeswehr allocated up to 7,000 troops for aid operations, including for building camps and housing areas for migrants, providing healthcare and medication and distributing food and amenities. In peak times, when the refugees began arriving in overwhelming numbers, as many as 9,000 troops were aiding civil authorities.
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From Russia Today
Poland could back UK migrant benefit cuts in exchange for more NATO troops – FM
Published time: 4 Jan, 2016 08:01
© Kacper Pempel / Reuters Poland, once a staunch opponent of British plans to curb in-work benefits for EU migrants, could now support the UK government in welfare cuts if London helps bolster NATO presence in central Europe against “Russian aggression.”
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told Reuters in an interview that Warsaw might soften its opposition to David Cameron’s proposal, which is part of the British EU membership negotiations.
“We’re aware that the British welfare system is very elaborate and that it may not be able to bear it [the payment of in-work and child benefits to EU migrants],” Waszczykowski said.
“Britain could support our expectations related to an allied military presence on Polish territory.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Egyptian ambassador takes up post in Israel for first time in 3 years
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new Egyptian ambassador has taken up his post in Israel, after three years in which there was no diplomat leading the embassy.
“This past weekend a new Egyptian ambassador arrived to Israel, Hazem Khairat. I welcome his arrival; I welcome the re-stationing of an Egyptian ambassador in Israel, which will enable us to further strengthen relations with this important and key Arab country,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Op-Ed: The anti-Israel trend you’ve never heard of
NEW YORK (JTA) — If you want to understand why the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained so much ground in the past two years, look no further than intersectionality, the study of related systems of oppression.
Intersectionality holds that various forms of oppression — racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and homophobia — constitute an intersecting system of oppression. In this worldview, a transcendent white, male, heterosexual power structure keeps down marginalized groups. Uniting oppressed groups, the theory goes, strengthens them against the dominant power structure.
As you might have guessed, the BDS movement has successfully injected the anti-Israel cause into these intersecting forms of oppression and itself into the interlocking communities of people who hold by them. So it’s increasingly likely that if a group sees itself as oppressed, it will see Israel as part of the dominant power structure doing the oppressing and Palestinians as fellow victims. That oppressed group will be susceptible to joining forces with the BDS movement.
At Columbia University, Students for Justice in Palestine managed to form an alliance with No Red Tape, a student group fighting sexual violence. What does opposing sexual violence have to do with Israel and the Palestinians?
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