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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
UK Jewish lawmaker blasted for ‘Jewish money’ quote
(JTA) — Two British groups condemned a Jewish lawmaker who reportedly said that Jewish money dictates government policy on Israel.
Gerald Kaufman, a lawmaker for Labour who has called for applying international sanctions against Israel for its treatment of Palestinians, reportedly made the statement at a meeting in London on Tuesday organized by the Palestine Return Council. Kaufman attended along with several other lawmakers and the blogger David Collier, who has posted an account of Kaufman’s speech.
“It’s Jewish money, Jewish donations, to the conservative party as in the general election in May, support from The Jewish Chronicle, all of those things,” Kaufman is quoted as saying. “There is now a big group of conservative members of Parliament, who are pro-Israel whatever government does and they are not interested in what Israel, in what the Israeli government does.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Yaalon: US-Israel disputes about Iran deal are over
“The Iran deal is a given,” Yaalon said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday with his U.S. counterpart, Ash Carter. “Our disputes are over. And now we have to look to the future.”
Carter said the deal completed in July between Iran and six world powers removes Iran’s nuclear threat, calling it “just one source of uncertainty and risk.” He added that Iran must comply with the deal or face a military threat from the United States, the Defense Department’s Defense News reported.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ben Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist. Here’s why it matters
Now that Ben Carson, a Seventh-day Adventist, has emerged at the top of the polls in the Republican presidential primary, he’s facing similar questions about his religion.
So far, Carson’s faith — which, like Judaism, celebrates the Sabbath on Saturday and abjures eating the non-kosher animals listed in the Book of Leviticus — hasn’t been an impediment to his campaign.
From PressTV
Israelis kill two more Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli forces have killed two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in a pattern of shootings that has claimed scores of lives so far this month.
The Palestinian, whose age and identity has not been revealed yet, was shot dead near the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) on Thursday after allegedly trying to stab a soldier, Israeli media said.
The Israeli soldier was reportedly lightly injured in the attack. Witnesses said Israeli troops shot the Palestinian in the shoulder and head several times.
Later, Israeli troops gunned down another Palestinian whom the military claimed had attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. But a Palestinian witness at the scene, community activist Issa Amro, dismissed the Israeli account, saying he had not seen a knife.
َAccording to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the latest deaths bring to 67 the total number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of this month. Some 7,100 others have been injured.
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From Russia Today
Denmark moots sex education for refugees to curb high rate of rape
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 15:32
A large group of migrants, mainly from Syria, walk on a highway towards the north, Rodby, Denmark © Scanpix Denmark / Reuters There are calls in Denmark to introduce compulsory sex education programs for asylum seekers arriving in the country amid growing concerns that a disproportionate number of rapes are committed by immigrants and their descendants, local media reports.
Over the weekend, three Eritrean asylum seekers, aged between 21 and 27, were arrested in Hjørring for raping a 25-year-old woman from Eritrea, Eastern Africa. “I can confirm that all those arrested and injured, are asylum seekers from Eritrea,” Police Commissioner Peter Skovbak told Metroxpress.
Between 2003 and 2014, over 34 percent of all individuals convicted of rape (212 out of 615) were immigrants or their descendants, according to the newspaper. At least five asylum seekers were reportedly charged with rape last year.
A parliamentary majority supports the idea for Danish language courses to include lessons on sexual morality, according to the paper. Several parties point to the success of a similar program in Norway, where asylum seekers are given a five-hour course designed to prevent sexual assaults. Among other things, the class, launched in 2011, reportedly teaches that a kiss is not an invitation to sex.
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From Russia Today
Over 80% of asylum seekers in Germany unqualified – report
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 11:57
Over 80 percent of the asylum seekers recently arrived in Germany have no formal qualifications, and only eight percent have a college degree, local media reported citing research by the country’s Federal Employment Agency.
Germany (population 80 million) may receive 1.5 million asylum seekers this year alone. It has already accepted more asylum applications than any other European nation, with a number of critics pointing to a high number of uneducated and illiterate people coming to the country.
The Federal Employment Agency has stated that 81 percent of asylum seekers are “without formal qualifications,” the Junge Freiheit daily reported, citing a nine-page report entitled “Refugees in Germany: Take responsibility, identify opportunities.”
The agency has reportedly calculated that due to the looming asylum crisis there will be at least 400,000 additional welfare recipients in the coming year.
Earlier this year, about 60 German universities offered refugees a chance to attend courses as guest students for free. In the past, asylum seekers had to pay a fee, unaffordable for most of them.
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From Russia Today
Turkey threatens ‘whatever necessary’ to combat Kurdish autonomy ‘mindset’ in Syria
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 04:25
Threatening continued assaults on the Kurdish militia in Syria, the Turkish president has warned he will not request anyone’s permission to do whatever is necessary to prevent the spread of support for Kurdish autonomy, even if it requires bombing US-allied rebels.
In a clear message to dissuade Kurds from supporting the self-declared autonomous town of Tel Abyad near the Turkish border, President Tayyip Erdogan said that he will “do what is necessary,” including using force, to eradicate the potential source of separatism along its borders.
Tel Abyad, on the border with Turkey, was captured in June from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) by Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters with the help of American-led air strikes. Last week, a local council led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) declared it part of the system of autonomous self-government established by the Kurds. Since the conflict in Syria broke out in 2011, Syrian Kurds have declared three autonomous zones, called “cantons,” across northern Syria, but deny that they are aiming to establish their own state.
Alarmed by Kurdish territorial gains, Turkey fears that the latest creation of autonomous Tel Abyad canton could stir separatism among its own Kurdish minority. YPG has been a key ally of the US in the fight against Islamic State in Syria, but Erdogan’s message sends out a clear sign that Turkey’s national interests supersedes those of the United States and NATO.
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From Russia Today
Iraq ‘didn’t ask’ for US ground operations against ISIS
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 02:20
The Iraqi government never asked for and does not need any US involvement in ground operations against Islamic State terrorists. The eye-opening statement came only a day after the Pentagon promised its partner more ground support if it was required.
“This is an Iraqi affair and the government did not ask the US Department of Defense to be involved in direct operations,” spokesman Sa’ad al-Hadithi told NBC News. “We have enough soldiers on the ground.”
Hadithi made it clear that any involvement of US forces that stretches beyond their “train and advise” mission must be cleared with Baghdad – as mandated under international law.
Thus far Iraq has only cleared a US air campaign over its territory against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). For now, Hadithi stressed, Iraq only needs US support in “arming and training [Iraqi] forces.” Around 3,300 US troops are involved in the mission in Iraq.
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From Russia Today
‘Lots of our officers joined ISIS due to ideology’ – FSA commander to RT
Published time: 28 Oct, 2015 13:07
Edited time: 28 Oct, 2015 14:25
© Alaa Al-Faqir / Reuters Lots of officers from Free Syrian Army (FSA) have joined Islamic State militants, one FSA commanders told RT. That’s despite the rebels’ centers repeatedly getting attacked by the extremists.
“But lots of our officers joined Islamic State because of ideology,” Hussam Alawak, a commander of the Free Syrian army, told RT. He added that some extremists from the Islamic State’s (IS, formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) branch in Iraq come to FSA centers and “cause trouble for them.”
“They [IS] took lots of people from our army to achieve their goals of expansion, to control oil regions in Syria. They attacked us with very dense fire in the Al-Bab region [Aleppo province, northern Syria], so we had to tactically retreat to other places.”
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From Ynet News
IDF to impose separation of Jews, Palestinians in Gush Etzion
Soldiers to keep Palestinians at physical distance from the Jewish population following military assessment that attacks in the West Bank’s Gush Etzion area will continue.
Near total segregation between Israeli Jews and Palestinians is set to be enforced by the IDF in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank, according to a recently-written open letter from head of the regional council Davidi Perel to local residents.
“Unfortunately we do not see an end nearby to the situation, nor a decrease in the motivation of terrorists to carry out attacks,” the letter said. Accordingly, Perel wrote, the IDF has decided that soldiers stationed at the Gush Etzion junction will, as far as possible, keep Palestinians away from the Jewish population.
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From Russia Today
No firsthand info on alleged Russian ‘airstrike’ on hospital in Syria – Red Cross top executive
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 12:22
© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters Red Cross personnel on the ground in Syria have not reported any ‘airstrikes’ allegedly delivered by Russian jets on civilian targets including hospitals, the medical charity’s top executive told RT.
Since Moscow started its air campaign in Syria on September 30, Western media have been publishing reports that Russian jets are targeting civilians.
Last week, Russia was accused of bombing a number of hospitals in Syria, an allegation flatly denied by the Russian Defense Ministry.
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From Russia Today
RT EXCLUSIVE: ISIS position in Palmyra up-close, RT 1st intl TV crew to follow Syrian Army assault
Published time: 28 Oct, 2015 12:25
© RT RT’s Lizzie Phelan and her crew report from Palmyra in direct sight of Islamic State militants, who are holding positions among the ruins of the world heritage site. With the terrorists weakened by Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Army is preparing for an offensive to retake Palmyra.
The important UNESCO world heritage site has been under the control of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) since May. RT’s crew are the first among international TV journalists to report from the area, with IS fighters visible on a nearby hill.
This week in Palmyra they tried out a new execution method: they tied three prisoners – Syrian Army soldiers – to columns that were part of the historic structure, and blew them up, the army told RT.
© RT
Every day, positions of Syrian soldiers in Palmyra are targeted by IS militant sniper fire, artillery and mortars. This is being exclusively filmed by RT.
© RT
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From The Times of Israel
Russia delivering Iranian arms to Assad — report
Moscow’s Syrian base in Latakia said to be a transit point for Tehran’s supply of equipment and troops to Damascus
Russia has reportedly been delivering Iranian weapons to Syria’s embattled regime on a daily basis. Over the past 10 days, shipments in Russian cargo planes have taken place twice daily, the Fox News network reported Thursday, citing Western intelligence sources.
The shipments are part of a broad Russian-Iranian-Syrian alliance forged in recent months by a senior Iranian general, Al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani is said to be coordinating the Russian-Iranian supply effort.
The planes are operating out of Russia’s newly expanded operating base in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, and were spotted by intelligence agencies on the tarmac at the base.
According to the report, “the flights are not registered, and are in breach of two United Nations Security Council resolutions which impose an arms embargo on Iran.”
Along with the weapons, Iran is shipping troops into Syria to aid embattled Syrian strongman Bashar Assad — these too are arriving via the Russian base in Latakia.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Dutch soccer fans fly anti-Semitic banner during match
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch soccer club said it was working to identify fans who held up a sign during a recent match with the initials of the phrase “Jews have cancer.”
The Vitesse club from Arnhem told the Gelderlander daily that it would have intervened to stop or punish the fans from holding up the sign on Sunday. “We unfortunately did not discover the sign until after the game,” said Paul Koster, the club chairman.
The sign was directed at fans and players of the Ajax club, who are often called Jews because of the historical Jewish presence in Amsterdam. Ajax fans also sometimes refer to themselves as Jews, though the team’s management and an anti-discrimination group discourage this behavior because they say it invites further abuse and hate speech.
In April, dozens of fans of a soccer team from Utrecht were filmed chanting during a match versus Ajax: “My father was in the commandos, my mother was in the SS, together they burned Jews cause Jews burn the best.” They also chanted: “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Kerry: U.S. ready to do what it can toward two-state solution
(JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called a two-state solution “the only viable alternative” for Israelis and Palestinians.
“The current situation is simply not sustainable,” Kerry said in an address Wednesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.
“A two-state solution with strong security protections remains the only viable alternative,” Kerry asserted. “And for anybody who thinks otherwise you can measure what unitary looks like by just looking at what’s been going on in the last few weeks.”
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From Russia Today
RT EXCLUSIVE: ‘Post-apocalyptic’ scenes of razed & ransacked Syrian village (VIDEO)
Published time: 29 Oct, 2015 00:30
The Syrian village of Morek was besieged by terrorists for nine months until government troops freed it in October 2014. One year on from its liberation, RT’s Murad Gadziev visits the village that now resembles a post-apocalyptic movie rather than a bustling community.
Located in the Hama Governorate, Morek was the homeland of over 14,000 people a decade ago.
Welcome to Morek, #syria. Held for 9 months by Nusra&Co, now retaken fully by govt military. Totally deserted pic.twitter.com/5aKdxg0trP
— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradoRT) 28 октября 2015
From The Times of Israel
Republicans pick Paul Ryan as new speaker
GOP taps presidential hopeful to lead house; averts debt crisis with key vote on budget deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans embraced a new leader Wednesday and prepared to get behind a crisis-averting budget-and-debt deal in a day of dramatic fresh starts at the Capitol after years of division and disarray.
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate and a telegenic spokesman for conservative priorities, was nominated by his colleagues in a secret-ballot election to serve as speaker of the House, second in line to the presidency. The full House will confirm that choice on Thursday.
“This begins a new day in the House of Representatives,” Ryan, 45, said after the vote. “We are turning the page.”
Immediately after choosing Ryan to chart a new course for their fractured party, Republicans trooped onto the House floor to begin casting votes on a huge two-year budget deal struck in recent days between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders of both parties.
The agreement would raise the government’s borrowing limit through March of 2017, averting an unprecedented default just days away. It would also set the budget of the federal government for the next two years, lifting onerous spending caps and steering away from the brinkmanship and shutdown threats that have haunted Congress for years.
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