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From PressTV
Syria slams Turkey’s downing of Russian jet as ‘a new crime’
Syria has condemned as a “new crime” Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet involved in anti-terror operation in the Arab country.
Syria’s Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said on Tuesday that the shooting down of the Russian warplane was a “new crime” which will add to the previous atrocities committed by the militants and their foreign supporters.
Zoubi specified Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar as the sponsors of the militants, saying they have spared no efforts in providing arm and finance to the terror group in Syria.
Syria’s official news agency, SANA, meanwhile, quoted a military source denouncing Turkey’s downing of the Russian jet over its territory as a “flagrant aggression against Syrian sovereignty.”
The incident “demonstrates without a doubt that the Turkish government takes the side of terrorism,” the source said.
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From Russia Today
Russian Su-24 pilots shot dead while parachuting over Syria – Turkmen militia
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 14:41
As the two Russian pilots descended by parachute after the Su-24 jet was downed, both were shot dead by Turkmen forces, Reuters reports citing a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade in Syria.
“Both of the pilots were dead on retrieval. Our comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air,” Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander of a Syrian Turkmen brigade said.
He was speaking near the Syrian village of Yamadi, according to Reuters. Celik held what he said was a piece of a pilot’s parachute.
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From Russia Today
Putin: Downing of Russian jet over Syria stab in the back by terrorist accomplices
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 12:58
Russian President Vladimir Putin © Michael Klimentyev / Sputnik
Turkey backstabbed Russia by downing the Russian warplane and acted as accomplices of the terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
“This incident stands out against the usual fight against terrorism. Our troops are fighting heroically against terrorists, risking their lives. But the loss we suffered today came from a stab in the back delivered by accomplices of the terrorists,” Putin said.
‘This incident stands out against the usual fight against terrorism. Our troops are fighting heroically against terrorists, risking their lives. But the loss we suffered today came from a stab in the back delivered by accomplices of the terrorists.’ Full Putin’s comment: http://on.rt.com/6xfi
Posted by RT Play on Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Putin said the plane was hit by a Turkish warplane as it was traveling at an altitude of 6000 meters about a kilometer from the Turkish border. It was hit by an air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish F-16 jet. The crash site is four kilometers from the border. The plane posed no threat to Turkish national security, he stressed.
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From Russia Today
Russian warplane shot down at Syria-Turkey border Live updates
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 11:22
A Russian Su-24 front-line bomber jet. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik
A Russian warplane has gone down near the Turkish-Syrian border after an apparent attack. Turkish and Russian sources have given conflicting reports about the incident, which has the potential to escalate the tension between Russia and NATO member Turkey.
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24 November 2015
17:34 GMT
#SYRIA #MoDprotest Efforts of Rus MoD specialists to organize coopertion with Turkish party by emergency communiction link were unsuccessful
— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) 24 ноября 2015
- 17:25 GMTActs of aggression would only strengthen Syria’s determination to fight terrorist groups with support from Russia, the Syrian General Staff said after the downing of the Russian bomber near the Turkish border.
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From Russia Today
Video allegedly shows dead Russian pilot surrounded by armed rebels in Syria (GRAPHIC)
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 11:14
The video posted online shows armed men around an alleged Russian pilot who seems to be unconscious and immobile. His face is bruised and bloodied. The men seem to be happy and are praising Allah, with some regretting that they hadn’t burned him on the spot.“A Russian pilot,” a voice is heard saying as a group of men gather around him. “God is great,” a voice says.
They spoke Arabic with Turkmen accent.
According to Reuters, the video was sent by a rebel group operating in the northwestern area of Syria, where groups including the Free Syrian Army are active but Islamic State has no known presence.
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From Ynet News
Netanyahu to Kerry: There will be no settlement freeze
According to a diplomatic source, the prime minister tied the fate of Palestinian building permits to international recognition of Israel’s right to build in the settlement blocs.
After the meeting between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning, an Israeli diplomatic source said that the prime minister let Kerry know that there is no and will be no building freeze in the settlements. According to the source, the prime minister emphasized that if the international community expected building permits for Palestinians – than Israel expected recognition for building in the settlement blocs.
Netanyahu told Kerry that his first condition for the return to normal economic and security conditions was the end to the violence, and return of the quiet. The source added that Netanyahu had let Kerry know, the any of advancement of Palestinian civil infrastructure programs would be directly correlated to a decrease in the violence.The diplomatic source also added that Netanyahu blamed the recent violence on Religious incitement on Palestinian social media, mainly surrounding the issue of the Temple Mount, and blamed the PA for taking an active role in the incitement.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Brussels chief rabbi rapped for saying Jews have ‘no future’ in Europe
(JTA) — The chief rabbi of Brussels said there is no future for Jews in Europe, spurring criticism from the head of a European Jewish group.
Rabbi Avraham Gigi told an Israeli radio station on Monday about the sense of fear on the streets in Belgium and added, “People understand there is no future for Jews in Europe.” Gigi also stressed the importance of aliyah to Israel, though he added that Jews should move there out of love for the country, not fear.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director of the European Jewish Association, said his organization “is determined to continue our work to ensure that the 3 million Jews who live on our continent can continue to command a safe home and to be able to freely and proudly identify themselves as Jews.”
Margolin stressed the development of Jewish communities across Europe, including the opening of new synagogues, Jewish schools and other community institutions.
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From PressTV
Iraq forces gain more grounds against Daesh in Ramadi
Iraqi volunteer fighters fighting alongside the government forces fire a rocket during a military operation against Daesh as they advance towards the center of Baiji, north of Baghdad, October 19, 2015. (AFP photo) Iraqi military forces and volunteer fighters have retaken more than half of the areas controlled by the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the city of Ramadi, west of the country.
A spokesman for Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Force said on Tuesday that the allied forces have managed to liberate 22 neighborhoods from a total of 39 in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar Province.
Samir al-Shovaili said the pro-government forces have inched closer on Daesh militants inside Ramadi, forcing them to hide out in the central parts of the city. He said between 50 and 100 Daesh terrorists were killed in a fresh operation in the city earlier in the day while huge losses were inflicted on their vehicles and ammunition depots.
Other officials said the Iraqi forces have completely purged the terrorists from a key district in Ramadi: the 5 Kilometer area. Reports also said 22 civilians who were used by Daesh as human shields have been freed by Iraqi forces.
Ramadi has been one of the two major bastions of Daesh in Iraq, along Mosul, the capital of the northern province of Nineveh. The terrorist group launched its offensive in Iraq in July 2014 carrying out mass executions and killings inside the towns and villages.
Pro-government forces have managed to push back the terrorists from some of their major strongholds, including the cities of Tikrit and Baiji in Salahuddin Province, while the operation continues to liberate Ramadi and Mosul.
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From PressTV
Syrian army making more advances against terrorists
Syrian pro-government forces walk at a military airbase in the northern province of Aleppo, November 11, 2015. (AFP photo) The Syrian armed forces have succeeded in taking control of more strategic areas across the Arab country, targeting positions of Takfiri terrorist groups operating against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Army units and allied forces established control over several areas and a village in the northeastern countryside of the western province of Latakia, the official SANA news agency quoted a Syrian military source as saying on Tuesday.
The Syrian army also made significant gains in other provinces, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their arms and ammunitions.
According to SANA, the Syrian air force launched intensive strikes against positions and hideouts of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists and the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front militants in the eastern and northern countryside of the central province of Homs.
The foreign-backed militants suffered heavy losses as a number of their members were killed in the attacks and their weapons and ammunition destroyed.
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian army units at an undisclosed location in western Syria on October 8, 2015. Similar air raids were carried out in the villages and countryside of the provinces of Hama and Aleppo against positions and vehicles belonging to the Takfiri terrorists.
Syrian forces in the southwestern province of Dara’a hit terrorists’ vehicles and hideouts, while army units fired two guided missiles at a vehicle and a hideout of terrorists in the northwestern province of Idlib on the border with Hama.
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From PressTV
Turkish jets shoot down Russian warplane, Russia denies airspace violation
An image showing a Russian warplane going down in flames in Syria near the Turkish border, November 24, 2015. Turkish F-16 fighter jets have shot down a Russian warplane close to the Syrian border, accusing it of violating Turkish airspace, while the Russian Defense Ministry denies that the airspace violation took place.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the plane downed on Tuesday was a Russian Su-24. It said it can prove the aircraft was over Syria during its entire flight. This is while the Turkish military said the plane was warned “ten times” before it was shot down for violating Turkish airspace.
Turkish officials say two warplanes approached the country’s border and were warned before one of them was shot down.
Russia is involved in an aerial military campaign against terrorists in Syria, which started upon a request by the government in Damascus.
Private Turkish broadcaster Haberturk TV broadcast footage of the plane going down in flames on Tuesday.
Other footage by Anadolou apparently showed two pilots parachuting away from the plane. CNN Turk has cited local sources as saying that one of the downed jet’s pilots is in hands of militants in northern Syria.
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From Russia Today
Israeli jets strike Gaza in response to rocket fire
Published time: 23 Nov, 2015 22:01
An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet. © Amir Cohen / ReutersThe Israeli Air Force has launched airstrikes targeting a “Hamas post” in the Gaza Strip in retaliation to a rocket that was launched at southern Israel earlier in the day.
According to reports, Israeli jets targeted a training camp of Hamas’ armed wing in central Gaza, apparently blaming the group for the rocket that landed in southern Israel’s Eshkol Regional Council on Monday morning.
The projectile exploded in unpopulated area, causing no injuries or damage. Alert sirens were not activated, but security forces reportedly swept the area to find the remnants of the rocket.
Israel maintains that Hamas bears full responsibility for all “goings-on in the Gaza Strip,” according to an IDF statement cited by Haaretz.
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From Russia Today
Scuffles as pro-refugee demo in Paris defies protest ban (VIDEO)
Published time: 23 Nov, 2015 06:39
A pro-refugee protest in the French capital briefly turned violent as police scuffled with demonstrators who had broken the government’s state of emergency ban on assemblies imposed in the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks.The Paris protest ended with riot police using pepper spray and batons against hundreds of pro-refugee demonstrators who marched from the Bastille to the Place de la Republique despite a ban on protests imposed by the French government on November 22.
Local police notified the organizer that if the rally wasn’t canceled, they could face up to six months in prison. However, the warning was issued in vain.
The rally started from behind the Bastille, and scuffles broke out as some of the protesters made their way to the Place de la Republique, which was soon blocked by a large number of police.
The protesters still managed to break through barriers and proceeded to the square, which is a traditional spot for rallies in Paris.
The ban, imposed after 130 people were killed and more than 400 were injured in the November 13 terrorist attacks, was set to expire on November 30. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL). At least one key terror suspect, Saleh Abdeslam, is still on the run – with some media reports speculating he is trying to leave Belgium, where he apparently escaped from France, and head to Germany.
At least 87 of the victims were killed after gunmen opened fire during a concert at the Bataclan theatre, taking dozens hostage before detonating suicide bombs. Police stormed the venue, freeing the hostages and killing the attackers. Dozens of other people were killed in attacks at the French national stadium and a string of attacks on popular bars and restaurants.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish leader in Germany suggests cap on number of refugees
(JTA) — The head of Germany’s main Jewish organization has suggested capping the number of refugees allowed into the country, so Germany can do a better job of integrating those already there.
At issue are attitudes toward Jews, women and gays in the home countries of many refugees, said Josef Schuster, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, in a wide-ranging interview with Die Welt. The problem is not the Muslim faith, but rather a cultural problem that won’t go away by itself, he said.
In the interview, which appeared Sunday, Schuster said eventually a limit will have to be established because of the challenges of integrating newcomers from cultures that are intolerant of Jews, don’t believe in equality for women and men, and eschew homosexuality.
“Many of the refugees are fleeing from the terror of the Islamic State and want to live in peace and freedom,” he said. “At the same time they come from cultures where hatred of Jews and general intolerance are par for the course.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jewish-Israeli meets Bedouin he saved from Jewish mob
(JTA) — An Arab-Israeli man attacked by a Jewish mob after being mistaken for a terrorist met with the Jewish man who rescued him.
Eyal Haddad visited with Salem on Sunday while the Bedouin man was recovering at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, the Times of Israel reported.
The previous evening, Haddad got between Salem and a crowd attacking him in the Negev town of Kiryat Gat because they wrongly believed he was the terrorist who had stabbed four people outside a soccer stadium that night, causing moderate injuries.
The mob hit Salem, an Israeli army veteran, and stabbed him several times before Haddad intervened.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Jonathan Pollard’s job offer rescinded over parole requirements
NEW YORK (JTA) — An employer rescinded a job offer to released spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard over the conditions of his parole.
According to The Jerusalem Post, an unnamed “respected” investment firm officially revoked its offer of a research analyst’s position on Monday, saying the conditions would have interfered with his ability to do the required work.
Attorneys for Pollard, who was freed Friday after spending 30 years in a federal prison, filed an appeal Friday asking that the parole conditions, including wearing an electronic ankle bracelet with GPS tracking and surveillance of his and any employer’s computers, be dropped. The attorneys described the conditions as “unlawful” and said they would make it impossible for Pollard to have a job.
Pollard, 61, is also confined to his New York home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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From PressTV
Israelis kill another Palestinian in West Bank
Israeli forces gather at the scene where a Palestinian man was shot after reportedly ramming a car into Israeli troops at the Tapuah junction, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, November 24, 2015. (Photo by AFP) A Palestinian has died after being injured by Israeli fire in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces opened live fire at the Palestinian, wounding him on Tuesday, Palestinian Al-Aqsa TV reported. The victim has been identified as Azmi Nafaa.
Israeli sources have alleged that the Palestinian ran over four Israeli military personnel members near the city of Nablus before being targeted.
A number of Israelis, one of whom a colonel, were said to be injured in the alleged incident.
Israeli forces fire teargas canisters and stun grenades toward Palestinian protesters after Friday prayers in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), October 16, 2015. (Photo by AFP) Al-Aqsa TV also reported heavy confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli military forces at the Atara checkpoint north of the city of Ramallah, which led to Israelis closing the entrances to Deir Nezam Village.
Also on Tuesday, 45 Israeli settlers entered the al-Aqsa Mosque compound backed by Israeli forces.
More than 90 Palestinians have been killed since the start of October as tensions continue across the occupied territories over increasing attacks by Israeli settlers. Nearly 20 Israelis have also been killed during the period.
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From Russia Today
Spokesman? Defense Minister? CNN brands ISIS terrorists as ‘officials’
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 06:48
© CNN CNN has come out with a new definition of Islamic State leaders. Kalashnikov-wielding militants who cut off captives’ heads, trade slaves and whose hate speeches promise jihad against the whole world are now called “officials”, according to the network.“US intensifies search for ISIS officials,” says an on-screen title of the report by CNN’s Barbara Starr released on Monday. The first shot in the report shows us Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) leader who has recently ordered attacks on the anti-IS coalition. He is apparently the main IS official, according to CNN.
However, al-Baghdadi is not the only IS terrorist who has been granted “official” status. CNN managed to find “six other senior IS officials” among the extremists.
READ MORE: New ISIS video threatens to blow up White House; turn it ‘black’
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From Ynet News
Poll: 76% of Israeli Jews oppose new draft bill
The Knesset approved the new version of the military draft bill, meaning draft equality will not be possible before the year 2023. A majority of the Jewish public opposes the bill, including some right-wing voters.
The Knesset’s new bill on the military draft was amended Monday at the request of ultra-Orthodox parties, yet a poll by the Smith Institute showed that 76 percent of the Jewish public opposes the main amendment to the bill, which postpones the drafting of yeshiva students by six years.
A poll commissioned by the Hiddush movement, which advocates religious freedom and equality according to its official website, shows that just 24 percent of the Jewish public supports the amendment. Controlling for the presence of the ultra-Orthodox population in the poll, opposition to the bill is even higher, standing at 82 percent.
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From Ynet News
Gov’t approves changes to burden equality law
One of the central issues from the previous government has finally concluded, with the Knesset approving on Monday night amendments to the burden equality law that effectively mean ultra-Orthodox youth will no longer be compelled to join to the IDF.
The Knesset on Tuesday passed the second and third readings of an amendment to the burden equality law – meant to draft ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students into the army – permitting a six-year delay in the law’s implementation and essentially removing sanctions from draft-dodging ultra-Orthodox youth.
The amendment passed 49-36 and was the result of coalition agreements between Likud and ultra-Orthodox parties to support for Netanyahu in exchange for postponement of the law.
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From The Times of Israel
Kerry in Jerusalem: Israel has right, obligation to defend itself
In first visit in over a year, secretary of state says terror attacks ‘deserve the condemnation they are receiving’; pays tribute to terror victim Ezra Schwartz
November 24, 2015, 11:46 am
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem, November 24, 2015. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)US Secretary John Kerry met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Tuesday to discuss steps to stem the current wave of violence sweeping Israel and the West Bank.
“I am here today to talk with the prime minister about ways how we can work together — all of us, the international community — to push back against terrorism, to push back against senseless violence and to find a way forward to restore calm and begin to provide the opportunities that most reasonable people in every part of the world are seeking for themselves and for their families,” Kerry said at the beginning of the meeting.
It was Kerry’s first visit in Jerusalem in over a year. He is scheduled to meet with President Reuven Rivlin later on Tuesday before heading to Ramallah for a sit-down with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. According to a report in the Haaretz daily, Netanyahu was expected to demand of Kerry that the US accept Israeli construction in the settlement blocs in exchange for a series of measures in the West Bank to calm recent tensions with the Palestinians.
In their public statements, however, Kerry and Netanyahu did not address the issue, focusing on general condemnations of terrorism and vows to fight it wherever it occurs.
“There can be no peace when we have an onslaught of terror — not here, not anywhere else in the world, which is experiencing this same assault by militant Islamists and the forces of terror,” Netanyahu told Kerry. “Israel is fighting these forces every hour.”
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From The Times of Israel
Hollande to press Obama on Russia cooperation in IS fight
As Islamic State expands reach outside Syria and Iraq, US faces growing pressure to ramp up efforts against jihadists
November 24, 2015, 11:35 am
French gendarmes officers patrol near the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, Monday Nov. 23, 2015. French President Francois Hollande will preside over a national ceremony on Nov. 27 honoring the at least 130 victims of the deadliest attacks on France in decades. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Barack Obama will stand in solidarity with French President Francois Hollande at the White House on Tuesday, 11 days after the Islamic State group launched a series of deadly attacks in Paris. But Hollande is likely to leave Washington without firm backing for his call to bring Russia into a new coalition to fight the extremists.
Hollande’s visit to Washington is part of a diplomatic offensive to get the international community to bolster the campaign against Islamic State. The group is believed to have been behind the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people in Paris, as well as separate attacks in Lebanon and Turkey and the downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt.
As the Islamic State group expands its reach outside its bases in Syria and Iraq, Obama is facing increased pressure at home and abroad to ramp up US efforts to destroy the group. So far, Obama is resisting calls to either change or significantly ramp up his approach, and instead is focused on getting other countries to offer more counterintelligence, humanitarian and military assistance.
“The United States is certainly pulling more than our own weight,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “And we believe that there is more that can be done if countries are willing to contribute additional resources.”
The US campaign has centered largely on launching airstrikes, while training and assisting security forces on the ground in Iraq. Efforts to train and equip moderate rebel groups in Syria have struggled, though Obama has authorized the deployment of 50 special operations forces to the country to jumpstart the program.
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