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One Israeli's journey from ultra-Orthodox settler to peace activist

F. Brinley Bruton
NBC News
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:58 UTC
Shabtay Bendet
© Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR / for NBC NewsAnti-settlement activist Shabtay Bendet of Peace Now surveys the highway critics have dubbed "apartheid road."
The highway that critics dub "apartheid road" carves a path from the outskirts of Jerusalem north into the occupied West Bank. A fence tops the high concrete wall running down the middle of Route 4370, slicing the thoroughfare in two: The far lane is for Israeli-registered vehicles, the other for Palestinian traffic that is banned from entering Jerusalem.

"They say to themselves it is about security but it looks very bad," activist Shabtay Bendet says as he perches on a nearby rocky hill, referring to Israeli officials' reasoning for the segregated highway.

The road will hasten the growth of Jewish settlements on land Israel seized in the 1967 war with its Arab neighbors, concludes Bendet, 46, who sports jeans and small silver hoop earrings.
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Arrow Down

Pakistani minister forced to step down after calling Hindus 'cow urine-drinking people'


RT
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:06 UTC
Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan
© Facebook / ChohanFayyazPTI / Global Look Press / Erich SchmidtFayyaz ul Hassan Chohan (L) and a hump cattle seen in India (R).
A regional Pakistani minister was forced to resign after a video of him delivering rude and derogatory remarks against Hindus surfaced online - causing fellow politicians to promptly ostracize the "embarrassing" speaker.

The offensive video of Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan, now an ex-Punjab Information Minister, went viral on Monday - and it took a single day to cause the official's downfall.

The clip shows Chohan calling Hindus "cow urine-drinking people" and "idol-worshippers" while he spoke at an event in Lahore in late February.
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NPC

Al-Qaeda chief's wife wins court battle after ECHR rules UK police violated her privacy

Simon Osborne
The Express
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:06 UTC
European Court of Human Rights
© GETTYThe European Court of Human Rights
The wife of an al-Qaeda recruiter who mentored the Charlie Hebdo attackers has won a long-running human rights battle in the European courts - leaving UK tax-payers to pick up a £21,531 legal bill.

The judges' decision brings an end to a marathon legal saga which began in 2011 when Sylvie Beghal, now 49, was stopped at East Midlands Airport after a visit her husband Djamel Beghal in a French jail. She claimed her right to a private and family life were violated by UK officials because they detained her without reasonable suspicion. The case was thrown out by the High Court and Supreme Court in London but the European Court of Human Rights has now ruled in her favour.

The airport incident led to Beghal being charged with failing to help officers - an offence under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
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Bad Guys

West too weak to punish ISIS recruits - instead they hand them off to Third World justice

Igor Ogorodnev
RT
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:06 UTC
Islamic State fighters Raqqa ISIS terrorist jihad
© REUTERS/STRINGERAt their peak - Islamic State fighters in Raqqa in 2014.
By refusing to repatriate citizens who fought for the failed caliphate, France, UK and the US are admitting the impotence of their legal system, and betraying the principles of fair justice on which their societies were built.

Emmanuel Macron has allowed 13 French Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) fighters to be tried in Iraq, the UK government will not take back 'jihadi bride' Shamima Begum, an example that was followed by Donald Trump's administration with New Jersey-born Hoda Muthana, who is set for a lengthy court battle to return from Syria.

Notwithstanding the Guardian's campaign that urged us to "put ourselves in Shamima's shoes," the calls have proved overwhelmingly popular with the electorate - on either side of the English Channel about three quarters of those polled are in favor.
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Heart - Black

Insane! Man admits choking Airbnb guest to death over unpaid $149 bill


Fox News
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:06 UTC
Ramis Jonuzi
© FacebookRamis Jonuzi had extended his stay, but was unable to pay for the $149 he owed.
A man in Australia admitted in court on Monday that he choked an Airbnb guest to death over an unpaid bill, but claims he's guilty of manslaughter instead of murder.

Jason Colton, 42, is on trial for the October 2017 killing of 36-year-old Ramis Jonuzi at his house in Melbourne.

Prosecutors said that Jonuzi had been subletting a room at the house from Colton, who was also a tenant. The 36-year-old had initially rented the room for three nights on Airbnb, but agreed to stay another week for $149.
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Megaphone

After my social justice friends dropped me for not being PC enough, conservatives took me in

Barrett Wilson
The Federalist
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:01 UTC
friends
© Rainier Martin Ampongan / Flickr
Say the wrong thing or associate with the wrong person, and the left will lose you. It seems today's conservatives are more moderate than today's liberals.

Recently, I went to have a beer with one of my friends from my former life as a social justice crusader. He's one of the few left-leaning friends I have left since I was mobbed and shamed out of my lefty, social justice community for "toxic behavior" on Twitter (in a straight-up Justine Sacco-style event). He's a great guy, and he's still friends with my old friends, so when we meet, it's a secretive thing.

As I was on my way, I started thinking about just how many people I had lost in my life over the last year or two. It's got to be in the hundreds. People who have known me for 20 years or more, who said they loved me, who took care of me and let me take care of them, are all mostly gone now. For many, it's a matter of their own social survival. Guilt by association is a h-ll of a thing.

Comment: See also:

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No Entry

Primary school in UK stops LGBT lessons after backlash from angry parents - 'aggressive promotion of homosexuality'


RT
Tue, 05 Mar 2019 19:17 UTC
pride parade
© Reuters / Tyrone Siu
A primary school in Birmingham, England, has halted LGBT lessons after 600 pupils were reportedly taken out of classes by furious Muslim parents upset at homosexuality being "aggressively" taught to their children.

Parkfield Community School has been forced to suspend its 'No Outsiders' classes until after Easter, while a consultation takes place with parents. Tensions between the school and parents have escalated due to a row surrounding LGBT lifestyles being taught in classrooms.


The ill-feeling from angry parents has even boiled over into threats against the assistant headteacher Andrew Moffat MBE, who is gay. He claims to have received "nasty emails" including one which warned he "wouldn't last long."

The primary school, which has around 740 pupils, is located in a predominantly Muslim area. It has come under fire from Muslim parents for implementing an LGBT programme which seeks to challenge homophobia, because homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam.
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Fire

Grenoble, France: Third night of rioting erupts after two teens killed in police chase


RT
Tue, 05 Mar 2019 20:55 UTC
french graffiti
© AFP / Jean-Pierre ClatotGraffiti reading "Police killer!" written on a pharmacy in Grenoble.
A third consecutive night of rioting broke out in the French city of Grenoble on Monday after two teenagers were killed while they were being chased by police.

The two young men, aged 17 and 19, were not wearing helmets when they were crushed between a coach and a wall on a bridge as they fled the police on a stolen scooter on Saturday evening.

Rioting youths in the Mistral district of the city - where the victims lived - were filmed hurling fireworks and petrol bombs at police on Monday night, while as many as 65 vehicles were also reportedly torched.

Video footage from the scene shows police attempting to thwart the riot from behind the barricade that the youths had erected by launching canisters of tear gas. Hundreds of fireworks rang out among the skyrise apartment buildings in the city, and balls of flames appeared to land at random.

Comment: It's like three different countries exist within what used to known as France: there's rich/genteel suburbia in Paris and other major cities; there's the poor/middle class 'peripheral' France where most people live; then there are the 'no-go' ghettos where everyone lives on govt handouts and the proceeds of crime, the police rarely intervene, and when they do, the punks riot.

Note that, throughout 5 months of Yellow Vest demonstrations, which has included running battles with armed police and thus ample opportunity for the migrant-majority zones to express their dissatisfaction with the government, all was quiet in Les Banlieues.

They react now, understandably, because of a tragedy directly affecting them, but they are apparently otherwise satisfied with their lot.

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Megaphone

Jai Hind! Air India orders crew to hail the motherland after every single announcement


RT
Tue, 05 Mar 2019 20:25 UTC
Indian airline crew
© AFP / Money SharmaJai Hind!
With a "slight pause" and "much fervor," Air India crews will now be required to offer glory to the motherland... at the end of every single announcement, which could get awkward if the lavatory goes out of order.

According to Indian broadcaster NDTV, airline officials sent out a "reminder" to all staff to end in-flight announcements with the line "Jai Hind" (translated variously as 'Hail the motherland' or 'Victory to India') in accordance with the "mood of the nation..."

"With immediate effect, all (crew) are required to announce 'Jai Hind' at the end of every announcement after a slight pause and much fervour," wrote Amitabh Singh, director of operations, at the airline.
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MIB

'Anonymous intelligence sources' are thriving in the post-Skripal limelight

Simon Rite
RT
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:48 UTC
London
© Getty Images / NurPhoto / Alberto PezzaliLondon
Since the Skripals were poisoned a year ago, it has been boom time in the media for the ever-present 'anonymous intelligence sources' and their offerings of juicy, unverifiable tidbits.

This shadowy character has found willing journalists happy to feed on uncheckable information which can be attributed to something as nebulous and authoritative-sounding as an "intelligence source." It's an extremely convenient 'I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine' relationship.

Every Skripal-linked allegation about poisoned steering wheels, doorknobs and gifts sent from home started life as a tempting nugget from a spy with no name.

The anniversary of events in Salisbury is clearly a useful landmark for leaky intel operatives wanting to keep the pressure up, and they've been out in force.
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