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Watch ultra-orthodox Jews row with Israeli police over military draft law


Sputnik
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 20:29 UTC
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© Reuters/Ronen ZvulunUltra-Orthodox Jews
The ultra-Orthodox Jewish community came out to protest in August 2018 following the arrest of a yeshiva student who tried to evade mandatory military service.

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews have clashed with Israeli police in the city of Bnei Brak while protesting against the country's military draft law, which requires most citizens to enlist in mandatory military service. The ultra-Orthodox community has traditionally enjoyed special treatment in that regard, having an option to legally avoid military service in order to devote themselves to religious studies.

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IDF soldier rampage shoots 2 neighbors, attacks 3 with ax, confiscated gun given back by 'accident'


RT
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:51 UTC
Ambulances
© www.Kooznet.comAmbulances respond to the attacks.
An Israeli soldier, previously investigated and stripped of his weapon for violent behavior, has shot two people in his hometown and attacked three more with an ax, following a social media brawl over municipal elections.

The IDF soldier, whose name was not released but who was on leave after a previous violent incident, engaged in a fight with his neighbors in Fassouta Arab local council, near the Lebanese border. The argument apparently broke out following a heated social media altercation involving his family and members of the community, about the nationwide Israeli municipal elections that were held Friday.

As the conflict heated up, the soldier grabbed an ax, striking three people. He then shot two men in their 20s before leaving the gun and fleeing the scene. "He walked around town and shot people as though there was nothing that could stop him," Edgar Dakwar, the chief of Fassuta's council told Haaretz, noting that local elections had caused a heated atmosphere in the town.
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Social contagion: Three confused middle school boys undergo sex change therapy together


Pluralist
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:10 UTC
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© YouTubeLily Maerz, 11, Fiana Jefferson, 10, and Zuri Jones, 11, pose together
What: ​Three transgender preteens from the Austin, Texas area are skipping male puberty together, and instead transitioning into female bodies.

Lily Maerz, Fiana Jefferson, and Zuri Jones have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, or a conflict between their gender identity and sex assigned at birth. With the support of their parents and each other, the children -- all under age 12 -- will undergo medical intervention to avoid the otherwise inevitable process of developing adult male bodies.

The girls told Bancroft TV that even as they had been bullied in school, their friendship helped them to accept their true gender and to feel less alone.

Their transitions will unfold in three main stages. They will start taking hormone blockers right away. At age 14 to 16, they will begin taking female hormones, aka hormone replacement therapy. And when they are 18, they will have gender reassignment surgery.​​

Comment: See also:

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Transgender soldier celebrated as the first British Army's woman on frontline duty 'seduced comrade's wife'


RT
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:02 UTC
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© REUTERS/PETER NICHOLLSThe famed Scots Guards regiment, where the scandal unfolded.
Chloe Allen, officially recognized as the British Army's first woman allowed on the frontline after transitioning in 2016, has reportedly been accused of breaking up a fellow soldier's marriage - a serious breach of army ethics.

The Daily Mail, which broke the story, also alleges that the top brass refused to take the usual disciplinary steps against Allen, to avoid embarrassment around the high-profile recruit.

Chloe, 26, who joined the prestigious Scots Guards regiment in 2012 under her birth name Ben Allen, is to be cited in the divorce papers of Sergeant Mark Gray, who says that she used the pretext of needing help in presenting as a woman, to begin an affair with his partner of ten years, Sophie.

Allen featured heavily in the media after being made a symbol of the British Army's commitment to diversity, following her decision to transition without stepping away from the frontline role, in which her responsibilities include driving a heavy armored truck. The move was reportedly prompted by an incident in which fellow soldiers found their comrade cross-dressing before an assignment to guard a royal palace, a standard duty for the regiment, which has been involved in the Trooping the Colour ceremony in the past.
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How a respected Jewish educator preyed on children for a half-century

Ari Feldman
Forward
Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:25 UTC
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By his own admission, Stanley S. Rosenfeld, a Jewish educator who worked primarily in New York City and Rhode Island, sexually abused "hundreds" of children - nearly all middle school-aged boys - during his five-decade career. From a beloved summer camp in New Jersey, to elite Orthodox schools in New York, to a small Conservative synagogue in Rhode Island, Rosenfeld assaulted and molested children with near impunity, charged with a crime exactly once.

Nearly all the people who knew him, including his victims, described him as friendly, pleasant and a good teacher. But his acts of sexual violence - ranging from genital groping to performing nonconsensual fellatio - marred the childhoods of people now between 30 and 76 years old.

The Jewish institutions that employed him are still reckoning with the aftermath.

So is Rosenfeld.

The Forward first published an article about Rosenfeld in July. At the time, it was not known whether he was still alive. The next day, this reporter located Rosenfeld living in a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island. He is 84 years old.

In a phone interview, Rosenfeld admitted that he molested children, but had difficulty recalling specific instances or indeed large portions of his life. He denied having received a diagnosis of either dementia or Alzheimer's disease. A relative of Rosenfeld, contacted on the Forward's behalf by the administrator of his nursing home, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Flashback Opinion: Americans have been played again by open-border advocates

Brian Lonergan
The Hill
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:05 UTC
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Border wall
Americans care about children. We get upset when we hear stories or see images of children in distress. The problem is, some in positions of power exploit that concern to achieve their political agendas. They use words and show images that don't reflect the truth.

This is happening on our southern border with reckless abandon. The Trump administration's immigration priorities are toppling the dysfunctional status quo in Washington, and the open borders lobby is fighting back by using a playbook that has served it well for many years. They just used it again with the children on the border crisis story with great success.

The playbook goes something like this: Identify an issue, in this case, the immigration laws whereby children of illegal aliens were housed separately while their parents' cases are being adjudicated. Then spread wild misrepresentations, sensationalism and flat-out lies about the targeted policy. Next, deploy fellow travelers in the media, entertainment and the pundit class to pile on manufactured outrage at the enforcers of such a purportedly sinister policy. After several days of scathing media coverage declaring the entire nation aghast at the policy, the president calms his panic-stricken congressional allies and seeks to appease the angry mob.
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Jordan Peterson in Oslo: What I couldn't get across to this irritating French journalist

Jordan B. Peterson
National Post
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:58 UTC
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So it's 2:39 a.m. in Oslo, Norway. I woke up in a too-hot hotel room out of a fitful nightmare, which I can only partially remember. I haven't had a dream that I could recall even that clearly in a very long period of time. The last one was about traveling and speaking and not getting enough to eat. That was about six months ago. It occurred just before I embarked on what has now been a nine-month, 85-city world tour. I am on a very restricted diet, eating only beef and water, as a consequence of what appears to be a rather intractable auto-immune disease. I was concerned at some deep unconscious level about what might go wrong if I set out to talk with 250,000 people: If I could not eat, then I could not think and then things would not go well. Hence the nightmare. It was a warning of what might go wrong (and has not).

In this dream I was speaking to a young man. He was very garrulous and irritating; he was unkempt, poorly put together, and he simply would not shut up. Everything he said was designed to provoke and to test. He finally pushed me beyond my limit of tolerance. I grabbed him, physically, and threw him against the wall. It was like wrestling with dough.

In my dream, I wrestled my opponent to the ground. He was still talking, mindlessly, mechanically, rapidly, nonstop. I bent his wrists to force his knuckles into his mouth. His arms bent like rubber and, even though I managed the task, he did not stop babbling. I woke up. 2:39 in Oslo. I'm not in good spirits.
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Majority of Pacific island New Caledonia vote against secession from France


Source
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:07 UTC
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© Agence France-Presse / Theo RoubyPeople cast their ballots for or against the independence of New Caledonia, November 4, 2018, in Noumea, New Caledonia.
The French Pacific territory held a referendum with over 75% of New Caledonians casting their vote, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported earlier in the day.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that a majority of voters in New Caledonia have chosen not to split from France.

"I must express firstly my immense pride that we have taken this historic step together," he said in an address to the nation. "I also want to express my pride as the head of state that the majority of Caledonians have chosen France: it's a sign of confidence in the French Republic, in its future and its values."

Comment: New Caledonia prepares to vote on independence from France

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'Slow and cruel assassination': Julian Assange's mother's emotional speech about son's embassy ordeal


RT
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:23 UTC
Assange
© Reuters/Daniel Tapia
The mother of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange fears her son is in "immediate and critical danger" after spending nearly six years in limbo inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where his health has sharply deteriorated.

As fears for Assange's health have grown, his mother Christine spoke about how her son is undergoing a "slow and cruel assassination" in an online vigil dubbed #ReconnectJulian on Saturday.

"The modern-day cage for political prisoners is no longer the Tower of London, it is the Ecuadorian Embassy," she said, adding that her son has been detained for nearly eight years without charge, "cut off from all contact" and "tortured in the heart of London."

"For the past six years the UK government has refused his request to access to basic health needs, fresh air, exercise, sunshine for Vitamin D, and access to proper medical and dental care. As a result, his health has seriously deteriorated,"she added.

Comment: See also: The empire puts the squeeze on Ecuador: Assange claims Moreno plans to end his asylum and hand him over to US

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Woman admits she fabricated a claim about writing an anonymous letter that accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault

David Choi
Business Insider
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:56 UTC
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© Getty Images
Senate Judiciary Committee investigators concluded that a woman who claimed to be the author of an anonymous sexual-assault allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh had "fabricated" her accusation, according to a letter from Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley.

In the letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Republican Sen. Grassley of Iowa said his committee had investigated the allegations made by Judy Munro-Leighton, a woman who claimed she was the author of an anonymous handwritten letter that detailed the graphic sexual assault allegations.

The anonymous, undated letter Munro-Leighton referenced was received by Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California in September, and was publicly released with Kavanaugh's testimony on the Committee's website on September 26. The "Jane Doe" in the letter claimed that Kavanaugh and his friend "sexually assaulted and raped me in his car," but provided no timeframe of the incident, and no return address.
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