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Star of David

Italian football fans boo during Israeli national anthem, give Nazi salute and taunt Jewish fans

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© REUTERSIsrael-vs-Italy
The Israel Football Association has complained to the Italian Football Federation after two Italian fans were thrown out of Monday's 2018 World Cup qualifier between the national teams in Haifa for giving the Nazi salute during the Italian national anthem.

Police chose to only remove the fans and didn't arrest them. Italy supporters were also recorded booing during the Israeli national anthem 'Hatikva', with several others being seen taunting religious Jewish fans and spitting at them.

"The Israeli Football Association will send the photos to the Italian federation with which we have a warm and brave relationship so that it can find and prosecute the sickening minority that wanted to tarnish the visiting fans, their team and their country," read an IFA statement.

Italian Football Federation President Carlo Tavecchio called the Israeli ambassador to Italy, Francesco Maria Talo, to condemn the incident, saying that he hopes "the relevant authorities can determine as soon as possible what happened and identify those responsible." Italy won the match 3-1.

Hearts

Palestinian students create solar-powered car to combat Israeli fuel blockade

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Israel's continued blockade of Palestinian territory along the Gaza Strip has not only infringed on residents' human rights, but also choked the area of essential resources such as fuel.

Authorities in Jerusalem control much of Palestine's energy sources and supplies through its Israel Electric Corporation, as well as heavily restricting imports.

Two students from the Islamic Al Azhar University in the center of Gaza are seeking to swerve the energy limitations that have dogged the area for many years by creating a solar-powered vehicle on a shoestring budget.

Working with the institute's Mechatronics Engineering Department, Khalid al-Bardawil and Jamal al-Miqaty have created a single-seater vehicle that runs off solar panels on its roof.

Snakes in Suits

Rabbi and Orthodox Jew arrested for 'chilling plot' to kidnap and murder man who wouldn't grant wife a divorce

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A rabbi and another Orthodox Jewish man have been arrested in New York for an alleged plot to kidnap and murder a man whose wife wanted to divorce him, according to federal officials.

Israeli-based Aharon Goldberg, 55, and Shimen Liebowitz, 25, were arrested in Central Valley, New York, while meeting to discuss the plot on Tuesday, according to a statement from the office of Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

The plan involved recruiting an individual identified as "CS" to commit the crimes against the victim. However, CS contacted the FBI with the plot in July, and soon began recording the men's conversations.

"The defendants are charged with a chilling plot to kidnap and murder the intended victim. Over a period of months, the Complaint alleges, they met repeatedly to plan the kidnapping and to pay more than $55,000 to an individual they believed would carry it out," Bharara said.

Comment: And to think, all this in order to fulfill the Hebrew Scriptures' so-called "ethical" rules...
  • Ultra-orthodox London Jews raise £1 million to go after "evil" secular parents



TV

Reporters awkwardly cut live feed of car chase after cops murder suspect on live TV

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Do we not have judges and juries anymore? Are police the entire "justice system" now? With "justice" being served out of the barrel of a gun?

Via RT:
An armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona has ended with police fatally shooting a suspect on live television.

In the aftermath of a raid on a Credit Union West branch on Tuesday, a number of local TV stations, including NBC 12 News and Fox 10 Phoenix, were broadcasting dramatic live footage of the chase when the disturbing events unfolded.

Video of the moment police used deadly force has now emerged online. It shows officers in three unmarked SUVs carrying out what is known as a 'PIT maneuver' - or precision immobilization technique - to ensnare the getaway vehicle.

People

Segregation or sanctuary? Black-only university housing draws criticism

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Some are calling it segregation and a step backwards, while others say it's a boost for the black student population. At Cal State Los Angeles, a new housing program opens up dorms for black students who want to be separated from the rest of the campus.

The housing option is generating criticism on social media. The campus is setting aside 20 spots in their 192 unit dorm complex for African-American students and others who share similar interests or concerns.

A similar housing option is available at UC Davis.

"I think we should support different communities wanting to be together, but there shouldn't be specific White or Black or Asian dormitories," says UC Davis student Teresa Chylkova.

Comment: More from The College Fix:
The arrangement comes roughly nine months after the university's Black Student Union issued a set of demands in response to what its members contend are frequent "racist attacks" on campus, such as "racially insensitive remarks" and "microaggressions" by professors and students. One demand was for a "CSLA housing space delegated for Black students."

Cal State LA joins UConn, UC Davis and Berkeley in offering segregated housing dedicated to black students. While these housing options are technically open to all students, they're billed and used as arrangements in which black students can live with one another.

Meanwhile, at Cal State LA, campus leaders took down much of the online information on the new housing that it posted in late July. And university housing officials and other campus officials rebuffed requests by The College Fix for more details.

If campus leaders are proud of the new housing, they appear disinclined to talk about it.

CSULA's Housing Services page offers one paragraph on the new black living-learning community, calling it an effort to "enhance the residential experience for students who are a part of or interested in issues of concern to the black community living on campus by offering the opportunity to connect with faculty and peers, and engage in programs that focus on academic success, cultural awareness, and civic engagement."

In addition to the Black Student Union's housing demand, the group also demanded a $30 million dollar scholarship endowment to aid black students, three new black faculty counselors, a new anti-discrimination policy and cultural competency course for faculty and students, and finally, a meeting with the president for them to discuss the "fulfillment and implementation of each demand."



Brick Wall

Segregation or integration? Danish school says 'ethnic quota' in classes helps locals stay

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© STX / HF / IB World School / FacebookLangkaer Gymnasium
A school in Denmark has been criticized for limiting the number of students from ethnic minorities in several classes. According to the headmaster, while the benchmark would select "Danish-sounding" names, the policy actually aims at better integration.

The controversial measure was introduced in Langkær upper secondary school near Aarhus, the second-largest city in Denmark.

The first-year students in the school were organized into seven classes. Three of the classes had special quotas - 50 percent of students should be of Danish background and 50 percent could be ethnic minorities. The four other classes consist solely of students with immigrant backgrounds.

Crusader

Real French people are 'European, white & Catholic' claims far-right mayor Robert Ménard

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© Jean-Paul Pelissier / ReutersBeziers mayor Robert Menard
A far-right mayor in France has made headlines for his anti-Muslim rhetoric once again, saying that being French means being "European, white, and Catholic." Now, an anti-racism organization has announced it is taking legal action against the politician.

Robert Ménard, the far-right mayor of the southern French town of Béziers, told French news channel LCI that being French means, "in the words of Charles De Gaulle, being European, white and Catholic."

He went on to complain that 91 percent of children in some French schools are Muslim.

"Naturally, that is a problem," he said, adding that there are "thresholds in tolerance."

Responding to the mayor's inflammatory comments, anti-racism organization LICRA announced on Twitter that it has submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office, accusing Ménard of hate speech.

Family

Incestuous marriage: Oklahoma mom & daughter get married, now face up to 10yrs in jail

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© Patricia Ann Spann
A twisted case of incestuous marriage between a mother and daughter, who tied the knot before unsuspecting Oklahoma officials, has landed the two behind bars after they were arrested for having lived as a couple for nearly half a year.

Patricia, 43, and Misty Spann, 25, got married on March 25 and received their certificate four days after that, officially approving their union in the city of Duncan.

This story could have been a random case for local authorities, except it was not between just the two women, but a mother and her biological daughter.

They managed to live as newlyweds until August, when the truth surface during a routine investigation by Department of Human Services to check on children dwelling in Spann's house.

Pistol

Chechen special ops training center to invite US instructors, train Chinese commandos

Special Forces training center based in Chechnya
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Russia's state-of-the-art Special Forces training center based in Chechnya will invite US and other international instructors to help counter-terrorism units from China, the UAE, Kazakhstan, and Belarus sharpen their shooting and hostage rescue skills.

The sophisticated training facility in the southern Russian city of Gudermes is to be officially opened this autumn, but it has already attracted much attention from elite counter-terrorism units from all over the world, said Daniil Martynov, the head of the Chechen Republic's aide in charge of law enforcement agencies.

"We will invite US-based private experts with experience in, say, shooting training, to conduct workshops," Martynov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

"We collect the best [training] practices from all across the world and then integrate them at our center," he added.

2 + 2 = 4

Pennsylvania 5-year-old forgotten on school bus, left 4 hours in 85-degree temperatures

Michelle Oquendo and son, Prince
© CBS PhillyMichelle Oquendo and son, Prince
Michelle Oquendo is holding her son Prince a little tighter after a scary bus mishap, on what was supposed to be his first day of kindergarten. "He was so excited. So excited," said Oquendo. I have pictures of him. He was ready to go."

The 5-year-old ended up spending four and a half hours alone on the school bus in 85-degree temperatures after his bus driver neglected to drop him off at Monocacy Elementary Center.

"I cried myself to sleep," Prince said. No one knew he was still on the bus until Oquendo called the school when the bus did not drop him off at noon. New Rhoads Transportation staff then checked the bus, which was sitting in the company lot. "It was traumatizing to me. He was hot, sweaty. He didn't even know who I was at first," she said.

Daniel Boone Area School District Superintendent James Harris says the transportation company, contracted by the school district, immediately terminated the bus driver. "Generally, the drivers check for backpacks, water bottles. The driver didn't do that," said Harris. He adds that the district dropped the ball as well by not calling Oquendo when her son was marked as absent.