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Life is Good in Israel…In Spite of What You May Read, Hear and See on the News
Written by Marty Roberts on January 20, 2012 – 11:36 am -Most of Israeli society is thriving, and the movement is in all the right directions…
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Listen to how the divides and social riffs in Israel are narrowing, as Israeli society and the Israeli economy moves forward on all fronts…How the role of women and the ultra-Orthodox is evolving and advancing…contrary to the much reported problems in the religious vs. secular realm…
Also…As Israeli TV hit “Still Standing” is exported to the US and 30 other countries…A special look at Israeli TV…how it is growing and expanding
And…A riveting feature on Official Palestinian Authority-sponsored TV…From Sesame Street to the praising of murderous terrorists, to Israeli parliament members joining in the praise of terrorist-murderers of Israelis…
Plus…Turkish television breaks ground with their programming…From Holocaust documentaries to Israeli chefs…to Jewish singers representing Turkey to the international community on Eurovision…
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Tweeting for Terror…Twitter, Facebook and Other Social Media are Being Used and Abused By Known Terrorist Organizations
Written by Marty Roberts on January 3, 2012 – 1:11 pm -We’re talking the likes of Hizbullah and Al-Quaeda here…Why isn’t anybody doing anything about this???
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Not Twitter, not the American State Department, not the U.S. Department of Justice…They seem to be more concerned with going after on-line poker sites and catching people downloading episodes of TV shows and computer games than international Jihad…
But leave it to the Israelis…Nitzana Darshan-Leitner and her Shurat Ha-Din Israel Law Center is going after Twitter BIG TIME!!!…Details of the battle on the show…
And let’s not forget Facebook…terrorist “Fan” pages and causing divorces…
Than there’s the case of Facebook threatening to sue Mark Zuckerberg…Thought he was the founder of Facebook?…not THIS one (AND he happens to be Israeli)…
Also…Israeli lawmakers are being offered their own training in use of social media (we can only hope, using it for good…)…not to mention social etiquette, like eating with utensils and keeping their mouths closed while chewing…no kidding…
Plus…Saudi hackers gain access to personal and financial information of thousands of Israelis and publish it all on the web…They call it their “gift to the world for the new year”…Listen to the show for more, and other Arab hacking of Israeli websites…for better AND for worse…
Also…The Tagli-Birthright trips to Israel launch the winter season with lots of surprises, plus record number of female Israeli Air Force pilots…
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Tags: facebook, hackers, hizbullah, israel, mark zuckerberg, marty roberts, podcast, shurat hadin, social media, taglit-brithright, Terror, tweeting
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Staying Real in Israel – Special Hanukkah Edition…With a Focus on American and Diaspora Jewry
Written by Marty Roberts on December 27, 2011 – 11:10 am -Jewish life…Better in Israel?…
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As new immigrant “olim” to Israel continue to arrive, just in time for Hanukkah, questions arise about Jewish life in the diaspora, and especially America, where the second largest Jewish community resides.
The show explores the disturbing realities of American Jews and others living outside of Israel.
If you are Jewish and living in exile from Israel, will your children still be Jewish 20 years from now? Your grandchildren?
Also…Programs to urge Israeli Jews living abroad to come back home to Israel…some successful, others cancelled at the order of the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu…
And…U.S. President Obama addresses America’s Reform Jewish Movement…Does anybody really believe Obama’s fairy tales about his relationship with Israel?…Apparently, the American Reform Jews do…or, maybe they just don’t care all that much…
Plus…President Obama has the White House kitchen made kosher for Hanukkah…and…How is the first Afro-American U.S. President managing to alienate almost ALL of Africa?
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As The Cold, Dark Winter Descends on the Still Smoldering Arab Spring, A Serious Question Must Be Addressed…
Written by Marty Roberts on December 13, 2011 – 2:01 pm -Is Democracy, in and of itself, an absolute, positive value?…Even when the majority choose evil?
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The results of early rounds in the Egyptian elections make it clear that the largest, most powerful Arab country in the Middle East is going to be run by fundamentalist Islamic jihadist parties. These parties clearly call for the Islamic Sharia Law to be the basis of Egypt’s yet-to-be-written constitution. By choosing as they did, the Egyptians follow the other countries in the region, Turkey, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, with Syria and Jordan soon to follow. Democratic choices, but does that mean they are right? Good?
Time will tell, as to the results, but the moral questions must be addressed by us, the products and supporters of Western-style democracy…the believers in and followers of the Judeo-Christian Ethic…
This edition of The Marty Roberts Show explores these questions. Marty also presents and documents the ideology and declared goals of the Muslim Brotherhood, both in North America and around the world…
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The U.S. Marine Corps Has Adopted a Politically Correct, Culturally Sensitive Urination Policy…Where are Hillary Clinton’s “Concerns”?
Written by Marty Roberts on December 7, 2011 – 10:18 am -On yesterday’s radio show,
(Click HERE to view the articles and listen to the show) I highlighted U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks in a recent speech. She expressed serious concerns over a small group of religiously observant Israeli Army soldiers unwillingness to listen to a group of female singers performing at an official army ceremony. Hillary is very concerned over the obvious degeneration of democracy and women’s rights in Israel highlighted by this event.
Tsk, tsk.
I guess training American Marines how to urinate, fart and defecate in a way that does not “offend” the religion of Islam is a sterling example of tolerance and democracy in action…
By the way, did you know that the meaning of the work “Islam” is submission???
US Marines ordered never to spit or urinate toward Mecca, the direction Muslims in Afghanistan face when they pray
US Marines: No Spitting Toward Mecca
Reprinted from Diana West
Gen. David Petraeus, Col. David Furness, and Shafiq Mubarak. Mubarak served as Furness’s “right hand” during a recent deployment. “I can’t do anything without him,” Furness said.
And who is Shafiq Mubarak? All I can find out is that he is a Pro Sol contractor (?) hired by the Marine Corps Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning to help implement “the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, the winning of hearts and minds.” At least that’s how Col. Furness puts it. According to the North County Times, Mubarak didn’t come to the US until 2008 — from where the story doesn’t say — but has been working with US troops in A-stan “for much of the past decade.”
How is that? Why is that? Dunno. What the story does report is that Mubarak teaches the do’s and don’t's of sharia — kind of, Islam for Leathernecks.
Mubarak teaches US Marines:
Don’t spit toward Mecca.
Don’t urinate toward Mecaa.
Don’t sleep with your boots toward Mecca.
In other words, Mubarak teaches US Marines to become intensely sensitized to the whereabouts of Mecca, and to be guided by that magnetic North for Muslims as a matter of the most personal habits and hygiene — in accordance with sharia (Islamic law). This goes well, of course, with ISAF’s guidance to all troops to revere the Koran and its teachings.
What next, prayer rugs?
Mubarak told the North County Times:
“We can’t win just by fighting,” said Mubarak, who came to the U.S. less than three years ago after working with American forces in Afghanistan for much of the past decade. “Sitting with tribal elders, learning their problems and helping them is crucial.”
Crucial to what? Solving the problems of one set of tribal elders. Such problems, of course, are likely to differ from those of the next set of tribal elders, particularly when there is a blood feud, a la al-Hatfields and al-McCoys. Talk about tar babies. To coin a phrase: You Don’t Win Hearts and Minds by Losing Your Own.
Meanwhile:
Mubarak and Tremore spent hours walking troops through the nuances of meetings, or “shuras” with key local leaders. Both stressed the importance of those meetings. …
Mubarak taught the troops the proper way to sit during a shura. He told them they should plan on at least 30 minutes for an initial meeting, and that they should always finish their tea and eat any food presented.
And that includes all the intestinal parasites.
“If you don’t, that means to them that you don’t trust them, or think what they are giving you is poison or is unclean,” he said.
Mubarak also said the Marines should never spit or urinate to the west, the direction of Mecca that Muslims in Afghanistan face when they pray.
In addition, when sharing a base with Afghan army troops, Marines shouldn’t sleep with their feet pointed west, because that also is considered offensive, he said.
Afghan compounds of tribal elders are always neutral ground, Mubarak said. There is no need to wear protective vests, because the custom is that any person inside the compound will have the full protection of the Afghans who live there.
Mubarek said that when Marine Col. David Furness led Camp Pendleton’s Regimental Combat Team 1 during a recent deployment, Furness was able to win over 200 tribal families through shuras. What began as a violent deployment ended with little shooting, Mubarak said.
At what cost? That is, in exchange for what baksheesh, what edge over the next tribe, what amounts of money or local public works projects? We don’t know. How permanent this little piece of shura-peace is, we don’t know, either. But it all impressed Col. Furness, who gave a service award to Mubarak in June 2011 on behalf of the Regimental Combat Team – 1st Marines (RCT-1) CULAD. In the presence of Gen. Petraeus, Col. Furness said:
“General, this is my cultural advisor, Mr. Shafiq Mubarak. Mr. Shafiq is my right hand and I can’t do anything without him. Mr. Shafiq directly assists in direct engagements with Afghan leaders and political decision makers. He has been instrumental in the pursuit of the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, the winning of hearts and minds.
Or, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Tags: afghanistan, defacate, hillary clinton, politically correct, urinate, Us marine corps
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A Tale of Three Statesmen…Clinton, Panetta and Gutman…NOT!!!
Written by Marty Roberts on December 6, 2011 – 11:46 am -What do all three of these “statesmen” have in common? (other than having been appointed to jobs for which they are incompetent to perform by an incompetent president)
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They have all made headline-grabbing statements about Israel in public forums in the past week…All of which were mis-informed, ignorant, wrong and harmful to the Jewish State…
Find out what they said and why they should have kept their mouths shut…
Also…Honor killings in England…Driving women in Saudi Arabia…
Plus…Barbara Streisand to sing to Israeli soldiers…
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Boycott Israel?…I Don’t Think So…
Written by Marty Roberts on December 5, 2011 – 1:26 pm -You might miss out on the world’s first vaccine and cure for cancer!!!
If you want to boycott Israel, do so at your own risk…the risk of being left behind, swept back to the dark ages…stripped of most of the benefits of modern science, technology and medical research…much of which comes out of the tiny little country called ISRAEL…
Boycott Israel…No, I don’t think so…not if you have even half a brain…
Eureka: World’s First Vaccine and Cure For Cancer Developed by Israeli Medicine Company
The BIG NEWS of a Cancer Curing Drug is coming in from Israel.
Reprinted from techie-buzz.com
An Israeli company has come up with a vaccine against cancer that is both safe in terms of no side-effects and can be administered as a drug. Vaxil BioTherapeutics has developed a vaccine that is now undergoing clinical trials and not yet available in the market. It is being tested at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem and the trials could take as long as six years to conclude.
A vaccine that is also a drug
The vaccine also acts like a drug, i.e. it can be administered to a sick person as a cure. The vaccine is being tested against a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma and it is generating enough success. Vaxil says that it could be used against other types of cancer as well, including the common prostrate and breast cancer. The primary immune technology, called VaxHit, can then be developed for other forms of cancer.
How the drug works
The problem with cancer is that the immune system of the body doesn’t know what exactly it should do. The Vaxil product, called ImMucin, “trains” the immune system to act in a specific way. Cancer cells have a marker called MUC1 that is unique to cancer cells only. ImMucin trains “T-cells” of our immune system to attack only those cells that are marked by the MUC1 marker. The success rate of the vaccine has not been revealed, but it is supposedly phenomenal. The diversification of the vaccine stems from the fact that MUC1 marks more than 90% of the different cancer cells. Furthermore, since only those cells marked with MUC1 are targeted, the drug has no side-effects and is completely safe to use.
This may be the ultimate magic bullet that scientists have been working towards for a long time. However, there are still a few clinical tests to go.
Vaxil’s Homepage: http://www.vaxilbio.com/
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Moed Bet…In Israel, Sometimes You Get a Second Chance
Written by Marty Roberts on July 13, 2011 – 10:51 am -In some tests, like war, for instance, you only get one chance to do or die, but, given a second chance, it pays to learn from your mistakes…
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And that is exactly what Israel has done in dealing with repeated attempts to illegally break the Naval blockade set up to prevent arms smuggling into Gaza, flotilla or airlift…
Israels successful thwarting of “Summer Flotilla II” and the attempted “Human Airlift” of protestors to Ben Gurion Airport…
As Borat would put it, “Great Success!!”…
Also…I-Pod apps…The good, the bad and the discontinued, including some hot Israeli ideas and some not-so-hot palestinian ones…
And…Paul Simon, The Yardbirds and Ziggy Marley…in Israel soon…
Plus…Israel’s first Air Force pilot wearing a long skirt…Religiously observant AND female!…
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The Gaza Flotilla is on a Humanitarian Mission?…I Don’t Think So
Written by Marty Roberts on July 4, 2011 – 9:19 am -If they were REALLY concerned only about getting needed supplies to Gaza, and not just with stirring up conflict with the Israeli authorities and hatred towards the Israeli Jews, why would the “humanitarian activists” refuse the offer of the Greek government to ship all of the so-much-needed supplies to Gaza?
The leopard has so clearly revealed it’s stripes…Why does the world not see this?
At least the Greek and Turkish governments seems to have come to their senses with their respective legal actions succeeding in stopping the the sailing of this abomination…at least for now…
Kol Ha Kavod (congratulations, and thank you), Greece and Turkey!…
Flotilla activists reject Greek offer to ship aid to Gaza
Harbor-bound pro-Palestinian activists say Athens’ offer to deliver aid to Strip a scheme concocted in cahoots with Israel
Reprinted from ynetnews.com
Participants of the Gaza-bound flotilla claimed Sunday that Greece’s offer to ferry their humanitarian aid cargo to the Strip through the Ashdod or El Arish ports, in coordination with the United Nations, was a fraud.
The activists rejected the offer, calling it “a fraud that aims to preserve Israel’s blockade on Gaza.”
Earlier Sunday, Athens – whose authorities have so far prevented any vessel associated with the flotilla from leaving its ports to Gaza – stated that “Greece reiterates its willingness and proposes to undertake the task of transporting the humanitarian aid, with Greek vessels or other appropriate means, through the existing channels…
“To this avail, Greece will come into immediate and direct contact with the UN and all the concerned parties, in order to render the mission feasible on behalf of our country.”
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has reportedly called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the efforts to restart the peace talks with Israel, as well as convey Athens’ offer.
Members of the “flotilla coalition” said the offer was the result of the two’s conversation, and slammed Abbas for “stabbing us in the back.”
The activists further quoted a 2008 statement by the Palestinian president suggesting that any attempt to breach the blockade was “a foolish game.” They claimed that Abbas said at the time that since all vessels entering Gaza undergo security checks, they can hardly be seen as “breaching the siege.”
Meanwhile, the American passengers of the “Audacity of Hope,” which was prevented from sailing to the Gaza Strip on Saturday, have declared a hunger strike and staged a protest outside the US Embassy in Athens.
Some activists also marched on the Israeli Embassy in the Greek capital and together with local pro-Palestinian Greek activists staged a protest rally.
Protesters were reportedly shouting “Free Palestine,” “Stop the occupation,” and “Lift the Gaza siege.” One of the American protesters described the atmosphere as “very supportive.”
Members of the various organizations taking part in the flotilla said that would try to set sail again on Monday.
Former Israeli Dror Feiller, who is among the flotilla’s organizers, said that “there are still surprises to come. We intend to set sail soon. If the Greek want to stop us – let them stop up. We won’t stop trying.”
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Israel Continues to Buck International Economic Trends…The Growth and Prosperity Continue
Written by Marty Roberts on July 4, 2011 – 8:53 am -Smart Jews plus Divine Providence…a potent combination…
Morgan Stanley raises Israel growth forecast
The US investment bank sees 4.8% growth in both 2011 and 2012
Reprinted from globes.co.il
US investment bank Morgan Stanley today raised its growth forecast for Israel. A report by analyst Tevfik Aksoy entitled “Israel: Macro Smile – Say Cheese” began “Without doubt the Israeli economy remains one of the robust and well managed among both the developed and the emerging market economies.”
The report continued, “Having shown an excellent track record in weathering the most recent crisis via timely monetary and fiscal policy responses, the country earned well deserved respect and confidence among global investors.”
After visiting Israel and meeting with Bank of Israel and other economic officials, Morgan Stanley said it had come back with positive impressions and is raising its growth forecast to 4.8% for both 2011 and 2012 from its previous growth forecast of 4.3%.
On the downside Morgan Stanley noted that house prices remain a concern due to supply-side constraints, and also warned against possible repercussions from the Palestinian plan to seek UN recognition for its independence in September.
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Israel, 96th in the World in Size, 14th in Innovation
Written by Marty Roberts on July 4, 2011 – 8:43 am -More evidence of the importance of the Jewish State to the world, not just to the Jews…
The Israeli economy continues to be strong, offsetting the economic collapse taking place in the rest of the world.
Israel ranked 14th in global innovation
Jewish state gains nine spots over last year’s position in GII, which recognizes key role of innovation as driver of economic growth and prosperity
Reprinted from ynetnews.com
The results for the fourth edition of The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2011 have just been published and Israel is ranked number 14, a significant improvement over its number 23 position last year.
The GII recognizes the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity.
Launched in 2007 by INSEAD eLab, the GII has become an important tool in benchmarking continued progress in countries. The GII provides advanced metrics and approaches to better capture the richness of innovation in society and go beyond traditional measurers.
With a population of 7.3 million, Israel is ranked number 96 in global population.
The top three ranked countries in the Index are Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore. The United States is ranked seventh with Canada below them at eight.
The only other Middle Eastern country in the top 30 is Qatar at 26.
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In Israel, The Future is NOW…For Sale: Completely Electric Car, Re-Charging Network Included
Written by Marty Roberts on July 1, 2011 – 12:12 pm -Never have to buy gas again…Ever!!!…
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The story of Shai Agassi and his revolutionary “Better Place” start-up…How it happened, how the system works, why it’s better than hybrids…
The first step towards eliminating the world’s need for arab oil?…
Also…The Dutch parliament takes the first step towards banning kosher meat in The Netherlands…What does this mean to the Jews?…Is there possibly a higher message being sent here?…
Plus…Shakira…Banned in Egypt?…Why?…Because she visited Israel!…Welcome to the new Spring-time arab democracy in Egypt…
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The Dutch Parliament Has Banned Kosher Meat Slaughtering
Written by Marty Roberts on June 30, 2011 – 4:56 pm -Another step designed to make Europe Judenrein (again)…this time, a bit more subtle, but no less effective in terms of the end result…
The ban may have been directed against Muslims, but the Jews will suffer…
Our Creator’s goal, as expressed in the Torah, is for the Jews to live in the Land of Israel.
Once, inheriting Israel was considered a gift…It was a PUNISHMENT for he Jews to have to live in foreign lands, outside of Israel.
Today, the punishment is over…time for the Jews to come home…If we do not get the message on our own, the Master of the Universe sometimes nudges us in the right direction…
Spoiler for my friends, the Dutch Jews: It’s REAL easy to get kosher meat in your REAL home, Israel…Hint, Hint…
Dutch approve ban on animal slaughter
Holland’s parliament votes in favor of move strongly opposed by Muslim and Jewish minorities, but leaves loophole that may let religious butchering continue
Reprinted from ynetnews.com
The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country’s Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that might let religious butchering continue.
The bill by the small Animal Rights Party, the first such group in Europe to win seats in a national parliament, passed the lower house of parliament by 116 votes to 30. It must be approved by the upper house before becoming law.
It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being slaughtered, contrary to the Muslim halal and Jewish kosher laws that require animals to be fully conscious.
“This way of killing causes unnecessary pain to animals. Religious freedom cannot be unlimited,” said Marianne Thieme, head of the Animal Rights Party, said before the vote. “For us religious freedom stops where human or animal suffering begins.”
In a rare show of unity, the Netherlands’ Muslim and Jewish communities – numbering about 1 million and 40,000 respectively in a total population of 16 million – have condemned the proposed ban as a violation of their religious freedom.
“The very fact that there is a discussion about this is very painful for the Jewish community,” Netherlands Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs told Reuters.
“Those who survived the (second world) war remember the very first law made by the Germans in Holland was the banning of schechita or the Jewish way of slaughtering animals.”
Uca Octay of Rotterdam’s Islamic University said: “We will have to import halal meat from neighboring countries or find another way to meet the needs of the Muslim population.”
Pain impossible to prove
The law said religious groups could continue ritual slaughter if they proved it was no more painful than stunning, but it was not clear how to do this. The Jewish community has challenged a study on animal pain used to support the ban.
“This is absolutely impossible to prove,” Jacobs said. “You can’t ask the animal how it feels afterwards.”
Britain’s Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks visited the Netherlands last week to lobby against the law, arguing that pre-stunning failed in up to 10 percent of cases and that caused more pain than the swift cutting of the throat by a razor-sharp knife.
Philip Carmel, International Relations Director for the Conference of European Rabbis in Brussels, stressed the upper house of parliament could still reject the law. “We believe the Dutch parliament and people, who have a history of tolerance, will see sense and make the right decision,” he said.
Dutch Muslims, mostly of Turkish and Moroccan origin, have complained they felt stigmatized by the planned ban, debated amid growing support for anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders.
A court cleared Wilders last week of charges of hate speech against Muslims. His Freedom Party has supported the ban.
“There was no reason for passing this law,” said Imam Mahmut of the El Tawheed mosque in Amsterdam. “This is a political decision. Who has the authority to determine whether the way of killing animals is good or not?”
European restrictions
European Union regulations require animals to be stunned before killing but allow exceptions for ritual slaughter, which the European Court of Human Rights has ruled is a religious right. Animal rights activists insist this is inhuman.
Carmel said the European Parliament last week rejected a bid by animal rights advocates to have kosher and halal meat specially labeled as coming from unstunned animals.
Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland ban ritual slaughter. Swiss animal rights groups and far-right politicians have called for a ban on imported halal and kosher meat.
Of the 500 million animals slaughtered annually for food in the Netherlands, only 1.2 million animals are slaughtered according to Muslim or Jewish traditions, Dutch statistics show.
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Let’s Keep the Pressure On…Shurat HaDin sues Inmarsat for providing satellite services to Gaza flotilla
Written by Marty Roberts on June 29, 2011 – 9:20 am -We must keep the pressure on these law-breaking useful idiots…
Their true goals must be revealed to the world…They must be stopped, by any means possible…
Shurat HaDin sues Inmarsat for providing satellite services to Gaza flotilla
ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP FILES CIVIL ACTION AGAINST SATELLITE
GIANT INMARSAT OVER HAMAS SHIPS
Reprinted from imra.org.il
(MIAMI, FLORIDA) On Tuesday June 28, 2011, the Israeli human rights group
Shurat HaDin brought a civil action against the UK and US based global
satellite company Inmarsat, alleging that it was providing communication
services to ships used by suspected terror organizations in the Gaza
flotilla planned for the coming days. The lawsuit was filed in Florida
State Court in Miami-Dade County.The plaintiff in the suit, Michelle Fendel, a resident of the Southern
Israeli town of Sderot, asserts that under U.S. law, Inmarsat and its
officers have aided and abetted terrorism by providing satellite services to
the Gaza-bound ships. The Gaza Strip is controlled by Hamas, an Islamist
movement designated by the US, the UK, Israel and the European Union as a
terrorist group, and is subject to an Israeli naval blockade. Thousands of
Qassam rockets launched by Hamas have landed in the area of Fendel’s home
in Sderot, which borders on Gaza, killing numerous Israeli civilians and
injuring many more.The complaint alleges that Inmarsat is one of the largest satellite
telecommunications companies in the world and the main provider of maritime
communication services. The Flotilla ships rely upon Inmarsat’s network to
communicate with ports, naval authorities and other vessels and cannot sail
without it.Andrew J. Sukawaty, Inmarsat’s C.E.O. was also named as a defendant in the
case.The plaintiff is represented by attorney Isaac Jarosiewicz of Miami,
Florida, Robert Tolchin of New York and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Tel Aviv,
Israel.One year ago, a previous Flotilla bound for Gaza, was intercepted by the
Israeli Navy. There was a violent battle on board the ships between armed
militants and Israeli SEALs, that resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.Prior to filing the lawsuit, the attorneys for Fendel sent Inmarsat a
warning letter demanding that it discontinue all satellite services to the
boats being utilized to engaged in hostile operations against Israel. The
letter noted that providing services during the upcoming flotilla, Inmarsat
and its corporate officers were in violation of US criminal statutes
prohibiting the provision of material support for acts of violence and
terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A and § 2339B) and the provision of material
support for naval expeditions against U.S. allies (18 U.S.C. § 960 and §
962), and would also be held civilly liable for any damages or harm caused
by participants in the flotilla.The lawsuit alleges that: “Inmarsat’s provision of satellite communication
services to the Flotilla Ships constitutes a present and on-going danger to
the life, person and property of Plaintiff Michelle Fendel and other
residents of Sderot.”The attorneys for Fendel are asking the Miami Court to formally declare that
Inmarsat’s provision of satellite communication services to the Flotilla
Ships constitutes a violation of American criminal statutes and endangers
the life of the Sderot residents. In addition, they have asked the Court
to grant a permanent injunction against Inmarsat which would require the
company to immediately and permanently cease the provision of any services
to any of Flotilla Ships.
Tags: gaza flotilla, satellite services, shurat hadin
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Anti-Israel Israeli Arab Islamic Extremist Sheik Raed Salah Arrested in UK…All’s Well That End’s Well, I Guess
Written by Marty Roberts on June 29, 2011 – 9:09 am -A rare case of the UK having bigger ones than Israel AND doing the right thing…
Will wonders never cease?
Sheikh Raed Salah arrested in UK
Reprinted from ynetnews.com
Head of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, Sheikh Raed Salah, was arrested on Tuesday night in the UK, the Al Jazeera news network reported. According to the report, Salah was cuffed and taken to jail.
Salah was invited by Labour Party legislators to a pro-Palestinian event at the British Parliament. The authorities decided last week to prohibit Salah from entering the UK, but he landed at Heathrow Airport in London on Saturday. (Roee Nahmias and Hassan Shaalan)
Tags: anti-israel, extremist, israeli arab, sheik raed salah, UK
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