Hebrew U prof. arrested after doubting Hamas rapes, saying Israelis ‘should be afraid’ Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who repeatedly called Israelis ‘criminals,’ questioned by police on suspicion of incitement; she was previously suspended by university, later reinstated By ToI Staff Today, 9:55 pm https://www.timesofisrael.com/hebre...hamas-rapes-saying-israelis-should-be-afraid/ Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, professor of social work and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, during a presentation. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law) An Arab Israeli professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was arrested Thursday on suspicion of incitement after questioning Hamas rapes and other atrocities during the October 7 attacks and saying Israelis are “criminals” and “should be afraid.” Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a criminologist and law professor, was brought in for questioning at a police station in the Jerusalem suburb of Mevasseret Zion. Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a senior lecturer at the university, was first suspended in March after appearing in a March 9 interview with the podcast Makdisi Street, in which she said Zionism should be abolished and called into question the rapes and other atrocities committed by Hamas. She said Israelis act afraid when they walk by and hear her speaking in Arabic, “and they should be afraid because criminals are always afraid. They cannot dispossess my land, they cannot displace my people. They cannot kill and not be afraid, so they better be afraid.” She continued, “It’s time to abolish Zionism. It can’t continue, it’s criminal. Only by abolishing Zionism can we continue.” Shalhoub-Kevorkian further said of Israelis: “We need to look at them as criminals and we need to analyze them from a criminal perspective. This is how I see it as Nadera. And it’s not dehumanizing them at all. It’s just realizing we are dealing with vicious criminals and somebody should stop them.” She called for a “global political movement” to do so. While she claimed to always believe victims of sexual assault, she asserted that few women were actually coming forward to make such allegations regarding the October 7 attacks, downplaying extensive reporting on terrorists’ use of rape and other sexual violence and a recent UN report that gave backing to the allegations. “Women’s bodies are being used as political weapons. If it happened — not in my name. If it didn’t happen, it’s [a] shame on the state to use women’s bodies and sexuality to promote political agendas, to promote further dispossession of land, to promote further killing, to promote abuse and rape.” “This is very dishonest,” she continued. “They will use everything to further kill. It’s a killing machine… They started with babies, they continued with rape, they will continue with [a] million other lies, every day with another story. We stopped believing them, I hope that the world will stop believing them.” Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s statements denying Hamas atrocities led to her brief suspension by the university. In late March, however, the university reinstated her, citing a meeting Shalhoub-Kevorkian had with its rector Prof. Tamir Sheafer where she “clarified that as a feminist researcher, she believes the victims and doesn’t doubt their claims and she did not deny that there were incidents of rape on October 7.” She was not requested to walk back her claim that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, the Haaretz daily reported. Following the clarification, the university said it found no obstacle to reinstating the professor and that she would continue to teach in the School of Social Work and Social Welfare. The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, October 14, 2023. (Omer Fichman/Flash90) Announcing the reversed decision, Sheafer said that “the Hebrew University strongly condemns inciting words and threats toward students, male and female lecturers, male and female employees, individuals and groups, and calls on all members of the university community to maintain a safe and respectful study and research environment.” Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s lawyer, Alaa Mahajna, said his client was not well. “She’s not been in good health recently and was arrested in her home,” he said Thursday. “Police searched the house and seized her computer and cellphone, [Palestinian] poetry books and work-related papers,” he added. Mahajna said Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s arrest was yet another part of the campaign of incitement against her. “The harassment against her has included a large number of violent threats and threats against her life,” amongst other things. Hadash MK Ofer Cassif sharply criticized Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s investigation, saying police “arrested Shalhoub-Kevorkian solely because of her statements. So that there is no doubt: Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian did not deny the [October 7] massacre and did not question the atrocities committed by Hamas (and even if she did, there’s nothing criminal about that). Her statement that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza is a legitimate statement, and would only be considered forbidden in a dictatorial regime.” MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Elchanan Felhaimer, the chair of the National Union of Israeli Students, welcomed the arrest and said he hoped it would influence how academics express themselves on hot-button issues. “Students throughout Israel led by the National Union of Israeli Students have been crying out for a long time to stop the incitement. It’s the appropriate thing that in our home we know how to deal [with such incitement] in the right way so as to eradicate this disgusting phenomenon,” Felhaimer said. Shalhoub-Kevorkian has been active in international progressive academia for many years. In October, several weeks after the Hamas assault of October 7 and shortly after Israel’s ground incursion into Gaza began, she was signatory number one to an open letter accusing Israel of genocide. Students at Hebrew University in Jerusalem protesting against Hebrew University Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on March 17, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) On October 7, Hamas led a massive cross-border attack on Israel in which some 1,200 people were killed, amid atrocities including rape and torture. Terrorists also abducted 253 people who were taken as hostages to Gaza. Shalhoub-Kevorkian is the Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at the Faculty of Law-Institute of Criminology and the School of Social Work and Public Welfare at the Hebrew University and the Global Chair in Law at Queen Mary University of London, according to her faculty page, which notes that she is a resident of Jerusalem’s Old City and a “prominent local activist.” She is an expert on “trauma, state crimes and criminology, surveillance, gender violence, law and society. She studies the crime of femicide and other forms of gendered-based violence, violence against children in conflict-ridden areas, crimes of abuse of power in settler colonial contexts, surveillance, securitization and social control,” according to her page.
Some horse trading has yielded Israel the green light for invading Rafah and taking out the Hamas terrorists residing there. US approves Rafah op. in exchange for no Israeli counter-strikes on Iran - report Israel allegedly obtained approval for an operation in Rafah as long as it doesn't strike Iran, according to Qatari reports. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-797675
Oohhhh yeah! Israel Asks US for More Ammunition as Tension With Iran Rises US officials say review of Israeli request has yet to begin Oshkosh Corp. tactical vehicles would be part of the contract By Anthony Capaccio, Courtney McBride, and Jennifer Jacobs April 19, 2024 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...for-more-ammunition-shells?srnd=homepage-asia Israel is asking the US for more tank ammunition and tactical vehicles, three people familiar with the matter said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government looks to replenish its stockpiles amid the war in Gaza and increasing tensions with Iran. The people, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations, said the request had only just been submitted and the administration had yet to begin a formal evaluation. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the administration was weighing the request for $1 billion in 120mm tank ammunition, vehicles and mortar rounds. The State Department and the National Security Council declined to comment. Any such request will again put the Biden administration in a delicate position. President Joe Biden has said US support for Israel’s defense is “ironclad” in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that killed some 1,200 people and saw about 240 people taken hostage. At the same time, he’s been criticized for failing to blunt the severity of Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza, which has killed at least 30,000 people. Israel’s needs became even more acute on April 13, when its air defenses — with help from the US, the UK and others — repelled a barrage of some 300 drones and missiles fired by Iran. That prompted fears of a tit-for-tat escalation and fanned concerns of a wider war. On Thursday night, Israel struck back in a limited drone operation, according to two US officials. The latest request is separate from the $95 billion funding supplemental request that Congress appears set to pass this weekend providing military aid to Israel and Ukraine. One of the officials said the US hasn’t begun the review process, which would take many months in any case and doesn’t guarantee a sale. Tank ammunition would account for most of the sale, with Oshkosh Corp.’s Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles the second largest chunk, one of the officials said. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, has pressed Biden to withhold offensive military aid, including bombs, until Israel allows humanitarian aid to flow without restriction. Van Hollen has urged Biden to enforce the Foreign Assistance Act, which prohibits assistance to countries that restrict “directly or indirectly” the delivery of US humanitarian assistance unless the president determines doing so is in the national security interest of the US. The new request is also separate from an earlier one to sell Israel more than 1,000 MK-82 500-pound bombs and more than 1,000 250-pound Small Diameter Bombs and fuses for other munitions still pending congressional approval. These pending munitions sales if approved and put on contract wouldn’t be delivered until 2025.
What the Torah and Bible say and what religous minded people do are two different kettles of fish. Bible Eph.6 [12] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. So what is it? Do we fight against demons or people, with our guns?
https://www.ft.com/content/0911e97e-03c8-4870-a72e-9b55f1f2405e Blinken to warn China over weapons-related exports to Russia Washington considers sanctions on Chinese financial institutions, according to people familiar with the situation Blinken raised the matter at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Capri this week © CIRO FUSCO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock 12 minutes ago US secretary of state Antony Blinken will warn China that Washington will take punitive steps unless Beijing stops sending weapons-related technology to Russia. During a visit to China next week, Blinken will tell his counterparts that the US and its allies are becoming increasingly impatient with Beijing’s refusal to stop providing Moscow with everything from chips to cruise missile engines to help rebuild its industrial base. Blinken does not plan to reveal what measures Washington will take, but several people familiar with the situation said it is considering sanctions on Chinese financial institutions and other entities. One person said his message would be the clearest warning yet that the US had delivered in person to Chinese officials. The US has in recent weeks stepped up its warnings about the situation, including in meetings with European and G7 allies. One US official said that other G7 members had told Washington they had, or would, raise the issue with China after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Capri this week where Blinken discussed the matter. One person said China had become increasingly concerned about the possibility of sanctions on its banks. President Joe Biden issued an executive order in December warning foreign financial institutions that they “risk losing access to the US financial system if they facilitate significant transactions relating to Russia’s military industrial base”. “China has been worried for some time that the US might increase sanctions on China, particularly in the banking arena, because of its support to Russia during the war,” said Dennis Wilder, a former CIA China analyst now at Georgetown University. Four top Chinese lenders selectively stopped accepting payments from Russia last month, according to Russian media reports, particularly in relation to transactions for critical electronic components. The US state department declined to comment. Treasury secretary Janet Yellen raised the issue during a visit to China this month, but Blinken intends to press the matter in stronger terms. Biden voiced concern to Chinese President Xi Jinping when the leaders spoke by telephone three weeks ago. While the US hopes the threat of punitive measures will persuade China to change course, it is also urging European countries to take action. The US believes European pressure is critical since China is worried about the impact on its economic relations with Europe as its own economy slows. One person familiar with the deliberations said Europe had imposed sanctions on only three Chinese groups since the start of the Russian invasion two years ago, in comparison with 100 such actions against Chinese entities by Washington. Senior US officials last week released a list of technologies that they said China was sending to Russia. In 2023, they said, 90 per cent of the chips that Russia imported came from China and were being used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft. They said 70 per cent of Russian machine tools imports in the final quarter of last year were from China, and that Moscow had “likely used” them to manufacture ballistic missiles.
Zelenskyy slams Allies for double standards: "They forgot that Israel isn't part of NATO" KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — Saturday, 20 April 2024 https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/20/7452171/ Zelenskyy during the interview with the Brazilian media. Photo: Ukrainian President's Office President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken out about NATO members’ double standards in protecting Ukraine and Israel from air attacks, saying he supports the idea of the Allies’ aircraft shooting down Russian missiles targeting Ukraine. Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Brazilian media Quote: "When we said, from the very first day of the war, 'Close the sky, protect Ukraine', we were told: ‘We can only do so much, otherwise we’ll be dragged into a war with Russia because you are not a NATO country, and we are NATO countries.’" In this case, the situation involving Israel is completely pragmatic – they had to destroy everything that was heading towards the Israelis (nice job shooting it all down, and thank God that people are still alive there). But this is a double standard – at that moment, everyone forgot that Israel is not a NATO country." Details: Zelenskyy noted that in defending Israel from the Iranian attack, the allies demonstrated "that there is sufficient technology to shoot down hundreds of Iranian missiles and Shaheds [UAVs]", and this was also "meant to be a message for Russia". "Because both Russian aircraft and missiles have repeatedly crossed Polish and Romanian airspace, and there was no reaction. This speaks of double standards," the president stressed. Zelenskyy said allied aircraft should shoot down missiles that are targeting Ukraine. Quote: "What happened in Israel? [There were] planes that fired missiles. If we were offered, for example, [assistance from] aircraft from France, Germany, Poland or the UK – it doesn't matter who – which take to the skies in the territories of their own states, I’m not saying in other [countries’ air]space or ours... If these aircraft take off in territories of our neighbouring countries and shoot down missiles that are definitely heading for Ukraine but could also reach those territories, as has already happened with Poland and Romania, then let them shoot those missiles down. I’d give them a standing ovation, I would only be grateful for that. That's because these are ‘one for all’ rules for all allies, not double standards."
Silly boy Zelinskyy! Doesn't he realize the difference? Ukraine isn't Israel! Ukraine didn't write the Torah or the Bible! The bible states very clearly Israel are entitled to special priveleges in the world and to the land which they currently wish to steal takeover, so the GOP evangelicals are rooting for Israel to win against the satanical Palestinians.
Looks like tough guy settler packing a pistol got what he was looking for. Going through video frame by frame, appears his head detaches.