Protests erupted in Kassala; eastern Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... , on Sunday after a young man died in the custody of the General Intelligence Service (GIS), allegedly due to torture, activists said.
Demonstrators blocked major roads in Kassala and staged a sit-in at the public prosecutor's office, demanding justice for 25-year-old Alamin Mohammed Nur, who was arrested on Friday and pronounced dead hours later.
The public prosecutor has filed a case of premeditated murder and demanded the GIS identify those responsible.
Protesters are refusing to receive Nur's body for burial or end their demonstrations until the perpetrators are arrested and GIS leaders are dismissed.
A relative of the dear departed told Sudan Tribune that Nur, a merchant, was arrested without cause. An autopsy report revealed bruises consistent with torture, he said.
The GIS has reportedly agreed to provide the prosecution with the names of agents involved in Nur's arrest and interrogation.
Security forces fired shots to disperse protesters who surrounded the GIS headquarters in Kassala, witnesses said, though no injuries were reported.
The Bani Amer Youth Gathering, a local group, called for the dismissal of top GIS officials in the state and held them responsible for the death. The East Sudan Bar Association also demanded that those responsible be held accountable.
Sudan's military and security agencies have been accused of widespread arrests and abuses against civilians in areas under their control, particularly those suspected of supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group that has been battling the army since April 2023.
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Kassala is an interesting place situated among some fantastic dolmans. The area has had close ties with Ethiopia and Eritrea, and has a large non-Arab but Muslim population. It was a stop-off between Khartoum and Port Sudan. This incident indicates that the Arab Military control over the population of eastern Sudan may be tenuous outside of Port Sudan itself and the area to the north of that city. Port Sudan now serves as the de facto capital of the Sudan, which is a humpty-dumpty failed state if there ever was one. The military will survive as long as Cairo continues to support its existence -- which it does given the long-standing ties to Egyptian expats whose farms provide the food Egypt, with its burgeoning population, must have.
At least four people were killed and dozens maimed in Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army air strikes on the city of Zalingei in Central Darfur, a displaced persons' organization said on Sunday.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has controlled Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur state, since late last year. The army has recently intensified air strikes in the region, where it is battling the RSF for control.
Adam Rijal, the spokesperson for the Darfur Displaced Persons and Refugees Coordination, said the air strikes late on Saturday hit a camp for displaced people and a residential neighbourhood in Zalingei, killing four and wounding an unspecified number of others.
The army could not immediately be reached for comment.
The RSF has controlled most of Darfur's main cities since conflict with the army erupted in April, while the army holds most towns and villages.
Last week the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... said at least 24 civilians had been killed in two separate air strikes in the region.
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On Sunday, unknown button men assassinated Abd al-Rahman Milad, infamously known as "Al-Bidja," the head of the Naval Academy in Libya.
According to eyewitnesses, al-Bidja’s car was riddled with bullets as he drove through Janzour, west of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . Medical sources at Zawiya Hospital confirmed the arrival of al-Bidja’s lifeless body shortly after the attack, marking the violent mostly peaceful end of one of Libya’s most notorious figures.
Social media quickly lit up with photos and videos of the aftermath, showing the bullet-riddled car and the lifeless body of al-Bidja. The liquidation of this high-profile figure has sent shockwaves across Libya, where al-Bidja was both feared and infamous for his extensive involvement in human trafficking and smuggling operations.
Al-Bidja was no ordinary criminal. His name was synonymous with the lucrative and deadly trade of human trafficking in Libya, making him a key player in the migration crisis that has plagued the Mediterranean for years. His operations, which facilitated the illegal movement of thousands of migrants colonists to Europe, earned him international condemnation and UN sanctions.
His journey into the criminal underworld began in an unexpected place: the Libyan Coast Guard. Initially serving as an officer, al-Bidja leveraged his position to build a smuggling empire, earning him the moniker "Emperor of Smuggling." Over the years, he expanded his criminal activities, turning the coastal town of Zawiya into a hub for both human trafficking and illegal oil exports.
Al-Bidja’s ruthless tactics made him one of the most feared figures in Libya. He was accused of heinous acts, including deliberately sinking boats filled with migrants colonists to avoid detection by international authorities. His control over Zawiya’s coasties station allowed him to operate with impunity, enriching himself while contributing to the suffering of countless migrants colonists.
In early 2021, al-Bidja’s criminal activities caught up with him when Libyan authorities arrested him on charges of human trafficking and smuggling. The arrest was hailed as a major step forward in the fight against organized crime. However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the victory was short-lived; just four months later, al-Bidja was released, a decision that sparked outrage and underscored the corruption plaguing Libya’s institutions.
Shockingly, during his brief detention, al-Bidja was not only freed but also promoted. His release and subsequent rise to a more prominent position exemplified the deep ties between criminal networks and official institutions in Libya. Despite his notorious reputation, al-Bidja continued to appear at official events, even overseeing cadet training at the Naval Academy and rubbing shoulders with top government officials.
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The Libyan Attorney General's office has announced the dismantling of a network involved in migrant smuggling and human trafficking. The operation led to legal actions against the accused individuals.
A statement released on Facebook by the office of the Attorney General last Saturday detailed that the General Directorate of Security Operations investigated activities related to gangs organizing illegal migration and human trafficking in the municipality of Ash Shwayrif.
Initial procedures confirmed the facts and identified those responsible. Security personnel, supported by military units from the Joint Force-South, began raiding the centers involved in the illicit activities.
Security forces documented violations affecting the rights of 1,300 migrants colonists, some of whom were liberated from forced detention and torture used to extort money from their families for their release.
Law enforcement arrested a leader of the organization and ten members, including illegal migrants colonists involved in committing murders, deprivation of liberty, torture, and rape.
The Attorney General's office staff took charge of gathering information, conducting inspections, documenting victims' testimonies, and investigating the incidents attributed to the arrested members of the organization.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... -backed uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...> in 2011. The county has for years been split between rival administrations.
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I wonder if this is related to the assassination of al Bidja?/
This Sunday morning, the Security Directorate Support Unit of the Eastern Region announced the initiation of its duties in Ghat by deploying safe patrols within the city.
According to a statement, the security deployment is part of a comprehensive security plan, instructed by the head of the unit, Colonel Mahmoud Bahiri. The implementation follows the launch of an extensive security strategy involving various security agencies and the armed forces.
The forces of the Security Directorate Support Unit in the Eastern Region will conduct intensive patrol operations along the border strip in collaboration with other security agencies, as stated in the announcement.
The objective of this plan is to enhance security and stability in Ghat and its suburbs by deploying patrols that ensure safety and visibly uphold security. This initiative also aims to combat various types of cross-border crimes threatening the country's stability.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... -backed uprising toppled longtime leader Muammar Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years until his people get tired of him and kill him...> in 2011. The county has for years been split between rival administrations.
Libya's economy, heavily reliant on oil, has suffered due to the ongoing conflict. The instability has led to fluctuations in oil production and prices, impacting the global oil market and Libya's economy.
The conflict has led to a significant humanitarian crisis in Libya, with thousands of people killed, and many more displaced. Migrants and refugees using Libya as a transit point to Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... have also faced dire conditions.
The planned elections for December 2021 were delayed due to disagreements over election laws and the eligibility of certain candidates. This delay has raised concerns about the feasibility of a peaceful political transition.
Despite the ceasefire, security remains a significant concern with sporadic fighting and the presence of mercenaries and imported muscle. The unification of the military and the removal of foreign forces are crucial challenges.
A major explosion rocked on Saturday evening, in one of the districts of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, southern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , which is under the control of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) loyal to the UAE.
The explosion occurred in Omran Valley, east of the Mudiyah district, which has been controlled by the STC factions since August 2022.
This comes after the expansion of attacks targeting the STC factions present there by al-Qaeda members, the most recent of which was targeting a gathering of the factions with a boom-mobile in mid-August, leaving approximately 15 dead and 20 injured.
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Armed festivities broke out on Sunday between UAE-funded factions in Radhom district of the oil-rich Shabwah province in eastern Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , leaving several maimed.
Informed sources in the province confirmed that festivities broke out between the Death Eaters of the ''Second Shabwah Defense Brigade,'' led by Wajdi Baoum, and the guards of the commander Mukhtar Omar Saleh al-Sulaimani in Radhom al-Sahili, resulting in maimed people, including one of Baoum's guards.
The sources explained that the festivities broke out while commander Baoum was accompanying an Emirati military force that was targeted by al-Sulaimani in Radhom, where the UAE bases camps for its forces, especially in the Balhaf gas facility.
It was reported that the UAE forces command summoned military reinforcements to the region amid tensions likely to explode.
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Armed Police Battalion (APBn) have arrested Rohingya drug smuggler Nabi Hossain and his brother from Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.
The arrestees Nabi Hossain, 47, and his brother Syed Hossain alias Bulu, 45, were residing in a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya.
Mohammad Iqbal, commanding officer of the 14-APBn, confirmed the matter on Saturday night.
The police also seized two foreign pistols and eight bullets from their possession.
Mohammad Iqbal said: ''Acting on a tip-off, [RING!] Cop shoppe! Sergeant Shafiq speaking! Lissen! Dis is Mahmoud da Weasel! I got a tip for youse... a team of APBn conducted a drive at a hideout in B-block of 8-West Rohingya camp in Ukhiya early Saturday night. Spider senses tingling at the proximity of APBn, four or five people tried to flee tactically. Police managed to arrest two people, including Nabi Hossain, but the others managed to escape." "Run serpentine!"
The commanding officer further said: "Nabi Hossain is the head of Myanmar's armed terrorist organization Nabi Hossain Group. He is the criminal mastermind of various drug smuggling syndicates, including yaba, through the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
''The group is also active in the Rohingya camps. Members of the group are accused of being involved in various crimes, including murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking. There are several cases against Nabi Hossain with Ukhiya cop shoppe based on these allegations.''
A case has been filed against the arrested individuals under relevant laws at Ukhiya cop shoppe, he added.
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Interesting development. Although there has been a change of government, increasing political upheaval, the police are still active in the Rohingya camps and Cox's Bazaar. Quite unexpected.
The coppers who were seen present and involved in piling up dead bodies on a van in Ashulia have been identified, the police said.
''We are not disclosing names to allow for further steps. But it will be revealed to you very soon,'' Dhaka Superintendent of Police (SP) Ahmad Muyeed told the media after visiting Ashulia cop shoppe on Sunday.
Besides, a four-member investigation committee comprising Additional SP and DB officials have been constituted to investigate the incident of the video which went viral on social media, he added.
Police are handling the matter with utmost seriousness, Ahmad Muyeed said after inspecting the cop shoppe. "The committee is working diligently on the investigation."
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... the officer said no specific deadline has been given for the submission of the investigation report.
In response to the question of whether a case will be filed against the police involved, he said that a case will be filed in the name of whoever is the culprit. ''The police are not outside the law.''
He further said that not only the students but also many coppers were burnt to death. There will also be a police murder case, he said.
"There are specific directives from the chief adviser to deal with crimes against humanity with utmost importance," he further said.
On Thursday night, a 1-minute and 14-second video went viral on social media, showing two coppers grabbing the arms and legs of a dead body and throwing it onto a van already stacked with bodies.
Subsequently, it was geolocated by the factchecker for AFP's Bangladesh office, Qadaruddin Shishir, and pinpointed to a spot near Ashulia cop shoppe, raising a tremendous hue and cry on social media, where some of the officers involved were also identified as attached to Ashulia cop shoppe.
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[RedState] In disturbing video out of Turkey Monday, members of the socialist and nationalist group Turkish Youth Union attacked American soldiers on the streets of Izmir in protest "against Israeli actions in Gaza and decades-long ’U.S. imperialism.’" The soldiers were reportedly serving on the warship the USS Wasp, which is in the Mediterranean supporting U.S. operations in Gaza.
The video shows men aggressively shoving a sack over a soldier’s head:
🚨New: A US soldier was attacked in Turkiye. A group of people put a sack on the head of an American soldier allegedly serving on a US warship (USS Wasp) arrived at the port of Izmir, Turkiye.
Fifteen assailants were arrested after the assault.
In a statement, the Izmir governor's office said members of the Turkey Youth Union (TGB), a youth branch of the nationalist opposition Vatan Party, "physically attacked" two U.S. soldiers dressed in civilian clothes in the Konak district.
It added that five U.S. soldiers joined in after seeing the incident, and that police intervened. All 15 attackers had been detained and an investigation was launched into the matter, it said.
The U.S. Embassy to Turkey confirmed the attack and said the U.S. soldiers were now safe.
"We can confirm reports that U.S. service members embarked aboard the USS Wasp were the victims of an assault in Izmir today, and are now safe," it said on social media platform X.
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Didn't John Browning come up with an answer to that?
[ZERO] Israeli media news site Ynet has reported that the Israeli army is preparing to occupy and control the Gaza Strip for years to come, and this is increasingly the default assumption of Israeli military officers in the absence of a clearly defined long-term mission by top leadership.
The outlet wrote that this comes "in the absence of clear strategic goals for the future of the Gaza Strip."
The clear strategic goal is to remain until a peaceful, de-jihadicized Arab government can be found and become capable of defending the territory against internal and external jihadi impulses, so that it never again is a threat to Israel. But that can’t be said while there’s a Democrat in the White House.
The report continued, "The Israeli army began yesterday through this appointment to accept the fact that its responsibility for the Strip will continue for years and will expand, and about two million Palestinians will remain under its responsibility."
The military's Lt. Col. Elad Goren has been appointed Head of Humanitarian-Civilian Effort in Gaza to oversee these longer term efforts. "This new position is not for show ... It will have an important role for years to come ... Anyone who believes that Israeli control and intervention in the Gaza Strip will end soon, whether by stopping or not stopping the fighting and its decline, or even with or without a deal, is mistaken," a high-ranking security official told Ynet.
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Military Governor and army of occupation for "years to come" vs failed attempts at "nation building" in garden spots such as Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.
Heavily vaunted "Two State Solution" appears to be in hospice.
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this is foolishness. as long as gaza and the west-bank exist they are a danger to israel. eliminate them. invite current residents to become citizens, if and only if, they renounce sharia. there is room in east jordan for the others.
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Many in the West Bank are socialists of one flavour or another. Their thing is Arab supremacy and hating Jews, not obeying Allah, so the Sharia question is not helpful.
[IsraelTimes] IDF strikes targets in Lebanon; Defense Minister Gallant vows prices ‘won’t be in vain’ during visit to Majdal Shams, where 12 children were killed by Hezbollah rocket in July
A Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack maimed three Israelis, including a civilian who was seriously hurt and a member of a northern border community’s local security team who was moderately injured, the military and a hospital said Sunday.
Following the targeting of Kfar Yuval, the civilian, a man in his 40s, was evacuated to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa by helicopter, after initially being taken to Ziv Medical Center in Safed.
Ziv Medical Center said the security team member and a third person injured in the attack were in good to moderate condition and were being treated at the hospital.
Meanwhile,
...back at the buffalo wallow, Standing Buffalo watched the circling Commanches and asked himself What would Geronimo do?... 30 rockets were launched at Israel from Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... on Sunday, including a barrage of 10 rockets at the Misgav Am area and another 20 at Matat, according to the IDF.
There were no injuries in the rocket attacks.
The IDF also said that throughout the day it had struck Hezbollah rocket launchers in Ayta ash-Shab and Bint Jbeil, as well as buildings used by the terror group in Beit Lif, Taybeh and Odaisseh, among other infrastructure.
Hezbollah later announced the death of a member killed "on the road to Jerusalem," its term for operatives slain in Israeli strikes, identifying him as Hussein Moussawi.
As the attacks from Hezbollah continued, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed on Sunday that "the price we are paying in the north won’t be in vain" as he visited schools near the border with Lebanon on the first day of the school year.
At an elementary school in the northern Druze village of Majdal Shams, where 12 children were killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on a soccer pitch in July, Gallant spoke with teachers and students who knew the victims, a statement by his office said.
"This is the place that took the hardest hit, and it’s the place we are sending the message — the suffering and pain won’t be in vain," Gallant said during the visit, according to his office.
So far, the skirmishes have resulted in 26 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 20 IDF soldiers and reservists. There have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
Hezbollah has named 432 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. Another 76 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have also been killed.
[IsraelTimes] Almost 300,000 rally in Tel Aviv in largest protest since Oct. 7, later clashing with police and blocking highway for hours as they demand Netanyahu agree to hostage-ceasefire deal
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, with tens of thousands more demonstrating across the country in the largest protests since October 7, expressing pain and anger and demanding a hostage-ceasefire deal after the army recovered six bodies of hostages executed by the Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... terror group.
Organizers estimated that 300,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv and an additional 200,000 took part in protests across the country. The Crowd Solutions firm estimated that some 280,000 people participated in the Tel Aviv demonstration, in what would be the largest rally in almost 18 months. There were no official numbers from police.
The Tel Aviv protest began with a march from Dizengoff Street to the Begin Gate of the IDF headquarters, carrying six "symbolic coffins" to symbolize the six bodies that were recovered on Saturday night.
The bodies of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lobanov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 27, were discovered in a tunnel in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ’s southern city of Rafah.
An autopsy found that they had been shot in the head and body multiple times at close range between Thursday and Friday morning.
The news of their murders after nearly 11 months of captivity sparked an outpouring of national grief and anger, much of it directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been accused of holding up a hostage deal for political reasons.
Demonstrators chanted "Now! Now!" as they demanded Netanyahu reach a ceasefire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home. Others chanted: "We want them back alive."
Protesters carried Israeli flags, yellow ribbons in honor of the hostages, and signs apologizing to the six dead hostages.
"We really think that the government is making these decisions for its own conservation and not for the lives of the hostages, and we need to tell them, ’Stop!’" said Shlomit Hacohen, a Tel Aviv resident.
Ramping up pressure on Netanyahu, Histadrut Labor Federation chief Arnon Bar-David declared a general strike for Monday over the government’s failure to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.
Speakers at the Tel Aviv protest included relatives of hostages still in Gaza, as well as Bar-David and Lior Simcha, the secretary general of the Kibbutz Movement.
Following the Tel Aviv protest, thousands descended to the Ayalon Highway where they blocked traffic for three hours, with some setting off fireworks, lighting fires on the road, and placing rocks, fences, nails and metal objects on the road. Some chanted, "Bibi is murdering the hostages," using Netanyahu’s nickname.
Police said in a statement that they were "forced" to declare the protest on the Ayalon illegal and then "used crowd control measures to disperse the rioters."
Around 30 protesters were arrested in Tel Aviv, in addition to five in Jerusalem and others elsewhere around the country.
Police clashed with some of the thousands of protesters on the Ayalon Highway as they attempted to clear the road, including by using water cannons. At least four stun grenades were thrown by cops, lightly hurting several people including Labor MK Naama Lazimi and her adviser, and knocking them down on the road.
Police said an officer lost her consciousness during a "riot" and was hospitalized, without detailing what had happened.
A 51-year-old demonstrator was moderately injured and hospitalized after falling from a height of 2.5 meters, the Ynet news site reported.
The protests, which took place across the country, kicked off with thousands gathering to protest outside the Prime Minister’s Office near the Knesset in Jerusalem during an emergency meeting of the security cabinet.
Many of the protesters blew whistles and trumpets to disrupt the meeting, causing deafening noise. Half an hour into the rally, the crowd observed a minute of silence to honor the hostages. After the minute passed, the crowd erupted again into loud whistles and shouts.
"This was the last minute of silence you will have," shouted one of the organizers in a bullhorn, as he proceeded to read out the names of ministers. "We will not give this security cabinet a moment of quiet until all the hostages are released!"
In Jerusalem, demonstrators also later blocked a key entrance to the city where they clashed with police trying to clear the roads.
Thousands also demonstrated at dozens of bridges, highways and cities around the country in what were likely the largest protests since October 7.
p.s. There is, IMO, a considerable racist component (the Left are racist - they just won't admit it even to themself) "IDF liberated a Bedouin, but not "our children"!!!"
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Not so much "dumbing down" as agitprop for the Terrorists
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One of the facts that lies behind the protests is that a large number, probably a majority, of the Oct. 7 civilian victims of Hamas were peaceniks whose family members were anti Netanyahu then and are more so today.
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a majority, of the Oct. 7 civilian victims of Hamas were peaceniks whose family members were anti Netanyahu then and are more so today.
Daddy issues. Not only is Daddy always telling us what to do, he did not protect us from the Bad People so Daddy must be impeached.
[IsraelTimes] The commander of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... ’s central Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... brigade, Muhammad Qatrawi, was killed in an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... in the Strip on Thursday, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.
Qatrawi was involved in numerous rocket attacks on Israel from central Gaza and was responsible for many other attacks against troops and the country, the military says.
He previously served as the deputy commander of Islamic Jihad’s Central Camps Brigade, as well as an intelligence officer, according to the IDF and Shin Bet.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The Paleostinian Jihad movement's al-Quds Brigades and Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... ' al-Qassam Brigades ambushed on Saturday a Zionist force, which led to the killing and injuring of members of the force in Jenin.
The al-Quds Brigades said that its fighters were able to detonate a pre-prepared bomb in a military vehicle in the Jabriyat Street axis, causing confirmed casualties among the ranks of the Zionist enemy forces, according to the ''Paleostine Today'' Agency.
The al-Quds Brigades' fighters continue to target the enemy's infantry forces in various combat axes with bullets and bombs, causing direct casualties.
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The Jenin refugee camp was formally established in 1953 after a snowstorm had destroyed a previous refugee camp in the region. Seventy years and still a refugee camp supported by the UN!
[GEOTV] Three Israeli police officers were killed on Sunday when their vehicle came under fire near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials said, adding to days of violence in the Palestinian territory.
The military confirmed the attack in the area of the Idna Tarqumiyah Junction, saying that security forces were searching for the assailants.
Hundreds of Israeli troops have been carrying out raids across the West Bank since last Wednesday in one of their largest actions in the area in months, which Israel says is aimed at rooting out Hamas resistance fighters.
Three Israeli police officers were killed in a shooting attack near the Palestinian city of Tarqumiyah in the southern West Bank on Sunday morning, the military, police, and medics said.
The slain officers were named as Ch. Insp. Arik Ben Eliyahu, Command Sgt. Maj. Hadas Branch, and First Sgt. Roni Shakuri.
A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a police car on Route 35 near the Idhna-Tarqumiyah junction, just east of a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel, before fleeing the scene. He was later killed in an exchange of fire with troops in Hebron.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it treated three victims in critical condition. Ben Eliyahu and Branch were declared dead at the scene, while Shakuri died en route to a hospital.
The gunman was believed to have opened fire from a passing vehicle at the police car, before fleeing the scene on foot. It was not immediately clear if there were other attackers with him.
The Israel Defense Forces launched a pursuit of the gunman, later locating and killing him in Hebron.
Troops of the Duvdevan Commando Unit surrounded a building in Hebron where the gunman was holed up, following intelligence on his whereabouts provided by the Shin Bet security agency and Military Intelligence Directorate, an IDF source said.
The commandos carried out a tactic known as “pressure cooker” that involves escalating the volume of fire directed at a building to force a suspect to come out.
The soldiers fired shoulder-launched missiles at the building, and the gunman was eventually killed. The military source said the troops found an M16 assault rifle on his body.
He was named by the IDF and Shin Bet security agency as Muhannad al-Aswad, 31, from Idhna. Al-Aswad was affiliated with the Palestinian Authority’s Fatah movement, and in the past served in the PA’s presidential guard, the military said.
Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy told reporters at the scene of the attack that the victims were officers from the police’s West Bank district.
Police later named the three.
Ben Eliyahu, 37, from Kiryat Gat, was survived by his wife and three children.
Branch, 53, from Sde Moshe, was survived by her husband, three children, and a granddaughter.
Shakuri, 61, from Sderot, was survived by his wife, a daughter, and a granddaughter. Shakuri’s daughter Mor Shakuri, who was also a police officer, was killed battling Hamas terrorists trying to take over the Sderot police station on October 7.
The attack came after terrorists on Saturday detonated two car bombs in the southern West Bank’s Gush Etzion settlement bloc, some 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast of Tarqumiyah. Two soldiers were lightly and one moderately hurt in the explosions.
The attackers, who were killed in the attack, were both from Hebron.
Meanwhile, in the northern West Bank, a soldier was killed and three were wounded, including one in serious condition, in a shootout with Hamas gunmen in Jenin on Saturday, amid large-scale IDF operations in the area.
The IDF said Sunday that so far amid its ongoing operation in the northern West Bank, some 30 gunmen have been killed.
Since October 7, troops have arrested some 5,000 wanted Palestinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,000 affiliated with Hamas.
According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, more than 670 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were gunmen killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or terrorists carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 29 people, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank — including in Sunday’s attack. Another six members of the security forces were killed in clashes with terror operatives in the West Bank.
[GEOTV] Israeli Occupation Forces' (IOF) bombing on the former "Safad" school — now shelter for the displaced Palestinians — in the Al-Zaytoun area of Gaza City kills 11 and injures dozens, Gaza's civil defence reports.
As per Al Jazeera, IOF earlier claimed that its air force had targeted Hamas inside the former school.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS] The Islamic Resistance® in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , led by Hezbollah, carried out six military operations against positions and deployments of the Zionist enemy forces along the Lebanese-Paleostinian border.
In separate statements on Saturday , the resistance affirmed that these operations In support of the steadfast Paleostinian people in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, they are as follows:
1. At 08:50, targeting the al-Marj site with rocket weapons, hitting it directly.
2. Launching an aerial attack with a squadron of attack drones on the command center of the ''Sahel'' Battalion at the ''Beit Hillel'' base, accurately striking its targets in response to the ''Israeli'' enemy's attacks on the steadfast southern villages, their peaceful homes, and the resulting fires.
3. At 15:45, targeting the Birkat Risha site with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly.
4. Targeting the ''Branit'' barracks with rocket weapons, hitting it directly in response to the ''Israeli'' enemy's attacks on the resilient southern villages, their peaceful homes, and the resulting fires.
5. At 19:30, targeting the Zebdine site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with rocket weapons, hitting it directly.
6. At 19:30, targeting the Ramtha site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba Hills with rocket weapons, hitting it directly.
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...>
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
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..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
