[Breitbart] A homeowner in Surprise, Arizona, shot and wounded one of two alleged burglary suspects shortly after 4:00 a.m. Monday.
FOX 10 Phoenix reported that officers responded to the scene and took both suspects into custody. The suspect who had been shot was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
One of the suspects was identified as 19-year-old Kason Nelson. The name of the second was not released, as he is a juvenile.
AZ Family noted that Nancy McCraven, the homeowner’s neighbor, said, "It’s almost unthinkable, especially in the early morning hours. You never think it’s going to happen, especially in a nice quiet neighborhood like this and it’s always quiet."
[ShabelleMedia] In a significant development towards peace and stability in Somalia, the Somali government has reported that approximately a hundred al-Shabaab militants have surrendered in recent weeks across the South-Central states of Galmudug, Southwest, HirShabelle, and Jubaland.
This wave of defections from the militant group has been welcomed by the government, which is now urging more militants to take advantage of the amnesty offered by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
The government’s amnesty program is a part of its broader strategy to combat terrorism and bring peace to the region. The program aims to encourage militants to abandon their extremist ideologies and reintegrate into society, providing them with a chance to start anew.
This approach has been successful in other parts of the world, where similar initiatives have led to a reduction in violence and a decrease in the number of active militants.
The recent wave of surrenders is a testament to the effectiveness of the government’s strategy. It is also a sign that the government’s efforts to engage with local communities and address the root causes of extremism are bearing fruit. By providing an alternative to violence, the government is offering a path to reconciliation and a chance for former militants to contribute positively to their communities.
[Rudaw] The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Friday commended the Tajikistan government for repatriating 50 of its citizens from the Kurdish-run northeast Syria (Rojava) where they were held because of links to the Islamic State (ISIS).
"UNICEF commends the Government of Tajikistan for fulfilling its commitments under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and facilitating the reintegration of children and their mothers with their families and communities," said the UN agency.
Tajikistan’s ambassador to Kuwait, Zubaydullo Zubaydzoda, visited Rojava on Thursday when Kurdish authorities handed over 33 women and 17 children.
Hundreds of Tajikistanis joined ISIS when it seized control of swathes of Syrian and Iraqi territory in 2014. The extremist group was territorially defeated in 2019, but it still poses threat to the security of the region.
The Tajikistan government has repatriated a total of 304 of its nationals, according to the Rojava Information Centre.
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[TOLONEWS] At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's defense ministers' meeting in Kazakhstan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that the main threat to Central Asia originates from terrorists bully boyz based in Afghanistan.
The Russian Defense Minister also spoke at the meeting about America's efforts to regain influence in the region following its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Sergei Shoigu said, "The main danger to Central Asia comes from extremist turban terrorist groups based in Afghanistan, and the United States is trying to influence the region after its 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan."
The Islamic Emirate has repeatedly stated that Afghan soil will not be used against any country.
Some military experts believe that there are no terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Abdul Hadi Quraishi, a military affairs expert, told TOLOnews: "Russia and China should be assured that there is no threat from Afghan soil against Central Asia and the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and it is the policy of the Islamic Emirate that Afghan soil does not pose a threat to any country in the world and will not do so."
Hekmatullah Hekmat, a military affairs expert, said: "Afghan soil is currently not hosting any terrorist groups, and it is the hope of the current government's officials to maintain their neutrality in such interactions and consider national interests."
The Islamic Emirate has consistently called the claims of terrorist groups' presence in Afghanistan unfounded.
[IsraelTimes] Inspired by encampments on US campuses, pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash with counterprotestors, block access to Paris Institute of Political Studies building
Students at one of France’s most prestigious universities called off protests over the Gaza war on Saturday, following a series of street scuffles between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups.
Inspired by anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian encampments at college campuses across the United States, students on Friday blocked access to a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, prompting administrators to move all classes online.
With exams scheduled to start soon, the university said on Saturday that the pro-Palestinian students agreed to call off their action in return for an "internal debate" about the university’s ties to Israel.
The pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protest kicked off a day of drama at the university, which counts French President Emmanuel Macron and French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal among its many famous alumni.
Protesters first occupied a central campus building and blocked the entrance with trash cans, wooden platforms and a bicycle. They also gathered at the building’s windows, chanting anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian slogans, and hung out Palestinian flags and placards.
Later Friday, pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators faced each other in a tense standoff in the street outside the school. Riot police stepped in to separate the opposing groups.
As night fell, a dwindling group of pro-Palestinian protesters refused to budge, ignoring police orders to evacuate the street and warnings of possible arrests. Eventually, demonstrators came out of the building, carrying a large Palestinian flag, to cheers from the protesters who had been supporting them outside. They then started to stream peacefully away from the area, watched by police.
Among protesters’ demands was that Sciences Po sever ties with Israeli schools. In an email to students, Sciences Po administrator Jean Bassères pledged to hold a town hall meeting in the coming week and to suspend some disciplinary proceedings against students. In return, students "committed to no longer disrupting courses, examinations and all other activities of the institution," the email said.
The Gaza war is sharply divisive in France, which has the largest populations of Muslims and Jews in western Europe. France initially sought to ban pro-Palestinian demonstrations after Hamas’s surprise October 7 attack on Israel that sparked the war. Antisemitism has surged.
On Wednesday evening, more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters had also occupied a Sciences Po amphitheater. Most agreed to leave after discussions with management, but a small group of students remained. They were removed by police later that night, according to French media reports.
The university administration closed all university buildings and moved classes online Friday. It said in a statement it "strongly condemns these student actions which prevent the proper functioning of the institution and penalize Sciences Po students, teachers and employees."
Louise, a protester, said the students’ actions were inspired by similar demonstrations at New York’s Columbia University and other US campuses.
"But our solidarity remains first and foremost with the Palestinian people," she said. She spoke on condition that only her first name be used over concerns of repercussions.
[HOTAIR] It's been a little confusing since arrests were made during the big pro-Hamas protest on the University of Texas-Austin campus on Wednesday. Are students free to return to campus?
Yes and no. It seems there was confusion on Friday. On Thursday, the Travis County district attorney dropped all criminal trespass charges against those who were arrested. On Friday, the university confirmed that the arrested students will not be allowed to freely be on campus.
University spokesman Mike Rosen released a statement Friday afternoon. Students will be allowed to complete courses for the semester but may only return to campus for academic reasons and to access university resources with approval.
It sounds as though they may return to class and, say, the library or other places to support their classes, but they are restricted when it comes to anything else. In other words, they can finish their classes but they can't return to join another demonstration.
[IsraelTimes] Organizers say African nation Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flagged vessels, blame Israeli pressure on the country
A "Freedom Flotilla" aimed at delivering aid to Gaza without Israeli coordination or approval was blocked in Turkey Saturday after being denied use of two of its ships, which organizers blamed on Israeli pressure.
The coalition of NGOs and other associations said it was unable to set sail after the West African country of Guinea-Bissau withdrew its flagged vessels.
"Sadly, Guinea-Bissau has allowed itself to become complicit in Israel’s deliberate starvation, illegal siege and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza," the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said.
"The Guinea-Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea-Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla’s ships, one of which is our cargo ship, already loaded with over 5,000 tons of life-saving aid," their statement said.
Security officials in Israel have been preparing for the arrival of the first ships from the flotilla.
The effort to reach Gaza in ships carrying hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid is being spearheaded by the Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation,
...a semi-official "charity" branch of the Erdogan government that links the government, the Turkish branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and pet jihadi groups like ISIS in Syria, among others...
which is attempting to break the naval blockade maintained by Israel on Gaza to prevent the Hamas terror group from rearming itself.
IHH puts together aFredom Flotilla every few years. Except for the first one, which was raided by the IDF on the high seas, the rest have not made it across the Mediterranean, as I recall...
The group said the Guinea-Bissau authorities made several "extraordinary" requests for information, including destinations, potential additional port calls, cargo manifest, and estimated arrival dates and times.
"Normally, national flagging authorities concern themselves only with safety and related standards on vessels bearing their flag," it said, equating it to being asked about destinations when registering a car.
At an Istanbul press conference, about 280 volunteers — activists, lawyers and doctors — who had hoped to join the ships shouted slogans including "Flag the flotilla," "We will sail" and "Free Palestine."
Three of the flotilla’s ships have been docked for a week at the port of Tuzla, south of Istanbul. They had planned to set sail Friday.
Turkish authorities and state media, who are generally keen to boast about the aid they have provided to Palestinian civilians in Gaza having organized 13 humanitarian flights and nine boats, have been silent about the flotilla.
In 2010, a previous "Freedom Flotilla" set off from the southern Turkish city of Antalya, leading to a deadly episode that soured relations between Turkey and Israel after Israeli military forces raided one of the ships, the Mavi Marmara, leaving 10 dead and 28 wounded aboard in violence that ensued. Ten Israeli soldiers were wounded.
United Nations agencies have warned that maritime deliveries alone cannot deliver sufficient aid to ward off the threat of famine in Gaza, and have called on Israel to open up more border crossings for road convoys.
Israel massively stepped up aid efforts to the territory in recent weeks, Jerusalem and Washington have said. The United States is also building a special offshore pier that will facilitate the delivery of large amounts of aid to the Strip.
[IsraelTimes] The COLUMBIA (College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability) Act seeks to withdraw federal funding for colleges that don’t allow oversight
Two New York congressmen, a Democrat and a Republican, introduced a bill that would allow the federal government to compel universities to accept supervision from an antisemitism monitor.
The bill introduced Friday by Reps. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat, and Mike Lawler, a Rockland County Republican, comes in the wake of anti-Israel protests roiling Columbia University.
The politicians named the bill the COLUMBIA (College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability) Act.
*Snicker* It would allow the federal government to bring in an outside monitor to oversee how universities accused of allowing antisemitism to fester on campus are dealing with the allegations.
"The monitor would be appointed by the Secretary of Education, the terms and conditions of the monitorship would be set by the Secretary, and the expenses of the monitorship would be paid by the particular college or university that has been selected for monitorship," said a release from Torres’ office. "Failure to comply with the monitorship would result in the loss of federal funds."
Torres stands out as a progressive who has been unapologetically pro-Israel. He got a hero’s welcome in the country during a recent visit.
A number of his fellow progressives in the Democratic caucus have decried what they depict as an overreaction by local, state, and federal governments to the pro-Paleostinian and anti-Israel protests sweeping campuses.
Lawler, who has a substantial Jewish population in his district, has similarly been outspoken in his defense of Israel.
[THEEPOCHTIMES] Conservative states across the country—Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Oklahoma—are taking border security matters into their own hands, proposing or passing legislation targeting illegal immigration.
The Oklahoma legislature just passed a bill designed to prohibit illegal immigrants from entering or living in the state.
HB 4156 states: "A person commits an impermissible occupation if the person is an alien and willfully and without permission enters and remains in the State of Oklahoma without having first obtained legal authorization to enter the United States."
The bill passed the state House and Senate by wide margins and Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, is expected to sign it into law.
The legislature declared the issue a crisis in the state and stated in the bill: "Throughout the state, law enforcement comes into daily and increasingly frequent contact with foreign nationals who entered the country illegally or who remain here illegally.
"Often, these persons are involved with organized crime such as drug cartels, they have no regard for Oklahoma’s laws or public safety, and they produce or are involved with fentanyl distribution, sex trafficking, and labor trafficking."
Under the new law, a conviction related to "impermissible occupation" would be considered a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in a county jail, a fine of up to $500, or both. So, the illegally elected gov't will most certainly declare this State action against illegals to be illegal.
And then it will go straight to the US Supreme Court, which appears to be getting impatient with all the Progressive nonsense executed by the Democratic Biden administration.
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[TimesOfIndia] PM Modi, addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency, accused the Congress of attempting to diminish the quotas for SCs, STs and OBCs and of advocating reservation for Muslims contrary to the spirit of the Constitution. He cited Congress’ endeavour to introduce a 5% quota for Muslims in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh as a “pilot project” for nationwide implementation. Modi criticized the inclusion of Muslims in the OBC list in Karnataka by Congress, labelling it as a reservation along religious lines.
MUSLIM POPULATION IN KARNATAKA
As per data from the National Commission for Backward Classes, Karnataka has a Muslim population of 12.9%. Out of the 32% reservation for OBCs, a subcategory comprising 4% was reserved for Muslims in the state.
COMMISSIONS THAT BROUGHT MUSLIMS UNDER OBC CATEGORY
In 1975, the then state Backward Classes Commission chairman LG Havanur presented a report to the govt of D Devaraj Urs, a prominent advocate of backward classes’ interests. This report recognized Muslims as eligible for reservation, leading to their categorization under backward communities alongside other groups like scheduled castes and tribes. In March 1977, a directive was issued granting reservation to backward classes, including Muslims. Later, commissions chaired by Venkata Swamy and Justice O Chinnappa Reddy further affirmed Muslims’ status as a backward class. The classification evolved over time, with subsequent commissions like the one led by Prof Ravivarma Kumar, refining the structure. Currently, 36 Muslim communities listed in Categories 1 and 2A are included in the central OBC list, subject to non-inclusion in the ‘creamy layer’ based on an annual income threshold of Rs 8 lakh.
BJP’ S UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO REMOVE RESERVATION
Before the Karnataka assembly polls last year, the then CM Basavaraj Bommai proposed on March 27, 2023, to eliminate categories 3A and 3B for OBCs. Instead, he suggested new categories 2C and 2D, with a 2% reservation each for Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities. The administration also aimed to remove the 2B category for Muslims and include them in the 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS). However, this sparked opposition and legal challenges, resulting in the shelving of the proposal. On April 13, 2023, the Supreme Court deemed the govt’s decision to scrap the 4% OBC quota for Muslims as “prima facie shaky and flawed”. Consequently, the Bommai govt halted new appointments or admissions based on the contentious order. The court has suspended the govt decision, maintaining the existing reservation.
[GEO.TV] After the "2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices" issued by the US State Department highlighted alleged violations of fundamental rights, Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf spokesperson Raoof Hasan backed the findings related to the country saying, "Our heads hang in shame" after reading the report.
Hasan, while addressing a press conference along with PTI Senator Walid Iqbal on Saturday, said that the US reports elaborated on alleged human rights’ violations committed during 2023, including political cases, detentions, and violation of sanctity of "chaddar and char dewari".
He went on to say that the US State Department’s report also discussed "extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, political prisoners, censorship, as well as use of force against journalists."
"The report also stated the environment of lawlessness in the country, besides other human rights violations which bowed our heads in shame," the spokesperson of the Imran Khan-founded party added.
Senator Iqbal, speaking at the same press conference, claimed: "50 to 60 pages of the report were only about human rights violations [in our country] which gave details about torture on individuals in custody and even their killings. The report also mentioned the situation after regime change. It specifically mentioned subjecting PTI workers to torture."
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[GreaterKashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... ] Jammu and Kashmir Police attached properties of four terrorist handlers in Handwara operating from Pakistain, a police spokesperson said.
"Acting tough against the wanted local gunnies based in Pakistain, Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a special drive against the absconders/ wanted gunnies and as part of this drive properties of 04 terrorist handlers who were declared as proclaimed offenders by the orders of Hon’ble Court was attached on the orders of Hon’ble Court, by Police District Handwara," reads a statement issued to news agency Kashmir Scroll.
"These absconders/proclaimed offenders have exfiltrated to Pakistain or Pakistain Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 1990s or in first after 2000 and are presntly in the Pakistain or PoK. Since then, they are continuously involved in handling gunnies and reviving and spreading terrorism in Handwara and other areas of Jammu and Kashmir."
"Following the prescribed procedure (1)land measuring ten (10) Marlas at Kralgund belonging to proclaimed offender Mumtaz Ahmad Khwaja Son of Mohammad Subhan Khwaja resident of Kralgund,(2) land measuring 16-3/4 Marlas belonging to Lateef Ahmad Bhat Son of Abdul Rehman Bhat Resident of Badra Payeen,(3) land measuring 01 Kanal and 2 Marlas at Ashipora belonging to Mushtaq Ahmad Mir Son of Mohammad Sultan Mir Resident of Ashpora and(4) land measuring 01 Kanal at Khaipora belonging to Ghulam Nabi Ganai son of Ghulam Rasool Ganai resident of Khaipora, Qaziabad was attached by Police District Handwara on the orders of the Hon’ble Court," reads the statement.
"These gunnies are also involved in different cases of Police District Handwara and are actively trying to revive and run the terror ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir," reads the statement.
"Besides these four, 51 persons of Jammu and Kashmir nationals who have exfiltrated to Pakistain/Pak Occupied Kashmir for illegal arms training and are operating from there have also been declared as Proclaimed offenders by the Hon’ble Court.The action is also being contemplated against them under law," the statement reads further.
[IsraelTimes] International Olympics Committee head Thomas Bach says he expects delegation to number 6-8; dismisses comparisons between organization’s treatment of Russia, Israel.
[Rudaw] The Iraqi government is repatriating more than 700 people affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) from al-Hol camp in northeast Syria (Rojava), the migration ministry said on Saturday.
Ali Abbas, spokesperson for Iraq’s ministry of migration and displaced, said that they will repatriate 750 Iraqis from al-Hol camp.
"Due to security reasons, we cannot reveal the date of their return, but it will be later this month," he told Rudaw’s Nahro Mohammed.
A group of some 165 families, totaling more than 700 people, have left al-Hol camp and are expected to arrive in al-Jada camp in Nineveh province within the coming two days, an Iraqi politician who closely monitors the matter told Rudaw English on Saturday.
The MP, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that more people were registered to be repatriated but some chose to stay in Syria.
Abbas told Rudaw last month that a total of around 2,000 families, or 8,000 individuals, have been returned to Iraq from al-Hol camp so far.
Iraqis and Syrians make up the majority of the 40,000 ISIS-linked people who have been held at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria’s Hasaka province since the defeat of the terror group in 2019. The camp has been branded a breeding ground for terrorism. Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji last month said that around 20,000 Iraqis below the age of 18 are still at al-Hol. He described them as "time bombs."
Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria have repeatedly called on the international community to repatriate their nationals from the camps, but their calls have largely gone unanswered as most countries are unwilling to bring back their citizens due to security concerns.
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Hope they are of the traditional sexual alignment.
[IsraelTimes] Noga Weiss, 18, was told other hostages would be released and she’d remain 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 Hamaswith 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... to raise kids of captor; he reunited her with kidnapped mother to ask for her hand in marriage
Noga Weiss, who was released in a hostage deal last year after 50 days in Gaza revealed Thursday that one of her Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, captors told her they would get married, brought her a ring and told her she would stay in Gaza forever to have and raise his children.
"He gave me a ring on day 14 [in captivity], and I stayed with him until day 50," Noga, 18, recalled during a Channel 12 interview.
"He told me, ’Everyone will be released, but you will stay here with me and have my children.'"
Asked how she responded, Noga said, "I pretended to laugh so he wouldn’t shoot me in the head."
But her mother Shiri — who was also kidnapped into Gaza on October 7 and reunited with her daughter after several days — was not willing to play along.
At first, Shiri tried to politely reject the proposal, but the Hamas captor did not seem to accept the rejection, so she yelled at him until he understood, according to Meytal, one of Noga’s two sisters who sat next to her for the Channel 12 interview.
INVASION, FATHER’S MURDER, ABDUCTION
Noga had been with her parents in their home in Kibbutz Be’eri when thousands of Hamas-led snuffies invaded Israel on October 7.
Her father Ilan, 56, left the home at 7:15 a.m. to join the kibbutz emergency squad and was never heard from again. It was later determined that he was killed that day and that his body was taken into Gaza.
Ilan had left his wife and daughter in the house’s safe room. "They started shooting at the door, something like 40 shots until they managed to get in. We saw the conversations on WhatsApp and understood what was happening. People were writing that their house was on fire and then stopped answering."
Shiri, 53, told her daughter to hide under the bed, thinking that the snuffies would shoot her upon entering the room and not notice Noga.
"I went under the bed, and they came in and took her. After they took her outside, I heard gunshots. I thought she was murdered and not kidnapped," Noga said.
As Shiri was taken out of Be’eri, she saw homes going up in flames and was sure that her daughter was experiencing the same fate, said Meytal.
Meytal, 26, and her other sister Ma’ayan, 23, were living in their own separate student apartments in other parts of Be’eri and communicated with Noga via WhatsApp throughout the day. The older sisters, who hid in their safe rooms for 12 hours until IDF soldiers were able to rescue them, urged Noga to escape their parents’ house, which was going up in flames.
Noga managed to sneak out of the house and tried to hide among some bushes but was quickly spotted, as the kibbutz was filled with terrorists.
"Something like 40 snuffies surrounded me with Kalashnikovs. They tied my hands behind my back. As they took me away, I saw the bodies of people I knew from the kibbutz. A few minutes later, they put me in a car and started driving," she recalled to Channel 12.
CONSTANT FEAR IN GAZA
Thousands of Paleostinians, including children, cheered as their vehicle entered the streets of Gaza and tried to hit her and pull her hair through the broken windows. "I didn’t understand why they were delaying shooting me," she said.
Noga was moved between various homes throughout her captivity, each time dressed in a hijab and told to hold the hand of her captor so onlookers would assume they were married and not Israeli hostages.
"They brought cards for us to play with, and I told myself, ’I’ll play with them and do whatever they want as long as they don’t shoot. Their moods changed so quickly. One minute they played with us and laughed, the next they’d come in with a gun. You always had to please them," Noga said.
She recalled how her captors constantly talked about how Israel belonged to them and that she was an occupier. One of them told her he was an elementary school teacher and that Israelis had wrongly kicked him out of his home.
After several days in captivity, her Hamas captor professed his love for Noga and told her that he was bringing his mother to their apartment so that she could give her approval for their marriage.
An Arab-looking woman later entered the apartment. Noga didn’t immediately realize that it was her mother. "I thought she’d been murdered, I thought I was alone. Suddenly, she’s alive, and I’m not alone."
Even after her mother made clear that she would not accept the marriage, the thought that she would be left in Gaza forever with her Hamas captor never escaped her.
"People don’t understand the feeling of fear," Noga said. "I was 50 days, 24/7, with the thought that they would get tired of me and just shoot me or that they wouldn’t need me in the end, or that they would shoot us while we slept in the middle of the night."
Noga said she is unable to mourn for her father as long as 133 hostages remain in Gaza. "They have been there for an indescribable amount of time. At one point, they brought us a half-liter bottle of water for two days. You can’t survive like this for 200 days."
While she has lost much of her faith in the IDF, which wasn’t there to protect her and her family on October 7, Noga plans to enlist next month.
"On the day of my release, seeing soldiers in IDF uniform, it was the first time [since October 7] that I felt safe, so that did change something," she said.
[IsraelTimes] Small cargo vessel leaves Larnaca with goods donated by the United Arab Emirates; Britain assisting in construction of American aid pier, may aid in deliveries as well.
That's mighty white of them.
[Regnum] The crew of the MCS Aries, captured by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, will be released. This was announced by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian during a conversation with Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangelo.
“ We are seriously considering the humanitarian issue related to the release of the ship’s crew, and have announced to the ambassadors of their countries in Tehran that (the crew members - editor’s note) have access to consular services, they will be released and extradited,” leads words by Abdollahian Telegram channel of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
At the same time, the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry did not give specific deadlines for release.
As Regnum reported, the naval forces of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captured the MSC Aries on April 13. According to the vessel's operator, there was a crew of 25 people.
Russian sailor Timofey Kolchanov is also on the ship. On April 14, he contacted his family. As the detainee’s wife said, he called from an unknown number for eight seconds.
In turn, the vice-president of the International Human Rights Committee, Ivan Melnikov, sent a note of protest to Iran. He called for the sailors to be released and the Russians to be helped to return to their homeland.
On April 16, Tehran informed that it would not create obstacles to the return of the Russian sailor from the detained ship to his homeland.
Russian diplomats visited the captured ship on April 24 and met with Kolchanov. According to the sailor, he feels satisfactory and is provided with everything he needs, including regular access to communication with his family.
At the same time, the embassy emphasized, the Iranian authorities confirmed that Kolchanov can leave the ship at any time, since Tehran has no complaints against the ship’s crew.
The diplomats noted that the embassy is keeping the issue under special control and is also in touch with our compatriot and his family.
[An Nahar] U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel on Friday and might visit Beirut to discuss the possibility of "containing the situations on the border with 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... , which has recently witnessed a major escalation," informed sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Saturday.
According to media reports, Hochstein submitted a new proposal for ending the Israel-Hezbollah escalation during a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The informed sources meanwhile told al-Akhbar that Hochstein is "trying to return everyone to the rules of engagement, amid a U.S. belief that calm in Lebanon will not be achieved before reaching a major agreement that involves 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... ."
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"If you kikes just bend over and spread it for Hezbollah ..." sorta thing?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
![]("Pix/isis_79096859.jpg" "\"Islamic")
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...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...
