[NYPOST] One of the attackers convicted in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021 caused a ruckus inside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday — shouting "Free Paleostine" as his rowdy supporters accused the judge of being racist at his sentencing hearing.
Tensions flared in Manhattan Supreme Court after Mahmoud Musa, 23, was slapped with seven years in prison for attacking Joseph Borgen, a Jewish man, during a clash between Israel and Paleostinian supporters on May 20, 2021 in Midtown.
As Musa was being walked back to a holding cell in handcuffs, he turned to tell his family he loved them — before yelling "Free Paleostine" twice, sparking an all-out shouting match in Judge Felicia Mennin’s courtroom.
"You’re racist to judge!" one person shouted at Mennin from the back row.
Court officers had to physically escort Musa’s defenders out of the courtroom as Borgen, 31, and his more than 50 supporters, many wearing blue "Justice For Joey" hats, stayed behind for 20 minutes until the other group had left.
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[GEO.TV] Saudi Arabia demands the start of a serious and comprehensive peace process to establish a Palestinian state along the borders of 1967, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told a virtual summit of the BRICS group on Tuesday.
"The Kingdom's position is constant and firm; there is no way to achieve security and stability in Palestine except through the implementation of international decisions related to the two-state solution," Prince Mohammed said.
Riyadh was invited to join the BRICS bloc earlier this year.
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[KavkazUzel] Residents of Ingushetia bring so much food, clothing, and basic necessities to the collection points for humanitarian aid for residents of Palestine that they cannot do without the help of volunteers who sort and pack it all, said one of the leaders of the Tesham Foundation, Akhmed Kostoev. Many residents bring their accumulated money, which is transferred to the accounts of charitable foundations.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the head of Ingushetia on November 10 instructed the government of the republic to organize a collection of aid for the Palestinians and called on residents to participate in it. On November 13, it became known that 24 collection points for humanitarian aid had been opened in the republic. On November 20, the head of Ingushetia, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, reported that residents had collected 104 tons of humanitarian aid .
For more than a week now, the Tesham charity foundation has been working in intensive mode - from eight in the morning until 10-11 in the evening. “It happens that even late in the evening, just before closing, cars drive up to the house on Chechenskaya Street 34, where Tesham is located, and belated visitors bring bulky bags of food and things,” Mukharbek , a college student, told a Caucasian Knot correspondent on November 21 , who comes to Tesham during his free time from classes to offer his help.
“There are a lot of us volunteers here, even schoolchildren come to help sort out the packages that residents bring. There is enough work for everyone,” said the young man. Mukharbek also said that this is not the first time he and his friends have helped Tisham as volunteers. For example, their help was needed when sending humanitarian aid to Syria, during the earthquake in Turkey.
“Our Tesham charity foundation has existed for almost ten years. And when we carry out such an action as the current one, when we need to prepare and send humanitarian aid to those in need, then without volunteers we would have a very difficult time,” one of the leaders of the fund, Akhmed Kostoev, told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent .
According to him, in the seven days since this action was announced, more than one hundred tons of humanitarian aid were collected together with the charitable foundation “Club of Good People”. “These are food products, women's and children's clothing, bedding: blankets, rugs, mattresses. There are a lot of different medications. Residents of the republic bring wheelchairs, baby strollers, and crutches. They brought several generators,” Ahmed lists and adds that from experience they know: the funds that operate directly on the ground know best what is needed in a particular region.
“Therefore, we are coordinating our work with colleagues from Egypt, contacting and consulting with Russian funds, which have been sending humanitarian aid for several years, and we managed to contact the residents of Palestine. The most important thing is to choose the right products. To date, we have already collected three thousand food packages. This includes pasta, rice, buckwheat, halal stew, which is made in our republic, peas, lentils, pearl barley, bulgur, flour, sugar, salt, sweets - a total of 12 items in this food basket. A guy from Palestine studies at Ingush University, his name is Magomed. He is studying at the Faculty of Medicine. Three days ago he was here, contacted his relatives who are in Palestine, and said what products were in this set. His relatives approved of the composition of the basket and said that all this is the most necessary for today,” Kostoev said.
He especially noted that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and regional authorities entrusted Tesham employees with packing humanitarian aid themselves. Moreover, it was agreed at all levels that the fund’s employees would accompany the humanitarian aid collected by the foundation to Egypt.
According to the Minister for External Relations, National Policy, Press and Information of the Republic of Ingushetia Ruslan Miziev, the head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov said at the meeting that the republic, like all regions of Russia, is joining the volunteer mission to provide humanitarian assistance to the residents of Palestine. “Anyone can join this action. Therefore, a list of humanitarian aid reception points was compiled quite quickly with the heads of administrations.
A list of necessary products and those things that are especially needed by Palestinian residents left without housing was also compiled. There were about thirty such points throughout the republic. And after two or three days, people began to come to these points,” the head of the Ministry of Nationalities of the Republic told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
According to him, some citizens offered money, there were even very elderly people who offered money that they had collected over the years in order to perform the Hajj. “Those who wished were asked to transfer funds to a special account of charitable foundations, and they would use these funds to purchase necessary items or products,” added Ruslan Miziev. He also said that the work of the Tesham and Good People Club charitable foundations is coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of the Republic of Ingushetia.
The first results were summed up on November 20: more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid were collected in the republic, three thousand food baskets were packed, and 33 million 940 thousand rubles were transferred to a special account to help the residents of Palestine.
One of the farthest points for receiving humanitarian aid is in the Dzheirakh region. As administration employee Jamali Yevkurov said , the first people to bring blankets, warm blankets and knitted woolen socks were from the farthest village of Guli. “The villagers believe that in the areas where the Palestinians live, the rainy season will soon begin, and warm rugs, blankets and woolen socks will come in handy,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Asya Tsitskieva runs the Children and Youth Creativity Center in Dzheirakh. She is an excellent artist, paints ceramics and pottery. Asya is a kind and cheerful person, although it is not easy to raise two daughters on her own. Together with their daughters, they prepared something for the Palestinians that would be very useful for young mothers. “We bought a large number of diapers and wet wipes. Water is not always at hand; to wipe the baby and change the diaper, you sometimes need a wet napkin. The girls and I were packing diapers with napkins,” Asya told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. In addition, they bought disposable syringes, bandages, cotton wool, and everything necessary for women’s personal hygiene. Asya painted the boxes in which they packed everything with Ingush patterns.
According to Mareta Gorchkhanova from the village of Plievo, she did not expect that there would be so many people willing to take part in collecting humanitarian aid. “Most of all they bring things for children. Diapers, wet wipes, disposable sheets. In addition, various bottles and plastic dishes. Everything is new, in factory packaging. The newlyweds brought several brand new children's suits for boys and girls. They said that they chose these children’s things with love,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Marem Temirkhanova from Malgobek had a long time to convince a young woman who brought autumn platform shoes in a bag of women's clothing. “I say that there is no time for walking in such shoes, and she answers me: “But this war will end there, then the woman will need my shoes.” Look, they’re brand new.” In the end, she convinced her and she ran home and brought sneakers. According to her, more people bring food: various cereals, flour, sugar, local stew. “Many people bring money. The amounts are small, two to three thousand. I explain that it is not possible, that if you want, you need to transfer it to the Tesham fund account. They get offended, especially older people. For some reason, they want these two thousandth bills that they hold in their hands to reach someone there, in Palestine,” Temirkhanova told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Sonya Merezhko lives in Troitskaya. She said that many in the village live very modestly, there is no work, they have large families. “We also have ten families from Prigorodnoye who have been living in barracks since 1992, living in poverty, and have not been able to provide them with normal housing for more than thirty years. But even these people did not stay away from this action. They brought little clothing, mostly food: flour, sugar, buckwheat, beans, pasta. Something that can be quickly prepared for a large family,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
Merezhko noticed that almost everyone brought diapers for children, and two women brought diapers for adults. “They told me that they saw on TV that there are very sick and infirm people. These diapers can be useful for them,” the woman said.
Akhmed Kostoev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the last days before the end of the campaign to collect humanitarian aid were especially tense. “We need to have time to pack everything. And few people paid attention to the seven-eight-year-old boy standing at the open door, who was holding a large iron box of sweets in his hands. “Who do you need, boy?” - a girl from among the volunteers drew his attention. “And here,” he handed her the box. “I was saving for a bicycle, but I want to give it to you so that my money can be sent to a boy from Palestine so that he can buy himself a bicycle or a skateboard,” he asked boy.
The fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement began on October 7 with the firing of hundreds of rockets into Israeli territory, including civilian targets and civilians. The Israel Defense Forces responded by launching the Iron Swords military operation against Hamas, after which Israel announced a blockade of the Gaza Strip: supplies of water, food, electricity, medicine, and fuel were suspended. Thousands of people died on both sides .
The Islamic movement Hamas is recognized as terrorist in a number of countries: in particular, France and the European Union added it to the list of terrorist groups after the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In Russia, the movement has not been declared terrorist, since none of its representatives have been convicted in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in response to a request from a deputy from St. Petersburg.
[GEO.TV] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... faces growing animosity across the Moslem world and beyond due to accusations of pro-Israel bias and double standards over the war 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... , the bloc's foreign policy chief has warned.
Josep Borrell said he feared such acrimony could undermine diplomatic support for Ukraine in the Global South and the EU's ability to insist on human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... clauses in international agreements.
He said the EU had to show "more empathy" for the loss of Paleostinian civilian lives in Israel's war against Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... , launched in response to the October 7 assault by the Paleostinian group.
His comments came in interviews with Rooters during a five-day Middle East trip that took him to the rubble of Kibbutz Be'eri devastated by Hamas, the West Bank, a regional security conference in Bahrain, and royal audiences in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and Jordan.
On the trip, which ended on Monday evening, Borrell heard Arab leaders and Paleostinian civil society activists complain that the 27-nation EU was not applying the same standards to Israel's war in Gaza that it applies to Russia's war in Ukraine.
"All of them were really criticising the posture of the European Union as one-sided," Borrell said.
[FoxNews] Steven Black, the director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN), was abruptly reassigned.
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, leads GOP lawmakers asking why director was apparently reassigned after 11 years.
The letter, sent to DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm, states that on Oct. 17, Steven Black, the director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN), was abruptly reassigned to a "senior adviser" role within the Energy Department without explanation.
"We are also aware that a study conducted by an outside contractor, which the Department has had in its possession since April, outlines disturbing findings as to the state of counterintelligence across the Department, to include the national laboratories," Risch wrote.
The letter – which was signed by Republican Sens. John Barrasso, Marco Rubio, Steve Daines, Susan Collins, Bill Cassidy, Tom Cotton, Jerry Moran, John Cornyn and James Lankford – said if Black presided over the DOE-IN during a time when there were "serious shortcomings with regard to counterintelligence," then Black shouldn't be in any office with national security assignments.
Barrasso is a ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources committee and Rubio is the Committee on Intelligence's vice chairman.
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Can I ask why the Department of Energy needs a "counterintelligence" department? Are they being spied on by the Department of Agriculture or something?
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#1 Are you kidding? DOE runs a lot of research - both pure and applied. For example: it runs Los Alamos National Lab - you know, the place were they made (and still do) the nuke bomb.
Suddenly people are paying attention. Decisions must be made.
[IsraelTimes] Julia Salazar axes communications and policy director after initially trying to distance herself from social media posts that included ’I don’t condemn Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,... , I condemn Israel’
New York State Senator Julia Salazar fired a staffer who endorsed the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The decision came Monday morning, according to the Albany Times Union, after Salazar had distanced herself from the comments by Sarah Campbell, her communications and policy director. "I barely even know her. She doesn't represent me when it's inconvenient"
According to screenshots published by the New York Post on Saturday, Campbell wrote the phrase "by any means necessary" on her personal account on X, formerly known as Twitter, on October 7. The phrase is seen as justifying Hamas’ violence and has been used by protest groups in New York that celebrated the attack and that call for Israel’s destruction.
More than a month later, on November 12, Campbell posted, "I don’t condemn Hamas, I condemn Israel. Who has reigned more terror: Hamas in the entirety of their existence, or Israel in just the last 30 days?"
The screenshot of the November 12 post showed that her account had been made private, so that only approved followers could see her posts. The account has since been deleted.
Salazar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
After the posts surfaced, Salazar addressed the report in a post on X, writing that her staffer posted the comments to her "personal, locked social media account without my knowledge."
"Her personal thoughts are not mine, and do not reflect me or my office in any way at all," Salazar wrote. "I’m not going to allow anyone to wrongly pin another person’s reckless and completely unacceptable words onto me or my office."
The Post also reported that Isabel Anreus, Salazar’s chief of staff, liked an October 7 post that said, "The stuff happening in Paleostine really cheers me up." During the attack, Hamas bandidosbully boyz killed approximately 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took more than 200 people captive. Anreus’ account is also now private.
Salazar, a Democrat who represents north Brooklyn, was elected to the State Senate as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in 2018. The group’s New York City branch came under fire for endorsing a rally held in Times Square on October 8, before Israel had fully launched its counteroffensive 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... , that backed the Paleostinian "right to resist."
Salazar has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and criticized Israeli strikes on Gaza since the beginning of the war, and also condemned the Hamas attack and has demanded the release of hostages held by Hamas.
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Salazar, a Democrat who represents north Brooklyn, was elected to the State Senate as a member of the Democratic Socialists [read Marxists] of America in 2018.
[IsraelTimes] White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says the US has "begun a review" of whether it should re-designate the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in 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... as a terror organization following the group’s hijacking of an Israeli-tied ship in the Red Sea and the series of missile attacks it has launched at Israel since the outbreak of the war 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... Kirby says the review was launched following "recent targeting of civilians by the Houthis" and "piracy of a ship in international waters."
"The Houthis ought to release that ship immediately as well as the crew, and unconditionally," Kirby says.
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Joe's wife and daughter weren't killed by a drunk driver. He didn't graduate with three or even two degrees, wasn't in the top half of his law class, and his daddy didn't come home from a hard day's work in the mines and play football with the guys. The NAACP hasn't endorsed him every time he's run.... removed the Houthis terror designation shortly after entering the White House amid pressure from rights groups who said it was inhibiting efforts to supply aid to civilians in Yemen.
Kirby adds during a briefing that the US has identified an uptick in cooperation between Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and Russia against Israel and Ukraine.
"Our information further indicates that [the] Wagner [Group], at the direction of the Russian government, was preparing to provide an air defense capability to either Hezbollah or Iran," Kirby says.
Kirby adds that Iran is also considering providing Russia with ballistic missiles for use against Ukraine.
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It's the piracy thing, and that the US Navy has been steadily swatting down missiles from Yemen. It's like they're determined to get in the fight.
They also haven't paid their 10% fee.
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A favorite ploy of the left in the USA. During the Billy Jeff misministration, 25-year-old bangas in Chiraq were classified as "children" for "gun violence" statistical purposes.
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If they can hike that far, they're in far better physical shape than most American males their age.
[GEO.TV] The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have hit back at Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari after the latter raised concerns over upcoming general elections' transparency and the “denial” of the level-playing field to all political parties.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore on Tuesday, senior PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah said he would not resort to using Bilawal’s language to respond to his criticism, Geo News reported.
The PPP chief in his recent public addresses launched a tirade against the PML-N leadership, calling it “mehangai [inflation] league” and accusing its supremo Nawaz Sharif of receiving preferential treatment from the caretaker government.
Bilawal has also cast doubts on the transparency of the upcoming general elections, claiming that no one would accept the results of the polls if results were manipulated in favour of any political party.
“The PML-N does not want to increase bitterness that’s why we are not responding to Bilawal’s [criticism] in his own language,” Sanaullah said in today’s media talk.
Despite adopting anti-PML-N rhetoric, the former security czar said the ex-foreign minister would not be able to woo anti-PML-N voters by “heaping praise” on the PML-N.
Besides Punjab, he said the PML-N would secure a majority from other provinces as well in the upcoming elections.
The PML-N stalwart also emphasised the need for working together for the country’s betterment. “We have to work together If the country has to move forward.”
Sanaullah said that his party exercised restraint as both parties were allies in the previous coalition government led by the PML-N.
Fazl advises against political bitterness
Meanwhile, speaking to the media after meeting Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazl said his party would not adopt an aggressive stance against the PPP and would maintain contact with other political parties as well.
“There is a difference between the thinking of an elderly person and a child. This difference is visible in the statements of Bilawal,” the JUI-F chief said referring to his statement that youth should be given a chance to lead the country instead of the elderly.
Fazl called for promoting reconciliation and harmony in order to avoid confrontational politics during the election campaign.
He also advised against casting aspersions on the transparency of polls saying that the country cannot afford the disputed elections.
The JUI-F said his party has decided to work together with PML-N in the future and would also enter into seat adjustment with its ally.
Political activities are on the rise in the country after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), following the Supreme Court's intervention, announced that the polls in the country will take place on February 8, 2024.
[GEO.TV] With elections closing in, a top Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader has said that his party’s candidate for Punjab’s chief ministership would be the younger Sharif — Shehbaz Sharif.
Shehbaz has served as Pakistain’s most populous province’s chief minister for a record three times — 1997-99, 2008-13 and 2013-18 — and was also the prime minister for around 16 months, when the Pakistain Democratic Movement came into power after ousting Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... , the chairman of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI).
The PML-N is yet to begin its election campaign ahead of the February 8 elections, but its supremo Nawaz Sharif ...served two three non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... has returned to the country and is getting his legal affairs sorted in a bid to contest the polls and become the prime minister for the fourth time.
"In my personal opinion, given the destruction during the Buzdar regime and in the manner in whichPunjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... was progressing till 2018, it is Punjab’s need that Shehbaz Sharif take charge of Punjab’s affairs," PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah told Geo News’ Shahzeb Khanzada.
"Had Shehbaz Sharif got the opportunity to [serve as the chief minister] after the 2018 elections as well, then Punjab would have become an example for the rest of Pakistain," Sanaullah, who served as the interior minister under Shehbaz in the Centre, said.
The top PML-N leader in line with his assessment, Shehbaz — despite being elected to the top office in the centre — would be ready to work under the leadership of Nawaz at any post.
"My assessment says that Shehbaz Sharif will be ready to work with Nawaz Sharif in any capacity. He will not complain about it," the ex-interior minister said.
When questioned about whether PML-N leaders Hamza Shehbaz (Shehbaz’s son) and Maryam Nawaz (Nawaz’s daughter) would be willing to work under the proposed leadership, he said: "They have served jail time together while in opposition. I’m sure they will serve in whatever capacity the party assigns them."
[GEO.TV] The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday nullified the notification for conducting former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's jail trial on charges of leaking state secrets — issued on August 29.
A special court has been conducting the trial in jail citing security concerns since Khan was indicted on the charges last month. The PTI chairman is currently in Adiala jail after he was indicted by the special court on October 23.
"Islamabad High Court has declared illegal the notification for jail trial," said Naeem Panjutha, the lawyer, in a post on social media platform X.
The ruling came as a division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Riffat Imtiaz announced the verdict it reserved earlier in the day on the intra-court appeal filed by the PTI chief against his jail trial.
It seems like, after the order, the court proceedings that have taken place in jail have been nullified as a whole.
Allowing Khan's intra-court appeal, the division bench declared the law ministry's notification "to be without lawful authority and no legal effect".
The IHC stated in the three-page short order that the jail trial can be conducted in "exceptional circumstances".
"In exceptional circumstances and where it is conducive to justice, a trial can be conducted in jail in a manner that fulfills the requirements of an open trial or a trial in camera provided it is in accordance with the procedure provided by law."
The court also declared that the November 15 notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice after the caretaker cabinet's approval of the jail trial "cannot be given retrospective effect".
The Israel Defense Forces has no plans to allow Paleostinians to move back to northern 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... when the military expands its ground offensive into the southern part of the Strip.
The Times of Israel has learned that the IDF instead plans to direct the civilian population to areas away from the expected ground offensive in southern Gaza, in order to reduce civilian casualties.
The population may move around in southern Gaza, but not northward, according to information seen by The Times of Israel.
So far, the IDF has declared the small al-Mawasi area on the southern coast of Gaza as a "safe zone" amid the ground offensive in the north and Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s across the Strip.
The IDF believes the humanitarian situation in Gaza is reasonable given the circumstances, and wishes to avoid a major crisis that would harm Israel’s legitimacy to continue its operations in the Strip.
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The previous Paleo leadership did nothing or just plain Failed to maintain the promised peaceful relations per the treaty agreement. Why expect better on a Redo?
X Corp will be donating all revenue from advertising & subscriptions associated with the war in Gaza to hospitals in Israel and the Red Cross/Crescent in Gaza. Very Cool</p>— Clash Report (@clashreport) November 21, 2023
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Musk says "We're not making any money from it, and getting bad press, so give it away."
I think he understands that he's not gonna get any good press, and it turns out that most advertising is actually money laundering.
So there's that.
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[BenarNews] Provincial committees representing Thailand’s 4 million Moslems will soon elect a new leader to oversee the affairs of the Islamic community in this majority-Buddhist country.
The three candidates for the post of the Sheikhul Islam — the nation’s top Islamic authority — include one from the insurgency-wracked southern border region and two from the capital Bangkok.
They’re vying to replace another Moslem leader from the widely impoverished Deep South who died last month after serving as the Sheikhul Islam for more than a decade. The results from voting by 800 people who sit on Islamic provincial committees nationwide are due out Nov. 22.
The Sheikhul Islam serves as the Thai government’s top adviser on Islamic Affairs, including on efforts to bring peace to the mainly Moslem Deep South.
"The troubles in the Deep South are the chronicle of identity, culture and different thoughts, including extremism," Wisoot Binlatah, one of the candidates and a native of southern Songkhla province, told BenarNews.
"In order to solve the problems, it needs the approaches on culture and religious understanding which could lead those who consider violence to be moderate."
The Deep South encompasses Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces along with four districts in Songkhla.
More than 7,300 people have been killed and 13,500 others have been injured since a Malay Moslem separatist insurgency in this region along the Thai-Malaysia border flared up again in January 2004. At the time, scores of Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) holy warriors raided an army battalion and made off with hundreds of military weapons from an arms depot.
In recent years, government negotiators held peace talks with MARA Patani, an umbrella group bringing together various rebel organizations and factions, and later with BRN, the region’s largest krazed killer group, but violence still persists.
"The authorities must realize the cultural approach. I don’t want to see the use of brute force but soft power — culture and religious teaching to mold their minds to feel that all are brothers and sisters under the same nation," Wisoot said, adding that he had the backing of the local Islamic committee.
Thailand allows more religious freedom than some Moslem-majority nations, he noted.
"We can build Moslem identity under the framework of the constitution and laws without using violence," said Wisoot, who was educated in Egypt.
The other two candidates, Prasarn Sricharoen and Arun Boonchum, are natives of Bangkok who were educated in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . They did not respond to BenarNews requests for interviews.
A local BRN leader in Pattani province, who asked not to be named over security concerns, had advice for whomever is elected.
"The moderate leader must be brave in deciding what is right, otherwise the problems will go on and on like what happened in the past," the BRN official told BenarNews.
The new leader will succeed Sheikhul Islam Aziz Phitakkumpon who died on Oct. 22 at the age of 76. A native of Songkhla province, Aziz was elected leader in 2010.
The Sheikhul Islam, also known as Chularatchamontri in Thai, advises the government on Islamic affairs, issues fatwas (rulings or clarifications on Islamic law) and announces religious events to be observed.
About half of Thailand’s Moslem population is concentrated in the Malay-speaking Deep South, where locals expressed hope for the new leader.
"The Sheikhul Islam has an important role in the joint efforts to solve the violence in the Deep South. Surely, he needs to know the religion, but everyone has to bear in mind how we can elect the right person who can help on both religious matters and the deterrence of violence," Rusdee Bakok, the deputy chairman of Yala Islamic Committee, told BenarNews.
"People [here] want an indigenous Sheikhul Islam because the majority of Moslems live here. If we can have a local person, we will have a Sheikhul Islam who knows the troubles and it is tacitly known that Deep South Moslems are more ardent than those elsewhere in the country," he said.
A villager in Pattani said he wanted to see a change.
"I want the 19th Sheikhul Islam to be a moderate who is good at and strictly observes the teachings to lead us accordingly," Ismail Doloh told BenarNews.
"I don’t like the previous Islamic leaders who did not duly follow the religious principle," he said without elaborating because it is considered a sin to criticize the dead.
[IsraelTimes] The White House says Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group was preparing to bolster the air defenses of 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... ’s Hezbollah terror group or the regime in Tehran, as part of an "unprecedented defense cooperation" between the two US adversaries.
"Our information... indicates that Wagner, at the direction of the Russian government, was preparing to provide an air defense capability to either Hezbollah or Iran," National Security Council front man John Kirby tells news hounds.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[NYPOST] One of the attackers convicted in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021 caused a ruckus inside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday — shouting "Free Paleostine" as his rowdy supporters accused the judge of being racist at his sentencing hearing.
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...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...
