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Sprechi, privilegi, furbate: una pagina Facebook svela i trucchetti di Montecitorio e fa il botto. Gli italiani non ne possono più ma i politici non capiscono. Fini pontifica,...
Casta, secondo colpo gobbo: più lavoriamo, più guadagna
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Casta: dopo dieci anni di tagli ci costa mezzo miliardo in più
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I mercati europei
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Respinta l'eccezione della difesa sul trasferimento del procedimento che vede imputato Berlusconi: «Non è consentito il proscioglimento nel merito». Il premier non è in tribunale
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Berlusconi per un'ora da Napolitano
POLITICA Al centro del colloquio giustizia, manovra
e successione di Alfano nella carica di Guardasigilli. Il capo del governo accompagnato dal sottosegretario Gianni Letta
e successione di Alfano nella carica di Guardasigilli. Il capo del governo accompagnato dal sottosegretario Gianni Letta
SUL WEB
Il precario di Montecitorio e i costi della "casta": attacco dalla Rete|Video
POLITICA È caccia a un ex di Montecitorio che su Facebook (quasi 170 mila «Mi piace»), Twitter e un blog «fa i conti in tasca» alla politica Pronzato
Sconti, scorte, barbieri e voli gratis: le cifre e le accuse dell'anonimo, ora star della rete italiana Argento
Video - E Formigoni abbronzato scatena l'amara ironia della Rete
Sconti, scorte, barbieri e voli gratis: le cifre e le accuse dell'anonimo, ora star della rete italiana ArgentoVideo - E Formigoni abbronzato scatena l'amara ironia della Rete
Editoriale - La Casta paghi. Qualche idea... Rizzo e Stella 
Sondaggio - C'è da fidarsi dell'anonimo di Montecitorio? Vota 
Audio - Le accuse della radicale Bernardini - 1 - 2
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Blog - I costi della politica e idee sottocosto Fregonara, Meli
LIEVI DANNI
Scosse di terremoto,
paura al Nord
CRONACHE Raggiunti i 4,7 gradi. Epicentro tra Rovigo e Mantova Pasqualetto 
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LA NOVITÀ
Usa, ecco il tequila-party
il movimento pro-immigrati
ESTERIRivendica leggi meno severe per i "latini" e fa il verso al conservatorismo dei tea-party di Francesco Tortora
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Jüdische.Info Wöchentliches Magazin
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Scandale des écoutes : le chef de Scotland Yard démissionne
Ségolène Royal veut rassembler jusqu'aux gaullistes
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Crise grecque : une semaine pour sauver l'euro
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Le sommet prévu jeudi entre les dirigeants européens doit permettre d'endiguer une probable contagion de la crise financière grecque au reste de l'Europe. Par Henri Rouillier |
L'inflation, solution contre la dette ?
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OPINION. Diminuer le train de vie de l'Etat, ou augmenter les recettes fiscales, il n'y a pas beaucoup de solutions pour combler la dette d'un pays. Une troisième possibilité serait l'inflation. Par Rafik Smati, chef d'entreprise. |
Eva Joly : face à la polémique, François Fillon persiste et signe
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Malgré les vives réactions de la gauche, le Premier ministre "se félicite" de la controverse qu'il a suscitée en affirmant que la candidate écologiste "n'a pas une culture ancienne des valeurs françaises." |
AFGHANISTAN. Les talibans revendiquent le meurtre d'un conseiller du président Karzaï
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Cet assassinat intervient une semaine après celui du frère du président afghan. |
Vaste remaniement en Egypte
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Mohammed Kamel a été désigné ministre des Affaires étrangères. D'autres changements doivent être annoncés ce lundi. |
Confusion sur l'état de santé de Moubarak
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Malaise cardiaque, coma : les spéculations vont bon train sur le sort du président égyptien déchu. |
PAS-DE-CALAIS. Une fillette défigurée par un bull-terrier
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Le chien l'a mordue lors d'une fête entre amis. Ses jours ne sont pas en danger mais ses lésions sont irréversibles. |
Rwanda : l'armée française accusée de viols collectifs
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Des rescapées tutsies du génocide hutu affirment qu'elles ont été systématiquement violées par des militaires français dans les camps contrôlés par la force Turquoise. Info ou intox ? Par Sarah Halifa-Legrand. |
Coupe du Monde de foot féminin : victoire surprise des Japonaises
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Les Nadeshiko se sont imposées aux tirs au but, privant les Américaines de leur troisième titre mondial. |
A New York, les immigrés sont les bienvenus
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Le maire de New York vante sans complexes les bienfaits de l'immigration dans sa ville. Où deux habitants sur trois en sont issus. Et tiennent souvent le haut du pavé. Par Philippe Boulet-Gercourt. |
AVIGNON. Aubry égratignée par Hollande sur la culture
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La candidate à la primaire PS veut augmenter le budget de la culture de 30 à 50%. François Hollande l'a mise en garde sur le réalisme de sa proposition. |
Hollande : "la dette est l'ennemie de la gauche et de la France"
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Le candidat à la primaire socialiste estime qu'il faut "rééquilibrer les comptes publics sans tarder" et descendre à 3% du PIB" dès 2013, alors que le programme socialiste a fixé la réduction de la dette pour 2014. |
Intégrer le marché du travail, le parcours du combattant
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OPINION. Stages, petits boulots, pas assez d'expérience, trop de diplômes, l'entrée sur le marché du travail est de plus en plus difficile pour les jeunes. Par Guillaume Jacquemart, étudiant en Master. |
Rafle du Vel d'Hiv : un millier de personnes à la commémoration
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Simone Veil, Raphaël Esrail et Marc Laffineur étaient présents à la cérémonie pour déposer des fleurs devant le monument commémoratif de la rafle. |
Obama apporte son "soutien ferme" aux Tibétains
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Le président américain a accueilli samedi le dalaï lama à la Maison Blanche, provoquant l'irritation de Pékin. |
Air Algérie : pas de hausse des salaires selon le PDG du groupe
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Les négociations devaient s'ouvrir à 14h dans la banlieue d'Alger. La compagnie "espère trouver un compromis". |
E.Coli : un enfant grièvement atteint est sorti du coma
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Son état s'est amélioré mais ses problèmes néphrologiques continuent d'être sérieux, d'après les médecins. |
LIBYE. Au moins 13 puissantes explosions à Tripoli
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La télévision d'État parle d'un raid de l'Otan qui aurait fait un nombre indéterminé de victimes. |
Israël envisage de présenter des excuses à la Turquie
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Le Mavi Marmara, un ferry turc, avait été attaqué par un commando israélien alors qu'il militait dans les eaux d'Israël pour la levée du blocus de Gaza en mai 2010. L'assaut avait fait 9 morts. |
LYON. La vente d'alcool à emporter interdite après 22h
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La mairie a pris un arrêté municipal qui interdit la vente d'alcool à emporter après 22h en période estivale, "pour lutter contre l'alcoolisation des plus jeunes". |
Chavez est arrivé à Cuba pour entamer une chimiothérapie
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Le président vénézuélien a déjà été opéré d'une tumeur cancéreuse il y a un mois. |
Dette US : Obama n'a pas peur de "faire des choix impopulaires"
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Le président américain a invité les Démocrates et les Républicains, qui n'arrivent pas à se mettre d'accord sur le replafonnement de la dette publique, à faire "des sacrifices partagés." |
VAR. La caissière d'un supermarché blessée lors d'un braquage
Deux hommes cagoulés et gantés
ont tiré des coups de feu à l'intérieur du magasin; les jours de la
caissière ne sont pas en danger.
300 manifestants arrêtés en Syrie
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Plus d'un million de personnes ont manifesté à travers le pays vendredi, soit la plus grande mobilisation contre le régime en quatre mois de révolte. |
L'attribution d'un prix à Poutine fait polémique en Allemagne
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Les organisateurs ont finalement renoncé à décerner la récompense au Premier ministre russe. |
Le jeu vidéo de la semaine : F.3.A.R
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Amateurs d'hémoglobine et de gore, voilà un jeu de tirs à votre mesure. Les autres : passez votre chemin, cela ne fait même pas peur... |
Maje, Sandro et Isabel Marant à l'assaut de New-York
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Comment les marques françaises partent à la conquête de la Grosse Pomme. Par Céline Cabourg. |
Kate trop maigre, Angelina mariée, John Kerry paparazzé... 7 jours à Hollywood
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La revue de presse (presque) indispensable. Par Cécile Delarue, à Los Angeles. |
"Amnesia", un brûlot anti-Ben Ali de Tunis à Avignon
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Montée à Tunis un an avant la Révolution de jasmin, la pièce est aujourd'hui programmée au Festival d'Avignon. Par Raphaël de Gubernatis. |
Mad Men, good end ? Le créateur connaît déjà la fin
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Le patron de la série, qui vient d'être nominée 19 fois aux Emmy Awards, annonce qu'il sait déjà comment elle finit... Par Cécile Delarue, à Los Angeles. |
La Rochelle. Record d'affluence pour les Francofolies
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Le festival a attiré près de 89.000 spectateurs sur six jours. |
DSK assiste à deux concerts dans le Massachussetts
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Accompagné par son épouse Anne Sinclair, l'ancien dirigeant du FMI a refusé de parler aux journalistes. |
Flash-back : Miles Davis, artisan et popstar du jazz
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L'Ina et Nouvelobs.com s'associent pour vous proposer, chaque semaine, une mise en perspective historique d'un sujet d'actualité. Cette semaine, Miles Davis à l’occasion des célébrations du 20e anniversaire de sa disparition. |
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Libye : les ratés d'une guerre française Par Vincent Jauvert |
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Festival d'Avignon: le cri de Caubère, Off Par Odile Quirot |
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France 3 et Arte: deux chaines en perdition Par Claude Soula |
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Vive Bourguiba ! Par Jean Daniel |
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Ricardo Gama
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- Sérgio Cabral foi parar no divã, e o povo ferrado na rua
- Pesquisas indicam a indignação e revolta do povo com Sérgio Cabral
- BASTA DE ROUBALHEIRA: Operação impeachment Sérgio Cabral
- Governo faz arrastão no povo, e bandidos armados fazem o mesmo na Av. Brasil
- A roubalheira com os containers das UPA's e UPP's envolvendo Sérgio Cabral, Pezão e o seu amigão
- O ROUBO: UPAs feitas com conteineres ou pré-moldados custam 25% mais que hospitais de alvenaria
- Organizações Globo tentam proteger Pezão do escândalo dos container das UPA's e UPP's
- Sérgio Cabral sabia que empresa que faria containers de amigo de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, era de fachada
- Amigão de Pezão que montou empresa de fachada para fazer containers para UPP's e UPA's vive vida de rei nas suas fazendas
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:58 PM PDT
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Babaquice,
Sérgio Cabral agora resolve se fazer de vítima, e até se deixou ser
fotografado com um olhar supostamente abatido ao sair do consultório de
psicanálise.
Depois de ofender os bombeiros, e ser revelado o mar de lama de ROUBALHEIRA e CORRUPÇÃO no governo, Sérgio Cabral foi parar no "divã" ? E o povo, os bombeiros, os professores, onde foram parar ? Na rua da amargura, acampados em via pública para lutar por um salário digno. Só falta daqui a pouco Sérgio Cabral querer alegar que é "maluco", não sabia de nada, me refiro das roubalheiras, e por ser inimputável não pode ser preso e processado.
Não
tem conversa, as autoridades tem que fazer uma devassa nessa
roubalheira, e sendo maluco ou não, lugar de bandido é na CADEIA !!!]
Em tempo, alguém sabe informar se psicopatia tem cura ? Reprodução do site Lu Lacerda     Sérgio Cabral está fazendo psicanálise em um consultório na Praça Santos Dumont, na Gávea. De um certo tempo pra cá, vinha chamando atenção a grande quantidade de seguranças na simpática pracinha da Zona Sul carioca. Isso se observava, mais precisamente, depois do acidente com o helicóptero em Porto Seguro, na Bahia em meados de junho, quando morreram sete pessoas, entre elas, amigos do governador, incluindo Mariana Noleto, namorada de seu filho Marco Antônio. Em ambos os lados do quarteirão, muitos homens de terno negro, ou outros mais esportivos próximos a motocicletas.
Os
comentários eram os mais variados: por ficar perto de uma clínica
veterinária, diziam que era um bichinho da família que estaria sendo
tratado ali; outros falavam ser um psiquiatra, entre as mais variadas
versões. Mas, resumindo, é isso:
um consultório de psicanálise – o acidente levou Cabral para o divã. O
governador, cujo olhar mantém ainda um certo ar de tristeza, teve
sessão longa nesta sexta-feira (15/07): ele chegou ao local por volta
das 10h da manhã, de onde só saiu perto do meio-dia. Às vezes, aparece
também às segundas-feiras.
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT
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Reprodução do jornal Extra, coluna Berenice Seara  Várias
pesquisas estão sendo feitas e todas estão revelando o mesmo dado, o
Governador Sérgio Cabral saiu mesmo chamuscado com a briga com os
bombeiros militares, e as revelações sobre as denúncias de roubalheira e ligações com empresários e empeiteiros.isso é bom sinal, mesmo com a blindagem da grande imprensa protegendo o governador, o povo ficou sabendo das sacanagens de Sérgio Cabral. Que essa indignação do povo faça as autoridades investigarem esse governo corrupto e sacana do Sérgio Cabral. A conferir.  |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 01:27 PM PDT
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 Se
o Brasil fosse um país sério, e o Rio de Janeiro idem, nunca um
governador como Sérgio Cabral envolvido em tantas denúncias de
ROUBALHEIRA, CORRUPÇÃO, TRÁFICO DE INFLUÊNCIA, CRIME DE
RESPONSABILIDADE, e etc, ficaria no poder, as autoridades competentes já teriam o afastado do poder.Mas, sinceramente, o que mais me revolta e incomoda, é o povo do Rio de Janeiro não fazer nada contra tanta corrupção !!! O que o povo do Rio de Janeiro está esperando para dizer BASTA, e botar esses ladrões para fora do poder ? E as autoridades competentes também o que estão esperando ?  |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 01:14 PM PDT
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Os bandidos devem ter lido a Revista Veja hoje, e viram que o governo Sérgio Cabral está fazendo um "arrastão" no bolso do povo, e resolveram sair nas ruas e fazer o mesmo.
Pergunta, qual a diferença entre o Governo Sérgio Cabral e os bandidos ? Resposta: Não há diferença, ambos estão fazendo um arrastão no povo. Em tempo, perdão, existe sim uma diferença, os bandidos são presos, já a "turma" do governo Sérgio Cabral nem são investigados.
Reprodução do site G1.com
 Dois carros foram roubados na tarde deste domingo (17), na Avenida Brasil, na altura de Realengo, na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro. As informações foram confirmadas pela Polícia Militar. Segundo a PM, por volta das 13h, criminosos armados num carro renderam os motoristas quando passavam pela pista sentido Zona Oeste.
Os suspeitos bloquearam a passagem dos carros e roubaram, ainda,
dinheiro e pertences das vítimas. De acordo com a polícia, na fuga, os
criminosos abandonaram um veículo no local. A polícia não sabe se o
automóvel abandonado também foi roubado. Não houve confrontos.
Policiais militares reforçaram o policiamento na via expressa e
fizeram buscas, mas não encontraram os suspeitos. O caso foi registrado
na 33ª DP (Realengo).
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:21 AM PDT
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Governo Sérgio Cabral o mais ladrão e corrupto da história, agora uma nova denúncia, a ROUBALHEIRA envolvendo os containers das UPA's e UPP's "feita" por uma empresa de fachada do amigão de Pezão, o Ronald de Carvalho.
Digo, e repito, alguma autoridade vai investigar essa ROUBALHEIRA ? Sérgio Cabral não tem mais condições de ser governador, ou renuncia, ou sofre processo de impeachemnt já. ACORDA POVO, BASTA SE PASSIVIDADE, ATÉ QUANDO ASSISTIREMOS DEITADOS EM "VERÇO ESPLENDIDO" ROUBAREM O NOSO DINHEIRO ? Abaixo tudo que eu postei sobre o assunto hoje.
Revista Veja denuncia: Containers das UPA's e UPP's é feita por empresa de fachada de amigão do vice Pezão
Amigão de Pezão que montou empresa de fachada para fazer containers para UPP's e UPA's vive vida de rei nas suas fazendas Sérgio Cabral sabia que empresa que faria containers de amigo de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, era de fachada Organizações Globo tentam proteger Pezão do escândalo dos container das UPA's e UPP's O ROUBO: UPAs feitas com contêineres ou pré-moldados custam 25% mais que hospitais de alvenaria .  |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:12 AM PDT
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O jornal
O Globo, leia-se, Organizações Globo dão destaque para a ROUBALHEIRA no
Governo Sérgio Cabral, mas, aliviam e escondem nome do vice-Pezão, sabem o que significa, e o por que disso ?
Pezão é preservado, já que é candidato a sucessão de Sérgio Cabral, e Cabral terá que gastar mais milhões de reais, inclusive, em intervalos do Jornal Nacional com propagandas "positivas" de seu governo, ou seja, as vezes bater no governador dá muito lucro (milhões) para as Organizações Globo. Mas vamos ao que interessa, o jornal O Globo revela o que todos já sabiam, que fazer UPA's e UPP's a base de containers é mais caro do que de alvenaria (tijolo e cimento), então por que Sérgio Cabral preferiu adotar os containers que gastam mais o dinheiro do povo ? Resposta: Para desviar o dinheiro do povo, ou um português mais claro, para ROUBAR, e METER A MÃO !!! Tanto é verdade, que é uma empresa de fachada do amigo do vice governador Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, que é responsável pelos containers, conforme eu já postei aqui (clique aqui e leia) Alô Governador Sérgio Cabral, você é um LADRÃO, o maior CORRUPTO da histótria do Rio de Janeiro, se bobear do Brasil. Me processe seu safado, que eu provo tudo que eu estou falando e eescrevendo na justiça e com muito prazer. Sérgio cabral não tem mais condições de ser governador, deveria renunciar, ou sofrer um processo de impeachment já. E as autoridades, vão investugar de verdade ? Reprodução do jornal o Globo 
RIO
- Na lógica de gastos do poder público do Rio, a menor diferença entre
custo e benefício nem sempre é o melhor preço. Um comparativo feito
pelo GLOBO mostra que a utilização de contêineres ou módulos pré-moldados de aço para erguer as Unidades de Pronto-Atendimento 24h (UPAs)
custa, em média, 25% mais caro que construir um hospital inteiro de
alvenaria. Apesar da diferença, o uso das estruturas metálicas virou
uma febre no estado, desde que o governo inaugurou a primeira UPA na
Maré, em 2007. Desde então, já foram instaladas mais 41 unidades com
esse tipo de material. Outras secretarias, como as de Governo e
Segurança, além de municípios do interior, da prefeitura da capital e da
Guarda Municipal, passaram também a adotar os pré-moldados metálicos.
Os custos de instalação das UPAs já chamaram a atenção dos promotores da área de saúde do Ministério Público estadual. Eles investigam suspeitas de superfaturamento na compra das estruturas de aço. Nos tribunais de Contas do Estado (TCE) e do Município (TCM), tramitam processos nos quais os técnicos questionam os valores e os processos licitatórios de instalação das UPAs.
Pelos dados fornecidos pelo governo estadual e pela prefeitura, os módulos de aço das UPAs
têm um custo de R$ 2.385 por metro quadrado. O preço supera em 25% os
R$ 1.900 que a prefeitura de São Carlos, em São Paulo, investe na
construção do Hospital Escola Municipal. A unidade, que está
parcialmente pronta, tem mais de 30 mil metros quadrados. No custo
total de R$ 58 milhões estão incluídas as despesas com paisagismo,
instalações elétricas e hidráulicas, além de sistema de refrigeração. A obra conta ainda com a assinatura do arquiteto João Filgueiras Lima (Lelé), responsável pelos projetos dos hospitais da Rede Sarah Kubitschek.
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT
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O jornal O Globo de hoje também traz a mesma denúncia da Revista Veja que eu já postei aqui no blog (clique aqui e leia).
Porém, o Globo surpreende, e tenta colocar a ROUBALHEIRA na conta do ex-deputado Jorge Picciani, dizendo que o empresário Ronald de Carvalho que montou a empresa de fachada é seu amigo (veja a seta vermelha) Quando na verdade, todos sabem, e a Revista Veja noticiou, é o vice-governador Pezão o grande amigão de Ronald de Carvalho, por que as Organizações Globo omitiram isso na matéria ? Será que as Organizações Globo estão tentando proteger o Pezão, que será o candidato de Sérgio Cabral a sucessão, mantendo o seu nome afastado de ROUBALHEIRAS ? Outro detalhe informado pelo jornal O Globo, é que a empresa de fachada, Metalúrgica de Valença, do amigão de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, também foi beneficiada pela FARRA FISCAL de Sérgio Cabral, deixando de pagar R$ 45 milhões de reais de impostos. Aí é a mágica, como uma empresa de fachada, que nunca funcionou, consegue ser beneficiada em R$ 45 milhões de reais em impostos ? O certo é, o bagulho é muito doido, é ROUBALHEIRA e MARACUTAIA vazando para tudo que é lado do Governo Sérgio Cabral, a pergunta é, alguma autoridade vai investigar Sérgio Cabral, Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, empresa de fachada, contratos superfaturados e etc ? Digo e repito, esse governo é uma MÁFIA e lugar de MAFIOSO é na CADEIA. Reprodução do jornal O Globo de hoje.     |
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Posted: 17 Jul 2011 06:30 AM PDT
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Gente o "bagulho" é surreal, a cara de pau desse governo vagabundo do Sérgio Cabral impressiona e choca ao mesmo tempo.
Como eu já postei aqui, a Revista Veja dessa semana revelou que a empresa Metalúrgica Valença, do amigão de Pezão, é de fachada e nunca funcionou (isso é óbvio), mesmo tendo recebido terreno e dinheiro do povo pelo Governo Sérgio Cabral. Mas vejam a cara de pau de Sérgio Cabral e sua turma, no dia 11/06/2010, foi postado no site oficial do Governo do Rio de Janeiro as seguintes informações: - a importância da empresa de fachada do amigão de Pezão, a Metalúrgica Valença, que auxiliará no desenvolvimento da região. Pergunta, como uma empresa de fachada (que nunca funcionou) vai auxiliar no desenvolvimento de qualquer lugar ? - o site ainda informa que a empresa de fachada, a Metajurgica Valença, vai gerar 80 empregos diretos, e mais de 200 postos de trabalho indireto. Pergunta, como uma empresa que nunca funcionou, ou seja, de fachada pode gerar empregos ? - diz que o governador Sérgio Cabral visitou as instalações da empresa Metalúrgica de Valença. Pergunta, como Sérgio Cabral visitou algo que não existe, digo uma empresa de fachada ? Daí-se conclui que o Governador Sérgio Cabral sabia da maracutaia, da farsa, já que quando ele visitou a Metalúrgica Valença não viu nada, e obviamente era uma empresa de fachada. Outra pergunta, por que Sérgio Cabral quando visitou a Metalúrgica Valença, uma empresa de fachada que nunca funcionou, não denunciou as autoridades competentes ?
Não
sejamos inocentes, pelo próprio site do Governo do Rio, mais uma vez,
conclui-se que Sérgio Cabral sabia de toda a maracutaia e roubalheira, e
foi conivente e cúmplice com esse golpe ao não denunciar as
irregularidades vistas ao visitar a empresa de fachada.
De
novo eu pergunto, será que alguma autoridade vai investigar essas
denúncias, o envolvimento das empresas do amigão de Pezão com o Governo
do Rio, e principalmente as insenções fiscais recebidas ?
Isso não é um governo, e sim uma MÁFIA, e lugar de MAFIOSO é na VCADEIA !
  Os investimentos em infraestrutura,
saúde, educação, segurança e turismo realizados em Valença, no Médio
Paraíba, têm atraído importantes empreendimentos para o município. Os incentivos fiscais do Governo do Estado também garantem a instalação de empresas como a Metalúrgica Valença, do Grupo Metalúrgica Barra do Piraí, que foi inaugurada nesta sexta-feira (11/6). A fábrica de metais auxiliará na recuperação econômica e industrial da região.
Com características predominantemente industriais e com sua base centrada no segmento metalmecânico, Valença está pronta para receber uma das mais conceituadas empresas do país. A Metalúrgica Valença irá gerar 80 empregos, de imediato e, em um prazo médio, mais 200 postos de trabalhos diretos.
Além da geração de mão de obra, a indústria será responsável pela
fabricação da estrutura das Unidades de Pronto Atendimento (UPAs) 24h, modelo implantado pelos governos federal e estadual.
- A
metalúrgica foi beneficiada pela política do governo estadual de
financiamento e expansão, com qualidade, do serviço público. A Agência
de Fomento do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Investe Rio - investiu recursos
no valor de R$ 4 milhões na empresa. O grupo ajudará ainda no fornecimento de materiais, por meio do sistema modular, para a construção de UPAs, inclusive para a unidade que será instalada em Valença, e do futuro Centro Vocacional Tecnológico (CVT) de moda da cidade - ressaltou o governador do Rio.
De acordo com o empresário Ronald de Carvalho, a construção da nova empresa do Grupo Metalúrgica Barra do Piraí teve como fator decisivo as ações e projetos
desenvolvidos pelo Governo do Estado, por meio da lei de incentivo
fiscal, e pela Prefeitura de em Valença. O grupo já pensa em ampliar
seus negócios na cidade, que tem um importante aspecto industrial. Em
breve, os moradores do município acompanharão novas inaugurações. A
empresa comprou terrenos próximos à indústria e 18 novas máquinas
importadas da China.
Depois de visitar as instalações da Metalúrgica Valença, o governador, acompanhado da secretária de Educação, Tereza Porto, entregou 428 laptops do Prêmio Geração Futuro a estudantes da rede estadual de ensino em Valença. Alunos dos municípios de Barra do Piraí, Rio das Flores, Piraí, Paulo de Frontin, Mendes, Miguel Pereira e Paty de Alferes também foram premiados. Até o final do ano, o governo estadual entregará 7.553 laptops.
- A inauguração da Metalúrgica Valença e a entrega de laptops para estudantes do município e dos ônibus escolares são essenciais para a melhoria dos setores
industrial e educacional da cidade. Valença tem recebido muito
investimentos em diversas áreas, principalmente no que diz respeito à infraestrutura, como as obras do Contorno, em Conservatória - comemorou o prefeito Vicente Guedes.
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Foto: Sérgio Cabral e o amigão de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, que montou uma empresa de fachada com dinheiro do povo do Rio de Janeiro para fornecimento de containers para UPA's e UPP's.
 Como
jÁ postei aqui, a revista Veja dessa semana trouxe mais uma denúncia
contra esse governo VAGABUNDO e CORRUPTO do Sérgio Cabral, descobriu-se
que apenas uma empresa, Metalúrgica Valença, fornece os containers ao governo do Rio, e já recebeu R$ 140 milhões (O Globo de hoje diz R$ 173 milhões).Mas o grande detalhe, o dono da Metalúrgica Valença, Ronald de Carvalho, é um grande amigão de Pezão, vice-governador, e essa empresa mesmo tendo recebido R$ 4 milhões de empréstimos e um terreno, através de uma concessão do governo do Rio, nunca funcionou, ou seja, é uma empresa de fachada. A $ paixão $ de Sérgio Cabral, os containers são feitos por outra empresa do mesmo amigão de Pezão, o Ronald de Carvalho, que não tem nenhum contrato com o governo do Rio. Para ler a denúncia da Revista Veja na íntegra clique aqui. E muita sujeira e muita maracutaia, mas o certo é que hoje o amigão de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, é um homem milionário, e com certeza, a sua fortuna deve ter crescido (e surgido) depois que Sérgio Cabral assumiu o governo do Rio, basta investigarem. E hoje Ronald de Carvalho, o amigão de Pezão, vive uma vida tranquila com os milhões do povo que recebe, e o seu lugar preferido são as suas fazendas cinematográficas onde gosta de ficar vendo o seu gado Nelore de elite, conforme informação do site abaixo. Mais uma vez eu pergunto, será que o Ministério Público e os Deputados Estaduais vão investigar as denúncias da Revista Veja ?
Será
que as autoridades também vão investigar o amigão do Pezão, Ronald de
Carvalho, e suas ligações e contratos com o governo do Rio, e também as
isencões fiscais que as suas empresas receberam ?
Em tempo, o povo ferrado, bombeiros e professores lutando por um salário digno, enquanto os amigos de Sérgio Cabral e Pezão tirando onda com milhões do povo no bolso.
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Sérgio Cabral sabia que empresa que faria containers de amigo de Pezão, Ronald de Carvalho, era de fachada  (...)
Mas a chegada do Nelore de elite na sua atividade pecuária mudou parte de sua visão de mundo. “Passei a me dar mais tempo para outras coisas. Nos finais de semana, por exemplo, fico todo o tempo nas fazendas olhando o gado e idealizando sempre um novo projeto.
Gosto de acompanhar o nascimento e desenvolvimento dos bezerros,
verificar as pastagens, passear nas cocheiras e apreciar as doadoras. O
Nelore é apaixonante e, criá-lo, é muito prazeroso.
Tudo isto mexe com a vida da gente nos tornando mais tolerantes e
pacientes. Na verdade, passei a sentir outras emoções e reconhecer
novos valores na vida. Minha família é meu esteio e a ela dedico toda a
minha vida”, conclui.
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Écoutes : le chef de Scotland Yard démissionne
Rebekah Brooks, numéro deux du groupe de médias en Grande-Bretagne, a également été arrêtée dimanche, puis libérée sous caution quelques heures plus tard.
Scandale des écoutes
:
les stars contre-attaquent
Persuadées d'avoir été elles aussi victimes d'écoutes illégales, plusieurs célébrités, dont le footballeur David Beckham, ont l'intention de poursuivre en justice le groupe de presse de Rupert Murdoch.
Crispations entre Hollande et Aubry
La
maire de Lille propose d'augmenter de «30 à 50 %» le budget de la culture. Le député de Corrèze dénonce une «surenchère».
» Primaire PS : fin du dépôt des candidatures
Avignon, passage obligé des politiques
Les prétendants à la présidentielle, de Martine Aubry à Jean-Luc Mélenchon en passant par Eva Joly et Arnaud Montebourg, se bousculent au Festival d'Avignon.
Incertitudes sur l'état de santé
de Hosni Moubarak
Selon son avocat, l'ancien président égyptien serait dans un «coma
profond». Mais l'hôpital où se trouve Moubarak dément et affirme qu'il
«n'y a rien de nouveau concernant son état».
» L'Egypte doit se doter lundi d'un nouveau gouvernement
Un sommet crucial
pour
l'avenir de l'euro
Jeudi, les dirigeants de la zone euro examineront un second sauvetage de la Grèce. Une date clé face à des marchés extrêmement nerveux.
Vingt banques européennes auraient
80 milliards d'euros à lever
En marge des résultats des stress tests, très critiqués, une étude de JPMorgan Cazenove pointe les banques qui doivent se recapitaliser. BNP Paribas, Société Générale et Crédit Agricole figurent sur la liste.
Les «stress tests» insuffisants
pour rassurer les marchés
L'Europe a réaffirmé vendredi soir la bonne santé de son système bancaire, mais il en faudra plus pour rassurer des marchés financiers en proie au doute.
Les socialistes européens avancent
leurs solutions à la crise de la dette
Martine Aubry et ses homologues européens proposent des emprunts et une agence de notation européene. François
Hollande veut un fédéralisme budgétaire. Bercy dénonce «une dangereuse compétition de déclarations».
» Hollande s'aligne sur les objectifs du gouvernement
» La Grèce appelle l'Europe à «se réveiller»
Pékin fulmine contre l'accueil
du dalaï-lama par Obama
Le président américain a reçu discrètement, samedi à la Maison-Blanche, le chef spirituel des Tibétains.
Un rêve de félicité paisible
à Égalité-sur-Marne
LE
BONHEUR D'ÊTRE FRANÇAIS - Baptisée ainsi pendant la Révolution
française, la ville de Château-Thierry, dans l'Aisne, sert souvent de
laboratoire aux industriels pour tester leurs nouveaux produits.
» Les précédents épisodes
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L'agence d'État qui
dépossède les voyous
Depuis quelques semaines, ces experts gèrent l'intégralité des avoirs criminels saisis en France. Un pactole de plus de 232 millions d'euros par an.
Libye : le port pétrolier de Brega
théâtre d'intenses combats
Des combats de rue se déroulent entre les rebelles libyens et les
forces loyales à Mouammar Kadhafi dans cette ville située à 800
kilomètres à l'est de Tripoli. Il y aurait une dizaine de morts parmi
les rebelles.
» Kadhafi dit
qu'il ne quittera «jamais» la Libye
Les talibans revendiquent le meurtre d'un conseiller du président afghan
Jan Mohammad Khan a été assassiné dimanche, moins d'une semaine après le meurtre du frère du président Karzaï.
Affaire Joly : Fillon maintient ses propos
En déplacement au Gabon, le premier ministre s'est félicité
dimanche de «la polémique» née après ses propos concernant la
proposition de la candidate écologiste de supprimer le défilé militaire
du 14 juillet.
» 14 Juillet : deux ministres défendent François Fillon
Les Japonaises au sommet du monde
FOOTBALL - Le Japon est devenu champion du monde féminin en battant les États-Unis aux tirs au but dimanche soir à Francfort (2-2, 3 t.a.b à 1). Un petit miracle au vu de la physionomie du match.
Le Brésil tombe sur un mur
Après l'Argentine samedi, le Brésil a été éliminé de la Copa America dès les quarts de finale dimanche. Après avoir buté toute la rencontre sur le gardien paraguayen, les Auriverde s'inclinent aux tirs au but (0-0, 0 t.a.b à 3).
Laure Manaudou
sur la bonne voie
NATATION - La Française, qui poursuit son retour dans les bassins, a remporté deux épreuves ce week-end au meeting d'Athens (États-Unis).
Mark Cavendish remporte sa 4e étape,
Thomas Voeckler se repose en jaune
CYCLISME - Le Britannique a remporté au sprint la 15e étape à
Montpellier, son quatrième succès depuis le départ. Thomas Voeckler
conserve le maillot jaune pour la deuxième journée de repos lundi.
» La 15e étape en images
» INTERVIEW - Thomas Voeckler : «Je suis dans mes meilleures années»
DSK : les Guinéens de New York divisés sur la crédibilité de la plaignante
REPORTAGE - La vraisemblance du témoignage de Nafissatou Diallo continue de faire débat au sein de la communauté guinéenne du Bronx, qui suit l'enquête de près.
DSK : rassemblement pour Nafissatou Diallo
Après la remise en cause de la crédibilité de la femme de chambre
qui accuse Dominique Strauss-Kahn d'agression sexuelle, la communauté
noire se mobilise ce dimanche à New York pour réclamer la poursuite de
l'enquête.
» Surenchère de communication dans l'affaire DSK
» DOSSIER SPÉCIAL - L'affaire DSK
Les négociations à Air Algérie
sont suspendues
Le personnel licencié n'a pas encore été réintégré, les syndicats ont donc quitté les discussions avec la direction. Une rencontre est prévue lundi après-midi.
Un avion de tourisme
s'écrase
au décollage près de Lyon
Ses deux occupants, un pilote sexagénaire et une passagère âgée d'une cinquantaine d'années, sont morts.
Une fillette de quatre ans
défigurée
par un bull-terrier
Le pronostic vital de l'enfant, hospitalisée, n'est pas engagé. Selon La Voix du Nord, le chien, qui avait déjà été violent en septembre 2010, aurait dû être euthanasié à l'époque.
Quatre morts dans un accident
de la route dans le Cantal
Quatre personnes sont décédées la nuit dernière à Polminhac après que leur véhicule eut chuté dans un cours d'eau.
Le dernier Harry Potter bat des records de fréquentation aux USA
Avec
92,1 millions de dollars de recettes estimées pour sa première journée
en salles, le film a pulvérisé le précédent record, établi en 2009 par Twilight - Chapitre 2: tentation à 72,7 millions de dollars.
» REPORTAGE VIDÉO - Hystérie à l'avant-première d'Harry Potter à Paris
NKM relance le photovoltaïque
La ministre de l'Écologie dévoile le nouveau dispositif visant à favoriser l'innovation et le «made in France».
Flottille pour Gaza : un bateau français
se dirige vers l'Égypte
Le navire français de la flottille de militants pro-palestiniens pour Gaza, le Dignité-Al Karama, est parti pour le port d'Alexandrie après un séjour mouvementé en Grèce.
Chavez arrivé à Cuba pour soigner son cancer
Un mois après avoir été opéré d'une tumeur cancéreuse, le chef de l'Etat vénézuelien a obtenu une seconde fois l'autorisation de son Parlement pour se faire soigner à La Havane.
La forte sécheresse en Afrique de l'Est suscite l'inquiétude
Alors que la France a appelé à la tenue d'une «réunion d'urgence» avant fin juillet pour coordonner l'aide internationale aux victimes, Londres a promis samedi une enveloppe de 59 millions d'euros d'aide.
British Open : la victoire d'un gentleman
GOLF - Le Nord-Irlandais Darren Clarke, 42 ans, a remporté
ce week-end le British Open. Une consécration pour ce golfeur très
apprécié qui a, entre 1993 et 2010, décroché 13 victoires sur l'European
Tour.
»
La belle progression de Raphaël Jacquelin
Les forêts sont indispensables
pour absorber le CO2
La lutte contre la déforestation permettrait de stocker la moitié du CO2 d'origine fossile.
Raphael
et son Dharma Blues
LE LIVE - Lors de son passage au Live à l'automne dernier, le chanteur avait enregistré un quatrième titre que nous dévoilons aujourd'hui en exclusivité.
Les longues traversées : la dernière oeuvre de Bernard Giraudeau
INTERVIEW VIDÉO - Il y a un an, le 17 juillet 2010, Bernard Giraudeau succombait à la maladie. Il travaillait alors sur son deuxième album BD Les longues traversées. Christian Caillaux, son ami dessinateur, évoque sa collaboration avec l'artiste.
Savoir quelle vitesse respecter
Une société a mis au point un appareil informant le conducteur de la limitation de vitesse sur la route qu'il est en train d'emprunter.
Vacances : cap vers l'Est
De l'Istrie, le « triangle d'or » croate, aux verdoyantes montagnes
slovènes, sans passer à côté de la Serbie qui a beaucoup à offrir et
tant besoin de nous, cet été, on met le cap à l'est de l'Europe pour un
voyage écolo, solidaire et ô combien revigorant !
» EN IMAGES - Cap sur la Serbie, l'Istrie
et la Slovénie
Le mercato en direct
FOOTBALL - Les infos du mercato. Ce dimanche, Laurent Bonnart pourrait rejoindre Lille, le sélectionneur néerlandais encouragerait Sneijder à signer à MU, Everton pourrait être une sortie pour Gonzalez. Avec Sport24.com
Cindy Crawford : wonder quadra
Dans les années 90, son grain de beauté légendaire illuminait les couvertures des plus grands magazines de mode. Vingt ans
plus tard, à 45 ans, elle est toujours au top. Rencontre.
» EN IMAGES - Retour sur sa carrière
Parents-enfants : s'aider... jusqu'où ?
SOCIÉTÉ - Entretien croisé avec la journaliste Christiane
Collange et le psychologue Philippe Hofman, sur la nouvelle génération
de "Tanguy" et leurs parents.
» EN VIDÉO - L'interdépendance parents-enfants
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Les gens
La candidate à la primaire socialiste était l'invitée dimanche soir du JT de France 2.>>
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Il
a annoncé dimanche soir quelques heures après l'arrestation de Rebekah
Brooks, l'ancienne rédactrice en chef de News of the World, finalement
libérée sous caution.>>
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Depuis
Libreville, le Premier ministre a redit la «colère» que lui inspire la
proposition d'Eva Joly de remplacer le défilé militaire par un cortège
citoyen.>>
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ce qu'assure le vice-ministre égyptien de la Santé, alors que l'avocat
du président égyptien déchu avait auparavant déclaré qu'il était tombé
dans le coma.>>
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Le Premier ministre, ancien chantre de l’atome, plaide son abandon au profit des renouvelables.>>
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analyse Les insurgés ont lancé une forte offensive sur le complexe pétrolier de Brega, alors que Kadhafi multiplie les interventions.>>
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La justice a donné raison à des commerciaux qui déploraient la consommation d’alcool obligatoire.>>
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Les deux candidats à la primaire PS ont tout fait ce dimanche pour ne pas se croiser.>>
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belle histoire du Français, toujours en jaune après les Pyrénées, est
pain bénit pour ceux qui veulent vendre un cyclisme lavé de ses éternels
soupçons de dopage. Amen.>>
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l'été, «Libération» baguenaude dans les groupes à la marge.
Aujourd'hui, Aujourd’hui, le compagnonnage sous acide entre le chantre
américain du LSD, Timothy Leary, et des musiciens allemands réunis par
une vision. Et aussi, des quiz, des histoires de chambres, Libé en BD...
Un cahier d'été à retrouver dans notre zone abonnés.>>| Se complica la situación de Murdoch |
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Victors Justice in Iraq.
Tariq Aziz : “Ill, Isolated and Abandoned"
By Felicity Arbuthnot
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25639
Global Research, July 15, 2011
“The expense of spirit in a waste of shame ... is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616.)
In the UK, there has been much discussion in recent
months, on the right of the ill or those with potentially disabling
conditions to choose their time of death.
Imagine however, feeling so hopeless, abandoned and
despairing that you request execution – in Iraq. That is the plea of
Tariq Aziz, that country’s former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime
Minister.
Aziz surrendered to the Americans two weeks after the
invasion, in 2003. Well known in the West, he had some faith in the
international community. Although woefully treated in diplomatic circles
in the US., unable to travel away from the UN in New York (“The embargo
even extends to dialogue, yet the West accuses us of being
undemocratic”, he told me, in an interview, prior to the invasion. He
had a point.) Broadly, though, he believed in the integrity of the
international community. “I can talk at any level (with) the French,
Russians, Chinese, Spanish, Italians, Belgians ...”
The former Foreign Minister was a sick man, with a
serious heart ailment, even as he traveled from Baghdad to Rome, to ask
the Pope to intervene, just prior to the invasion, in a brave and
desperate move to avert more suffering and bloodshed. His passion for
his country was unmistakable and in the complex and – after decades on a
war footing – understandably paranoid clime of the country, he was
prepared to take personal risks.
“Why don’t a cross party group of US congressmen come here, address our Parliament, engage in dialogue, meet people?” He asked me and other foreign visitors whom he met, extending the invitation to senior British parliamentarians. Some of us tried hard to convey his message. He – and we - were addressing a political brick wall. Lies, slaughter and invasion trump diplomacy every time, it seems, under the “New World Order.”
Aziz, of whom his son Ziad says, with validity,
should be acknowledged, with his colleagues, as a prisoner of war, was
held without trial until April 2008, then, says a lawyer who knows the
case well: “They threw the book at him.” As all the regime, whatever the
other arguments, his courage and pride could not be faulted, none fled,
all vowed to stay in Iraq no matter what – and did. In a trial presided
over by a Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman, from Hallabja, a judicial mockery
of impartiality, who had sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, the proud,
dignified Aziz was hauled in to Court in his pyjamas.
Lawyers were unable to represent him, between death
threats and refused visas. In a trial declared “fundamentally flawed” by
Human Rights Watch, he was, predictably, sentenced to death. After all,
next to Saddam, he knew probably most of volumes of the West’s
alliances, dealings, arms selling and co-operations with Iraq over the
decades. Volumes that reside in just two places, stolen from Baghdad’s
Ministries and now (illegally) in Washington - and in the heads of the
few surviving members of Iraq’s, arguably, still legitimate government,
since the invasion was also illegal.
President Barack Obama made a pre-election commitment
not to turn Tareq Aziz over to the Iraqi regime. Another in a litany of
broken promises. He is now at the mercy of Prime Minister Maliki, whose
Dawa Party tried to assassinate him, in Dujail, Iraq, on 1st., February
1982. Whilst the death penalty against him has been commuted to life
imprisonment, due to his age, he has lost hope. His family have been
unable to visit him for years and he feels that those across the globe,
in whom he had thought he had friendships, have abandoned him.
There are those who have unceasingly pressured
politicians, President Obama, (UK) Foreign Secretary Hague, the Pope,
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Westminster, Vincent Nichol, on behalf of this frail Iraqi Christian and
his colleagues. (Their predecessors too were repeatedly approached.)
They include former MP and Minister, Tony Benn, former UN Assistant
Secretary Generals and Humanitarian Co-ordinators in Iraq, Denis
Halliday and Hans von Sponeck, Bishops, physicians, academics,
journalists and many others. Letters have remained unanswered or a
shameful fudged.response.
Church leaders seem a world away from the humanity
they preach. This week a former colleague of Rowan Williams, now
Archbishop of Canterbury, talked of his involvement in the Jubilee
Group, founded in the 1980’s, opposed to Margaret Thatcher and the
Falklands war. Margaret Ronchetti told BBC Radio 4 (3rd July) that:
“Rowan was concerned for those who did not have a voice.” Since reaching
high office, it seems he has lost his.
The self styled “Vicar of Baghdad”, Canon Andrew
White, went to Iraq originally at the invitation of Tareq Aziz, in his
spirit of wishing people to see and understand. Since 2003, his silence
has rung down the years.
Some months ago, his health declining, Aziz managed
to send a letter via his lawyer, requesting that if he died, he be
buried outside Iraq: “Until Iraq is liberated”, fearing his remains and
grave would be vandalized, such has Iraq descended under occupation -
and as he predicted in that interview, under the: “ ... pro-American
government they wish to bring in and present as democracy and
human-rights.”
His passionate love of Iraq remains an ingrained
memory. I have written before, he suddenly broke off and said: “ Madam
Felicity, when I was ten years old, I was handing out leaflets on the
streets of Baghdad, putting them through peoples’ doors, to stop the
British taking our oil. I am not about to give up on Iraq now.”
Last week, he made a statement through his lawyer,
Gilles Devers, that he would rather be executed. He is, says Monsieur
Devers: “ill, isolated and abandoned.” He never did give up on Iraq, but
he has given up on life and a world of shame that has near erased his
beloved country, society and archeology’s “Cradle of Civilisation.”
The Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has now ruled
that troops come under Human Rights Legislation and must protect life
and liberty in occupied countries. With or without troops, Britain
remains part of the invading coalition. Does U.K. Foreign Secretary,
William Hague have the will to instruct lawyers to make representation
to Iraq’s government on behalf of an ill man, nearing eighty, and his
colleagues and erase even a small part of the shame of what has been
done in our name in Iraq?
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Pro Test: Für das Handelsblatt ist die Kritik an den Tests der Europäischen Bankenaufsicht (EBA) berechtigt, doch Banken achteten immerhin wegen des öffentlichen Drucks viel genauer auf ihre Kapitalausstattung. Den perfekten Stresstest gebe es nicht, argumentiert die Süddeutsche. Langfristig könnte das Ergebnis dazu beitragen, den europäischen Finanzsektor zu sanieren, nimmt auch der Spiegel die Stresstester in Schutz. Contra Test: "Europa hat einen weiteren Stresstest vermasselt", zeigt sich das Wall Street Journal von den Ergebnissen enttäuscht. Wie 2010 habe der Test nicht angemessen das von den Märkten meistgefürchtete Risiko eines Staatsbankrotts bewertet. Die Börsen-Zeitung hält den Stresstest für ein Placebo. "Die Politik wird sich einreden, dass die Bankenwelt in Europa jetzt sicherer geworden sei und man die notwendigen regulatorischen Konsequenzen aus der Finanzkrise gezogen habe." Die EBA habe den Bogen überspannt, schimpft die Frankfurter Rundschau. Die Banken zu zwingen, Daten zu veröffentlichen, könnte irrationale Spekulationen gegen einzelne Institute anheizen. "Nur acht von 90 Banken haben den Stresstest nicht bestanden?", fragt sich Forbes ungläubig - der Test sei "ein Betrug" sei, eine "verpasste Gelegenheit". » EBA (Ergebnisse) » Handelsblatt » HB2 » HB3 » Börsen-Zeitung » Süddeutsche Zeitung » Spiegel » Frankfurter Rundschau » Wall Street Journal » Financial Times » Forbes |
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IDF Doesn't View Gaza Rocket Attacks as Real Escalation - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
The IDF believes the 20 rockets fired from Gaza that landed in Israel since last week were launched by radical Islamic groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and global jihad, made up of former Hamas operatives.
"We are not viewing this as a real escalation," one defense official said on Sunday after three more rockets hit Israel on Saturday night.
Israel believes that if Hamas wanted to, it could stop the other factions from firing.
Since the Egyptian revolution in February, the IDF believes Hamas has smuggled in three times the amount of explosives it brought into Gaza in all of 2010. This is in addition to unprecedented amounts of anti-aircraft missiles and guided anti-tank missiles.
Israel understands Egypt's relationship with Hamas has changed and that the Egyptian military is turning a blind eye to the increase in smuggling, and at the same time has also lost control over Sinai and the Bedouin tribes there.
Report: Germany Approves 6th Submarine for Israel - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Germany will provide Israel with its sixth Dolphin-class nuclear-capable submarine and will subsidize the deal with a total of 135 million euros, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday.
Israel already has three Dolphin-class subs; another two are currently under construction in Germany.
Empty Words: Saudi Blustering and U.S.-Saudi Realities - Joshua Teitelbaum (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University)
Although Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are neither friends nor allies, they have shared interests with regard to oil and security for many decades, leading to economic and military relations that are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.
Therefore, despite occasional public "outrage" from Saudi officials about U.S. policy, Riyadh and Washington are still very distant from the parting of the ways threatened by some Saudi officials.
The writer is a research associate at the BESA Center.
Why the Palestinians Don't Want Fayyad - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
In Palestinian society, it is much more important if one graduates from an Israeli prison than from a university in Texas. This is the reason that the two Palestinian governments, both Hamas and Fatah, are dominated by graduates of Israeli prisons who hold senior positions.
Hamas remains strongly opposed to current PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, holding him responsible for the security crackdown on Hamas supporters in the West Bank.
Many Palestinians are also opposed to Fayyad because, they say, he was never part of the "revolution." They see him as an "outsider" who was imposed by the Americans and Europeans.
In 2006, Fayyad's Third Way list won only two seats in the parliamentary elections.
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- Syrian Protests Spread to Damascus - Khaled Yakoub Oweis
Syrian forces killed at least 32 civilians on Friday, including 23 in the capital Damascus. It was the highest death toll in the central neighborhoods of Damascus since the uprising erupted four months ago. "Tens of thousands of Damascenes took to the streets in the main districts for the first time," said one activist. A witness in the Rukn al-Din district of Damascus said hundreds of young men wearing white masks resisted security forces with sticks and stones. "Down Bashar al-Assad," they chanted.
Iran is considering offering Syria $5.8 billion in financial help, including a three-month loan of $1.5 billion to be made available immediately, the French business newspaper Les Echos said, citing a report by a Tehran think-tank linked to Iran's leadership. (Reuters)
See also Syrian Forces Mass Near Town Where Many Soldiers Have Defected - Nada Bakri
At least 1,000 Syrian troops, some backed by tanks, descended on Albokamal in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq on Sunday. Residents said soldiers from at least four armored vehicles joined the popular uprising, along with dozens of personnel from Syria's Air Force. A video uploaded to YouTube showed residents standing on two tanks and an armored personnel carrier and chanting, "The people and the army are one hand," a slogan widely heard during the Egyptian uprising.
On Friday, the largest protests yet were held across the country, and activists said that on Saturday at least 30 people were killed and 500 were arrested. (New York Times)
See also Anti-Syrian Protest in Tripoli Targets Iran's "Persian Project" - Antoine Amrieh
Supporters of the popular uprisings in Syria marched in a demonstration in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, chanting slogans against Iran and setting the country's flag ablaze. Following Friday prayers at Hamza Mosque in the Qibbeh neighborhood, around 100 worshippers marched in nearby streets before gathering at Ibn Sina Square, in what has become a weekly practice. Protesters rejected what they called the "Persian project, which tries to dominate the resources...of the country." (Daily Star-Lebanon) - Syria Arming Hizbullah with More Missiles - Richard Beeston, Nicholas Blanford and Sheera Frenkel
With the help of experts from Iran and North Korea, Damascus is pressing ahead with its development of sophisticated missiles at a secret site built into Jabal Taqsis, a mountain near the opposition stronghold of Hama. The missile program is run by the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Damascus, which is on a U.S. sanctions list.
The Times reported last year that Hizbullah had taken delivery of two advanced Scud D surface-to-surface missiles with a range of 700 km. Since then, the Syrians have handed over eight more of the ballistic weapons, which have been assembled with the help of North Korean experts. The projectiles, which carry one-ton warheads, are accurate to within tens of meters and bring all of Israel, Jordan and large parts of Turkey within Hizbullah's range. Hizbullah also has M600 missiles based on the Iranian Fateh-110 - with a range of 250 km and 500 kg warheads.
Sources close to Hizbullah said the flow of weapons entering the Bekaa Valley from Syria had accelerated in March when protests erupted against the Assad regime. One Hizbullah fighter joked that the scale of the arms shipments into Lebanon was so great that "we don't know where to put it all." An Israeli military intelligence source said, "Now that they see Syria as possibly unstable, we are seeing the movement of a lot of weapons into Lebanon." (The Australian)
- Palestinians May Not Ask for UN Membership to Avoid U.S. Veto - Barak Ravid
Palestinian sources and European diplomats say the Palestinians will give up their effort to be accepted as a full member of the UN - which would require approval by the Security Council - and will seek instead recognition by the General Assembly of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, which will not be a full member of the UN. The Palestinians recognized that the U.S. will veto any resolution at the Security Council for unilateral Palestinian statehood. (Ha'aretz) - Hizbullah Lost the Second Lebanon War - Amira Lam and Yossi Yehoshua
Maj.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, who just completed five years as commander of the IDF's Northern Command, said in an interview that since the Second Lebanon War in 2006: "Hizbullah has doubled its rocket capacity, but I think the improvements we've made - in terms of range of targets, firepower, and maneuverability - are greater in the long run. Today we are in a much better position opposite them. Our intelligence picture of the organization has greatly improved. Our target bank has also improved and Hizbullah understands this."
"The reason they have not acted against us in the past five years is not out of concern for the welfare of the residents of the State of Israel. This organization feels, in my opinion, that the ground is dropping from beneath its feet. Now the group is charged with the murder of Hariri, and Nasrallah fears for his life. The person who used to travel around Lebanon so grandly lives today in a bunker as the last of the wanted men and speaks to his people via plasma screens." (Yediot Ahronot-Hebrew, 15July2011)
See also Second Lebanon War Revealed Iran's "Shi'ite Crescent" - Yossi Melman
In evaluating the Second Lebanon War, with all due regret over the 121 soldiers who died and the hundreds more wounded, Israel came out of the war with significant strategic and political assets. The northern border has been quiet for five years. Contrary to Hizbullah's wishes, the Lebanese Army deployed in the south and an international force was stationed along the border, creating a barrier. Hizbullah's fortification line along the border was destroyed.
Hassan Nasrallah has in effect been in hiding for five years, for fear of being assassinated by Israel if he shows his face in public. The Israel Defense Forces' deterrent power has been restored. True, Hizbullah has tripled its stores of missiles since the war, and upgraded them, but it presumably would have done so in any event.
But the war's most important consequence, arguably, was the disclosure of the extent of the connection between Hizbullah and Iran. It was Jordan's King Abdullah who coined the term "Shi'ite Crescent" to stress Iran's expansion into Lebanon via Iraq and Syria. (Ha'aretz)
- Assad Takes Hizbullah Down with Him - Thanassis Cambanis
The Arab Spring changed the rules of the game that Hizbullah so masterfully played for the last two decades. The more short-term challenge comes from Syria, where a tottering Assad regime could severely curtail Hizbullah's military room for maneuver. If Hizbullah continues to ally itself with Assad, rather than Syria's popular will, it begins to look like a movement that prefers Arab tyrants to the Arab Spring.
The more enduring issue is the Arab political renaissance underway, which could produce movements well positioned to steal Hizbullah's anti-Israel thunder with a resistance program free from the party's sectarian, militant baggage. (National Interest) - Egypt's Military Holds onto Power - Daniel Pipes
It's been my contention since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in February that (1) this was a military coup against the prospect of Mubarak's son taking power and (2) the military brass intend to hold on to power. An important article in the New York Times explains how the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces plans to keep its power - by pre-empting the constitution. (National Review)
See also Egypt Military Moves to Cement a Muscular Role in Government - David D. Kirkpatrick (New York Times) - The Arab Awakening: Revolution Spinning in the Wind
For all their drama, and de spite the satisfaction of seeing hated rulers fall, the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have had to struggle to maintain momentum. The bloodier would-be revolutions in Libya, Syria and Yemen have dragged on for months, generating ever more destruction, with no resolution in sight. Other Arab states, especially the monarchies, have so far parried calls for change with seeming success, using the familiar mix of coercion, co-option and promises. Yet the overall trend towards democratization is no more stoppable in the Arab world than it has been elsewhere. (Economist-UK)
- While the Palestinian Authority plans to ask the UN to recognize a declaration of statehood, some Palestinian observers believe the PA leadership may be quietly seeking a way to "climb down the tree."
- Diana Butto, a former legal adviser to Palestinian negotiators, said she expected a retreat from the UN strategy. "They [the Palestinian leadership] climb up trees and don't know how to get down, except by falling out of the tree."
- The PA, she said, had not thought through what it hoped to achieve by pursuing the UN approach. "There is a lack of imagination. Pursuing statehood is just a tactic to strengthen its hand in negotiations." Statehood should, for example, enable the Palestinians to challenge Israeli policies and actions at the international court of justice, she said.
- In Ramallah, vegetable shop owner Adel Abu Mariam said of the Palestinian UN bid: "If it fails, maybe people will be angry for a couple of days, but then life will go on. We have no strength for a new intifada. People know what happened before."
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1. Arson is a Strong Possibility in Jerusalem Fire
by Gil Ronen
National Fire Chief Shachar Ayalon said Sunday afternoon, that the fire raging in the Jerusalem Forest broke out in four places.
Multiple ignition sites are usually an indication of arson, although there have been no preliminary reports from investigators.
One of the major concerns is that the fire could reach Jerusalem's Pi Glilot, a fuel storage area near Har Nof. Ayalon said that one container at Pi Glilot contains liquid fuel and others are empty but contain fumes.
In addition to crews from Jerusalem and points in the immediate vicinity, fire fighters were also brought in from Ramle and Tel Aviv. Israel's airborne fire fighting squadron has been fighting the blaze along with the ground based fire fighting forces.
Above photo of fire fighters at Yad VaShem by Flash 90.
All other photos are by Hillel Maeir
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by Gil Ronen
National Fire Chief Shachar Ayalon said Sunday afternoon, that the fire raging in the Jerusalem Forest broke out in four places.
Multiple ignition sites are usually an indication of arson, although there have been no preliminary reports from investigators.
One of the major concerns is that the fire could reach Jerusalem's Pi Glilot, a fuel storage area near Har Nof. Ayalon said that one container at Pi Glilot contains liquid fuel and others are empty but contain fumes.
In addition to crews from Jerusalem and points in the immediate vicinity, fire fighters were also brought in from Ramle and Tel Aviv. Israel's airborne fire fighting squadron has been fighting the blaze along with the ground based fire fighting forces.
Above photo of fire fighters at Yad VaShem by Flash 90.
All other photos are by Hillel Maeir
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2. Arsonists are Terrorists, Says Knesset Member Katz
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Arson of public property is terror, but the government is putting its head in the sand, charged National Union chairman and Knesset Member Yaakov (Ketzaleh) Katz on Monday.
He said a ”Diaspora mentality” is guiding authorities and mainstream media who reported on the huge inferno in Jerusalem Sunday without even referring to previous incidents of arson.
Police have said that one or more arsonists caused the blaze that burned down hundreds of acres in the Jerusalem Hills and forced the evacuation of the Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial Museum Monday. The identity and motives of the arsonists have not been revealed.
MK Katz noted that although last year’s devastating fire in the Carmel forest in northern Israel was caused by carelessness, police discovered that Arabs set other fires in the area while firefighters were trying to extinguish the inferno.
Dozens of firefighting planes cannot stop Arab terrorists from setting forests on fire. Punishment is the only way to end "arson terror.”
He prepared a bill a year and a half ago, providing for a minimum of five years in jail for anyone convicted of arson of public property, but the government rejected advancing the bill in the Knesset, and the bill failed.
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Arson of public property is terror, but the government is putting its head in the sand, charged National Union chairman and Knesset Member Yaakov (Ketzaleh) Katz on Monday.
He said a ”Diaspora mentality” is guiding authorities and mainstream media who reported on the huge inferno in Jerusalem Sunday without even referring to previous incidents of arson.
Police have said that one or more arsonists caused the blaze that burned down hundreds of acres in the Jerusalem Hills and forced the evacuation of the Yad VaShem Holocaust Memorial Museum Monday. The identity and motives of the arsonists have not been revealed.
MK Katz noted that although last year’s devastating fire in the Carmel forest in northern Israel was caused by carelessness, police discovered that Arabs set other fires in the area while firefighters were trying to extinguish the inferno.
Dozens of firefighting planes cannot stop Arab terrorists from setting forests on fire. Punishment is the only way to end "arson terror.”
He prepared a bill a year and a half ago, providing for a minimum of five years in jail for anyone convicted of arson of public property, but the government rejected advancing the bill in the Knesset, and the bill failed.
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3. Leaders, Mental Health Experts: Profile of a Killer
by Fern Sidman, Arutz Sheva NY Correspondent
As Jewish communities around the world are still recoiling in horror over the heinous murder of 9-year old Leiby Kletzky on July 12th in Brooklyn, community leaders and mental health professionals are weighing in on this topic with their own unique perspectives on the blood curdling killing.
The neighbors want their voices heard as well. "The parents on the block wouldn't want their kids to go near him," said neighbor Chaim Lefkowitz, 39, in an interview with The New York Post about Levi Aron, adding that he had predilections towards furious outbursts. "Sometimes he would just get angry out of nowhere. He was one of those people you stayed away from", he said.
"There was something strange about him. You know when you see Charles Manson, he has that look in his eye? Levi had that look", said family acquaintance Lee Vogel in an interview with the Post. Michael Panzer, the owner of the Empire State Supply Company, where Aron worked as a stock clerk said, "He seemed a little emotionally disturbed. He was very quiet, didn't communicate with people, and he went home." Co-workers described Aron as "slow" and some said there were definite signs of trouble. "Casey Anthony didn't fit the profile for a killer," said a colleague, with the power of hindsight that all the neighbors and acquaintances seem to be using. "But looking back now, this guy fit the profile."
Dr. Phyllis Chesler, emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at the City University of New York and frequent op-ed contributor to Arutz Sheva offered her perspective on the psyche of mentally disturbed individuals. "Loner men; 'strange' or 'weird' men are often trouble, not only to themselves but to others". While she said that there is no one template for an abuser or killer, she did say that "one who talks to himself, lights fires, tortures animals and has no friends are traits that are often present in the profiles of serial killers" and called on the community to courageously confront these aberrant behaviors.
Addressing the issue of collective culpability, Dr. Chesler said, "Most of those who live with domestic terrorism do not report it. We are afraid and ashamed to do so. Thus, only when a child who is a stranger to his tormentor is hurt, do we act. Jews, like others, absorb the anguish of child and wife beating, psychological cruelty, and even sexual abuse without going public about it." She added that, "This awful tragedy is a wake-up call to all of us who don't want to get involved, who look the other way, who minimize what we fear is true, who do not want to turn in one of their own, be it a parent, a spouse or a child."
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D) of Boro Park who has taken the lead role in monitoring details of this murder said, "Before we received word that little Leiby's killer was Levi Aron, people expressed their worst fears to me; that the killer may have been a Jew. Nobody wanted to hear the horrific news, but people had hoped that anybody but anybody; an Arab, a Christian any non-Jew would be responsible for this but not a frum Jew."
Echoing Dr. Chesler's sentiments, Mr. Hikind said, "We have glaring problems in our community and we must confront them. We can no longer hide things or sweep things under the rug. There is sexual abuse and domestic abuse in our midst and we must deal with this head on."
Although it is not clear whether Aron sexually molested Leiby Kletzky, Hikind queried, "What would an adult male possibly want with an 8-year old, other than to victimize him sexually?" He added that, "we must train out children to be wary of strangers, even if they appear to be Orthodox Jews, and we must work tirelessly to address frightening phenomenon in our community."
Having been interviewed by the international media on Leiby's murder, Mr. Hikind said, "This barbaric murder has genuinely touched the hearts of people of every faith around the globe. This is everyone's issue and it definitely transcends the Jewish community."
It has been reported by various news sources that Aron had two failed marriages with each lasting about a year. It is not clear how he met his first wife, an Israeli woman named Diana Diunov who arrived in the United States in 2002 for a liver transplant with her daughter, Edita. In June of 2004, the two married but seven months later, Diunov was indicted in Manhattan Federal Court for bilking diamond supply companies out of $1.7 million. The couple split in August of 2005 and less than a month later she married Boris Shvartzman, the co-conspirator in the diamond scam. She is currently serving a prison term. Seven months after his divorce, Aron married Debbie Kivel, a mother of two from Memphis, Tennessee, after meeting her on a Jewish matchmaking web site. He was employed as both a butcher at kosher deli and as a security guard. The marriage ended less than a year later.
While in Tennessee, his ex-wife charged him with being a "sex-crazed psycho" who needed medication for a behavior disorder that he had been diagnosed with. In a 2006 protective order filed in Memphis, Kivel claimed Aron was physically abusive and threatened suicide if she refused to engage in conjugal relations with him. She also claimed that Aron harrassed her incessantly; leaving her "100 phone messages and numerous text messages" and threatened to have her kids removed from her custody and "struck her with a closed fist on her shoulder and on her stomach."
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by Fern Sidman, Arutz Sheva NY Correspondent
As Jewish communities around the world are still recoiling in horror over the heinous murder of 9-year old Leiby Kletzky on July 12th in Brooklyn, community leaders and mental health professionals are weighing in on this topic with their own unique perspectives on the blood curdling killing.
The neighbors want their voices heard as well. "The parents on the block wouldn't want their kids to go near him," said neighbor Chaim Lefkowitz, 39, in an interview with The New York Post about Levi Aron, adding that he had predilections towards furious outbursts. "Sometimes he would just get angry out of nowhere. He was one of those people you stayed away from", he said.
"There was something strange about him. You know when you see Charles Manson, he has that look in his eye? Levi had that look", said family acquaintance Lee Vogel in an interview with the Post. Michael Panzer, the owner of the Empire State Supply Company, where Aron worked as a stock clerk said, "He seemed a little emotionally disturbed. He was very quiet, didn't communicate with people, and he went home." Co-workers described Aron as "slow" and some said there were definite signs of trouble. "Casey Anthony didn't fit the profile for a killer," said a colleague, with the power of hindsight that all the neighbors and acquaintances seem to be using. "But looking back now, this guy fit the profile."
Dr. Phyllis Chesler, emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at the City University of New York and frequent op-ed contributor to Arutz Sheva offered her perspective on the psyche of mentally disturbed individuals. "Loner men; 'strange' or 'weird' men are often trouble, not only to themselves but to others". While she said that there is no one template for an abuser or killer, she did say that "one who talks to himself, lights fires, tortures animals and has no friends are traits that are often present in the profiles of serial killers" and called on the community to courageously confront these aberrant behaviors.
Addressing the issue of collective culpability, Dr. Chesler said, "Most of those who live with domestic terrorism do not report it. We are afraid and ashamed to do so. Thus, only when a child who is a stranger to his tormentor is hurt, do we act. Jews, like others, absorb the anguish of child and wife beating, psychological cruelty, and even sexual abuse without going public about it." She added that, "This awful tragedy is a wake-up call to all of us who don't want to get involved, who look the other way, who minimize what we fear is true, who do not want to turn in one of their own, be it a parent, a spouse or a child."
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D) of Boro Park who has taken the lead role in monitoring details of this murder said, "Before we received word that little Leiby's killer was Levi Aron, people expressed their worst fears to me; that the killer may have been a Jew. Nobody wanted to hear the horrific news, but people had hoped that anybody but anybody; an Arab, a Christian any non-Jew would be responsible for this but not a frum Jew."
Echoing Dr. Chesler's sentiments, Mr. Hikind said, "We have glaring problems in our community and we must confront them. We can no longer hide things or sweep things under the rug. There is sexual abuse and domestic abuse in our midst and we must deal with this head on."
Although it is not clear whether Aron sexually molested Leiby Kletzky, Hikind queried, "What would an adult male possibly want with an 8-year old, other than to victimize him sexually?" He added that, "we must train out children to be wary of strangers, even if they appear to be Orthodox Jews, and we must work tirelessly to address frightening phenomenon in our community."
Having been interviewed by the international media on Leiby's murder, Mr. Hikind said, "This barbaric murder has genuinely touched the hearts of people of every faith around the globe. This is everyone's issue and it definitely transcends the Jewish community."
It has been reported by various news sources that Aron had two failed marriages with each lasting about a year. It is not clear how he met his first wife, an Israeli woman named Diana Diunov who arrived in the United States in 2002 for a liver transplant with her daughter, Edita. In June of 2004, the two married but seven months later, Diunov was indicted in Manhattan Federal Court for bilking diamond supply companies out of $1.7 million. The couple split in August of 2005 and less than a month later she married Boris Shvartzman, the co-conspirator in the diamond scam. She is currently serving a prison term. Seven months after his divorce, Aron married Debbie Kivel, a mother of two from Memphis, Tennessee, after meeting her on a Jewish matchmaking web site. He was employed as both a butcher at kosher deli and as a security guard. The marriage ended less than a year later.
While in Tennessee, his ex-wife charged him with being a "sex-crazed psycho" who needed medication for a behavior disorder that he had been diagnosed with. In a 2006 protective order filed in Memphis, Kivel claimed Aron was physically abusive and threatened suicide if she refused to engage in conjugal relations with him. She also claimed that Aron harrassed her incessantly; leaving her "100 phone messages and numerous text messages" and threatened to have her kids removed from her custody and "struck her with a closed fist on her shoulder and on her stomach."
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4. MK Kirschenbaum 'Doesn't Understand' Netanyahu
by Elad Benari
MK Faina Kirschenbaum (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Sunday that she does not understand Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s objection to the bill she sponsored, which would see the establishing of a commission of inquiry into the funding of leftist organizations.
Last week Netanyahu announced that he would vote against the bill, saying, “We do not need investigations in the Knesset, we do not need commissions of inquiry. There are those who disagree, so I’ll give them the freedom to vote. But I will vote against it.”
In an interview with Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language service, MK Kirschenbaum said that her bill, which will be brought to a vote on Wednesday, does not object to any leftist organizations, but is rather “against any organization that causes delegitimization of the State of Israel and damages its security.”
Kirschenbaum added that her bill is meant to “examine different aspects and how and why the funding is given to leftist organizations.”
She mentioned organizations such as Adalah and Breaking the Silence, which are funded by the New Israel Fund and which provided information to Judge Richard Goldstone when he compiled the the report that accused the IDF of having committed war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
Kirschenbaum noted that when Goldstone himself recently said that his conclusions were wrong, none of these leftist organizations bothered to apologize for providing him with false information.
In light of all this opinion, said Kirschenbaum, the lacuna in the law that allows the transfer of funds to these leftist organizations must be examined. She added that among the issues that need to be examined are: how these NGOs are allowed to be late with the filing of their tax returns, and the standards by which funds are transferred to them. After all of these are examined the possibility of government legislation should be discussed.
She clarified that the inquiry committee that would be established would include not just members of her party but representatives of the different factions in the Knesset, so the inquiry would be proper and prudent.
“The last word has yet to be spoken [on this bill],” said Kirschenbaum, considered by many to be the eventual inheritor of Foreign Minister Lieberman's position as head of the party, hoping that Netanyahu would change his mind about supporting the bill before Wednesday. She added that the coalition work between Yisrael Beiteinu and Netanyahu’s Likud part is ongoing and said she believes that as part of this work Netanyahu’s position will change.
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by Elad Benari
MK Faina Kirschenbaum (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Sunday that she does not understand Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s objection to the bill she sponsored, which would see the establishing of a commission of inquiry into the funding of leftist organizations.
Last week Netanyahu announced that he would vote against the bill, saying, “We do not need investigations in the Knesset, we do not need commissions of inquiry. There are those who disagree, so I’ll give them the freedom to vote. But I will vote against it.”
In an interview with Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language service, MK Kirschenbaum said that her bill, which will be brought to a vote on Wednesday, does not object to any leftist organizations, but is rather “against any organization that causes delegitimization of the State of Israel and damages its security.”
Kirschenbaum added that her bill is meant to “examine different aspects and how and why the funding is given to leftist organizations.”
She mentioned organizations such as Adalah and Breaking the Silence, which are funded by the New Israel Fund and which provided information to Judge Richard Goldstone when he compiled the the report that accused the IDF of having committed war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
Kirschenbaum noted that when Goldstone himself recently said that his conclusions were wrong, none of these leftist organizations bothered to apologize for providing him with false information.
In light of all this opinion, said Kirschenbaum, the lacuna in the law that allows the transfer of funds to these leftist organizations must be examined. She added that among the issues that need to be examined are: how these NGOs are allowed to be late with the filing of their tax returns, and the standards by which funds are transferred to them. After all of these are examined the possibility of government legislation should be discussed.
She clarified that the inquiry committee that would be established would include not just members of her party but representatives of the different factions in the Knesset, so the inquiry would be proper and prudent.
“The last word has yet to be spoken [on this bill],” said Kirschenbaum, considered by many to be the eventual inheritor of Foreign Minister Lieberman's position as head of the party, hoping that Netanyahu would change his mind about supporting the bill before Wednesday. She added that the coalition work between Yisrael Beiteinu and Netanyahu’s Likud part is ongoing and said she believes that as part of this work Netanyahu’s position will change.
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5. Hareidim, Secular Students Find Common Ground
by Maayana Miskin
For all their differences, the hareidi-religious community and secular university students from Tel Aviv have found common ground, in their protest of soaring housing prices. MK Rabbi Yisrael Eichler of the hareidi United Torah Judaism party expressed satisfaction at the student housing protest this week, and said it gives him new hope for the struggle's success.
The hareidi community has long voiced the same concerns that are bringing students to the streets, Eichler said. “Hareidi Judaism has cried out for years over the housing shortage, but its coalition partners have been deaf to the cries of parents and children,” he said.
“Maybe now that leftist activists in Tel Aviv are bringing the youth to the streets of Tel Aviv, the government will need to take action, beyond steps in the Galilee and Negev,” he added.![]()
Rabbi Eichler compared the situation to a parable in the Talmud. A village girl's pail fell into the well, but nobody stopped to help her. However, when the princess' golden pail fell into the well, everyone came to help retrieve both pails.
Now that the “royalty” is crying for help, perhaps a solution will be found for everyone, he said.
Eichler has proposed a change in approach to building in Israel that he says could tilt the balance in favor of everyday citizens. Instead of companies competing for government land by each attempting to offer a higher price, they should compete in terms of who can build more quality homes, or build more quickly, he argues.
When companies compete to see who can pay more for land while still making a profit, an unequal relationship is formed between the builders and those who need housing, he explained. The system itself is to blame for the high prices of land and housing, said Eichler.
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by Maayana Miskin
For all their differences, the hareidi-religious community and secular university students from Tel Aviv have found common ground, in their protest of soaring housing prices. MK Rabbi Yisrael Eichler of the hareidi United Torah Judaism party expressed satisfaction at the student housing protest this week, and said it gives him new hope for the struggle's success.
The hareidi community has long voiced the same concerns that are bringing students to the streets, Eichler said. “Hareidi Judaism has cried out for years over the housing shortage, but its coalition partners have been deaf to the cries of parents and children,” he said.
“Maybe now that leftist activists in Tel Aviv are bringing the youth to the streets of Tel Aviv, the government will need to take action, beyond steps in the Galilee and Negev,” he added.
Rabbi Eichler compared the situation to a parable in the Talmud. A village girl's pail fell into the well, but nobody stopped to help her. However, when the princess' golden pail fell into the well, everyone came to help retrieve both pails.
Now that the “royalty” is crying for help, perhaps a solution will be found for everyone, he said.
Eichler has proposed a change in approach to building in Israel that he says could tilt the balance in favor of everyday citizens. Instead of companies competing for government land by each attempting to offer a higher price, they should compete in terms of who can build more quality homes, or build more quickly, he argues.
When companies compete to see who can pay more for land while still making a profit, an unequal relationship is formed between the builders and those who need housing, he explained. The system itself is to blame for the high prices of land and housing, said Eichler.
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6. Muslim Creativity: Highway Oil Spots as Weapon
by Gil Ronen
The residents of Betar Illit have grown used to encountering oil spots on the steeply inclined road that descends toward their town from the Tunnel Road. They lay the blame squarely on their Arab neighbors, who want to terrorize them.
The accidents that do not fail to take place due to the oily patches are reported in the local newspaper but nowhere else.
Yitzchak Hochman, whose wife lost control of her car last Saturday evening, told Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language service about the
event.
“My wife drove down the road on Motzaei Shabbat,” he recounted. “It was 11:00 or 11:30 P.M.. To her left she saw a military jeep next to an overturned vehicle. She slowed down, as did the car in front of her. Then they hit the oil. The first vehicle slightly lost control and my wife’s car rear-ended him.”
Hochman and his wife called the military hotline and asked it to announce a stoppage of traffic at the site in order to avoid more accidents. The hotline was unaware of the incident and took his details. He was advised to demand compensation from the authorities for the damage caused to his car.
Police at Betar Illit, however, were less cooperative. A policeman said the incident was a regular accident and should be handled by Hochman’s insurance company.
Spilling oil on an incline used by Jews is another way of making them lose control of their cars. However, the way most favored by the Arabs of Judea and Samaria is to hurl rocks at the drivers. The leftist Be'Tselem organization writes that Israel is too harsh with rock-throwing youth.
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by Gil Ronen
The residents of Betar Illit have grown used to encountering oil spots on the steeply inclined road that descends toward their town from the Tunnel Road. They lay the blame squarely on their Arab neighbors, who want to terrorize them.
The accidents that do not fail to take place due to the oily patches are reported in the local newspaper but nowhere else.
Yitzchak Hochman, whose wife lost control of her car last Saturday evening, told Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language service about the
event.
“My wife drove down the road on Motzaei Shabbat,” he recounted. “It was 11:00 or 11:30 P.M.. To her left she saw a military jeep next to an overturned vehicle. She slowed down, as did the car in front of her. Then they hit the oil. The first vehicle slightly lost control and my wife’s car rear-ended him.”
Hochman and his wife called the military hotline and asked it to announce a stoppage of traffic at the site in order to avoid more accidents. The hotline was unaware of the incident and took his details. He was advised to demand compensation from the authorities for the damage caused to his car.
Police at Betar Illit, however, were less cooperative. A policeman said the incident was a regular accident and should be handled by Hochman’s insurance company.
Spilling oil on an incline used by Jews is another way of making them lose control of their cars. However, the way most favored by the Arabs of Judea and Samaria is to hurl rocks at the drivers. The leftist Be'Tselem organization writes that Israel is too harsh with rock-throwing youth.
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7. Site of Lithuanian 'Holy Ark' Found
by IsraelNN staff
Restoration work in the old Jewish Quarter of Vilnius, Lithuania led to an emotional discovery last week – the finding of the site of the Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark) of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, a five-story structure that sat at the heart of what was known in pre-Holocaust days, as “the Jerusalem of Lithuania.”
“We now have the precise spot where the holiest part of the synagogue stood,” said project head Emmanuel Zingeris, speaking to Lubavitch.com.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited the site Friday. “For us it is very important to bring back an authentic part of Lithuanian history which included the history of the Jewish community,” he said. The Great Synagogue “is a powerful symbol of both a great Jewish heritage, a great tragedy when the entire Jewish community was destroyed, and it is a very powerful symbol for the Jewish future”.
Lithuanians were willing participants in Nazi genocide of Jews, and began murdering and torturing Jews in the street months before the Nazis arrived, claiming that the Jews sided with the much-hated Russians in the war (understandable, if true, since the choice was between Russia and Nazi Germany). There are those who say that every step in LIthuania is a step on Jewish blood. The many forest pits containing tens of thousands of bodies of Jews are easily found, but the country did not prosecute any of its citizens for acts of genocide.
The Great Synagogue, famed for its beauty, was built on a deep foundation in order to comply with local rules of the time, which stipulated that no synagogue could stand higher than a church. The underground portion gave the synagogue an internal height of five stories.
The structure was partially destroyed by the Nazi army during the Holocaust, and later faced a second demolition at the hands of Soviet authorities, who built over it.
The government of Lithuania is now sponsoring a dig to uncover the parts of the synagogue that can be accessed, and to restore the Jewish Quarter, turned later into a ghetto, and several smaller synagogues as well. In addition to locating the site of the Ark in which the Torah scrolls were held, excavation crews have found part of the original floor, and part of one of the four pillars around the central platform (bima) on which prayer leaders would stand.
Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinskyshul, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Lithuania, described the renovation project as “a triumph for every Jew.”
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by IsraelNN staff
Restoration work in the old Jewish Quarter of Vilnius, Lithuania led to an emotional discovery last week – the finding of the site of the Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark) of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, a five-story structure that sat at the heart of what was known in pre-Holocaust days, as “the Jerusalem of Lithuania.”
“We now have the precise spot where the holiest part of the synagogue stood,” said project head Emmanuel Zingeris, speaking to Lubavitch.com.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited the site Friday. “For us it is very important to bring back an authentic part of Lithuanian history which included the history of the Jewish community,” he said. The Great Synagogue “is a powerful symbol of both a great Jewish heritage, a great tragedy when the entire Jewish community was destroyed, and it is a very powerful symbol for the Jewish future”.
Lithuanians were willing participants in Nazi genocide of Jews, and began murdering and torturing Jews in the street months before the Nazis arrived, claiming that the Jews sided with the much-hated Russians in the war (understandable, if true, since the choice was between Russia and Nazi Germany). There are those who say that every step in LIthuania is a step on Jewish blood. The many forest pits containing tens of thousands of bodies of Jews are easily found, but the country did not prosecute any of its citizens for acts of genocide.
The Great Synagogue, famed for its beauty, was built on a deep foundation in order to comply with local rules of the time, which stipulated that no synagogue could stand higher than a church. The underground portion gave the synagogue an internal height of five stories.
The structure was partially destroyed by the Nazi army during the Holocaust, and later faced a second demolition at the hands of Soviet authorities, who built over it.
The government of Lithuania is now sponsoring a dig to uncover the parts of the synagogue that can be accessed, and to restore the Jewish Quarter, turned later into a ghetto, and several smaller synagogues as well. In addition to locating the site of the Ark in which the Torah scrolls were held, excavation crews have found part of the original floor, and part of one of the four pillars around the central platform (bima) on which prayer leaders would stand.
Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinskyshul, the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Lithuania, described the renovation project as “a triumph for every Jew.”
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8. Another B'Tselem Claim: IDF Violates Rights of Arab Minors
by Elad Benari
A new report by the radical left-wing group B’Tselem, the contents of which were made public on Monday morning, claims that the IDF abused the legal rights of minors who were suspected of throwing stones at Jews in Judea and Samaria.
The report is based on B’Tselem’s tracking of dozens of court cases as well as on interviews with fifty minors arrested on suspicion of throwing stones and with their lawyers.
“Israeli law, as do laws in many other countries, gives minors suspected of violating the law more protection during criminal proceedings than to adults,” says the report. “However, in Judea and Samaria, martial law rarely gives such defenses and minors are tried almost like adults, even after the establishment of a Juvenile Court.”
According to the data presented in the report, 835 minors have been prosecuted on charges of throwing stones. Of them, 34 were aged 12-13, 255 were aged 14-15 and 546 were aged 16-17. The report notes that during the period examined, only one minor (0.11%) was acquitted. The martial law conviction rate, says B’Tselem, is much higher than corresponding conviction rates in the Israeli court system, which itself has a very high conviction rate.
The report also claims that 19 minors aged 12-13 who were convicted served a prison sentence of several days to two months, accounting for 60% of the total minors in this age group.
Also, the report says that 26% of minors aged 14-15 served a prison sentence of four months or more, and that among minors aged 16-17, approximately 59% served a prison sentence of four months or more.
“While stone throwing by youths and minors is a common crime in Judea and Samaria, no Israeli official could provide accurate data on its scope, and no official has any data on the number of victims of this offense,” B’Tselem said.
What could be provided by B'Tselem itself is the statistics on the lethal effects of this stone throwing, and that it is done with intent to kill, and has led to serious injuries and deaths of drivers and pedestrians. This might be brought as one of the reasons for alleged harsh measures against perpetrators.
One such victim was 18 year old Amitai Kapach, killed when he lost control of the car he was driving after a stone thrown by an Arab youth shattered the window.
The proliference of stone throwing is described in the report, as a "common offense", making it seem comparable to other "common offenses" of youngsters, such as crossing against the light.
“Violation of the rights of Palestinian minors starts already in their detention and interrogation,” continues the organization. “More than once are they arrested in the middle of the night and taken for questioning on their own, without being able to consult with their parents or with a lawyer. Violence is often used against them during arrest and interrogation.
“In most cases the judges accept the prosecution’s demand to keep the minors’ in detention pending completion of the trial,” B’Tselem conitnues. “This reality forces minors to make plea bargains, since conducting a full trial, even if it leads to acquittal, takes longer than the punishment that would be exacted on them as part of a plea bargain. The judicial system sees the prison as the primary means of punishing minors and almost never takes into account other options. During the period of incarceration, minors rarely receive visits from their families and many restrictions are imposed on them which make it difficult for them to complete their studies.”
B’Tselem urges the Israeli authorities to immediately equate the provisions of military law to the provisions of the Israeli youth law and to equate the age of majority of Arabs to that of Israelis. There is no problem of stone throwing on the part of Israeli Jewish youth.
The radical group often uses this tactic of publishing reports aimed at damaging Israel’s standing. A previous report claimed that Israel has instituted a policy in the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea that exploits the resources of the area more intensively than in the rest of Judea and Samaria.
That report claimed the reason for this policy is that Israel intends to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea, areas returned to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War but not annexed officially.
Last year, the group issued a report which declared, without supporting data, that 21 percent of the built-up areas within the Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria are private Arab property. Legal advisors to the Judea and Samaria Councils said the claims are fabrications.
The report was released on the same day as a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama, leading some to say that the organization timed it in order to sabotage Israel-U.S. relations.
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by Elad Benari
A new report by the radical left-wing group B’Tselem, the contents of which were made public on Monday morning, claims that the IDF abused the legal rights of minors who were suspected of throwing stones at Jews in Judea and Samaria.
The report is based on B’Tselem’s tracking of dozens of court cases as well as on interviews with fifty minors arrested on suspicion of throwing stones and with their lawyers.
“Israeli law, as do laws in many other countries, gives minors suspected of violating the law more protection during criminal proceedings than to adults,” says the report. “However, in Judea and Samaria, martial law rarely gives such defenses and minors are tried almost like adults, even after the establishment of a Juvenile Court.”
According to the data presented in the report, 835 minors have been prosecuted on charges of throwing stones. Of them, 34 were aged 12-13, 255 were aged 14-15 and 546 were aged 16-17. The report notes that during the period examined, only one minor (0.11%) was acquitted. The martial law conviction rate, says B’Tselem, is much higher than corresponding conviction rates in the Israeli court system, which itself has a very high conviction rate.
The report also claims that 19 minors aged 12-13 who were convicted served a prison sentence of several days to two months, accounting for 60% of the total minors in this age group.
Also, the report says that 26% of minors aged 14-15 served a prison sentence of four months or more, and that among minors aged 16-17, approximately 59% served a prison sentence of four months or more.
“While stone throwing by youths and minors is a common crime in Judea and Samaria, no Israeli official could provide accurate data on its scope, and no official has any data on the number of victims of this offense,” B’Tselem said.
What could be provided by B'Tselem itself is the statistics on the lethal effects of this stone throwing, and that it is done with intent to kill, and has led to serious injuries and deaths of drivers and pedestrians. This might be brought as one of the reasons for alleged harsh measures against perpetrators.
One such victim was 18 year old Amitai Kapach, killed when he lost control of the car he was driving after a stone thrown by an Arab youth shattered the window.
The proliference of stone throwing is described in the report, as a "common offense", making it seem comparable to other "common offenses" of youngsters, such as crossing against the light.
“Violation of the rights of Palestinian minors starts already in their detention and interrogation,” continues the organization. “More than once are they arrested in the middle of the night and taken for questioning on their own, without being able to consult with their parents or with a lawyer. Violence is often used against them during arrest and interrogation.
“In most cases the judges accept the prosecution’s demand to keep the minors’ in detention pending completion of the trial,” B’Tselem conitnues. “This reality forces minors to make plea bargains, since conducting a full trial, even if it leads to acquittal, takes longer than the punishment that would be exacted on them as part of a plea bargain. The judicial system sees the prison as the primary means of punishing minors and almost never takes into account other options. During the period of incarceration, minors rarely receive visits from their families and many restrictions are imposed on them which make it difficult for them to complete their studies.”
B’Tselem urges the Israeli authorities to immediately equate the provisions of military law to the provisions of the Israeli youth law and to equate the age of majority of Arabs to that of Israelis. There is no problem of stone throwing on the part of Israeli Jewish youth.
The radical group often uses this tactic of publishing reports aimed at damaging Israel’s standing. A previous report claimed that Israel has instituted a policy in the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea that exploits the resources of the area more intensively than in the rest of Judea and Samaria.
That report claimed the reason for this policy is that Israel intends to annex the Jordan Valley and northern Dead Sea, areas returned to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War but not annexed officially.
Last year, the group issued a report which declared, without supporting data, that 21 percent of the built-up areas within the Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria are private Arab property. Legal advisors to the Judea and Samaria Councils said the claims are fabrications.
The report was released on the same day as a meeting between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama, leading some to say that the organization timed it in order to sabotage Israel-U.S. relations.
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