Aleph A. Bet-Soup [youtube]GDILJOSs0rc[/youtube] What is entailed that is included with the subject of overlording? Nazism saw one man lord it over all the subjects beneath his feet. Rhetoric he knew and you tell me one politician who does not use it! Theologians from the pulpit and advertisers on the radio and television. Tell you that "THEIRS IS THE BEST" even getting respected second opinions. Via sports stars and other such kinds of celebrity guests to endorse products. When F=MA and inertia and conservation of momentum are common to all not some. Brownian motion yes and in the air at night feels cool in the heat of the day its hot. PEaCe
Israeli professor faces criminal charges Israeli professor faces criminal charges over Facebook status Dr. Eyal Nir, a lecturer at Ben- Gurion University in Be’er Sheva under investigation after calls on world to 'break necks of right-wing activists'. Deputy State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan instructed the police to open a criminal investigation against Dr. Ayal Nir, a lecturer at Ben- Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, over a status on his Facebook page in which he called on the world to “break the necks of right-wing activists.” Nir faces possible charges of incitement of violence. The Be’er Sheva lecturer’s status was in response to the right-wing Jerusalem Day “Rikud Degalim” flag procession held this year in East Jerusalem, in which activists yelled “Death to the Arabs” as they marched through the Old City. “I call on the world to come and help break these scoundrels’ necks,” Nir posted as his status in May of this year, after which he posted a video showing the marchers yelling “Death to the Arabs”. The Ministry of Justice said that despite the offensive slogans that were heard on the video, Nir’s calls to break their necks warranted a criminal investigation into incitement of violence. “Dr. Nir published his comments as a private individual, on his personal Facebook page. The university does not take a side in the matter, and therefore justice should be sought in appropriate legal forum,” Ben-Gurion University said in a statement. haaretz.com incitement ? Michael ....and chanting "Death to Arabs" is not incitement ? What criminal investigations are taking place over that ? in an equal society the "death to Arab" chanters would also be charged for incitement BS
Segregation of the sexes Segregation of the sexes reaches Israeli youth club Tel Aviv youth club that prides itself on ‘instilling values of cooperation, unity and contribution to the community’ bans males from attending female singer’s show. The “women singer ban” phenomenon has reached Tel Aviv high schools. A recent Haaretz inquiry has revealed that an alternative youth movement, “Yehuda and Israel” - with whom year 10 students are required to participate in a “Personal Commitment” program - recently hosted a performance in which female singers performed, and male audience members were forbidden. In addition, the youth movement had held numerous performances with male-only lineups. Yehuda and Israel established the “Bima Lenoar” (Stage for Youth) club, which prides itself as an association committed to “instilling values of cooperation, unity and contribution to the community via the performing arts.” The organization’s segregation policy bothered some of its staff, and even caused two staff members to resign. They said forbidding female singing is a blatant contradiction of the association’s values. After Haaretz contacted the Tel Aviv Municipality over the affair, the municipality demanded the association host female singing events, and threatened to cancel the Personal Commitment program run by the association. haaretz
after 60 years of oppresion Jerusalem court issues first-ever 'price tag' indictment The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Monday issued the first-ever indictment for a “price tag” operation, charging two 18-year-old jews and a minor jew in connection to two incidents that occurred in March. The suspects included 18- year-old Hillel Leibowitz of Hebron, 18-year-old Yisrael Katz of Sde Eliezer, and an unnamed minor from the center of the country. The indictment alleges that on March 13, the day of the funeral for the Fogel family from Itamar, Leibowitz vandalized an SUV belonging to Jerusalem resident Muhammed Bakrit, while it was parked in the Givat Shaul neighborhood. Leibowitz allegedly punctured four of the Toyota Land Cruiser’s tires and broke several windows, causing NIS 23,716 in damage. Later that night, police stopped the three suspects near the Arab village of Baka al-Gharbiya, while they were traveling in a car they stole from a resident of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar. According to the indictment, the car contained two plastic bottles of fuel and three pairs of black gloves. The indictment alleges the three were planning to carry out an arson in the village or one of the other Arab villages nearby. The three suspects are being charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and using a car without the owner’s permission. Price tag operations refer to acts of violence or vandalism carried out against Palestinians and/or Arab Israelis by right-wing jews Price tag actions have included the torching of mosques Though there have been arrests in the past, until this week, there had never been an indictment made in such a case. haaretz
antisemitism in "jewish language" 'Death to Arabs' scrawled across Muslim gravestones in Jerusalem Assailants desecrate some 15 Muslim headstones in what is suspected to be the latest 'price tag' attack by right-wing extremists. Assailants desecrate some 15 Muslim headstones in what is suspected to be the latest 'price tag' attack by right-wing extremists. Some 15 Muslim gravestones were found desecrated in Jerusalem with the slogan "Death to Arabs" on Thursday, in what is suspected to be the latest "price tag" attack by right-wing extremists. “Death to Arabs” and “Givat Asaf” – the name of a West Bank settlement outpost that is slated for demolition – were spray painted on the gravestones in the Bamamila Cemetery, next to the Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance. It is still not known who is responsible for the desecration of the gravestones, or even exactly when it took place. A month ago, on Yom Kippur, graves were desecrated with anti-Arab graffiti in two cemeteries in Jaffa, Christian and Muslim. haaretz
oopsss Israeli killed, three wounded in 'accidental' IDF West Bank shooting Incident occurs after Israeli vehicle does not stop at flash checkpoint near southern Hebron; IDF forces open fire on vehicle, killing 55-year-old Israeli rabbi, IDF soldier also wounded. Israel Defense Forces shot and killed an Israeli early Friday in the southern Hebron region of the West Bank, when the man driving a vehicle did not notice a checkpoint and passed through without stopping. The soldiers involved in the incident said the shooting was accidental. Initial reports suggest that the incident, which took place just after 5 am, occurred after IDF soldiers erected a makeshift checkpoint between Yatta and Hebron, after receiving reports of a suspicious truck leaving one of the settlements in the area. IDF forces attempted to flag down and stop the vehicle. When the vehicle showed no signs of slowing down, IDF forces opened fire, killing 55-year-old Dan Mertzbach, a rabbi and resident of Otniel, and wounding two other passengers. Moments later, a Palestinian truck struck one of IDF soldier who fired the shots, and was standing by the side of the road near the scene of the shooting. The soldier suffered light to moderate injuries. The passengers were evacuated to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem. GOC Central Command Avi Mizrachi said that an investigation would be opened into the incident.
Nation Hoods "LEST WE FORGET" On the anniversary of the wests armistice or rest from the great war of 1914-1919, yesterday was held a memorial service in Anzac Square, Qld. Au. Lest we forget the victims of that war and the atrocities caused by man to man combat forces fighting for their father or mother land: whose the nastier for it? 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year this century and millennium. Lest we forget that universal proposition applied to the case of each and every individual on the face of the planet blown to kingdom come in the art of battle and the art of warfare who if only wounded or shell shocked end up on welfare. IAJ's king kongs are still to this day trashing, crashing and gnashing their teeth to the sounds of the last post. PEaCe
Armenian clergy subjected to Haredi spitting attacks Armenian clergy subjected to Haredi spitting attacks Police say that in every case where a complaint is filed, the offender has been caught thanks to security cameras installed in the Old City. When Narek Garabidian, a Canadian of Armenian extraction, came to Israel to study at the Armenian Orthodox theological seminary in Jerusalem, he never thought he would have to endure harsh insults from passersby. For the past 18 months, Garabidian said last week, he has been spit at and cursed by ultra-Orthodox passersby in the Old City. About a month ago he was spit at again, but this time, it hit his clothes. Garabidian, a former football player, said: "I pushed the two young ultra-Orthodox men up against the wall and asked, 'Why are you doing this?' They were really scared and said, 'Forgive us, we're sorry.' So I let them go." When asked about the matter, Armenian clergymen said they had all been spit at, from the archbishop to the youngest of the divinity students. The most recent incident was on Thursday night, when a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews got together to spit at the gates of the Armenian church. However, the police found out about the incident and thwarted it by stationing officers in front of the church. Police say that in every case where a complaint is filed, the offender has been caught thanks to security cameras installed in the Old City. But in a verdict almost two weeks ago, Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge Dov Pollock said: "The enforcement authorities are unable to root out the phenomenon and do not catch the spitters." Pollock dismissed charges against Johannes Maratersian, an Armenian divinity student, who was spit at by an ultra-Orthodox man in May 2008 and responded by punching the man. Pollock ruled that prosecuting a man who has been spit on for years as he walks down the street in his clerical robes would contravene the principles of justice. The Jerusalem district police responded: "All complaints of mutual assault are treated with the utmost severity. In the past, more than one case ended with charges being filed and the deportation of clergy involved in assault. As opposed to the situation about three years ago, the frequency of spitting has declined dramatically." http://www.haaretz.com/print-editio...subjected-to-haredi-spitting-attacks-1.393912
The fairy tale of 'alternative weddings' in Israel The fairy tale of 'alternative weddings' in Israel The secular media's volunteering to call the Tzohar marriages 'alternative' and to lead the battle for these marriages is the whole story in a nutshell. Oh joy and gladness in the cities of Judea: The media are telling us that the alternative wedding initiative by the Tzohar organization is up and running again, the rabbis of the organization will once again register couples for marriage and this is really terrific news for secular people. The label "alternative weddings" and the discussion of Tzohar's separate registration is making people feel there is marriage registration not at the Rabbinate, and as though these aren't the usual Orthodox Jewish weddings. But this is bunk - there are no alternative weddings, no joy and no gladness. The weddings performed by the Tzohar rabbis are not the least bit alternative; these are Orthodox Jewish weddings exactly like those performed by the rabbis who are employed at the Rabbinate. Moreover, the registration process for marriage by Tzohar is exactly the same registration at the same Rabbinate. That is to say, everyone who marries through Tzohar is registered at the Rabbinate and pays the Rabbinate fee and is subject to all the Rabbinate's principles, exactly like people who register at the Rabbinate not through Tzohar. Those who marry through Tzohar will have to divorce through the Rabbinate and will be entirely subject to the mercies of Rabbinical Court judges when they come to divorce. The Tzohar rabbis will not perform a marriage for anyone who does not want to register at the Rabbinate, nor do they perform marriage ceremonies for anyone who does not comply with all the rules of rabbinical law in its Orthodox interpretation. So what is it they do? They are nice to secular people. They explain things to them in their own language and they allow the bride to give the groom a ring after he sanctifies her according to the religion of Israel and Moses - all small changes in style. In essence, this is the marriage that is not permitted to someone who is not Jewish and wants to marry someone who is; the marriage that does not allow bastards to wed, or a Cohen and a divorced woman; the hierarchical, inegalitarian marriage in which a man sanctifies a woman and not the other way around; the marriage that sees "the family" as holy in its traditional gender division of roles. The Tzohar rabbis are not giving up the sole supremacy of Orthodoxy, they are not giving up the sole supremacy of the rabbi as an omniscient holy man who can permit or forbid another person to do something, or not to do something. They are not giving up male supremacy in marriage, in the family and in the public world; they will not allow the appointment of female rabbinical judges, they did not come out against banning women from singing and from public appearances in general. For the sake of dispelling doubt, there is no reason to condemn Tzohar. This is an organization of Orthodox rabbis whose way and belief this is, and their intentions are good. Indeed, this is an organization that arose after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin out of the view that it is necessary to make an effort to bridge between parts of the nation that had begun to break apart. Its wedding initiative is very successful because it provides an answer to the sense of revulsion the public has toward the Rabbinate people who exploit the fact they are a monopoly in order to treat the public rudely and inconsiderately, and also to charge money illegally for conducting a wedding ceremony. It is the state that should be condemned, for leaving the monopoly on marriage and divorce in the hands of the Rabbinate. The struggle that raged last week is a power struggle between ultra-Orthodox and strictly Orthodox national religious elements, for the heads of the secular population. Tzohar won because the Rabbinate really doesn't have any legal way to refuse them: They are rabbis, they perform marriages according to rabbinical law, they register the marriages at the Rabbinate. It is doubtful the Rabbinate understands how good Tzohar is for them: Were it not for Tzohar, possibly the Rabbinate's insensitivity would have led some of the secular population to demand marital justice, a real alternative to marriage in Israel: civil marriage, Reform marriage, Conservative marriage, marriage in accordance with the couple's conscience and beliefs. Anyone who is hoping marriage through Tzohar is the start of "privatization" of marriage, in the wake of which will come other rabbinical courts and truly alternative options for marriages - apparently is not cognizant of the wretchedness and cowardice of the secular, who continue to abandon their Jewish identity and their commitment contracts to the hands of anyone who bears the title "rabbi." The secular media's volunteering to call the Tzohar marriages "alternative" and to lead the battle for these marriages is the whole story in a nutshell. haaretz
'Gender segregation practices are ‘apartheid‘' MK Tzipi Hotovely, chairwoman of the Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women, described on Wednesday the growing number of incidents in which women are excluded from the public space as “apartheid” which contradicts basic Israeli values. In recent months, a spate of incidents have come to public attention in which proponents of equal rights say women have been marginalized in a variety of ways. In September, during Succot, separation barriers were erected in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood to prevent men and women mixing during the crowded and busy period of the holiday. Religious IDF soldiers also refused to listen to women singing at an army event because of a prohibition within Jewish law of listening to women sing in person. A complaint was submitted to the broadcasting authority about the exclusion of women on the haredi radio station Kol Berama, and the issue of gender-segregated buses in haredi neighborhoods has also not been resolved. Hotovely made her comments during the first-ever hearing of the Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women into the issue, initiated by MK Einat Wilf (Independence). “The committee... sees the exclusion of women as apartheid which contradicts the values of the state of Israel and Jewish law,” Hotovely said. “We have to fight this phenomenon of radicalization that is being expressed through the exclusion of women [in public life], because it seriously injures [the rights] of women and society as a whole.” The committee will initiate legislation designed to deny public funds to any agencies that participate in the exclusion of women and will also closely watch further incidents of segregation and marginalization. “This phenomenon is a blatant infraction of equal rights carried out through the exploitation of public money which is provided by the state,” Hotovely added. The committee said that it would be asking that Egged and the Transportation Ministry provide within three months a document detailing any occurrences in which the ruling of the Supreme Court outlawing gender segregation on buses is infringed. MK Orit Zuaretz (Kadima) was also present at the hearing and further proposed that Egged demand that its drivers complete a form whenever any incident of segregation occurs. “The Supreme Court ruling was in January, how long does it take to draw up correct procedures,” she asked. The committee will consider the issue in a number of sittings throughout the Knesset winter session, and will discuss in particular the marginalization of women in the army, and in cities with large haredi populations such as Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. The hearing was also attended by Rachel Azaria, a member of the Jerusalem City Council who was fired from the council coalition and stripped of her portfolios after petitioning the High Court against the Jerusalem Municipality to enforce the removal of segregation barriers during Succot. “It’s amazing that an alliance has been formed between extremists and the establishment,” Azaria said. “The haredi public realizes that it needs to be part of society, so we see military enlistment and participation in the workforce increasing in this community. But this threatens the extremists, who are burdening their communities with fabricated [laws] which are not halachic. “Their goal is not to isolate women from the public sphere but to isolate the haredi community from the general community.” jpost
jewish soldiers will sooner choose death than suffer women's singing Rabbi Elyakim Levanon warns IDF of prohibiting soldiers from leaving events which include women's signings, says hopes there are 'wise' people who would prevent such an order. Israel Defense Forces soldiers should choose death before they remain at army events which include women's singing, a top settler religious leader said in an interview on Thursday. The comment made by Elyakim Levanon, the rabbi of the West Bank settlement of Elon Moreh, came after earlier this week, 19 reserve major generals sent a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, imploring them not to allow harm to come to women's service in the army as a result of religious soldiers' demands. The reserve officers indicated that their appeal comes in response to a series of recent events, including the boycotting of military ceremonies by religious cadets due to women singing. The petitioners warned in their letter about harm caused to the motivation of women to serve in the army, as well as to what they termed damage to "the fundamental values of Israeli society." haaretz
jews mapping Jerusalem businesses that employ Arabs About 10 days ago, a fish merchant in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda outdoor market noticed a young man with sidelocks and a skullcap trying to determine which of the stalls employ Arabs. The merchant, Saleh, called the police, who detained the man for questioning on suspicion that he was planning a terror attack. But the interrogation revealed that Meir Ettinger, 19, had a completely different goal in mind. Ettinger, a resident of the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar and a grandson of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, said he was investigating on behalf of a project called Hebrew Labor, whose goal is "to warn the public" against buying from businesses that employ Arabs. . But last Thursday night, police detained four other young men from Yitzhar who were on the same mission. Conversations with right-wing activists this week revealed that Ettinger and his comrades have been working on this project for several weeks now. Their goal is to map all of the businesses in Jerusalem that use Arab labor."A booklet with a list of places that employ Arabs will be published soon," said Moshe Ben Zikri, an extreme right-wing activist from Jerusalem. "That will be followed by hanging up posters and signs with these lists in the streets - just so that the public will know and be cautious." The Hebrew Labor project is not one of a kind: In January, for instance, a right-wing group called Lehava - For the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land launched a campaign to give "kashrut certificates" to businesses that don't employ Arabs. Benzion Gopstein, one of the leaders of Lehava, said this new campaign was unrelated, but motivated by the same goal. Haaretz P.S. The jewish masters – the nazis made the same things in more simple way: they wrote “Jude” ( jew ) on the business and added “ do not buy from jews”. Israeli jews are only re-using a proven method.
nazi sensitivity A billboard for Wodka vodka in NYC has been taken down and destroyed after complaints that the advertisement's message is anti-Semitic. The New York Times reported that the billboard featured a long-haired dog wearing a yarmulke and another dog wearing a Santa hat with the words, "Christmas quality, Hanukkah pricing," alongside the photo. The backlash against the billboard was nearly instantaneous. Ron Meier, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, called it "crude and offensive." "To use the Jewish holiday in dealing with issues of money is clearly insensitive and inappropriate," Meier told the paper. http://w3.newsmax.com/a/aftershockb/videog2.cfm?PROMO_CODE=CA74-1&gclid=CO-JpozEz6wCFc7AKgodJxc-qA P.S. What about using Christmas in dealing with a jewish income? Different morality applies ?
jewish soldiers arrested over 'price tag' Detention of 3 soldiers come 2 days after 7 female Jewish settlers were arrested on suspicion of vandalizing army property and damaging Palestinian-owned trees. Israel Defense Forces spokesman said on Tuesday that three soldiers had been arrested Monday on suspicion of involvement in the recent ‘price tag’ attacks in the West Bank, with two other soldiers arrested as well. Military Police officials also arrested a resident of the settlement of Elon Moreh, a yeshiva student who served in the Kfir combat brigade. haretz
Petition against ethnic segregation of jews in israel "We may not believe our eyes and ears, but in this school there is apartheid-like segregation between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi girls," says the petition, submitted by Dr. Aviad Hacohen, dean of Sha'arei Mishpat Academic College. The best ultra-Orthodox girls high schools practice this discrimination, which is clearly dictated by the local authorities, the petitioners say. Laloum collected dozens of complaints from Mizrahi girls who were forced to enroll in Mizrahi schools after being rejected by the good Ashkenazi schools because of their ethnicity. Instead of measuring a school's prestige by its academic standards, virtually the only criterion for these schools' standing is the rate of 'Mizrahi' girls in it," the petition says. For this reason the schools don't examine each candidate's knowledge or skills but focus on her ethnic origin. If a girl is found to be Mizrahi, her chances of being admitted are almost nil unless she belongs to one of the 'aristocratic families' close to the government." tanding is the rate of 'Mizrahi' girls in it," the petition says. According to a girl from Bnei Brak, "They all came to me before registration to study from me, because I had the highest grades. All I wanted was to go to the best high school with all my friends, but they humiliated me, rejected me, just because my skin is a little darker. Friends who got much lower grades were admitted only because they're Ashkenazi, and I don't understand, why? “ haaretz P.S. Not so bad. In hitler’s germany there were 4 categories of volksdeutch ( national germans ) How many “jewish volksdeutch” are in the land of “one nation of the chosen people”?
Owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, listed three options for Israel to counter Iran’s nuclear weapons in an article published in his newspaper last Friday. The first is to launch a pre-emptive strike against Hamas and Hezbollah, The second is to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities The third is to “give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.” Haaretz BTW How loyal are the American jews! How clearly and openly jews presented their jewish option how to rules the world with the love! Any similarity to organization of WWII and so called holocaust is accidental, obviously.
Each night in israel is a Kristal night A Jewish-Arab bilingual school and a Christian monastery in Jerusalem were defaced with graffiti on Tuesday in suspected "price tag" attacks carried out by Jewish extremists. "Death to Arabs" and "Kahane was right" was daubed in Hebrew on a wall outside the bilingual school. "Death to Christians" was written on the walls of the Greek monastery, an 11th-century fortress-like holy site situated in a valley overlooked by Israel's parliament. Moreover, the tires of two cars outside the monastery were punctured. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the words "price tag", used by Jewish settlers in vandalism attacks on mosques and Palestinian homes in the West Bank, were also painted on the Christian monastery overnight by vandals, in the attack on a Christian shrine in Jerusalem. "I am a priest and I forgive," Father Claudio of the monastery, which is administered by the Greek Orthodox church, said. haaretz
American Kristal night Jewish teenager, 18, of New Square, New York, pleaded guilty to assault, for setting a neighbour on fire because he wasn't praying with the rest of the community. He had been accused of severely burning Aron Rottenberg, 43, with a firebomb outside Mr Rottenberg's home in New Square, an insular Hasidic village of 7,000. He was angered because Rottenberg had stopped praying at his synagogue, disobeying a prayer order by the Grand Rebbe of the Hasidic enclave about 35 miles north of New York City. Jewish teenager, who was worked for Grand Rebbe, admitted that he used a heavy duty propane lighter to set Rottenberg on fire in May 2011. It happened after Mr Rottenberg confronted Spitzer when he thew a bag of burning shirts soaked in petrol on the porch of his home. The family was sleeping inside, court documents said. Mr Rottenberg claimed in a lawsuit that Spitzer was acting at the direction of the village's Chief Rabbi, David Twersky. He alleged that rabbi Twersky was angered because Mr Rottenberg had stopped praying at his synagogue. Court documents said Mr Rottenberg's family had received several threats and had their property vandalised for not praying in the community's main synagogue. Outside court, Spitzer's attorney Kenneth Gribetz said his client had been trying to cause mischief, not to kill anyone. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098057/Hasidic-Jewish-teen-Shaul-Spitzer-set-neighbour-Aron-Rottenberg-disobeyed-prayer-order.html#ixzz1lqD12j2l
Houston felt ‘at home’ in Israel By JERUSALEM POST STAFF02/12/2012 20:52She was hosted by Sharon at his official residence in Jerusalem but pointedly avoided shaking his hand, letting Brown do so instead. Asked by Sharon how she felt in Israel, she said: “It’s home! It’s home!” Wearing bright red African clothing, Brown and Houston – who was then 39 – told Sharon they had come to visit friends and family in the Black Hebrew community. Houston said that while it was her first trip to Israel, she planned to come back and record a Christmas television special here – a promise she never fulfilled. “We arrived in Israel for a spiritual visit, to meet with our brothers and sisters in Dimona,” Patricia said. “She is a spiritual woman and wanted to come here and touch the land.”At the time, Houston’s sister, Patricia, told reporters that Whitney had loved her stay here. A year before, Houston’s sister and brother had visited Dimona and encouraged the singer to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and the Black Hebrew community. Friends in the community served as her hosts. “She is coming to reach out to the community in Dimona,” Ptachia Weinstein, co-producer of the The Black Hebrews singing group, told The Jerusalem Post before the visit. After the trip, a spokeswoman for the community, Yaffa Bat-Gavriel, denied that Houston had become a member of the Black Hebrews. “Whitney’s just a friend,” she said. “[She’s] coming back to Israel to film her Christmas special... and says she will visit us again.” Houston was said to be planning a recording with members of the Black Hebrew community, which first settled in Israel in 1969 and became known for its gospel choirs and singing groups. She and Brown also met with then-tourism minister Benny Elon at the King David Hotel. “It is a pleasure and an honor to be in Israel,” Houston wrote in a letter to Elon. “Thank you for your special attention. I hope to see you soon.”
Israel's justice minister advises how to seek pardons for Jewish terrorists Last night, television published a recording of right-wing activists asking Israel's justice minister Neeman how to secure the release of 12 Jewish terrorists. Neeman responded with advice on how to formulate the pardon requests to improve chances that they would be accepted. Moreover, from his comments, this wasn't the first time he had done so. The terrorists whose release the activists sought included Ami Popper, convicted of killing seven Palestinians at a Rishon Letzion bus stop in 1990, and members of the so-called Bat Ayin underground, three settlers convicted of attempting to bomb a Palestinian girls' school in East Jerusalem in 2002. haaretz
