New Zealand Police Interviewed Mosque Shooter Before Granting Gun License

New Zealand police revealed on Friday that they met with accused Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant in October 2017 as part of a routine home inspection connected to his purchase of the guns used in the March 15 attacks that left 50 dead.

Australian Brenton Tarrant, a self-avowed white supremacist, applied for the gun licence in September 2017 and a police "firearms vetting team" visited his home in the southern city of Dunedin the following month, a police spokesman said.

"One of the steps to gaining a firearms licence is a home visit to meet the applicant in person and inspect the security of their property," he said in a statement. -Channel NewsAsia

Tarrant was interviewed in October, 2017 while the firearms vetting team carried out a "security inspection" of his home.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-22/new-zealand-police-interviewed-mosque-shooter-granting-gun-license

French police ban Yellow Vest protests from Champs-Elysées area of Paris

French police have banned the Yellow Vest protests from the Champs-Elysées and its surrounding area in the center of Paris on Saturday. Anyone found violating the ban faces a fine of up to €135.

“Didier Lallement, prefect of police, hereby prohibits any gathering of the yellow vests along the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and its perimeter including the presidency of the Republic and the National Assembly,” the Prefecture of Police of Paris said in a statement.

This coming Saturday would mark the 19th weekend of protests since the movement started on November 17, 2018.

On Monday, following yet another weekend of violence, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a ban on the protests in several areas of France including the Champs-Elysées, the Capitol in Toulouse and the Pey-Berland plaza in Bordeaux.

Authorities were quick to emphasize that the citizens may protest freely outside of the prohibited zones stating it is a “fundamental freedom.”

French authorities have called for calm amid plans to deploy troops across the country to provide additional security during this weekend’s protests.

As part of the ‘Sentinelle’ counter-terrorism operation, launched in January 2015, troops will be deployed to secure government buildings and other important sites, to allow police to maintain public order.

“The last time the State requisitioned the army for policing operations was in 1947-1948,” Élie Tenenbaum, researcher and defense specialist with the Institut Francais de Relations Internationale, told France 24.

However, the soldiers will reportedly be armed with automatic weapons, sparking fierce criticism over concerns about potential confrontations between protesters and heavily armed forces.

“Maintaining order in France should be the police’s and the National Gendarmerie’s business. It is not the army’s job,” Guillaume Larrivé, MP for the center-right Les Républicains party, said.

“It’s unheard of,” Benoît Hamon of France’s Socialist Party said Thursday, adding that “the government was releasing an arsenal of security and martial measures to mask the Interior Minister Christophe Castaner’s incompetence.”

https://www.rt.com/news/454490-yellow-vest-protest-paris-ban/

Catholic priest stabbed in Canadian church during livestreamed Mass

'It happened so quickly there was almost no time to react'

A Catholic priest's life is "not in danger" after he was stabbed Friday morning during a livestreamed Mass in a Montreal church, CTV News reported.

What happened?

Father Claude Grou, rector of Saint Joseph's Oratory, was celebrating Mass for about 50 worshipers when a man wearing a dark coat and light-colored baseball cap pulled out a large knife, walked in front of the altar, and ran up the steps toward the priest, the outlet said.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/catholic-priest-stabbed-during-mass

Livestream ban coming?

Lawmakers Propose Bill to Require Men to Report Every Release of Sperm to Police

Multiple congresswomen are backing a bill that would force men to report every time they released sperm and also outlaw sex without a condom.

Atlanta, GA — In what serves as a perfect example of the mockery the political system in America has become, five Democratic representatives from Georgia have proposed a bill which would require men to report “certain events” of a sexual nature to law enforcement. The bill would require men to call the police to report the release of sperm.

According to the House website, HB 604 was introduced by Reps. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), Renitta Shannon (D-Decatur), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Sandra Scott (D-Rex) and Kendrick March 11. It does not appear to have been assigned to a House committee at this time.

It reads as follows:

To amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to require certain males to report certain events to law enforcement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to law enforcement officers and agencies, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:9″35-1-23. Any male 55 years of age or older shall immediately report to the county sheriff or local law enforcement agency when such male releases sperm from his testicles.”

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

Kendrick has been in the media lately after she called for a “testicular bill of rights” legislative package that would regulate the bodies of men. The legislation, which was proposed in response to an abortion bill that just passed the House, would:

Require a man to get permission from their sex partner before they are able to obtain a prescription for Viagra or any other erectile dysfunction medication

Ban vasectomy procedures in Georgia, with punitive measures that are listed in HB 481

Make it an “aggravated assault” crime for men to have sex without a condom

Require DNA testing when a woman is 6 weeks and 1 day to determine the father of the child who will “IMMEDIATELY” start paying child support

Require a 24 hour “waiting period” for men to purchase any porn or sex toys in Georgia

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/bill-ban-sperm-release-rights/

1984

10 held in Germany over suspected islamist attack plan to use car & guns to kill as many as possible

German prosecutors say 10 people have been detained on suspicion of plotting an Islamist attack using a car and guns, with the aim of killing as many “infidels” as possible, RT.com writes.

The arrests were made following an “anti-terror” raid in the central Frankfurt Rhine-Main region on Friday, according to Welt, who cite the state criminal police office and the prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt.

A 21-year-old and two 31-year-old brothers are noted as the “main suspects” in the group and are believed to be associated with the local Islamist Salafist community. All are accused of plotting an “Islamist terrorist-motivated attack” to kill as many “infidels” as possible.

Several of the suspects are German citizens, according to the prosecutor’s office, but no other nationalities were specified.

The plan was already well established when police foiled the attack, according to German authorities. The group, aged between 20 and 42, were reportedly in contact with various arms dealers and had already leased a large vehicle as part of their operation.

About 200 officers were involved in the raid of several apartments on Friday morning, in which more than €20,000 in cash, multiple knives, a small quantity of drugs and large number of documents were also seized.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/10-held-in-germany-over-suspected-islamist-attack-plan-to-use-car-guns-to-kill-as-many-as-possible/

Comey Leaked Memos In Order To Spark Mueller Probe. Now He Says He Doesn’t Care What Investigation Uncovers

James Comey claimed in an op-ed Thursday that he does not care one way or the other whether special counsel Robert Mueller finds evidence that President Donald Trump conspired with Russia to influence the 2016 election or obstructed the FBI’s collusion probe.

But the claim, which Comey made in The New York Times, is at odds with the former FBI director’s testimony about his actions shortly after being fired by Trump in May 2017.

Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee in June 2017 that he leaked memos he wrote after conversations with Trump in order to force the appointment of a special counsel.

“I asked a friend of mine to share the content of a memo with the reporter, I didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons, but I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel,” Comey testified June 8, 2017.

Comey instructed his friend, Daniel Richman, to give the Times a memo he wrote about a conversation he had with Trump on Feb. 14, 2017. Comey claimed Trump asked him to shut down an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Comey’s ploy worked, as Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel May 17, 2017.

Though Comey clearly pushed for the special counsel’s probe, he now claims that he has no preference as to what Mueller will write in a report of the 22-month-long investigation.

“Even though I believe Mr. Trump is morally unfit to be president of the United States, I’m not rooting for Mr. Mueller to demonstrate that he is a criminal,” Comey wrote in his op-ed.

“I’m also not rooting for Mr. Mueller to ‘clear’ the president. I’m not rooting for anything at all, except that the special counsel be permitted to finish his work, charge whatever cases warrant charging and report on his work.”

Comey, who oversaw the FBI’s collusion investigation for more than nine months until his firing, said that he has “no idea” whether Mueller will conclude that Trump knowing colluded with Russia. He also does not know whether Trump obstructed justice.

“I also don’t care,” he said.

“I care only that the work be done, well and completely. If it is, justice will have prevailed and core American values been protected at a time when so much of our national leadership has abandoned its commitment to truth and the rule of law.”

Comey also said in the op-ed he does not want to see Trump impeached. Instead, he said he hopes Trump is voted out of office in 2020.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/comey-leaked-memos-in-order-to-spark-mueller-probe-now-he-says-he-doesnt-care-what-investigation-uncovers/

Rabbi Mizrachi says Chief Rabbi a ‘cancer’ who’ll ‘bring a Holocaust on UK Jews’

The US-based rabbi who claims sick children are being punished for sins in a past life has called the Chief Rabbi a “cancer” and “gay-lover” who will “bring a Holocaust on England’s Jews”.

Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, who has 200,000 followers on social media, was due to be hosted in the UK this week by Charedi rabbis in north London, including Rabbi Aharon Bassous in Golders Green, who led a boycott of the JW3 culture centre for encouraging “homosexual activities”.

However his four-day visit, during which he planned to speak to 1,500 people, was called off after Mizrachi learned that he would be questioned on arrival. Jewish community leaders had earlier reacted in horror at the prospect of him lecturing to children in schools.

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-mizrachi-says-chief-rabbi-a-cancer-wholl-bring-a-holocaust-on-uk-jews/

WTF?

Israel to hold referendum on replacing Britain in EU

Bibi promises vote on joining the European Union as Brussels says a space is up for grabs when Brexit takes place

Benjamin Netanyahu has promised the Israeli people a referendum on joining the European Union, after Brussels said a space was up for grabs after Britain leaves.

The prime minister, fighting corruption allegations during an election countdown, made the comment during a press conference about the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Israel in May.

“The EU thinks Israel should replace the UK after March,” said Netanyahu, in reply to a question about visits by European countries and reports that some were still considering boycotting the event. “If they want us to replace Britain, it would seem strange to boycott us.”

Pressed on Israel’s possible membership of the EU, he said: “I will put it to the people of Israel in a referendum after the [Eurovision] show. Brussels is upbeat on the economy.

“It feels the eurozone will enjoy a feast of lots of trade deals in the coming years, which Israel could then be party to, so we need to think about it.”

Diplomats and ministers from the UK and Israel have in recent years increasingly stressed their bilateral relations, and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox this year agreed the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal with his Israeli counterpart.

News of the EU’s offer, which was pointedly not denied in Brussels, appears to have distracted Israel’s attention from Britain in the past few days, as the latest figures showed EU-Israel trade at record levels.

Esther Giaufret, the EU’s ambassador to Israel, said: “We are the world’s largest internal market, the closest market to Israel and the best business environment. With Israel’s innovative and thriving economy, this match makes sense.”

The new best friends also launched an online helpdesk to “facilitate trade and investment between the EU and Israel” and to set up a “contact point in the Israeli ministry of economy and industry”.

Giaufret was recently named diplomat of the year by the Ambassadors’ Club of Israel. The UK’s ambassador, David Quarrey, said Giaufret’s award was “fully deserved”.

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-hold-referendum-on-replacing-britain-in-eu/

U.S. Special Operations: The New Face of America’s War Machine

The U.S. military industrial complex does not desire large winnable wars, but “low-intensity” conflicts that last as long as possible. That is how the system retains power, maintains profits, and remains relevant.

With the possible U.S. military withdrawal from Syria in the news on a daily basis, the mainstream media has been quick to parrot the DOD’s claim that 2,000 troops, mostly special operations forces, are to be withdrawn from the country. Although the total number of U.S. special operators deployed to Syria may have approached as many as 5,000, the current headlines have not mentioned that the United States has special operations units deployed not just in Syria, but in a majority of the nations of the world. Over the past seventeen years, the forces at the disposal of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have grown exponentially, more than doubling in size in numbers, with a budget that has also expanded four-fold in that same period of time.

If U.S. SOF troops do pull out of Syria, they will still have a physical presence in over 70 nations on any given day. Although the public has an often vague and incomplete, unofficial explanation of the reasons behind these deployments, the Pentagon seems totally unwilling to explain the national defense rational or legality of these missions to anyone, including the U.S. Congress or the White House. Not only has SOCOM expanded in numbers, funding and weaponry since 2001 and the advent of the Global War on Terror (GWOT), but has acquired no small amount of political influence as well.

The U.S. special operations forces have become the darling of the military, praised by Congress, the White House, and the Media. They have willingly adopted a mythos that has been formulated and propagated by Hollywood on many levels. The U.S. public seems to worship this new class of soldier, while having little to no understanding of exactly what they do, nor any concept of how their actions might aid or hinder national security. An act has even been proposed by one state Representative to afford special income tax breaks to all SOF members.

More

https://www.mintpressnews.com/u-s-special-operations-the-new-face-of-americas-war-machine/256431/

George Conway: Trump 'thinks he needs to be re-elected to avoid indictment'

George Conway said Friday that President Trump "thinks he needs to be re-elected to avoid being indicted," taking another public shot on Twitter at the president.

Conway, who is married to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, came under attack from Trump this week after Conway questioned the president's mental fitness — a jab he made again on Friday.

The two have engaged in a bitter fight over Twitter and in presidential interviews with reporters all week.

“THINK about the fact that we don’t just have a mentally unstable president—but a president who thinks he needs to be re-elected to avoid being indicted. (At least in that one respect his thinking is clear.),” Conway tweeted.

George Conway said Friday that President Trump "thinks he needs to be re-elected to avoid being indicted," taking another public shot on Twitter at the president.

Conway, who is married to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, came under attack from Trump this week after Conway questioned the president's mental fitness — a jab he made again on Friday.

The two have engaged in a bitter fight over Twitter and in presidential interviews with reporters all week.

“THINK about the fact that we don’t just have a mentally unstable president—but a president who thinks he needs to be re-elected to avoid being indicted. (At least in that one respect his thinking is clear.),” Conway tweeted.

The president is currently under investigation on an array of fronts, though it is far from clear he'll be indicted for anything.

The Department of Justice's internal guidance is that a sitting president cannot be indicted, and Conway's tweet appears to be an attempt to jab at Trump on that note.

Trump earlier this week described Conway as a “husband from hell” who is jealous of his wife's success. Conway responded to that insult with a tweet that said, "You. Are. Nuts."

Kellyanne Conway has defended the president during the exchanges, saying he is not forcing her to choose sides.

"He’s protective of me and that’s what people really should take from this," she said Thursday. "I’m not being asked to choose between my marriage and my job. The president has never made me feel that way."

"It’s unusual for George, who people know as a very private person, who really hasn’t weighed in on many different matters over the years," she added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/435267-george-conway-extends-trump-feud-trump-thinks-he-needs-to-be-re

>>5829315

Damn

Trump’s statement on Golan Heights may destabilize Middle East, warns Kremlin

MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump’s statement Washington should recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights may destabilize the situation in the Middle East, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Friday.

"Such calls may considerably destabilize the already strained situation in the Middle East," he said. "In any case the idea as such by no means works for the tasks and goals of the Middle East settlement. It’s the other way round."

"At the moment it’s just a call. May it remain so," Peskov added.

Earlier, Trump tweeted that the US should recognize Israel’s full sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

This plateau, which belonged to Syria since 1944 were seized by Israel during the six-day war in 1967. In 1981, the Israeli parliament passed a law to unilaterally declare sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The UN Security Council declared the annexation null and void in its Resolution 497 of December 17, 1981.

http://tass.com/politics/104997

Pompeo warns US could curb security ties with Israel over China relations

Secretary’s statements come as Israel steps up trade and business ties with Beijing, which has made key investments in Israeli economy, including strategic Haifa port

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stark warning to Israel on Thursday that the close security ties between the two nations could be reduced over Israel’s growing cooperation with China.

Pompeo’s warnings came on the same day that the US made an unprecedented show of support for Israel, effectively recognizing its hold on the Golan Heights and having the top US diplomat make a symbolic visit to the Western Wall accompanied by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nevertheless, Pompeo cautioned that unless Israel re-evaluates its cooperation with China, it could see the US reduce “intelligence sharing and co-location of security facilities.”

residence in Jerusalem on March 21, 2019. (Photo by AMIR COHEN / AFP)

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stark warning to Israel on Thursday that the close security ties between the two nations could be reduced over Israel’s growing cooperation with China.

Pompeo’s warnings came on the same day that the US made an unprecedented show of support for Israel, effectively recognizing its hold on the Golan Heights and having the top US diplomat make a symbolic visit to the Western Wall accompanied by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nevertheless, Pompeo cautioned that unless Israel re-evaluates its cooperation with China, it could see the US reduce “intelligence sharing and co-location of security facilities.”

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Speaking to Israel’s Channel 13, Pompeo highlighted the risks posed by China.

“China broadly presents a real opportunity, they are an economic powerhouse and there are lots of opportunities for countries to do business with China. When China behaves transparently, when China is engaged in real economic transactions, we are untroubled,” Pompeo said.

However, he warned that China also posed risks, using “debt as a trap” and “engages in spying through its commercial state-owned enterprises and presents risk through its technology systems, companies like Huawei,” Pompeo said, adding that these “present real risks to the people of Israel.

“We want to make sure every country is wide-eyed and awake with regard to the policy threats posed by China,” he said. “America will have to make decisions too. If certain systems go in certain places then America’s efforts to work alongside you will be more difficult, and in some places we wont be able to do so.

“Intelligence sharing might have to be reduced, co-location of security facilities might have to be reduced, we want to make sure countries understand this and know the risks,” he said.

It’s not the first time the US has warned Israel over its ties with China.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-warns-us-could-curb-security-ties-with-israel-over-china-relations/

Several 2020 Democrats to skip AIPAC conference after call to boycott

Liberal group MoveOn.org asked all 2020 presidential candidates to steer clear of the event.

Several Democratic presidential candidates will skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's policy conference this year after a prominent progressive group called on them to boycott the event.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will all ditch the conference, the Associated Press reported, and a spokesman for former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, told NBC News that he also will not attend.

Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, will not be going, The Jewish Week reported, and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro also won't show, according to HuffPost.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who is considering running for president as an independent, will also skip the conference, the Associated Press reported.

Josh Orton, a policy director for Sanders, told NBC News that the senator is "concerned about the platform AIPAC is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two-state solution.”

Sanders didn't attend the 2016 conference while he was running in the Democratic presidential primary, but addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at length during a speech around the time of the event.

The candidates' decisions to skip the prominent pro-Israel lobbying group’s conference come one day after liberal group MoveOn.org called on all 2020 presidential candidates to steer clear of the event.

“It’s no secret that that AIPAC has worked to hinder diplomatic efforts like the Iran deal, is undermining Palestinian self-determination, and inviting figures actively involved in human rights violations to its stage,” Iram Ali, campaign director for MoveOn's political action committee, said in a post on the group's website. “We asked our members what they think so that we can make more informed decisions — and over 74% agreed that progressive presidential candidates should skip the AIPAC conference. This should also give a clear insight to 2020 candidates on where their base stands instead of prioritizing lobbying groups and policy people who rarely step outside of D.C.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/several-2020-democrats-skip-aipac-conference-after-call-boycott-n986006

Israel says U.N. Gaza war crimes report biased against it

Israel said on Thursday a U.N. report critical of its use of lethal force during Palestinian protests on the Gaza border was biased and should have included a demand that the enclave’s dominant Hamas group take action to stop anti-Israeli violence.

A U.N. Commission of Inquiry on the demonstrations, which began nearly a year ago, said this week that Israel should investigate the shootings of more than 6,000 people, far beyond the criminal inquiries it has announced into 11 killings.

Issuing an official response to the commission’s report, Israel said it had “serious concerns about the factual and legal analysis conducted by the commission, its methodologies and the clear evidence of political bias against Israel”.

Gaza health authorities say some 200 people have been killed and thousands injured by Israeli fire since Palestinians launched the protests. One Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper along the frontier.

Protesters have been demanding the lifting of an Israeli blockade of the territory and a right to return to land from which their ancestors fled or were expelled. Israel has said it has no choice but to use deadly force to defend the frontier.

Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, the inquiry commission’s chairman, Santiago Canton, called on Israel, which boycotted the day-long debate, to review immediately its military’s rules of engagement.

Israel’s response, published on its Foreign Ministry’s website, said the commission’s “bias is most evident in (its) absolute failure … to make recommendations concerning Hamas”.

The militant group, Israel said, sends women, children and others to sabotage the Israeli security fence along the frontier and to act as shields for armed attacks. Balloons and kites have been flown across the border into Israel to start fires.

“If the commission seriously wished to provide an objective report that would contribute towards human rights and the safety of individuals, (it) would have seen fit to demand Hamas take action in the context of these events,” Israel said.

Asked about the Israeli allegations, Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas official in Gaza, said “most of those killed were hit hundreds of metres from the fence - evidence that Israeli soldiers had deliberately targeted them”.

A summary accompanying the 252-page report said protest organisers “encouraged or defended demonstrators’ indiscriminate use of incendiary kites and balloons”, and Gaza’s de facto authorities did not stop such acts.

The Human Rights Council, a 47-member forum, is due to vote on Friday on four resolutions related to the occupied Palestinian territories.

European states are divided on the resolutions, including a text related to the Gaza inquiry, with some expected to vote against and others abstaining, diplomats said.

The United States, Israel’s closest ally, quit the Geneva forum last year over what it says is bias against Israel.

Gaza is home to 2 million Palestinians, mainly stateless descendants of people who fled or were driven from Israel on its founding in 1948. Israel captured Gaza in a 1967 war but pulled out troops and settlements in 2005. Hamas took control in 2007.

Since then, Israel has fought three wars against the Islamist group and, along with Egypt, imposed a blockade of the territory that the World Bank says has collapsed its economy.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-israel-palestinians-un/israel-says-u-n-gaza-war-crimes-report-biased-against-it-idUKKCN1R21SZ

Israel’s US Lobby rocked by hate-filled tweets

One of the most influential donors to the powerful AIPAC pro-Israel lobby group will not be speaking at its annual conference this weekend after being taken to task for sending out a string of hate-filled tweets aimed at two of America’s rising Muslim politicians, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

This is not the first time arch-Zionist Adam Milstein has been caught out and reprimanded for hate-tweeting. In 2017, he was forced to apologise for tweeting an anti-semitic graphic targeting liberal Jewish philanthropist George Soros. The image served to fuel speculation about a growing affinity between the anti-Semitic far right and Israel’s staunchest backers. Journalist Max Blumenthal exposed the offensive Milstein tweet, which depicted the face of Soros superimposed on an octopus straddling the globe.

According to Haaretz, Milstein – the chair of the Israeli American Council – reckons his latest tweets have been taken out of context and “mischaracterised.” In a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency he said that he would not, as a result, be attending as a moderator at this weekend’s AIPAC conference. “My social media postings represent my views — and my views alone. I have no interest in allowing this mischaracterisation of me to distract from the important work of AIPAC. For this reason, I will not be moderating a panel at this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference.”

It is, as yet, unclear if Milstein was pushed or jumped for the offensive tweets which have clearly caused unrest among AIPAC members. A spokesman for the group, Marshall Wittmann, said that Milstein’s views were not those of AIPAC. He insisted in an email that Milstein “is not a representative of AIPAC and his views are not ours.”

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190322-israels-us-lobby-rocked-by-hate-filled-tweets/

NEW Classified Emails Show Hillary Colluded, Met With Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch; BUT FBI Covered It Up, Then Investigated Gen. Flynn for Similar ‘Offense’. Hillary, again, gets away and off free

A newly unearthed batch of heavily redacted, classified emails from Hillary Clinton’spersonal email server revealed that the former secretary of state discussed establishing a “private, 100% off-the-record” back channel to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that one of her top aides warned her that she was in “danger” of being “savaged by Jewish organizations, in the Jewish press and among the phalanx of neoconservative media” as a result of political machinations by “Bibi and the Jewish leadership.”

The 756-page group of new documents, revealed Thursday as part of a transparency lawsuit by Judicial Watch, seemingly contradicted Clinton’s insistence under oath in 2015that she had turned over all of her sensitive work-related emails to the State Department, and included a slew of classified communications on everything from foreign policy to State Department personnel matters.

The files came from a trove of 72,000 documents the FBI recovered and turned over to the State Department in 2017.

The documents, representing a small proportion of the tens of thousands of emails still unaccounted for from Clinton’s server, also underscored the apparently significant political threat that the Obama administration felt it faced at the hands of Israel.

Additionally, according to the email dump, Clinton chatted with former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair about classified foreign policy matters before she was sworn in, aided the application of at least one State Department applicant who was connected to her daughter, Chelsea, and apparently met with Putin-aligned Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili before he became prime minister on a staunchly pro-Russian platform — and with reported help from a Russian interference operation.

Ivanishvili pointedly did not criticize Putin during his campaign, despite Putin’s invasion of Georgia years earlier — and in 2012, Ivanishvili made headlines for refusing to meet with Clinton unless it was a one-on-one sitdown.

www.foxnews.com/politics/clinton-in-newly-revealed-classified-emails-discussed-secret-comms-channel-with-israel

Judicial Watch Uncovers MORE Classified Emails in Hillary Clinton’s Unsecure Email System

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/new-classified-emails-show-hillary-colluded-met-with-putin-linked-russian-oligarch-but-fbi-covered-it-up-then-investigated-gen-flynn-for-similar-offense-hillary-again-gets-awa/

Whatever Israel wants, Israel gets

On 4 March, the newly formed Israeli Blue and White party’s leaders, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz and Moshe Ya’alon, declared that Israel will not pull out from the occupied Golan Heights. Gantz, the party head, said they would increase settlements and double the population. Their reason; they will not hand the area over to Bashar Al-Assad, a brutal dictator who massacre his own people.

The West Bank and Golan Heights are, on paper, occupied territories, but on the ground the status quo has long been change with US approval and EU silence, contrary to UN resolutions.

The Jerusalem Post reported that during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first visit to Washington in 2017, he asked the American administration of Donald Trump to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan. The Americans said: “To quiet the lobby campaign. The US Congress will approve the Israeli desire to legalise the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.” Trump’s move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, made the Israelis demands more land and territories.

Yet, it seems that many do not really grasp that Jerusalem plays a pivotal part in the conscious of the people. It is not related only to spiritual beliefs, but also affects the way people see the world and governs their priorities, their reactions and feelings. Religious symbols, the sanctuaries in particular, are at the heart of this concept. The three religious places are Makkah, Medina and Jerusalem.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190320-whatever-israel-wants-israel-gets/

>>5829448

top kek never looked at him that way but fuck me he's a downy

>>5829463

Zionist Israel runs the commie Chinese government just do a history lesson on who ran the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and turned it commie!

UK Denies Asylum To Christian Convert From Iran Because "Christianity Is Not Peaceful"

The UK has denied asylum to an Iranian man because he said on his application that he converted from Islam to the "peaceful" religion of Christianity, according to The Independent.

The Home Office quoted excerpts from the bible in the man's rejection letter - saying the book of Revelations is "filled with imagery of revenge, destruction, death and violence," and concluded that "These examples are inconsistent with your claim that you converted to Christianity after discovering it is a ‘peaceful’ religion, as opposed to Islam which contains violence, rage and revenge."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-21/uk-denies-asylum-christian-convert-iran-because-christianity-not-peaceful

Fox Hires Joe Biden's Top Aide as Chief Lobbyist

The parent company of Fox News has hired a former top aide to Joe Biden as its chief lobbyist in Washington.

On Tuesday the new Fox Corp., a spin-off of 21st Century Fox which just merged with Disney, became a standalone public company, controlling television assets such as Fox News and the Fox television network.

Broadcasting & Cable reported that new Fox “hit the ground running on day one” with its Washington lobbying operation headed by Danny O’Brien, a well-known Democrat.

O’Brien was brought on last October as executive vice president and head of government relations for the Fox Corp.

Previously, he had served as Senator Joe Biden’s chief of staff and went on to head Biden’s 2008 presidential campaign.

In recent years, O’Brien headed government relations for GE Transportation.

The O’Brien hire and other news suggests Fox is beefing up ties to Democrats and critics of President Trump.

This week Fox Corp. announced former House Speaker Paul Ryan had joined its board as Fox News hired former DNC Chair Donna Brazile as an analyst.

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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obrien-fox-lobbyist-biden/2019/03/21/id/908059/

Monsanto’s Weed Killer is “Substantial Factor” in Cancer, Says Jury

MARC STEINER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Marc Steiner. Great to have you all with us once again.

One of the largest biotech agribusiness chemical companies on the planet is Monsanto, the makers of Roundup, now that it merged with Bayer, that is, especially. They were back in the news again because a federal jury ruled that the weed killer Roundup was a substantial factor in causing the cancer of defendant Mr. Edwin Hardeman. While Trump’s EPA said Roundup is probably not carcinogenic to people, the World Health Organization and independent researchers have found Roundup’s main ingredient, glyphosate, is most likely a carcinogen. Thousands more cases are being filed. What will this mean and what will this portend for Monsanto and the future of their products, the battles with agribusinesses, and for the rest of us?

Well, we’re joined today by Samara Geller, who is a Senior Research and Database Analyst for the Environmental Working Group. And Samara, welcome. Good to have you with us.

SAMARA GELLER: Thank you for having me.

MARC STEINER: So I want to start with this short video of the lawyer who won the case. This took place last month in February when he was commenting on the case and his deposition he took with the folks from Monsanto. Let’s listen to what he had to say.

ROBERT BRENT WISNER: When I took Monsanto’s deposition, I took their corporate representative deposition. He said to me that there is no evidence across the board that there’s any association with cancer. That’s just nonsense. There is a mountain of evidence and this company needs to get straight and to be honest with its customers and say listen, there is evidence that it’s associated with cancer, and let people make a choice about whether or not they use the product. This case is about failure to warn. And the simple fact is they haven’t warned, and they’re going to keep being sued until they do so.

MARC STEINER: I’m curious, your perspective on this. You have what he was saying here as he was taking the deposition before the verdict took place. And clearly, our EPA in the United States has been saying that there’s probably no real connection between that product, Roundup, and their products, and cancer. The World Health Organization, some independent researchers, have found just the opposite, that there probably is. And nobody’s really spoken definitively as I’ve read or seen so far. But talk about this debate going on and what that really means.

SAMARA GELLER: So there is mounting evidence showing a link between glyphosate and cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. So in 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, which is part of the World Health Organization, they classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen. Also in 2017, the state of California included glysophate on its Proposition 65 registry. So this Proposition 65 registry is a list of chemicals that the state of California publishes every year. That list contains carcinogens, also reproductive and developmental toxicants. And so, we have the World Health Organization which is fiercely defending its position on glyphosate as being a probable human carcinogen. We have the state of California, which is also aligned with the World Health Organization.

But we also have emerging evidence coming out of the University of Washington. So these researchers recently did a meta-analysis. So they actually pooled data from studies that were published between 2001 and 2018, and this particular subset of studies actually found a 41 percent increased risk in non-Hodgkin’s in the highest exposed group. That’s pretty damning evidence right there, so that’s a very compelling link between glyphosate and the development of cancer, specifically non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But we also know that the judge in this case recently in San Francisco unsealed internal documents from Monsanto that showed that the company worked behind the scenes with the EPA to promote the claim that glyphosate was safe and to point the finger away from the evidence showing to the contrary.

https://therealnews.com/stories/monsantos-weed-killer-is-substantial-factor-in-cancer-says-jury

White House Declares Full Victory Over ISIS In Syria

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan briefed President Donald Trump and told him that ISIS no longer holds any territory in Syria, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters on March 22, according to Reuters.

The news agency didn’t provide additional information about Sanders’ remarks. However, it was the first official announcement regarding the ISIS defeat in the Middle Euphrates River Valley.

Earlier, Trump warned the remaining ISIS supporters on Twitter, saying that the terrorist group is “being beaten badly at every level.”

“There is nothing to admire about them [ISIS], they will always try to show a glimmer of vicious hope, but they are losers and barely breathing. Think about that before you destroy your lives and the lives of your family,” Trump wrote.

Two days ago, sources close to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said that the group has imposed its control of last ISIS positions north of the town of al-Baghuz al-Fawqani, thus securing the entire Euphrates Valley. However, combing operations continue in the region.

While the White House is trying to present ISIS defeat in the Euphrates Valley as a total defeat, the terrorist group maintains one last stronghold in the Homs desert in the heart of the country. Once the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russian forces liberate this stronghold, the terrorist group will be truly defeated in all of Syria.

https://southfront.org/white-house-declares-full-victory-over-isis-in-syria/

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Israel at the center

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Genie's founder, chairman, controlling shareholder and CEO is Howard Jonas. Avi Goldin serves as the company's CFO, Michael Stein is the company's COO and Geoffrey Rochwarger serves as Vice Chairman. The president of its Israeli subsidiary is Effie Eitam. Genie Energy's Strategic advisory board is composed of: Dick Cheney (former vice president of the United States), Rupert Murdoch (media mogul and chairman of News Corp), James Woolsey (former CIA director), Larry Summers (former head of the US Treasury), Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico, an ex-ambassador to the United Nations and United States Energy Secretary[2], Michael Steinhardt, Jacob Rothschild,[3][2], and Mary Landrieu, former United States Senator from Louisiana.

Oil profits grease Trump administration’s move to recognize Israeli annexation of Golan

Washington last week gave another sign that the Trump administration is moving towards declaring the Golan Heights to be Israeli sovereign territory. At the heart of the move are huge anticipated US-Israeli oil profits.

In an annual human rights report, the State Department referred to the Golan Heights as “Israeli-controlled,” dropping the international norm of citing the contested area as “Israeli-occupied.” The change in wording is significant.

The Golan Plateau is considered to be Syrian territory under international law, according to UN resolutions. Israel has occupied the strategically important area overlooking the Jordan Valley since the 1967 Six Day War. In 1981, Israel formally annexed the land, but the self-declared claim has never been recognized internationally.

Hence, the normative term “Israeli-occupied Golan” in UN terminology, not “Israeli-controlled.”

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/454231-golan-heights-oil-recognise/

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