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Mossad agents expelled from mauritius

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

Israeli men arrested upon arrival on island by officers claiming they came to spy on Dubai citizens

By Itamar Eichner

(source: YNet News)

Three Israeli men have been turned out of Mauritius on suspicion they were there on a secret mission to spy on tourists from Dubai, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.The three arrived on the island, an exotic tourist destination in the Indian Ocean, in order to conclude their trip to the Soccer World Cup.

But they never made it to the turquoise beaches. As soon as they landed immigration officers, who were convinced they were Mossad agents who had come to the island to disturb the peace, placed them under arrest and submitted them to hours of intensive interrogations.

The three 30-year old men all reside in Tel Aviv. Ido and Roee Reicher, a pair of twins, are computer engineers and their friend, Avi Levinstein, owns a sushi restaurant. They had been planning their trip for six months.

"We heard it was paradise. It’s cold in South Africa, and we were told it’s hot in Mauritius, so we decided to spoil ourselves and come back with a tan," Roee said. He said they had arrived Saturday on a British Airways flight, and were held up at passport control. "They looked at our passports, flipped through them, and then began to speak in French, saying, ‘Israelis, Israelis’," Roee said.

Nick cleggs illegal Iraq war gaffe prompts legal warning

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: Guardian.co.uk)

Coalition in confusion as deputy prime minister pronounces invasion ‘illegal’ at dispatch box

Nick Clegg was forced to clarify his position on the Iraq war after he stood up at the dispatch box of the House of Commons and pronounced the invasion illegal.

The deputy prime minister insisted he was speaking in a personal capacity, as a leading international lawyer warned that the statement by a government minister in such a formal setting could increase the chances of charges against Britain in international courts.

Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London, said: "A public statement by a government minister in parliament as to the legal situation would be a statement that an international court would be interested in, in forming a view as to whether or not the war was lawful."

Israel needs war to exist

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

(source: Press TV)

A former Israeli lecturer has said the entity depends on wars for its existence, warning that the hostility only invites disaster for Tel Aviv.

It is only constant confrontations and standoffs which keep the Israeli society from falling apart, said Ilan Pappe, who used to work as a senior lecturer at the University of Haifa in northern Israel. He also said that the current Israeli government is the result of a colonialist movement. Colonialists, who did not have a country anywhere across the world, were obliged to remain here.

The Israeli regime, therefore, is constantly seeking to ignite new wars; against Lebanon and maybe soon against Iran, but future wars would not succeed and would instead lead the entity into disaster, he added, speaking to the German daily Junge Welt last month.

Job is to defend Isarael

by MRN
January 1, 2013July 25, 2013

By Dr Firoz Osman

(source: BusinessDay,Published: 23/07/2010 Pg 10)

If Allister Sparks expects Rabbi Warren Goldstein to apologise to Judge Richard Goldstone for his damning report castigating Israel for committing atrocities against the Palestinians in its Gaza invasion, it will be a long wait indeed. (The chief rabbi owes Judge Goldstone an abject apology, July 21).

The rabbi’s primary function is to defend Israel, right or wrong. He does not see the Palestinians as a people who are occupied, oppressed, and dispossessed.

In a report in the Jewishjournal.com in 2003, “the selection committee, which included a diverse range of Jewish groups, recommended Rabbi Warren Goldstein from a short list of five. The decision by the Union of Orthodox Synagogues selected him over four other older and more experienced rabbi s”.

One criterion was that the appointee be South African-born or someone who had lived in SA during the transition from apartheid to democracy and who understood SA’s politics. Previous chief rabbis have all been born abroad.

A critical factor in the appointment was that the candidate also had to be a Zionist, which means defending Israel even when it commits war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Other appointments elected around the same time included Yehuda Kay, 28, national director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies; Zev Krengel, 31, chairman of the board’s council in the Johannesburg area, where most South African Jews live; Mr Krengel’s brother, Avrom, 35, chairman of the South African Zionist Federation; all of whom joined Rabbi Goldstein in condemning Judge Goldstone.

One of Rabbi Goldstein’s main stated goals was “advocating for Israel in a country where most sympathies lie with the Palestinians”. This would include defending Israel for the … starvation of one-and-half million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and the massacre of nine civilians on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in international waters, delivering humanitarian aid to the indigent.

The rabbi has long jettisoned “principles, truth and justice” when it comes to Israel, together with his integrity.