The main suspect in the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank village of Duma said he was tortured during his interrogations and that is why he confessed. Amiram Ben-Uliel, 21, of Jerusalem, was charged in January with three counts of murder. Three members of the Dawabshe family — an 18-month-old…
The Jerusalem home of a secular Jewish educator was vandalized by suspected Jewish extremists. The graffiti discovered Thursday morning at the home of Yaakov Malkin included a reference to the Book of Psalms about hating “those who are in rebellion” against God, a Star of David and the words “Destruction of Amalek,” referring to the…
Israel’s Agriculture Minister has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to investigate claims that the Shin Bet security agency tortured the Jewish suspects in last summer’s lethal firebombing of a Palestinian home. Uri Ariel of the Jewish Home party on Friday urged Netanyahu to convene a committee meeting to address the claims, the Times of…
Right-wing extremism is not the only kind of extremism Germany faces. An estimated 300 German citizens of Muslim background are currently fighting in Syria as part of the radical-militant organization Islamic State. The number of Muslim Germans who adopt extremist ideology is tiny in comparison with the portion of right-wing extremists in the German society….
(Reuters) — A far-right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence. Among their activities, Lehava activists yelling “Death to the Arabs” picketed the wedding in August of a Muslim…
Israeli police arrested the head of Lehava, a group that opposes Arab-Israeli coexistence and assimilation. The arrest comes after three members of the group were charged Monday with vandalizing and setting fire to an Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem last month. Lehava’s chairman, Benji Gopstein, was arrested in his hometown of Kiryat Arba, a West Bank…
The three suspects who confessed to carrying out an arson attack on a joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem have been identified as activists for a radical right-wing group. The trio were captured in photos smiling in a Jerusalem courtroom as they appeared to face the charges. The suspects, named as Yitzhak Gabai, 22; Nahman Twitto,…
The French media are feasting on this week’s revelation that the fading star Gérard Depardieu, who brought to the screen such icons of French patriotism as Astérix and Cyrano de Bergerac, is settling in Belgium. The move, it appears, is dictated less by the scenery (there is none) than the lower tax bracket, an issue…
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