Obscenity personified: Obama lies, stabs Israel in the back, wishes us a Happy Chanuka
Shavua tov, a good week to everyone. And a freilichen (Happy) Chanuka too.
The title of this post was stolen from a tweet by Anne Bayefsky after the United States abstained in the Security Council on Friday, allowing a resolution to pass that condemns as 'a flagrant violation' of 'international law' Israel's 'settlements' in the 'West Bank' and 'east' Jerusalem.
Will this resolution matter? John Bolton thinks it will. Let's go to the videotape.
Meanwhile the killing in Syria continues, but since there are no Jews involved, no one cares.
What better time to break with 50 years of US policy in the Middle East and try to impose a 'solution.'
Oh and guess what the mamzer was doing at the very moment he let the resolution pass... he was wishing all the stupid Jews who voted for him a Happy Chanuka.
Thanks for the stab in the back Obama.
While the resolution has not woken up too many Democrats to the fact that Obama's a Jew hater, it has woken up the Israeli government. In fact, Prime Minister Netanyahu claims that Obama had specifically promised to veto any UN resolutions in his last days in office.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused President Barack Obama of breaching a specific commitment to Israel by allowing through Friday’s UN Security Council anti-settlements resolution, and compared the outgoing president’s behavior to that of predecessor Jimmy Carter, “a president who was hostile to Israel.”
Vowing not to be forced by international
pressure into withdrawing from disputed territory, he said the incoming
administration of President-elect Donald Trump had indicated that it
would join an all-out war against what he called a “shameful” and
“scandalous” decision.
He described the 14-0 vote in the Security
Council, with the US abstaining, as “the swan song of the old world that
is anti-Israel.” Now, he said, “we are entering a new era. And as
President-elect Trump said, it’s going to happen a lot faster than
people think.”
In this new era, it will a lot more costly for those who seek to harm Israel, he warned.
Practically speaking, Netanyahu also announced
that Israel was re-evaluating all of its dealings with the United
Nations, and that he had already instructed officials to cut off “30
million shekels ($7.8 million) of funding for five UN bodies that are
particularly hostile to Israel.” More such action will follow, he
promised.
He noted that he had recalled Israel’s
ambassadors from New Zealand and Senegal, two of the four countries that
sponsored the resolution that have diplomatic relations with Israel.
Israeli aid to Senegal has also been halted, he said.
I think he should recall his ambassadors from the UK and France and Egypt as well, and call the US and Russian ambassadors in for a dressing down.
Netanyahu had more to say.
The US abstention came in “a complete
contradiction” to a “specific commitment by President Obama in 2011,” he
said. It was “a shameful anti-Israel ambush” by the administration, he
said.
“The whole Middle East is going up in flames,”
he said, “and the Obama administration and the Security Council” target
Israel, the region’s only democracy. “How shameful.”
...
US legislators intend to pass a law to punish
states or organizations, including the UN, that seek to hurt Israel. The
US alone, he noted, provides a quarter of the UN’s funding.
He said Israel was “on a journey” to improve
its relations with the nations of the world. “It could be that this
scandalous decision yesterday will accelerate this process. This is the
straw that broke the camel’s back. Yesterday’s decision is a recruitment
call to all our many friends in the US and around the world — friends
who have had enough of the UN’s hostile treatment of Israel and who
intend to push fundamental change at the UN.”
Therefore, he said, invoking the spirit of the Hanukkah festival which began on Saturday, “the light will oust the darkness.”
“Wait, so he made a really awful choice with far-reaching negative
consequences and now he’s just stepping down to let someone else take
over? What?” said Colorado Springs, CO resident Evan Austin, echoing the
sentiments of citizens across the United States who were left
struggling to understand why a democratically elected head of government
would relinquish control simply because they had been shown to have
made a spectacularly bad judgment call. “So he jeopardized the future of
his country, and instead of spending the next several years remaining
in power while trying to paper over his mistakes, he’s just gone?
Where’s the part where he denies any wrongdoing or tries to blame
somebody else? This is absolutely crazy.”
Yes, of course that was The Onion, and you can read the whole thing here.
It's come to this: Belfast pastor faces prison for 'defaming Islam'
A 78-year old Belfast pastor is facing prison time for 'defaming Islam.'
James McConnell, 78, is facing up to six months in prison for
delivering a sermon in which he described Islam as "heathen" and
"satanic." The message was streamed live on the Internet, and a Muslim
group called the police to complain.
According to Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS), McConnell violated
the 2003 Communications Act by "sending, or causing to be sent, by
means of a public electronic communications network, a message or other
matter that was grossly offensive."
Observers say that McConnell's prosecution is one of a growing number of examples in which British authorities — who routinely ignore incendiary speech by Muslim extremists — are using hate speech laws to silence Christians.
McConnell, who turned down an offer to avoid a trial, says the issue
of Christians being singled out for persecution in Britain must be
confronted, and that he intends to turn his case into a milestone trial
"in defense of freedom of speech and freedom of religion."
...
"The God who we worship and serve this evening is not
Allah. The Muslim God, Allah, is a heathen deity. Allah is a cruel
deity. Allah is a demon deity. A deity that this foolish government of
ours ... pays homage to, and subscribes financial inducements to curry
their favor to keep them happy....
"While in Muslim lands Christians are persecuted for their faith;
their homes burned, their churches destroyed, and hundreds of them
literally have given their lives for Christ in martyrdom. A lovely young
[Sudanese] woman by the name of Miriam, 27 years-of-age, because she
has accepted Christ as her Savior, will be flogged publicly and hanged
publicly. These fanatical worshippers are worshippers of the god called
Allah. Ladies and gentlemen, that is a fact and it cannot be denied and
it cannot be refuted.
"I know the time will come in this land ... and in this nation to say
such things will be an offense to the law. It would be reckoned
erroneous, unpatriotic. But I am in good company, the company of
[Protestant Reformers] Luther and Knox and Calvin and Tyndale and
Latimer and Cranmer and Wesley and Spurgeon and such like him.
"The Muslim religion was created many hundreds of years after Christ.
Mohammed, was born in 570. But Muslims believe that Islam is the true
religion, dating back to Adam, and that the biblical Patriarchs were all
Muslims, including Noah and Abraham and Moses, and even our Lord Jesus
Christ.
"To judge by some of what I have heard in the past few months, you
would think that Islam was little more than a variation of Christianity
and Judaism. Not so. Islam's ideas about God, about humanity, about
salvation are vastly different from the teachings of the Holy
Scriptures. Islam is heathen. Islam is satanic. Islam is a doctrine
spawned in Hell."
McConnell's comments about Islam comprised less than ten minutes of a 35-minute sermon that focused on Christian theology.
Some day, historians will marvel at the way Western society destroyed itself. Or maybe they won't. By then, the Caliphate may not look kindly on such 'nostalgia' and history will have become too politically correct to discuss it.
Ed Miliband of Labour was supposed to become the first Jewish Prime Minister of the UK. But it doesn't seem like it's going to happen. David Cameron and the Conservatives have apparently retained power.
Great speech: Israel's ambassador to the UK Daniel Taub visits Bradford
Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Daniel Taub visits Bradford (which George Galloway wanted to make an 'Israel free zone') and blows them away with a great speech.
Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Renaud Sarda).
It's come to this: UK warns Russia to lay off Ukraine
It's come to this: The United States' prestige is so low that Britain has taken upon itself to warn Russia to lay off Ukraine.
Britain warned Russia on Sunday against intervening in Ukraine's
"complex" crisis, saying London wanted to contribute to an international
economic program aimed at shoring up the "desperately difficult"
situation of the Ukrainian economy.
...
In comments that may anger Moscow, British Foreign Secretary William
Hague said his government was in regular contact with the Russian
government to try to persuade it that closer ties between Ukraine and
the European Union should not worry it.
"If
there's an economic package, it will be important that Russia doesn't
do anything to undermine that economic package and is working in
cooperation and support of it," Hague told BBC TV.
When
asked if he was worried that Russia might "send in the tanks" to defend
the interests of Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine, Hague warned
against what he called "external duress" or Russian intervention.
"It
would really not be in the interests of Russia to do any such thing. We
have to keep up the communication with Russia as we are doing ... so
that the people of Ukraine can choose their own way forward. There are
many dangers and uncertainties."
...
Hague said the priority was to persuade Moscow that the fate of
Ukraine - a country that was part of the Soviet Union and has been
within Russia's sphere of influence for decades - was not what he called
"a zero-sum game" and that closer ties with the EU were not a bad
thing.
"It's
in the interests of the people of Ukraine to be able to trade more
freely with the EU. It's the interests of the people of Russia for that
to happen as well."
He
said he didn't know what Russia's "next reaction" would be, but he
pushed the Ukrainian opposition to move urgently to form a government of
national unity, agree arrangements for new elections, and to crack on
with shoring up the economy.
"While
all this has been happening, the Ukrainian economy is in a desperately
difficult situation," Hague said. "And they need an economic program
that the rest of us, through the International Monetary Fund and other
institutions, can support so that they can stave of an even more serious
economic situation."
Isn't it amazing how the American role in international affairs has diminished over the last five years. If you can call it a 'success,' it's the only one Obama has had in the foreign policy field.
On the London-Tel Aviv leg of my flight on Tuesday, I was sitting next to a Leftist, professor-looking type (so I conclude from the facts that he spoke unaccented Hebrew, read English and had a very different meal than mine) who was reading an article in the Financial Times about Britain's intent to become the largest Islamic banking center in the world outside the Middle East.
The latest pro-City move will be unveiled on Tuesday at the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum, known as the “Islamic Davos”. The Treasury hopes to launch a bond-like sukuk worth about £200m next year.
The plan – which has been worked on for many years – will be announced by David Cameron and is endorsed by Mr Osborne in the Financial Times as a means of stimulating Islamic investment in London and Britain.
“While others in the western world resist change, this government is
embracing it: banging the drum for British businesses, seeking out new
markets, welcoming overseas investment with open arms,” the chancellor
writes.
Mr Osborne hopes that corporate institutions will follow suit and issue sukuk bonds, promoting Islamic investment and generating more cash to fund British infrastructure.
Mr Cameron will also tell the London conference of plans for a new
Islamic index at the London Stock Exchange as a means of identifying
Islamic-compliant business activities.
However the Treasury is conscious of the possible political
ramifications of the plan, notably any suggestion that the issuance of a
sukuk bond might require the British government to restrict its dealings with Israeli-owned businesses.
But what does it mean when the British government is creating a huge bond issue that's designed for Muslim investors? Soeren Kern believes that the British government is on a path to establish two parallel financial systems - one like every other western economy and one that is Islamic. and this quote from British Prime Minister David Cameron sounds downright ominous.
Cameron said the new Islamic bond index on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE) would help stimulate fixed-income investments from Muslim
investors -- especially investors from oil-rich Persian Gulf countries
-- by helping them identify which listed companies adhere to Islamic
principles.
Investors who practice Islamic finance -- which is said to be
structured to conform to a strict code of ethics based on the Koran and
Sharia law -- refuse to invest in companies that are linked to alcohol,
gambling, pornography, tobacco, weapons or pork. Islamic finance also
forbids collecting or paying interest and requires that deals be based
on tangible assets.
And unlike the Financial Times, Kern believes that Israeli companies that hope to list in London might be hurt by this as well.
The Treasury also said some sukuk bond issues may require the
British government to restrict its dealings with Israeli-owned companies
in order to attract Muslim money.
Oh, and by the way, Islamic money is already a powerful force in London.
Britain is already the leading Western center for Islamic financial
and related professional services. It is a leading provider of
Sharia-compliant finance, with reported assets of $19 billion, according
to Islamic Finance 2013, a new report published by The City UK, a financial sector lobby group.
Britain is home to 22 Islamic banks, of which six are fully
Sharia-compliant. This is substantially more than in any other Western
country or offshore center and is more than double the number in the
United States.
In addition, 25 law firms are now supplying services in Islamic
finance, which is increasingly being used for major infrastructure
projects in London.
Islamic investment has financed London's Shard skyscraper -- the tallest building in the European Union -- and the 2012 Olympic Village. Middle Eastern investors own Harrods, London's most famous luxury department store, and the Manchester City football team.
Qualifications in Islamic finance are being offered by four
professional institutes and at least 16 universities and business
schools.
London is also a leader in Islamic retail banking services, with
institutions offering a range of Islamic banking products, such as
mortgages and car loans.
The growing demand for Islamic retail banking services is being
propelled by the demographic transformation taking place in Britain. The
Muslim population of Britain will top 3.3 million sometime before the
end of 2013 to reach around 5.2% of the overall population of 63
million, according to figures extrapolated from a recent study on the growth of the Muslim population in Europe.
This demographic earthquake -- which is being attributed to
large-scale immigration, coupled with high Muslim birth rates and
growing numbers of British converts -- is transforming the country's
business landscape.
The Guardian notes that the British government has already had to step in once to ensure there was no discrimination against Israel.
The government moved on Monday night to offer assurances that the
Islamic bond, or Sukuk, and the Islamic index would not encourage
investments that discriminate against Israel. Boris Johnson was forced
to order Transport for London to rewrite the contract for the Emirates
Thames cable car in the summer amid fears that Israeli companies could
have been blocked from involvement in the project. The United Arab
Emirates does not recognise the state of Israel.
The Emirates Thames cable car is a cable car that crosses the Thames River near Greenwich, and is included in the Oyster card, the London public transport card.
But if you're a Brit, here's what ought to sound most ominous.
Speaking on a stage that included Jordanian King Abdullah and the Sultan
of Brunei, Cameron dismissed criticism of increasing foreign ownership
in Britain: "I know some people look at foreign companies investing in
our businesses, financing our infrastructure or taking over our football
clubs and ask, shouldn't we do something to stop it? Well, let me tell
you, the answer is no."
I guess Cameron thinks he won't be around by the time they say 'convert or die.' What could go wrong?
Overnight, both the United States and the United Kingdom indicated that they are putting off their attack on Syria for a few days (in line with a request made on Wednesday by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon).
President Barack Obama said he had not yet made his decision regarding a U.S. strike on Syria during an interview with PBS NewsHour senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill. The president said that Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's regime alleged use of chemical weapons would factor into his calculation and he warned that the Assad should be held accountable.
Here's President Obama. Let's go to the videotape.
Meanwhile, Britain's David Cameron also seems to be getting cold feet.
The permanent five members of the UN Security Council held an
emergency meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the draft, at which
the UK Permanent Representative Mark Lyall Grant presented language
condemning "the attack by the Assad regime, and authorizing all
necessary measures under Chapter seven of the UN Charter to protect
civilians from chemical weapons."
Western powers assert that Assad used chemical weapons on civilians in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21, killing over a thousand and wounding thousands more.
Russia called the draft resolution "premature."
The
US now "does not see an avenue forward" through the Security Council,
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said on Wednesday after
the meeting adjourned. "We are not proceeding with a vote on this draft
resolution."
...
But in Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to change tack
on Wednesday evening in the face of growing opposition from members of
the UK Parliament.
He vowed to resubmit new language to the UN Security Council, wait until the UN investigation on the ground
in Syria completed its work over the weekend, and then call for a
second vote from Parliament for authorization of military force.
Britain's
opposition Labour Party, under Ed Miliband's leadership, threatened
late Wednesday to vote against the motion to participate in military
intervention in Syria without first exhausting UN procedures.
Facing
defeat in the pending Parliament vote on Thursday, Cameron-- after
reconvening its members for the crisis meeting-- shelved a military
response for now to avoid the standoff.
The move appeared to put the breaks on any immediate action in the coming days.
What does 'exhausting UN procedures' mean? Does anyone really believe that Russia and/or China is going to approve an attack on Syria? Jordan also says it's not going to get involved (except that it could be a target for Syrian retribution since it is housing thousands of Syrian refugees. But guess who does want to be involved in an attack on Syria....
Turkey placed its armed forces on alert
on Wednesday, in light of possible security threats from Syria as the
West continued planning military action against the Damascus regime in
response to the Ghouta attack, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
said on Wednesday.
Davutoglu asserted that "all options are on the
table" for Turkey to address the use of chemical weapons in Syria on a
massive scale.
Turkey's allies in Washington, London and Paris
have been weighing military intervention in Syria's harsh civil war
since last week. US and British navy destroyers have been deployed to
the eastern Mediterranean in the event President Barack Obama chooses to
order a strike.
"We are now at a more alert position... Turkey
will take whatever measures necessary within the framework of its own
strategic interests," Davutoglu told reporters.
"The Turkish armed
forces have the mandate to take every measure against any security
threat from Syria or elsewhere... and retaliate within the rules of
engagement."
Turkey has been bullish on Syria throughout its civil
war, openly supporting rebels fighting Assad-- including the al-Nusra
Front, an affiliate of al-Qaida.
On Monday, one senior Turkish
official told a local media outlet that his government was considering
making their Incirlik air base available to NATO should the Western
coalition, led by the United States, choose to proceed with military
intervention.
Incirlik was used by NATO in operations in Iraq and Kosovo.
Double protests outside Dome over Israeli dance performance
A large group of pro-israel supporters gatecrashed a planned protest
outside the Brighton Dome last night. Pro-Palestinian campaigners had
arranged to picket the performance of controversial dance group the
Batsheva ensemble. But unknown to them, their opposite numbers had
arranged a counter-demo, outnumbering the original protest. Ann Hallam
from the Brighton Palestine Solidarity group said "We are boycotting the
group's performance because they are part of Brand Israel.
They are a
state-funded group which is sent around the world to portray Israel as a
cultured and vibrant place while ignoring the atrocities and
persecution of the Palestinians."
And 60-70 pro-Israel supporters outshouted the 40-50 strong opposed as a line of police officers watched.
The dance group was originally set for two dates but Dome bosses
pulled the second event in order to improve security. Evan Sorokin from
the Sussex Jewish Representative Council said "whatever the rights and
wrongs, politics should not interfere with art"
Well, Israel is (usually) a cultured and vibrant place. So there.
Here's video of a BDS invasion of a Tesco supermarket in Birmingham. Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the UK, and yet calling in the police never occurs to its store management.
Lest you have doubts, BDS's list of demands would spell the end of the Jewish state if they were implemented. While they 'only' demand an end to the 'occupation' of the '1967 territories,' they also demand the 'right of return' for 'Palestinian refugees,' which would presumably permit those 'refugees' to vote Israel out of existence.
Let's go to the videotape.
This video is so full of lies.... 'Mostly civilians' killed in Cast Lead? Really? And that's just one of dozens....
But what's most interesting is that comments on the video have been disabled. I wonder why.
London's Foreign Office has cautioned its diplomats abroad not to travel in cars with Israelis, or meet with them in public for fear of being targeted by terrorists trying to attack Israelis abroad.
The warning came in wake of the recent terror attempts on Israeli envoys in New Delhi, Tbilisi and Bangkok, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday.
Israel's Foreign Ministry Director-General Rafi Barak called on all Israeli envoys abroad to take extra security precautions as fears increased that terrorists would attempt to attack Israeli targets abroad again.
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Over the past few weeks, following the recent terror attacks on Israeli nationals, the Foreign Ministry has received a flow of terror warnings. The new security measures recently implemented have drastically affected the lives of Israeli diplomats serving overseas.
Diplomats were ordered not to travel to work in their private vehicles, and the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi has requested permission from Indian authorities to place civilian, rather than diplomatic plates on embassy vehicles, due to the fact that diplomatic plates in India include the flag of the state they represent.
When will the civilized world stand up and begin to fight for itself? Winston Churchill would never have allowed the British government to behave this way on his watch. Simply shameful!
Raed Sallah, the head of Israel's Islamic Movement Northern Front, has been arrested in London and charged with being in the UK illegally.
The Islamic Movement on Wednesday reacted to news of the arrest of its northern branch leader Sheikh Raed Salah in London overnight, blaming the "Jewish lobby" for the arrest in order to protect the "Zionist narrative."
"Since Salah received the invitation to come to Britain, the Jewish lobby went crazy and did everything in its power to prevent the visit, so that the Zionist narrative remains the only narrative," the movement said in a statement.
In a direct message to "the Jewish lobby," the Islamic Movement continued, "We will protect our rights and will bring the voice of truth to the world, especially as it relates to the Palestinian people. We won't be affected by this political arrest."
Anyone who knows the true situation in England has to realize how comical this hysterical reaction (and three others cited from 'Israeli Arab' MK's) is. Israeli government officials and IDF officers have been threatened with arrest in London due to demands by private parties and without charges. And Sallah is about as incendiary as they come.
According to the Islamic Movement, Salah was arrested close to midnight overnight Tuesday in London after returning from a lecture in Leicester. He was reportedly scheduled to speak to the British Parliament later in the visit, an appearance scheduled at the invitation of an MP.
Lawyers said that Salah was faced with two options: to stand trial, or face immediate deportation, Channel 10 reported.
Israel Radio reports that the UK has opened proceedings to expel Sallah from Britain and is investigating how he got into the country in the first place. He was banned due to anti-Semitic statements. Heh.
In an earlier post, I reported that Seif al-Arab Gadhafi and his three sons, a son and three of the grandsons of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, were killed on Saturday night in a NATO attack on one of the Gadhafi family compounds. On Sunday, the Libyan leader exacted his revenge, letting his supporters loose on various NATO countries' embassies in Tripoli. Among the embassies attacked was Britain's. The destruction may be seen in the pictures above and below, which I screen-captured from a BBC video which can be viewed here. The Brits, who didn't seem too phased when they discovered that they had been duped into releasing Pan Am 103 hijacker Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, finally decided enough was enough. They have given the Libyan ambassador to the UK, Omar Jelban (pictured below), 24 hours to leave the country.
"I condemn the attacks on the British embassy premises in Tripoli as well as the diplomatic missions of other countries," said the foreign secretary, William Hague. "The Vienna convention requires the Gaddafi regime to protect diplomatic missions in Tripoli. By failing to do so that regime has once again breached its international responsibilities and obligations. I take the failure to protect such premises very seriously indeed."
The statement went on: "As a result, I have taken the decision to expel the Libyan ambassador. He is persona non grata pursuant to article 9 of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and has 24 hours to leave the country."
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The Gaddafi regime appears to have mounted a symbolic attack on empty diplomatic residences and embassies in Tripoli. There are no British diplomats in the Libyan capital.
Other foreign residences were also targeted, as the UN announced it was taking all its remaining international staff out of Tripoli.
The Italian foreign ministry said its embassy and several others in Tripoli were damaged by vandals and accused the Gaddafi regime of failing to take measures to protect foreign missions.
Here's a report from al-Jazeera on the expulsion of Libya's ambassador to the UK. Let's go to the videotape.
Let's see if anyone thinks twice about sending an ambassador back when things die down.
A South African group is seeking to have opposition leader Tzipi Livni arrested when she visits that country later this month.
The Media Review Network, a South African media group, was attempting to secure an arrest warrant against Opposition leader Tzipi Livni (Kadima) for her role in Operation Cast Lead, local news website News24 reported.
News24 quoted MRN chairperson Iqbal Jassat as saying that Livni, who served as foreign minister during the operation in Gaza, is due in South Africa this month on the invitation of the Jewish Board of Deputies.
"We have now been informed that she has been invited to this country and have therefore instructed our legal team to take all necessary measures to secure an arrest warrant and to pave the way for her prosecution," Jassat said.
"Our decision is based on the fact that SA is a signatory to the Rome statutes which obligates all member states to honor their responsibility in the prosecution of war criminals."
"We believe that her visit to this country would be an act of provocation and are therefore deeply disappointed that her hosts - the Jewish Board of Deputies - displayed such intolerance and callousness by having a known murderer who is a wanted criminal in many parts of the world, visit SA," Jassat said.
In response the attempt o secure an arrest warrant, the Jewish Board of Deputies accused the MRN of playing "petty politics," according to the report.
You may recall that a year ago, there was talk of Livni allowing herself to be arrested in England to challenge their universal jurisdiction law. But England is civilized compared to South Africa - I'd bet on Livni canceling this trip.
British government proposes amendment to universal jurisdiction law
The British government has proposed to amend its universal jurisdiction law to require the approval of a top prosecutor in order to arrest a foreign official.
Visiting foreign officials suspected of war crimes can only be arrested [in the UK] with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, under proposed new laws in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility bill.
The aim is to stop politically motivated campaign groups from successfully applying to the UK courts for war crimes arrest warrants in private prosecutions.
The move follows the outcry over attempts to detain high-profile figures intending to travel to London, including Tzipi Livni, the former Israeli foreign minister.
But Amnesty International warned the move would give suspect war criminals a "free ticket to escape the law".
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A Ministry of Justice spokesman said the measure was designed to ensure the so-called universal jurisdiction cases were proceeded with only where there was a prospect of a successful prosecution.
I've been meaning to post this for a few days. This is a BBC Panorama segment about what Muslim kids are being taught in British schools. It's frightening stuff. This video comes in two parts. Although it's worth watching the whole thing, the real bombshells start around 5:30 of the second video. Here's the first video.
Let's go to the videotape.
Here's the second part. Let's go to the videotape.
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