Middle East Monitor

The representative of the Likud Party, Anat Barko, has suggested a bill to punish anyone who lifts the Palestinian flag inside Israel after it was flown during a demonstration against the Nation-State law in the centre of Tel Aviv.

Barko stated that the bill, which will be introduced to the Knesset during the upcoming winter session starting October, will sentence those who raise the Palestinian flag or the flag of “enemies” inside Israel to one year of imprisonment.   Continue reading “Israel draft law to imprison any holders of Palestinian flag”

LifeSiteNews

HOUSTON, August 23, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Rising baritone singer Samuel Schultz has accused a prominent homosexual couple whose “marriage” was officiated by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of drugging and violently raping him in 2010, the New York Daily News reports.

That year, as a 23-year-old graduate student at Rice University, Schultz says he met opera countertenor David Daniels and conductor Scott Walters at a closing night party for Houston Grand Opera’s run of “Xerxes.” According to his complaint, they invited him back to the apartment they were staying in for drinks, where he blacked out after just a couple sips.   Continue reading “Same-sex couple ‘married’ by Justice Ginsberg accused of drugging, raping student”

Telegraph

The Home Secretary and the UK’s most senior police officer have clashed over the use of spit hoods on suspects by front line police officers.

Commissioner Cressida Dick said the equipment that prevents people from spitting and biting officers should only be used in custody suites and not during arrests, despite support for them from Sajid Javid.   Continue reading “Javid backs use of spit hoods despite warnings from Met Chief”

Page Six – by Sara Nathan

Following Jill Kargman’s furious claim that her son’s classmate made anti-Jewish slurs, the exclusive St. Bernard’s School has promised parents that it will crack down on anti-Semitism and racism.

Earlier this month, “Odd Mom Out” star Kargman wrote that her 10-year-old son Fletch was left distraught earlier this year when a boy said, “I’m a fan of Hitler! God sent Hitler down to kill the Jews because they nailed Jesus to the cross!”   Continue reading “School cracking down on anti-Semitism after Jill Kargman’s exposé”

Globe and Mail

When it comes to attractiveness, I fall short of perfection by only the narrowest of margins. On a scale of 100, I am a 99. And on one recent day, I looked better than 100 per cent of others inquiring about their looks.

I have evidence: An artificial intelligence system developed by a Chinese company that is one of the world’s top computer vision firms scanned my face and rated me.   Continue reading “From rating your looks to shaming jaywalkers, China’s recognition technology is in your face”

Middle East Eye

Waed Tamimi, the brother of recently released Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, was sentenced to more than a year in prison for stone-throwing, the Israeli army announced on Tuesday.

Ahed Tamimi attracted global attention when a video was shared of her slapping an Israeli soldier in December, just hours after learning that Israeli forces had shot her 15-year-old cousin Mohammed in the head.   Continue reading “Israel sentences Ahed Tamimi’s brother to 14 months for stone-throwing”

RT

A local police department in Michigan is under scrutiny for tasering a suspect who was holding a two-month-old baby. While the child was left unharmed, social media users criticized the department’s use of excessive force.

Responding to a report about a possible physical assault of a woman, the Westland Police Department rushed to Raymurez Brown’s residence on Friday night. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Brown having a barbecue with friends. According to officials, Brown was yelling and confronting people outside his home. Telling the officers that they had the wrong house, the suspect then allegedly began an argument with representatives of the force.   Continue reading “Michigan cops taser man holding 2-month-old baby”

Times of Israel

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman met Monday with US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser John Bolton in Jerusalem, and praised the Trump administration for giving Israel “significant maneuvering room” to operate against its enemies.

The two met in Jerusalem following Bolton’s meeting earlier in the day with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which the two bemoaned the “wretched” Iran nuclear deal and called for stepped-up global pressure on Tehran to curb its military activities.   Continue reading “Liberman thanks US for giving Israel ‘room to maneuver’ against enemies”

Daily Mail

Web giants will have to delete extremist content on their platforms within an hour or face being fined, under new plans by the European Commission.

It is the first time the commission has shown it will get tough on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – rather than relying on self-regulation alone.   Continue reading “Web giants ordered to delete extremist material within an hour or face fines, under Brussels plans”