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• Minister Livnat: My nephew was killed by a terrorist disguised as a Palestinian policeman.Hundreds attend the funeral of Ben-Joseph Livnat Sunday, killed by a Palestinian security officer leaving Joseph's Tomb near the West Bank city of Nablus earlier that day.Hundreds attended the funeral of Ben-Joseph Livnat Sunday, who was killed and three others were wounded earlier in the day when a Palestinian security officer opened fire on their car as they were leaving the holy site of Joseph's Tomb near the West Bank city of Nablus. The funeral procession left Alon More near Nablus, heading toward the Mount of Olives Graveyard. Livnat, 25, is the nephew of Science and Culture Minister Limor Livnat, and is survived by his wife and four children.The culture minister, accompanied by her parents at the funeral, said that her "nephew was killed by a terrorist disguised as a Palestinian policeman, through no fault of his own, just because he wished to pray. He was a person who just wanted to do good." She tearfully added "my nephew was named for Shlomo Ben-Joseph who sacrificed his soul for the land of Israel, and now my nephew has been murdered for the land of Israel, my dear son."The minister recalled how she "woke up this morning to a call from Ben-Joseph's mother, telling me he was killed by a terrorist dressed as a Palestinian policeman, and this is cold blooded murder." She said that all her nephew was trying to do was pray, and he was only killed "because he is Jewish". Livnat's father, Noam Livnat, spoke at the funeral that took place on Sunday afternoon because of the Passover holiday that begins in the evening. The bereaved father eulogized his son, saying "how wonderful is my lot, that I was blessed with such a son." He said that revenge for Livnat's death "would not be relevant," saying this is only one murder in many wars that must be avenged, and "the revenge that is needed is not new."Read the full story here.

• Armenians Stage once more an Anti-Turkish Rally about the WWI 'Armenian Genocide'.(Aina)YEREVAN (AFP) -- Some 10,000 people rallied in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Saturday to demand that Turkey recognise the "genocide" of up to 1.5 million of their kin during World War I under the Ottoman Empire.The protest, organised by the influential Armenian Revolutionary Federation political party, attracted hordes of youths who marched with candles up to a hillock in Yerevan, consecrated to the memory of the victims.The protestors, staging the rally on the eve of the 96th anniversary of the massacre, held up banners saying: "Armenia wants Turkey to own up."The Interfax news agency put their number at 10,000.The two countries signed landmark protocols in 2009, under Swiss mediation, which were a first step towards ending decades of hostility over World War I massacres of Armenians under Ottoman Turks."Turkey stole from us our historic land, our monuments and our future," a party lawmaker, Vaghan Hovhannessian, said.The persecutions are commemorated every year on April 24. On that day in 1915, more than 200 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders were arrested in Constantinople, or present day Istanbul. That was followed by a wave of massacres and deportations which continued until 1917.Turkey rejects the "genocide" label, countering that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian forces.Hmmmm.....Erdogan "Muslims don't commit genocide".Read the full story here .

• Crane arrives to topple monument to Humanity dedicated to peace between Turkey and Armenia on Rembrance day of the Armenian genocide.A crane and cargo truck have arrived at the site of the “Monument to Humanity” in the eastern province of Kars to remove the controversial sculpture described as “freakish” by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in January.The crane and truck that will lift and remove parts of the monument were kept waiting in the Su Kapı neighborhood before being brought to the monument on Sunday.The representative of the contractor that has undertaken the monument’s demolition said the Monument to Humanity would be removed on Monday after all the preparations are completed. “After the necessary measurements are made, the monument will be cut from top to bottom into 18 pieces, which will then be lifted into the truck and taken away,” representative Reis Karakoç said.The demolition of the monument, which was constructed to contribute to bringing peace to humanity, will “break people’s hearts rather than the monument itself,” according to the mayor of Kars, Naif Alibeyoğlu, who approved the monument’s construction. He is also a parliamentary candidate for the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP. “Our only aim was to announce peace to humanity. We have for seven years explained why we built this monument.”Hmmmm....How much clearer can the insult from Erdogan to Armenia be?"Erdogan : Muslims don't commit Genocide"Read the full scandal story here.

• Armenia remembers massacres amid Turkey impasse,while Obama betrays once again his election campain promise.YEREVAN, April 24, 2011 (AFP) - Armenians on Sunday marked 96 years since the mass killings of their ancestors under the Ottoman Empire amid apparent deadlock in the process of normalising relations with modern Turkey.Armenia contends the killings were a genocide — a label supported by some countries but vehemently opposed by Turkey — and the controversy has poisoned ties between Yerevan and Ankara to this day.President Serzh Sarkisian said in an address to mark the anniversary that Armenia was open to normalising relations with Turkey but also lashed out at its neighbour and foe for what he said was denial of genocide."The true scope and depth of the tragedy is known only to us, and every Armenian in any corner of the world feels devastating repercussions on his or her destiny in every sense," he said."Armenia has been proving through its resolute steps that despite black pages of history, it strives for peace with the neighbours, including Turkey."But he added: "Nevertheless, the official policy of Turkey carries on with the course of denial."Turkey categorically rejects the genocide label and says between 300,000 and 500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians took up arms and sided with invading Russian troops.US President Barack Obama avoided using the word "genocide" in his traditional anniversary statement but also said "contested history destabilises the present and stains the memory of those whose lives were taken.""A full, frank, and just acknowledgment of the facts is in all our interests," he said, in what could be seen as an implicit call for Turkey to admit the extent of the massacres.Showing that the historical controversy for now shows no sign of ending, Turkey voiced "deep regret" over Obama’s remarks, slamming them as "one-sided"."The statement distorts the historical facts," the foreign ministry said."Therefore, we find it very problematic and deeply regret it... One-sided statements that interpret controversial historical events by a selective sense of justice prevent understanding of the truth," it added.Hmmmm.......Told you he wouldn't act against his 'buddy' Erdogan."I will stand with my Muslim Brothers'?Read the full story here.

• Barack Obama’s Track Record of Armenian Genocide Recognition.A.k.a. How to use people for votes. Here.

• Turkey can not become a part of civilized world and a democratic state until it accepts mistakes of the past.The country which committed the Armenian 'genocide' should have the courage to recognize the crime and repent sincerely, said Armenian Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.During the meeting with Swedish parliamentarians Abrahamyan stressed that Turkey can not become a part of civilized world and a democratic state until it accepts mistakes of the past. He expressed gratitude to the Swedish MPs for courage and resoluteness they displayed by adopting a resolution condemning the Armenian 'genocide' in the Ottoman Empire.The Armenian official noted that international community has not given adequate assessment of the 'genocide', although the fact was recognized and condemned by over 20 countries.Last March the Parliament of Sweden adopted a resolution condemning the Armenian 'genocide' in the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of 20th century.Read the full story here.

• Palestinian 'Übermenschen' daily "Jews, Jews! Your holiday [Passover] is the Holiday of Apes".An article in the official PA daily newspaper claims that Palestinian Christian youth perform a spring march in the streets that includes the chant: "Jews, Jews! Your holiday [Passover] is the Holiday of Apes." (See PMW web site for examples of the Palestinian Authority referring to Jews as "apes and pigs.") He writes that these "meaningful messages" are in response to Israel's security measures in Jerusalem during the holiday of Passover:

"For many years the holy city [Jerusalem] has been deliberately closed to Palestinians, under security-related pretexts and for the Jewish festival of Passover."

The writer says that the Easter services in Jerusalem have lost their Palestinian flavor because of western Christian pilgrims:

"The festivities at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have begun to assume a western character, because of the massive presence of foreign Christian pilgrims and the limited presence of Palestinians."

But the writer insists that in Palestinian Authority cities, the festivities have retained their Palestinian flavor. He describes youth chanting that the Jewish holiday of Passover is the "Holiday of the Apes":

"The spring carnival has retained its [Palestinian] flavor in towns such as Bethlehem, Beit Sahour and Ramallah... with the demonstrations of the Scouts, songs, dances, and popular Palestinian hymns about Christian-Islamic unity and internal Christian unity. These hymns carry meaningful messages, in response to the Israeli prohibition [to enter Jerusalem], as seen in the calls of the youth who lead the procession of light, waving swords and not caring if anyone accuses them of anti-Semitism: ... 'Our master, Jesus, the Messiah, the Messiah redeemed us, with his blood he bought us, and today we are joyous while the Jews are sad,' and, 'Jews, Jews! Your holiday is the Holiday of the Apes, while our holiday is the Holiday of the Messiah.'"Hmmmm........Why give a statehood to these 'Übermenschen' we still remember how the last ones acted?Read the full story here.

• Video - Victim of McDonald's beating speaks out.A transgender woman beaten at a Baltimore County McDonald's spoke out on Saturday, saying that the attack was "definitely a hate crime" and that she's been afraid to go out in public ever since."They said, 'That's a dude, that's a dude and she's in the female bathroom,' " said Chrissy Lee Polis, 22, who said she stopped at the Rosedale restaurant to use the restroom. "They spit in my face."A worker at the restaurant taped Monday's attack and created a graphic video that went viral last week. After the video garnered hundreds of thousands of views on websites, McDonald's issued a statement condemning the incident, and on Saturday the worker who taped the incident was fired.

The video shows two females — one of them a 14-year-old girl — repeatedly kicking and punching Polis in the head as an employee and a patron try to intervene. Others can be heard laughing, and men are seen standing idly by.Toward the end of the video, one of the suspects lands a punishing blow to the victim's head, and Polis appears to have a seizure. A man's voice tells the women to run because police are coming.County police confirmed that the attack occurred April 18 in the 6300 block of Kenwood Ave. Police said the 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile, while charges were pending against an 18-year-old woman. Reached Saturday, police officials said the investigation was continuing.The police report does not provide a motive but quotes one of the suspects saying that the fight was "over using a bathroom."Polis suffered cuts to her mouth and face, and said she had a seizure. She also acknowledged that she was intoxicated at the time of the assault.On Saturday she said she continued to suffer from painful bruises.Polis, who said she had a sex-change operation to become a woman, said this isn't the first time that she's been picked on physically because of her sexual identity. She said she's been subjected to beatings and even sexual assaults.Equality Maryland has called on state Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler to step in and investigate the case as a hate crime."As a community we remain horrified that transgender citizens are so vulnerable that they can be brutalized … for simply walking down the street," said Lisa Polyak, vice president of the board of directors for Equality Maryland. "She was simply trying to use a public accommodation. People should not feel threatened when they exist in public space.""My first and foremost concern is with the victim," franchise owner Mitchell McPherson said in a statement, adding that action might be taken against other restaurant workers as well. "I'm as shocked and disturbed by this assault as anyone would be. The behavior displayed in the video is unfathomable and reprehensible."Polis said she plans to take legal action against the restaurant."Anyone in my predicament should not be afraid to walk the streets," Polis said. "They should not have to go into a restaurant and get gawked at and made fun of. They shouldn't be afraid to leave the house. It's just wrong."Read the full story here.

• The Zionist animal taskforce just got a new member.Would you believe that Israel is training mice for airport security? Israeli scientists have created a detector, similar looking to a full-body scanner but with three concealed cartridges each containing eight specially trained mice.According to the New Scientist the mice work four-hour shifts and are more accurate than using dogs and x-ray machines, the researchers claim.Air is pumped into the cartridges every four hours so the mice can breathe.When the mice sense traces of drugs they run to a side chamber where the trigger an alarm, the magazine said.Eran Lumbroso, and inventor whose company BioExplorers is hopeful a larger company will help with the final stages of development, said: "It is as if they are smelling a cat and escaping. We detect the escape."The device was tested last year on 1,000 shoppers in a Tel Aviv shopping mall when the mice successfully picked out 22 people carrying mock explosives. Those Jews are so smart....Hmmmm....Dr.Dolittle said the mice  love their new job at the Mossad?Read the full story here.

• David Cameron studies plans for multi-faith House of Lords. David Cameron is considering plans to create a "multi-faith" House of Lords where Muslim imams could sit alongside Anglican and Catholic bishops.The controversial suggestion is revealed in a paper drawn up by Tory officials which calls for a wide range of different churches to be represented once reforms to the Upper House are carried out. Currently 26 Anglican bishops have seats in the Lords. But Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, is drawing up a draft bill setting out wholesale changes to the Lords that are expected to include provisions for hundreds of existing peers, including the bishops, to be evicted while at least 80 per cent of new members are elected. The paper, produced by the Conservative Christian Fellowship, says: "Christians need to enter the debate and make it clear that we value the presence of the Lords Spiritual, but this doesn't have to mean unquestioning support for the status quo. "There is a strong argument that our legislature would also benefit from the wisdom of leaders of Baptist, Catholic, Methodist and black-led congregations. "A broad bench of Lords Spiritual drawn from a range of churches in Britain could provide a powerful vision of unity."The Prime Minister is said to favour the idea because he is determined that the House of Lords is not turned into a secular institution and that it retains a link with faith-based organisations. Mr Clegg's bill, which is being negotiated with senior Conservative ministers and the Labour frontbench, had been due to be unveiled last month. However, the plans have been delayed by the forthcoming referendum on voting reform and Mr Clegg is now understood to be preparing to unveil the blueprint in the coming months. Senior Conservatives are drawing up a range of alternative reform proposals, amid fears that Mr Clegg's changes will be too radical. One concern is that Mr Clegg wants to abolish the 26 bishops or "Lords Spiritual". They are all drawn from the established Church of England, and Mr Clegg will argue that they are an anomaly in a modern, democratic chamber.The prospect of imams sitting alongside bishops is bound to prove highly controversial and raise fresh questions about the links between church and state. But Tory insiders point out that there are already Catholic, Muslim and Jewish peers in the Lords. The Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is a life peer, as is the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Baroness Warsi, a Muslim. One senior Tory insider said: "It is inconceivable that we continue with a faith element to the Lords without Catholic bishops being represented. It is also high time black Pentecostal leaders were better represented. As such we are going to have to consider whether other faiths are represented as well. "The idea of imams in the House of Lords may upset some people but that is better than not having anything spiritual at all.Hmmmm.....'Happy Easter'The Trojan Egg has hatched.Read the full story here.

• HT:CreepingSharia.Judge rules Minn. Islamic charter school must face ACLU’s suit.A federal judge on Wednesday shot down a Twin Cities charter school’s bid to dismiss an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit claiming it promotes Islam, clearing the way for a summer trial.In a ruling spelling out why the 2-year-old case merits a trial, U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank offered an unusually detailed account of close ties between the Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy and the religious organizations that acted as its landlords.TiZA strongly denies allegations that it promotes religion. Its lead attorney cautioned that the Wednesday ruling reflects ACLU allegations that the school will fight at trial.“The school is looking forward to its day in court,” said the attorney, Shamus O’Meara. “There are two sides to this story.”The ruling also saddles the school with about $2 million in legal fees incurred by co-defendants in the case — an expense O’Meara said could shutter the charter school, which has campuses in Inver Grove Heights and Blaine.At a February hearing, Frank suggested he would let the case advance to trial and hold the school liable for the legal fees of two of its co-defendants, the Minnesota Department of Education and its authorizer. Both settled with the ACLU.In the ruling Wednesday in St. Paul, Frank explained his decision. He also ruled the ACLU can demand the return of millions of dollars in taxpayer money the school has received from the state.Read the full story here.

• National Day of Incitement and Intimidation for the Black Panthers.By GulagBound.April 23rd, 2011 is the National Day of Action sponsored by the New Black Panthers. There will be protests in over 60 cities and they will also occur internationally. They are urging African Americans to boycott all “non-black” businesses and are threatening to go door to door to get in people’s faces over black justice.And they have a whole list of the oppressed black community they seemed to be fighting for. The voice of incitement and intimidation is growing out there evidently and the New Black Panthers are one of the ones at the forefront. They want violence and revolution. They want death to all those who they “hate.” They want riots in the streets. Here is a list off their site of those they fight for : “The National Day of Action and Unity” will bring to attention the plight of so many who are uneducated, exploited, behind prison walls, disunited, in poor health, homeless, victims of police brutality, pimped by crooked politicians, tortured, falsely accused, under developed, morally perverse, apathetic, addicted to drugs and alcohol, victims of harsh budget cuts and genocide. Special attention will be given to victims of neo-colonialism, corrupt governments, imperialism, Zionism, capitalism and inadequate concern for the Diaspora of Africa.”I especially love the parts linking budget cuts to genocide. Of serious interest is their anti-Semite bent as well as their anti-capitalist declarations.I’m sorry… These people sound like militant thugs to me, even terrorists. They want to unite black people – it sounds more like they want a race war and class warfare to me. And don’t forget the Marxist call for ‘Solidarity’: Therefore, we must have a new mass awakening of Black People. The sleeping giant of the planet. We will teach, educate, uplift, confront, expose, recruit, train, operate and demonstrate, organize and mobilize as never before. We shall put aside our petty differences, egos, affiliations and denominations for the greater goals of unity, solidarity, nation and worldwide struggle. We shall unite for a common cause.I would let DHS know, but I’m afraid they would be on the side of the terrorists. Even the ADL has come out against these “Justice Demonstrations” strongly pointing out their obvious racism and anti-Semitism. From the ADL: “The New Black Panther Party (NBPP), the largest organized anti-Semitic and racist Black militant group in America, has used troubling language to describe several of the events. The group has stated that opposing Jews and “Zionism” is one of the “pressing issues” they wish to address, among myriad other social and political issues.”And I know all of the above sounds a little “radical.”Hmmmm......Holder's "My people"?But hey, at least they are not some crazed “redneck” militia.Read the full story here.

• There's Spring in the air,only in Iran this means there are more hangings in the air.Feel like having a romantic evening stroll on the beach?Four people publicly hanged on beach in southern Iranian city.The Iran Human Rights groups reported that on the morning of April 21st, four people were hanged in public in the city of Bandar Abbas (south of Iran).The men, who were not identified by name or age, were convicted of rape and murder. The men were hanged in the popular beach area of “Bostan-e saheli-e Ghadir” under strict security measures.“Bostan-e- Saheli-e Ghadir” is a popular beach area used for beach sports or photographing the sunset. The picture above is taken at the Bostan-e Saheli-e Ghadir.This is the eighth public hanging in less than a week in Iran. It is expected that the executions will increase as summer approaches.Iran Human Rights condemns the executions in Iran and urges the world community to react.Hmmmm...... The Guiness book of records: Iran holder of the record "Most hangings on the beach"?Read the full story here