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Gaza Rocket Barrage Fired At Haifa And Other Northern Cities, 1 Reported Dead

A 70-year-old woman reportedly collapsed and died while rushing to a bomb shelter after missile warning sirens sounded tonight in Haifa in northern Israel.

Frightened African Asylum Seekers Allegedly Not Given Missile Safety Information

African asylum seekers in Tel Aviv – almost all of whom are legally refugees under international law but who have not been treated as such by Israel  – reportedly say they have not received instructions on what to do when missile alert sirens sound, and those African asylum seekers who have been imprisoned in detention centers in the south of the country not far from Gaza say the instructions they were given are unclear and the fortified rooms they are supposed to use are often locked during attacks so they cannot enter them.

Iraqi Terrorists Captured 90 Lbs Of Uranium, Iraqi Government Says

Iraqi Sunni terrorists seized 90 lbs of un-enriched uranium in Mosul from a university there.

Israeli Government Minister Flooded With Right Wing Death Threats After Visiting Mourning Tent Of Murdered Arab Boy

A plethora of calls to murder Israel’s Minister of Environmental Protection Amir Peretz and his family were posted on Facebook by Israeli rightists after Peretz posted a note about his visit to the mourning tent of the Abu Khbeir family in East Jerusalem.

Agudath Israel Of America Statement On The Gaza Crisis

"As enemy missiles continue to rain on Jewish communities in Eretz Yisroel, and many are intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, it is incumbent on all Jews to feel hakaras hatov, “recognition of the good,” toward the United States of America, which has funded the system over the years of its development.…[However,] we must remember that … it is…to [God, who guards us] that we must focus our entreaties with special intensity at this critical time.…"

2 Or 3 IDF Soldiers Injured By Rocket Fire, IDF Reportedly Readies To Enter Gaza

Two or three IDF Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured by rocket fire from Gaza late today. At least three Israeli civilians have been directly injured by rockets that have landed. Two of those civilians are seriously wounded. An Israeli source told FailedMessiah.com that he personally knows an IDF soldier whose unit is expecting to enter Gaza within a day or two.

We Don't Want A Ceasefire, Israel Says

"We don't want a cease fire. Our goal is to dismantle the Hamas rocket infrastructure."

Hasidic Synagogue Bans All Beggars – Except For Hasidim

The prominent hasidic synagogue known as Landau's in Brooklyn, New York has banned all beggars from standing outside the shul and refuses to allow them to enter – unless they are hasidim known to the synagoge's rabbi and administrator.

Leading Zionist Orthodox Rabbi Known For Enabling Child Sex Abusers Says Don’t Fire Or Discipline Rabbi Who Called For Hundreds Of Palestinians To Be Murdered In Revenge For Israeli Teens’ Murders

"We live in a country that has an army, and Rabbi Noam demanded that the army take action.  The status did not refer to a private person and no one can take the law into his own hands.…Rabbi Noam wrote from the bottom of his heart, and turned to the IDF for guidance. Even a soldier in uniform should receive guidance from the level above him, and not to act as he pleases. There is no doubt that this is not incitement to murder."

Doctor Cleared By Medical Board In Metzitzah B'Peh Accusation

“There is no information to support the … contention that there was a sexual motive to the method by which the [doctor] performed ritual circumcisions,” reads a decision document published Tuesday by the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.

Court Releases 3 Of 6 Kidnap-Murder Suspects To House Arrest

Three of the six haredim and ex-haredim accused of murdering 16-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammad Abu Khdeir by burning him alive will be released to seven days of house arrest Thursday because they reportedly did not play an "active" role in the murder.

New Smartphone App Allows Users To Form A Minyan By Hooking Up With Nearby Users

"…Often, it is hard to find or 'get' a minyan when traveling or while out at social events. This app solves that problem by pinging and notifying Jewish males in your immediate area that you are in need of a minyan. The app then facilitates the process of confirming the ten males, at a specific location, at a specific time. Once the minyan is confirmed and everyone is in attendance, the minyan confirmation will be sent out and the group prayer can then begin.…"

President Obama Nominates Orthodox Jew As US Ambassador To Costa Rica

S. Fitzgerald Haney has been nominated to be the US Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Sefardi Haredi Kiruv Rabbi Calls Hamas Rocket Fire, Kidnapping And Murders Of Jewish Teens Punishments From God And “A Blessing”

Yemenite kiruv (intra-Judaism missionary) Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak said the West Bank kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens last month and the current rocket fire at Israel from Palestinian terrorists in Gaza are punishments by God for Tel Aviv’s Gay Pride parade and called these punishments “a blessing.”

Video: Secrets Of The Vatican – The Corruption And Crimes That Allegedy Caused And Prolonged The Church's Child Sex Abuse Scandal

A facinating investigative report into the sex scandals, alleged money laundering, currency smuggling and other crimes that caused one pope to retire in frustration and another to risk it all to try to clean up the corruption. Because the Vatican is essentially a closed regious community that is also its own state, the dysfunction it exhibits closely resembles allegations about what takes place in many hasidic communities that completely control villages, for example Skvere hasidim in New Square and Satmar hasidim in Kiryas Joel.

Rabbi Baruch Leibovits Sentenced To Two Years For Felony Child Sex Abuse, Could Be Free In Only Weeks

Rabbi Baruch Lebovits was sentenced this morning to to two years for felony child sex abuse in a sweetheart plea deal. Because Leibovits already served time in prison for this and other counts but was freed after an error by the prosecution came to light, Leibovits could walk free in a matter of weeks when time served is counted.

Elderly Haredi Mohel Cuts Off Baby's Penis, Penis Could Not Be Surgically Reattached

An elderly mohel recently cut off the glans and part of the shaft of a baby's penis in a horrible circumcision accident that will seriously impact the child for the rest of his life.

Town Of Monroe Wants To Split From Satmar Hasidic Village Of Kiryas Joel

The majority of Town of Monroe, New York’s elected leaders want to split from the Satmar hasidic Village of Kiryas Joel in return for Kiryas Joel giving Monroe complete control over Kiryas Joel’s controversial expansion plan.

Haredi Woman Lives In Small Apartment With Body Of Dead Mother – For Up To 3 Years

28-year-old Chava Stirn reportedly propped her mother’s dead body up and ate dinner with her every night. She also slept next to her mother’s skeleton.

Rockets Near Haifa, Tel Aviv; Israeli Arab And Palestinian Riots Drastically Reduced

Two rockets fired from Gaza landed harmlessly in open areas north of Zikhron Ya'akov about 23 miles south of Haifa. Others landed near Tel Aviv and throughout the south. Five rockets were fired at Tel Aviv proper today. All of them appear to have been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system.

 

Alan Dershowitz Allegedly Lied To Media To Smear Sam Kellner; Widespread Alleged Witness Tampering And Bribery By Lebovits Proxies Allegedly Being Investigated By The DA

Alan Dershowitz allegedly lied to smear anti-child-sex abuse activist Sam Kellner, Kellner's attorney alleges in a letter to the judge sentencing Dershowitz's child molester client, Rabbi Baruch Lebovits. Not only that, the DA's Rackets Bureau under Charles J. Hynes, then headed by Michael Vecchione, allegedly used proxies to ply an alleged victim of Lebovits with illegal drugs to get him to recant his allegations against Lebovits and implicate Kellner in witness tampering. (He refused to do so.)

Video: 5 Hamas Terrorist Land On Beach Near Ashkelon, Try To Attack Kibbutz, Stopped By IDF

Five Hamas terrorists landed on a beach near Ashkelon but were killed by the IDF.

As Missiles Fly, Haredi Yeshivas Flee South, Mocked By Non-Haredim For Cowardice

Haredi rabbis have long claimed the Torah study of their students protects Israel from harm and have used that theology to order their students not to serve in the IDF, but when missiles begin to fly, these haredi yeshivas run away, leaving the spiritual front line to non-haredim – and the actual front line to the IDF, which haredi yeshiva students do not serve in.

Lawyer For Sam Kellner Ask Judge To Take Convicted Molester Rabbi Baruch Lebovits' Other Victims And His Family's Alleged Witness Tampering And Bribery Into Account

On the eve of convicted child molester Baruch Lebovits’ sentencing, a lawyer for Sam Kellner is asking both the judge and probation officer to consider Lebovits’ other alleged victims as well as alleged witness intimidation, tampering and perjury committed by Lebovits’ associates in connection with both his and Kellner’s prosecutions.

UPDATED: CNN Is Reporting Israeli Casualties From Missile Fire In Ashdod, IDF Says No Casualties, Explosions Near Jerusalem

CNN is reporting that there were casulaties in Ashdod from Hamas missiles within the past few minutes and explosions have been heard near Jerusalem. UPDATE – IDF Radio is apparently reporting the rocket landed at a bar mitzvah celebration and that there were no injuries.

Accused New Square Molester Pleads Not Guilty

Accused New Square child sex abuser Rabbi Moshe Menachem Taubenfeld pleaded not guilty this morning to one count of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.

White House Condemns Hamas Rocket Fire From Gaza

"We strongly condemn the continuing rocket fire inside of Israel and the deliberate targeting of civilians by terrorist organizations in Gaza. No country can accept rocket fire aimed at civilians and we support Israel's right to defend itself against these vicious attacks."

Sirens Sound As Hamas Rocket Fired At Tel Aviv

Hamas fired a rocket at central Tel Aviv tonight. Residents are in bomb shelters. Israel's Iron Dome missle interception system destroyed the rocket before it could land.

Haredi Rabbis Condemn Killing Of Arab Boy, Some Label Killers, Who Reportedly Are Haredi, Rodefs

As it becomes clearer that all or many of the six Jews who allegedly kidnapped 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir from East Jerusalem last week and burned him alive in the Jerusalem Forest west of the city almost immediately afterward are haredim or haredi street kids, haredi rabbis from across the spectrum of the haredi community have issued denunciations and condemnations of what was done.

People Disregard Hard Facts To Remain Within Groups That Provide Them With Emotional Comfort, Study Finds

People can know the facts of a particular scientific issue, even know the only reasonable factual conclusion to be drawn from them is A, but will believe B to be true and will advocate for it anyway if B is a perceived to be a closely held belief of their religious, social or political circle, or if A is believed to be a threat to it.

Video: Alleged New Square Child Sex Abuse Victim Speaks Out

The alleged victim of New Square's Rabbi Moshe Menachem Taubenfeld speaks out.

Arabs Continue To Riot As Israel Steps Up Gaza Operation

Dozens of masked Palestinians reportedly threw Molotov cocktails and homemade gas grenades at police in the refugee camp cum Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat near the Abu Khdeir family’s mourning tent. Their son Mohammed was murdered by Jewish racist extremists last Wednesday, sparking the current riots.

Haredi Family Nearly Lynched By Stone-Throwing Arab Mob In East Jerusalem

As the vehicle entered the Wadi Joz neighborhood, it was stoned from all sides by masked Palestinians who charged at the vehicle in an attempt to get at the Jews inside it. The driver floored the car and raced toward the nearest police checkpoint, running over some of the stone-throwers in the process.

Report: Haredi Street Kids Murdered Arab Boy

Ex-haredim and haredi street kids allegedly murdered 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir.

Will We Ever Know If Jewish Beggar Howard Frank Was Murdered?

Thursday morning June 28th, 2012 the body of Howard “Chaim” Frank was pulled from the Gowanus Canal in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He was clothed, including tzitzit. His wallet was in his pocket. Water was in his lungs, meaning he entered the water – probably in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, FailedMessiah.com was then told – while still alive.

2 More Jews Confess To Brutal Murder Of 16-Year-Old Arab Boy

"The Israeli government's problem is that it's not doing anything because of your extreme right wing, it was all the territories. You can't go on like that. To anyone who spoke to me I said I wanted justice, for their homes to be destroyed, just like they destroyed the homes in Hebron (for the suspects in the murder of the three Israeli teens) even though they didn't confess.…[I would have government ministers in my mourners tent] except right-wing ministers. Those I won't have,” the murdered boy's father, Hussein Abu Khdeir reportedly said.

Bnei Akiva UK: Fire World Bnei Akiva Head Who Called For Mass Murder Of Palestinians Or We Walk

The British branch of the World Bnei Akiva movement is threatening to cut ties with the Zionist Orthodox youth movement if it does not immediately fire its secretary-general, Rabbi Noam Perel.

Palestinians Try To Burn Joseph’s Tomb

Israeli Arabs and Palestinians rioted across the country and the West Bank tonight, the fifth straight night of violence, and almost burned the purported tomb of the biblical character Joseph.

The Day Before 16-Year-Old Mohammed Abu Khdeir Was Kidnapped And Murdered, Police Mishandled The Attempted Kidnapping Of Another Arab Boy

"…After the attempted kidnapping, a police patrol car was called to the scene. The family asserts that they gave details of the incident to the police officer and remarked that Jews were involved. According to the police, the policeman asked them to come to the police station and file a formal complaint. Since the family did not do so, the police did not follow through.…" even though right wing rabbis, politicians and thugs had called for revenge attacks and even though gangs of right wing Jews had already physically attacked at least 8 Arabs, most of them teens.

Hundreds Of Orthodox Israelis Riot In Jerusalem

Hundreds of Israeli protesters, most of them Orthodox, rioted and clashed  with Police and Border Police at the Bar-Ilan Junction in Jerusalem.

Who Are The Six Jews Arrested For The Murder Of Mohammed Abu Khdeir?

The six suspects are reportedly all young males, several of whom are minors. They live in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, and Adam, a small West Bank settlement near Jerusalem.

3 Palestinian Workers Attacked In Hadera, PM Issues Statement Against Extremism, Alleged Killers Of Arab Boy Tried To Kidnap 9-Year-Old Previous Day, One Killer Confesses

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli right-of-center politicians scrambled to condemn extremism after six Jews were arrested earlier today for the kidnap-murder of a 16-year—old Jerusalem Arab boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 3 legal Arab workers were reportedly attacked in Hadera. The arrested Jews have apparently been linked to the attempted kidnapping of a 9-year-old Arab boy. One those arrested has reportedly confessed and implicated the others.

American Friends Of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva Try To Whitewash Rabbi's Call For Mass Murder Of Arabs

"We are thankful that Rabbi Perel immediately retracted his comments and issued an apology when he realized that his use of Biblical analogies to call for the IDF to take harsh steps against Hamas were misinterpreted by some readers as a call to vigilantism…"

Rabbi Dovid Weinberger's Signed Promise Not To Work As A Community Rabbi Or Teach Ever Again

Below: Rabbi Dovid Weinberger's signed promise never again to serve as a community rabbi or to teach.

Police Arrest 6 Jewish Extremists For Murder Of Arab Boy Reportedly Burned Alive In Revenge Attack

Israeli security forces have arrested 6 right wing Jewish extremists for the kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the 16-year-old Arab boy kidnapped in Jerusalem and murdered very early Wednesday morning. His charred body was found in the Jerusalem Forest west of the city late that morning and his death has spurred widespread riots in Arab areas of Israel and in the West Bank.

Arabs Riot In Israel And West Bank As Right Wing Jews Attack Arabs In Jerusalem

Dozens of Jewish right-wing extremists attacked Arabs in central Jerusalem. Police blocked routes to the Old City to prevent the extremists from attacking Arabs there.

Ex-Shin Bet Head: Government Responsible For Arab Israeli Rage, Violence, Riots

"Anyone who thinks that this can be sustained is making a huge mistake. What has been happening in recent days could be much worse - even if the situation temporarily calms down. Do not be fooled for one moment, because the massive internal pressure will still be there, the combustible fumes in the air will not dissipate, and if we do not dispel them, there will be an even more serious situation.”

Israel’s Foreign Minister Says Arab-Israeli Rioters Don’t Belong In Israel

Israel’s right wing foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, wrote today that Israeli Arab rioters “do not belong in the state of Israel – and until that is resolved, their place is in jail."

Arabs Rioting In Across East Jerusalem For Third Straight Night

Riots have broken out across many Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhoods for the third straight night in anger over what many see as the revenge murder by Jews of a 16-year-old boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, early Wednesday morning in revenge for the kidnapping and murder of three Zionist Orthodox boys on the West Bank last month. Palestinians are also rioting near Ma'alei Adumim.

Video: Crime In Brooklyn's Hasidic Community

Author-journalist Julia Dahl and NYPD Comander (and Orthodox Jew) Daniel Sosnowik discuss crime in the hasidic community of Brooklyn, New York.