Irish celebrate Easter Rising in Dublin

Gerry Adams and Machine Gun Martin will 'celebrate' this.

 

Non-Jews should be forbidden from living in Israel, says Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

Published 30/03/2016

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Israeli Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. AFP/Getty Images

Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi has sparked controversy after saying non-Jews should not be allowed to live in Israel unless they follow a set of Jewish laws.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said non-Jews who fail to live by the seven Noahide laws should be expelled to Saudi Arabia, The Times of Israel reports.

Speaking in a sermon on Saturday, the Chief Rabbi said: “If our hands were firm, if we had the power to rule, then non-Jews must not live in Israel.”

“If a gentile does not agree to take on the seven Noahide Laws, we should send him to Saudi Arabia.”

The seven Noahide Laws are a basic moral code outlined in the Talmud. They prohibit actions such as blasphemy, murder, illicit sexual relations, theft and eating live animals, according to The Times of Israel.

Rabbi Yosef added that non-Jews who do agree to abide by the laws will be allowed to remain in Israel in order to serve Jews.

“Who, otherwise be the servants? Who will be our helpers? This is why we leave them in Israel, ” he said.

Rabbi Yosef’s comments have been heavily criticised by the human rights agency Anti-Defamation League, who have called on him to retract the statements.

Jonathon Greenblatt, ADL’s CEO, and Carole Nuriel, acting Director of ADL’s Israel Office, said in a statement the comments were “shocking and unacceptable.”

“It is unconscionable that the Chief Rabbi, an official representative of the State of Israel, would express such intolerant and ignorant views about Israel’s non-Jewish population – including the millions of non-Jewish citizens.”

“As a spiritual leader, Rabbi Yosef should be using his influence to preach tolerance and compassion towards others, regardless of their faith, and not seek to exclude and demean a large segment of Israelis.”

This is not the first time Rabbi Yosef’s comments have stirred controversy. Earlier this month, the Rabbi was criticised for suggesting Israelis should kill knife-wielding terrorists without fear of the law, the Jerusalem Post reports.

"If a terrorist is advancing with a knife, it’s a mitzva [commandment] to kill him,” he said in Jerusalem’s Yazadim Synagogue.

“One shouldn’t be afraid that someone will petition the High Court of Justice or some [army] chief of staff will come and say something different,” he added.

<sup>Independent
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/nonjews-should-be-forbidden-from-living-in-israel-says-chief-rabbi-yitzhak-yosef-34584879.html 

NWN: Why don't most jews think we should be allowed the same ?</sup> 

DUP MLA outraged as officer 'helps' republican erect Irish tricolour outside pub

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Social media image of a PSNI officer supporting a ladder for a man raising a flag on the Glen Road, Belfast

A DUP Assembly member has condemned a policeman for securing a ladder a man was climbing to erect a tricolour.

North Belfast MLA William Humphrey called the officer's assistance "inappropriate" and said he intended to raise the issue with PSNI chiefs..

"I don't think that's it's appropriate for police to be helping people who are decorating the streets with Irish flags for a parade which is effectively for republicans," he added.

"We hope to meet with the police about a range of issues that have caused concern to us.

"There are issues about parading and about the lack of police in Lurgan and Coalisland compared to the level of policing at Twadell Avenue on Monday morning for the Apprentice Boys' parade.

"Police need to be seen to be acting in an impartial and balanced way, and we are concerned about some of the things that we have seen over the past few days.

"It looks to me that the police have not been balanced in how they have been policing.

"We are at the start of the parading season and I don't think we have had a good few days because of the behaviour of republicans who have gone out of their way to break the law and put the police in a difficult position."

But Sinn Fein MLA Fra McCann described Mr Humphrey's comments as "pathetic".

"Thousands of people took part in Sunday's commemoration of the Easter Rising in Belfast," he added.

"It was one of the largest commemorations seen in Belfast for decades and was held in a respectful, dignified and family- friendly atmosphere.

"It is pathetic that William Humphrey has chosen to be offended by a non-story."

The policeman in question was photographed securing a ladder outside McEnaney's bar on the Glen Road in west Belfast over the Easter holidays.

A senior police officer denied the officer was helping the man put up the flag and said he was "quite right" to step in and ensure the man was safe in windy conditions.

Superintendent Paula Hilman added: "Police officers in west Belfast were involved in the policing operation around the commemoration of the Easter Rising.

"The weather conditions were blustery and an officer on duty at the Glen Road observed that a ladder which was positioned against a building was starting to move in the wind.

"The officer quite rightly put his foot against the bottom rung of the ladder to steady it and prevent the man using the ladder from being hurt."
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dup-mla-outraged-as-officer-helps-republican-erect-irish-tricolour-outside-pub-34582536.html

NWN: This is bloody disgraceful. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) were men and women of the highest calibre, and this writer has worked with them at the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland. The Irish tricolour was banned from public display in the very recent past. This picture is in an IRA stronghold close to the Falls Road Belfast. The PSNI seem to be the militant wing of Sinn Fein/ IRA these days.They are betraying the service and lives of decades of the men and women of the Army and RUC amongst others. Shame on them !

Northern Ireland yesterday - Easter Sunday

Where were the Police ?  

The 'mass media' is full of talk about Muslim terrorists - but nothing about how to combat them. Then we have these murderous scum. The security barriers in places like Whitehall in London are due to the IRA. They haven't gone away as the pictures above testify!

KATIE HOPKINS: The real threat is not the far right – it’s the smug left! When did it become acceptable to water cannon people standing up for their country while turning a blind eye to the destruction of Europe? 

So let's just get this straight.

A peace march in Belgium was cancelled over fears ISIS could use it to launch another attack on Brussels. Belgium security forces decided a March Against Fear, however topical, would be ill-advised because the fear is grounded in truth, and marching isn't going to make it go away.

This is a bit like the people who say they are standing up to terror by continuing to use the underground. They are not actually standing up to anything. There is no real show of defiance. Everyone is scared to death.

In truth, they are gambling on the old adage lightening never strikes the same spot twice. Or for a more modern twist, suicide bombers never target the same subway twice in a week.

But if you live in jihadi central, that's a pretty risky bet to place. 

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Whilst it seems perfectly acceptable to turn the water cannon on nationals, determined to stand up for their country, it is never acceptable to criticise migrants, terrorists or extremists, writes KATIE HOPKINS

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Right-wing protesters arrived en masse in central Brussels today and unfurled banners denouncing ISIS

In place of the March Against Fear, a few pro-migrant groups turned up at the Old Stock Exchange in Brussels to watch mourners light candles for the dead, and shove a bit more leftie clap-trap down their throats, reminding them that irregular migrants are good people at heart and the last suicide bombers were actually home-grown, so not technically migrants at all. So that's ok then.

In response, a group of anti-immigration protestors gathered at the Place de la Bourse to unfurl an anti-ISIS banner and vent their frustration at the direction in which the self-styled capital of Europe appears to be heading.

As far as I can tell, the March Against Fear was cancelled because there was too much fear, and a riot broke out because the police objected to a peaceful protest.

There are a few things I notice around these incidents in Europe;

• Firstly, the anti-immigration protestors are always referred to as thugs. The language around them is universally ugly, despite the fact they are protesting against the very people who think it is acceptable to detonate themselves next to small babies wearing suicide vests filled with nails and shrapnel.
• They are called the far-right despite and lazy associations are made between them and Hitler. Even though in the UK it appears to be Labour supporters who have issues with Jews.
• Clearly Nazi salutes have no place in modern Europe. No one wants to see violence against the police, stones thrown or graffiti. But if you look carefully, trouble-making groups on the left such as No Borders build a far more subversive brand of trouble.
• The dreadlocked gangs of migrant-lovers, turning a blind eye to the destruction of Europe, are never referred to as the far-left. They are affectionately called anarchists, as if they are teenage boys, experimenting with Death Metal and living raw vegan.
• Despite absolutely no police response to terrorists (Turkey even warned the Belgium Intelligence Services about three suicide bombers who went on to attack the city) or marauding migrants (see Cologne - New Year's Eve) their rapid reaction to the presence of a handful of Pegida is overwhelming.

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Fourteen people were killed and scores more injured when two suicide bombers targeted Brussels airport

In Cologne, 150 officers were sent to police the migrant attacks on women on New Years Eve, resulting in 676 criminal complaints being filed. In comparison, 1700 riot police with water cannon were sent to stop a subsequent Pegida march through the city.

Whilst it seems perfectly acceptable to turn the water cannon on nationals, determined to stand up for their country and culture, it is never acceptable to criticise migrants, terrorists or extremists planning attacks.

It seems to me there is a yawning gulf between the treatment and reporting of the far-left and the far-right, and and even bigger chasm between nationals and migrant populations, who lack respect for the culture they have joined.

The left are so busy kowtowing to the rights of those who have chosen to join our culture, the right has lost the freedom to defend the culture they have chosen to join.

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At least 20 people were killed when ISIS extremist Khalid El Bakraoui detonated a bomb on the city's Metro

The police have an almost magnetic attraction to events which offer predictable policing - such as a Pegida March through a city centre, but are incapable of defending people from the actual threat of terror we all feel.

Whilst we sit waiting for our next 7/7, the Metropolitan Police were arresting a man for a tweet, accidentally charging him to appear in court, before sheepishly letting him go.

Vanity policing is the last thing out country needs.

People talk about the rise of the far-right. I fear the dominance of the smug, self-centred left led by yoghurt knitting pillocks like Emma Thompson and Michael Sheen is far more threatening and far more real.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3511654/KATIE-HOPKINS-real-threat-not-far-right-s-smug-left-did-acceptable-water-cannon-people-standing-country-turning-blind-eye-destruction-Europe.html#ixzz448tf9rVG

Prime Minister’s award for Mohammed Sheraz

Mohammed Sheraz meets Prime Minister David Cameron

Mohammed Sheraz has received a special award from the Prime Minister for the community work he did during the Boxing Day floods.

Mr Sheraz, a charity worker in Rochdale, joined forces with the charity Al-Khair Foundation to lead a team of a hundred volunteers to make sure the vulnerable were unharmed.

A youth centre was set up where they worked to give residents access to gas, electricity, food and blankets.

Not wanting to take all the credit for the award, Mr Sheraz said: “It's an award for the whole town and all the individuals and volunteers and organisations that helped during the floods, you know who you all are.

“I met and spoke to PM David Cameron and was honoured to receive the award at Downing Street.

“I am a proud Rochdalian and this award is for all of us, we are proud of our town and communities and will only get stronger as we move forward. I would personally like to thank Imran Talib Hussain from Alkhair for his outstanding help during the floods and clean-up operation we mounted from Gower Street.”

He added: “I am not worthy of this praise as it's a collective recognition of the town coming together in our darkest hour to rally around and help, Fellow citizens and volunteers up and down the country who gave up their time and energy to help.

“I would like to inspire young people and other communities to challenge the hate and ignorance which we see in the world. Let's celebrate our shared cultures and live peacefully side by side.”

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/101972/prime-ministers-award-for-mohammed-sheraz

NWN:  A special award for the community work ? There was only ONE community they helped when the floods hit Rochdale. 
Can you guess which one ?

We're all Marxists now !