Day: February 5, 2010

Israel closes case of US activist wounded in Palestinian protest, no charges against police

Israel closes case of US activist wounded in Palestinian protest, no charges against police
— report on review of case of injured activist Tristan Anderson from Oakland, California
— Associated Press report: “Israel’s Justice Ministry declared Sunday that no indictments will be filed against police in the case of an American activist who was hit by a tear gas canister and left comatose during a violent demonstration in the West Bank last year.”
— “Israel has said its forces were responding to attacks by violent demonstrators who were ignoring an order declaring the area an off-limits closed military zone.”
— “There were around 400 protesters at the demonstration where Anderson was injured in Naalin last year, the military said at the time. Some of them threw rocks at troops, who used riot gear to quell the unrest, it added, without elaborating.”

Houston: Teenage Muslim Boy Beaten, Called “Terrorist”

FOX 26 News reports on a thirteen year old Muslim boy. Abdul Hamed, who was beaten at a Junior High School and called “terrorist.”
— FOX 26 states: “It happened Tuesday at Beckendorff Junior High School. Abdul Hamed’s father says his son’s jaw and tooth were broken after getting into a fight with a classmate.”
— “The school district issued a statement to FOX 26 News stating both students were minorities in this case, and they both called each other racial and ethnic slurs.”

Germany: Investigator skeptical of new Demjanjuk claim

Germany: Investigator skeptical of new Demjanjuk claim
— AP: “A top German investigator says he’s skeptical about a Sobibor survivor’s new claim to remember John Demjanjuk as a guard at the Nazi death camp.”
— “Thomas Walther led the investigation that prompted Germany to prosecute Demjanjuk, who was deported last year from the Cleveland area.”
— “Walther says if the survivor did remember Demjanjuk, that almost certainly would have come up before, such as during his high-profile 1980’s trial in Israel.”
— “Demjanjuk is being tried on accusations the 89-year-old retired autoworker was the accessory to the murders of 27,900 people while allegedly serving as a guard at Sobibor.”

UK: Record number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain

UK: Record number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain

Daily Telegraph reports:
— “More than 924 reports of bigoted violence and abuse were received last year by the Jewish Community Security Trust (CST).”
— “The charity, which monitors anti-Semitism in Britain, said the figures marked the worst year since records began in 1984.”
— CST blog report on Antisemitic Incidents 2009
— The full report is here, or there is a summary here.

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