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Jailed Israeli private detective Aviram Azari allegedly worked with powerful Russians to conduct surveillance on rivals, says New York court filing Ultra-wealthy Russians used the services of an Israeli private investigator currently in US custody and an Indian hacking group to carry out surveillance operations, a reporter said in a New York court filing. Independent journalist Scott Stedman told the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York that Aviram Azari, a jailed Israeli private investigator, worked on “surveillance and cyber-intelligence operations at the behest of Russian oligarchs”, citing public and confidential sources. One of the oligarchs was aluminum…

Labour MP Kim Johnson has apologised for describing Israel’s recently-formed coalition government as “fascist”. The Liverpool Riverside MP made the comment in Parliament, as she asked Rishi Sunak about “human rights violations” against Palestinians. She apologised shortly afterwards, after being ordered to do so by party bosses. The MP said she acknowledged using the term ‘fascist’ was “particularly insensitive” given Israel’s history. “While there are far-right elements in the government, I recognise that the use of the term in this context was wrong,” she added. The BBC has been told she was told to apologise by party whips for the…

The European Union on Tuesday launched two new initiatives worth 25 million euros ($27 million) to support vulnerable people in cash-strapped Lebanon and to fight food insecurity. “These initiatives are a response to the negative impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the European Union’s neighboring countries,” the EU Delegation to Lebanon said in a statement. “The funds available for Lebanon will provide immediate assistance for 7,245 impoverished Lebanese families (41,287 individuals) enrolled in the National Poverty Targeting Programme (NPTP),” it added. The EU delegation said the bloc wants to help strengthening Lebanese agricultural and agri-food systems. “This will help…

A consortium headed by India’s Adani Group has finalized its purchase of Israel’s Haifa Port, Israel’s Finance Ministry said on Tuesday in a statement about the completed deal. Reuters reports that the port, which is located in the coastal city of Haifa in the north of Israel, was sold for a sum of NIS 4 billion, or just over 1.15 billion US dollars. One of the new owners, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited, is owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. Adani founded his namesake company and is listed as the third richest man in the world by Forbes…

“In a democratic country, the leaders of the opposition are not arrested, just as the government ministers are not called Nazis, the Jewish government isn’t called the Third Reich and the citizens are not called to start a civil rebellion,” PM Benjamin Netanyahu told President Herzog in a call on Tuesday, Maariv reported. The call came after an appeal by the President to politicians and citizens to calm the public discourse in the country, in a statement published on Twitter on Tuesday. President Herzog’s statement read: “The values of the Declaration of Independence are the compass of our country -…

A live grenade that became embedded in a Ukrainian soldier’s body when it was fired at him during a battle with Russian forces was successfully removed during a complex medical operation. According to the reports of the Ukrainian army, military doctor major general Andriy Verba took responsibility for the operation, even though the grenade could have exploded at any moment, and managed to safely remove it from the soldier’s body. The grenade did not explode when it entered the soldier’s body, saving his life and giving Dr. Verba the chance to remove it. The surgery was performed without the use…

A mysterious disappearance more than a year old has come to its sad conclusion on Israel’s southern border. Bil’adeihem (Without Them), an Israeli nonprofit organization supporting the families of missing persons and efforts to find them, reports that the remains of Roi Goldstein, a 56-year-old man who has been missing since December 7th, 2021, have been discovered on the border between Israel and Egypt. The Israel Dog Unit (IDU), a nonprofit specializing in search and rescue that coordinated the search effort, released a statement regarding the incident: “We regret to announce that the bones of Roi Goldstein, who disappeared in…

President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday urged politicians to “lower the temperature” as increasingly shrill statements and warnings surrounding plans to overhaul Israel’s judicial system amped up tensions between the Knesset coalition and opposition, including predictions of civil war and calls to jail leading government critics. At the same time, Herzog asked Justice Minister Yariv Levin to “soften” his planned changes to the judiciary and offered to host a discussion about the controversial court makeover, according to a report by the Kan public broadcaster. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi also attended the Tuesday meeting with Herzog. “I turn to you, elected officials…

Ahead of renewed major protests this upcoming weekend against the new hardline Netanyahu government and its contentious policies, the Israel Police were reportedly rebuffing National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s demands to toughen police stance toward protesters blocking roads or flying the Palestinian flag during the rallies. Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party who has received unprecedented control over police on matters of policy, held a meeting Tuesday with Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and other senior members of the police force at the National Security Ministry, after calling Monday for a more stringent crackdown. The minister was…

A person chooses different ways in search the purpose of life, own place and mission in this world. Understands ideas of kindness and evil, tries to find the Truth and to understand its countless appearances. Hence there is an interest to Sufism – mystic and ascetic’s direction in Islam which has a great influence to the spiritual life of Muslim society. According to A. I. Artiomiev Sufism or Tasawwuf is mystic and ascetics direction in Islam where ethical and moral standards, mental life of a believer take the main place [1,476]. “Sufism, supposing that the knowledge of God is the…