“My dad left us at a very young age and my mom didn’t know English. We never had anyone to help us with our homework. My stepfather beat us every day. Sometimes he’d whip us with extension cords. When I was thirteen, I threw a brick at him and broke one of his ribs so I had to run away. I moved into a crack house where they let you sleep there if you helped sell drugs. I live in the shelter now. I’ve spent over twenty years of my life in prison. I want my son to have a different life than me, but I can’t even help him with his homework. I don’t know my times tables or anything.”
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Went to the CornMaize last weekend with these beautiful people…
Went to the CornMaize last weekend with these beautiful people (+ @blck_fyre) I have the privilege of calling my family.
Netizens outraged after photo showing a very scrawny-looking lion at the Beijing Zoo gets posted online
Animal lovers across Weibo are up in arms recently after a photo taken at the Beijing Zoo showing an extremely skinny and sad-looking lion went viral online.
Jewish historians rubbish Netanyahu’s Holocaust claims
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LEADING Jewish historians have rubbished Benjamin Natenyahu’s claims that the Holocaust was caused by Palestinians.
Netanyahu blamed the slaughter of millions of people during World War II on the then Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, in a controversial speech at the 37th World Zionist Congress this week.
“It’s not true” – Professor Dina Porat
She said: “You cannot say that it was the mufti who gave Hitler the idea to kill or burn Jews.
“It’s not true. Their meeting occurred after a series of events that point to this.”
Professor Meir Litvak, who teaches at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Middle Eastern History, said the idea of annihilating the Jews came up in 1939.
While the initial plan was to send Europe’s Jews to an area north of the Ural Mountains so that they would die of disease, he said, the plan was nixed when the Soviet Union did not surrender in 1941.
At that point, Litvak said, the extermination idea arose.
“Husseini supported the extermination of the Jews, he tried to prevent rescuing of Jews, he recruited Arabs for the SS,” said Litvak. “He was an abominable person, but this must not minimize the scale of Hitler’s guilt.”
Dr. Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, said Netenyahu “deepened the divide during a time when a just and lasting peace is needed most.”
He said it was a “sad day in history” adding “”Palestinian efforts against the Nazi regime are a deep-rooted part of our history.
“Palestine will never forget – though it seems Netanyahu’s extremist government has.
Dr. Erekat added: “Mr. Netanyahu should stop using this human tragedy to score points for his political ends.
“On behalf of the thousands of Palestinians that fought alongside the Allied Troops in defense of international justice, the State of Palestine denounces these morally indefensible and inflammatory
statements.
“Palestinian efforts against the Nazi regime are a deep-rooted part of our history. Palestine will never forget – though it seems Netanyahu’s extremist government has.
” It is a sad day in history when the leader of the Israeli government hates his neighbor so much so that he is willing to absolve the most notorious war criminal in history, Adolf Hitler, of the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust.
Netenyahu made similar statements three years ago in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament), claiming that the Mufti was “one of the leading architects of the Final Solution”.
Toyota recalls 6.5 million vehicles worldwide over power window glitch
Japan’s automaker has announced another mass recall, in a move that could further damage the company’s image. Toyota had already recalled millions of vehicles over an airbag defect.
Germany considering use of military aircraft to deport refugees
Berlin is looking at the use of military transport vehicles to send refugees back to their countries of origin. The government has been mulling ways to speed up the deporation process.
Weapons go to conflict zones, the money comes to Germany
New figures show that German weapons exports increased yet again this year, especially sales of small arms to countries outside NATO. Critics say you need look no further for the root of displaced people in Europe.
Outrage on Twitter over Netanyahu’s Holocaust remarks
Ridicule has followed Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that a Palestinian leader helped talk Hitler into the Holocaust. The Israeli prime minister, however, has doubled-down on his stance.
Geert Wilders almost drowned out by Perth protesters
A small but vocal group of protesters almost drown out controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders at a media conference in Perth to announce Senate candidates for the new Australian Liberty Alliance.
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