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Jean-Dickens and Abigail Toussaint, both 33, left behind their young son, who will soon turn two years old. The couple had traveled to Haiti to visit family and attend a festival but were unfortunately ordered off a bus and kidnapped a week ago on March 18 as reported by Fox News. Christie Desormes, the couple’s 22-year-old niece, said that the kidnappers had explicitly asked for any Americans to get off the bus.
The Toussaints’ family has already paid a ransom of $6,000, but now the kidnappers are asking for a more significant sum of $200,000 for each of the abductees. Despite the capital already given, Desormes has said that her family does not have the amount to pay. Desormes has launched a petition on Change.org to raise the ransom money to reunite the couple with their son.
A State Department Spokesperson told the outlet that the US Department of State and its embassies and consulates abroad prioritize the safety and security of American citizens abroad. Reports of two US citizens missing in Haiti are being looked into, and the Department is working closely with local authorities to search for them. No more information is available at this time.
The Toussaint family is now pleading with local reps and the public to help them in their plight and bring Jean-Dickens and Abigail home safely.
Twenty-four years ago, marks the beginning of NATO’s aerial bombardment of Yugoslavia (March 24, 1999- June 10, 1999). The bombings which lasted for almost three months, were followed by the military invasion (under a bogus UN mandate) and illegal …
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The tiny robot, only 10 microns across, is able to navigate within a biological sample, identify different types of cells, capture them selectively, and transport them for further analysis.
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The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, spoke with new recruits during a visit to the IDF’s enlistment center in Tel Aviv Sunday, Israel National News reported.
Amid ongoing protests across the country against the government’s judicial overhaul, which has spread to some reservist units in the IDF, Halevi emphasized the unity of the IDF and discipline within the army, the report said.
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The following “Secret Personal Memo was sent to Prime minister Tony Blair by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. The Memo is dated Mar. 25, 2002, prior to Blair’s visit to Crawford Texas to meet President Bush..
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It came as no surprise that the prime minister dismissed Gallant a day after the minister spoke out openly against the judicial reforms.
By World Israel News Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, his office announced Sunday evening.
The previous evening, Gallant made a televised appeal, calling on Netanyahu to halt the judicial reform. The defense minister warned that the rift in the country has caused “immediate and tangible danger” to Israel’s security, referring to the hundreds of IDF reservists who refused to show up for training in protest of the government’s planned judicial overhaul along with other acts of defiance among elite soldiers.
Gallant acknowledged that changes to the judiciary were needed, but that they should happen through dialogue.
“The branches need a new balance, which will strengthen public faith. But such sweeping changes cannot occur without dialogue.”
“I have never encountered the intensity of anger and pain as I have seen now. The rift within the nation has penetrated deep into the IDF and the defense establishment – this is a immediate and tangible danger to the security of Israel,” he said.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on the prime minister to fire Gallant.
“I call on the prime minister to fire Gallant, who came in with the votes of the right, but surrendered to the pressure of those who refused orders [to serve in the military] and tries to put a stop to the important reform,” Ben-Gvir stated in reaction to Gallant’s address.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi expressed remorse that “our defense minister gave in to pressure from the left.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid praised Gallant’s “brave and critical step.” The move was also hailed by MK Yuli Edelstein, chair of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, and MK David Bitan, both of Netanyahu’s Likud party.
“The security of the State of Israel has always been and will always remain my life’s mission,” Gallant wrote on Twitter and Facebook after being dismissed.
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An enlarged police cyber center will work to counter incitement and coordinate with forces in the field.
By Yaakov Lappin, JNS
Security forces led by Jerusalem District Police have been preparing for possible violence during Ramadan, which began on Wednesday evening and is due to continue until April 21. Hamas leaders threatened to respond to any perceived upset to the status quo on the Temple Mount with “an explosion,” and called on Palestinians in Judea and Samaria to continue terrorist attacks against Israelis.
Hamas representatives have been issuing threats in recent days to escalate the security situation if they believe that Israel is acting against Palestinians and “against the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” which they view as a “red line” that could ignite the region, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
The report noted a rare public statement by Hamas’s deputy “military” wing commander, Marwan Issa, who said that any change in the situation surrounding the mosque would cause an “earthquake” in the area.
To counter efforts by Islamist terrorist factions to pour fuel on the fire, international, Israeli and regional Arab government officials have in recent weeks attempted to institute de-escalation measures. These efforts included two security summits, held in February and March in Jordan and Egypt, respectively, involving representatives from Israel, the Palestinian Authority, the United States, Egypt and Jordan.
At the same time, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit in the Israeli Defense Ministry announced a series of steps to ease conditions for the Palestinian population during Ramadan.
The Jerusalem District Police will increase forces in Jerusalem with emphasis on the inflammable eastern section of the city and the holy places, where violence has flared up during Ramadan in past years. The district announced last week that it had completed preparations for the holiday month, as many worshippers and visitors are expected to begin flowing into the Old City.
An increased police presence is in place in and around the Old City and other popular sites. Police are also working with local authorities to manage crowds and heavy traffic flows, in particular in the Old City area, the Temple Mount and other holy places.
The police expressed its commitment to allowing freedom of worship while maintaining security and public order. Jerusalem District Police chief Cmdr. Doron Turgeman held coordination meetings with a large number of units, and took several steps at the operational and community policing levels ahead of the holiday, police said. These included meetings with residents of eastern Jerusalem.
Jerusalem District officers have been joined by Border Police officers, and reinforcements from other districts, with an emphasis on the Old City as well as on roads leading to the area, and the seam zone between the eastern and western parts of the city, police said.
Changes in traffic arrangements are expected during the coming month as well. Passover will begin on the evening of April 5 and on April 9, the mass priestly blessing event will be held at the Western Wall.
Jerusalem Police said it would use an array of technological capabilities and means to detect and treat unusual incidents, prevent violence and direct a response effort to thwart terrorism and to provide a “determined and uncompromising treatment of those seeking to attack civilians or security forces.”
A police cyber control center will be operated in the Jerusalem District in an expanded manner, staffed by members of intelligence agencies, police investigation units and others. Its main mission will be to monitor and counter incitement across the internet and to coordinate with security forces in the field.
In addition, a district investigative task force has been established that will process those who are arrested for public order violations, incitement and related offenses.
“Past experience shows that during Ramadan there are those who try to take advantage of the holiday days to spread incitement materials, false rumors and disinformation, especially in relation to the holy places,” particularly that coming from terrorist organizations, police said.
“These cynically exploit young people who feed on the incitement and cause them to desecrate the holy places while hurting a large public of worshippers and the holiday routine, including through rioting and misconduct,” police added.
The Meir Amit Center noted that Hamas sees itself as the guardian of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and is trying to enforce a new equation created by its May 2021 conflict (“Operation Guardian of the Walls”) with Israel, according to which it responds to escalations in Jerusalem with rocket fire from Gaza.
The terrorist organization’s statements, “led by Marwan Issa’s remarks, are in fact a strategic message from Hamas’s top military hierarchy and may be an indication of Hamas’s intentions this month,” said the report. The message is that if Israel is perceived to cross ‘red lines,’ Hamas will attack with rocket fire, but that this scenario can also be avoided and that Hamas is content to let Palestinians in Judea and Samaria lead the violence at this stage.”
Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas’s overseas bureau, said Palestinians are headed for an escalation during Ramadan and that “hot days” are ahead. Saleh al-Arouri, the Lebanon-based Hamas deputy political bureau chief, said the “resistance” in Judea and Samaria will not stop, and that Hamas is closely following developments in Jerusalem.
On March 20, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) intelligence agency announced that it uncovered a terrorist network in Judea and Samaria led by operatives from the Gaza Strip and thwarted a shooting attack in Jerusalem. The network was centered on two members of the Popular Resistance Committees in Rafah, southern Gaza, who were placed under covert surveillance as they recruited young Palestinians in Judea and Samaria and provided them with training and guidance on conducting terrorism.
Two Palestinians from Judea and Samaria were arrested recently on suspicion of being part of the cell. During their questioning, it emerged that they had received instructions from the handlers in Gaza, and security forces recovered a gun earmarked to be used in “a significant shooting attack in Jerusalem in the coming days,” said the Shin Bet.
The Popular Resistance Committees terrorist group is supported and funded by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the agency added.
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The group is named after a terrorist who murdered a 19-year-old soldier and a father of 12.
By World Israel News Staff
The establishment of a new Palestinian terror group based in the city of Salfit in Samaria was announced Sunday evening, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The group, named Battalion of Martyr Omar Abu Laila, after a terrorist who murdered IDF Sgt. Gal Keidan, 19, and Rabbi Achiad Ettinger in March 2019, said in a statement that its “soldiers were preparing many surprises that would shake the brutal [Israeli] entity,” the report said.
“Torment is coming to you,” the group warned Israelis. “The Battalion will stay and expand in Salfit and its [surrounding] villages.”
The Battalion is among several small terror groups consisting of dozens of terrorists operating in cities in northern Samaria known as hotbeds of terror, such as Jenin and Nablus (Shechem), as well as in other Palestinian-administered areas, including Bethlehem and Hebron in Judea. Members hail from various factions, including Fatah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to the Post.
Abu Laila stabbed Keidan to death at the Ariel Junction in Samaria, stole his weapon and then opened fire on passing cars. He shot Rabbi Ettinger, a father of 12, who died the following day of his wounds.
Following a manhunt, Abu Laila was killed in a shootout with Israeli soldiers.
The Palestinian Authority honored Abu Laila months after he carried out the deadly attack, naming a street, a square and a mosque after him, Palestinian Media Watch reported at the time. The PA has also referred to Abu Laila as “more honorable than [the rest] of us,” deeming him a “perfect human being.”
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