Israeli woman allegedly raped after release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, shares shocking details
An ex-Hamas hostage has accused an influencer fitness trainer of allegedly drugging and raping her. The incident was confirmed by Mia Schem during a Channel 12 interview on May 03. Mia Schem was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and eventually released during a temporary truce in November 2023. Watch the video for full details.
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Germany says will continue arms deliveries to Israel even as public wants stricter control
A survey published Wednesday found that 73 per cent of Germans favor tighter controls on arms exports to Israel, with nearly a third supporting a complete ban. But Berlin says it will continue sending arms to Israel read more Germany will continue sending arms to Israel despite recent concerns over Israeli military actions in Gaza, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday (June 4), reversing earlier signals that the government might reconsider exports. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told a contentious session in parliament that Israel faces threats from Yemen's Houthi rebels, Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and Iran, adding: 'Germany will continue to support Israel, including with weapons deliveries.' The comments followed Wadephul's own remarks last week, when he suggested Germany was assessing whether Israel's military actions in Gaza comply with international law, a statement that drew criticism from lawmakers within his own CDU/CSU conservative bloc. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Wednesday's parliamentary session was temporarily halted when a protester shouted slogans including 'Free Palestine' and 'No to genocide' from the spectator gallery. Security officers quickly escorted the protester out. More from World Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as key coalition party threatens to back opposition motion to dissolve parliament Wadephul is set to meet Thursday in Berlin with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar. Public opinion favours stricter arms controls The decision to maintain arms shipments comes despite significant public opposition in Germany. A survey published Wednesday found that 73 per cent of Germans favor tighter controls on arms exports to Israel, with nearly a third supporting a complete ban. Since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Germany has approved military equipment exports worth 485 million euros ($553.7 million), becoming Israel's second-largest arms supplier after the United States. Exports included firearms, ammunition, military components, special armored vehicles, electronic equipment, and specialized gear for Israel's army and navy, according to figures from the German government published Tuesday. Chancellor Merz's criticism marks policy shift The arms-export debate intensified last week when Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly criticized Israel's escalating airstrikes on Gaza, calling them neither justified nor comprehensible. Merz's statement and Wadephul's earlier warnings prompted speculation of a potential shift in German arms-export policy, particularly toward possible sanctions against Israel. However, Wednesday's announcement appeared aimed at dispelling uncertainty over Germany's continuing military support. Growing German discomfort over Gaza According to a poll by German public broadcaster ARD, about three-quarters of Germans support Merz's critical stance on Israeli military actions in Gaza. The poll, conducted June 2-3 among 1,292 respondents, also showed that 55 per cent reject the view that Germany holds a special historical responsibility toward protecting Israel due to the legacy of the Holocaust. Just 13 per cent said Germany should unconditionally stand with Israel in Middle East conflicts, while 74 per cent opposed such unconditional support. Additionally, 63 per cent said they believe Israel's military response in Gaza has gone too far, up six percentage points since a similar survey in August. No legal challenges against Germany's arms exports to Israel have succeeded, including a recent case brought by Nicaragua at the International Court of Justice. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
News18
4 hours ago
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Why Is Anti-Semitism Cool Now?
A Muslim Egyptian who came to the US as a tourist but stayed on after his visa expired, attacked people demonstrating at a mall demanding the release of Israeli hostages After 20 months of relentless demonisation of Israel, people in the West, especially mainstream media, are now feigning surprise at the rising number of attacks on Jewish events—and Jews—in US! If that is not egregious, what is? A majority of the student body across universities, besides sizeable section of the entire young cohort there today, has been convinced that it is cool, and righteous, to chant for the destruction of Israel and, by extension, Jews anywhere. Indian-American student Megha Vemuri using the platform of a commencement event last week to lash out at her alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology over its ties with Israel and praise the campus protests about Gaza, wearing a keffiyeh over her graduation gown, is just the latest example of the impact of this widespread indoctrination. It just goes to show that even education often has very little to do with common sense or powers of discernment. This week, a Muslim Egyptian who came to the US as a tourist but stayed on after his visa expired, attacked people demonstrating at a mall demanding the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. He used a flamethrower to cause horrific burn injuries to 12 people and shouted, 'Free Palestine". Two weeks earlier, a 30-year-old man pumped 21 bullets into two people at the National Jewish Museum in Washington DC and also later screamed 'Free Palestine". In April, a man set fire to the home of Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (once considered as a running mate for Kamala Harris in 2024) with Molotov cocktails while the family was inside celebrating the Jewish ritual of Passover. The man admitted he targeted Shapiro because of his views on Gaza. Yet, incredibly, media reports averred that 'law enforcement officials have not conclusively said his alleged attack was motivated by hate or anti-Semitism"! This happens when obvious questions are deliberately not asked. The most long-standing of this ask-not-tell-not charade relates to death tolls and Israel's choice of targets. 'Reporters" (all Palestinians) reel off death tolls and show bodies (especially of children), but do not mention the extensive tunnels found under Gaza, including under hospitals, stocked with food, medicines and weapons. That begs the obvious unasked question: how did these items get there unaided? Moreover, why are Hamas-run 'health ministry' casualty numbers of Israeli Defence Force attacks taken as truth even though they do not specify how many are its own cadres? Foreign doctors shown on TV attending to injured children and women also minister to Hamas cadres who access hospitals through tunnel networks. Why are these doctors not asked about the health of the hostages who are still alive or how Hamas manages to get medical treatment for its men? That points to another deliberate silence: on distribution of food and medicines in Gaza. The current refrain is that 'civilians" are on the brink of starvation and a 'humanitarian crisis" and that the US and Israeli-managed new distribution system there is an abject failure. Media is magnifying the assertion that unless the same entities who were dispensing aid there before, particularly the discredited UN Relief and Works Agency, are allowed to do so again, Gazans are doomed. The questions never asked or probed include, what proof is there that aid was not being diverted to terrorists of Hamas, that runs Gaza? How did Hamas get supplies after Israeli attacks began, unless from UNRWA? Are the armed gangs waylaying food trucks really independents or Hamas proxies? No questions about the condition of the few Israeli hostages still alive, nor any media investigation into how the rest died, or why Hamas has refused to hand over their bodies. The skewed rules have been set, of course, by the blatantly biased coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war. Hours were and still are devoted to the vilification of Vladimir Putin and hailing every speech of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with no nuances. The impression disseminated is that all Ukrainians support their president. Is such unanimity possible in a democracy? Dissent is taken as a given in Russia—a known autocracy—but none is assumed in 'free" Ukraine? Phone surveys in Ukraine (including by The Economist, whose findings on India are invariably grim) claim Zelenskyy's approval now stands at 67-70 per cent. Yet for Putin, whose popularity also hovers at 70-90 per cent, qualifiers are added, such as 'His high approval ratings do not necessarily reflect genuine loyalty or agreement with his policies. Instead, they result from political apathy, symbolic allegiance, and lack of viable alternatives." Why this Volod-Vlad double standard? Zelenskyy's unending demands for more and more sophisticated arms are not parsed as war mongering; in fact, he has attained a Nelson Mandela-like star status with front row seats at every world leaders' jamboree. Realistic assessments of either Russia's war effort or popular opinion there. For example. the Atlantic Council, in two reports 11 months apart in 2024, first contended that most Russians want the war to end but later recanted and said most support it. That raises serious doubts about the sources of western information on Russia. India has also been relegated to the Russia-Israel doghouse by the western media, which unleashed a similar biased coverage campaign on, first, the terror attack in Pahalgam and then India's Operation Sindoor retaliatory strikes Pakistan's terror camps and military launchpads. The western media has been seeking out dissenting voices in India—but not in Pakistan. They have questioned all of India's statements, even when provided proof of veracity but not Pakistan's. So, if any people should understand the danger of this sort of one-sided coverage and biased opinion-mongering, it is Indians. In the past decade, India has been the target of charges of all kinds from data-fudging to genocide, in sync with its rising profile. India's economic credentials have been the focus of criticism and scepticism from the west for over a decade; the recent uptick in western media attacks on its geo-political moves, including Op Sindoor are thus expected. Being afraid of Islam—a less used definition of Islamophobia—and Islamists and therefore being chary of measures to counter terror groups and radicals lest they are accused of the better-known definition of Islamophobia has made the west cede far too much ground on anti-Semitism. How much longer will activists be allowed to propagate false or exaggerated narratives on Gaza—its roots, its reality and its goals under Hamas—to capture impressionable hearts and minds? The author is a freelance writer. Views expressed in the above piece are personal and solely those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect News18's views. Location : New Delhi, India, India First Published: June 04, 2025, 19:24 IST News opinion Opinion | Why Is Anti-Semitism Cool Now?
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Time of India
BBC defends Gaza coverage after White House criticism
BBC defends Gaza coverage after White House criticism (ANI) LONDON: The BBC Wednesday defended its reporting of an incident in which Palestinians were killed near a Gaza aid centre, after the White House accused the broadcaster of taking "the word of Hamas". Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 people on Sunday near the US-backed aid centre. The Israeli military, however, denied its troops had fired on civilians in or around the centre, and both it and the aid centre's administrator accused Hamas of sowing false rumours. Responding to a question about the incident, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday the BBC had to "correct and take down" its story about the incident. "The administration is aware of those reports and we are currently looking into the veracity of them because, unfortunately, unlike some in the media, we don't take the word of Hamas with total truth," she said. "We like to look into it when they speak, unlike the BBC, who had multiple headlines," she said, citing stories that gave different death tolls. "And then, oh, wait, they had to correct and take down their entire story, saying 'We reviewed the footage and couldn't find any evidence of anything'," she added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cos'è ChatGPT di cui tutti parlano? Courses AI Undo But the BBC said the White House claims were not accurate and that it had not removed its story. "The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong. We did not remove any story and we stand by our journalism," it said in a statement. It said headlines giving varying death tolls were "totally normal" journalistic practice due to the story being "updated throughout the day with the latest fatality figures as they came in from various sources". It said the death tolls were always "clearly attributed, from the first figure of 15 from medics, through the 31 killed from the Hamas-run health ministry to the final Red Cross statement of 'at least 21'", it added. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its field hospital in Rafah received 179 people, including 21 pronounced dead on arrival. Leavitt also criticised the Washington Post for its reporting of the incident. The Post deleted one article over sourcing issues "because it and early versions of the article didn't meet Post fairness standards". "The article and headline were updated on Sunday evening making it clear that there was no consensus about who was responsible." The BBC has previously faced criticism of its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In February, it apologised and admitted "serious flaws" over a documentary -- "Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone" -- after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a senior Hamas figure.
