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| April 28, 2013
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Russia Reports: Boston Bombers’ Mom Told Son: ‘Go to Palestine’

Terrorist’s mom denied that her sons were involved in Islamic terrorism, saying her sons are being framed by U.S. security officials.

By JTA

 

The mother of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers spoke with her older son about going to “Palestine.”

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva - Screenshot from The Guardian video

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva – Screenshot from The Guardian video

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, in a telephone conversation from Russia with her older son Tamerlan, suggested that he go to Palestine during a discussion about jihad, the Associated Press reported. The Russian security service intercepted the phone conversation, according to the news service.

Russian officials told the FBI in early 2011 that they believed Tamerlan, 26, and his mother were religious extremists. Continue Reading »

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| April 25, 2013
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Amb. Rice: UN Official Falk ‘Spews Vitriol’, Has ‘No Place at UN’

American Ambassador to UN calls for dismissal of UN official who blamed Boston bombings on Israel.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

United States ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, called on Wednesday for the dismissal of Richard Falk, a top official on the United Nations Human Rights Council, who attempted to explain the Boston Marathon bombings as a reaction to US policy in the Middle East.

Falk, whose official title is the “U.N. special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories,” implied that the Boston Marathon bombings were payback for America’s “geopolitical fantasy of global domination” and its continued affiliation with the international body only serves to undermine its credibility.  Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2013
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Boston Hospital Chief Credits Israel With Setting Up Disaster Team

The terrorist attack at last week’s Boston Marathon was unprecedented for the city’s doctors – but they were prepared, thanks to Israel.

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Minutes after a terrorist attack killed three at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, doctors and nurses at the city’s hospitals faced a harrowing scene – severed limbs, burned bodies, shrapnel buried in skin.

Alastair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital. - Photo Screenshot.

Alastair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital. – Photo Screenshot.

For Boston doctors, the challenge presented by last week’s bombing was unprecedented – but they were prepared.

Many of the city’s hospitals have doctors with actual battlefield experience. Continue Reading »

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| April 17, 2013
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Boston Terror Blasts: Chief Dr. Credits Israelis With Setting Up Disaster Team

The Israelis came & “they helped us set up our disaster team so that we could respond in this kind of manner”.

By The Algemeiner staff

 

Hours following a pair of blasts at the Boston Marathon that left 2 dead and up to 100 wounded according to reports, a chief doctor at the hospital where many of the patients are being treated credited Israelis with teaching his team how to respond to such disastrous attacks.

Alastair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital. - Photo Screenshot.

Alastair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital. – Photo Screenshot.

“About two years ago in actual fact we asked the Israelis to come across and they helped us set up our disaster team so that we could respond in this kind of manner,” said Alasdair Conn, Chief of Emergency Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, responding to a question about the preparedness of his staff to handle trauma on this scale. Continue Reading »

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| April 16, 2013
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Natanyahu on Boston terror attack: Israel stands with US

In extending their condolences to the US, Peres & Netanyahu address heads of foreign diplomatic missions.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

 

 

Israel stands shoulder to shoulder with America not only as friends but as partners in the quest for freedom for all humanity, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday in an address to heads of foreign diplomatic missions in Israel, consuls, honorary consuls and heads of religious communities.

Peres, Netanyahu greet heads of foreign diplomatic missions

Peres, Netanyahu greet heads of foreign diplomatic missions Photo: Courtesy The President’s Residence

Netanyahu was speaking at the annual Independence Day reception for the diplomatic corps and the heads of churches and other faiths traditionally hosted at his official residence by the President of the State.

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