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Investigation shows French television fabricated Palestinian boy's death igniting second intifada

Mohammed al-Dura with his father 
By: John Roberts

A new report showed that French television fabricated a report of a Palestinian boy’s death which further ignited the second Palestinian uprising in the year 2,000, according to a statement released by Israeli government officials.

Israel has conducted an investigation of a French television report more than ten years ago, which claimed that Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child in a shootout with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.

Images of France 2 network on September 30, 2000, days after a Palestinian uprising broke out, allegedly showed the death of Mohammed al-Dura, huddled with his father during the shootout between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The circumstances remain in dispute.

A government report released Sunday raises questions about the role of Israel. it said that al-Dura was shown alive at the end of the raw video France 2 had in its possession.

The child has become a symbol for Palestinians accusing Israel of using excessive force. Israel said the video has been used by the militants as an excuse to attack Israelis.

“This is the most irresponsible reporting I have ever seen from a television station. The station should be held responsible for all the deaths their false claims caused both for the Israelis and the Palestinians. Israelis and Palestinians need to learn from this not to believe everything they see on television,” Larry Fox, 32, of Jerusalem, Israel told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the new investigation.

Doctor arrested for performing false penis enlargement procedures

Penis enlargement cream  
By: John Roberts

A doctor was arrested after he charged men to enlarge their penis, but in reality he did nothing.

Police in South Africa are cracking down on doctors who falsely claim they are able to enlarge men’s private parts.

Police believe that doctors are targeting insecure men who want to be bigger and better. An undercover operation by Tshwane Metro Police led to the arrest of one penis enlargement doctor who had no licence to practice. During the investigation, officials ordered the cream off a leaflet distributed in the city, in which the doctor claimed it would enlarge the manhood.

When the doctor arrived with the miracle product, he was arrested. When officers went to his office, they discovered severed goat heads oozing blood in a bucket. Scams include fake doctors who sell illegal creams that may contain harmful ingredients. The advertisement claimed a guaranteed "increase" of 3 to 5 full inches "within days."

“Well, women spend a lot of money on aging creams and other beauty products that may or may not help, maybe the doctors decided to target men with creams as there is too much competition for women’s product,” Gary Diaz, 42, of Johannesburg, South Africa told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the arrest.

Recently, seven people were arrested for putting up penis enlargement posters in Johannesburg, in violation of local statutes.

The fight against the penis enhancement products, could be a difficult fight as there are many such products claiming great results. There are many products such as pills, pumps and creams flooding the South African market.

Marijuana growing operation found in ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls illustration 
By: John Roberts

A highly sophisticated marijuana growing operation laboratory was discovered inside an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school in the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, according to a statement released by Israel police.

Teachers and students of the school to in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat did not recognize the strange smell that lingered in their classrooms from time to time in recent months.

A maintenance man was asked by the school to trace the source of the sweet smell. He found dozens of marijuana plants growing in pots inside the school bomb shelter.

Police were immediately called. Police confirmed that the plants were marijuana. Also, police found fertilizers and pipes for smoking marijuana.

Police believe that the school management had nothing to do with the marijuana growing operation and knew nothing of the plants. It is believed that criminals thought that the last place police would look for marijuana plants would be inside an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school.

“It is very strange that an entire marijuana laboratory was found inside a girls school. I don’t know how it is possible that nobody knew about this for so many months. I hope that the police are not shoving this under the rug,” Gedalya Golumb, 58, of Jerusalem, Israel told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the marijuana plants inside the ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls school.

Israel named top exporter of drones after selling $4.6 billion

Israeli drone 
By: Sarah Weiss

The biggest seller of drones was named, but surprisingly, it is not the United States, it is Israel.
Israel was named the world's largest exporter of drones, in terms of the number of systems sold, according to a study released recently.

In the past eight years, Israel has exported $4.6 billion in unmanned aerial vehicles.
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, made up almost 10 percent of Israel's military exports.

Israel had $150 million in exports of unmanned aerial vehicles in 2008, which increased significantly in 2009 to $650 million. Exports of small surveillance aircraft peaked in 2010, a record year for sales of drones, to $979 million.

In 2011, exports of unmanned aerial vehicles fell to $627 million, and in 2012 it fell back to $260 million.
When service agreements are included, the figures would increase by about $100 million per year.

“As Israel becomes a leader in military aircraft it might persuade some neighboring countries to sign peace agreements with Israel, maybe even Saudi Arabia, as they will want to keep up with world military advances,” Gary Weaver, 59, of Rochester, New York told YourJewishNews.com after learning about Israel’s drones position.

Israel is considered a powerhouse in the field of unmanned aircraft.
More than half of the exports of unmanned aerial vehicles of Israel from 2005 to 2012 went to Europe, according to the report, with a particularly high number of aircraft delivered to Britain.

Drones were also sold to Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Azerbaijan, India and Spain.

Child sex abuse advocate assaults rabbi of Chabad synagogue in Melbourne Australia

Rabbi Zvi Telsner 
By: Sarah Weiss

A child sex abuse advocate became enraged after a Chabad rabbi came over to him to wish him a Good Holiday, so he assaulted him while screaming profanities.

One of the brothers of child sexual abuse advocate Manny Waks was involved in the altercation with the senior Chabad rabbi over the Shavuot holiday.

Chaim Waks admitted to ripping the glasses off of Rabbi Zvi Telsner’s face at the end of the service in the main synagogue located in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Telsner, the spiritual leader of the Yeshiva in Melbourne, offered festive greetings at the end of services to Waks.
Waks, 24, responded: "How f***ing dare you wish me a good Yom Tov."

His brother confirmed that he also admitted throwing Telsner’s eyeglasses to the ground.
Telsner confirmed the incident.

Manny Waks said in a statement: "I ​​have informed my brother that this type of behavior is completely unacceptable. No matter what a person has done, in this case the continuous attacks by Rabbi Telsner and some within the community against my family, the use of violence is not an option and should be unequivocally condemned."

His father, Tzefania Waks, also claimed he was harassed by another member of the congregation inside the synagogue the day after the incident between his son and Rabbi Telsner. The assault has been reported to the police.

“The rabbi has said things that hurt the family, but there is no reason to assault the rabbi in the synagogue. If he does not like the rabbi of the synagogue he could find another synagogue or perhaps even open his own synagogue,” Shmuely Gold, 21, of Melbourne Australia told YourJewishNews.com after learning of the altercation.

The incidents are the latest chapter of the long feud between the Waks family and Chabad, caused by Waks making public claims that he was sexually abused in the 1980s when he was a student at the University Yeshiva.

Another wife leaves British rabbi leaving him with just 5 spouses

Philip Sharp his women and children 
By: Sarah Weiss

(Scroll down for video) A British rabbi is now left with only 5 spouses after another wife dumped him recently, according to an interview with the rabbi.

The man known as the “Jewish King Messiah Rabbi” claimed that God told him to marry seven wives, but two wives have already dumped him.

Karyn Sharp had shared her husband Philip Sharp with six other women for ten years in an unusual marriage arrangement.
The mother of five children, 34, now has left amid allegations that the family is having difficulties.
Sharp, 53, a self proclaimed rabbi, has one legal wife and 17 children.

Karyn is the second wife to leave the more than $1 million farm after Tracey Sharp left the farm they shared in Whatlington, East Sussex, late last year.

Sharp said he and Karyn had parted ways, and acknowledged that it is not always friendly in the home.
Philip keeps racehorses on the farm house he still shares with Judith and his other wives, Chava, Margo, Hannah, and Vreni.
Their ages range from 29 to 68, and they have ten children between them, all of whom are home schooled.

“This is one strange rabbi to say the least. It is very easy for a man to declare himself as the King Messiah, but it is acting like the King Messiah that is very difficult, and Philip Sharp has proven to the world that he is no King Messiah,” Samuel Brody, 24, of Brooklyn, New York told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the rabbi who married seven women.

As we reported earlier, an Englishman who calls himself a rabbi is married to seven women and lives with all of them on one property.

A woman who shared a man known as the "rampant rabbi” with six other women described their strange family life and explained why she finally left him.

Tracey Sharp, 46, claimed her husband Philip, who has one legal wife, seven other wives and 17 children, had favorites and chose the woman sharing his bed every night.

She said he neglected her and forced her like the rest of his women to wear hats so that only he could see her hair.
Finally she left, she said, because of his increasingly cold behavior towards her.

However, the 53-year-old Sharp, a self-proclaimed rabbi, insisted yesterday that he told her to leave because she always insisted on being on top and was always competing with the rest of his women.
Although the marriages are not legally binding, Sharp, who never used contraceptives, believes that the women became his wives when they slept with him.

He claims to have received a message from God telling him that he was a king in the Old Testament
and should have many wives and children. Tracey, joined him in 1998 and married him in 2001.
She changed her surname to his and went on to have two daughters with him, Naomi, and Mischa, who are nine and three-years-old.

His other wives also had ten children between them, on top of the five he had with his first wife and all lived together on a farm in Whatlington, East Sussex.

Although he is legally separated from his legal wife Hadass, he now has six other wives named Judith, Hannah, Vreni, Margo, Karyn and Chava, aged between 29 and 68.Mobile video not loading? Click here to view

Jewish South African doctor detained in the United Arab Emirates finally released

Professor Cyril Karabus 
By: Shifra Unger

(Scroll down for video) A Jewish South African doctor, who was detained in the United Arab Emirates after being falsely accused of murder, was finally released, according to a statement released by his attorneys.

Professor Cyril Karabus, an elderly doctor who had been detained in the United Arab Emirates since last summer, has just arrived in South Africa.

His family and his lawyer, Michael Bagraim, all met at the airport in Cape Town, South Africa.
Professor Karabus had been waiting for the return of his passport which was still being held by prosecutors since he was found not guilty of murder several months ago.

Professor Karabus was convicted in absentia of murder by a United Arab Emirates court, over 10 years ago. The prosecution claimed that in 2002, the doctor, who had previously worked in the United Arab Emirates, had abused a Yemeni girl who had leukemia.
Unaware of his sentence, Professor Karabus was arrested in Dubai last summer, where he stopped on his way back to South Africa from Toronto, Canada. The doctor was in Toronto, Canada to attend the wedding of his son.

“The Jewish doctor is extremely lucky to have been found not guilty in the United Arab Emirates, the outcome of his trial was definitely unexpected. I am happy for him and his family. Everyone must be relieved that he is back home,” Frank Sullivan, 27, of Buffalo, New York told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the release of the Jewish doctor from the United Arab Emirates.

The 78-year-old doctor was detained in an Abu Dhabi prison for nine months.
He fell ill during his imprisonment, but he has since recovered.
Bagraim said: "I really think they had the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time."Mobile video not loading? Click here to view



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