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Danish foreign ministry spray-painted with anti-Israeli messages

The facade of Denmark's foreign ministry in Copenhagen was sprayed with anti-Israeli slogans Thursday, police said. Police told AFP in a statement that they had been made aware early Thursday that a foreign ministry building had been "vandalized with political graffiti".Messages such as "Boycott Israel" and "Israel kills children" was spray-painted on the wall in red.Pictures from news agency Ritzau showed cleaners removing the paint and words. Police said they were securing video images and conducting technical investigations.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Danish foreign ministry spray-painted with anti-Israeli messages

Palestinian leader calls for world to stop sending Israel weapons

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called Thursday on the international community to stop sending weapons to Israel in order to halt bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza, singling out the United States.Abbas said that Washington continued to provide diplomatic cover and weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza despite the mounting death toll there, now at 41,534 according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run strip.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Palestinian leader calls for world to stop sending Israel weapons

Tax-exempt status of US anti-Israel groups linked to terror and vandalism demanded to be revoked

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) filed a series of letters to the IRS calling them to revoke the tax-exempt status of groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine citing links to vandalism and violence.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Tax-exempt status of US anti-Israel groups linked to terror and vandalism demanded to be revoked

Israel to press Lebanon offensive until 'objectives' met, Netanyahu tells UN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the UN Friday to press his country's offensive against Lebanon's Hezbollah, dashing hopes for a 21-day truce proposed by France and the United States this week.Netanyahu's highly anticipated turn at the United Nations, during which he repeatedly denounced the global organization as anti-Israel, was met with jeers by some delegates who walked out, but cheers and applause from his backers.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel to press Lebanon offensive until 'objectives' met, Netanyahu tells UN

Tunisia lawmakers mull election reform days ahead of vote

Tunisia's parliament debated on Friday a bill that would strip a top court from its power to rule on election-related disputes, a move decried by protesters as anti-democratic just days before a presidential ballot.The proposed judicial shift comes after Tunisia's administrative court in August had overturned decisions barring three presidential hopefuls from running in the October 6 election -- a ruling later ignored by the country's electoral board, ISIE.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Tunisia lawmakers mull election reform days ahead of vote

Sudan paramilitary attack kills 18 at El-Fasher market: medic

A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country's wartime suffering.The Rapid Support Forces' shelling of the market on Thursday evening also injured dozens, activists said separately, as the paramilitaries and regular army vie for control of the North Darfur state capital, 17 months into their war in the northeast African country.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Sudan paramilitary attack kills 18 at El-Fasher market: medic