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L’arnaque Idan Raichel soutenue et encouragée par TSF JAZZ - [UJFP]
mardi 25 novembre 2014 par Michèle Sibony
▻http://www.ujfp.org/spip.php?article3655

25 novembre 2014

En travaillant chez moi j’écoute la radio, TSF Jazz, dans ces conditions il est difficile de ne pas enregistrer le nombre de passage des titres de Idan Raichel. Cela m’agace certes parce que je sais de qui il s’agit et quel ressort anime le personnage. Mais chacun est libre d’écouter ou non.

Par contre à midi aujourd’hui ce que j’ai entendu pour promouvoir le spectacle de ce soir au New Morning a franchi mon seuil de tolérance.

Le comble de l’ignorance ou de l’hypocrisie consiste à parler et faire parler ce sinistre individu de PAIX. Ce mot dans la bouche des assassins, des collabos et des imbéciles finit par donner la nausée.

Soit on a affaire, à TSF JAZZ, à une équipe qui ne sait pas travailler, vérifier ses sources, s’arrête aux dossiers de présentation des musiciens et de leurs tournées préparés en accord et avec les financements des ministères et ambassades israéliennes, ou alors on a affaire à une équipe d’une immense naïveté. Sauf qu’en ce moment précis, des personnes payent de leur vie le prix de cette inconscience ou cette ignorance. Comment ose-t-on présenter ce sinistre salopard comme un homme de paix, je n’en reviens pas. Alors moi qui ne suis pas journaliste, mais c’est vrai je connais bien Israël et je connais la réputation de Raichel là-bas, où tous mes amis d’opposition ont cessé d’acheter ses disques, j’ai juste consulté Google pour retrouver des infos élémentaires et fiables.

Raichel un homme de paix qui soutient la torture et le viol

Raichel a pris fait et cause pour soutenir en Israël l’officier de renseignement Doron Zahavi dit « Captain George » jugé pour torture et viol du prisonnier libanais Mustapha Dirani afin d’obtenir des informations sur le soldat disparu Ron Arad. Voici les déclarations relevées sur son blog en juin 2014 :
« L’homme à qui nous devons des informations sur Ron Arad au lieu de recevoir une médaille se bat pour sa réputation. C’est une sale honte pourrie. Dirani ne s’est jamais préoccupé des droits humains fondamentaux de Arad. C’est vraiment sans aucun intérêt pour moi de savoir comment “George” a obtenu de Dirani les informations sur Arad. HONTE ! »…
« Dites-moi si pendant son interrogatoire il aurait suffi de lui lire de la poésie du 15e siècle pour finir par le briser afin qu’il nous fournisse des informations sur le malheureux Arad. J’ai le sentiment que d’un côté “George” n’est pas un spécialiste de ce type de poésie ; mais d’un autre côté, il connaît vraiment bien son propre boulot. »
(Extraits traduits, rapportés du blog de Idan Raichel sur : ▻http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2014/01/06/idan-raichel-israeli-world-music-star-endorses-torture-rape-of-a)

Pity the poor interrogator
Etre un tortionnaire, une bonne carte de promotion en Israël

By Gideon Levy | Jan. 2, 2014
Haaretz
▻http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.566586

A new victim is born: Doron Zahavi, better known as Captain George.

An earlier Zahavi, Yaron, one of the heroes of the “Hasamba” series of adventure books for juvenile readers, died long ago. In 1966, Yigal Mossinson, author of the series, appointed him to serve as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces as a member of SOC, short for Special Operations Command.

Today’s Zahavi, Doron, served in a similar military unit, with the hush-hush number 504; the unit is today known by the euphemistic name Human Military Intelligence Formation. Nearly 20 years ago, in an interrogation facility with another hush-hush number, 1391, Doron Zahavi interrogated Lebanese militia operative Mustafa Dirani in an effort to learn the fate of missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad. Whether or not he actually inserted a baton into Dirani’s rectum, Zahavi-George is suing the State of Israel for damages on the grounds that the state tarnished his reputation. This week, Captain George’s true identity was revealed – at his own request.

In a coincidence that could be called poetic justice, two lawsuits against the state are now being deliberated in the courtroom: George’s and Dirani’s. In an installment of Channel 2’s investigative journalism program, “Uvda,” which was broadcast in late 2011, video clips of Dirani’s interrogation were screened: Captain George, who says the state besmirched his “good name,” can be seen in those video tapes in an arrogant Israeli pose, his feet on the desk, sitting opposite Dirani, who is in his underpants, hunched over, looking humiliated and frightened. The commander, Col. S., threatens to sodomize Dirani; the soldier who will commit the act of sodomy is on his way. “What a lovely skirt you are wearing, you mother-fucker … just open your legs wide” is the utterance made in the name of the State of Israel when Dirani is forced to stand on a chair, naked, before the watchful eyes of his investigators. At Base 1391, Israel’s version of Guantanamo, this was – and perhaps still is – just a routine questioning session.

According to testimonies that have become public over the years, a chilling picture of Base 1391 emerges: a canister of shaving foam emptied into the interrogated person’s mouth, water mixed with ash that Dirani and other people being investigated were forced to drink from an ashtray, along with the usual repertoire of sleep and food deprivation, beatings, abuse and other acts intended to humiliate the subject. This is how the work was carried out. There are still some people around who defend it. This week, Israel’s singer-philosopher, Idan Raichel, called on Instagram for the IDF to award Zahavi a medal of honor.

The bottom line today is that despite all of the sophisticated and disgusting “acts” performed by the interrogators, their actions made no contribution whatsoever to the efforts to find out what happened to Arad. However, one cannot remain indifferent in the face of the campaign to clear Zahavi’s name; the big interview on “Uvda” is already in the works.

Today Zahavi is an adviser on Arab affairs with the Jerusalem District of the Israel Police. His lawyer has stated that his client is a “talented individual” and that the “Israel Police has benefited, and will continue to benefit, from his fine skills and from his understanding of the population with which the police must deal.” Whether or not the Israel Police really benefits from Zahavi’s services, this expert on Arab affairs has already referred to the “well-developed Arab imagination” that gave rise to Dirani’s accusations about the baton allegedly inserted into his rectum. “If there are so many complaints,” Captain George once boasted, “that’s a sign that I was doing my job diligently.”

Zahavi the victim says that he received full authorization and permission to do what he did. The video tapes prove that Col. S. also wallowed in that garbage. Even Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad personally visited the interrogation rooms. We are left with only one unequivocal fact: The abuser has become the victim and the victim has become a senior officer with the Israel Police.

No one is denying that Captain George committed contemptible acts and no one seems appalled by them. Chief Superintendent Zahavi is today an expert on Arab affairs, advising the commander of the Jerusalem District police how to “deal with” Arabs. Need anything more be added to this depiction of the mood that prevails today in Israel, this Georgetown, this district of filth and decay?

Freeports: Über-warehouses for the ultra-rich | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21590353-ever-more-wealth-being-parked-fancy-storage-facilities-some-cust

ne ratez pas cet article !

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The world’s rich are increasingly investing in expensive stuff, and “freeports” such as Luxembourg’s are becoming their repositories of choice. Their attractions are similar to those offered by offshore financial centres: security and confidentiality, not much scrutiny, the ability for owners to hide behind nominees, and an array of tax advantages. This special treatment is possible because goods in freeports are technically in transit, even if in reality the ports are used more and more as permanent homes for accumulated wealth. If anyone knows how to game the rules, it is the super-rich and their advisers.

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#évasion_fiscale #art #aéroports #riches

Law blocking Israel’s enemies from suing the state gets government backing
By Jonathan Lis
Haaretz Daily Newspaper
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/law-blocking-israel-s-enemies-from-suing-the-state-gets-government-backing.

The Israeli government is backing draft legislation to prevent citizens of enemy nations from suing the state. 

The Ministerial Committee on Legislation gave the government’s approval to the proposed “Dirani Law,” named after Mustafa Dirani, a Lebanese citizen who was abducted by Israel in 1994 in an attempt to get information about captive Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad. Israel then detained Dirani to use him as a bargaining chip in securing Arad’s release by Hezbollah. Dirani sued Israel for NIS 6 million in 2000, while still in jail, claiming one of his interrogators, known as “Captain George,” sexually abused him and threatened his life.

Ah bon, Israël prend des otages pour « servir de monnaie d’échange » ? Naaaan. (Et accessoirement, Israël a violé et torturé cet otage.)
►http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/Dernières+Infos/article/741387/Israel:_un_ex-officier_accuse_de_sevices_sur_un_detenu_veut_des_domma

Ce responsable du Hezbollah avait été enlevé au Liban sud le 21 mai 1994 pour servir de monnaie d’échange contre des informations sur le sort de l’aviateur israélien Ron Arad, capturé lors d’un raid au Liban en 1986. Il a été ensuite libéré en janvier 2004 dans un cadre d’un échange de prisonniers.

Je suis sceptique sur l’adhérence de la chose et je me demande aussi ce qu’il se passe quand on se penche. La roue plie-t-elle ? Une dernière chose, vu que la surface de contact avec le sol augmente avec la souplesse de la roue, les frottements doivent être importants et du coup plus d’efforts demandés pour avancer. Affaire à suivre.

Designer Ron Arad Reinvents the Wheel | Crisp Green
►http://crispgreen.com/2011/11/designer-ron-arad-reinvents-the-wheel-for-a-smoother-ride

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Famed industrial designer Ron Arad has re-invented the wheel with his amazing “Two Nuns Bicycle”. His design proves that automobiles aren’t the only modes of transportation capable of futuristic forms.

Each wheel is made out of 18 strips of tempered steel and bolted together in a beautiful radial pattern. The natural “springy” properties of the tempered steel give the wheels a slight cushion and allow for a smooth ride.

►http://vimeo.com/31088161

#vélo