Whats an Israel Synagogue? The synagogue is called Beth Israel but Israel synagogue kinda makes no sense.I meant Israel and changed it sorry. Yes hope this ends peacefully.
It's a texas synagogue broI meant Israel and changed it sorry. Yes hope this ends peacefully.
Whats an Israel Synagogue? The synagogue is called Beth Israel but Israel synagogue kinda makes no sense.
…meh?Meh. This takes me back to the shooting here in Pittsburgh several years back. Hoping for the best possible outcome…
Who on the "far left" is normalizing antisemitism?
Meh. This takes me back to the shooting here in Pittsburgh several years back. Hoping for the best possible outcome…
An armed suspect claiming to have bombs in unknown locations took a rabbi and three others hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel, the source said. It is unclear to what extent the hostage-taker is armed.
The suspect's sister is a known terrorist who is incarcerated at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth and he is demanding to have the sister freed, according to the source.
Aafia Siddiqui (Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی; born 2 March 1972) is a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of multiple felonies. She is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas.[SUP][9][/SUP]
Siddiqui was born in Pakistan to a Sunni Muslim family.[SUP][3][/SUP] For a period from 1990, she studied in the United States and obtained a PhD in neuroscience from Brandeis University in 2001.[SUP][10][/SUP] She returned to Pakistan for a time following the 9/11 attacks and again in 2003 during the war in Afghanistan. After his arrest and interrogation under torture, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad allegedly named her a courier and financier for Al-Qaeda, and she was placed on the FBI Seeking Information – Terrorism list; she remains the only woman to have been featured on the list.[SUP][11][/SUP][SUP][12][/SUP][SUP][13][/SUP] Around this time, she and her three children were allegedly kidnapped in Pakistan.[SUP][11][/SUP]
Five years later, she reappeared in Ghazni, Afghanistan, and was arrested by Afghan police and held for questioning by the FBI. While in custody, Siddiqui allegedly told the FBI she had gone into hiding but later disavowed her testimony and stated she had been abducted and imprisoned. Supporters believe she was held captive at Bagram Air Force Base as a ghost prisoner, charges the US government denies.
During the second day in custody, she allegedly shot at visiting U.S. FBI and Army personnel with an M4 carbine one of the interrogators had placed on the floor by his feet. She was shot in the torso when a warrant officer returned fire. She was hospitalized, treated and then extradited to the US, where in September 2008 she was indicted on charges of assault and attempted murder of a US soldier in the police station in Ghazni, charges she denied. She was convicted on 3 February 2010 and later sentenced to 86 years in prison.
Her case has been called a "flashpoint of Pakistani-American tensions",[SUP][14][/SUP] and "one of the most mysterious in a secret war dense with mysteries".[SUP][15][/SUP] In Pakistan her arrest and conviction was seen by the public as an "attack on Islam and Muslims", and occasioned large protests throughout the country;[SUP][16][/SUP] while in the US, she was considered by some to be especially dangerous as "one of the few alleged Al Qaeda associates with the ability to move about the United States undetected, and the scientific expertise to carry out a sophisticated attack".[SUP][11][/SUP] She has been termed "Lady al-Qaeda" by a number of media organizations due to her alleged affiliation with Islamists.[SUP][17][/SUP][SUP][18][/SUP][SUP][19][/SUP] Pakistani news media called the trial a "farce",[SUP][16][/SUP] while other Pakistanis labeled this reaction "knee-jerk Pakistani nationalism". The Pakistani Prime Minister at that time, Yousaf Raza Gillani, and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, promised to push for her release.[SUP][16][/SUP]
ISIS have offered to trade her for prisoners on two occasions: once for James Foley and once for Kayla Mueller.[SUP][20][/SUP]
A man with an English accent is said to be holding a rabbi and his congregation hostage at a US synagogue.
Police in Colleyville, Texas, surrounded Congregation Beth Israel and evacuated nearby residents.
Officers told people to avoid the area. The angry voice of a man with an English accent was heard through a live Facebook feed that was broadcasting the synagogue's sabbath service.
He appeared to be repeatedly demanding that negotiators "get my sister on the phone", as well as referring to spending time in England.
At one point he could be heard asking: "What the f--- is wrong with America?"
He was also heard to say "don't cry for me, I'm going to die" shortly before the livestream cut out.
It was not clear if the hostage taker had a weapon or what his demands were.
There were no reports of any shots fired or injuries. Colleyville Police said: "We are currently conducting SWAT operations around the 6100 block of Pleasant Run Rd. All residents in the immediate area are being evacuated. Please avoid the area."
Autocorrect fail, so sorry.I'll just say "meh" isn't very appropriate when people's lives are the context.
Jews all over the world are being attacked by leftist groups you claim, yet don't want to provide any elaboration more than that because you don't feel like it. Got it, thanks for your input.I don't have the mental energy or will right now to list all the massive amount of examples of Jews being attacked all over the world by these groups simply because they are Jewish.
He was also heard to say "don't cry for me, I'm going to die" shortly before the livestream cut out.
Never bet against people hating Jews. Antisemites exist in basically all communities, and have for a long, long time.Jews all over the world are being attacked by leftist groups you claim, yet don't want to provide any elaboration more than that because you don't feel like it. Got it, thanks for your input.
I'm not denying that, but show me what leftist groups are normalizing antisemitism?Never bet against people hating Jews. Antisemites exist in basically all communities, and have for a long, long time.
I don't know if I've ever heard of leftists attacking Jews. You can't come up with one example?I don't have the mental energy or will right now to list all the massive amount of examples of Jews being attacked all over the world by these groups simply because they are Jewish.
Let it go, not the thread for thisI'm not denying that, but show me what leftist groups are normalizing antisemitism?
You're going to derail the thread just to let you know, people are going to start arguing instead of the thread topicI'm not denying that, but show me what leftist groups are normalizing antisemitism?
Sorry. Reported and moved on.You're going to derail the thread just to let you know, people are going to start arguing instead of the thread topic
Pretty much.Never bet against people hating Jews. Antisemites exist in basically all communities, and have for a long, long time.
Okay......the hell? So he's demanding the release of a prisoner. I doubt the government will comply nor do I think Britain will happily accept her if she is given the political climate. But why Texas? And why target a Jewish synagogue?
Well then you really need to look into the history, because it's there from the very beginning.I don't know if I've ever heard of leftists attacking Jews. You can't come up with one example?
Ahhh fair enough, thanks.
I'm not denying that, but show me what leftist groups are normalizing antisemitism?
He didn't say groups. He said people on the far left. And he's right. But then again anti semitism exists within all groups of people. So his claim wasn't as incendiary as you're making it out to be. Also, everything doesn't have to be a damn fight.I'm not denying that, but show me what leftist groups are normalizing antisemitism?
Thank you. Sadly it doesn't sound like the guy at the center of this intends to end this peacefully. If so, hopefully he's the only one to die.Official Staff CommunicationHey everyone.
Please, let's keep this thread focused on the harrowing situation unfolding at Beth Israel Synagogue.
Alright, good point. I'll look into it, my apologies for derailing.We'll then you really need to look into the history, because it's there from the very beginning.
But do that outside of this thread, it's been derailed enough.
Nope. I believe terrorists have offered to trade hostages for her in the past, and that obviously didn't happen. She's not going anywhere.Hope this can end peacefully or at worst with the gunman down and nobody else. Because uh..... the convicted terrorist sister isn't getting released.
Nope. I believe terrorists have offered to trade hostages for her in the past, and that obviously didn't happen. She's not going anywhere.
Siddiqui, 42, who's known in counterterrorism circles as "Lady al Qaeda," has been linked to 9/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and was once on the FBI's most-wanted terrorists list. Educated in the United States — she studied at M.I.T. and received a doctorate from Brandeis — Siddiqui was arrested in 2008 in Afghanistan carrying sodium cyanide, as well as documents describing how to make chemical weapons and dirty bombs and how to weaponize Ebola.
Sorry, just now reading all of this.Nope. I believe terrorists have offered to trade hostages for her in the past, and that obviously didn't happen. She's not going anywhere.
She sounds lovely