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Palestinian Ambassador Boasts of Beating Up Israeli Student in America

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The man who the Palestinian Authority deemed appropriate to represent it officials in London, Manuel Hassassian, recently boast on Lebanese television that he once beat up an Israeli student at an American university in Ohio.

Hassassian was speaking on Al-Quds TV when he was asked about his student days at the University of Toledo.

The ambassador recalled his fury during a cultural event on campus:

"We displayed (an exhibition on) Palestinian folklore. Nearby was the Israeli stand, and one student declared that hummus and falafel were Jewish national foods."

"I said to him: 'how dare you? You steal my land, exile my people and now you are robbing us of our folklore and national foods? You claim that it is Jewish food? It is our food, of the Palestinian people, and I will not allow this.' I then grabbed him and gave him a beating."

If Hassassian's revision of history is too much to swallow, just wait for the next part.

Obviously, such violence attracted the attention of campus police, who detained Hassassian for physically assaulting another student.

However, according to Hassassian, after he explained the situation to the officers, they told him "Palestine should be proud of you," and set him free.

It is unclear how deploying such people as official representatives of the Palestinian Authority aids the purpose of peace.

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Czech Republic Backtracks on Jerusalem Capital Denial - JNS BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

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Czech Republic Backtracks on Jerusalem Capital Denial

By JNS September 8, 2016   BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

“Yerushalayim, that art builded as a city that is compact together.” Psalms 122:3 (The Israel Bible™)

The Czech Education Ministry reversed its decision requiring the company that prints atlases for the country’s schools to stop naming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Education Minister Katerina Valachova told Czech Radio on Tuesday, the Prague Daily Monitor reported.

“Jerusalem is Israel’s capital from the viewpoint of the declaration of the country to which this relates, which means Israel,” Valachova said. “If there is a sentence relating to all of the international steps, I believe that this fact will not offend either side.”

Palestinian Ambassador to Prague Khaled Alattrash convinced the government to force textbook publisher Shocart to rewrite all books listing Jerusalem as the capital or risk losing certification.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat wrote to Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka on Sept. 4 urging him to rescind the decision.

“Jerusalem is on the map!” Barkat responded to the decision.

Barkat said he’s thankful to the Czech government for its decision and “for refusing to surrender to Palestinian incitement and lies. I am pleased that my letter to Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and the additional diplomatic efforts have positively impacted this decision.”