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0 shares Two German WWII graves bearing Nazi swastikas have been removed from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in the United States and replaced with new headstones. The pair of headstones had become a long controversy over whether they were historical artifacts worth preserving or emblems of hate that should be destroyed, according to the San Antonio Express-News. The cemetery director, Aubrey David, led several workers to the graves of German prisoners of war Alfred P. Kafka and Georg Forst at around 8:15 a.m. yesterday. “Clearly, it took a long time for this to happen, and it’s obviously the right thing to have been done,” says Michael L. “Mikey” Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which advocates against unwanted religious proselytizing in the armed services. ....
0 shares The military says additional suspects have been detained for questioning in the suspected terrorist murder of an Israeli woman in the West Bank earlier this week. A statement from the Israel Defense Forces doesn’t specify how people were detained. The Shin Bet security service announced the arrest of a Palestinian suspect earlier today. Col. Yair Peli, the head of the Menashe Regional Brigade, says the detainees are suspected accomplices in the apparent killing of Esther Horgen, a mother of six from the Tal Menashe settlement. “The soldiers of the brigade and the IDF will continue to act to close the circle around all those involved and will work to destroy the terrorist’s home,” Peli is quoted saying in the statement. ....
14 shares Israeli kindergartens and classes for half of the schoolchildren will operate normally during the upcoming lockdown, rather than stopping every day at 1 p.m. as planned, Hebrew-language media reports. The government had been heavily criticized for that intention, with angry parents saying it wouldn’t allow them to work sufficient hours. It was particularly ridiculed when reports said there was no epidemiological reason for the restriction, and that it was proposed merely to “create a feeling of a lockdown” among the public. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Education Minister Yoav Gallant, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Defense Minister Benny Gantz make the decision to have grades 1-4 and 11-12 maintain normal classes, and have kindergartens operate normally as well. ....