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"I wanted to give space to those who wished to destroy." That is how Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake described her policy which effectively told police to stand down as hoodlums smashed store windows, looted 7-11s, and forced attendees at a Baltimore Oriole-Boston Red Sox baseball game to remain in the stadium because it wasn't safe outside

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Mayor Of Baltimore Thanks Nation Of Islam Cult For Their Help With Riots

Note: Starts at 1:42 mark:

Farrakhan nods in agreement.

Here’s some of the fun guys posing with Bloods, Crips, professional protesters from New York on the left and some fool with an Anonymous flag on the right of the picture.

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Nickarama | April 27, 2015 9:21 am 

Israel An Apartheid Country?

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Everyday I open the internet to read that Israel is an apartheid country. Although the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) is very small in number, it is getting a lot of press and its lies are repeated everywhere.  Left wing radical politicians all over the world  are calling Israel an apartheid country.  And the news media are too busy covering which latest basketball player is "schtupping" one of the Kardashians, can't be bothered to check the facts.

As an Israeli citizen living in Tel Aviv, I am going to keep it real and tell you the truth. What crack pipe are these people smoking from? Is their hatred of Israel and Jews so extreme that they make up complete lies, fabrications and partial truths just to distort reality. The Free Dictionary defines apartheid as "an official policy of racial segregation involving political, legal and economic discrimination.

First off, Israel is a democracy the only one in the Mid-East, and 1.8 million of her citizens (20% of the Israeli population) are Arab. Israeli Arabs have the right to vote, scream, curse, demonstrate and in the case of Knesset Member Hanan Zoabi, an Arab woman call for Israel's destruction and still serve in the Knesset.  Meanwhile, women in Saudi Arabia which bans women drivers, can't even drive a car.  63% of Israeli Arabs voted in the election last month. The Arab Joint List is now the third largest party in the Knesset. That is a higher turnout than in the average American election. An Israeli Arab Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran was the Chairman of the Israeli Election Committee. Over 15% of the total votes casts for the winning right wing Likud Party were cast by Israeli Arabs. Huh?  But this is apartheid.

Living in Tel Aviv, I interact with Israeli Arabs everyday whether its on the phone with customer service or in supermarkets, stores, restaurants, at the bank or in the pharmacy.  One of my doctors that treated me at Ichilov Hospital during my recent surgery was an Israeli Arab as were some of the nurses. The patient in the next room was an Israeli Arab. I never saw signs at the hospital that said  "For Jews Only".

The upscale gym where I am a member is about 10% Israeli Arab. We sweat and work out together. I never saw a sign on the bench press that said "For Jews Only". Riding back to Tel Aviv from Haifa on a Saturday night, the train was a mix of soldiers going back to their bases and Israeli Arab Tel Aviv University students all sitting next to one another side by side.  Imagine that in apartheid Israel.  A few weeks ago walking home from Jaffa, I met a young Jordanian citizen who was so in love with Tel Aviv he wants to stay and work here. Let's speak "tachles". Is there discrimination in Israel?  Yes, just like anywhere in the world. Is it wrong? Yes and I am ashamed every time I hear of an incident. Of course the same way I would be ashamed of racism in America.

While I was President of Hillel in my college in New Jersey in the age before the internet, I can tell you that Jews on campus were subject to many anti-Semitic incidents that today would make the news. One student who wore a kippah,  got his nose broken when someone threw a rock at him . He then transferred schools. Once the door to my dorm room was covered in swastikas. Another time the pizza delivery man screamed anti-Semitic comments at my friends while delivering pizza. Hatred happens everyday in America. Should we divest and boycott America?

But Israel is our home, so when it happens here- in our home -it brings shame upon all of us. Yes we still have social problems here. We have a ways to go in order to make the Israeli Arab population feel like they are really Israeli and not just in name only. But there are now more Israeli Arabs studying in universities, more Israeli Arabs volunteering to serve in the Israeli Army then anytime before. Israeli Arabs like Muhammad Zoabi, cousin of Knesset Member Hanan Zoabi, who begins his army service very shortly.   Proud Israeli Arab Muslim political activist Anett Haskia who sent all of her kids to the Israeli Army.  Israel had an Israeli Arab Miss Israel  Rana Raslan.  This week one of the torch lighters in the upcoming official Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration will be Lucy Aharish -the popular and sometimes controversial Israeli Arab newscaster and talk show host. But we are an apartheid country?

There will always be a few radical "Kapos"-self hating Jews like Yonatan Shapira, Gilad Atzmon and Ilan Pappe, who make a very good living speaking against the State of Israel to the delight of anti-Semites everywhere much like seals performing for their food. They are all a few french fries short of a happy meal.

But for all its faults and there are quite a few, the democratic State of Israel is not racist. And the 1.8 million Israeli Arabs are free to live however they choose. Which is a choice that Jews living in most Arab countries didn't have -since they were forced to leave. How many Jews remain in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Algeria, Yemen, Egypt or Tunisia?  A choice that Jews can't have in Saudi Arabia, a country that bans Jews. But oh ya I forgot, that's acceptable because the Saudis are "our eternal friends" so its "cool" that Jews are forbidden. Most of the Middle East is now "Judenfrei" (free of Jews) but in the blind eyes of some, Israel is an apartheid state.  I understand.

Four Years After Her Death, Amy Winehouse Is Getting A Documentary

How did Amy Winehouse become one of the UK’s most iconic singers of all time in such a short period of time? A new documentary coming this summer aims to explain just that.

Simply and appropriately-titled Amy, the feature will look at the life of the troubled yet talented British singer-songwriter, who passed away at the age of 27 in 2011 due to alcohol poisoning. The movie is said to use plenty of previously-unseen footage of Winehouse in an attempt to show her for who she was behind the tabloid escapades. Amy is also expected to contain recordings not heard before by audiences anywhere.

The documentary is set to hit theaters in the UK on July 3rd, which is just a few weeks shy of the four year anniversary of the singer’s death. Deadline reports that though there is no word about an American release, it will likely find its way here thanks to buzz generated at early viewings. While she was and always will be loved more in the UK than anywhere else, interest in the singer remains high around the world, so it’s likely that this film will be picked up and released globally.

A pop up shop selling limited edition merchandise in aid of the Amy Winehouse Foundation, including exclusive Henry Hate artwork, in London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)

Amy is directed by British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, who is well-known and celebrated in his home country. He has won two BAFTA awards in his relatively short career, one for Best British Film for The Warrior (which is impressive, as the movie was in Hindi, not English), and again several years later for Best Documentary for Senna, which tells the life and death of one of Brazil’s most famous car racers, Ayrton Senna.

Though she only released two proper albums, Winehouse is one of the best-selling and most respected artists in British history. Her albums Frank andBack To Black sold millions, and the latter was a breakout hit around the world, launching hits like “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”. The year that Blackwas released, the singer won five of the six Grammys she was nominated for, only losing the highly-coveted Album of the Year to Herbie Hancock in a surprise upset.

Since her untimely passing several years ago, the singer’s estate has released a collection of unreleased tracks entitled Lioness: Hidden Treasures, which went to number one in the UK and number five in America. She has also been nominated for two posthumous Grammys, winning one with Tony Bennett for their duet “Body and Soul”.

In Pictures: Amy Winehouse

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The Sad Business of Amy Winehouse

British singer Amy Winehouse smokes a cigarette during a break in her trial outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on July 23, 2009. British singer Amy Winehouse launched an "unjustifiable" attack on a female fan who politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard on Thursday. The 25-year-old songstress -- said to be on the road to recovery from her drug addiction -- denies beating Sherene Flash, a dancer, in an incident in Berkeley Square, central London, on September 26.