Syrian Agents Try To Assassinate Netanyahu And Jerusalem Mayor

Israeli intelligence foils plot to assassinate Netanyahu, Jerusalem Mayor, other officials

 June 5, 2018

Nadav Argaman, head of Shin Bet. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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The Israel Security Agency said a plot to assassinate the PM, orchestrated from Syria, also targeted Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. 

By: World Israel News Staff and AP

Shin Bet, Israel’s security agency, said Tuesday that in recent weeks it thwarted a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A resident of a Palestinian refugee camp in east Jerusalem is among those in custody for his involvement in the plot, orchestrated from Syria, to harm Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the Shin Bet said.

The security agency arrested Muhammad Jamal Rashdeh, born in 1988, a resident of the Shuafat refugee camp who holds an Israeli ID card and was previously imprisoned for terrorist offenses.

Rashdeh also collected intelligence on his Syrian handler’s behalf to target the US Consulate in Jerusalem and visiting Canadian officials in Israel who had come to train Palestinian Authority forces in Judea and Samaria, the Shin Bet said.

The plan involved sneaking in an operative from Jordan and “significant terrorist activity,” which was foiled, the agency said.

Additional suspects were arrested who, under investigation, verified the suspicions against the cell. Their detention thwarted the aforesaid planned terrorist attacks.

Barkat said he was kept in the loop throughout the investigation and did not change his routine at all. “No threat will deter us,” he stated.

In March, 2017, the Shin Bet arrested a terrorist connected with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah who was reportedly involved in a plot to carry out attacks in Israel.

There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu.

Ohio Man To Learn It Is Not Good To Threaten Assassination

Ohio man charged with threatening 'to assassinate Trump' on Twitter

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An Ohio man was in court Thursday after reportedly threatening to kill President-elect Donald Trump on Twitter.

Zachary Benson, 24, could face five years in prison if convicted of the federal charge of making threats against the president and successors to the presidency, NBC News said.

The U.S. Secret Service said Benson sent the tweet early Nov. 9, the morning after Trump’s surprising Election Day victory, according to an affidavit included in the criminal complaint.

Benson has since deleted his Twitter account, but the Secret Service reproduced the tweet targeting Trump and others vowing more general violence in the affidavit.

“My life goal is to assassinate Trump,” the tweet allegedly says. "Don’t care if I serve infinite sentences. That man deserves to decease [sic] existing.”

Investigators said Benson realized when he awoke later Nov. 9 he had “went too far” and immediately erased the social media posts. The Secret Service was alerted to the tweets beforehand, however, with Benson admitting he posted them.

Benson allegedly told Secret Service agents he “never had any intentions behind any of the posts."

NBC News said Benson, who hails from the Cleveland suburb of Fairview Park, was ordered held on $20,000 unsecured bond Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland.

Benson was “just frustrated thinking about how President-elect Trump’s policies could affect [his] job,” according to the affidavit, which did not specify Benson’s profession.

NBC News added Benson waived a preliminary hearing and will face a federal grand jury. No follow-up court date was set.

What is The Justification Of Calling James Brady Death A Homicide? Is It Anti-Gun?

Death of Reagan Press Secretary James Brady Ruled a Homicide

Friday, 08 Aug 2014 08:30 PM

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A Virginia medical examiner has ruled the death of former White House press secretary James Brady a homicide resulting from the 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan, a Washington police spokesman said on Friday.Police are investigating Brady's death on Monday as a homicide because of the ruling, Officer Hugh Carew said. Depending on the results of the investigation, gunman John Hinckley Jr., 59, could be charged with Brady's death.
Brady, then Reagan's press secretary, was shot in the head by Hinckley during the assassination attempt. He became an outspoken gun control advocate and died in Alexandria, Virginia, at 73.
Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 for the Washington shooting, which left Brady partially paralyzed. Reagan, a police officer and a Secret Service agent were also wounded.

Hinckley shot Reagan in an attempt to impress Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster, with whom he was obsessed. He was diagnosed with major depression, and psychotic and narcissistic personality disorders.
A federal judge in February set terms for Hinckley's outings from Saint Elizabeths, the Washington mental hospital where he has lived since the shootings. Hinckley was allowed 17 days a month to visit his mother's hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Barry Levine, Hinckley's lawyer, said he had spoken with him about the medical examiner's ruling. He declined to give details, citing lawyer-client privilege, and said he and Hinckley wished to express their regrets to Brady's family.
"The idea that this case would be prosecuted is far-fetched, far-fetched in the extreme," he said, given the not-guilty decision and the decades between the shooting and Brady's death.
Courts have found that Hinckley's mental illness has been in remission for more than two decades, Levine said.
Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said the office was reviewing the ruling and had no further comment.
A spokeswoman for the Virginia medical examiner referred calls to the Washington police.
The 13-count indictment against Hinckley for the 1981 shooting included federal charges of attempted assassination of the president, assault on a federal officer, and use of a firearm in the commission of a federal offense. They also included District of Columbia offenses of attempted murder, assault, and weapons charges.
The District of Columbia offenses included charges related to Brady's shooting.

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