Tag: Prison
The serial killer who might be the first president of Palestine
A Greek Orthodox priest named Georgios Tsibouktzakis was murdered for the crime of driving while mistakenly being perceived as Jewish. And now his killer is being widely touted as the likely first president of...
Pro-Russia forces in Ukraine free captured Israeli man
Russian official media reported that an Israeli national who was abducted by pro-Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine has been freed and is on his way to Israel.
According to Russian Television and Radio, Vladimir Kozlovsky...
Neo-Nazi leader gets seven years in prison for threats to journalists, ADL
The leader of a neo-Nazi group who threatened journalists and employees of the Anti-Defamation League has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, reported The Associated Press.
Texas resident Kabel Cole, 26, and four other...
Holocaust Association sends educational books to prisons in Arizona
The Phoenix Holocaust Association (PHA) has donated hundreds of books about the Holocaust and other genocides to prisons across Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry thanked PHA for the books in a Twitter post last month,...
Jewish death-row inmate wins new trial in Texas, citing judge’s anti-Semitic slurs
A Dallas County judge ordered that Jewish death-row inmate Randy Halprin should get a new trial after considering evidence that the judge who presided over his case was biased against Jews.
Halprin, 44, claimed that former Dallas County judge...
Federal prosecutors seek terror label for neo-Nazis who eyed Jewish lawmaker
Federal prosecutors in the state of Maryland are recommending that two neo-Nazi group members be sentenced as domestic terrorists for plotting violent attacks and talking about assassinating a Jewish Virginia lawmaker.
Patrik Jordan Mathews, a...
Chabad of Poway shooter sentenced to life in prison, plus 137 years
A former nursing student responsible for the 2019 deadly shooting at Chabad of Poway, Calif., was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 137 years to...
Could Gilboa Prison escape help spark another intifada?
The dramatic escape of six Palestinian terrorists from Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on Monday carries the potential of a broader security escalation, a former defense official has cautioned.
Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former...
Irsaeli public security minister announces inquiry committee into prison break
Israel’s Public Security Minister Omar Bar-Lev announced on Thursday the formation of a government inquiry commission to examine the failures that enabled the escape of six convicted Palestinian terrorists from Gilboa Prison on Monday.
The decision was...
Palestinian prisoners riot as hunt for escaped terrorists enters fourth day
Riots broke out across the Judea and Samaria on Wednesday evening, and fires broke out at several Israeli prisons, amid rising pressure on the government and security forces to find six Palestinian terrorists who escaped a maximum-security facility...