The Guardian rejects Dershowitz ad on ‘human shields’ in Gaza

Harvard University professor, whose ad questioned claims that Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, accuses paper of anti-Israel bias.

The British Guardian newspaper rejected an ad written by Harvard University Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, JNS.org reported over the weekend.

The ad, titled “The Empty Spaces in Gaza,” counters the claims that Gaza is “one of the most densely populated areas in the world,” and is based on a an article of the same name that Dershowitz wrote earlier this month for the Gatestone Institute.

“The fact that these sparsely populated areas exist in the Gaza Strip raises several important moral questions,” Dershowitz wrote: “Why don’t the media show the relatively open areas of the Gaza Strip? … Why doesn’t Hamas use sparsely populated areas from which to launch its rockets and build its tunnels?” and “Why does the United Nations try to shelter Palestinian civilians right in the middle of the areas from which Hamas is firing?” The article ends with a call to the international community to enforce international law against Hamas and put a stop to the use of civilians as human shields.

After the ad was rejected, Dershowitz was quoted by JNS.org as saying that “The Guardian, which holds itself out to be a purveyor of diverse truth, clearly reflects a bias against Israel on its editorial pages, as well as in its presentation of the news. Now that bias has spread to the advertising pages.”

A spokesman for the newspaper told JNS.org that “The Guardian reserves the right to reject any advertisement.”

Last week, The Guardian agreed to run an advertisement accusing Hamas of “child sacrifice” as another British newspaper, The Times, came under fire for refusing to print it.

The ad, written by Nobel prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, calls on U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders to condemn Hamas’ “use of children as human shields.”

On Saturday, British newspaper The Jewish Chronicle apologized for running an advertisement for a charity raising funds for the crisis in Gaza.

The weekly paper said running the ad for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Gaza Crisis Appeal was “meant as a purely humanitarian gesture.”

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Israel arrested 93 Hamas men in West Bank over terror network targeting PA, Israel

                                         By  Gili Cohen | Aug. 18, 2014

Palestinian Hamas supporters hold Hamas flags as they take part in a rally to show
solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank
city of Nablus  May 15, 2014. Photo by Reuters

Of the near 100 operatives arrested since May, 46 have been transferred to Shin Bet for questioning; defense sources estimate cost of arms and ammunition at several million shekels.

The Shin Bet security service has interrogated 46 Hamas operatives in the West Bank over the past three months on suspicion of setting up a network of cells to commit attacks against Israel and to carry out a coup of the Palestinian Authority.

Altogether, 93 Hamas members have been arrested since May for alleged involvement in this network, but only 46 have been transferred to the Shin Bet for questioning.

As a result of the arrests and interrogations, the Shin Bet, police and Israel Defense Forces have seized some 600,000 shekels ($171,000); 24 rifles, mostly M-16s; six pistols; seven rocket launchers; and a large quantity of ammunition. Defense sources estimated the cost of the arms and ammunition at several million shekels.

The head of the network was Riad Nasser, 38, of Deir Kadis near Ramallah. Nasser did jail time in Israel in the past for his Hamas activities, then was rearrested in late 2013 and put under administrative detention. The Shin Bet began questioning him in May, and says that Nasser told his interrogators he was recruited to reestablish Hamas’ military infrastructure in the West Bank back in 2010.

Nasser was recruited by Saleh Arori, who did 16 years in an IDF prison and was subsequently deported, the Shin Bet says. Aruri now lives in Turkey.

According to the Shin Bet, Nasser’s assignment was to undermine the West Bank’s stability and “even spark a third intifada.” To this end, he set up Hamas cells in towns throughout the West Bank, and also in Jerusalem.

Many of the cell members were recruited by local Hamas leaders in these towns; these recruiters included several former Israeli prisoners. An emphasis was put on recruiting people who had studied chemistry or engineering.

The Shin Bet says the cells were also planning to topple the PA. Nevertheless, they don’t seem to have progressed far toward that goal. Up to the time of their arrest, their efforts were focused mainly on acquiring arms and recruiting additional members, and the numbers of both they managed to obtain are minuscule compared to the thousands of men and thousands of rifles in the PA security services.

The network also had a branch in Jordan, headed by another former Israeli prisoner, Oudeh Zaharan, 54. The Shin Bet says Zaharan served as a liaison between the West Bank cells and Hamas officials overseas. The latter transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars to the West Bank cells for use in purchasing arms and safe houses; some of these houses were also meant to serve as rocket manufactories.

A senior Shin Bet official said the network was arrested before it could commit any attacks. He added that Khaled Meshal, the Qatar-based head of Hamas’ political bureau, was aware of the effort to establish the cells, and said Israel had briefed both the PA and Jordan on the findings of the investigation.

Other key members of the network included Salah Barakat, a 35-year-old Israeli citizen and Jerusalem resident, and Dr. Majdi Mafarja, 32, who was recruited in Malaysia. Mafarja has a doctorate in computer science, specializing in encryption and cyber warfare.

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Izraelska koszulka EKG monitoruje serca, ratuje życie

Orginalny art. David Shamah
Israeli ECG T-shirt monitors hearts, saves lives

Tłumaczenie: Małgorzata Koraszewska

Koszulki Hwear (Zdjecie: HealthWatch)

Izraelska firma jako jedna z pierwszych na świecie wypuszcza na rynek koszulkę, która potrafi odczytać tempo bicia serca, ciśnienie krwi, nieregularność pracy serca i inne żywotne sygnały, które mogą być kluczem do zapobieżenia zawałom serca. Zasadnicza jest szybkość – dane tworzą się na bieżąco i w razie potrzeby, natychmiast docierają do lekarza, zamiast czekać na następną wyznaczoną wizytę. Można też wrzucić tę specjalną koszulkę do prania razem z resztą ubrań.

HealthWatch pokazał swoją linię hWear – odzieży z 15-odprowadzeniowymi czujnikami EKG – na niedawnym dorocznym spotkaniu American Telemedicine Association. Taka odzież pozwala lekarzom i personelowi opieki zdrowotnej śledzić stan serca na odległość, bez potrzeby podczepiania pacjenta do mierzących pracę serca urządzeń w gabinecie lekarskim.

Koszulka zrobiona jest ze standardowej bawełny lub włókna syntetycznego i ma wplecione specjalne elektrody, włącznie z niezmiernie cienkimi czujnikami elektrokardiogramu, które odczytują żywotne sygnały i przekazują je do urządzenia monitorującego przez połączenia Bluetooth lub Wifi do bazy danych, gdzie są przetwarzane. Jeśli dzieje się coś nienormalnego, lekarz danego pacjenta natychmiast może otrzymać sygnał i błyskawicznie interweniować.

“Nasze koszulki hWear dają najwyższej jakości odczyt żywotnych sygnałów bez kleju, żeli ani żadnych innych przygotowań”. Jak zapewnia Uri Amir, dyrektor naczelny HealthWatch, koszulki można prać w pralce i są kompatybilne z większością systemów kontroli pracy serca.

Obecnie koszulki zarejestrowane są w FDA [Agencja Żywności i Leków (ang. Food and Drug Administration) jako urządzenia klasy I, ale firma stara się o „podniesienie” ich do klasy II, by mogły być dopuszczone do użytku w powszechnej służbie zdrowia. Tylko kilka innych firm wyprodukowało podobne koszulki, więc Health Watch jest w czołówce, powiedział Amir. EHealth, TeleHealth, mHealth i przemysł tele-kardiologiczny mogą teraz udzielać telemonitoringu o jakości, jaką mają oddziały opieki intensywnej i to bez zakłócania normalnego stylu życia użytkowników. Można je stosować w szpitalach, do monitoringu chorych w domach, pacjentów po przebytym zawale serca, osób starszych, które niepokoją się o swoje zdrowie lub kogokolwiek, kto z takich czy innych powodów chciałby, żeby gdziekolwiek są, jego lekarz otrzymał w razie potrzeby sygnał, że coś jest nie tak”.

Koszulki są zaprojektowane do pracy z czytnikiem czujników HealthWatch’s MasterCaution, który na bieżąco alarmuje lekarzy i pacjentów o zakłóceniach takich jak arytmia, niedokrwienie, nienormalny oddech oraz nagłe upadki lub długotrwały bezruch. „Tworzymy odzież do przenośnej technologii – powiedział Amir. – W odróżnieniu od innych produktów, które informują tylko o tempie bicia serca, nasza nowa odzież healthwear jest rzeczywiście urządzeniem medycznym monitorującym pełny 15-odprowadzeniowy EKG wraz z innymi żywotnymi sygnałami fizjologicznymi. Zmieni to przyszłość osobistego monitorowania, oferując użytkownikom poczucie bezpieczeństwa – gdziekolwiek są”.

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