2 NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 stability there. But if terror organisations try to use the current situation to work against local Palestinians who only want stability and economic development, they (the terrorists) will be the first to pay the price.” It was reported yesterday that the Prison Officers Investigation Unit has ascertained up to 10 prisoners knew of the escape plan. A number have been interrogated, others will be questioned in the coming days. A team of engineers are to check what is under all prison cells to rule out further escape attempts. The Israel Prison Service have reportedly said that accusations of negligence will be examined. They also noted that 300 escape attempts had been foiled over the past decade. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett praised the swift response by the police, Shin Bet and IDF in the manhunt but described the prison escape as a “succession of failures and mistake”. Bennett confirmed there would be a commission of inquiry after what he described as a “wake-up call” for national systems at his weekly cabinet meeting. “We must set national goals, put proper plans and workflows into action,” he noted. The escape was the biggest for decades and stunned Israeli authorities. Public Security Minister Omer Barlev vowed to capture the prisoners whilst an investigation would ascertain circumstances of the breakout. “We will get our hands on the fleeing terrorists, we will correct the failures that might have led to the escape, and if we find
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CAA outrage over Nazi memorabilia BY ADAM MOSES BBC Bargain Hunt star Tim Weeks has apologised after it was revealed Nazi memorabilia was due to be sold at his Wessex Auction Rooms. The antiques expert withdrew Nazi-related items catalogued for sale after being questioned by the Daily Mail. Mementoes at his auction house included a £2,000 banner, £300 swastika and collection of badges. Campaign Against Antisemitism have questions for the TV personality despite commending him for apologising and removing the listings from his auction house. “He must now review their internal procedures to determine how the items were listed in the first place and to put in place measures to prevent it happening again.” The Board of Deputies of British Jews reportedly described the sale as ‘distressing, disturbing and hugely disrespectful’. Weeks, a Bargain Hunt regular since 2016, apologised for the incident, stating, “Upon learning that a number of Third Reich items are listed for auction I have contacted the head of our militaria department to withdraw them immediately from sale as we would never wish to cause any offence. We apologise if any has unintentionally been caused.” Sam Armstrong, of counter-terrorism thinktank the Henry Jackson Society, warned about the dangers of selling Nazi material. “A prime market for these vile symbols are the far-Right thugs who wish to attack this country and those who live in it,” he reportedly said.
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CAA, meanwhile, are writing to Tennants auctioneers over its sale of Nazi memorabilia including medals, weapons, books, uniforms, badges and cutlery to inquire why it is offering for sale mementos from a genocide. The company claims that it has the “knowledge and experience clients can trust”, but CAA want an explanation how it is selling Third Reich artefacts including a tin of Third Reich machine gun magazines for £120-£180, a Third Reich SS Officer’s visor cap for £800£900, a collection of Nazi medals for £100£150, two Nazi Party badges for £100-£150, a “small quantity of German Third Reich related books” for £60-£80, various articles of Waffen-SS uniforms and more. “These items belong in a museum, not in the hands of sick collectors acquiring them from an auction house that stands to pocket thousands of pounds from these sales,” commented a CAA spokesperson. It is not illegal to sell Nazi ephemerae in England but is in some European countries including Germany and Austria.
Craniopagus twins seperated in Israel Craniopagus twins have come through a complex operation at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. The procedure last week by 50 medical experts from Israel and abroad to separate the conjoined twins is the rarest type of surgery having previously been carried out 20 times globaly. The girls were born at Soroka joined at the head but with separate brains in August 2020. “To our delight, everything went as we had hoped,” said Mickey Gideon, Soroka’s chief neurosurgeon.
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Dr. Yafa Ashur, Soroka Deputy Director told Army Radio, “It wasn’t easy. Thankfully, their brains weren’t attached but the entire cerebral cortex and blood vessels were shared.” “They are breathing and eating on their own,” added Eldad Silberstein, head of Soroka’s plastic surgery department to Channel 12 news. The surgery, a first in Israel, took months of preparation and is believed to have cost an estimated NIS 7 million. The babies have not been named but are expected to lead normal lives.
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