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40 — VANGUARD, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 Netanyahu’s wife admits criminal wrongdoing in catering case THE wife of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted to the misuse of public funds and asked a Jerusalem court to approve a plea bargain convicting her of fraud and breach of trust. Under the charges in an amended indictment, Sara Netanyahu would plead guilty to exploiting the mistake of another person and pay a fine along with compensation, but corruption charges against her would be dropped. In a small room at the Jerusalem magistrate’s court packed with journalists, Netanyahu told the judge she was aware of the charges. Her lawyer and a prosecutor asked Justice Avital Chen to accept the deal. “As in every plea bargain, each side makes concessions, sometimes hard concessions,” prosecutor Erez Padan said on Sunday. “It is right and proper for the public interest to bring this case to an end.” “The prosecution is aware there isn’t full correlation between the sum [agreed to be paid by Netanyahu] and the criminal offence, however in the framework of the legal procedure, a full correlation is not obligatory,” added Padan. The justice ministry said that under the deal, Netanyahu would be fined 10,000 shekels ($2,800) and reimburse the state a further 45,000 shekels ($12,500). Netanyahu’s lawyer Yossi Cohen told the court his client had already been heavily punished by the media. “Four years of ugly leaks and denigrations” constituted “inhuman punishment”. “No other person could have withstood this, this lady is made of steel,” the AFP news agency quoted Cohen as saying. “Netanyahu’s blood was spilled with no mercy. She has children and a husband,” he said, as reported by the Haaretz. Netanyahu was initially charged in June 2018 with fraud and breach of trust for allegedly misusing state funds to pay for catered meals costing $100,000, by falsely declaring there were no cooks available at the prime minister’s official residence. The 60-year-old has been a high-profile presence at her husband’s side throughout his long tenure in office. She has also faced accusations of mistreating staff. In 2016, a court awarded some $47,000 in damages to a former housekeeper who accused the couple of repeated workplace abuse. Separately, Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing possible indictment for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in the months ahead. He is reportedly seeking legislation that would result in him being granted immunity. He is up for re-election again in September 17 polls, the second to be held this year after he was unable to form a coalition following an April vote. Russia urges restraint as accusations fly in Gulf tanker row RUSSIA warned against “baseless accusations” and a “sober appraisal of evidence” after Iran and the United States traded charges over the reported attacks on commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The mysterious incidents, which caused damage to two tankers on Thursday, have ratcheted up already high tensions between Tehran and Washington, prompting fears of a regional conflagration and sending oil prices soaring. Saudi Arabi and the United Kingdom on Sunday sided with the Washington’s assessment that Iran was responsible for last week’s incidents, which left one tanker ablaze and both adrift in the Gulf. Britain’s stance drew a diplomatic protest from Tehran, which vehemently denies the claims. Ali Larijani, speaker of Sara Netanyahu Iran’s parliament, accused Washington of staging the tanker attacks “after the failure of its harsh sanctions” on Tehran, according to the official IRNA news agency Ṫhe US has re-imposed and tightened punishing sanctions on Iran in the year since it exited an international accord that curbed Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. US President Donald Trump said the “maximum pressure” campaign was aimed at forcing Iran to negotiate a new deal that also encompasses its ballistic missiles programme and addressed its support for regional armed groups. But Larijani, speaking in the Iranian parliament, said it was “comical” that the US was urging Iran to turn to diplomacy after launching a “full-scale economic war” against the country. Hours later, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it was “unmistakable” that Iran was responsible for the suspected attacks, but said Washington did not seek war with Tehran. In an interview with ‘Fox News Sunday’, Pompeo said there was other evidence beyond a video released by the US military, which it said purported to show Iranian soldiers removing an unexploded mine from the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous hours after the suspected attacks. “The intelligence community has lots of data, lots of evidence. The world will come to see much of it,” he said. US ramping up cyber attacks on Russia — NYT THE US is escalating cyber attacks on Russia’s electric power grid and has placed potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system, The New York Times reported weekend The placement of the malware that deep within the Russian grid had never previously been attempted, the Times reports, and is intended partly as a warning and also to put the US in a position to conduct cyber attacks should a significant conflict arise with Russia. Two administration officials told the Times they believed President Donald Trump had not been briefed in any detail about the US computer code being implanted inside the Russian grid. Pentagon and intelligence officials describe to the Times “broad hesitation” to tell Trump about the details of the operations against Russia. They tell the Times there was concern over how Trump would react, and the possibility that Trump might reverse the operations or discuss it with foreign officials. Trump said in a string of tweets that the Times report was “NOT TRUE,” calling the Times’ reporting “a virtual act of Treason” and the news media the “enemy of the people.” “Do you believe that the Failing New York Times just did a story stating that the United States is substantially increasing Cyber Attacks on Russia. This is a virtual act of Treason by a once great paper so desperate for a story, any story, even if bad for our Country.....” Trump said in one of the tweets. The Times responded to Trump’s tweet, pointing out its note in the story that they had spoken to national security officials who had no national security concerns about their reporting. In 2017, Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister and Russian ambassador to the US in a White House meeting, The Washington Post first reported and CNN later confirmed. In interviews with current and former government officials over the past three months with the Times, officials describe the deployment of US computer code into Russia’s grid and other targets as part of a shift to a more offensive strategy. The incursion into the Russian electric power grid seems to have been conducted under new legal authorities in the military authorization bill passed by Congress last year, the Times reports. Under the law, the defense secretary can authorize, without special presidential approval, routine “clandestine military activity” in cyberspace, according to the Times. Trump issued new authorities last summer to the United States Cyber Command, which is part of the Pentagon and runs the US military’s defensive and offensive online operations, the Times reports. The classified document gives the commander of Cyber Command, Gen. Paul Nakasone, the power to conduct offensive online operations without needing presidential approval. The Trump administration declined to describe to the Times specific actions it was taking under these new authorities. Current and former officials tell the Times the US has put reconnaissance probes into the Russian grid since at least 2012. Nakasone and White House national security adviser John Bolton declined, through spokesmen, to answer questions from the Times about the incursions, and the White House did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. Officials at the National Security Council declined to comment to the Times, but said they had no national security concerns about the details of the Times’ reporting Hong Kong leader apologizes after massive protests over extradition bill HONG Kong embat tled leader has apologized to the public with “utmost sincerity and humility” after massive protests demanding she step down over her administration’s handling of a bill that would have allowed extraditions to China. Chief Executive Carrie Lam “admitted that shortcomings in the government’s work has led to a lot of conflict and disputes in Hong Kong society and has disappointed and distressed many citizens,” a statement from her office said on Sunday. “The chief executive apologises to the citizens and promises to accept criticism with the most sincere and humble attitude,” The rare apology came after hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters took to the streets for the second time in a week to protest against the controversial bill. Bonnie Leung, one of the protest organisers, told Al Jazeera that Lam’s apology was meaningless, and didn’t address some of the main concerns of today’s protests, including the treatment of protesters by police. “Hong Kong people are tired of being lied to by their representatives. The more sincere you say you are, the more anger we have. Her apology just added fuel to the fire.” She said that she didn’t want to predict what would happen on Monday, when several unions have announced strikes and thousands of people are expected once again to gather at the CGO complex. “What we need to do is not let up on the momentum, and build the power of the people. Two million Hong Kongers came out today, we need them to connect with their communities, and reach another three or four million people.”
Vanguard, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 —41 Parents now afraid to send children to school — UNICEF Continues from Page 5 existence by these bloodmongering marauders cannot be overlooked as we, as a people, believe that for peace and accord to reign among the multiplicity of peoples who occupy a common territory, all parties must play a role in ensuring that each and every unit in this country respects each other in all ramifications. “It is disheartening and most embarrassing that the group, despite several appeals to their consciousness and common sense, has continued to wreak havoc on our land, and forcibly planning to reap where they have not sown. “They have proven that they have come to steal, destroy, and kill; as evident in the unmitigated attacks on communities where their nomadic enterprise takes them. “They have been plundering Yorubaland, and we recognize evil when we see it. This is no exception. “As true spawns of Oduduwa, we are unequivocally forthright about this threat posed by this group which the Federal Government has turned a blind eye to by refusing to call a spade by its name, dubbing the Fulani marauders as criminals, bandits, and pillagers. “Every true blood of the Yoruba race is at the risk of being haunted and slaughtered by this reckless group if we keep sugar-coating the bloody implications of their evil enterprise. “We are acquainted with the nature of Fulani nomads in the past, and we know as a matter of fact that they were not carrying AK-47s. It is because of this naked truth that we ask that these people be labelled as what they are. We are clamouring that the appropriate moniker should be used to tag them. They should be addressed as Fulani bandits, for we believe that there is power in names. “We strongly advise Obas and local chiefs to show more than passing interest in the activities of people in their domains. They must know that they cannot be blameless for their failure to account for and monitor strangers in their areas of jurisdictions, particularly those whose activities run contrary to peaceful coexistence. “We cannot continue to fold our arms and let these bandits continue to soil our land with the blood of the innocent. Consequently, we hereby ask these Fulani marauders to stop their murderous activities and vacate every inch of Yorubaland they currently ravage. “Failure to reconcile themselves with these terms may warrant maximum retaliation as the principle dictates that a bully only respects a bully. “We demand concrete action by the Buhari Administration over the activities of these murderous gangs. We are no longer comfortable with the continuing brutalization and murderous humiliation of our people. Government’s silence is distressing as it is emboldening the criminals. President Buhari must act now. “They need to understand that their seeming stillness about this plague is a tacit alignment with the forces of evil.” Efforts to combat menace in place — Ekiti govt When contacted, Chief Press Secretary to the Ekiti State governor, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, said efforts had been put in place by the state government to see how the traditional institution could collaborate with security agencies and tackle banditry and insecurity in the state. Oyebode said: “In Ekiti State, the government is taking steps to ensure the state is secured. Two weeks ago, the state government organized a security summit. We are looking at a situation where the traditional institution can collaborate with security agencies and ward off insecurity and banditry in the state. We are also introducing the unconventional system to tackle insecurity in the state. New security policy for Lagos coming, says Sanwo-Olu Meanwhile, Governor Babajide Saanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that he would disclose a new security policy to prevent the high rate of kidnapping Cultural troupe—A cultural troupe from Owo in Ondo State performing during Ogidi Day 2019 celebration at Ogidi in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, weekend. Photo: NAN. currently ravaging the country from getting into the state. Sanwo-Olu said the decision to adopt a new security policy became imperative due to the current increase in the level of insecurity across the country which had forced other states to review their policies. The governor gave the hint at the interdenominational thanksgiving service organized by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, at Gbagada, which was also attended by Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudasiru Obasa, and others. He said: “This is because there are so many issues around security within Lagos and across the country. We will not sit back and fold our arms. We will work with the security operatives so that in the next couple of days, we will make a very definitive pronouncement on security. “The pronouncement will include what we need to do and how we will achieve a better secured state. This will help to ensure that issues around cultism, kidnapping are checkmated in Lagos. Lagos is the home to all. It is the home for the rich and the poor. “We will strive to ensure that we do this within the resources available to us. We want to ensure that Lagos becomes the best place anyone can think of in terms of security.” Buhari, N-West govs working to tackle insurgency — Presidency The Presidency last night said that President Muhammadu Buhari and governors in the North West were working out strategic plan to end insurgency in the zone and the Northern region. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja said that President Buhari’s administration and the North western state governments were pursuing an urgent revamp of the national security apparatus in the sub-region following the infiltration of bandits into areas. According to the statement, the renewed effort to secure the zone came on the heels of the recent killing of 34 persons in an attack on Tungar Kafau and Gidan Wawa communities in Shinkafi Local Government Areas of Zamfara. President Buhari, who expressed sorrow over the renewed attacks extended his sympathies to the governments and people of Sokoto and Zamfara states and charged all stakeholders, made up of the federal security agencies and the states involved in drawing up the long-term strategic defence plan to begin its i m m e d i a t e implementation. It said that, “Under the plan, states are joining the Federal Government in supporting the security and military operations by providing logistical support. “States are providing additional vehicles in addition to those provided from the center. The federal government is establishing new forward operation bases and when all of these come together, the ongoing operations will be scaled up. “The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and the various State Emergency Management Agencies, SEMA are expected to streamline their operations to provide succor to displaced persons, thousands of whom are taking refuge in the neighboring Niger Republic.” 2019 polls: Why Army got into trouble — GOC PORT HARCOURT — The Nigerian Army has said that it incurred the anger of politicians because it refused to compromise the integrity of the 2019 general elections due to its belief in the nation’s democracy. The Army said it also acted in the best interest of the country by assisting the Police in the elections. Maj-Gen. Jamil Sarham, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Port Harcourt, disclosed this while receiving two individual Awards of Excellence at the divisional headquarters in Port Harcourt yesterday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two youth groups: the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Youth Council, and the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, presented the awards. According to Sarham, the elections in Rivers offered a unique experience in which the Army satisfactorily carried out its responsibilities. “The 2019 general elections which the division acted in aid of Nigerian Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, offered the Army a unique experience. “This is because some subversive elements tried, but failed to cause the division to compromise the integrity of the polls. “Their failure was due to the resilience and doggedness of our personnel, whom some of them, unfortunately paid the supreme price in defence of our democracy,” he said. Sarham said the awards were recognition that some groups and individuals had closely monitored the elections as well as independently verified activities of the army. “Among the groups are the ECOWAS Youth Council and the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria which are presenting these awards. “I have been made to understand that there are many more similar organizations that are also processing their request (award) through the Army Headquarters,” he said. The GOC said the recognition wouldn’t have been possible without the support and guidance of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai,and troops of the division. He dedicated the awards to soldiers who lost their lives while assisting the police in the elections. Earlier, the Director of Cabinet, ECOWAS Youth Council, who presented the ECOWAS award, commended the GOC for his professionalism to the nation’s security architecture. “We also thank you (Sarham) for promoting peace and nation building. We believe that if Nigeria gets it right, Africa will also get it right,” he said.
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