Tuesday, July 10, 2012

MCA SUPPORT bersih as well.........bersih is for all people

anda tentukan yang mana betul


malaysia mainstream media tak tahu mengira !!!

picture above is from perkasa with 3000 people 

picture below is bersih 3.0 with 4000 people

ni baru betul cari pasal !!! .. korang rasa yg mana cari pasal ?. askar ke polis ?

mohon perhatian



Ahmad Sufi 7.5.2012-As salam sahabat2 semua.Terima kasih yang tak terhingga kepada semua yang mendoakan dan menyumbang untuk Tabung Ahmad Sufi.Ahmad Sufi hanyalah insan biasa,dan ramai dikalangan anda yang membantu Ahmad Sufi dari golongan insan biasa.Kami masih menunggu insan2 yang luar biasa disana untuk sama2 membantu meringankan kos perubatan Ahmad Sufi.Doakan yanga terbaik untuk Ahmad Sufi.Terima kasih.Romi dan Adlina-Canberra Hospital.

Bagi anda yang baru melihat page ini, Ahmad Sufi dilahirkan pada 12 mac 2012 dan sejak lahir dia meng...hadapi masalah paru2 yang kritikal.kos perubatan Ahmad Sufi di Children Westmead Hospital, Sydney adalah tidak kurang dr AUD 3000 (RM9000)SEHARI.UNTUK MAKLUMAN,AHMAD SUFI TELAH BERADA DI RAWAT DI SANA MULAI DR 13 MAC SEHINGGA 26 APRIL 2012. Di sini dengan rendah dirinya saya memohon sekiranya ada diantara anda yang sudi memberikan sumbangan kepada Ahmad Sufi bagi menampung kos perbelanjaan rawatan dia di sana.

BSN: 14133-41-00000395-4 :JULI YANTI LIDIA BINTI SUHAIMI(Ibu Saudara Ahmad Sufi)

MAYBANK: JULI YANTI LIDIA BINTI SUHAIMI
NO.AKAUN: 516015402261


Maya Syuhada Binti Suhaimi(Ibu saudara Ahmad Sufi)
CIMB: 14100000462201

Name : Romi Agus Shumadi Romi Suhaimi(ayah Ahmad Sufi)
Bank: St George Bank
Branch: 112 908
Account No: 411178305

sumbangan drpd anda semua saya dahului dengan ucapan ribuan terima kasih...hanya Allah Taala saja yang dapat membalasnya
 

Ijtimak seluruh Malaysia


Ijtimak adalah perhimpunan bagi seluruh umat Islam tanpa mengira bangsa , keturunan , pangkat , status , fahaman POLITIK , dan yang sewaktu dengannya.

Bertujuan bagi membentuk satu fikir sebagaimana fikir Rasulullah SAW :

- bagaimana umat ini dapat d satukan 

- bagaimana umat ini dapat selamat daripada api neraka d akhirat kelak 

- bagaimana manusia dapat berfikir tentang kebesaran Allah SWT utk peningkatan IMAN

-bagaimana manusia mempunyai rasa harap dan takut kpd Allah SWT

- bagaimana semua umat Islam dapat ambil tanggungjawab utk teruskan kerja dakwah utk bawa manusia mendekatkan dirinya kepada Allah SWT dan jauh daripada perkara mungkar 


SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA

19hb-21hb Mei - Selangor & Wil.Persekutuan di Masjid Jamek BB Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

22hb-24hb Mei - Masjid Daerah Perak Tengah, Seri Iskandar.

25hb-27hb Mei - Penang kat masjid daerah pulau

28hb-30hb Mei - Perlis & Kedah di Masjid Bandar Baru Pokok Sena, Kedah.

31hb Mei-02hb Jun - kelantan di madrasah darululoom addeeniyyah, pasir mas

03hb-05hb jun-terengganu di markas kubang bujuk, sereda

06hb-08hb Jun - Pahang di markas mat kilau, kuantan

09hb-11hb Jun - Melaka & Negeri Sembilan. Masjid Tuanku Muhriz, 
Bandar Seri Jempol, Negeri Sembilan.

12hb-14hb Jun - Johor dan singapora. Madrasah Tahfiz Sinaran Baru, Kg. Sinaran Baru, Kempas Lama.

SABAH & SARAWAK

15hb-17hb Jun - Sarawak. Kuching & Sibu.

18hb-21hb Jun - miri dan bintulu

21hb-23hb Jun - Sabah Pantai Barat. Masjid Hj.Akbar Khan, Kg.Bingkul, Beaufort.

24hb-26hb Jun - Sabah Pantai Timur di Masjid Nur Imam , Batu 6,sapagaya lahad datu



PROGRAM MALAM PERHIMPUNAN.
(3 hari 2 malam)

1) Waktu Asar.
- Majlis Taklim Fadhail Amal.
- Ceramah umum/ bayan Asar.

2) Waktu Maghrib.
- Sembahyang fardhu berjemaah.
- Ceramah umum/ bayan Maghrib.

3) Waktu Isyak.
- Sembahyang fardhu berjemaah.
- Pembacaan kitab Hayatus Sahabah.
- Rehat.
- Qiyamullail (sembahyang secara bersendirian).

4) Waktu Subuh
- Sembahyang fardhu berjemaah.
- Ceramah umum/ bayan Subuh.

kebenaran


mereka kata Kapal Israel hanya singgah dan tiada urusan malaysia....Mereka kata Malaysia tidak ada urus niaga dengan Malaysia..tetapi portal rasmi Israel mengesahkan Malaysia mempunyai hubungan niaga dengan mereka rujukhttp://www1.cbs.gov.il/www/fr_trade/td1.htm

the proof


osmah diamond ring (evidence)
(Kastam malaysia-sepang)
1)price -USD24,458,400 (RM73.48 million)
2)tax - 0.00
3)TO - H.E.Datin paduka seri roshmah mansor
4)from - jacob and co
5)insurance -USD 242,157.29

-where is SPR when we needed them ?? 
(Sudah Pergi Rehat)

najib ingat rakyat buta ke ??, ingat kita tak tahu baca nama isteri kamu ?? , kita pernah makan durian di sekolah tahu !!

when i was reading some forum , UMNO support said we are creating story up......i think they have not seen the real thing yet at the kastam malaysia system, 

how much money rosmah actually earn per year ??, how did she get that much money to go shopping everyday like this ??,, 

why is barisan nasional doing nothing about this ??, are they the one that say "corruption needed to be stop in this country"
?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Haitians protest against Port-au-Prince shanty eviction


More than 1,000 people have marched in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in protest at government plans to clear poor neighbourhoods.
Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, some of whom chanted threats to burn down affluent neighbourhoods.
The government says their homes, perched precariously on steep hillsides, are at risk from landslides.
The residents say they cannot afford to live anywhere else.
The eviction plans are part of a government flood-control project.
An official from the environment ministry, Pierre Andre Gedon, said the government would build channels and reforest the hillsides in Jalousie in an attempt to curb the flooding which affects the capital in the rainy season.
The government is still struggling to house tens of thousands of people displaced in the 2010 earthquake, which devastated much of Port-au-Prince.
One of the protesters said he felt the poor were being unfairly targeted.
"These decisions are always made against the poor; the rich have huge homes that aren't affected," he told the news agency.
Minister for Human Rights Rose-Anne Auguste said the government would offer new homes to those displaced by the project.
"We can't allow people to endanger their lives in slums that can collapse any moment," she said.

Bolivia police in new clashes over pay demands


Bolivian police officers, who are on strike over low pay, have clashed with supporters of President Evo Morales in Bolivia's main city, La Paz.
About 500 government supporters marched to the city's main square, where 1,000 police had rallied to demand a salary increase.
The officers used tear gas to drive back the government supporters.
Mr Morales has accused the police of setting the stage for a coup, saying that their motives are political.
The officers, most of them wearing ski masks and civilian clothes, forced the supporters of Mr Morales from Plaza Murillo.
The president's supporters, a mixed group including farmers, indigenous people and members of left-wing groups, said the police had overreacted.
"Our march was peaceful but we were dispersed with gases and sticks," leader of the Farmers Federation Roberto Coraite said.
"The rebel police aren't fighting for salaries, this is political," he said.
On Sunday, the officers rejected a deal their representatives struck with the government saying that it did not meet their demands.
They want their pay to be raised to equal that of soldiers of the same rank.
Rank-and-file officers in La Paz denounced their leaders for "caving in" and promised to continue their protest.
Police in the cities of Cochabamba, Oruro and Tarija also rejected the deal.
President Morales said his right-wing opponents had stirred up discontent in the police to drive him from office.
Communication Minister Amanda Davila said the president was determined "to achieve a solution through democratic means, avoiding any bloodshed".
Evo Morales was elected in 2005 as Bolivia's first indigenous leader.
He was re-elected five years later, but his support has recently declined following a number of protests over low salaries and the rising cost of living.

Mexico City airport shootout leaves three police dead


Three Mexican policemen have been killed in a shootout with two other officers at Mexico City's main airport.
Officials say those shot dead were attempting to arrest the two officers who are suspected of involvement in a cocaine trafficking ring.
Passengers dived for cover when the suspected traffickers opened fire, killing two officers immediately and injuring a third who later died.
The two suspects escaped and are being sought by the authorities.
Officials said they had spent 18 months investigating corrupt federal and local officials who they suspect are part of a drug trafficking ring operating at the airport.
The area was sealed off immediately after the incident but flights were reported to be operating normally in and out of the airport.
"When the alleged perpetrators were surrounded by the police, shots were fired against the federal agents," a security ministry statement said.
The two officers have been identified, authorities said.
Eyewitness Israel Lopez told the Associated Press news agency: "We were in the food court, and some policemen came in and started shooting at another policeman who was on the floor."
The BBC's Will Grant in Mexico City says shootings in public spaces in broad daylight remain rare in the capital, which has been largely insulated from the violence seen elsewhere in the country.
Though traffickers use the capital's main airport to move drugs, money and illegal migrants and 440lb (200kg) of cocaine has been seized there so far this year, violence related to drug trafficking seldom occurs in passenger areas.
Reuters reports that gang violence has been growing in Mexico City and its suburbs, with around 300 gang-related murders last year.

US Supreme Court cuts parts of Arizona migrant law


The US Supreme Court has backed checks on the immigration status of people stopped or arrested in Arizona, while striking down key parts of a tough law critics branded as racial profiling.
President Barack Obama said he was pleased three challenges were upheld.
But Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said the "heart" of the law would remain.
President Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are each battling for Hispanic votes ahead of November's presidential election.
Mr Romney reacted quickly to the court's ruling, criticising Mr Obama for not passing a national immigration reform law.
In a statement, he said each US state has "the duty - and the right - to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law".
President Barack Obama later said he was "pleased" that some parts of the law had been thrown out by the court.

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It is not likely that Thursday's ruling will be quite so open to interpretation about who has won, although the aftershocks are much harder to predict”
But he added: "I remain concerned about the practical impact of the remaining provision of the Arizona law that requires local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone they even suspect to be here illegally.
"No American should ever live under a cloud of suspicion just because of what they look like."
In other developments at the court on Monday:
  • A ruling on President Obama's landmark healthcare reform law was scheduled for Thursday
  • The justices rejected mandatory sentencing of juveniles convicted of murder to life in prison without parole
  • The court struck down a Montana campaign finance law that would limit corporate contributions to political campaigns.
'Held accountable'
The Supreme Court judgement came after the US government argued that the law infringed on federal rights to oversee immigration policy.
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah have all adopted variations of the Arizona law.
The headline provision, known as Section 2(B), that requires police to make a "reasonable attempt... to determine the immigration status" of anyone who is stopped for another violation, was upheld by the Supreme Court.
Jan Brewer: We "fully expect" challenges
The court ruled it was too early to tell whether the clause caused a conflict with federal laws, but added that the provision could be open to legal challenge again at a later date.
The Supreme Court also struck down three other parts of the Arizona immigration law.
One clause would have required immigrants to carry proof of their status with them, and another would have made it a crime for undocumented workers to apply for a job.
The court also struck down a provision that would have allowed police to stop people purely on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the opinion for the court, said the justices were unanimous in their decision to allow the "check your papers" provision to come into effect. The court was divided on other issues.
One justice, Antonin Scalia, who dissented from the case, said he would uphold all parts of the Arizona law, citing the sovereignty of individual states as defined in the US constitution.
Arizona's Republican Governor, Jan Brewer, called the court's ruling a victory, saying the "heart" of the bill could now come into effect.
In a statement, Ms Brewer said the ruling was a victory for "all Americans who believe in the inherent right and responsibility of states to defend their citizens.
But she added: "Law enforcement will be held accountable should this statute be misused in a fashion that violates an individual's civil rights."
Other reaction to the law was nuanced, and at least partly open to interpretation: some claimed victory for backers of the law, while others saw the ruling as a partial victory for the administration.
Immigration has become a key issue as the US edges closer to this year's presidential election.
Mr Obama recently outlined a plan to allow hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the US as children the option of legal status and work permits.
Mr Romney has opposed Mr Obama's plan, but has not said how he would address the issue of immigration.
Both men are courting Hispanic votes ahead of their showdown in November.

What does the Supreme Court ruling mean?

The National Journal called the Supreme Court's ruling a victory for the government. Although conservatives hoped for a full endorsement of the law, "instead, Arizona got permission to do what local police officers all over the country already do on an ad hoc basis", Fawn Johnson wrote.
But Politico's Josh Gerstein said the decision leaves open the possibility of further litigation. It cleared "the way for similar legislation to take effect in other states and potentially angering Latinos in a way that could give President Barack Obama an added boost from Hispanic voters in November", he wrote.
Writing for the Washington Post, Greg Sargent says the Supreme Court has upheld the most troubling clause in the law, warning that it "could become a permanent feature of the American legal landscape - with untold consequences when it comes to possible racial profiling and other potential abuses".
However, Jess Bravin and Miriam Jordan wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the court delivered "a ruling that gave both sides something to cheer in advance of November elections where immigration is a major issue".

West Bank barrier threatens villagers' way of life


Israel is being urged to reroute its controversial West Bank barrier away from the lands of an ancient Palestinian village with a unique agricultural system. The BBC's Wyre Davies visited Battir, whose inhabitants fear their traditional way of life will disappear.
In this part of the world, the supply and control of water is a major logistical and political issue. Yet the quaint village of Battir must be one of the luckiest and most blessed communities around - because Battir has water in abundance.
For more than 2,000 years, seven natural springs have given life to the village and its fields. Children still play, almost incongruously, in an old Roman bath built centuries ago at the spot, in the middle of the village, where one of the springs emerges.

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Akram Badir
The land is everything to us... Without our land we are nothing”
Akram BadirHead of Batir village council
The simple irrigation system used today is as it was in ancient times. Water is shared between Battir's eight main extended families. A simple system of manually diverting water via sluice gates means that fruit and vegetables from the small plots on the lower slopes are renowned for their freshness and quality.
Built on the side of a steep hill just to the south of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Battir also boasts land arranged as traditional terrace agriculture. But this is a system and a landscape that is under threat from Israel's controversial barrier.
The exact route of this section of the barrier has yet to be finalised. But if, as thought, it is built along the valley floor below the village it will cut off Battir and its terraces from much of its ancestral lands. And, because of the unique irrigation system, villagers say those lands will be lost forever.
Green Line
Akram Badir is head of the village council. He is a successful businessman in his own right, but has spent much of his time in recent months mounting a legal challenge in the Israeli courts to the planned routing of the barrier.
Man changes the water supply channel on a aqueduct in BattirWater is manually diverted via a system of aqueduct and sluice gates
Even though he knows his chances of success are slim, Badir says he cannot give up.

West Bank barrier

  • Total length is 708 km (440 miles), more than twice the length of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) between Israel and West Bank
  • About 61.8% of the barrier is complete; a further 8.2% is under construction and 30% is planned but not yet constructed
  • When completed, only about 15% of the barrier will be constructed on the Green Line or in Israel, isolating 9.4% of the West Bank
Source: UN 2011
"The land is everything to us," he says. "Without our land we are nothing. It's been this way for centuries and our lives will disappear if the wall is built here."
At least 30% of Battir's lands lie on the Israeli side of the so-called Green Line, the generally recognised pre-1967 boundary between Israel and the West Bank.
The Arab villagers of Battir were allowed to keep their lands after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war in return for preventing damage to a railway which runs through the valley floor.
But Israel's controversial barrier is getting close. Just up the hill from Battir, huge concrete slabs are going up - on occupied Palestinian territory - around the village of Walaja. It leaves swathes of village lands cut off on the other side of the wall.
Despite their long-standing agreement, villagers and campaigners fear the Israeli authorities plan to build the barrier along their valley floor, separating the villagers of Battir from their lands.
Gates
Giovanni Sontana, an anthropologist with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) says that to build the barrier here would destroy a traditional way of life.
Battir village terrace agriculture Israel's defence ministry said villagers would still be able to access their lands
"There are few, if any, places left in the immediate region where such a traditional method of agriculture remains, not only intact, but as a functioning part of the village," he said as we walked through olive groves that have not changed for as long as anyone can remember.
Keeping the village of Battir and its lands intact would require Israel to do something it has not done thus far - to build part of the barrier on its own territory.
Declining requests for an interview, the Israeli defence ministry said in a statement that the routing of the barrier is based purely on security considerations and that potential damage to the area would be minimised.
Villagers, the statement said, would have access to their lands through special gates (operated by Israeli security personnel) in the wall or fence.
The residents of Battir certainly do not feel lucky or blessed, as the future of the village hangs in the balance. Many fear that a way of life that has prevailed here pretty much without change for hundreds of years is about to be swept away.
BBC Map of Jerusalem

West Bank Jewish settlers leave Ulpana outpost


Israeli authorities have begun to evacuate Jewish settlers from an unauthorised West Bank outpost after a court ordered it to be dismantled.
Officials arrived on Tuesday morning to help the first of 30 families relocate from Ulpana to temporary housing in adjoining settlement of Beit El.
There had been fears the settlers would resist and have to be forcibly removed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the construction of 300 new homes in Beit El.
The move was seen as an effort to placate the settler movement and right-wing critics in Mr Netanyahu's own Likud party
All settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
The settler outposts are also illegal under Israeli law and the government agreed to remove them under the 2003 Road Map peace plan.
The fate of Ulpana, which was built on private Palestinian land, has been a source of tension between settlers and the government.
Ulpana is part of the bigger settlement of Beit El, north of Jerusalem, which is built on land captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war. Palestinians say it should be part of their future state.
The decision to build the new homes in Beit El was criticised by the Palestinians and the US, which said it undermined peace efforts.

Japan's lower house passes sales tax bill


Japan's lower house of parliament has approved Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's controversial plan to double sales tax, but the vote laid bare a deep rift in the ruling party.
Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that 57 ruling party lawmakers failed to back the bill.
These included party founder Ichiro Ozawa, who has indicated he could form a new political party.
If others were to follow him, Mr Noda could be forced to call an election.
Mr Noda says doubling the tax from 5% to 10% by 2015 is key to cutting Japan's high public debt and funding rising welfare costs.
The two main opposition parties supported the bill. It must pass in the upper house to become law but is expected to do so because of the deal with the opposition.

Analysis

The passage of the bill should be a victory for Yoshihiko Noda, who has been negotiating with opposition parties for months to reach an agreement.
But his expression wasn't that of joy. Despite his repeated calls for party unity, a sizeable faction of the ruling party voted against the bill and the big question is what they will do next.
Ichiro Ozawa has said he may form a new political party, and if more than 54 lawmakers follow him it could potentially lead to an election.
The prime minister has staked his career on the sales tax hike, but it could mean he becomes the latest victim of Japan's revolving door.
Some political analysts, however, have said that not all the members who voted against the bill would want to leave the party and Mr Ozawa might not be wiling to make his next move that quickly.
Ahead of the vote, Mr Noda appealed for support. "This reform is not just for our generation, but for our future," he said in a final pitch to parliament.
Aging population
The controversial tax hike, which passed by 363 votes to 96, has seen bitter disagreement and gridlock amongst Japan's lawmakers.
The cabinet approved an outline of the bill in February but has been mired in negotiations since.
Mr Noda says raising sales tax - called consumption tax in Japan - is key to addressing Japan's financial woes and funding the needs of its aging population.
Japan estimates that 40% of its population will be of retirement age by 2060 - meaning the taxes of far fewer workers supporting far more retirees.
Several Japanese prime ministers have mooted the idea of raising sales tax in the past, but the move has proved deeply unpopular with voters.
Mr Ozawa, who has been leading the charge against Mr Noda over the tax hike, is a veteran politician leading the biggest fraction within the DPJ.
He was cleared of charges in a long-running political funding scandal in April.
If 54 or more lawmakers were to follow Mr Ozawa out of the DPJ, Mr Noda would lose his majority in the lower house and could be forced to call early polls.

Uganda abandons landslide rescue bid for buried



Rescue workers in Uganda have abandoned efforts to find an estimated 70 people believed to be buried in a landslide.
Eighteen people have been confirmed dead after three villages were swept away on the slopes of Mount Elgon.
Uganda's Red Cross told the BBC efforts were now concentrating on looking after the injured and displaced.
In March 2010, thousands were forced to flee after after a landslide killed more than 350 people in Uganda's eastern Bududa district.
'Many cracks'
Ken Kiggundu, director of disaster management for Uganda's Red Cross, told the BBC that 72 people were still missing.
He added that 480 had been displaced and were now living with relatives and friends following Monday's landslide, which occurred after a number of days of heavy rain.
"At 2pm, the ground trembled, followed by heavy rumbling of soil and stones which covered our home," Rachael Namwono, a villager in Bududa district, told Uganda's private Monitor newspaper.
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Red Cross officer Michael Nataka told the Reuters news agency that there was a need to force people to move from the mountain sides as they tended not to heed the advice that the area was dangerous.
"The Mount Elgon area has had so many places with cracks, so each time there is rainfall for a while, this water just seeps into these cracks and then eventually the landslide happens," Mr Nataka said.
"There is need for some level of enforcement."
Steven Malinga, Uganda's minister for disaster relief, said moving people to safer areas was a priority, but many people refused to move as the villages near Mount Elgon had fertile ground and fewer instances of malaria.
"Eventually we have to pass a law to move people from the top and the sides of the mountain, and find alternative communities where we can relocate them," the minister told the BBC's Network Africa programme.
He urged people to move to camps lower down the mountain, where they would be given food, containers for water and utensils.
Last August, at least 24 people were killed when mud washed away homes in the Bulambuli district of eastern Uganda.

Israel Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial attack: Three held


Three ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have been arrested in Israel, suspected of defacing the national Holocaust memorial with anti-Zionist graffiti.
One of the slogans daubed in paint on the walls of the memorial read: "If Hitler had not existed, the Zionists would have invented him."
The suspects have admitted vandalising the site, a police spokesman said.
Suspicion for the attack had fallen on radical ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose the creation of the state of Israel.
One of the slogans, all in Hebrew, was signed "world ultra-Orthodox Jewry".
Another read: "Thanks Hitler for the wonderful Holocaust you organised for us. Only thanks to you we got a state from the UN."
A third went: "Honourable government of Poland, stop allowing the Zionists to hold manipulative 'memorial' ceremonies in Auschwitz."
Some ultra-Orthodox Jews believe a Jewish state can be established only after the coming of the Messiah, and that the state of Israel is therefore illegitimate.
A small number of extremists believe the myth that Israel's founders conspired with Hitler to bring about the Jewish state.
In a statement, Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev said: "I believe that it was important to know the identities of those who spray-painted the graffiti. The suspects are extremist ultra-Orthodox Jews, anti-Zionists, who are on the fringes of society, and do not represent the majority who respect the memory of the Holocaust."
Yad Vashem was established in 1953 and commemorates the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
The three suspects are to appear before a Jerusalem court later on Tuesday.

News Corp shares rise on reports of asset split



Shares in News Corporation have risen 2.4% in Australia following reports that the company may be split in two.
The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp, said that the TV and entertainment businesses would be separated from publishing.
The Murdoch family, which has 40% of the voting shares, would retain control of both.
The split would put the 39% stake in BSkyB in a separate company from its scandal-hit UK newspapers.
News Corp declined to comment on the reports.
"This will be widely seen as a non-denial confirmation, since News Corp has in the past shot down other reports of its plans to quarantine the hacking debacle," said BBC business editor Robert Peston.
The reported split would put film and television businesses including 20th Century Fox and the Fox broadcasting network in one company.

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One potentially significant benefit is that BSkyB would be distanced from the British newspapers where the alleged lawbreaking took place - and so the risk of Ofcom stripping BSkyB of its broadcasting licence would presumably be diminished”
The other company would contain publishing businesses such as the Wall Street Journal and the Times newspaper, as well as the HarperCollins publishing house.
The publishing business would be the smaller of the two, representing around 25% of current News Corp revenues and 10% of profits, Robert Peston said.
Media consultant Theresa Wise said preventing a "reputational bleed" from the newspapers involved in the hacking scandal to the other parts of the business was not the only reason the split would make sense.
"The media side of the business is a much faster growth business... the publishing side of the business, the books and the newspapers, are very slow or no-growth businesses," she told BBC News.
"The whole company of News Corp is less highly valued because investors can't split out the slow growth from the faster growth."