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Jerusalem's usually bustling Old City becomes a ghost town: Reporter's Notebook_我的网站

一 |     Over a span of five days, former US President Donald Trump has stolen headlines as the media placed laser-focused attention on government documents that the one-term commander-in-chief maintained at his so-called "Winter White House.",But with reports on the subject being churned out by the hour and speculation being on the constant rise, what exactly is going on between Trump and the FBI?,FBI Sets the Stage,The FBI claims to have taken 11 sets of classified files—including "TS/SCI" (Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information) documents—in their shocking raid of former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate Monday. Items allegedly retrieved include:,Binders of photos Leather-bound box of documents One "potential" presidential recordSingle handwritten note A document containing "info re: President of France”,Trump Responded By:,Calling out “sleazy” FBI officials who he suggested could have planted evidenceDenouncing allegations he’d mishandled nuclear weapons documents as “a hoax”Fiercely condemning the raid, labeling it “unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement” by “radical left Democrats”,The warrant gave the FBI the green light to search “storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate.”,Feds Say They Were Looking For:,“Any physical documents with classifications markings” and surrounding boxes“Information…. regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material”"Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021."Any evidence of the “knowing alteration, destruction, or concealment of any government and/or Presidential Records” or classified documents,As Federalist co-founder Sean Davis pointed out on Twitter, this means Attorney General Merrick Garland “demanded the seizure of literally any record Trump ever saw, read, or created over the entire 4-year term of his presidency.”,The warrant reveals the FBI is investigating Trump for three potential violations of the Espionage Act:,18 U.S. Code §2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation generally18 U.S. Code § 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information18 U.S. Code § 1519 — Destruction, alteration or falsification of records in Federal investigations,The ESPIONAGE ACT was created to silence anti-war voices in the run-up to WWI,It was used to jail dissidents like Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Debs, who was sentenced to 10 years hard labor for speaking out against US involvement in the warUS government use of the act spiked under President Obama, with prosecutions in recent years focusing on whistleblowers like Edward SnowdenUS prosecutors have invoked the Espionage Act in their effort to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the Australian publisher revealed videos showing war crimes committed by US forces。    JERUSALEM -- It's a far cry from the usual hustle and bustle, so typical of Jerusalem's Old City.The steps of the Damascus Gate have been cleared out. Gone are the fruit and sumac vendors. And inside the Old City: rows and rows of shops have shut down."This is the worst days we've ever seen in our lives. Even when the corona[virus] was here it was better than this," said Adnan Jaffa, who runs the Jaffar Sweets shop. "Because of the war ... the situation. In five minutes we're going to close because there is nothing to do."For those who know the Old City, it's an eerie place to be. Even the Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- where Christ is believed to have been buried and resurrected -- was empty on Sunday but for a handful of worshippers. It felt like we were being given a private tour of one of the world's holiest and most visited sites.Ehab Barakat, who was cycling through the deserted Old City, was one of the few customers out there on the city's streets.Asked about the increasing tensions, he said: "We hope it will be quiet."He added, "This is the time to be united. One."But the latest cycle of violence has come has no surprise, he said."The new government of Israel … you would be stupid if you would not guess what is going to happen. And we are not stupid. We were just waiting for the time.""The people get so tied … like a balloon. With a lot of air inside. And then it will…"His English may have failed him -- but it seemed clear what he meant.Israeli police now stand at the entrance to the Damascus Gate, occasionally searching young men. Orthodox Jews occasionally wander through the Old City to worship at the Western Wall. But there is none of the fervour which people associate with Jerusalem. It's been replaced by a strange quiet.In the words of Abushadi Sinjlawi, another shopkeeper we found closing early for the day, "The city is under lockdown."But away from the eerie quiet and melancholy atmosphere in the Old City, the situation is tense. Jerusalem is said to be the most heavily policed city in the country, and that will likely remain the case as the war in the south rages on.Checkpoints have been set up across East Jerusalem. And videos are spreading online appearing to show the harassment of Palestinians at the hands of the police. Cars are being stopped and searched. There are videos of apparent police beatings. In sporadic, individual incidents where locals have clashed with police, the response appears to have been brute force.Already at least 50 Palestinians have been killed in East Jerusalem and the West Bank since the war broke out -- that's more than the highest ever monthly total since the UN began keeping records in 2005.。

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