Tuesday, July 12, 2016

armed robber deflated

A New Zealand shop owner ignores armed robber...


A takeaway shop owner has spoken about how he “took away the power” of an armed would-be robber by simply ignoring him.
Said Ahmed of Christchurch, New Zealand, decided to finish serving a customer before walking away from the counter – while a masked man brandishing a handgun stood by.
Meanwhile ....
The EU has sidelined a call from its most senior diplomats in Jerusalem to step up efforts to halt trade with Jewish settlements in occupied territory despite Brussels’ repeated public protests that the settlements are illegal and threaten the prospects for a two-state solution.
Somehow, these two stories seem intertwined in my mind, though I'm not sure exactly how.

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