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Sunday, Jan. 31 '16, Shevat 21, 5776
HEADLINES:
1. THREE WOUNDED IN SHOOTING ATTACK NEAR BET EL
2. NETANYAHU: ISRAEL READY TO TALK BUT NO PRE-CONDITIONS
3. WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REFUSES TO EXPEL ISRAELI DOCTORS
4. ATTEMPTED CAR-RAMMING ATTACK ON ROUTE 443
5. BET EL TERRORIST IDENTIFIED AS PA POLICE OFFICER
6. JEWISH HOME DIVIDED ON REFORM PRAYER AT KOTEL
7. 'YOU DON'T MANAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH A GUN TO THE HEAD'
8. HAARETZ JOURNALIST EVOKES 'ELDERS OF ZION' AT UK UNIVERSITY
1. THREE WOUNDED IN SHOOTING ATTACK NEAR BET EL
by Ari Soffer
At least three people have been wounded in a shooting attack just outside of Bet El, north of Jerusalem.
Two of victims are listed in serious condition, while the third was lightly injured by gunfire. All three have been evacuated to hospital after receiving emergency treatment at the scene.
The attack took place at a military checkpoint between Bet El and Ramallah, just off the Jewish town located in the Binyamin Region of Samaria.
According to initial reports the terrorist - an Arab man in his early 20s - arrived at the checkpoint in a car before getting out an opening fire on soldiers manning the position. The terrorist was eliminated at the scene by IDF soldiers' return fire.
From the scene (in Hebrew):
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Following the attack, the road from Bet El to Givat Assaf has been closed until further notice.
In related news, security services revealed that one of two terrorists arrested for stabbing a 17-year-old Jewish youth in Jerusalem last night is an 11-year-old Arab boy.
It comes after his 15-year-old accomplice handed himself in to police.
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2. NETANYAHU: ISRAEL READY TO TALK BUT NO PRE-CONDITIONS
by Nitzan Keidar
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the French proposal to renew peace talks with the Palestinians Sunday morning during the cabinet meeting.
"You certainly heard of the proposal being raised in certain quarters in France, to convene an international conference with the threat at the end that if it is unsuccessful, then France will – to a large degree – adopt the Palestinian position," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu clarified that the phrasing of the proposal is not acceptable to Israel.
"This will be an incentive for the Palestinians to come and not compromise," he blasted. "The substance of negotiations is compromise and the French initiative, as it has been reported, in effect gives the Palestinians in advance reasons not to do so.
Netanyahu stressed that Israel would fight the new initiative.
"I believe that we will see a sobering up on this issue. In any case, we will work to bring this about and our position is very clear: We are prepared to enter into direct negotiations without preconditions and without dictated conditions."
3. WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION REFUSES TO EXPEL ISRAELI DOCTORS
by Cynthia Blank
The World Medical Association (WMA) will not censure Israeli doctors over pro-Palestinian claims they perform medical torture on Palestinian patients.
After a group of 71 British physicians demanded the membership of the Israel Medical Association (IMA) be revoked, Shimon Samuels, the international relations director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, sent an urgent letter to the WMA's president.
In his response, the UK-based Michael Marmot said he rejected the call from the British physicians to expel Israel from the world body.
"The main authors of the letter have launched several attacks against the Israeli Medical Association with similar arguments in the past," Marmot wrote, noting that "investigations have revealed no wrongdoing."
"We have trust that our Israeli colleagues will stand firm on our values and the protection of human rights," he added.
Although no official motion to oust the Israeli physicians has been filed, Marmot said the organization had contacted the IMA representative about its response to the allegations.
The Israel Medical Association has roundly denied any abuse of human rights and says all its practices are in keeping with WMA protocol.
Samuel, meanwhile, praised Marmot's response, saying, "We should feel gratified at the reassuring response to our protest letter."
He added that Marmot's letters "exudes a fatigue" with the BDS movement which seeks to boycott and delegitimize the Jewish state.
4. ATTEMPTED CAR-RAMMING ATTACK ON ROUTE 443
by Cynthia Blank
An Arab terrorist attempted a car-ramming attack on Sunday afternoon at the Maccabim security checkpoint near Modi'in on Route 443.
According to first reports, there are no injuries in the incident.
The terrorist was shot and is in serious condition.
5. BET EL TERRORIST IDENTIFIED AS PA POLICE OFFICER
by Ari Soffer
The terrorist who injured three people in a shooting attack between Bet El and Ramallah in Samaria has been identified as a Palestinian Authority police officer.
Amjad Abu-Omar, 34, also served in the past as a personal bodyguard for the PA's Attorney General. He was a resident of Kfar Jama'in, near Shechem in Samaria, several miles north of the site of his attack.
It has also been revealed that Abu-Omar posted several messages inciting terrorism on his Facebook page, including a post not long before this morning's attack in which he appeared to hint at his murderous intentions.
In a status posted this morning, he wrote: "On this earth there are things worth living for. But regrettably I don't see anything worth living for as long as the occupation chokes our souls and kills our brothers and sisters. God have mercy on our martyrs and heal the injured."
Hours before the attack, he also wrote: "Good morning, I will become a shahid (martyr) and join Allah and his messenger Mohammed. This is a morning of victory!"
Some Palestinian media outlets have suggested that Abu-Omar was at least partially motivated to carry out what was essentially a suicide attack after falling heavily in debt.
It represents the latest case in which members of the PA security forces have acted - apparently of their own accord - to carry out or aid attacks against Israelis.
Last week, Israeli security forces revealed that an officer in the PA intelligence agency had helped two terrorists carry out a shooting against IDF forces.
In December, another PA intelligence officer carried out a shooting attack just a few miles south of the site of Sunday's shooting. Mazen Hassan Orebeih shot and wounded two Israelis near the Hizme checkpoint to Jerusalem, before being shot dead himself.
6. JEWISH HOME DIVIDED ON REFORM PRAYER AT KOTEL
by Hezki Ezra
The Israeli government is expected to recognize on Sunday the right of Reform and Conservative prayer at the Western Wall.
According to a proposed recommendation, the Kotel will be divided into two sections: the northern part would be under the responsibility of the Kotel rabbi, while the southern section - where men and women may pray together without a partition - would answer directly to the Prime Minister's Office.
Jewish Home ministers appear to be divided over the proposal, with members of the Tekuma faction taking a more hardline stance.
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel is expected to vote against the proposal which he asserts is another attempt to harm the sanctity of Israel and would would change the status quo in place since the establishment of the state.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, however, are expected to support the proposal.
In a statement on the issue, Bennett's office said, "Two years ago, Naftali Bennett broke the circle and found an immediate solution. He built the [southern] complex and the proposal now is consolidating and anchoring it as a government decision."
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It is not clear at this time how haredi ministers and Knesset members will respond to the controversial legislation.
The proposal to be discussed at the Cabinet meeting on Sunday states the expansion of prayer to accommodate a "pluralistic and egalitarian approach, will be used to meet the needs of worshippers from various non-Orthodox denominations, particularly the Reform and Conservative streams."
Funds for the proposed new compound and its needs will be coordinated with the Finance Ministry as part of the 2017 state budget.
7. 'YOU DON'T MANAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH A GUN TO THE HEAD'
by Cynthia Blank
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, denounced on Sunday a French initiative to jumpstart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority through the convening of an international peace conference.
The initiative was introduced Friday by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who also leveled a threat, saying France would unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts to try to break the deadlock between Israelis and Palestinians fail.
"They tell us 'either you sit and come, or we determine the outcome,''' Danon blasted in an interview with Walla! News. "This is not how you manage negotiations, with a gun to the head."
"We are for negotiations, there have already been negotiations that have not yielded anything," he continued. "Not through threats will we promote peace in the Middle East. It doesn't work like that."
"When I got my job as ambassador to the UN, I committed to the government's decisions," Danon noted. "The policy is clear - to stop terror and incitement and return to negotiations - and I represent it clearly. We, unlike the Palestinians, do not set preconditions. We say 'stop the incitement, without any connection to negotiations.'"
Danon also addressed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's recent criticism of Hamas, arguing that while it is certainly warranted, it still does not excuse a previous remark from Ban that was widely interpreted as defending Palestinian terror.
"As oppressed peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react to occupation, which often serves as a potent incubator of hate and extremism," Ban was quoted as saying in a recent UN Security Council meeting.
"The Prime Minister and I both reacted sharply against that statement," Danon noted, "and we hope that Ban Ki-moon will understand that terror is terror is terror."
8. HAARETZ JOURNALIST EVOKES 'ELDERS OF ZION' AT UK UNIVERSITY
by Ari Soffer
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Amira Hass, one of the most extreme-left columnists for Israel's Haaretz newspaper, is no stranger to controversy.
Among many other things, she has in the past defended Palestinian terrorism, and specifically deadly rock-throwing attacks against Jews, which she described as no less than an Arab "duty".
But in a recent talk at an anti-Israel event at England's University of Kent, Hass seemed to surpass even her own outrageous standards, claiming that "the Elders of Zion" plotted to "occupy" the Palestinians.
"I ask myself did the Elders of Zion really sit together at the beginning of the Seventies and then during the Nineties, and plan, and have all these military orders, all these changes?" Hass asked the 200-strong audience.
"I believe that they knew for sure that they don't want to give back the land and in the Nineties, my conclusion is that they wanted to do everything possible to thwart the two state solution."
A recording of part of Hass's speech - entitled "Israel and the Palestinians: Colonialism and Prospects for Justice" - was uploaded by British pro-Israel blogger and activist David Collier, along with a picture of Hass delivering her address. In a blog post describing his experience at the event he recounted his sense of shock at hearing such an openly anti-Semitic canard evoked at a British university - without anyone challenging or protesting it.
"I got lost between the sentences as I tried to make sense of what I was hearing," Collier wrote. "Hass was discussing a hidden agenda, a secret group of Jews, plotting and planning beyond the reach of Israeli democracy – by extension, this secret group were to blame for the 'war crimes', for the death of innocent Palestinian children.
"Hass was spinning tales of a Jewish cabal, of shady secretive control, of unworldly plots and sinister deeds. A road that leads to dead children. Hass was resurrecting a classic historic antisemitic blood libel in a British university."
Speaking to Arutz Sheva, he described it as "sickening" and "frightening."
"It was sickening, and frightening that in a university in 2016, the Elders of Zion can be mentioned without anyone in the audience saying a word," he said.
Hass, along with fellow far-left Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, regularly speaks at anti-Israel events throughout Europe and North America, and has urged Diaspora Jewry to stop supporting Israel.
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Friday, January 29, 2016
A7News: Revealed: US, UK infiltrated Israeli intelligence
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Friday, Jan. 29 '16, Shevat 19, 5776
HEADLINES:
1. REVEALED: US, UK INFILTRATED ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
2. STEINITZ 'DISAPPOINTED' IN 18-YEARS OF US SPYING
3. 'AMERICA HAS JOINED THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL'
4. BABY ADELLE'S MURDERERS SENT TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
5. 'IT'S A MIRACLE, TERRORIST MISSED HIS HEART BY A MILLIMETER'
6. IRAN SAYS IT SPIED ON US AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DRONE
7. 'THE STATE OF SOUTHERN TEL AVIV IS OCCUPIED'
8. FOX SAYS TRUMP DEMANDED $5 MILLION TO DEBATE
1. REVEALED: US, UK INFILTRATED ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
by Ari Yashar
A shocking revelation on Friday morning shows that the US and Britain have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the last 18 years, spying on imagery sent by drones on sensitive missions in the Middle East back to their home bases in Israel.
The revelation comes from documents and images exposed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden and published for the first time on Friday by Yedioth Aharonoth.
The infiltration of Israeli intelligence has been going on for the past 18 years from a fortified base in Cyprus, according to the documents.
In the breach, Israeli coding was cracked by the US and Britain, allowing them direct access to imagery broadcast by a large fleet of Israeli UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) flying sensitive missions in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, as well as throughout the Middle East back to their home bases including Tel Nof, Palmachim and Ein Shemer.
According to the revelations, the Israeli drones even flew missions to gather information so as to plan a bombing of Iran's nuclear program. Two of the drones were revealed to be armed with missiles and bombs, allowing them to be used in precise assassination missions against terrorists.
Thanks to the hacking, the US and UK were able to see Israel's targets, preferences and abilities, all from the eyes of Israel's own drones.
A senior Israeli intelligence official exposed to the revelation told the paper that "this is an earthquake."
"Apparently none of our encoded communications processes are secure from them," he said. "This is the most serious leak in the history of Israeli intelligence."
The revelation casts the case of Jonathan Pollard in a light of even greater hypocrisy. Pollard was jailed by the US for 30 years - half his life - on charges of spying for Israel after he passed information about regional threats to the Jewish state. Even after recently being paroled, he continues to suffer unprecedented draconian parole conditions.
Israel the main target
The infiltration mission, entitled "Anarchist," has been up and running since 1998. Its goal was to crack and intercept the broadcasts of major armies in the Middle East, along with their air forces and advanced weapon systems and radars.
In the framework of the mission, the codes of advanced combat and tracking systems of Hezbollah, Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Syria were cracked.
However, at the center of the operation was one state which the majority of the resources and efforts were invested in - Israel, the supposed ally of the US and UK.
"Anarchy" was operated by the American NSA and the British GCHQ from two bases. One was a base in Menwith Hill, in northern England, that is jointly run with the US, and the other a British base located on the peak of the Troodos Mountains, the highest point in Cyprus. The base is massive, full of antennas, receivers and decoding equipment, with portions of the base dug underground.
The Snowden files include screenshots from intercepted broadcasts from Israeli drones in the midst of their operations. All that the powerful cameras of the UAVs picked up was transmitted to the American and British spies.
Also in the files were presentations prepared for internal lectures and training, including reports apparently addressed to senior commanders about the progress of the infiltration operation.
Members of the "Anarchist" operation were also able to locate where the drone footage was shot in a portion of the instances, whether by identifying the landscape such as that of an Arab village near the security barrier in Judea and Samaria, or else by cracking a special part of the broadcast in which the UAV updated its base regarding its location.
In one instance on June 24, 2009, the members of the base in Cyprus documented the movement of Israeli drones near Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria. In April 2010, they were able to figure out that the drones were near Atil in northwestern Samaria, not far from the 1949 Armistice line and Netanya.
"Critical access"
A British intelligence document from 2008 notes that "this access is irreplaceable in order to understand the Israeli army and its operations, and therefore it gives us the ability to understand future developments in the region."
The document further stated that "in times of crisis, this access is critical, and at times may be the only way to provide information and support to the operations of the United States and its allies in this arena."
Not mentioned in the document is the fact that Israel is itself a declared ally of the US and the UK.
The US invested serious resources in tracking Israeli preparations for a strike on Iran, as revealed by the documents which also showed great American concerns that Israel would conduct significant military actions in the region without coordination with the US causing instability.
The documents and pictures, published for the first time Friday in Yedioth Aharonoth as well as The Intercept and the German Der Spiegel, include images showing missiles that are said to be able to weigh up to a ton hanging from the wings of the Eitan drone. The images likewise show the takeoff and landing of the drone, also known as the Heron.
2. STEINITZ 'DISAPPOINTED' IN 18-YEARS OF US SPYING
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) responded on Friday to the morning's report revealing that the US and UK have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the past 18 years, hacking into the video broadcasts of Israeli drones conducting sensitive missions in the region.
Steinitz, who served as Intelligence Minister in the last government, said he was disappointed by the revelation, made by Yedioth Aharonoth from documents and images exposed by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
"We are not surprised. We know that the Americans spy on everyone including us, their friends," he told Army Radio.
"It's disappointing nonetheless because of the fact that for decades we haven't spied or gathered intelligence or broken codes in the United States."
Steinitz's comment refers to the case of former US Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard, who was arrested in 1985 and jailed for 30 years - half his life - before being paroled recently. Pollard was charged with spying for Israel, after passing information on regional threats to the Jewish state, and even now he suffers from unprecedented draconian parole conditions.
The American and British spying operation, called "Anarchist," focused on Israel and saw codes cracked allowing access to broadcasts from drones to Israeli bases in various areas, including in Iran ahead of an apparent planned attack on Tehran's nuclear program.
Despite Israel being an ally of the US and UK, they also penetrated F16 fighter pilots' heads-up display, in one case showing the aircraft tracking a target on the ground.
"It's as if they sat with them in the cockpit," wrote Yedioth Aharonoth. "It's a look into the secret Israeli combat world. Potential targets, aims, priorities and capabilities, from Israel's view of its enemies. The United States and Britain profited from Israel's superb intelligence abilities and saw everything that Israel saw."
A senior Israeli intelligence official exposed to the revelation told the paper that "this is an earthquake."
"Apparently none of our encoded communications processes are secure from them," he said. "This is the most serious leak in the history of Israeli intelligence."
AFP contributed to this report.
3. 'AMERICA HAS JOINED THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL'
by Ari Yashar
Samaria regional council head Yossi Dagan responded sharply on Friday to reports the day before, revealing that the US reissued its orders to importers not to label products from Judea and Samaria as being from "Israel."
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Thursday defended the instructions, saying that they were not a new policy. The instructions were published on Saturday, calling to enforce the 1995 American law on marking goods from the region.
"Even though this is just a 'reissuing,' it is clear why US Customs 'remembered' to brush the cobwebs off this wretched law," said Dagan.
"Unfortunately sources in the US are joining the anti-Semitic campaign against the state of Israel, and we rely on the Foreign Ministry and Deputy Foreign Minister, the Israelis who will know to respond firmly and decisively to this unacceptable attempt to mark Israeli businesses."
Dagan concluded by saying, "we also trust that this time there won't be any influence on the businesses in Judea and Samaria. We will continue to produce and live our lives."
While the US guidelines do not distinguish between Jewish and Arab products, the Obama administration gave support to the EU decision last November to label Jewish products from Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights.
Highlighting Dagan's accusations of American hostility, his response comes the same Friday that a shocking revelation was made from documents released by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden, showing the US and UK have been infiltrating Israeli intelligence drones on sensitive missions throughout the region for the past 18 years.
Regarding the legal status of Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria, and consequentially of products from the region, the 2012 Levy Report proved that Israel's presence is legal according to international law. However, despite being commissioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, two consecutive coalition governments led by him have yet to adopt the findings of the report.
4. BABY ADELLE'S MURDERERS SENT TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
by Ido Ben Porat
The five terrorists who in 2013 threw rocks at the car of the Biton family and critically wounded two-year-old Adelle, ultimately resulting in her death two years later, were on Thursday sent to 15 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter rather than murder.
It was reported in December that the terrorists' attorneys signed a plea bargain under which all five terrorists will confess to and be convicted of manslaughter, receive a prison sentence of 15 years and each will pay 30,000 shekels to the Biton family.
The plea bargain was approved by the Military Court in Samaria.
Adelle was critically wounded when the family car was attacked outside of Ariel in Samaria by Arab terrorists, who hurled rocks at the vehicle and caused it to veer off the road and crash headfirst into a truck.
The fist-sized rock struck Adelle directly in the head, leaving the two-year-old baby critically wounded and in mortal danger. Doctors said her recovery from the blow was nothing short of miraculous.
Adelle had been in and out of the hospital for two years following the attack in a grueling rehabilitation period, and died in February of 2015 after her condition deteriorated rapidly from a bout of pneumonia.
Responding to the sentence imposed on the terrorists, Adelle's mother Adva told Channel 1 News on Thursday, "It is time that our country hand out life sentences or death penalty to those terrorists, even though are minors."
"We decided to agree to the plea bargain so that we know that they are under lock and key," she explained.
5. 'IT'S A MIRACLE, TERRORIST MISSED HIS HEART BY A MILLIMETER'
by Eliran Aharon
Menachem Mendel Rivkin, who was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday night by an Arab terrorist at a restaurant adjacent to a gas station just outside Givat Ze'ev to the northwest of Jerusalem, continued to improve on Friday.
Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem announced on Friday morning that Rivkin is still in the intensive care unit, and remains on artificial respiration and put to sleep with anesthetics, but his condition is improving steadily.
In the attack at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17-year-old Arab terrorist from Bayt Nabala arrived at the gas station adjacent to Givat Ze'ev and stabbed Rivkin, a resident of Givat Ze'ev who was going to eat at a restaurant right by the station with his wife Brachi. The terrorist tried to flee but fell, scraped his knee and was caught by civilians, before being brought to the hospital for medical treatment.
"We got out of the car, we walked just a meter I think," recalled Brachi Rivkin to Channel 2.
"We parked right next to the burger (restaurant), and suddenly in a second my husband says to me 'I'm stabbed.' I turned around and didn't see anyone, it was just a matter of seconds."
She said that "everyone jumped out to run after the terrorist. Then I was left with him, I don't really know, I felt that he was losing blood and wasn't with me."
Doctors at Shaare Tzedek Hospital fought to save his life from the very serious wounds inflicted in the attack.
"He had a really great miracle. Because the doctor said that another millimeter and it would have hit his heart, and I don't want to say what would have happened," said Rivkin's wife.
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6. IRAN SAYS IT SPIED ON US AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DRONE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Iranian state TV on Friday gloatingly claimed that an Iranian surveillance drone flew over an American aircraft carrier and photographed it during recent naval drills.
The TV report did not specify when the fly-by happened, did not name the US vessel, and did not even show any of the alleged images, reports Associated Press.
Iran's state-run IRNA said that an Iranian light submarine also was closely involved in the surveillance operation.
Commander Kevin Stephens, a spokesperson for the Bahrain-based US Navy 5th Fleet, declined to respond to the report.
"I can say that we are confident in the ability of U.S. naval forces operating in the region to respond appropriately as the situation dictates, and will exercise our right to defend our forces against any threat," he said.
The incident comes just weeks after ten US sailors were abducted by Iran, following a technical malfunction that caused them to enter Iranian waters. Tehran said that in the tense stand off that followed it had rockets locked onto US ships ready to blow them out of the water.
Currently the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier is stationed in the Persian Gulf to help in the campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.
Iranian state TV also said Iran's navy successfully tested surface-to-surface Noor cruise missiles and unveiled a new radar system during the drill.
The incident comes as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani returned to Iran on Friday after a five-day visit to Europe, where he signed billions of dollars worth of trade deals with Italian and French companies following the lifting of sanctions in the controversial nuclear deal.
US Secretary of State John Kerry last Thursday admitted part of the massive sanctions relief windfall will go to terror.
Even as the nuclear sanctions were lifted, the US last Sunday imposed new sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program over Iranian breaches in recent missile tests, and in response Tehran vowed to defy the sanctions.
The report on Iran spying on the US with a drone comes the same Friday that a revelation was made from documents released by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden, showing the US and UK have been infiltrating Israeli intelligence drones on sensitive missions throughout the region for the past 18 years.
7. 'THE STATE OF SOUTHERN TEL AVIV IS OCCUPIED'
by Hezki Ezra
May Golan, chairman of the Hebrew City NGO and a long time champion of the rights of residents in southern Tel Aviv which has been plagued by illegal immigrants, went down to Eilat on Thursday to spread her message to the Likud committee event Likudiada.
Golan spoke with Arutz Sheva about the materials she was passing around at the event, saying, "I came here because I wanted to remind Likud members, MKs and ministers about the occupied state of southern Tel Aviv, along with other cities conquered by the infiltrators."
Statistics from last August suggested that infiltration by Sudanese and Eritreans into Israel is on the rise again, with figures showing the overwhelming majority are job migrants. Brutal crime committed by the illegal immigrants has tragically become a common occurrence, particularly in southern Tel Aviv.
"Precisely here they should remember that people are still suffering, and the time has come for this right-wing government to find a solution," said Golan at the Likud event. "They are the ones who are forming the right-wing government that is supposed to solve the crisis of the residents for the past 7 years."
"The disaster is now at the worst situation that it could be, the infiltrators breach all laws, the know they're living above the law because nothing is being done," added the activist, who is associated with the Otzma Yehudit party.
Golan pointed out that Shas chairman Aryeh Deri's first action after being appointed Interior Minister this month was to reduce the time spent by infiltrators at the Holot detention facility.
She demanded that the MKs and ministers not forget the problem, and that they help the southern Tel Aviv residents.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany recently said they would send back illegal Eritrean migrants because they do not meet the criterion of refugees, she noted, adding, "we don't need to be more humane than Europe."
"There's a solution, to legislate a basic law and remove the infiltrators to a third country or back to their country, but not to let them get a foothold here at the rate of 7,000 births a year. At this rate not only will southern Tel Aviv not remain, but a Jewish state won't remain here."
8. FOX SAYS TRUMP DEMANDED $5 MILLION TO DEBATE
by Ari Yashar
With Donald Trump boycotting the Fox News Republican presidential debates on Thursday night, the stage was set for an epic clash between Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), and the two did not disappoint.
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Cruz early on was asked to "address the elephant not in the room," and said, "I'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly...now that we've gotten the Donald Trump portion out of the way."
Trump had announced he would be holding an event for veterans instead, after making yet more disparaging remarks against Fox journalist Megyn Kelly and badmouthing the news channel for "playing games" with him.
The station's chairman Roger Ailes said he had spoken with Trump three times on Thursday.
"Trump offered to appear at the debate upon the condition that FOX News contribute $5 million to his charities," said a Fox spokesperson. "We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo, nor could any money change hands for any reason. In the last 48 hours, we've kept two issues at the forefront - we would never compromise our journalistic standards and we would always stand by our journalist, Megyn Kelly. We have accomplished those two goals and we are pleased with the outcome."
Amnesty
Thursday's debate is the last before Iowa caucuses next Monday, where polls show an even race between Trump and Cruz, with Rubio not far behind in third, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continuing his downward trend from recent weeks.
But even with Trump not on the stage, the debate featured plenty of fireworks between Cruz and Rubio, who clashed over "amnesty" for illegal immigrants who are already in America.
The two accused one another of lying about the issue and changing their position from one of support for "amnesty" to a more conservative policy.
They also clashed over defense spending, after Cruz said he would "utterly and completely destroy ISIS (Islamic State)."
"The only budget that Ted has ever voted for was a budget that Rand Paul sponsored that brags about cutting defense spending," Rubio said. In response Cruz insisted that he would "carpet bomb" the enemy as was done in the first Iraq war.
The last debate earlier this month was characterized by the first head-to-head clashes between Cruz and Trump, amid growing tensions in the Iowa race.
A new Pew Research Center poll this Wednesday indicated potential troubles for the real estate mogul's campaign, finding that nearly 60% of American think Trump is not religious or not religious enough, with 51% saying they were less likely to vote for a non religious candidate.
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HEADLINES:
1. REVEALED: US, UK INFILTRATED ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
2. STEINITZ 'DISAPPOINTED' IN 18-YEARS OF US SPYING
3. 'AMERICA HAS JOINED THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL'
4. BABY ADELLE'S MURDERERS SENT TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
5. 'IT'S A MIRACLE, TERRORIST MISSED HIS HEART BY A MILLIMETER'
6. IRAN SAYS IT SPIED ON US AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DRONE
7. 'THE STATE OF SOUTHERN TEL AVIV IS OCCUPIED'
8. FOX SAYS TRUMP DEMANDED $5 MILLION TO DEBATE
1. REVEALED: US, UK INFILTRATED ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
by Ari Yashar
A shocking revelation on Friday morning shows that the US and Britain have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the last 18 years, spying on imagery sent by drones on sensitive missions in the Middle East back to their home bases in Israel.
The revelation comes from documents and images exposed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden and published for the first time on Friday by Yedioth Aharonoth.
The infiltration of Israeli intelligence has been going on for the past 18 years from a fortified base in Cyprus, according to the documents.
In the breach, Israeli coding was cracked by the US and Britain, allowing them direct access to imagery broadcast by a large fleet of Israeli UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) flying sensitive missions in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, as well as throughout the Middle East back to their home bases including Tel Nof, Palmachim and Ein Shemer.
According to the revelations, the Israeli drones even flew missions to gather information so as to plan a bombing of Iran's nuclear program. Two of the drones were revealed to be armed with missiles and bombs, allowing them to be used in precise assassination missions against terrorists.
Thanks to the hacking, the US and UK were able to see Israel's targets, preferences and abilities, all from the eyes of Israel's own drones.
A senior Israeli intelligence official exposed to the revelation told the paper that "this is an earthquake."
"Apparently none of our encoded communications processes are secure from them," he said. "This is the most serious leak in the history of Israeli intelligence."
The revelation casts the case of Jonathan Pollard in a light of even greater hypocrisy. Pollard was jailed by the US for 30 years - half his life - on charges of spying for Israel after he passed information about regional threats to the Jewish state. Even after recently being paroled, he continues to suffer unprecedented draconian parole conditions.
Israel the main target
The infiltration mission, entitled "Anarchist," has been up and running since 1998. Its goal was to crack and intercept the broadcasts of major armies in the Middle East, along with their air forces and advanced weapon systems and radars.
In the framework of the mission, the codes of advanced combat and tracking systems of Hezbollah, Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Syria were cracked.
However, at the center of the operation was one state which the majority of the resources and efforts were invested in - Israel, the supposed ally of the US and UK.
"Anarchy" was operated by the American NSA and the British GCHQ from two bases. One was a base in Menwith Hill, in northern England, that is jointly run with the US, and the other a British base located on the peak of the Troodos Mountains, the highest point in Cyprus. The base is massive, full of antennas, receivers and decoding equipment, with portions of the base dug underground.
The Snowden files include screenshots from intercepted broadcasts from Israeli drones in the midst of their operations. All that the powerful cameras of the UAVs picked up was transmitted to the American and British spies.
Also in the files were presentations prepared for internal lectures and training, including reports apparently addressed to senior commanders about the progress of the infiltration operation.
Members of the "Anarchist" operation were also able to locate where the drone footage was shot in a portion of the instances, whether by identifying the landscape such as that of an Arab village near the security barrier in Judea and Samaria, or else by cracking a special part of the broadcast in which the UAV updated its base regarding its location.
In one instance on June 24, 2009, the members of the base in Cyprus documented the movement of Israeli drones near Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria. In April 2010, they were able to figure out that the drones were near Atil in northwestern Samaria, not far from the 1949 Armistice line and Netanya.
"Critical access"
A British intelligence document from 2008 notes that "this access is irreplaceable in order to understand the Israeli army and its operations, and therefore it gives us the ability to understand future developments in the region."
The document further stated that "in times of crisis, this access is critical, and at times may be the only way to provide information and support to the operations of the United States and its allies in this arena."
Not mentioned in the document is the fact that Israel is itself a declared ally of the US and the UK.
The US invested serious resources in tracking Israeli preparations for a strike on Iran, as revealed by the documents which also showed great American concerns that Israel would conduct significant military actions in the region without coordination with the US causing instability.
The documents and pictures, published for the first time Friday in Yedioth Aharonoth as well as The Intercept and the German Der Spiegel, include images showing missiles that are said to be able to weigh up to a ton hanging from the wings of the Eitan drone. The images likewise show the takeoff and landing of the drone, also known as the Heron.
2. STEINITZ 'DISAPPOINTED' IN 18-YEARS OF US SPYING
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) responded on Friday to the morning's report revealing that the US and UK have infiltrated Israeli intelligence for the past 18 years, hacking into the video broadcasts of Israeli drones conducting sensitive missions in the region.
Steinitz, who served as Intelligence Minister in the last government, said he was disappointed by the revelation, made by Yedioth Aharonoth from documents and images exposed by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
"We are not surprised. We know that the Americans spy on everyone including us, their friends," he told Army Radio.
"It's disappointing nonetheless because of the fact that for decades we haven't spied or gathered intelligence or broken codes in the United States."
Steinitz's comment refers to the case of former US Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard, who was arrested in 1985 and jailed for 30 years - half his life - before being paroled recently. Pollard was charged with spying for Israel, after passing information on regional threats to the Jewish state, and even now he suffers from unprecedented draconian parole conditions.
The American and British spying operation, called "Anarchist," focused on Israel and saw codes cracked allowing access to broadcasts from drones to Israeli bases in various areas, including in Iran ahead of an apparent planned attack on Tehran's nuclear program.
Despite Israel being an ally of the US and UK, they also penetrated F16 fighter pilots' heads-up display, in one case showing the aircraft tracking a target on the ground.
"It's as if they sat with them in the cockpit," wrote Yedioth Aharonoth. "It's a look into the secret Israeli combat world. Potential targets, aims, priorities and capabilities, from Israel's view of its enemies. The United States and Britain profited from Israel's superb intelligence abilities and saw everything that Israel saw."
A senior Israeli intelligence official exposed to the revelation told the paper that "this is an earthquake."
"Apparently none of our encoded communications processes are secure from them," he said. "This is the most serious leak in the history of Israeli intelligence."
AFP contributed to this report.
3. 'AMERICA HAS JOINED THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL'
by Ari Yashar
Samaria regional council head Yossi Dagan responded sharply on Friday to reports the day before, revealing that the US reissued its orders to importers not to label products from Judea and Samaria as being from "Israel."
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Thursday defended the instructions, saying that they were not a new policy. The instructions were published on Saturday, calling to enforce the 1995 American law on marking goods from the region.
"Even though this is just a 'reissuing,' it is clear why US Customs 'remembered' to brush the cobwebs off this wretched law," said Dagan.
"Unfortunately sources in the US are joining the anti-Semitic campaign against the state of Israel, and we rely on the Foreign Ministry and Deputy Foreign Minister, the Israelis who will know to respond firmly and decisively to this unacceptable attempt to mark Israeli businesses."
Dagan concluded by saying, "we also trust that this time there won't be any influence on the businesses in Judea and Samaria. We will continue to produce and live our lives."
While the US guidelines do not distinguish between Jewish and Arab products, the Obama administration gave support to the EU decision last November to label Jewish products from Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights.
Highlighting Dagan's accusations of American hostility, his response comes the same Friday that a shocking revelation was made from documents released by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden, showing the US and UK have been infiltrating Israeli intelligence drones on sensitive missions throughout the region for the past 18 years.
Regarding the legal status of Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria, and consequentially of products from the region, the 2012 Levy Report proved that Israel's presence is legal according to international law. However, despite being commissioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, two consecutive coalition governments led by him have yet to adopt the findings of the report.
4. BABY ADELLE'S MURDERERS SENT TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON
by Ido Ben Porat
The five terrorists who in 2013 threw rocks at the car of the Biton family and critically wounded two-year-old Adelle, ultimately resulting in her death two years later, were on Thursday sent to 15 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter rather than murder.
It was reported in December that the terrorists' attorneys signed a plea bargain under which all five terrorists will confess to and be convicted of manslaughter, receive a prison sentence of 15 years and each will pay 30,000 shekels to the Biton family.
The plea bargain was approved by the Military Court in Samaria.
Adelle was critically wounded when the family car was attacked outside of Ariel in Samaria by Arab terrorists, who hurled rocks at the vehicle and caused it to veer off the road and crash headfirst into a truck.
The fist-sized rock struck Adelle directly in the head, leaving the two-year-old baby critically wounded and in mortal danger. Doctors said her recovery from the blow was nothing short of miraculous.
Adelle had been in and out of the hospital for two years following the attack in a grueling rehabilitation period, and died in February of 2015 after her condition deteriorated rapidly from a bout of pneumonia.
Responding to the sentence imposed on the terrorists, Adelle's mother Adva told Channel 1 News on Thursday, "It is time that our country hand out life sentences or death penalty to those terrorists, even though are minors."
"We decided to agree to the plea bargain so that we know that they are under lock and key," she explained.
5. 'IT'S A MIRACLE, TERRORIST MISSED HIS HEART BY A MILLIMETER'
by Eliran Aharon
Menachem Mendel Rivkin, who was stabbed and seriously wounded on Wednesday night by an Arab terrorist at a restaurant adjacent to a gas station just outside Givat Ze'ev to the northwest of Jerusalem, continued to improve on Friday.
Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem announced on Friday morning that Rivkin is still in the intensive care unit, and remains on artificial respiration and put to sleep with anesthetics, but his condition is improving steadily.
In the attack at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the 17-year-old Arab terrorist from Bayt Nabala arrived at the gas station adjacent to Givat Ze'ev and stabbed Rivkin, a resident of Givat Ze'ev who was going to eat at a restaurant right by the station with his wife Brachi. The terrorist tried to flee but fell, scraped his knee and was caught by civilians, before being brought to the hospital for medical treatment.
"We got out of the car, we walked just a meter I think," recalled Brachi Rivkin to Channel 2.
"We parked right next to the burger (restaurant), and suddenly in a second my husband says to me 'I'm stabbed.' I turned around and didn't see anyone, it was just a matter of seconds."
She said that "everyone jumped out to run after the terrorist. Then I was left with him, I don't really know, I felt that he was losing blood and wasn't with me."
Doctors at Shaare Tzedek Hospital fought to save his life from the very serious wounds inflicted in the attack.
"He had a really great miracle. Because the doctor said that another millimeter and it would have hit his heart, and I don't want to say what would have happened," said Rivkin's wife.
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6. IRAN SAYS IT SPIED ON US AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH DRONE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Iranian state TV on Friday gloatingly claimed that an Iranian surveillance drone flew over an American aircraft carrier and photographed it during recent naval drills.
The TV report did not specify when the fly-by happened, did not name the US vessel, and did not even show any of the alleged images, reports Associated Press.
Iran's state-run IRNA said that an Iranian light submarine also was closely involved in the surveillance operation.
Commander Kevin Stephens, a spokesperson for the Bahrain-based US Navy 5th Fleet, declined to respond to the report.
"I can say that we are confident in the ability of U.S. naval forces operating in the region to respond appropriately as the situation dictates, and will exercise our right to defend our forces against any threat," he said.
The incident comes just weeks after ten US sailors were abducted by Iran, following a technical malfunction that caused them to enter Iranian waters. Tehran said that in the tense stand off that followed it had rockets locked onto US ships ready to blow them out of the water.
Currently the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier is stationed in the Persian Gulf to help in the campaign against Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria.
Iranian state TV also said Iran's navy successfully tested surface-to-surface Noor cruise missiles and unveiled a new radar system during the drill.
The incident comes as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani returned to Iran on Friday after a five-day visit to Europe, where he signed billions of dollars worth of trade deals with Italian and French companies following the lifting of sanctions in the controversial nuclear deal.
US Secretary of State John Kerry last Thursday admitted part of the massive sanctions relief windfall will go to terror.
Even as the nuclear sanctions were lifted, the US last Sunday imposed new sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program over Iranian breaches in recent missile tests, and in response Tehran vowed to defy the sanctions.
The report on Iran spying on the US with a drone comes the same Friday that a revelation was made from documents released by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden, showing the US and UK have been infiltrating Israeli intelligence drones on sensitive missions throughout the region for the past 18 years.
7. 'THE STATE OF SOUTHERN TEL AVIV IS OCCUPIED'
by Hezki Ezra
May Golan, chairman of the Hebrew City NGO and a long time champion of the rights of residents in southern Tel Aviv which has been plagued by illegal immigrants, went down to Eilat on Thursday to spread her message to the Likud committee event Likudiada.
Golan spoke with Arutz Sheva about the materials she was passing around at the event, saying, "I came here because I wanted to remind Likud members, MKs and ministers about the occupied state of southern Tel Aviv, along with other cities conquered by the infiltrators."
Statistics from last August suggested that infiltration by Sudanese and Eritreans into Israel is on the rise again, with figures showing the overwhelming majority are job migrants. Brutal crime committed by the illegal immigrants has tragically become a common occurrence, particularly in southern Tel Aviv.
"Precisely here they should remember that people are still suffering, and the time has come for this right-wing government to find a solution," said Golan at the Likud event. "They are the ones who are forming the right-wing government that is supposed to solve the crisis of the residents for the past 7 years."
"The disaster is now at the worst situation that it could be, the infiltrators breach all laws, the know they're living above the law because nothing is being done," added the activist, who is associated with the Otzma Yehudit party.
Golan pointed out that Shas chairman Aryeh Deri's first action after being appointed Interior Minister this month was to reduce the time spent by infiltrators at the Holot detention facility.
She demanded that the MKs and ministers not forget the problem, and that they help the southern Tel Aviv residents.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany recently said they would send back illegal Eritrean migrants because they do not meet the criterion of refugees, she noted, adding, "we don't need to be more humane than Europe."
"There's a solution, to legislate a basic law and remove the infiltrators to a third country or back to their country, but not to let them get a foothold here at the rate of 7,000 births a year. At this rate not only will southern Tel Aviv not remain, but a Jewish state won't remain here."
8. FOX SAYS TRUMP DEMANDED $5 MILLION TO DEBATE
by Ari Yashar
With Donald Trump boycotting the Fox News Republican presidential debates on Thursday night, the stage was set for an epic clash between Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), and the two did not disappoint.
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Cruz early on was asked to "address the elephant not in the room," and said, "I'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly...now that we've gotten the Donald Trump portion out of the way."
Trump had announced he would be holding an event for veterans instead, after making yet more disparaging remarks against Fox journalist Megyn Kelly and badmouthing the news channel for "playing games" with him.
The station's chairman Roger Ailes said he had spoken with Trump three times on Thursday.
"Trump offered to appear at the debate upon the condition that FOX News contribute $5 million to his charities," said a Fox spokesperson. "We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo, nor could any money change hands for any reason. In the last 48 hours, we've kept two issues at the forefront - we would never compromise our journalistic standards and we would always stand by our journalist, Megyn Kelly. We have accomplished those two goals and we are pleased with the outcome."
Amnesty
Thursday's debate is the last before Iowa caucuses next Monday, where polls show an even race between Trump and Cruz, with Rubio not far behind in third, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson continuing his downward trend from recent weeks.
But even with Trump not on the stage, the debate featured plenty of fireworks between Cruz and Rubio, who clashed over "amnesty" for illegal immigrants who are already in America.
The two accused one another of lying about the issue and changing their position from one of support for "amnesty" to a more conservative policy.
They also clashed over defense spending, after Cruz said he would "utterly and completely destroy ISIS (Islamic State)."
"The only budget that Ted has ever voted for was a budget that Rand Paul sponsored that brags about cutting defense spending," Rubio said. In response Cruz insisted that he would "carpet bomb" the enemy as was done in the first Iraq war.
The last debate earlier this month was characterized by the first head-to-head clashes between Cruz and Trump, amid growing tensions in the Iowa race.
A new Pew Research Center poll this Wednesday indicated potential troubles for the real estate mogul's campaign, finding that nearly 60% of American think Trump is not religious or not religious enough, with 51% saying they were less likely to vote for a non religious candidate.
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HEADLINES:
1. TERROR VICTIM DAFNA MEIR'S MOVING LETTER
2. CANADA'S PM FORGETS JEWS IN STATEMENT ON HOLOCAUST
3. GIVAT ZE'EV STABBING VICTIM IN STABLE CONDITION
4. 'AS WE DEFEND OURSELVES, WE DO NOT STAND ALONE'
5. POLL: KAHLON PLUNGES AS LAPID REGAINS POWER
6. SIX OFFICERS DISMISSED OVER YISHAI ROZALES' DEATH
7. KHAMENEI DENIES THE HOLOCAUST ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
8. ISRAEL 'PRETTY PROTECTED' FROM ZIKA INFECTION
1. TERROR VICTIM DAFNA MEIR'S MOVING LETTER
by Cynthia Blank
A week and a half after Dafna Meir was murdered at the door of her home in Otniel, her husband discovered a moving note she wrote and kept with her for self-improvement.
"These are not my hours, but I couldn't sleep," Natan wrote on Facebook, attaching a copy of the note. "I'm touched with great respect and longing for what Dafna left behind, and found this note in her bag. A page of self-improvement she carried with her always."
On the note, Meir wrote a list of ways to deal with difficult situations, such as writing down emotions before bursting into anger.
Meir asserts that it is better to leave an argument and be alone with yourself, saying, "I apologize. I'm sorry. I will take your words to heart. Do not try to defend in the middle of the situation, be quiet, don't apologize in the middle of the situation, don't justify myself."
She also stressed the need to project confidence instead of helplessness, and to understand the differences between the liminal and the here and now.
Meir writes of interactions with others, "to smile! ask how they are! Be polite and assertive at the same time. Don't let the situation manage me. I am the manager."
She adds that in the middle of an interaction with another person that is going to a bad place, it is better to stop in the middle, request the other party to take a break and then begin again when both sides are calmer.
Meir is survived by her husband, Natan, and their six children.
2. CANADA'S PM FORGETS JEWS IN STATEMENT ON HOLOCAUST
by Dalit Halevi
The statement Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau issued Wednesday in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day suffered from one very glaring omission.
The Holocaust is defined as the genocide of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime and its collaborators, but in his statement, Trudeau did not mention the words "Jew" or "anti-Semitism" once.
Instead, the Liberal leader offered "tribute to the memory of the millions of victims murdered during the Holocaust," adding that Canada honors "those who survived atrocities at the hands of the Nazi regime, and welcome their courageous stories of hope and perseverance."
Continuing, Trudeau asserted, "The Holocaust is a stark reminder of the dangers and risks of allowing hate, prejudice, and discrimination to spread unchallenged. It also reminds us that silence must never be an option when humanity is threatened."
"As we pause to educate ourselves and our families on the bitter lessons of the Holocaust, we also strengthen our resolve to work with domestic and international partners to continue defending human rights and condemning intolerance."
In stark contrast to Trudeau, the leaders of Canada's Conservative and NDP parties made sure to mention the central victims of the Holocaust, which is commemorated internationally on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Rona Ambrose, Canada's opposition leader, said in her statement that, "Today we remember the countless innocent men, women, and children, including six million Jews who were murdered in Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
"Sadly, today is also a day to remind ourselves that the undisguised anti-Semitism of the Nazi-era still festers in too many parts of the world – and that it can reach even into our own society, clothed in more subtle garb."
NDP leader Tom Mulcair likewise joined in "honoring the memory of the millions of Jewish men, women and children who suffered and were murdered alongside countless others."
3. GIVAT ZE'EV STABBING VICTIM IN STABLE CONDITION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Israeli man wounded in a stabbing attack in Givat Ze'ev late Wednesday night has been stabilized and is currently sedated, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced Thursday morning.
He was originally transferred to the Jerusalem hospital in very serious condition, suffering a stab wound to the chest and severe blood loss. He underwent immediate surgery at the hospital and was placed in the intensive care unit.
The stab victim is still in serious condition, the hospital says, but he is now stable, sedated and on a respirator.
Head of Shaare Zedek's trauma unit Dr. Ofer Marin told reporters, "The stabbing victim arrived at the trauma unit just before midnight. He was semi-conscious received first aid treatment and then went immediately to surgery where he underwent surgery on his chest."
"He needed large number of blood transfusions but we succeeded in stopping the source of his bleeding. He is currently stable and his blood pressure is good."
The 36-year-old man was seriously injured in the attack at a gas station in Givat Ze'ev, to the northwest of Jerusalem. Paramedics who were called to the scene provided the victim with initial treatment before evacuating him to the hospital.
The terrorist, a 17-year-old Arab from Bir Nabala, attacked a couple who were in a restaurant adjacent to the gas station. He stabbed the man in the neck and began to flee.
Citizens at the station began to pursue him until he tripped and fell. They held him until police arrived. The terrorist was taken the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem with light injuries.
4. 'AS WE DEFEND OURSELVES, WE DO NOT STAND ALONE'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
In remarks recorded for a ceremony honoring four Righteous Among The Nations at the Israeli embassy in Washington, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of a Jewish state.
Coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the event posthumously honored two American and two Polish citizens who saved Jews from the hands of the Nazis.
"Today marks the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz," the Prime Minister began. "Today, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We remember the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who never had a chance to grow up."
"Today is also a day when we can be especially grateful for the establishment of the State of Israel," Netanyahu emphasized.
"The Jewish people were once powerless and stateless," he explained. "Now we are again a sovereign, independent nation with the capacity to defend ourselves. But as we defend ourselves, we know that we do not stand alone."
"While Israel counts other nations as friends, we know we have no better friend than the United States of America," the Prime Minister asserted, before thanking, on behalf of the Israeli people, US President Barack Obama for attending the ceremony.
"I thank you for your commitment to continue to work with us to bolster Israel's security over the coming decade," he added. "Your being here reflects the unbreakable bond of friendship between America and the Jewish state."
Obama on Wednesday became the first American president to speak at the embassy of a foreign country when he visited the Israeli embassy and spoke at the ceremony - the first ever of its kind in the United States.
In his remarks, Obama noted anti-Semitism is once again rearing its ugly head and said that everything must be done to prevent it.
"As we honor the newest of the Righteous Among the Nations, we make real the call to never forget. Our children must know this chapter of history, and that we must never repeat it," he said.
Netanyahu too, expressed gratitude to Walery and Maryla Zibjewski, Louis Gunden and Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds.
"We are forever indebted to them because of the Jewish children and the Jewish soldiers who were saved thanks to their bravery," he concluded. "Their courage was a special courage. They not only risked their own lives, but the lives of their families and the life of their soldiers. There is no greater courage."
5. POLL: KAHLON PLUNGES AS LAPID REGAINS POWER
by Ben Shaul
Is the Israeli public disappointed with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon? According to a poll released Thursday morning, the answer is a resounding yes.
According to the poll published on Non-Stop Radio, if elections were held today, Kahlon's centrist Kulanu party would drop drastically down to four seats from its current ten.
The poll, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz of the Maager Mohot Survey Institute and broadcast on the radio's morning program, also found that the ruling Likud party would stand strong with 30 seats.
Jewish Home would gain one seat, making its total nine, while Yisrael Beytenu would also climb up to nine mandates from its previous six. The Shas party would also rise from seven seats to eight.
Interestingly enough, the most significant leap was that of Kulanu's rival centrist party Yesh Atid, which jumped up to 18 seats - a seven-seat increase from its current 11 mandates.
Yesh Atid's chairman Yair Lapid served as finance minister before Kahlon, when his party held a total of 19 mandates.
The party's boost would also come at the expense of the Zionist Union, which the poll predicted as falling down six seats to 18.
United Torah Judaism, Meretz and the Joint List held steady at six, five and 13 mandates, respectively.
6. SIX OFFICERS DISMISSED OVER YISHAI ROZALES' DEATH
by Kobi Finkler
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has dismissed from duty Liet. Col. Tal David, the commander of the IDF's Armored Corps, his deputy, and four additional officers following the disaster earlier this month at Tze'elim Base.
The base in southern Israel is home to the Urban Warfare Training Center which was erected in 2005.
First Lieutenant Yishai Rozales of the Netzah Yehuda battalion was killed in the accident three weeks ago and another soldier was moderately injured, when a mortar shell exploded near them.
The decision to remove the leadership of the Armored Corps was made following a commission of inquiry's findings that the accident was caused by the officers' lack of professionalism.
An investigation into the incident revealed that the mortar team, which was practicing for an upcoming divisional exercise, had intended to shoot in a certain direction, but then abruptly changed direction during the shooting.
As a result, one of the shells landed near where Rozales, 23, was standing; its subsequent explosion caused his death.
The Chief of Staff declared the accident the result of a combination of officers' negligence and a serious security and professional malfunction. As stated, six senior officers were dismissed and an account of the incident was placed in their military files.
7. KHAMENEI DENIES THE HOLOCAUST ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
by Elad Benari
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday took advantage of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to deny that the Holocaust ever occurred.
A video titled "Are The Dark Ages Over?" was posted on Khamenei's official website. Against the backdrop of images of the Auschwitz death camp, the video says that "speaking about the Holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great sin," but that "it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not."
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) posted a version of the video with English subtitles to its website. MEMRI also noted that the video was promoted on the Facebook page of Iran's military and that it specifically pointed out that it was posted on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The following is the translation as provided by MEMRI:
"Who assists the fake Zionist regime? Who supports them? Who clear the road for them? Who stands behind them?
"It is Western powers – headed by America that are doing so. This is why they say in their slogans that they are opposed to terrorism and ISIS, they are lying. They say things that are not true. This is ignorance.
"No one in European countries dares to speak about holocaust while it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not. Even if it is a reality, it is not clear how it happened. Speaking about holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great sin. If someone does this they stop, arrest, imprison and sue him. This is while they claim to be supporters of freedom. This is the ignorance that exists in the world today.
"We should be awake. You dear brothers, dear people of Iran, Muslims in the great Islamic Ummah and officials in different countries should know that we can stand up against the ignorance."
Iranian leaders have made Holocaust denial a regular part of their anti-Israel rhetoric, and therefore this video comes as no surprise.
Khamenei two years ago suggested that the Holocaust "was not real", and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust on a regular basis as well. Prior to leaving the presidency, Ahmadinejad said he prided himself most on his denial of the Holocaust.
In addition, Iran has regularly held Holocaust-denying cartoon exhibits, and is planning to do so again this year.
8. ISRAEL 'PRETTY PROTECTED' FROM ZIKA INFECTION
by Eliran Baruch
As a growing number of European countries report Zika infections among citizens returning from trips to Latin America, Arutz Sheva spoke with Hebrew University's Dr. Hagai Levine to discuss the threat.
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"We should be worried - globally, because this virus can cause congenital malformations and it can spread to other countries," said Levine, of the School of Public Health.
But, he says, chances of becoming infected in Israel are highly improbably, as "we don't have the the mosquitoes [here] that can transmit the virus so we are pretty protected."
Still, Israelis traveling in foreign countries should try to prevent mosquitoes from spreading by using sprays and closing open water areas. Pregnant women, Dr. Levine adds, should "avoid going to endemic areas with mosquitoes."
At a time like this, Dr. Levine asserts, the study of public health is more important than ever as the "environment affects everything else."
Hebrew University offers a master degree in public health with a specialization in environmental health - because "we need to understand ecology, etymology, medicine, and virology... in order to control" such outbreaks.
"This story reminds us that we should put more resources into public health," Dr. Levine says, stressing that Israel is at the forefront of responding to such emergency situations and in providing experts and aid to suffering countries.
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HEADLINES:
1. TERROR VICTIM DAFNA MEIR'S MOVING LETTER
2. CANADA'S PM FORGETS JEWS IN STATEMENT ON HOLOCAUST
3. GIVAT ZE'EV STABBING VICTIM IN STABLE CONDITION
4. 'AS WE DEFEND OURSELVES, WE DO NOT STAND ALONE'
5. POLL: KAHLON PLUNGES AS LAPID REGAINS POWER
6. SIX OFFICERS DISMISSED OVER YISHAI ROZALES' DEATH
7. KHAMENEI DENIES THE HOLOCAUST ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
8. ISRAEL 'PRETTY PROTECTED' FROM ZIKA INFECTION
1. TERROR VICTIM DAFNA MEIR'S MOVING LETTER
by Cynthia Blank
A week and a half after Dafna Meir was murdered at the door of her home in Otniel, her husband discovered a moving note she wrote and kept with her for self-improvement.
"These are not my hours, but I couldn't sleep," Natan wrote on Facebook, attaching a copy of the note. "I'm touched with great respect and longing for what Dafna left behind, and found this note in her bag. A page of self-improvement she carried with her always."
On the note, Meir wrote a list of ways to deal with difficult situations, such as writing down emotions before bursting into anger.
Meir asserts that it is better to leave an argument and be alone with yourself, saying, "I apologize. I'm sorry. I will take your words to heart. Do not try to defend in the middle of the situation, be quiet, don't apologize in the middle of the situation, don't justify myself."
She also stressed the need to project confidence instead of helplessness, and to understand the differences between the liminal and the here and now.
Meir writes of interactions with others, "to smile! ask how they are! Be polite and assertive at the same time. Don't let the situation manage me. I am the manager."
She adds that in the middle of an interaction with another person that is going to a bad place, it is better to stop in the middle, request the other party to take a break and then begin again when both sides are calmer.
Meir is survived by her husband, Natan, and their six children.
2. CANADA'S PM FORGETS JEWS IN STATEMENT ON HOLOCAUST
by Dalit Halevi
The statement Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau issued Wednesday in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day suffered from one very glaring omission.
The Holocaust is defined as the genocide of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazi regime and its collaborators, but in his statement, Trudeau did not mention the words "Jew" or "anti-Semitism" once.
Instead, the Liberal leader offered "tribute to the memory of the millions of victims murdered during the Holocaust," adding that Canada honors "those who survived atrocities at the hands of the Nazi regime, and welcome their courageous stories of hope and perseverance."
Continuing, Trudeau asserted, "The Holocaust is a stark reminder of the dangers and risks of allowing hate, prejudice, and discrimination to spread unchallenged. It also reminds us that silence must never be an option when humanity is threatened."
"As we pause to educate ourselves and our families on the bitter lessons of the Holocaust, we also strengthen our resolve to work with domestic and international partners to continue defending human rights and condemning intolerance."
In stark contrast to Trudeau, the leaders of Canada's Conservative and NDP parties made sure to mention the central victims of the Holocaust, which is commemorated internationally on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Rona Ambrose, Canada's opposition leader, said in her statement that, "Today we remember the countless innocent men, women, and children, including six million Jews who were murdered in Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
"Sadly, today is also a day to remind ourselves that the undisguised anti-Semitism of the Nazi-era still festers in too many parts of the world – and that it can reach even into our own society, clothed in more subtle garb."
NDP leader Tom Mulcair likewise joined in "honoring the memory of the millions of Jewish men, women and children who suffered and were murdered alongside countless others."
3. GIVAT ZE'EV STABBING VICTIM IN STABLE CONDITION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Israeli man wounded in a stabbing attack in Givat Ze'ev late Wednesday night has been stabilized and is currently sedated, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced Thursday morning.
He was originally transferred to the Jerusalem hospital in very serious condition, suffering a stab wound to the chest and severe blood loss. He underwent immediate surgery at the hospital and was placed in the intensive care unit.
The stab victim is still in serious condition, the hospital says, but he is now stable, sedated and on a respirator.
Head of Shaare Zedek's trauma unit Dr. Ofer Marin told reporters, "The stabbing victim arrived at the trauma unit just before midnight. He was semi-conscious received first aid treatment and then went immediately to surgery where he underwent surgery on his chest."
"He needed large number of blood transfusions but we succeeded in stopping the source of his bleeding. He is currently stable and his blood pressure is good."
The 36-year-old man was seriously injured in the attack at a gas station in Givat Ze'ev, to the northwest of Jerusalem. Paramedics who were called to the scene provided the victim with initial treatment before evacuating him to the hospital.
The terrorist, a 17-year-old Arab from Bir Nabala, attacked a couple who were in a restaurant adjacent to the gas station. He stabbed the man in the neck and began to flee.
Citizens at the station began to pursue him until he tripped and fell. They held him until police arrived. The terrorist was taken the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem with light injuries.
4. 'AS WE DEFEND OURSELVES, WE DO NOT STAND ALONE'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
In remarks recorded for a ceremony honoring four Righteous Among The Nations at the Israeli embassy in Washington, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of a Jewish state.
Coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the event posthumously honored two American and two Polish citizens who saved Jews from the hands of the Nazis.
"Today marks the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz," the Prime Minister began. "Today, we remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. We remember the one-and-a-half million Jewish children who never had a chance to grow up."
"Today is also a day when we can be especially grateful for the establishment of the State of Israel," Netanyahu emphasized.
"The Jewish people were once powerless and stateless," he explained. "Now we are again a sovereign, independent nation with the capacity to defend ourselves. But as we defend ourselves, we know that we do not stand alone."
"While Israel counts other nations as friends, we know we have no better friend than the United States of America," the Prime Minister asserted, before thanking, on behalf of the Israeli people, US President Barack Obama for attending the ceremony.
"I thank you for your commitment to continue to work with us to bolster Israel's security over the coming decade," he added. "Your being here reflects the unbreakable bond of friendship between America and the Jewish state."
Obama on Wednesday became the first American president to speak at the embassy of a foreign country when he visited the Israeli embassy and spoke at the ceremony - the first ever of its kind in the United States.
In his remarks, Obama noted anti-Semitism is once again rearing its ugly head and said that everything must be done to prevent it.
"As we honor the newest of the Righteous Among the Nations, we make real the call to never forget. Our children must know this chapter of history, and that we must never repeat it," he said.
Netanyahu too, expressed gratitude to Walery and Maryla Zibjewski, Louis Gunden and Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds.
"We are forever indebted to them because of the Jewish children and the Jewish soldiers who were saved thanks to their bravery," he concluded. "Their courage was a special courage. They not only risked their own lives, but the lives of their families and the life of their soldiers. There is no greater courage."
5. POLL: KAHLON PLUNGES AS LAPID REGAINS POWER
by Ben Shaul
Is the Israeli public disappointed with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon? According to a poll released Thursday morning, the answer is a resounding yes.
According to the poll published on Non-Stop Radio, if elections were held today, Kahlon's centrist Kulanu party would drop drastically down to four seats from its current ten.
The poll, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz of the Maager Mohot Survey Institute and broadcast on the radio's morning program, also found that the ruling Likud party would stand strong with 30 seats.
Jewish Home would gain one seat, making its total nine, while Yisrael Beytenu would also climb up to nine mandates from its previous six. The Shas party would also rise from seven seats to eight.
Interestingly enough, the most significant leap was that of Kulanu's rival centrist party Yesh Atid, which jumped up to 18 seats - a seven-seat increase from its current 11 mandates.
Yesh Atid's chairman Yair Lapid served as finance minister before Kahlon, when his party held a total of 19 mandates.
The party's boost would also come at the expense of the Zionist Union, which the poll predicted as falling down six seats to 18.
United Torah Judaism, Meretz and the Joint List held steady at six, five and 13 mandates, respectively.
6. SIX OFFICERS DISMISSED OVER YISHAI ROZALES' DEATH
by Kobi Finkler
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has dismissed from duty Liet. Col. Tal David, the commander of the IDF's Armored Corps, his deputy, and four additional officers following the disaster earlier this month at Tze'elim Base.
The base in southern Israel is home to the Urban Warfare Training Center which was erected in 2005.
First Lieutenant Yishai Rozales of the Netzah Yehuda battalion was killed in the accident three weeks ago and another soldier was moderately injured, when a mortar shell exploded near them.
The decision to remove the leadership of the Armored Corps was made following a commission of inquiry's findings that the accident was caused by the officers' lack of professionalism.
An investigation into the incident revealed that the mortar team, which was practicing for an upcoming divisional exercise, had intended to shoot in a certain direction, but then abruptly changed direction during the shooting.
As a result, one of the shells landed near where Rozales, 23, was standing; its subsequent explosion caused his death.
The Chief of Staff declared the accident the result of a combination of officers' negligence and a serious security and professional malfunction. As stated, six senior officers were dismissed and an account of the incident was placed in their military files.
7. KHAMENEI DENIES THE HOLOCAUST ON REMEMBRANCE DAY
by Elad Benari
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday took advantage of International Holocaust Remembrance Day to deny that the Holocaust ever occurred.
A video titled "Are The Dark Ages Over?" was posted on Khamenei's official website. Against the backdrop of images of the Auschwitz death camp, the video says that "speaking about the Holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great sin," but that "it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not."
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) posted a version of the video with English subtitles to its website. MEMRI also noted that the video was promoted on the Facebook page of Iran's military and that it specifically pointed out that it was posted on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The following is the translation as provided by MEMRI:
"Who assists the fake Zionist regime? Who supports them? Who clear the road for them? Who stands behind them?
"It is Western powers – headed by America that are doing so. This is why they say in their slogans that they are opposed to terrorism and ISIS, they are lying. They say things that are not true. This is ignorance.
"No one in European countries dares to speak about holocaust while it is not clear whether the core of this matter is a reality or not. Even if it is a reality, it is not clear how it happened. Speaking about holocaust and expressing doubts about it is considered to be a great sin. If someone does this they stop, arrest, imprison and sue him. This is while they claim to be supporters of freedom. This is the ignorance that exists in the world today.
"We should be awake. You dear brothers, dear people of Iran, Muslims in the great Islamic Ummah and officials in different countries should know that we can stand up against the ignorance."
Iranian leaders have made Holocaust denial a regular part of their anti-Israel rhetoric, and therefore this video comes as no surprise.
Khamenei two years ago suggested that the Holocaust "was not real", and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust on a regular basis as well. Prior to leaving the presidency, Ahmadinejad said he prided himself most on his denial of the Holocaust.
In addition, Iran has regularly held Holocaust-denying cartoon exhibits, and is planning to do so again this year.
8. ISRAEL 'PRETTY PROTECTED' FROM ZIKA INFECTION
by Eliran Baruch
As a growing number of European countries report Zika infections among citizens returning from trips to Latin America, Arutz Sheva spoke with Hebrew University's Dr. Hagai Levine to discuss the threat.
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"We should be worried - globally, because this virus can cause congenital malformations and it can spread to other countries," said Levine, of the School of Public Health.
But, he says, chances of becoming infected in Israel are highly improbably, as "we don't have the the mosquitoes [here] that can transmit the virus so we are pretty protected."
Still, Israelis traveling in foreign countries should try to prevent mosquitoes from spreading by using sprays and closing open water areas. Pregnant women, Dr. Levine adds, should "avoid going to endemic areas with mosquitoes."
At a time like this, Dr. Levine asserts, the study of public health is more important than ever as the "environment affects everything else."
Hebrew University offers a master degree in public health with a specialization in environmental health - because "we need to understand ecology, etymology, medicine, and virology... in order to control" such outbreaks.
"This story reminds us that we should put more resources into public health," Dr. Levine says, stressing that Israel is at the forefront of responding to such emergency situations and in providing experts and aid to suffering countries.
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HEADLINES:
1. EICHMANN'S UNPUBLISHED REQUEST FOR PARDON
2. TEL AVIV SHOOTER PLANNED ANOTHER ATTACK
3. PA ARRESTS RELATIVES OF ARAB WHO SOLD HOUSES TO HEVRON JEWS
4. NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN VILIFIES ISRAEL WITHOUT FACTS
5. HOME OF SHLOMIT KRIGMAN'S MURDERERS READY TO BE RUBBLE
6. SMOTRICH BREAKS PROMISE ON HEVRON EVICTION
7. ISRAELI DOCTORS TREAT NEW DISEASE, SAVE PALESTINIAN BOY'S LIFE
8. WATCH: ISRAELI SUPERSTAR AND CONVERT RAP STAR WOW IN COLLAB
1. EICHMANN'S UNPUBLISHED REQUEST FOR PARDON
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel made public on Wednesday a decades-old handwritten plea from Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann for clemency for his role in the Holocaust, dated just two days before he was executed.
In the request, written after he was brought to Israel in 1960, then tried, convicted and sentenced to death, Eichmann claimed the Israeli court overstated his role in organizing the logistics of Adolf Hitler's genocidal "Final Solution" which involved the extermination of six million Jews.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presented the previously unreleased letter, which was written to then president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, at a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"There is a need to draw a line between the leaders responsible and the people like me forced to serve as mere instruments in the hands of the leaders," the presidency quoted Eichmann's letter as saying.
"I was not a responsible leader, and as such do not feel myself guilty," the Nazi wrote. "I am not able to recognize the court's ruling as just, and I ask, Your Honor Mr President, to exercise your right to grant pardons, and order that the death penalty not be carried out."
The letter was signed and dated: "Adolf Eichmann Jerusalem, May 29, 1962."
He was hanged around midnight on May 31.
It was the only time Israel used its death penalty; a bill last July to apply the death penalty to terrorists was shot down by the Knesset 94-6, with only the Yisrael Beytenu party that proposed it voting in favor.
Eichmann, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp after World War II and fled to Argentina in 1950, where he lived under a pseudonym until he was snatched by Mossad agents in Buenos Aires in May 1960 and smuggled to Israel.
The ability of the security services to bring him to justice was a source of pride for the Jewish state, and Rivlin referred to the trial as a momentous moment in Israel's history.
"In the first years after the Holocaust, the people in Israel were busy rebuilding and founding an independent state," he said. "The renewed Israeli society was not in the mindset to or able to remember."
"The Eichmann trial broke the dam of silence. The ability of the young Jewish state to capture the Nazi murderer afforded a basic sense of security to the survivors of the Holocaust."
Remaining Nazis
Israel and its allies have continued to use their resources across the globe to pursue those responsible for carrying out the Holocaust, even though the majority of perpetrators are now close to death.
On Tuesday, the Simon Wiesenthal Center - named after a famous Nazi hunter - produced a list of 10 alleged Nazis who could be prosecuted in 2016.
Of the 10, four have trial dates already slated in Germany this year.
Efraim Zuroff, director of the center, said they would continue to chase every remaining perpetrator as "we owe it to the victims."
"The passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the killers. Old age should not afford protection to people that committed such heinous crimes," he told AFP.
"The trials send a powerful message about the significance of the Holocaust."
As the number of World War Two Nazis alive diminishes, Zuroff said they are also seeking to focus on historical accuracy - with strands of different societies in Europe keen to play down their role in the killings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement on Tuesday, warned that anti-Semitism was again growing in Europe.
"Even respected Western opinion leaders have become afflicted with hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state," Netanyahu said, without specifying names.
"The obsession with the Jews - the fixation on the Jewish state - defies any other rational explanation."
Other documents presented at Wednesday's commemoration, in the presence of Holocaust survivors, included requests for clemency from Eichmann's wife Vera and his five brothers, along with Ben-Zvi's letter to his justice minister rejecting the appeals.
Also in the collection, recently digitized by the presidential archives, are a transcript of Eichmann's defense counsel's Supreme Court appeal, the handwritten opinion of Justice Minister Dov Yosef, and a note by prosecutor Gideon Hausner for his opening address.
Israel marks its own Holocaust remembrance day, which this year will be held on May 4-5.
AFP contributed to this report.
2. TEL AVIV SHOOTER PLANNED ANOTHER ATTACK
by Ari Yashar
Ahead of the indictments to be submitted on Wednesday against three accomplices of Nashat Milhem, the Arab Israeli terrorist who gunned down three people in Tel Aviv on January 1, details of their investigation reveal Milhem planned more attacks.
Milhem, who was found and shot dead in a gun battle in his hometown of Arara in the north where he hid out for a week after the attack helped by other Arab citizens in the town, told his accomplices about the Tel Aviv shooting.
"I murdered two Jews and the taxi driver because he threatened me that he would inform the police," he said according to their revelations under investigation, reported by Yedioth Aharonoth Wednesday.
Shimon Ruimi and Alon Bakal were murdered in Milhem's attack on a pub on Tel Aviv's busy Dizengoff Street, and an hour later the body of Druze taxi driver Amin Shaban was found in the north of the city.
Milhem told one of the three accomplices that he planned another attack, although details of what the attack was to entail remain unclear. Police previously suspected a relative helped Milhem plan the Tel Aviv attack, although the indictment states he conducted the attack alone.
The three accomplices are Mohammed Milhem and Amin Milhem, relatives of the terrorist, as well as a third Arab Israeli who met Milhem at the grocery store in Arara where they worked together.
After the lethal attack, Milhem fled to Arara the same day. There he hid in the storeroom of one of the accomplices, before transferring the next day to another house where he eventually was trapped by security forces and eliminated.
Allegedly he threatened the accomplice with the storeroom that he would harm his wife and entire family if he told anyone they had met.
Another accomplice supplied him with food and a cell phone, while the third accomplice brought him two cartons of cigarettes. One of the accomplices even brought him drugs.
Police previously revealed that there may have been as many as 20 accomplices who either actively gave aid to Milhem, or else recognized him walking around armed in Arara and chose not to report him. Residents of the town revealed that "many people knew" he was hiding out there, apparently aided by his family, and kept quiet.
3. PA ARRESTS RELATIVES OF ARAB WHO SOLD HOUSES TO HEVRON JEWS
by Shlomo Piotrokovsky
In the past several days the Palestinian Authority has arrested the brother and son of a Palestinian Arab man who sold two houses to Jews in Hevron, Arutz Sheva has learned.
When a contact approached the PA to appeal for the release of the two - one of whom is a 17-year-old boy - he was told they would not see the light of day until the seller hands himself in to PA police. Were he to do so, he would likely be subjected to torture and possible execution - the punishment under Palestinian Authority law for selling land or property to Jews.
Hevron Jewish activists have called on the Israeli government to respond by permitting Jewish residents - who were evicted from the two structures shortly after moving in - to return, as well as by providing protection to the Arab seller and his family.
Jewish activist Shlomo Levinger urged the government to act now, as an appropriate response to the murderous Palestinian terror attacks of recent weeks.
"Specifically now, in these weeks during which the nation of Israel sustained loss and grief, we say that there is another way," namely building and expanding Jewish life in the ancient holy city.
"I see in the redemption of the houses at this time a much-needed revival for the Jewish people in the land (of Israel)," he added, and called on authorities to end their "selective" policy of applying rules to Jews in Judea and Samaria which are not applied anywhere else in the country.
"In addition, I call on the government to give urgent protection to the Arab seller and to his family members. A lack of intervention by the government in the (PA) policy of killing Arab sellers, amounts to an approval of this offense."
4. NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN VILIFIES ISRAEL WITHOUT FACTS
by Ari Yashar
Diaa Hadid, a New York Times correspondent, has once again forced her editors to correct her work, after not bothering to get the facts straight in a recent piece that slammed Israeli policy for the eviction of an Arab family from Jerusalem's Old City.
In her article earlier this month, Hadid wrote that: "Nazira Maswadi's new landlord is trying to kick her out based on a claim that her estranged husband, Tawfiq, the original lessee, is dead. 'He's not dead,' she insisted. 'He has 10 children with me. If he died, they would have to bury him.'"
There is only problem with the claim presented in the New York Times article - it is completely false.
An investigation by the media watch organization CAMERA caused the paper's editor on Tuesday to acknowledge that the court documents in the eviction case reveal that Maswadi was in fact being kicked out for the simple reason that she is not paying rent.
The revelation exposes the baseless nature of the bias seen in the article, including lines such as: "the Palestinian families and their supporters claim the evictions, often based on seemingly arcane violations of their rental agreements, are part of a broader agenda to create Jewish enclaves inside the historic Muslim Quarter."
As noted by Honest Reporting on Tuesday, it would be hard for Hadid to sell to readers that failure to pay rent is an "arcane violation" of a rental agreement, as she opined in the article.
The New York Times editor also admitted that "the descriptions were based on the tenants' accounts; the article should have included additional information from court documents or from the landlords," revealing Hadid simply took the story of the evicted Arab residents without even a minimal checking of the facts.
This is not the first time that the editors have had to correct Hadid, who worked in the past with the pro-Hamas site Electronic Intifada, as well as with the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment.
Earlier this month the paper's Public Editor Margaret Sullivan had to issue a correction admitting the problematic nature of Hadid's recent article which portrayed Arab Israelis in Haifa as cultured and "cool," after it was disputed by a key pro-terror Arab source who said he was misrepresented.
Sullivan admitted that the article lacked "context."
It focused on "liberal Arab culture" in Haifa, but Ayed Fadel, a main source quoted in the article, revealed on Facebook that "90%" of what he said, which was about "resistance," was taken out. He slammed the attempt by "white media" to portray Arab citizens of Israel as "cool yay hipsters."
5. HOME OF SHLOMIT KRIGMAN'S MURDERERS READY TO BE RUBBLE
by Uzi Baruch
IDF forces and Civil Administration crews mapped out the homes of the two Arab terrorists who on Monday conducted a lethal stabbing attack in Beit Horon, Samaria, in which 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman was brutally murdered.
In Bayt Ur al-Tahta in Samaria members of the Kedem battalion conducted the engineering mapping in preparation for demolishing the home of Ibrahim Osama Yussef Alan.
Meanwhile in Kalandia in northern Jerusalem members of the Duvdevan special ops unit mapped out the home of Hassin Mohammed Hasin Abu Gosh.
In the attack, the two terrorists stabbed Krigman, then tried to enter a store but were pushed out by the owner who used a shopping cart to block their entrance. Once they realized that they would not be able to get into the store, they ran towards another woman and stabbed her before running off.
The second victim, a 58-year-old woman with moderate stab wounds to her upper body, is still being treated at Shaare Tzedek Hospital. Doctors say that her condition is improving.
A nearby security guard shot and killed the two terrorists at the scene. Afterwards no fewer than three improvised explosives were found nearby, indicating a well-planned assault. The terrorists are believed to have thrown the bombs at shoppers, but they failed to detonate.
In additional nighttime operations on Tuesday night, security forces arrested six suspects, three of them on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities and violent rioting that targeted Israeli civilians and security forces.
6. SMOTRICH BREAKS PROMISE ON HEVRON EVICTION
by Ido Ben-Porat
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich decided Wednesday to break his promise from last Friday, when he said he would not vote with the coalition until the return of 200 Jews evicted that morning from two buildings in Hevron they purchased in full from an Arab buyer.
Smotrich again voted with the coalition on Wednesday, even after Ya'alon conditioned the return of the residents on an examination of the purchase, "political" considerations, and security considerations, highlighting the draconian measures imposed on Hevron Jews.
Aside from Smotrich, Deputy Regional Development Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud) and Likud MK Oren Hazan also had threatened to buck coalition discipline until the residents were returned to the homes they had bought.
The Jewish Home MK justified his return to voting despite the fact that his demands were not met, by saying the Prime Minister dealt with the matter personally and announced an outline to return the residents to their homes.
"From checks that I conducted in the last two days, it's become clear that a process of examining the purchase documents is being advanced quickly, and therefore it will be possible to complete it within the period of time that the prime minister set," wrote Smotrich on Facebook.
"Under those circumstances, in my estimation my continuing to insist not to vote with the coalition will not advance the return of the settlers and may even cause harm by reducing the motivation of the defense minister and the prime minister to complete the check as quickly as possible."
"Public responsibility"
The MK went on to say, "public responsibility obligates me not to shake up the coalition again today. I give the prime minister credit for standing on his obligations and enabling the return of the settlers to their home in the coming days."
The statement comes in contrast to Smotrich's words on Sunday, when he said, "under the applicable law in Judea-Samaria, you do not need purchase approval to move back into your home."
Smotrich on Wednesday concluded by saying, "I ask to strengthen the hands of the heroic Hevron settlers in their justified demand to immediately return to homes that were purchased, and to further strengthen the settlement of the city of the patriarchs and throughout Judea and Samaria. We will stand ready on guard in order to ensure the return of the settlers is not delayed, and I trust that if there is a delay the Jewish Home faction will all stand with me in a firm struggle."
Jewish Home last Friday condemned Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) for the eviction, saying, "a check of the purchase documents can be done without throwing Jews from their homes."
Meanwhile the Jewish Home Forum in Samaria showed frustration with their own party, demanding that Jewish Home chairperson Naftali Bennett do something against the eviction. Joining the criticism of Bennett for his inaction was nationalist activist attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit, who lives in Hevron.
"Naftali Bennett needs to do a self examination and decide where he's going," said Ben-Gvir. "You can't sit in a government that expels the settlers and treats terror with kid gloves, and at the same time give criticism like the leading member of the Opposition. Bennett can bring down Defense Minister Ya'alon, and not only criticize his failures. The time has come to stop talking and start doing."
Ben-Gvir noted that the coalition government is made up of a minimum 61 MK majority, meaning one MK could bring it down.
7. ISRAELI DOCTORS TREAT NEW DISEASE, SAVE PALESTINIAN BOY'S LIFE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A genetic disease heretofore unknown in the scientific literature has been discovered by doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors who succeeded in treating the disease are referring to it by the name TPP2 deficiency.
The disease affects the immune system and involves a certain protein deficiency in the blood which causes the immune system to attack itself. This in turn leads to an accelerated rate of aging in cells as well as severe side effects, and can even cause death. The disease is said to be common in societies in which close relatives marry each other.
The disease was first encountered ten years ago when a 21-month-old boy from Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria was brought to Hadassah suffering from severe symptoms of an unexplained malfunction of the immune system. His older sister, at the time a toddler, had previously died of the same syndrome. Dr. Polina Stepensky, head of the Hadassah's pediatric hemato-oncology and bone marrow transplantation department told reporters that "the Palestinian hospital could not diagnose the disease, and we didn't know at first what it was either. When the symptoms appeared in the sister the doctors tried various treatments but they didn't know exactly what the diagnosis was and it didn't help and she died."
When the little boy started exhibiting the same preliminary symptoms, "his mother was the first to understand that it was apparently the same illness and it was liable to end the same way," Stepensky said. The mother abandoned the idea of going to the Palestinian hospital once again and sought out help at the Israeli hospital.
According to a report by Haaretz, in order to diagnose the disease Dr.Stepensky together with Professor Orly Elpeleg of Hadassah's genetic research department utilized a new technique, by which they created a genetic sequence of both the boy and his family. Upon carrying out the sequence they discovered that the family possessed a damaged gene that resulted in the deficiency of the protein TPP2. This isolation of the problem was a big step in solving the mystery around the boy's condition ,for even though the disease destroys red blood cells, normal blood tests won't detect it.
The process was made simpler by the Human Genome Project which was completed in 2006. The project, together with the technological developments that followed, allowed for a relatively easy and inexpensive genetic sequencing for the family. "We actually discovered a new mechanism of the immune system, a previously unknown path that leads to premature aging of the immune system, which both allowed us to diagnose this disease and will also help us better understand the whole system," Stepensky said.
Two years ago, doctors decided that the most effective treatment would be a stem-cell transplant to rejuvenate the boy's immune system. The boy who was by then aged 12 had been treated for years with immunosuppressive drugs. In 2014 he received a transplant from the bone marrow of his healthy seven-year-old sister and now seems to have recovered.
8. WATCH: ISRAELI SUPERSTAR AND CONVERT RAP STAR WOW IN COLLAB
by Yoni Kempinski
Israeli star Gad Elbaz has joined forces with American hassidic rap star Nissim Black to remake his famous hit Hashem Melech, and the hit collaboration comes for a good cause - to support the family of a terror victim.
Nissim Black, a successful Seattle rapper, took a break from his rap career in 2011 to focus on his Orthodox conversion to Judaism, and came back a year later with a renewed passion and message.
Now Black and Elbaz have combined their talents in Hashem Melech 2.0 - a powerful new rendition of Elbaz's Hashem Melech (God is King), filmed amid the breathtaking vistas of New York City.
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The new music video is leading a crowdfunding campaign that has been joined by CauseMatch.com and Aish HaTorah, to raise funds for the seven children and widow of Rabbi Reuven Biermacher, who was tragically murdered by an Arab terrorist near the Yafo Gate of Jerusalem's Old City last December 23.
The goal of raising $1 million for the grieving family that has lost its sole provider has already reached just over 36% of its goal as of Wednesday morning (Israeli time). To donate click here.
Elbaz and Black look to continue their successful collaboration on March 20, as they hold a massive Purim concert at Brooklyn College.
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HEADLINES:
1. EICHMANN'S UNPUBLISHED REQUEST FOR PARDON
2. TEL AVIV SHOOTER PLANNED ANOTHER ATTACK
3. PA ARRESTS RELATIVES OF ARAB WHO SOLD HOUSES TO HEVRON JEWS
4. NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN VILIFIES ISRAEL WITHOUT FACTS
5. HOME OF SHLOMIT KRIGMAN'S MURDERERS READY TO BE RUBBLE
6. SMOTRICH BREAKS PROMISE ON HEVRON EVICTION
7. ISRAELI DOCTORS TREAT NEW DISEASE, SAVE PALESTINIAN BOY'S LIFE
8. WATCH: ISRAELI SUPERSTAR AND CONVERT RAP STAR WOW IN COLLAB
1. EICHMANN'S UNPUBLISHED REQUEST FOR PARDON
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel made public on Wednesday a decades-old handwritten plea from Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann for clemency for his role in the Holocaust, dated just two days before he was executed.
In the request, written after he was brought to Israel in 1960, then tried, convicted and sentenced to death, Eichmann claimed the Israeli court overstated his role in organizing the logistics of Adolf Hitler's genocidal "Final Solution" which involved the extermination of six million Jews.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presented the previously unreleased letter, which was written to then president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, at a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"There is a need to draw a line between the leaders responsible and the people like me forced to serve as mere instruments in the hands of the leaders," the presidency quoted Eichmann's letter as saying.
"I was not a responsible leader, and as such do not feel myself guilty," the Nazi wrote. "I am not able to recognize the court's ruling as just, and I ask, Your Honor Mr President, to exercise your right to grant pardons, and order that the death penalty not be carried out."
The letter was signed and dated: "Adolf Eichmann Jerusalem, May 29, 1962."
He was hanged around midnight on May 31.
It was the only time Israel used its death penalty; a bill last July to apply the death penalty to terrorists was shot down by the Knesset 94-6, with only the Yisrael Beytenu party that proposed it voting in favor.
Eichmann, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp after World War II and fled to Argentina in 1950, where he lived under a pseudonym until he was snatched by Mossad agents in Buenos Aires in May 1960 and smuggled to Israel.
The ability of the security services to bring him to justice was a source of pride for the Jewish state, and Rivlin referred to the trial as a momentous moment in Israel's history.
"In the first years after the Holocaust, the people in Israel were busy rebuilding and founding an independent state," he said. "The renewed Israeli society was not in the mindset to or able to remember."
"The Eichmann trial broke the dam of silence. The ability of the young Jewish state to capture the Nazi murderer afforded a basic sense of security to the survivors of the Holocaust."
Remaining Nazis
Israel and its allies have continued to use their resources across the globe to pursue those responsible for carrying out the Holocaust, even though the majority of perpetrators are now close to death.
On Tuesday, the Simon Wiesenthal Center - named after a famous Nazi hunter - produced a list of 10 alleged Nazis who could be prosecuted in 2016.
Of the 10, four have trial dates already slated in Germany this year.
Efraim Zuroff, director of the center, said they would continue to chase every remaining perpetrator as "we owe it to the victims."
"The passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the killers. Old age should not afford protection to people that committed such heinous crimes," he told AFP.
"The trials send a powerful message about the significance of the Holocaust."
As the number of World War Two Nazis alive diminishes, Zuroff said they are also seeking to focus on historical accuracy - with strands of different societies in Europe keen to play down their role in the killings.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a statement on Tuesday, warned that anti-Semitism was again growing in Europe.
"Even respected Western opinion leaders have become afflicted with hatred for the Jewish people and the Jewish state," Netanyahu said, without specifying names.
"The obsession with the Jews - the fixation on the Jewish state - defies any other rational explanation."
Other documents presented at Wednesday's commemoration, in the presence of Holocaust survivors, included requests for clemency from Eichmann's wife Vera and his five brothers, along with Ben-Zvi's letter to his justice minister rejecting the appeals.
Also in the collection, recently digitized by the presidential archives, are a transcript of Eichmann's defense counsel's Supreme Court appeal, the handwritten opinion of Justice Minister Dov Yosef, and a note by prosecutor Gideon Hausner for his opening address.
Israel marks its own Holocaust remembrance day, which this year will be held on May 4-5.
AFP contributed to this report.
2. TEL AVIV SHOOTER PLANNED ANOTHER ATTACK
by Ari Yashar
Ahead of the indictments to be submitted on Wednesday against three accomplices of Nashat Milhem, the Arab Israeli terrorist who gunned down three people in Tel Aviv on January 1, details of their investigation reveal Milhem planned more attacks.
Milhem, who was found and shot dead in a gun battle in his hometown of Arara in the north where he hid out for a week after the attack helped by other Arab citizens in the town, told his accomplices about the Tel Aviv shooting.
"I murdered two Jews and the taxi driver because he threatened me that he would inform the police," he said according to their revelations under investigation, reported by Yedioth Aharonoth Wednesday.
Shimon Ruimi and Alon Bakal were murdered in Milhem's attack on a pub on Tel Aviv's busy Dizengoff Street, and an hour later the body of Druze taxi driver Amin Shaban was found in the north of the city.
Milhem told one of the three accomplices that he planned another attack, although details of what the attack was to entail remain unclear. Police previously suspected a relative helped Milhem plan the Tel Aviv attack, although the indictment states he conducted the attack alone.
The three accomplices are Mohammed Milhem and Amin Milhem, relatives of the terrorist, as well as a third Arab Israeli who met Milhem at the grocery store in Arara where they worked together.
After the lethal attack, Milhem fled to Arara the same day. There he hid in the storeroom of one of the accomplices, before transferring the next day to another house where he eventually was trapped by security forces and eliminated.
Allegedly he threatened the accomplice with the storeroom that he would harm his wife and entire family if he told anyone they had met.
Another accomplice supplied him with food and a cell phone, while the third accomplice brought him two cartons of cigarettes. One of the accomplices even brought him drugs.
Police previously revealed that there may have been as many as 20 accomplices who either actively gave aid to Milhem, or else recognized him walking around armed in Arara and chose not to report him. Residents of the town revealed that "many people knew" he was hiding out there, apparently aided by his family, and kept quiet.
3. PA ARRESTS RELATIVES OF ARAB WHO SOLD HOUSES TO HEVRON JEWS
by Shlomo Piotrokovsky
In the past several days the Palestinian Authority has arrested the brother and son of a Palestinian Arab man who sold two houses to Jews in Hevron, Arutz Sheva has learned.
When a contact approached the PA to appeal for the release of the two - one of whom is a 17-year-old boy - he was told they would not see the light of day until the seller hands himself in to PA police. Were he to do so, he would likely be subjected to torture and possible execution - the punishment under Palestinian Authority law for selling land or property to Jews.
Hevron Jewish activists have called on the Israeli government to respond by permitting Jewish residents - who were evicted from the two structures shortly after moving in - to return, as well as by providing protection to the Arab seller and his family.
Jewish activist Shlomo Levinger urged the government to act now, as an appropriate response to the murderous Palestinian terror attacks of recent weeks.
"Specifically now, in these weeks during which the nation of Israel sustained loss and grief, we say that there is another way," namely building and expanding Jewish life in the ancient holy city.
"I see in the redemption of the houses at this time a much-needed revival for the Jewish people in the land (of Israel)," he added, and called on authorities to end their "selective" policy of applying rules to Jews in Judea and Samaria which are not applied anywhere else in the country.
"In addition, I call on the government to give urgent protection to the Arab seller and to his family members. A lack of intervention by the government in the (PA) policy of killing Arab sellers, amounts to an approval of this offense."
4. NEW YORK TIMES AGAIN VILIFIES ISRAEL WITHOUT FACTS
by Ari Yashar
Diaa Hadid, a New York Times correspondent, has once again forced her editors to correct her work, after not bothering to get the facts straight in a recent piece that slammed Israeli policy for the eviction of an Arab family from Jerusalem's Old City.
In her article earlier this month, Hadid wrote that: "Nazira Maswadi's new landlord is trying to kick her out based on a claim that her estranged husband, Tawfiq, the original lessee, is dead. 'He's not dead,' she insisted. 'He has 10 children with me. If he died, they would have to bury him.'"
There is only problem with the claim presented in the New York Times article - it is completely false.
An investigation by the media watch organization CAMERA caused the paper's editor on Tuesday to acknowledge that the court documents in the eviction case reveal that Maswadi was in fact being kicked out for the simple reason that she is not paying rent.
The revelation exposes the baseless nature of the bias seen in the article, including lines such as: "the Palestinian families and their supporters claim the evictions, often based on seemingly arcane violations of their rental agreements, are part of a broader agenda to create Jewish enclaves inside the historic Muslim Quarter."
As noted by Honest Reporting on Tuesday, it would be hard for Hadid to sell to readers that failure to pay rent is an "arcane violation" of a rental agreement, as she opined in the article.
The New York Times editor also admitted that "the descriptions were based on the tenants' accounts; the article should have included additional information from court documents or from the landlords," revealing Hadid simply took the story of the evicted Arab residents without even a minimal checking of the facts.
This is not the first time that the editors have had to correct Hadid, who worked in the past with the pro-Hamas site Electronic Intifada, as well as with the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment.
Earlier this month the paper's Public Editor Margaret Sullivan had to issue a correction admitting the problematic nature of Hadid's recent article which portrayed Arab Israelis in Haifa as cultured and "cool," after it was disputed by a key pro-terror Arab source who said he was misrepresented.
Sullivan admitted that the article lacked "context."
It focused on "liberal Arab culture" in Haifa, but Ayed Fadel, a main source quoted in the article, revealed on Facebook that "90%" of what he said, which was about "resistance," was taken out. He slammed the attempt by "white media" to portray Arab citizens of Israel as "cool yay hipsters."
5. HOME OF SHLOMIT KRIGMAN'S MURDERERS READY TO BE RUBBLE
by Uzi Baruch
IDF forces and Civil Administration crews mapped out the homes of the two Arab terrorists who on Monday conducted a lethal stabbing attack in Beit Horon, Samaria, in which 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman was brutally murdered.
In Bayt Ur al-Tahta in Samaria members of the Kedem battalion conducted the engineering mapping in preparation for demolishing the home of Ibrahim Osama Yussef Alan.
Meanwhile in Kalandia in northern Jerusalem members of the Duvdevan special ops unit mapped out the home of Hassin Mohammed Hasin Abu Gosh.
In the attack, the two terrorists stabbed Krigman, then tried to enter a store but were pushed out by the owner who used a shopping cart to block their entrance. Once they realized that they would not be able to get into the store, they ran towards another woman and stabbed her before running off.
The second victim, a 58-year-old woman with moderate stab wounds to her upper body, is still being treated at Shaare Tzedek Hospital. Doctors say that her condition is improving.
A nearby security guard shot and killed the two terrorists at the scene. Afterwards no fewer than three improvised explosives were found nearby, indicating a well-planned assault. The terrorists are believed to have thrown the bombs at shoppers, but they failed to detonate.
In additional nighttime operations on Tuesday night, security forces arrested six suspects, three of them on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities and violent rioting that targeted Israeli civilians and security forces.
6. SMOTRICH BREAKS PROMISE ON HEVRON EVICTION
by Ido Ben-Porat
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich decided Wednesday to break his promise from last Friday, when he said he would not vote with the coalition until the return of 200 Jews evicted that morning from two buildings in Hevron they purchased in full from an Arab buyer.
Smotrich again voted with the coalition on Wednesday, even after Ya'alon conditioned the return of the residents on an examination of the purchase, "political" considerations, and security considerations, highlighting the draconian measures imposed on Hevron Jews.
Aside from Smotrich, Deputy Regional Development Minister Ayoub Kara (Likud) and Likud MK Oren Hazan also had threatened to buck coalition discipline until the residents were returned to the homes they had bought.
The Jewish Home MK justified his return to voting despite the fact that his demands were not met, by saying the Prime Minister dealt with the matter personally and announced an outline to return the residents to their homes.
"From checks that I conducted in the last two days, it's become clear that a process of examining the purchase documents is being advanced quickly, and therefore it will be possible to complete it within the period of time that the prime minister set," wrote Smotrich on Facebook.
"Under those circumstances, in my estimation my continuing to insist not to vote with the coalition will not advance the return of the settlers and may even cause harm by reducing the motivation of the defense minister and the prime minister to complete the check as quickly as possible."
"Public responsibility"
The MK went on to say, "public responsibility obligates me not to shake up the coalition again today. I give the prime minister credit for standing on his obligations and enabling the return of the settlers to their home in the coming days."
The statement comes in contrast to Smotrich's words on Sunday, when he said, "under the applicable law in Judea-Samaria, you do not need purchase approval to move back into your home."
Smotrich on Wednesday concluded by saying, "I ask to strengthen the hands of the heroic Hevron settlers in their justified demand to immediately return to homes that were purchased, and to further strengthen the settlement of the city of the patriarchs and throughout Judea and Samaria. We will stand ready on guard in order to ensure the return of the settlers is not delayed, and I trust that if there is a delay the Jewish Home faction will all stand with me in a firm struggle."
Jewish Home last Friday condemned Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) for the eviction, saying, "a check of the purchase documents can be done without throwing Jews from their homes."
Meanwhile the Jewish Home Forum in Samaria showed frustration with their own party, demanding that Jewish Home chairperson Naftali Bennett do something against the eviction. Joining the criticism of Bennett for his inaction was nationalist activist attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit, who lives in Hevron.
"Naftali Bennett needs to do a self examination and decide where he's going," said Ben-Gvir. "You can't sit in a government that expels the settlers and treats terror with kid gloves, and at the same time give criticism like the leading member of the Opposition. Bennett can bring down Defense Minister Ya'alon, and not only criticize his failures. The time has come to stop talking and start doing."
Ben-Gvir noted that the coalition government is made up of a minimum 61 MK majority, meaning one MK could bring it down.
7. ISRAELI DOCTORS TREAT NEW DISEASE, SAVE PALESTINIAN BOY'S LIFE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A genetic disease heretofore unknown in the scientific literature has been discovered by doctors at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The doctors who succeeded in treating the disease are referring to it by the name TPP2 deficiency.
The disease affects the immune system and involves a certain protein deficiency in the blood which causes the immune system to attack itself. This in turn leads to an accelerated rate of aging in cells as well as severe side effects, and can even cause death. The disease is said to be common in societies in which close relatives marry each other.
The disease was first encountered ten years ago when a 21-month-old boy from Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria was brought to Hadassah suffering from severe symptoms of an unexplained malfunction of the immune system. His older sister, at the time a toddler, had previously died of the same syndrome. Dr. Polina Stepensky, head of the Hadassah's pediatric hemato-oncology and bone marrow transplantation department told reporters that "the Palestinian hospital could not diagnose the disease, and we didn't know at first what it was either. When the symptoms appeared in the sister the doctors tried various treatments but they didn't know exactly what the diagnosis was and it didn't help and she died."
When the little boy started exhibiting the same preliminary symptoms, "his mother was the first to understand that it was apparently the same illness and it was liable to end the same way," Stepensky said. The mother abandoned the idea of going to the Palestinian hospital once again and sought out help at the Israeli hospital.
According to a report by Haaretz, in order to diagnose the disease Dr.Stepensky together with Professor Orly Elpeleg of Hadassah's genetic research department utilized a new technique, by which they created a genetic sequence of both the boy and his family. Upon carrying out the sequence they discovered that the family possessed a damaged gene that resulted in the deficiency of the protein TPP2. This isolation of the problem was a big step in solving the mystery around the boy's condition ,for even though the disease destroys red blood cells, normal blood tests won't detect it.
The process was made simpler by the Human Genome Project which was completed in 2006. The project, together with the technological developments that followed, allowed for a relatively easy and inexpensive genetic sequencing for the family. "We actually discovered a new mechanism of the immune system, a previously unknown path that leads to premature aging of the immune system, which both allowed us to diagnose this disease and will also help us better understand the whole system," Stepensky said.
Two years ago, doctors decided that the most effective treatment would be a stem-cell transplant to rejuvenate the boy's immune system. The boy who was by then aged 12 had been treated for years with immunosuppressive drugs. In 2014 he received a transplant from the bone marrow of his healthy seven-year-old sister and now seems to have recovered.
8. WATCH: ISRAELI SUPERSTAR AND CONVERT RAP STAR WOW IN COLLAB
by Yoni Kempinski
Israeli star Gad Elbaz has joined forces with American hassidic rap star Nissim Black to remake his famous hit Hashem Melech, and the hit collaboration comes for a good cause - to support the family of a terror victim.
Nissim Black, a successful Seattle rapper, took a break from his rap career in 2011 to focus on his Orthodox conversion to Judaism, and came back a year later with a renewed passion and message.
Now Black and Elbaz have combined their talents in Hashem Melech 2.0 - a powerful new rendition of Elbaz's Hashem Melech (God is King), filmed amid the breathtaking vistas of New York City.
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The new music video is leading a crowdfunding campaign that has been joined by CauseMatch.com and Aish HaTorah, to raise funds for the seven children and widow of Rabbi Reuven Biermacher, who was tragically murdered by an Arab terrorist near the Yafo Gate of Jerusalem's Old City last December 23.
The goal of raising $1 million for the grieving family that has lost its sole provider has already reached just over 36% of its goal as of Wednesday morning (Israeli time). To donate click here.
Elbaz and Black look to continue their successful collaboration on March 20, as they hold a massive Purim concert at Brooklyn College.
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HEADLINES:
1. BEIT HORON TERROR VICTIM DIES OF HER WOUNDS
2. 'SHLOMIT KRIGMAN WAS LOVED BY ALL'
3. 'SHE HAD SUCH A GOOD HEART, I'M IN COMPLETE SHOCK'
4. SHIMON PERES RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
5. IDF WARNS HAMAS: WE WILL CLOSE GAZA CROSSINGS
6. HOME OF ANATOT TERRORIST ALREADY SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION
7. WATCH: KNIFE-WIELDING TERRORISTS DEFEATED BY A SHOPPING CART
8. WATCH: TERRORIST STABS, KILLS 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
1. BEIT HORON TERROR VICTIM DIES OF HER WOUNDS
by Matt Wanderman
Shlomit Krigman, a 24-year-old woman who was stabbed during yesterday's terror attack in Beit Horon, has died of her wounds. Dotors at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital worked diligently to save her, but were unable to do so.
A statement from the Beit Horon community noted that "Shlomit was loved and well-known. She did her National Service with Bnei Akiva in Beit Horon. During the last year Shlomit lived with her grandfather and grandmother in the community."
The funeral will take place at 1:00 pm today (Tuesday), at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot Cemetery.
Yesterday afternoon, two terrorists stabbed Krigman. They then tried to enter a nearby store but were pushed out by the owner, who held a shopping cart between himself and the attackers. Once the two realized that they would not be able to get into the store, they ran towards another woman and stabbed her before running off.
The second victim, a 58-year-old woman with moderate stab wounds to her upper body, is still being treated at Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital. Doctors say that her condition is improving.
A nearby security guard shot and killed the two terrorists at the scene.
2. 'SHLOMIT KRIGMAN WAS LOVED BY ALL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Hundreds of people have gathered together for the funeral of Shlomit Krigman, who was killed in yesterday's terror attack near Beit Horon.
Krigman is being buried in Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem next to Dafna Meir, a fellow terror victim who was murdered in Otniel while protecting her children. Krigman was 23 years old and resided in Shadmot Mehola in the Jordan Valley. She left behind her six siblings and her parents Na'ama and Yitzchak.
Israel's Chief Rabbi David Leon eulogized Shlomit and said, "She set aside time to help others, she ran to do it, both in her job as a youth leader for the B'nei Akiva youth movement and by helping the current generation connect with books. She created a pleasant and accessible library. What a difference there is between a peaceful book and two terrorists running at you trying to stab people, and plant bombs along the way. This is a something that cannot be understood."
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A spokesperson for Shadmot Mehola, Aviad Yizraeli, told Arutz Sheva that "the entire town took the news really hard. Shlomit served in national service for two years and then began her studies in Ariel University in the field of industrial design. She looked to havea glowing career ahead of her. She was loved by everyone here.
Krigman was the eldest sibling in her family who are veterans in the town. Her father Yitzchak works in the cow-shed, and her mother Na'ama works as the secretary for the local religious council. "Shlomit was a terrific and sweet girl, and so talented. She was a go-getter and a very social person" Yizraeli added."
The funeral was attended by other dignitaries including Deputy Minister of Defense Eli Ben Dahan (Jewish Home), MK Shuli Mualem (Jewish Home), MK Motti Yogev (Jewish Home) and the Chief officer of Central Command of the IDF Roni Numa.
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3. 'SHE HAD SUCH A GOOD HEART, I'M IN COMPLETE SHOCK'
by Ido Ben-Porat
A heavy sadness has fallen on the community of Shadmot Mahola following last night's (Monday) attack in Beit Horon that left 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman dead.
Krigman, who grew up in Shadmot Mahola but lived with her grandparents in Beit Horon, was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital with stab wounds to her upper body. Doctors were unable to save her life.
Her close friend Einat Dermer says that Krigman "was a considerate person who cared about her friends. She always wanted everything to be better. I am in complete shock.
"It hasn't sunk in. When they called me I was certain that it was to tell me she was engaged. She had such a good heart and was so empathetic to those around her. She was very creative. I still can't imagine returning home without Shlomit," she added in tears.
Others in the community said, "We are supporting and embracing the Krigman family. With all the pain and the sadness in losing Shomit hy"d, it is important that the enemy knows we are only getting stronger and more determined to keep our legitimate communities throughout the country, including in the Jordan Valley.
Shadmot Mahola has called on the government to fight Arab terror. "The responsibility for the security of the country's citizens is on the government and, as law-abiding citizens, it is our expectation. The recent security situation in the country is not reasonable and we cannot accept it. We all hope that the Israeli government will come around."
Krigman's funeral will take place at 1:00 pm at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot Cemetery.
4. SHIMON PERES RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
by Matt Wanderman
Former President Shimon Peres has been released from Sheba Medical Center. He was diagnosed with a slight heart arrhythmia on Sunday and was kept under observation since then.
By yesterday he reported feeling better, but doctors insisted that he stay an extra night.
According to Peres's spokesperson, all of the tests came back with normal results. He will now return home.
Less than two weeks ago, the 92-year-old senior statesman suffered a minor heart attack and was hospitalized for several days. During that time, he underwent catheterization to widen an artery.
5. IDF WARNS HAMAS: WE WILL CLOSE GAZA CROSSINGS
by Raphael Poch
Major General Yoav Mordechai Poli, the commanding officer of the civil administration of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), has threatened to close the checkpoints that allow Gaza residents into Israel.
Following Operation Protective Edge, Israel decided to allow some Gazans in need of medical assistance or in need of finding work to come into Israel. Those permitted enter through the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings. Recently Hamas has been coercing these Gazans to carry out terror attacks inside Israel whenever they cross the checkpoint.
Poli threatened Hamas, saying that unless they cease coercion and incitement of those who cross over into Israel, Israel will have no choice but to close the crossings.
He issued the warning via the Al-Quds newspaper, as reported by Israel's Channel 10 news. According to the report, Poli said that, unless Hamas desists from trying to enlist every person who obtains a visa to enter Israel, Israel will be forced to shut down the crossings permanently. Poli said that the issue is making Israel think twice before issuing a permit to any Gaza resident.
Poli added that Hamas is preparing itself for another war against Israel at any cost, and does not care about the well-being of the residents of Gaza, financially or otherwise.
6. HOME OF ANATOT TERRORIST ALREADY SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION
by Orli Harrari
Israeli land NGO "Regavim" has revealed that the house of the terrorist who infiltrated the Jewish town of Anatot on Saturday and was subsequently killed, was an illegal structure that had already been slated for demolition.
The family of the thirteen-year-old terrorist came from the town of Ya'ata which is located inside the Palestinian Authority in the hills south of Hevron. They later moved to the Arab town of Anata close to Jerusalem. The area of land that the family built their home upon is privately owned and therefore the structure is illegal. The land lay fallow until 2008, when numerous illegal buildings were constructed on the land. The construction was done without the permission of the owners and seemingly was an attempted land grab.
Regavim sent an urgent letter to the Civil Administration on Monday illustrating the illegality of the buildings, and demanded that the structures, which include a metal scrap heap, be torn down. In addition to the illegality of the buildings, Regavim added that the scrap heap is polluting the land.
Moreover, as the terrorist lived in one of those homes, that home will be slated for demolition as well. Over Arad, the head of the Judea and Samaria department at Regavim stated that "we have recently witnessed that it takes a prolonged process for security forces to properly map and demolish the house of a terrorist. In this specific case we are dealing with an illegal structure that was built on privately owned land. We can destroy it today even, and it would be nice to do it as early as possible."
7. WATCH: KNIFE-WIELDING TERRORISTS DEFEATED BY A SHOPPING CART
by Ari Yashar
Footage from security cameras in the supermarket in Beit Horon, outside of which a stabbing attack took place Monday night, shows how an intrepid shopper managed to keep the two knife-wielding Arab terrorists at bay with a shopping cart.
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The two had stabbed a woman aged 23, critically wounding her, and also stabbed and moderately wounded a woman aged 58, adjacent to the shop before trying to enter and inflict more casualties.
Fortunately one civilian on hand showed great ingenuity in pushing the terrorists with a cart at the door of the store, in footage released by Channel 2 on Monday night.
The attack appears to have been well planned, as the two terrorists infiltrated the town in the Binyamin region of Samaria, and apparently planted three improvised explosives near the store which were later found by security forces, before launching their attack.
A security guard shot the two terrorists and neutralized them; they later died of their wounds.
The IDF has cordoned off the Arab village the terrorists came from, and the IDF Civil Administration will freeze the work permits for their families and additional parties close to the two, if such persons are identified and specified.
The critically wounded victim was evacuated to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem for continued treatment, and the other victim was likewise evacuated to the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in the capital.
The public has been asked to pray for the healing of Adina bat Tzofia and Shlomit bat Na'ama Rivka.
8. WATCH: TERRORIST STABS, KILLS 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
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HEADLINES:
1. BEIT HORON TERROR VICTIM DIES OF HER WOUNDS
2. 'SHLOMIT KRIGMAN WAS LOVED BY ALL'
3. 'SHE HAD SUCH A GOOD HEART, I'M IN COMPLETE SHOCK'
4. SHIMON PERES RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
5. IDF WARNS HAMAS: WE WILL CLOSE GAZA CROSSINGS
6. HOME OF ANATOT TERRORIST ALREADY SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION
7. WATCH: KNIFE-WIELDING TERRORISTS DEFEATED BY A SHOPPING CART
8. WATCH: TERRORIST STABS, KILLS 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
1. BEIT HORON TERROR VICTIM DIES OF HER WOUNDS
by Matt Wanderman
Shlomit Krigman, a 24-year-old woman who was stabbed during yesterday's terror attack in Beit Horon, has died of her wounds. Dotors at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital worked diligently to save her, but were unable to do so.
A statement from the Beit Horon community noted that "Shlomit was loved and well-known. She did her National Service with Bnei Akiva in Beit Horon. During the last year Shlomit lived with her grandfather and grandmother in the community."
The funeral will take place at 1:00 pm today (Tuesday), at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot Cemetery.
Yesterday afternoon, two terrorists stabbed Krigman. They then tried to enter a nearby store but were pushed out by the owner, who held a shopping cart between himself and the attackers. Once the two realized that they would not be able to get into the store, they ran towards another woman and stabbed her before running off.
The second victim, a 58-year-old woman with moderate stab wounds to her upper body, is still being treated at Sha'arei Tzedek Hospital. Doctors say that her condition is improving.
A nearby security guard shot and killed the two terrorists at the scene.
2. 'SHLOMIT KRIGMAN WAS LOVED BY ALL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Hundreds of people have gathered together for the funeral of Shlomit Krigman, who was killed in yesterday's terror attack near Beit Horon.
Krigman is being buried in Har Hamenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem next to Dafna Meir, a fellow terror victim who was murdered in Otniel while protecting her children. Krigman was 23 years old and resided in Shadmot Mehola in the Jordan Valley. She left behind her six siblings and her parents Na'ama and Yitzchak.
Israel's Chief Rabbi David Leon eulogized Shlomit and said, "She set aside time to help others, she ran to do it, both in her job as a youth leader for the B'nei Akiva youth movement and by helping the current generation connect with books. She created a pleasant and accessible library. What a difference there is between a peaceful book and two terrorists running at you trying to stab people, and plant bombs along the way. This is a something that cannot be understood."
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A spokesperson for Shadmot Mehola, Aviad Yizraeli, told Arutz Sheva that "the entire town took the news really hard. Shlomit served in national service for two years and then began her studies in Ariel University in the field of industrial design. She looked to havea glowing career ahead of her. She was loved by everyone here.
Krigman was the eldest sibling in her family who are veterans in the town. Her father Yitzchak works in the cow-shed, and her mother Na'ama works as the secretary for the local religious council. "Shlomit was a terrific and sweet girl, and so talented. She was a go-getter and a very social person" Yizraeli added."
The funeral was attended by other dignitaries including Deputy Minister of Defense Eli Ben Dahan (Jewish Home), MK Shuli Mualem (Jewish Home), MK Motti Yogev (Jewish Home) and the Chief officer of Central Command of the IDF Roni Numa.
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3. 'SHE HAD SUCH A GOOD HEART, I'M IN COMPLETE SHOCK'
by Ido Ben-Porat
A heavy sadness has fallen on the community of Shadmot Mahola following last night's (Monday) attack in Beit Horon that left 23-year-old Shlomit Krigman dead.
Krigman, who grew up in Shadmot Mahola but lived with her grandparents in Beit Horon, was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital with stab wounds to her upper body. Doctors were unable to save her life.
Her close friend Einat Dermer says that Krigman "was a considerate person who cared about her friends. She always wanted everything to be better. I am in complete shock.
"It hasn't sunk in. When they called me I was certain that it was to tell me she was engaged. She had such a good heart and was so empathetic to those around her. She was very creative. I still can't imagine returning home without Shlomit," she added in tears.
Others in the community said, "We are supporting and embracing the Krigman family. With all the pain and the sadness in losing Shomit hy"d, it is important that the enemy knows we are only getting stronger and more determined to keep our legitimate communities throughout the country, including in the Jordan Valley.
Shadmot Mahola has called on the government to fight Arab terror. "The responsibility for the security of the country's citizens is on the government and, as law-abiding citizens, it is our expectation. The recent security situation in the country is not reasonable and we cannot accept it. We all hope that the Israeli government will come around."
Krigman's funeral will take place at 1:00 pm at Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhot Cemetery.
4. SHIMON PERES RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
by Matt Wanderman
Former President Shimon Peres has been released from Sheba Medical Center. He was diagnosed with a slight heart arrhythmia on Sunday and was kept under observation since then.
By yesterday he reported feeling better, but doctors insisted that he stay an extra night.
According to Peres's spokesperson, all of the tests came back with normal results. He will now return home.
Less than two weeks ago, the 92-year-old senior statesman suffered a minor heart attack and was hospitalized for several days. During that time, he underwent catheterization to widen an artery.
5. IDF WARNS HAMAS: WE WILL CLOSE GAZA CROSSINGS
by Raphael Poch
Major General Yoav Mordechai Poli, the commanding officer of the civil administration of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), has threatened to close the checkpoints that allow Gaza residents into Israel.
Following Operation Protective Edge, Israel decided to allow some Gazans in need of medical assistance or in need of finding work to come into Israel. Those permitted enter through the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings. Recently Hamas has been coercing these Gazans to carry out terror attacks inside Israel whenever they cross the checkpoint.
Poli threatened Hamas, saying that unless they cease coercion and incitement of those who cross over into Israel, Israel will have no choice but to close the crossings.
He issued the warning via the Al-Quds newspaper, as reported by Israel's Channel 10 news. According to the report, Poli said that, unless Hamas desists from trying to enlist every person who obtains a visa to enter Israel, Israel will be forced to shut down the crossings permanently. Poli said that the issue is making Israel think twice before issuing a permit to any Gaza resident.
Poli added that Hamas is preparing itself for another war against Israel at any cost, and does not care about the well-being of the residents of Gaza, financially or otherwise.
6. HOME OF ANATOT TERRORIST ALREADY SLATED FOR DESTRUCTION
by Orli Harrari
Israeli land NGO "Regavim" has revealed that the house of the terrorist who infiltrated the Jewish town of Anatot on Saturday and was subsequently killed, was an illegal structure that had already been slated for demolition.
The family of the thirteen-year-old terrorist came from the town of Ya'ata which is located inside the Palestinian Authority in the hills south of Hevron. They later moved to the Arab town of Anata close to Jerusalem. The area of land that the family built their home upon is privately owned and therefore the structure is illegal. The land lay fallow until 2008, when numerous illegal buildings were constructed on the land. The construction was done without the permission of the owners and seemingly was an attempted land grab.
Regavim sent an urgent letter to the Civil Administration on Monday illustrating the illegality of the buildings, and demanded that the structures, which include a metal scrap heap, be torn down. In addition to the illegality of the buildings, Regavim added that the scrap heap is polluting the land.
Moreover, as the terrorist lived in one of those homes, that home will be slated for demolition as well. Over Arad, the head of the Judea and Samaria department at Regavim stated that "we have recently witnessed that it takes a prolonged process for security forces to properly map and demolish the house of a terrorist. In this specific case we are dealing with an illegal structure that was built on privately owned land. We can destroy it today even, and it would be nice to do it as early as possible."
7. WATCH: KNIFE-WIELDING TERRORISTS DEFEATED BY A SHOPPING CART
by Ari Yashar
Footage from security cameras in the supermarket in Beit Horon, outside of which a stabbing attack took place Monday night, shows how an intrepid shopper managed to keep the two knife-wielding Arab terrorists at bay with a shopping cart.
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The two had stabbed a woman aged 23, critically wounding her, and also stabbed and moderately wounded a woman aged 58, adjacent to the shop before trying to enter and inflict more casualties.
Fortunately one civilian on hand showed great ingenuity in pushing the terrorists with a cart at the door of the store, in footage released by Channel 2 on Monday night.
The attack appears to have been well planned, as the two terrorists infiltrated the town in the Binyamin region of Samaria, and apparently planted three improvised explosives near the store which were later found by security forces, before launching their attack.
A security guard shot the two terrorists and neutralized them; they later died of their wounds.
The IDF has cordoned off the Arab village the terrorists came from, and the IDF Civil Administration will freeze the work permits for their families and additional parties close to the two, if such persons are identified and specified.
The critically wounded victim was evacuated to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem for continued treatment, and the other victim was likewise evacuated to the Shaare Tzedek Hospital in the capital.
The public has been asked to pray for the healing of Adina bat Tzofia and Shlomit bat Na'ama Rivka.
8. WATCH: TERRORIST STABS, KILLS 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
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HEADLINES:
1. US AMBASSADOR SHAPIRO APOLOGIZES FOR POOR TIMING
2. POLICE PREPARING TO CLOSE ROUTES 1 AND 443 DUE TO SNOW
3. TWIN SISTERS PLANNED BOMB ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELIS
4. MOTION TO DISSOLVE KNESSET TO BE PROPOSED ON WEDNESDAY
5. IN WSJ OPED, HOTOVELY ASKS: WHERE'S ALL THE AID TO THE PA GOING?
6. SINKING LOWER: AFTER EXPOSE, LEFTISTS PORTRAY TV ANCHOR AS NAZI
7. SEND US YOUR SNOW PICTURES
8. WATCH: ISRAELI FANS FURIOUS OVER DECISION TO FIRE COACH BLATT
1. US AMBASSADOR SHAPIRO APOLOGIZES FOR POOR TIMING
by Raphael Poch
US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, apologized on Army Radio for the timing of his comments against the Israeli government in which he said that "there are two standards for rule of law in Judea and Samaria". The comments were made during the INSS conference on the same day that Dafna Meir was buried. Meir was murdered by a Palestinian teenager in a savage terror attack in Otniel.
"I know that the timing of my comments was not perfect. I began my comments with a condemnation of the attacks in Otniel and Tekoa. Only one or two of the comments I made that caused this issue. If those comments hurt the Meir family or the mourners, then I am sincerely sorry," said the Ambassador.
Referencing the comments that caused a lot of criticism of Israel in the United States and shocked a lot of people in Israel, Shapiro said, "I praised the security forces for the arrests they made in the Duma case, we encourage the Israeli government to continue to investigate all other cases of violence, as it is of the utmost importance to show our commitment to the rule of law."
2. POLICE PREPARING TO CLOSE ROUTES 1 AND 443 DUE TO SNOW
by Raphael Poch
In preparation for extreme weather conditions over night near the capital, police have announced that they are preparing to close routes 1 and 443, the major highways that lead to the city.
A statement to Israeli press said that "in accordance with the harsh weather, and travel conditions on the routes, it is likely that these routes will soon be closed and that travel on them will not be possible. This is in an effort to protect public safety."
Police are advising that those who need to travel along the routes to get to or from the capital, leave early so as not to get stuck due to the road closures. The transportation hotline will be sending continuous updates to the media regarding closures and alternate routes available.
Updates regarding road closures can be received by the public by calling 110.
3. TWIN SISTERS PLANNED BOMB ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELIS
by Ari Soffer
IDF and Shin Bet security services arrested twin sisters planning a terror attack last month, it has been cleared for publication.
The sisters - 18-year-old Diana and Nadia Huwila - are residents of the village of Shuweika, north of Tulkarem in Samaria. A search of their home revealed a fully assembled bomb, complete with a detonator, as well as bomb-making equipment including fertilizer, a knife, other weapons and Hamas propaganda.
Under Shin Bet interrogation it was revealed that Diana had purchased the bomb components independently, and had used online instructions to assemble an explosive device meant for use against Israeli targets.
Her sister Nadia acted as her accomplice, hiding the evidence in the home they shared.
Investigators also revealed that Diana had spent hours watching Islamic extremist videos and other material online, which contributed towards her radicalization.
In the past several days indictments were served against the sisters by the Samaria Military Court. Diana is charged with producing an explosive device and illegal weapons offenses, while Nadia faces only the latter charges.
"This investigation emphasizes once more the continued motivation to carry out terror attacks, even among those who are not (directly) linked to terrorist organizations, and among them, women," the Shin Bet said in a statement. The agency also noted the case illustrated the key role online incitement and even instructions were playing in encouraging and aiding extremists in carrying out terror attacks.
This is the third terrorist cell uncovered in the Tulkarem area in recent weeks.
Yesterday (Sunday), authorities revealed the arrest of a terror cell which, aided by a PA intelligence officer, had carried out a shooting attack against IDF forces.
Last week, the Shin Bet announced it had uncovered a Hezbollah terror cell nearby.
4. MOTION TO DISSOLVE KNESSET TO BE PROPOSED ON WEDNESDAY
by Hezki Ezra
Following the refusal of Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to participate in a special task force aimed at solving the coalition crisis by dealing with issues of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria, the Zionist Union party is preparing a proposal to dissolve to government, which will be presented to the Knesset plenum on Wednesday.
Yaalon's refusal to participate in the task force eroded a patched up effort to avoid a rift in the coalition, as members of both the Likud and Jewish Home party expressed their outrage at Ya'alon's decision to evacuate Jews from two buildings in Hevron which they purchased.
Yaalon was supposed to join Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel on the task force.
In light of the breakdown, and the public statements made by MKs Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) and Oren Hazan (Likud) to not support the coalition in a vote in the plenum, the Zionist Union submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset, which will be read on Wednesday morning. Director of the Zionist Union faction Merav Michaeli said on Monday: "even members of the coalition have lost faith in their leader. If Netanyahu cannot control members of his own party, in spite of the fact that every vote in this government counts, that is his problem."
"As the head of the official opposition, it is our duty to use whatever means lay at our disposal to oust this bad government and its leader."
The Zionist Union faction emphasized that a proposal to dissolve the Knesset requires a majority of 61 MKs to vote in favor of the bill only during its third reading - something unlikely to happen even with the ongoing coalition squabbles. The left-wing party instead hopes to achieve at least a moral victory by achieving a small minority (less than 61 votes) in the first two readings.
5. IN WSJ OPED, HOTOVELY ASKS: WHERE'S ALL THE AID TO THE PA GOING?
by Ari Soffer
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has taken to the pages of the Wall Street Journal, to challenge international donors over how billions in aid to the Palestinian Authority have been used to fund terrorism, instead of for the humanitarian and economic purposes they were earmarked for.
In her oped, which was published late on Sunday, Hotovely acknowledges that there is "broad agreement about the importance of extending development aid to help the Palestinians build the physical and social infrastructure that will enable the emergence of a sustainable, prosperous society."
Yet she goes on to question the strange behavior of donors, who, uniquely in the case of the Palestinians, don't seem to ask any questions or demand transparency as to how their funds are actually being used. In the ten years since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 - which established the Palestinian Authority under the aegis of the PLO - $21.7 billion in economic assistance was funneled to the PA, with little to no accountability.
"Such assistance will only promote peace if it is spent to foster tolerance and coexistence," Hotovely insists. "If it is used to strengthen intransigence it does more harm than good—and the more aid that comes in, the worse the outcome. This is exactly what has been transpiring over the past few decades. Large amounts of foreign aid to the Palestinians are spent to support terrorists and deepen hostility."
The most glaring misuse of funds was the PA's generous stipends to convicted terrorists and their families, which in 2014 accounted for some 16% of all foreign donations it receives annually (roughly $75 million). Any Palestinian who is jailed for carrying out or attempting to carry out a terrorist attack can expect to receive a salary of anything from $400 and $3,500, "the latter of which is more than five times the average monthly salary of a Palestinian worker," Hotovely notes.
Compounding the problem is that since 2012 - when international aid made up one quarter of the PA's budget - it's accounts have been totally non-transparent, so there is no way at all of tracking where the money being poured into Ramallah is going.
Yet despite this, Palestinians are the largest recipients of international aid per-capita in the world, and only second in terms of total amount of aid - after Syria.
"In 2013 the Palestinians received $793 million in international aid, second only to Syria. This amounts to $176 for each Palestinian, by far the highest per capita assistance in the world. Syria, where more than 250,000 people have been killed and 6.5 million refugees displaced since 2011, received only $106 per capital," according to the deputy minister.
"A closer look at the remaining eight countries in the top 10—Sudan, South Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo—is even more alarming. CIA Factbook data show that these countries have a combined population of 284 million and an average per capita GDP of $2,376. Yet they received an average of $15.30 per capita in development assistance in 2013. The Palestinians, by comparison, with a population of 4.5 million, have a per capita GDP of $4,900.
"In other words, though the Palestinians are more than twice as wealthy on average than these eight countries, they receive more than 11 times as much foreign aid per person."
Hotovely further claimed that, paradoxically, aid ostensibly meant to alleviate the suffering of ordinary Palestinians is being used to keep hundreds of thousands stuck in permanent "refugee camps," accusing the PA of "deliberately keeping them in a state of dependence and underdevelopment for no purpose other than to stoke animosity toward Israel.
She concluded with a challenge to international donors:
"It is difficult to come away from these facts without realizing the deep connection between the huge amounts of foreign aid being spent, the bizarre international tolerance for patently unacceptable conduct by the Palestinians and the lack of progress toward peace on the ground.
"Donors to the Palestinians who support peace would do well to rethink the way they extend assistance. Money should go to economic and civic empowerment, not to perpetuate a false sense of victimhood and unconditional entitlement. It should foster values of tolerance and nonviolence, not the glorification and financing of terrorism."
6. SINKING LOWER: AFTER EXPOSE, LEFTISTS PORTRAY TV ANCHOR AS NAZI
by Gil Ronen
The radical Israeli Left is still reeling from an investigative journalistic report that aired January 8 on Channel 2's Uvda investigative program, which was based on hidden camera footage taken inside the operations of radical leftist groups. Now, a vile Facebook photomontage depicts the program's editor in chief and anchor, Ilana Dayan, as Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, receiving a bouquet from Hitler.
The hidden camera footage showed a central activist in Ta'ayush, convicted pedophile Ezra Nawi, boasting about turning in Arabs who sought to sell land to Jews and making sure they were arrested by the Palestinian Authority – where they face torture and death. A follow-up report showed cash exchanging hands between Nawi and Breaking the Silence activists.
Channel 20, which seeks to become a right-wing alternative to Channels 2 and 10, shared the vile photo with its readers on Facebook and noted that Uvda has aired hundreds of investigative reports to date, against political parties, commercial bodies, nationalist organizations and the IDF – but while some of the reports caused uproar and reached the courts, "only the report about radical leftist groups Ta'ayush and B'Tselem led to such a brutal attack on the program and its head, Ilana Dayan."
Channel 20 noted that in Haaretz, Dayan has been compared to the East German STASI secret police. "The radical Left has lost its brakes. The Israel Police needs to restore order there and quickly, before someone gets hurt," it warned.
Jerusalem District Court Judge David Richter ordered Nawi's release to house arrest yesterday.
7. SEND US YOUR SNOW PICTURES
by Arutz Sheva Staff
With snow storms battering the East Coast and Israel this week, we're betting our readers have plenty of pictures to share.
Send us your photos using our online form, and we'll publish the best ones here!
Please remember to include your name and where the photo was taken.
Here are some of the pictures we've received so far:
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8. WATCH: ISRAELI FANS FURIOUS OVER DECISION TO FIRE COACH BLATT
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HEADLINES:
1. US AMBASSADOR SHAPIRO APOLOGIZES FOR POOR TIMING
2. POLICE PREPARING TO CLOSE ROUTES 1 AND 443 DUE TO SNOW
3. TWIN SISTERS PLANNED BOMB ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELIS
4. MOTION TO DISSOLVE KNESSET TO BE PROPOSED ON WEDNESDAY
5. IN WSJ OPED, HOTOVELY ASKS: WHERE'S ALL THE AID TO THE PA GOING?
6. SINKING LOWER: AFTER EXPOSE, LEFTISTS PORTRAY TV ANCHOR AS NAZI
7. SEND US YOUR SNOW PICTURES
8. WATCH: ISRAELI FANS FURIOUS OVER DECISION TO FIRE COACH BLATT
1. US AMBASSADOR SHAPIRO APOLOGIZES FOR POOR TIMING
by Raphael Poch
US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, apologized on Army Radio for the timing of his comments against the Israeli government in which he said that "there are two standards for rule of law in Judea and Samaria". The comments were made during the INSS conference on the same day that Dafna Meir was buried. Meir was murdered by a Palestinian teenager in a savage terror attack in Otniel.
"I know that the timing of my comments was not perfect. I began my comments with a condemnation of the attacks in Otniel and Tekoa. Only one or two of the comments I made that caused this issue. If those comments hurt the Meir family or the mourners, then I am sincerely sorry," said the Ambassador.
Referencing the comments that caused a lot of criticism of Israel in the United States and shocked a lot of people in Israel, Shapiro said, "I praised the security forces for the arrests they made in the Duma case, we encourage the Israeli government to continue to investigate all other cases of violence, as it is of the utmost importance to show our commitment to the rule of law."
2. POLICE PREPARING TO CLOSE ROUTES 1 AND 443 DUE TO SNOW
by Raphael Poch
In preparation for extreme weather conditions over night near the capital, police have announced that they are preparing to close routes 1 and 443, the major highways that lead to the city.
A statement to Israeli press said that "in accordance with the harsh weather, and travel conditions on the routes, it is likely that these routes will soon be closed and that travel on them will not be possible. This is in an effort to protect public safety."
Police are advising that those who need to travel along the routes to get to or from the capital, leave early so as not to get stuck due to the road closures. The transportation hotline will be sending continuous updates to the media regarding closures and alternate routes available.
Updates regarding road closures can be received by the public by calling 110.
3. TWIN SISTERS PLANNED BOMB ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELIS
by Ari Soffer
IDF and Shin Bet security services arrested twin sisters planning a terror attack last month, it has been cleared for publication.
The sisters - 18-year-old Diana and Nadia Huwila - are residents of the village of Shuweika, north of Tulkarem in Samaria. A search of their home revealed a fully assembled bomb, complete with a detonator, as well as bomb-making equipment including fertilizer, a knife, other weapons and Hamas propaganda.
Under Shin Bet interrogation it was revealed that Diana had purchased the bomb components independently, and had used online instructions to assemble an explosive device meant for use against Israeli targets.
Her sister Nadia acted as her accomplice, hiding the evidence in the home they shared.
Investigators also revealed that Diana had spent hours watching Islamic extremist videos and other material online, which contributed towards her radicalization.
In the past several days indictments were served against the sisters by the Samaria Military Court. Diana is charged with producing an explosive device and illegal weapons offenses, while Nadia faces only the latter charges.
"This investigation emphasizes once more the continued motivation to carry out terror attacks, even among those who are not (directly) linked to terrorist organizations, and among them, women," the Shin Bet said in a statement. The agency also noted the case illustrated the key role online incitement and even instructions were playing in encouraging and aiding extremists in carrying out terror attacks.
This is the third terrorist cell uncovered in the Tulkarem area in recent weeks.
Yesterday (Sunday), authorities revealed the arrest of a terror cell which, aided by a PA intelligence officer, had carried out a shooting attack against IDF forces.
Last week, the Shin Bet announced it had uncovered a Hezbollah terror cell nearby.
4. MOTION TO DISSOLVE KNESSET TO BE PROPOSED ON WEDNESDAY
by Hezki Ezra
Following the refusal of Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon to participate in a special task force aimed at solving the coalition crisis by dealing with issues of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria, the Zionist Union party is preparing a proposal to dissolve to government, which will be presented to the Knesset plenum on Wednesday.
Yaalon's refusal to participate in the task force eroded a patched up effort to avoid a rift in the coalition, as members of both the Likud and Jewish Home party expressed their outrage at Ya'alon's decision to evacuate Jews from two buildings in Hevron which they purchased.
Yaalon was supposed to join Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, and Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel on the task force.
In light of the breakdown, and the public statements made by MKs Betzalel Smotrich (Jewish Home) and Oren Hazan (Likud) to not support the coalition in a vote in the plenum, the Zionist Union submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset, which will be read on Wednesday morning. Director of the Zionist Union faction Merav Michaeli said on Monday: "even members of the coalition have lost faith in their leader. If Netanyahu cannot control members of his own party, in spite of the fact that every vote in this government counts, that is his problem."
"As the head of the official opposition, it is our duty to use whatever means lay at our disposal to oust this bad government and its leader."
The Zionist Union faction emphasized that a proposal to dissolve the Knesset requires a majority of 61 MKs to vote in favor of the bill only during its third reading - something unlikely to happen even with the ongoing coalition squabbles. The left-wing party instead hopes to achieve at least a moral victory by achieving a small minority (less than 61 votes) in the first two readings.
5. IN WSJ OPED, HOTOVELY ASKS: WHERE'S ALL THE AID TO THE PA GOING?
by Ari Soffer
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has taken to the pages of the Wall Street Journal, to challenge international donors over how billions in aid to the Palestinian Authority have been used to fund terrorism, instead of for the humanitarian and economic purposes they were earmarked for.
In her oped, which was published late on Sunday, Hotovely acknowledges that there is "broad agreement about the importance of extending development aid to help the Palestinians build the physical and social infrastructure that will enable the emergence of a sustainable, prosperous society."
Yet she goes on to question the strange behavior of donors, who, uniquely in the case of the Palestinians, don't seem to ask any questions or demand transparency as to how their funds are actually being used. In the ten years since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 - which established the Palestinian Authority under the aegis of the PLO - $21.7 billion in economic assistance was funneled to the PA, with little to no accountability.
"Such assistance will only promote peace if it is spent to foster tolerance and coexistence," Hotovely insists. "If it is used to strengthen intransigence it does more harm than good—and the more aid that comes in, the worse the outcome. This is exactly what has been transpiring over the past few decades. Large amounts of foreign aid to the Palestinians are spent to support terrorists and deepen hostility."
The most glaring misuse of funds was the PA's generous stipends to convicted terrorists and their families, which in 2014 accounted for some 16% of all foreign donations it receives annually (roughly $75 million). Any Palestinian who is jailed for carrying out or attempting to carry out a terrorist attack can expect to receive a salary of anything from $400 and $3,500, "the latter of which is more than five times the average monthly salary of a Palestinian worker," Hotovely notes.
Compounding the problem is that since 2012 - when international aid made up one quarter of the PA's budget - it's accounts have been totally non-transparent, so there is no way at all of tracking where the money being poured into Ramallah is going.
Yet despite this, Palestinians are the largest recipients of international aid per-capita in the world, and only second in terms of total amount of aid - after Syria.
"In 2013 the Palestinians received $793 million in international aid, second only to Syria. This amounts to $176 for each Palestinian, by far the highest per capita assistance in the world. Syria, where more than 250,000 people have been killed and 6.5 million refugees displaced since 2011, received only $106 per capital," according to the deputy minister.
"A closer look at the remaining eight countries in the top 10—Sudan, South Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon, Somalia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo—is even more alarming. CIA Factbook data show that these countries have a combined population of 284 million and an average per capita GDP of $2,376. Yet they received an average of $15.30 per capita in development assistance in 2013. The Palestinians, by comparison, with a population of 4.5 million, have a per capita GDP of $4,900.
"In other words, though the Palestinians are more than twice as wealthy on average than these eight countries, they receive more than 11 times as much foreign aid per person."
Hotovely further claimed that, paradoxically, aid ostensibly meant to alleviate the suffering of ordinary Palestinians is being used to keep hundreds of thousands stuck in permanent "refugee camps," accusing the PA of "deliberately keeping them in a state of dependence and underdevelopment for no purpose other than to stoke animosity toward Israel.
She concluded with a challenge to international donors:
"It is difficult to come away from these facts without realizing the deep connection between the huge amounts of foreign aid being spent, the bizarre international tolerance for patently unacceptable conduct by the Palestinians and the lack of progress toward peace on the ground.
"Donors to the Palestinians who support peace would do well to rethink the way they extend assistance. Money should go to economic and civic empowerment, not to perpetuate a false sense of victimhood and unconditional entitlement. It should foster values of tolerance and nonviolence, not the glorification and financing of terrorism."
6. SINKING LOWER: AFTER EXPOSE, LEFTISTS PORTRAY TV ANCHOR AS NAZI
by Gil Ronen
The radical Israeli Left is still reeling from an investigative journalistic report that aired January 8 on Channel 2's Uvda investigative program, which was based on hidden camera footage taken inside the operations of radical leftist groups. Now, a vile Facebook photomontage depicts the program's editor in chief and anchor, Ilana Dayan, as Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, receiving a bouquet from Hitler.
The hidden camera footage showed a central activist in Ta'ayush, convicted pedophile Ezra Nawi, boasting about turning in Arabs who sought to sell land to Jews and making sure they were arrested by the Palestinian Authority – where they face torture and death. A follow-up report showed cash exchanging hands between Nawi and Breaking the Silence activists.
Channel 20, which seeks to become a right-wing alternative to Channels 2 and 10, shared the vile photo with its readers on Facebook and noted that Uvda has aired hundreds of investigative reports to date, against political parties, commercial bodies, nationalist organizations and the IDF – but while some of the reports caused uproar and reached the courts, "only the report about radical leftist groups Ta'ayush and B'Tselem led to such a brutal attack on the program and its head, Ilana Dayan."
Channel 20 noted that in Haaretz, Dayan has been compared to the East German STASI secret police. "The radical Left has lost its brakes. The Israel Police needs to restore order there and quickly, before someone gets hurt," it warned.
Jerusalem District Court Judge David Richter ordered Nawi's release to house arrest yesterday.
7. SEND US YOUR SNOW PICTURES
by Arutz Sheva Staff
With snow storms battering the East Coast and Israel this week, we're betting our readers have plenty of pictures to share.
Send us your photos using our online form, and we'll publish the best ones here!
Please remember to include your name and where the photo was taken.
Here are some of the pictures we've received so far:
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8. WATCH: ISRAELI FANS FURIOUS OVER DECISION TO FIRE COACH BLATT
by ILTV
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