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Sunday, Apr. 24 '16, Nissan 16, 5776
HEADLINES:
1. YOUNGEST GIRL TERRORIST RELEASED AFTER JUST 2.5 MONTHS
2. 12 PLACES YOU HAVE TO VISIT THIS CHOL HAMOED PESACH
3. 13 JEWS GET KICKED OFF THE TEMPLE MOUNT
4. BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT SCARAB SEAL DISCOVERED NEAR HAIFA
5. FUGITIVE RABBI CLAIMS 'ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TARGETED ME'
6. PA PREACHER: PRAY FOR GENOCIDE AND ALLAH TO PUNISH 'WICKED' JEWS
7. JUDGE CANCELS ARAB TAKEOVER OF AFULA
8. WATCH: ANTI-SEMITE TRASHES BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE
1. YOUNGEST GIRL TERRORIST RELEASED AFTER JUST 2.5 MONTHS
by Ari Yashar
Israel on Sunday released a 12-year-old Arab terrorist, the youngest female terrorist jailed in Israel, after a paltry two-and-a-half months in prison despite her attempt to murder Jews.
The terrorist girl, Dima al-Wawi, was jailed on February 9 when she tried to conduct a stabbing attack. She was caught by security forces with a knife in her possession on the outskirts of Karmei Tzur in Gush Etzion, Judea.
In investigation, al-Wawi admitted that she intended to conduct an attack and murder Jews.
While Israeli law does not allow jail time for terrorists under the age of 14, al-Wawi as a non-citizen resident of Judea and Samaria was tried by a military court which can try terrorists as young as 12.
However, due to her age she was sentenced to only half-a-year in jail for attempted murder and illegal possession of a knife, and that sentence was later reduced to four-and-a-half months.
The military court this month agreed to her parents request to further reduce her sentence by two months, and after her parents paid a 8,000 shekel (around $2,130) fine, she was released on Sunday after just two-and-a-half months in jail.
Al-Wawi was released from Hasharon Jail where she had been serving time. Accompanied by officers of the Nahshon Unit of the Israel Prison Service (IPS), she was transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The transfer to PA Committee of Prisoners' Affairs director Issa Karake and other Arab officials took place at the Jubara checkpoint near Tulkarem in Samaria. From there she was to travel to her family's home in Halhul near Hevron.
The young terrorist was greeted by her mother, and in a ceremony welcoming her heroically both she and her mother wore scarves with "Palestine" written on them together with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag.
Al-Wawi's attempted attack took place not far from where three Israeli teens were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists in July 2014, and her hometown of Halhul is where the bodies of the three were found in a ditch dug in a field belonging to the family of the terrorists.
Aside from Karake, the PA governor of Tulkarem Issam Abu Bakr was also present to welcome the 12-year-old terrorist back.
"The detention of children is a crime against humanity," Abu Bakr said, according to the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency.
He failed to note her admitted intent to murder Jews, while claiming Israel "practices the ugliest means of suppression and torture against Palestinian children."
2. 12 PLACES YOU HAVE TO VISIT THIS CHOL HAMOED PESACH
by Arutz Sheva staff
Tens of thousands of Israelis take vacation time during Chol HaMoed Pesach, to spend time with their children and enjoy the holiday.
In honor of the Intermediate Days, Arutz Sheva has prepared a list of family-oriented events unfolding across the country, from Sunday through Wednesday.
Ancient Shilo - Shilo - at the heart of Samaria, explore the ruins of the village where the Mishkan (Tabernacle) once stood - in the first capital city of Ancient Israel. Family fun for all ages. Open Sunday through Wednesday from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing) - Jerusalem - Tens of thousands flood Jerusalem every year for this special blessing during Chol HaMoed Pesach and Sukkot. On Monday morning, Chief Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef will hold a special welcoming event at the first Birkat Kohanim for Chol HaMoed at the Western Wall.
Family fun event, Seven Arches Hotel, Jerusalem - On Monday, the Seven Arches Hotel on the Mount of Olives will be hosting a family fun day, including a performance from the children's band Prachei Yerushalayim (lit. 'Flowers of Jerusalem') and appearances by artists Yishai Lapidot, Idan Amedi, and Yishai Rivo.
Sidewalk paintings, city of Jerusalem - 13 different sidewalk murals from artists based in Israel and abroad are being displayed across the city throughout the entire month of Nissan.
The Herodian, Gush Etzion - this incredible ancient Israelite fortress is holding family-friendly tours, workshops, and presentations throughout the holiday, including a series of survivalist workshops.
Workshops and activities in Gush Etzion will be available throughout the holiday, including a special workshop for young engineers in Alon Shvut, tractor rides between Gush Etzion communities, and special cards covering all activities at Deer Lands Farm.
Cave of the Patriarchs and Jewish Quarter, Hevron - the Jewish community of Hevron urges the public to visit during the holiday; Arutz Sheva will cover the main event in honor of Pesach on Monday. The event honors 50 years since the Six-Day War - and the liberation of Judea and Samaria (Shomron), the heart of Israel.
Family scavenger hunt, Hevron Hills - a family scavenger hunt and tour is being hosted in the Yattir Forest on Monday and Tuesday, from 10:00am - 5:00pm. Participants will be guided from point to point with a special smartphone app.
Katif Center, Nitzan - the Katif center offers families the chance to learn more about the former communities of Gudh Katif. The center will be open Monday and Tuesday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Hamat Geder Nature Preserve, Yarmouk Valley (North) - Mini safaris, views to the Gilad and Golan area, and a prime spot for bird-watching, Hamat Geder invites the whole family to visit during the holiday.
Yitzhak Rabin center, Tel Aviv - The Yitzhak Rabin center is hosting a special exhibit about the 1976 Entebbe operation during the holiday; free of charge. Open Sunday through Wednesday.
Children's theater festival, Haifa - for the 26th year running, Haifa will be hosting a children's festival in the city, this year featuring over 200 plays and artists. Mini-plays will be running in the city streets all day long, free of charge, from Sunday through Thursday.
3. 13 JEWS GET KICKED OFF THE TEMPLE MOUNT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Jerusalem district police distanced 13 Jews from the Temple Mount on Sunday, the first of the intermediary days of Passover, claiming that they "breached the visit guidelines" on the Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
Despite being liberated in the 1967 Six Day War, the Temple Mount remains under the de facto control of the Jordanian Waqf, which bans Jewish prayer. Israeli police have kowtowed to the Waqf's demands, distancing and arresting Jews for "infractions" that have in the past included merely moving one's lips.
Aside from the 13 Jews, one Arab was also distanced from the Mount after disturbing the public order according to the police report.
The police noted that over the course of Sunday, 1,043 visitors entered the Temple Mount, and of them 885 were foreign tourists.
"The police are prepared with its best forces in the east of the city, at the Western Wall and on the Temple Mount in order to enable all believers, members of the different groups, to realize their freedom of religion," said the Jerusalem district police.
"The mission is complicated and it is managed with great sensitivity, but with firmness at the same time."
In their statement, the police added that they are investing great efforts during the Passover holiday to maintain public security throughout Israel and in Jerusalem in particular, with thousands of officers deployed in the capital.
Earlier on Sunday morning, a Jerusalem court released 'Return to the Mount' movement leader Raphael Morris to house arrest, rejecting a police request to keep Morris behind bars until the end of his trial.
Morris was arrested on Friday for violating a restraining order barring him from approaching the Temple Mount. Morris had attempted to ascend the Temple Mount ahead of the Passover holiday in order to offer a Korban Pesach ritual sacrifice.
Jerusalem's Old City, where the Temple Mount is located, was virtually empty on Sunday, as many stayed away due to the concerns of terror attacks targeting the area during the Passover holiday. Just last Monday a bus bombing took place in southeast Jerusalem, marking the first such bombing in the current Arab terror wave that has claimed the lives of 34 victims since last September.
4. BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT SCARAB SEAL DISCOVERED NEAR HAIFA
by Ari Soffer
A rare, ancient scarab seal belonging to a senior official in the 13th Pharaonic Dynasty was recently discovered in northern Israel at the Tel Dor archaeological dig, 30 kilometers south of Haifa.
The seal, which dates back to the 17-18th Centuries BCE, was discovered by amateur archaeologist Alexander Ternopolski, who handed it immediately to the archaeological team working at the site.
"The seal belonged to somebody very senior in the kingdom, perhaps even to the king's deputy, who was responsible for the royal treasury," according to Professor Ayelet Gilboa of Haifa University, who is among those leading the dig at Tel Dor.
"The seal's owner occupied a position comparable to that of Joseph... after he interpreted (Pharaoh's) dream," she added, referring to the Biblical story.
The ancient city of Dor served as a major port in the ancient world for several thousand years. Until the construction of the port city of Caesarea by the Roman Empire, it was the most important trading hub in the region. The city itself is mentioned in ancient Egyptian manuscripts dating back more than 3,000 years, as well as the Biblical books of Joshua, Judges and Kings I.
Since the start of the dig at Tel Dor in 2002, archaeologists led by Professor Gilboa and her colleague Professor Eylon Sharon have uncovered a treasure trove of ancient history. Among their many discoveries are numerous settlements from the Late Bronze Age (including a Canaanite town from the second millennium BCE); a Phoenician settlement; administrative centers of the Israelite and Assyrian Kingdoms (Iron Age); a city and palace from the Hellenistic period; ancient Roman ruins including several magnificent temples, and more.
And there is still a lot more to discover, according to Professor Gilboa.
The scarab seal is a hint of what more is to come; complete with intricate details and the name and rank of its owner, as well as the words "Ministry of Finance", it is incredibly well-preserved. However, the precise identity of its owner is still to be confirmed.
"Scarabs were very common objects in the ancient world, but the unusual size, quality and high rank of the seal's owner, as well as the golden ring" around the seal "makes it a very rare find in our region," said Professor Gilboa.
Archaeologists are currently focusing on two possible ways in which such a rare artifact made its way to northern Israel.
One theory is that a representative of the Egyptian official traveled to Dor to carry out a large purchase on his behalf - and hence brought with him the seal. Another theory is that the seal was brought to the area at a much later period - perhaps during the Roman era, when there was a large market for ancient antiques.
The archaeological dig at Tel Dor is set to resume in July, with visitors and amateur archaeologists invited to participate. In the meantime, the seal and other fascinating discoveries is available for viewing at Kibbutz Nahsholim.
5. FUGITIVE RABBI CLAIMS 'ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TARGETED ME'
by Shoshana Miskin
During court proceedings in Johannesburg, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who is wanted in Israel on suspicions of sexual assault, claimed he is being wronged by the Israeli government and is being targeted along with other rabbis.
In a message to his followers, the head of the Shuvu Banim sect said that "the Israeli government has a tendency to improperly mark rabbis," and claimed that they "mark those whose profession is not inconsistent with their political objectives."
Last week, South Africa's Randburg Magistrate's Court ruled that Rabbi Berland will remain in custody during his bail and be extradited to Israel for a hearing.
Meanwhile, followers of Berland are planning a demonstration for Monday morning outside the South African Embassy in Israel at Ramat Gan.
The continuation of the bail hearing was postponed to April 26.
6. PA PREACHER: PRAY FOR GENOCIDE AND ALLAH TO PUNISH 'WICKED' JEWS
by Shoshana Miskin
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A preacher on official Palestinian Authority (PA) television on Friday prayed that Allah should "count" his enemies, the enemies of Islam, and "kill them to the last one."
The TV preacher then singled out for punishment "the wicked Jews" and "the atheists who help them," according to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).
"Allah, punish your enemies, the enemies of religion, count their numbers and kill them to the last one, and bring them a black day. Allah, punish the wicked Jews, and those among the atheists who help them. Allah, we ask that you bestow upon us respect and honor by enabling us to repel them, and we ask you to save us from their evil," said the Palestinian preacher.
Recently, the PA and Fatah have replaced using sermons to call for killing Jews with different ways of promoting killing Israelis: statements by leaders in support of terror attacks and their perpetrators, celebration and glorification of terrorists, music videos promoting violence and the killing of Israelis, and more.
While the terror and murder promotion has not stopped, the PA merely changed its means after foreign governments and the media condemned the sermons on PA TV, after PMW had reported on many cases which called for Muslims to exterminate Jews.
Since then, there have only been occasional calls for genocide in sermons and in speeches by religious leaders, such as the Mufti's vehement calls for the killing of Jews.
7. JUDGE CANCELS ARAB TAKEOVER OF AFULA
by Shlomo Pyotrkovsky
The Nazareth District Court on Sunday ordered to cancel the tenders for a new neighborhood in Afula Ilit, in which all 48 plots were sold to Arabs in an "instant Arab neighborhood" that led to outrage and protests in Afula.
Judge Avraham Avraham ordered to cancel the bidding results, after ruling that those petitioning the tenders were able to prove a significant portion of the winning bids were price fixed with the bidders coordinating their offers. The conditions of the tenders forbid such coordination of the bids.
The judge noted that the fairness of the bidding was "seriously harmed" by the actions, and therefore threw out the tenders.
The legal basis for his decision came from the results of a case regarding land tenders in Harish, where the court confirmed the Israel Land Authority (ILA) head's position, according to which price fixing and manipulation are grounds to negate the results of several or all of the tenders.
Evidence showing the price fixing could be seen from nine plots for two families each, in which identical bids won the tender, each for 255,555 shekels (nearly $66,000). The identical offer for the unusual sum clearly indicated coordination.
In several other plots, bids won out that appeared to have been coordinated in advance to be close to those of the nine plots; the bids were for figures such as 255,777 shekels and 255,888 shekels.
Also raising suspicions was the fact that all of the winning bidders were Arabs, and not a single resident of the city of Afula won any bids.
Ya'akov Dadon, a resident of the city whose daughter Shelly was brutally murdered by an Arab terrorist last year, said that while his daughter was stabbed 17 times, upon learning of the new neighborhood, he felt that he was "stabbed 50 more times."
Residents said that they already live in fear of Arab violence and that a new Arab neighborhood would make their lives unbearable.
8. WATCH: ANTI-SEMITE TRASHES BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE
by David Rosenberg
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A Brooklyn synagogue was attacked by a crazed anti-Semite Thursday morning.
The incident, which occurred at the "Apta" Satmar hassidic synagogue on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, was captured by the synagogue's security cameras.
While the circumstances behind the attack are unclear, witnesses said a man burst into the synagogue just after morning prayers, attacking a group of congregants who had stayed on to study Talmud.
The attacker tried swinging a ladder at the congregants. When he failed to injure anyone, he became even more enraged and began overturning benches and tables.
Those present in the synagogue quickly fled, notifying the police and Shomrim, a local Jewish neighborhood watch group.
Members of the Shomrim quickly arrived and detained the attacker, holding him until police officers arrived and took the man into custody.
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