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Wednesday, Aug. 31 '16, כ"ז באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. BRAINS OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST VICTIMS FOUND IN BERLIN INSTITUTE
2. DEFENSE MINISTER: 'THOSE COMMENTS? NEVER HAPPENED.'
3. POLICE TO PATROL WITH RESIDENTS OF JUDEA-SAMARIA
4. YOU CAN'T PRESSURE HAMAS WHILE GIVING THEM 'DELUXE' CONDITIONS
5. 'HOW MUCH EVIL CAN WE SWALLOW?'
6. WHY DOES THE MEDIA HATE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER?
7. 40 PERCENT MORE ARAB TEACHERS IN ISRAELI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
8. WATCH: 'WHEN I SAW THOSE KIDS, THERE WAS NO CHOICE'
1. BRAINS OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST VICTIMS FOUND IN BERLIN INSTITUTE
by Ido ben Porat
During renovations at the Max Planck Psychiatric Institute in Munich, dozens of brains and brain parts of Jewish victims of the Holocaust were discovered, according to Army Radio this morning (Wednesday).
In the wake of the discovery, a committee has been established in order to ascertain in greater detail the story of the samples.
The Max Planck Institute, itself, claims that the samples were once used by the Nazi brain researcher Julius Hallervorden, who conducted experiments on humans during and after the rule of the Nazis, and even served for a period as the head of the neuropathology department at the Institute, then known as the "Kaiser Wilhelm Institute."
The newly-formed research committee has already started to identify some of the victims from whom the samples were taken, with the goal of bringing them to a mass grave, as was done with previously discovered samples. This, however, is a process that could take months, even years.
In light of the discovery, the Institute published on its website: "We are embarrassed by these findings, and the blemish of their discovery in the archives. We will update the public with any further information that comes to light with complete transparency."
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, had not been aware of the existence of the samples until they were revealed this morning. Professor Dan Machman, Director of the International Center for Holocaust Research at the museum, told Army Radio, "it's surprising, although not completely. We know that experiments were conducted and that not everything was erased and buried. Two years ago, bones of victims on whom experiments were conducted were found in Berlin in the trash. Next year, we're going to organize a convention about this issue."
"This [current finding] is something new that was previously unknown, and joins other events that are suddenly uncovered after 70 years," he said. "Whoever thought this chapter was completely finished is mistaken. It's hard to know if these samples are exclusively from 'mercy killings' [ie. the murder of sick people for the purposes of experimentation] or if they also derive from other sources."
2. DEFENSE MINISTER: 'THOSE COMMENTS? NEVER HAPPENED.'
by Rachel Kaplan
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman commented today on the stormy debate around a Channel 10 report, in which he purportedly said he would not cut a deal with Hamas for the release of the bodies of fallen soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin.
At an event at the pre-military "mechina" academy Karm al-Badlit al-Carmel, Liberman turned to a Channel 10 journalist, and told him, "What you aired about soldiers' bodies was never said, neither in open meetings nor closed ones."
"I voted against the Shalit deal, and I think I was right," he continued. "I see how many [of the released terrorists] went back to being terrorists, how many were complicit in murder."
"However - our first obligation is to return [the bodies of the soldiers]," Liberman continued. "And the second is not to exaggerate."
Liberman got into hot water when he supposedly claimed on August 29 that he would not trade with Hamas over the bodies of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin. Shaul and Goldin were killed in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, and Hamas has been holding their bodies ransom in the hope that Israel would release live terrorists in exchange for them, as they did when they traded 1,027 terrorists for captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
When they heard the supposed statement, the bereaved Goldin family responded, "The Defense Minister, who is choosing to give up on...the return of the soldiers from the field of battle, has no moral authority to continue and direct as Defense Minister of the State of Israel. We call on the Prime Minister to clarify, both to the Defense Minister and the Israeli public, the government's position in relation to the return home of Hadar and Oron."
On Wednesday, though, the Goldins seemingly went back on their statement, considering that there are other means available than selling soldiers for terrorists.
"We can't get caught up in the concept of 'the price of freeing terrorists' because that's [the whole heart of the problem]."
Regarding the Shalit deal, Leah Goldin, Hadar's mother, said, "We as a family didn't like the idea at all because it was a complete surrender on the part of the State of Israel to the extortion of Hamas."
3. POLICE TO PATROL WITH RESIDENTS OF JUDEA-SAMARIA
by Rachel Kaplan
The Binyamin police station inaugurated Wednesday morning a new "integrated policing" program for the station, together with the Binyamin Regional Council.
Binyamin, a region to the east of Jerusalem, is considered part of Judea and Samaria. It encompasses everything from Yericho (Jericho) to Shiloh to Geva Binyamin (Adam) and Beit El.
Binyamin's Jewish population has a history that includes clashes between the local Israelis and police. Jewish residents have expressed the feeling that police ignore legality and carry out wrongful arrests, removing people from their homes and even destroying them, while under-reacting to Arab Palestinian flouting of the law.
Officials tout the integrated patrol program as a new chapter in cooperation and relations with the police.
From today, a police vehicle, containing one policeman and one local municipal inspector (who works to ticket people who violate municipal laws, such as loose animals or trash in the road), will patrol every Jewish community in the Binyamin region, in order to take care of issues such as noise complaints in quiet neighborhoods.
Deputy District Commander of Judea and Samaria, Brigadier General David Bitton celebrated the move. According to him, although "integrated policing in Binyamin is not new to the state of Israel," it is significant in a region which has not had enough positive cooperation between locals and police.
"Here, it signifies the complete cooperation between the 'settlers' and Israel Police, through their joint action. As the number of people drafting into the Israel Police from the 'settlement' grows, integrated policing is a necessary step to ensure a better quality of life," Biton continued.
The commander of the Binyamin police station, Commander Dudi Hayoun, added: "Today, our integrated action upgrades to another level. The Israel Police generally works together with municipal councils, but the special relationship between the police of the Judea-Samaria District with the 'settlement' [population] only improves and grows stronger.
"Today, the integrated patrol car begins a new era of enforcing quality of life in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Binyamin Regional Council."
Head of the Binyamin Municipal Council, Avi Roeh, also applauded the new initiative.
"Israel Police are a part of the population, and the dialogue and integration with them is very important. The integrated patrol car, including a policeman and an inspector, is another step in the joint efforts towards normalization of [Jewish life] Judea and Samaria."
4. YOU CAN'T PRESSURE HAMAS WHILE GIVING THEM 'DELUXE' CONDITIONS
by Orli Harari
Leah Goldin, the mother of Hadar Goldin who was killed in Operation Protective Edge and whose body is being held by Hamas terrorist's in Gaza, criticized the government's lax attitude towards Hamas - it's policy of huge humanitarian aid packages to Gaza and the outstanding conditions Hamas terrorists receive in jail.
"Just this week, salaries were paid out to people in Gaza, every day 1,000 [aid] trucks enter Gaza. The same people giving Hamas prisoners deluxe conditions in jail are the ones negotiating with Hamas. The same people letting Gazan families visit their terrorist relatives every week are the ones negotiating with Hamas.
"We can't get caught up in the concept of 'the price of freeing terrorists' because that's [the whole heart of the problem]."
Regarding the Shalit deal, Goldin said, "We as a family didn't like the idea at all because it was a complete surrender on the part of the State of Israel to the extortion of Hamas."
Two days ago, Defense Minister Liberman had indicated in private conversations that he would not negotiate with Hamas in exchange for the bodies of fallen soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
"By my estimation, the bodies of the soldiers will not be returned to Israel, I don't see it happening. I was also against the Shalit deal in the past, and I don't intend to cut a deal with Hamas in the future," the Defense Minister said, according to Channel 10.
Yesterday, Chairman of the Opposition Yitzchak Herzog criticized Liberman's statements, saying: "We're dealing with a cruel enemy. I suggest the Defense Minister stop talking, whether publicly or privately. Returning our boys home has been an order since the State's founding. We need to stop selling delusions, to know how to see reality and stop hurting families."
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5. 'HOW MUCH EVIL CAN WE SWALLOW?'
by Eti Azariya
In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, Elor Azariya's sister, Eti, described the difficulties the family now faces on a daily basis:
"How much evil can we swallow?
"It's been five months now since my family and I have found ourselves in an ongoing nightmare.
"Sometimes, when I wake up (after succeeding in falling asleep for a couple of hours) I still can't digest the fact that this is the tough reality, and I feel like I'm dreaming.
"Every day, it is further revealed to the public the extent of the terrible injustice perpetrated against us. A mask of framing, manipulation and lies whose only goal is to implicate my brother and destroy my family.
"Happily, this week brave commanders backed my brother's conduct in the field and effectively collapsed the claims of the prosecution.
"In any normally-functioning society, they would have ended this case and immediately freed my brother.
"In addition to the [court case plaguing] us, a quiet and normative family, we have suffered additional blows [as a result...] My father, Charlie, cannot endure the terrible pain and collapsed at the beginning of the month. He suffered a stroke and is currently in rehabilitation, learning to walk and function again.
"You need to understand that my father is the best of the best, a man who served the country all his life - in the army and in the police. Every spare moment he had, he helped the needy [...]
"Why are they doing this to us?! Do they want to destroy my family?
"As if this weren't enough, yesterday my beloved uncle, Victor, collapsed, and is now hospitalized in the cardiovascular department of the hospital.
"You have to understand! Victor filled my father's place these past weeks and worked to unite the broken family, bringing my mother to visit my brother and to the courthouse, sitting with us during the hearings until the late hours of the night, calming down my mother, who couldn't bear the torture any longer.
"My dear uncle [...] also contributed to the state all his life.
"This is how we were educated from day one! And this is also the reason my brother received a certificate of distinction!"
6. WHY DOES THE MEDIA HATE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER?
by Uzi Baruch
Israel Police have suffered continuous political critics and media attacks after police Commissioner Roni Alshich laid out the ongoing plan to fight migrant crime in a speech on Tuesday at a conference of the Israeli Bar Association.
Taken out of context, Alshich seemed to legitimize racism, saying it is "natural" for police to suspect Ethiopian migrants. In reality, Alshich was detailing his plan for improving race relations by removing stereotypes among his own police officers, and by working jointly with community leaders to bring law and order to the migrant neighborhoods of Israel.
On Wednesday, police officials noted in a conversation with Arutz Sheva that the media did, in fact, take things out of context; they explained that Alshich was presenting criminological studies which indicate a phenomenon which makes the authorities responsible for crime.
"There were those who find it easier to distort the words of the commissioner and use them as fuel. In reality, the police work daily to strengthen their connection with the Ethiopian community, to take young people out of the cycle of crime, and all of this - in order to resolve a social problem which has been going on for years, which was dropped on the doorstep of the police," a police official said.
Others in the police force emphasized during the conversation that the attack was not "happenstance," as they put it. "There are those who marked him as soon as he took office, and are certain to lash out and [figuratively] flay him without restraint."
"Alshich is a security professional, with years of experience working for the nation of Israel and the security of Israel. His actions are worth more than the chatter of the media. The things he said at the conference, are being said all over the world - even if they're difficult to listen to, and unpleasant - but this is the situation, and those are the facts."
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended Alshich last night, saying that Alshich did not justify the phenomenon of over-policing descendants of Ethiopia, rather, he was describing the attitude of police officers which had caused them to act incorrectly in the past.
Alshich's speech, in hebrew:
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7. 40 PERCENT MORE ARAB TEACHERS IN ISRAELI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
by Rachel Kaplan
The number of Israeli-Arabs teaching in Jewish state schools has leaped by nearly 40 percent over recent years, reported Walla on Monday.
Just three years ago, some 420 Israeli-Arab teachers were employed in Jewish public schools. In the 2014-15 school year, that number rose to 588, thanks to an initiative by the Education Ministry to integrate more Arab teachers into English, mathematics, and science programs around the country.
The program, launched in 2013, is run jointly by the Education Ministry's Teaching Personnel Department and the Merchavim Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel.
Despite the rising numbers of Arab teachers in the three central subjects - up 76 percent - not everyone is happy with the change.
A Walla poll published three months ago indicated that 21 percent of Jewish parents are against having an Arab teacher for their children.
30 percent of parents would prefer a Christian Arab over a Muslim Arab teacher, 40 percent said they would be satisfied with a teacher of either religion - and only one percent would prefer a Muslim teacher.
Speaking to Israel Hayom, Eyal Ram, who heads the Education Ministry's Teaching Personnel Department, said the integration program offers "an opportunity for a shared life and coexistence among the two sectors, [offering] a viable solution for the surplus of teachers among the Arab sector and for the shortage of English, math and science teachers among the Jewish sector."
Arab teachers for Arabic language classes in public schools also increased by 40 percent from 2013 to 2016, though it is unclear whether, or how many, more students are learning Arabic in recent years.
8. WATCH: 'WHEN I SAW THOSE KIDS, THERE WAS NO CHOICE'
by Rachel Kaplan
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Yaakov Yosef Rosenberg, 41, became a hero last week when the Coast Guard Auxilary member and EMT chose to crash his plane, rather than make an emergency landing on a field where children were playing soccer.
"I couldn't have lived with myself," a prone Rosenberg explained to Eyewitness News. "When I saw those kids, there was no option."
Rosenberg was flying a Cessna 172 with Erik Pearson, and was heading back to base after surveying the Hudson River, when their small plane suddenly lost power.
They initially planned to land in the river, but then tried to make it to Teterboro Airport before coming down at Regan Field behind the Cresskill Swim Club.
As they neared the field, the two pilots realized the grounds were covered with children playing soccer. In the nightmare situation, Rosenberg says he tried to yell and wave for the children to move out of the plane's path.
In a snap decision, he and Pearson veered to another open field, struck the ground at a hard angle, and were crushed as their plane crumpled against trees along the edge of the field.
Officials have said the decision to change course undoubtedly saved lives.
Pearson and Rosenberg were rushed to the hospital, injured but alive. Rosenberg has since been discharged, though his legs remain in a titanium brace, and he has hundreds of stitches in his head. Although he faces months of recovery, for him, it's all worth it.
"If I would have killed any kids saving myself, I would have said, 'God, please reverse it. Take me instead,'" Rosenberg considered.
"That's Jack," his wife, Miriam Rosenberg, proudly added to Eyewitness News. "I would not have expected any less of him."
Rosenberg has been with the USGS since 2005 and Pearson since 2010. Rosenberg is also a longtime volunteer EMT in New Jersey.
Jewish Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind praised Rosenberg as a hero.
"I have known Jack [Yaakov Yosef] Rosenberg for many years. This is our hero, the new Sully Sullenberger. He has long gone out of his way to help anyone in need," Hikind said at a press conference.
Investigators with the NTSB are continuing to try to to determine the cause of the accident.
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