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Wednesday, Nov. 30 '16, כ"ט בחשון תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. WATCH: ARAB ARSONISTS IN JERUSALEM CAUGHT IN THE ACT
2. SOLDIERS,YESHIVA STUDENTS PETITION AGAINST MIXED-GENDER UNITS
3. 'JEWISH HOME MAY REVOLT AGAINST COALITION OVER REGULATION LAW'
4. TERRORIST GETS 16 YEARS FOR STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM
5. WATCH: NEW 'DEVORAH' BATTLESHIP JOINS ISRAELI NAVY
6. 'I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO PROTECT YOU'
7. 'WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGING INTERMARRIAGE IN ISRAEL?'
8. HACKERS TAKE OVER ISRAELI TELEVISION
1. WATCH: ARAB ARSONISTS IN JERUSALEM CAUGHT IN THE ACT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Two Arab arsonists were captured on Tuesday while they were lighting fires next to the Atarot industrial zone in northern Jerusalem.
Border Police officers operating out of a surveillance point spotted the fires and quickly dispatched and guided units to the scene to apprehend the terrorists.
Officers sent on foot to the area saw two Arab teenagers setting tires on fire just outside of Atarot. The pair attempted to flee, but were captured after a brief chase.
The suspects, both 16-year old residents of Jerusalem, were in possession of lighters and papers for kindling.
The two were transferred to the central police station in Jerusalem for interrogation, and are expected to be brought before a judge to have their arrests extended.
More than 2,000 fires ravaged Israel last week and through till Sunday, forcing tens of thousands of Israelis to flee their homes.
Last Thursday the Internal Security Ministry estimated that half of the fires were the result of arson.
On Sunday, Israeli police said 37 people had been arrested in connection with the fires.
Atarot arson
Police spokesperson
2. SOLDIERS,YESHIVA STUDENTS PETITION AGAINST MIXED-GENDER UNITS
by Yoel Domb
More than a thousand soldiers and yeshiva students signed the "yeshiva students petition" in which they protested the change in the IDF standing orders on mixed-gender units and the broadening of female participation in combat units.
"We are all Yeshiva students who serve in the IDF faithfully and view army service as a mission and as a great mitzvah that we merited to fulfill in our generation, the generation of (the Jewish nation's) revival," they wrote.
"We believe that the army's resilience is not just based on its might and professionalism but mainly on its spirit. A spirit of dedication and mutual cooperation, love of the land and the people of Israel, a spirit of belief in G-d and in His Divine assistance which has accompanied us from the day of the establishment od the state until now. "Any you shall remember G-d, your Lord, as he gives you the strength to wage war." (Deuteronomy 8:18ׁ).
The yeshiva students sharply protested "the attempt to introduce into the IDF a spirit of mixed-gender service. 'Your camp shall be holy so that He (G-d) should not see anything unseemly among you and will turn away from you.' (Deuteronomy 23:15). Both male and female soldiers are dear and honored in our eyes but please do not hurt the apple of our eye, the sanctity of the (army) camp of Israel which we are so dedicated to with all of our hearts and souls."
3. 'JEWISH HOME MAY REVOLT AGAINST COALITION OVER REGULATION LAW'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett threatened that the Jewish Home party would not cooperate with the rest of the coalition unless the Regulation Bill to legalize certain Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria is passed.
"I informed the cabinet that we will not cooperate with the coalition until the Regulation Bill is passed," Bennett said according to a report by Army Radio. "If Kahlon does not accept coalition discipline, then neither will we."
Voting on the Regulation Bill was suspended earlier Wednesday when Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon raised objections to the proposed legislation.
Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud) told Army Radio that the Jewish Home party would only be harming itself if it violates coalition discipline, because other legislation Jewish Home is initiating would be ignored by the rest of the coalition.
Other proposed bills were removed from Wednesday's agenda as well due to concerns over coalition discipline, including the muezzin law.
4. TERRORIST GETS 16 YEARS FOR STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A Jerusalem district court handed down a 16-year jail sentence to Muhammad Badar, the terrorist responsible for a May, 2015 stabbing attack on HaNevi'im Street in Jerusalem.
In the attack, Badar, a resident of Abu Dis east of Jerusalem and part of the Palestinian Authority, stabbed an Israeli, lightly wounding him.
As part of a plea bargain agreement, Badar admitted his crime and was convicted of attempted murder, illegal possession of a knife in public, and illegally staying inside the pre-1967 borders for which a permit is necessary for Judea and Samaria's Arabs..
In addition to his 16-year prison term, Badar has been ordered to pay his victim 80,000 shekels ($21,000).
According to the indictment against Badar, on May 16th, 2015 he sneaked into capital illegally, with the intention of murdering random Jewish civilians.
At around 9:45 a.m. that day on Hanevi'im Street in Jerusalem, Badar selected his target, a haredi man sitting on a bench with his wife and two small children.
The victim noticed Badar as he approached holding the knife, stood up and attempted to push Badar away. During the struggle, Badar managed to stab the man in his chest, lightly wounding him.
After failing to kill his victim, Badar threw the knife at the man's head, lightly injuring him. Police responded to screams from the victim's wife and captured Badar.
5. WATCH: NEW 'DEVORAH' BATTLESHIP JOINS ISRAELI NAVY
by Kobi Finkler
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A new 'Devorah' battleship entered operational service at the Haifa naval base this week. The reception ceremony was led by base commander brigadier-general David (Saar) Salame and the commander of 914 unit, Ronen Mirkam.
The Devorah was received as part of a revamping of the naval force to include three new Devorah ships manufactured by Israeli army industries. Two will patrol the southern region and one the northern region. The new Devorah is equipped with infrastructure for the most advanced weapon systems.
The Devorah was approved for operational activity after intensive voyages and training at the naval bases in Ashdod and Haifa. An IDF statement said that "Devorah 824 will represent an important aspect of the 914 unit's defense of the Northern marine border and will help to maintain security procedures in the area."
23 year old Lieutenant Dolev Ayalon of Pardesiya received the command of the Devorah after performing a number of operational functions in the navy and after receiving a certificate of excellence from the Navy's commander-in-chief last Independence Day.
Base commander David(Saar) Salame said at the ceremony that "The Devorah is an advanced operational ship with all the necessary operational capabilities. Continue to guard the northern marine border of the State of Israel, we wish you success."
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6. 'I'M SORRY I WASN'T ABLE TO PROTECT YOU'
by Reut Hadar
Hundreds of mourners joined 10-year Chen Bloch on his final journey Wednesday morning, as he was laid to rest.
Bloch was killed Tuesday evening when a police patrol car ran over him as he crossed the street at a crosswalk while riding his bicycle.
The funeral procession left the Bloch family house in Tekoa at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, passing the crosswalk where Chen was killed, on the way to the Tekoa cemetery.
Chen's father, Gideon, eulogized his son, saying he always had "A spark in his eyes."
"You loved to read and to solve puzzles," said Gideon. "I love you, my pure child."
"God has convinced me that we cannot take care of our children," said Chen's mother, Adi.
"You were wearing your helmet and you crossed at the crosswalk. Your spirit was always high above – now you've joined your soul in heaven."
"You were born on Shabbat, and you found favor [in Hebrew, Chen] in God's eyes, and he decided that he wants you with him. You will meet grandmother Hannah there, and now she can also enjoy seeing your mischievous little grin. I wish I could hug you so tightly and tussle your hair, but it can't happen. I'm sorry, sweetie, that we couldn't keep you safe."
7. 'WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGING INTERMARRIAGE IN ISRAEL?'
by David Rosenberg
More than 27,000 Jewish students met with Arab youth over the past year in "coexistence meetings" organized by the Ministry of Education, the State Control Committee revealed last week.
The meetings, which bring together Jewish and Arab students from across Israel, are intended to reduce cultural barriers between the two groups, foster a sense of national unity, and combat racism.
"A day in which a person is not discriminated against due to his race has yet to come," said committee chairwoman Karin Elharrar (Yesh Atid), "but the Education Ministry should work to encourage this day, and to eradicate the major problem of racism."
MK Elharrar praised the coexistence meetings, but demanded the Education Ministry take greater steps to combat racism.
"The [recently published[ State Comptroller`s report revealed that there is no master plan, and that even the existing plans have no supervisor, coordinator, no teachers` training, or guaging of displays of racism," said Elharrar, "and there is a minority of Arab teachers in Jewish schools."
During the committee hearing, Dana Friedman representing the Board of Education's Pedagogical Secretariat, testified that 578 Jewish schools held meetings with Arab students over the past year.
A spokesperson for the Lehava anti-assimilation group blasted the meetings, chastising the Education Ministry for what the group claims amounts to encouraging assimilation in Israel.
"It is very sad that the Education Minister, who says we'll fight against assimilation outside of Israel, is supporting assimilation in our holy country," the group said in a statement to Arutz Sheva. Meetings between Jewish youth and Arabs is a certain recipe for assimilation."
The Lahava spokesperson added that the organization was already aware of a number of cases of intermarriage which came about as a consequence of such meetings.
"Unfortunately there [have already] been cases [of intermarriage] that began with these meetings. The Education Minister should be encouraging meetings between secular and religious young Jews and haredi Jews, not between Jews and their enemies."
Arab MKs, on the other hand, were unimpressed with the government's efforts, and demanded radical changes in the education system.
MK Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union) accused the Education Ministry of "poisoning the brains of Israeli children," and demanded the government established mixed Arab-Jewish schools.
Joint List MK Yousef Jabareen suggested the state compel schools which have not held coexistence meetings to do so.
8. HACKERS TAKE OVER ISRAELI TELEVISION
by Elad Benari
Newscasts on Israeli Channels 2 and 10 were temporarily disrupted on Tuesday evening by hackers suspected to be pro-Palestinian Arab activists, Haaretz reports.
During the disruption, which lasted about half a minute, images of Muslim holy sites were shown with Muslim prayers playing in the background.
Images from the recent fires in Israel were also shown, along with the words "Allah is great" written in Hebrew.
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The disruption only affected the broadcast being streamed from an open satellite link. Subscribers to Israel's YES satellite television were not affected by the incident.
Israel's broadcasting authority said in response that "this is a hostile takeover of the satellite carrying the broadcast. We view this with the utmost severity and consider an act of sabotage."
It added it was working with law enforcement officials and the defense establishment to investigate the incident.
This is not the first time that pro-Palestinian Arab hackers have taken over the Israeli television airwaves. In 2014, during Israel's counterterrorism Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, Hamas terrorists were able to temporarily take over the broadcast of Channel 10.
Some viewers who tuned in to the channel reported seeing wounded persons from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
The pictures of the wounded were accompanied by the following text, "Your government chose the opening hour of this campaign. If your government does not agree to our terms, then prepare yourself for an extended stay in shelters."
Hamas did the same to both Channel 10 and Channel 2 during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012.
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Tuesday, Nov. 29 '16, כ"ח בחשון תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. 'ONE WHO IS MERCIFUL TO BEDOUINS WILL BE CRUEL TO JEWS'
2. PRESIDENT HOSTS INTERFAITH MEETING ON MUEZZIN ISSUE
3. PRIME MINISTER CONTRACTS FLU, POSTPONES MEETINGS
4. GOLAN HEIGHTS SIRENS RAISED BUT NO HITS DETECTED
5. THE RETURN OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
6. A-G APPROVES 'ABSENTEE PROPERTY' SOLUTION FOR AMONA
7. ANTI-U.S. FACEBOOK RANT MAY BE LINKED TO OHIO STABBER
8. INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST OFFICERS - WHAT CAN BE DONE?
1. 'ONE WHO IS MERCIFUL TO BEDOUINS WILL BE CRUEL TO JEWS'
by Eliran Aharon
In an Arutz Sheva interview Tuesday, Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu dismissed the prime minister's warning that if the Regulation Law is approved in the Knesset, it will cause international petitions against Israel at the Hague international criminal court. "Israel is not obligated to the Hague and this threat should not faze us. Russia has announces that it is disassociating from this court... which always seems to find reasons why we are guilty.
"We should remember that this community is a fulfillment of the covenant G-d made to our forefathers. Who is more important to us- a biased judge in the Hague or our forefather Avraham? What is more important- G-d who promised us this land or some court in Europe whose positions are known beforehand?"
What should Amona residents do?
"They should gather as many Jews as possible in Amona since in the end the court rules based on pressure. When it is discussing Bedouins it can postpone ten times the evacuations even when it is an illegal settlement since the court is scared of the Bedouin reaction. Maybe it's time we showed some might and strength and then they will understand that it won't be easy."
After the previous time when Olmert tried to forcibly remove Jews he realized that it wasn't so simple and he held back (from further evacuations). Maybe the government needs to see that there is strength and resilience here and it is impossible to evacuate Amona.
When the Rabbi speaks about a show of strength, how should people conduct themselves towards soldiers and police?
Nobody intends to promote violence. I hope that the soldiers will not promote violence. It is unthinkable that in this country there will be one law for Bedouins and one for Jews. Our sages say that one who has mercy on Bedouins will be cruel to his Jewish compatriots in Judea and Samaria.
2. PRESIDENT HOSTS INTERFAITH MEETING ON MUEZZIN ISSUE
by Ido ben Porat
President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin today hosted a meeting between Jewish and Muslim leaders seeking to promote dialogue between the religious groups regarding the conduct of the muezzins across the country.
The meeting was called in the wake of new "Muezzin Law" that has been drafted and is making its way through the Knesset legislative process. The new law would prohibit houses of worship, specifically mosques, from using loudspeakers which disturb the sleep of nearby residents when the Muezzin calls worshipers to prayer in the early hours of the morning.
The President opened the meeting by saying that "There are issues that are extremely sensitive to many residents of this country. Jerusalem always melds our many voices together – the prayers of the Jews along with the calls of muezzins and the church bells. I am the son of the translator of the Koran, who kept the 613 commandments, and I recognize the need to walk 'between the seams.'"
"I wanted to sit and speak with you and to see if there is a path we can walk together despite our differences. I thought that perhaps such a meeting would have an impact on the public and give us some direction."
Rabbi Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, told the meeting: "I see the need for dialogue between the Jewish and Muslim religious leadership that might possibly eliminate the need for such a law. I think there should be a joint decision that will, on the one hand, ensure that the places where the volume of the muezzin is a problem are properly dealt with and on the other hand, halt the current legislative process dealing with the issue."
President of the Islamic Court, Sheikh Abdel Hakim Samara stressed that "We can reach an agreement and a solution wherever the loudspeakers are a problem. The solutions should not include raising the sword of law. We all agree that there is need to lower the volume in problematic areas. We can do this without a law."
Rabbi Yosef Yashar, Chief Rabbi of Acre, which is a mixed Jewish and Arab city said, "I want to tell a bit about Acre's story. It's a city where Jews and Arabs living together is a fact. We have done years of work in the field promoting dialogue. This path has proven itself. It's not without problems. It's not easy. There is still hatred. But we're talking to one another. We're in contact."
"We have not turned the Muslims into Zionists or the Jews the other way around. But the dialogue has proven itself. We have also had provocations in which the muezzin volume was raised as an act of defiance. However, our dialogue has allowed us to find solutions to all the problems. We can overcome the problems with dialogue and I invite everyone to come and see how this operates in the field. Dialogue is stronger than the law."
Sheikh Mohammed Ciooan, head of a committee representing about 400 imams, told the meeting: "The dignity of man should guide us. We can protect one other. We are connected to each other, and we have no other choice than to reach agreements through dialogue, without such laws. We have already publicly requested the imams to lower the volume in all the communities involved."
"We have one destiny and one future," said the sheikh. "We will continue and we'll correct the problem. We will bring in engineers who will check everything that's needed, and we will issue a call to all worshipers to have some consideration and decrease the volume anywhere that it's a problem."
3. PRIME MINISTER CONTRACTS FLU, POSTPONES MEETINGS
by Nitzan Keidar
Prime Minister Netanyahu is suffering from a light flu infection and his doctor recommended that he not conduct his regular schedule and take the day off.
The security cabinet meeting which was scheduled to discuss today the issue of regulating the communities in Judea and Samaria was postponed to tomorrow morning.
Yesterday the Ha'aretz newspaper reported that the prime minister and Defense Minister Liberman are applying strong pressure behind the scenes to prevent the passing of the Regulation Law. According to the reports Netanyahu and Liberman concurred with the position of the Attorney-General at Sunday's cabinet meeting and expressed their concern that the law would encourage the international criminal court to investigate Israels' actions.
The cabinet meeting lasted a long time and was accompanied by various legal surveys from different levels of legal representatives as well as acting National Security Advisor Yaakov Nagel. The ministers were presented with all the considerations opposing the law and established among themselves that the Law is problematic in terms of international law.
4. GOLAN HEIGHTS SIRENS RAISED BUT NO HITS DETECTED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Sirens were sounded in southern Golan Heights communities Tuesday morning and residents were told to enter protected enclaves. After a short time the army spokesman reported that there were no artillery hits detected in Israeli territory.
The sirens were heard in Avnei Eitan, Eliad, Afik, Benei Yehuda, Givat Yoav, Geshur, Hispin, Kfar Haruv, Mevo Hama, Meitzar, Neot Golan, Nov, Natur and Ramat Magshimim.
On Sunday a Golani Brigade unit was situated in ambush at the confluence of Israel's borders with Syria and Jordan and were attacked from the Syrian side by terrorists affiliated to ISIS. In response an IDF airplane eliminated the four terrorists who were firing heavy weapons from a military vehicle.
During the course of Sunday night, IDF airforce planes attacked an ISIS facility in the southern part of the Syrian Golan Heights. 10 bombs weighing a ton each were dropped on a military installation near the border which had been abandoned by the UN. The site was used by ISIS terrorists to attack IDF forces and to establish their presence near the border.
The IDF spokesman said that "this is a continuation of yesterday's attack which aimed at preventing the return of the terrorists to a facility constitutes a fundamental threat to the region," the statement said.
"The IDF will continue to act to protect the citizens of Israel while maintaining the IDF's freedom of action inside the sovereign territory of Israel, and will not hesitate to act against the terrorist organizations operating against it," it added.
5. THE RETURN OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
by Shimon Cohen
Arutz Sheva recently held an enlightening conversation with history buff Itamar Tzur on the topic of the "return" of Palestinian "refugees."
According to the UN, there originally were 710 thousand Arab refugees who left or were forced out of their homes as a result of the War of Independence. At about that time, right after World War II, there about 50 million other refugees in the world. They all eventually found new homes. However, the Palestinian refugee problem, with help from the UN, has gotten worse, and there are now about 5 million Palestinians claiming refugee status.
A special UN organization, UNRWA, was established in 1949 to deal with the Palestinian refugees separately from the UNHCR, which deals with all other refugees around the world. UNWRA was established, said Tzur, because no other nation was willing to take them and because their continued status as stateless refugees allows them to cast blame on Israel.
It's important to note, said Tzur, that the UN passed a resolution at the time, Resolution 174, urging that the Palestinian refugees "wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors" be allowed to do so. However, the Arabs themselves did not agree to this resolution because it included recognition of the Jewish state.
"The millions of refugees from the 40's and 50's were settled long ago, and none of them spoke about going back to their original homes. It's only the Palestinians who are promised this kind of solution, while they are in the meantime receiving the highest funding of any refugee group in the world."
According to Tzur, the solution will begin with the recognition by Israelis themselves of what actually happened historically "We must remember that the 'Nakba'(disaster) that supposedly occurred to the Palestinian Arabs is overshadowed by the 'Nakba' that was perpetrated against the Jews from Arab countries at the same time." This awareness must begin with us.
Tzur also noted that we need to be aware of the treatment of other expulsions from different nations. "We should be looking at the recent historical precedents. During the last century, there have been mass deportations all over the world. After World War II, 12 to 17 million Germans were expelled from Europe to East or West Germany. There were about 14.5 million expelled from India to Pakistan and vice versa. In the 1970's nearly 200,000 Greeks were expelled from their homes in Cyprus. In the 80's 300,000 Muslims were forced to leave Bulgaria and Turkey. Even in the 90's there were mass deportations. Kuwait expelled some 200,000 Palestinians after the first Iraq war. This is just the tip of the iceberg."
"During the 50's and 60's, the young State of Israel absorbed 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries who were forced to leave with no compensation for their property or possessions. Meanwhile, the 700,000 Palestinian refugees from 1949 have mushroomed to 5,000,000 who are knocking on the doors of the State of Israel under the delusion of a right of return that is supposedly recognized by International Law."
6. A-G APPROVES 'ABSENTEE PROPERTY' SOLUTION FOR AMONA
by Nitsan Keidar
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday submitted a legal opinion offering a temporary solution for the residents of Amona, which is slated for demolition by December 25.
The legal opinion relates to the possibility of moving the residents of Amona to temporary structures on three plots located north of the community.
The solution is a temporary one, for a period of about eight months, and will move the residents to property defined as "absentee property", meaning assets granted to the state of Israel which originally belonged to individuals who fled to the territory of a hostile nation during the 1948 War of Independence.
The solution is based on a 1998 legal opinion by then-Military Advocate General, Uri Shoham, who opined that absentee property may be used under circumstances of urgent public need.
Mandelblit stated that the temporary solution will only be valid until such a time that the Knesset passes the Regulation Law, at which point the situation will no longer be considered urgent and the Defense Ministry would be required to immediately vacate the plots.
The absentee property solution for Amona is the solution which is the preference of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has been pushing for this solution and last week announced the creation of a special committee for this purpose.
Mandelblit's new legal opinion comes hours after it was reported that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman are pulling out all the stops to prevent the passage of the Regulation Law, which is supported by the Jewish Home party.
According to Haaretz, Netanyahu and Liberman expressed concern in a cabinet meeting Sunday that the passage of the Regulation Law could encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to launch an investigation against Israel.
Netanyahu and Liberman reportedly attacked Jewish Home chairman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who is one of the bill's primary proponents.
They also said that passing the bill could encourage U.S. President Barack Obama to take action against Israel at the UN during his final days in office.
Bennett, for his part, said that he would be willing to compromise if real alternatives which can be implemented are found.
7. ANTI-U.S. FACEBOOK RANT MAY BE LINKED TO OHIO STABBER
by Ben Ariel
Authorities are investigating an anti-U.S. rant posted on Facebook just minutes before Monday's attack at the Ohio State University that is believed to be linked to the suspect in the attack, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, ABC News reports.
Appearing three minutes before the beginning of the rampage that left 11 people injured, the post reads, according to the report, "I can't take it anymore. America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that."
The post also invokes the name of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a radical American-born Al-Qaeda cleric, describing him as a "hero."
Al-Awlaki was killed in 2011 but his propaganda has been linked to several domestic terrorist attacks in the years after his death.
"If you want us Muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace," the post reads, according to ABC News. "We will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Muslims."
The post, which was on a page that appears to have since been disabled, takes the form of a photo of a computer screen displaying a text document.
Authorities identified Artan as the attacker in a press conference earlier on Monday, but said they have not determined a motive and the investigation is ongoing.
Sources told ABC News that he is of Somali descent and is a legal permanent resident in the United States.
Artan, who reportedly was a student at the university, left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014.
In Monday's attack, he plowed a car into a campus crowd, then jumped out and stabbed people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police.
The attack comes as the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group has been urging its followers in recent weeks to copy the vehicle attack that took place in Nice, France, when 85 people were killed by a terrorist driving a semi-truck through a Bastille Day celebration.
It also comes two days after the terror group published a video instructing its followers on how to use a knife to attack non-believers. ISIS is not mentioned in the Facebook post, however, according to ABC News.
Just three months ago, an OSU student named Abdul Razak Artan was quoted in the college newspaper, The Lantern, as he discussed his troubles finding a place to pray on his new campus, the report said.
"I wanted to pray in the open, but I was kind of scared with everything going on in the media. I'm a Muslim, it's not what the media portrays me to be," he is quoted in the paper as saying. "If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don't know what they're going to think, what's going to happen. But I don't blame them. It's the media that put that picture in their heads, so they're just going to have it, and it — it's going to make them feel uncomfortable."
Asked about Artan, the vice president of marketing and communications at Columbus State told ABC News in a statement, "Abdul Razak Ali Artan was enrolled at Columbus State Community College from autumn semester 2014 through summer semester 2016. He graduated with an associate of arts degree in spring of 2016 and then continued taking additional noncredit classes through summer semester 2016."
If the attack is indeed a jihadist-inspired terrorist attack, it would not be the first such attack in the United States in recent years.
Just a year ago, in December of 2015, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik carried out a massacre in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and injuring 22 others.
The FBI later said that Farook and Malik were both radicalized "for quite some time". It is believed Farook had contact with people from at least two terrorist organizations overseas, and investigators have also said Malik had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook posting.
In another incident, Faisal Mohammad, a California college student who stabbed four people late last year was reported to have been carrying an image of the black flag of ISIS as well as a handwritten manifesto with instructions to behead a student and multiple reminders to pray to Allah.
8. INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST OFFICERS - WHAT CAN BE DONE?
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Tuesday, Nov. 29 '16, כ"ח בחשון תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. 'ONE WHO IS MERCIFUL TO BEDOUINS WILL BE CRUEL TO JEWS'
2. PRESIDENT HOSTS INTERFAITH MEETING ON MUEZZIN ISSUE
3. PRIME MINISTER CONTRACTS FLU, POSTPONES MEETINGS
4. GOLAN HEIGHTS SIRENS RAISED BUT NO HITS DETECTED
5. THE RETURN OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
6. A-G APPROVES 'ABSENTEE PROPERTY' SOLUTION FOR AMONA
7. ANTI-U.S. FACEBOOK RANT MAY BE LINKED TO OHIO STABBER
8. INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST OFFICERS - WHAT CAN BE DONE?
1. 'ONE WHO IS MERCIFUL TO BEDOUINS WILL BE CRUEL TO JEWS'
by Eliran Aharon
In an Arutz Sheva interview Tuesday, Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu dismissed the prime minister's warning that if the Regulation Law is approved in the Knesset, it will cause international petitions against Israel at the Hague international criminal court. "Israel is not obligated to the Hague and this threat should not faze us. Russia has announces that it is disassociating from this court... which always seems to find reasons why we are guilty.
"We should remember that this community is a fulfillment of the covenant G-d made to our forefathers. Who is more important to us- a biased judge in the Hague or our forefather Avraham? What is more important- G-d who promised us this land or some court in Europe whose positions are known beforehand?"
What should Amona residents do?
"They should gather as many Jews as possible in Amona since in the end the court rules based on pressure. When it is discussing Bedouins it can postpone ten times the evacuations even when it is an illegal settlement since the court is scared of the Bedouin reaction. Maybe it's time we showed some might and strength and then they will understand that it won't be easy."
After the previous time when Olmert tried to forcibly remove Jews he realized that it wasn't so simple and he held back (from further evacuations). Maybe the government needs to see that there is strength and resilience here and it is impossible to evacuate Amona.
When the Rabbi speaks about a show of strength, how should people conduct themselves towards soldiers and police?
Nobody intends to promote violence. I hope that the soldiers will not promote violence. It is unthinkable that in this country there will be one law for Bedouins and one for Jews. Our sages say that one who has mercy on Bedouins will be cruel to his Jewish compatriots in Judea and Samaria.
2. PRESIDENT HOSTS INTERFAITH MEETING ON MUEZZIN ISSUE
by Ido ben Porat
President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin today hosted a meeting between Jewish and Muslim leaders seeking to promote dialogue between the religious groups regarding the conduct of the muezzins across the country.
The meeting was called in the wake of new "Muezzin Law" that has been drafted and is making its way through the Knesset legislative process. The new law would prohibit houses of worship, specifically mosques, from using loudspeakers which disturb the sleep of nearby residents when the Muezzin calls worshipers to prayer in the early hours of the morning.
The President opened the meeting by saying that "There are issues that are extremely sensitive to many residents of this country. Jerusalem always melds our many voices together – the prayers of the Jews along with the calls of muezzins and the church bells. I am the son of the translator of the Koran, who kept the 613 commandments, and I recognize the need to walk 'between the seams.'"
"I wanted to sit and speak with you and to see if there is a path we can walk together despite our differences. I thought that perhaps such a meeting would have an impact on the public and give us some direction."
Rabbi Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, told the meeting: "I see the need for dialogue between the Jewish and Muslim religious leadership that might possibly eliminate the need for such a law. I think there should be a joint decision that will, on the one hand, ensure that the places where the volume of the muezzin is a problem are properly dealt with and on the other hand, halt the current legislative process dealing with the issue."
President of the Islamic Court, Sheikh Abdel Hakim Samara stressed that "We can reach an agreement and a solution wherever the loudspeakers are a problem. The solutions should not include raising the sword of law. We all agree that there is need to lower the volume in problematic areas. We can do this without a law."
Rabbi Yosef Yashar, Chief Rabbi of Acre, which is a mixed Jewish and Arab city said, "I want to tell a bit about Acre's story. It's a city where Jews and Arabs living together is a fact. We have done years of work in the field promoting dialogue. This path has proven itself. It's not without problems. It's not easy. There is still hatred. But we're talking to one another. We're in contact."
"We have not turned the Muslims into Zionists or the Jews the other way around. But the dialogue has proven itself. We have also had provocations in which the muezzin volume was raised as an act of defiance. However, our dialogue has allowed us to find solutions to all the problems. We can overcome the problems with dialogue and I invite everyone to come and see how this operates in the field. Dialogue is stronger than the law."
Sheikh Mohammed Ciooan, head of a committee representing about 400 imams, told the meeting: "The dignity of man should guide us. We can protect one other. We are connected to each other, and we have no other choice than to reach agreements through dialogue, without such laws. We have already publicly requested the imams to lower the volume in all the communities involved."
"We have one destiny and one future," said the sheikh. "We will continue and we'll correct the problem. We will bring in engineers who will check everything that's needed, and we will issue a call to all worshipers to have some consideration and decrease the volume anywhere that it's a problem."
3. PRIME MINISTER CONTRACTS FLU, POSTPONES MEETINGS
by Nitzan Keidar
Prime Minister Netanyahu is suffering from a light flu infection and his doctor recommended that he not conduct his regular schedule and take the day off.
The security cabinet meeting which was scheduled to discuss today the issue of regulating the communities in Judea and Samaria was postponed to tomorrow morning.
Yesterday the Ha'aretz newspaper reported that the prime minister and Defense Minister Liberman are applying strong pressure behind the scenes to prevent the passing of the Regulation Law. According to the reports Netanyahu and Liberman concurred with the position of the Attorney-General at Sunday's cabinet meeting and expressed their concern that the law would encourage the international criminal court to investigate Israels' actions.
The cabinet meeting lasted a long time and was accompanied by various legal surveys from different levels of legal representatives as well as acting National Security Advisor Yaakov Nagel. The ministers were presented with all the considerations opposing the law and established among themselves that the Law is problematic in terms of international law.
4. GOLAN HEIGHTS SIRENS RAISED BUT NO HITS DETECTED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Sirens were sounded in southern Golan Heights communities Tuesday morning and residents were told to enter protected enclaves. After a short time the army spokesman reported that there were no artillery hits detected in Israeli territory.
The sirens were heard in Avnei Eitan, Eliad, Afik, Benei Yehuda, Givat Yoav, Geshur, Hispin, Kfar Haruv, Mevo Hama, Meitzar, Neot Golan, Nov, Natur and Ramat Magshimim.
On Sunday a Golani Brigade unit was situated in ambush at the confluence of Israel's borders with Syria and Jordan and were attacked from the Syrian side by terrorists affiliated to ISIS. In response an IDF airplane eliminated the four terrorists who were firing heavy weapons from a military vehicle.
During the course of Sunday night, IDF airforce planes attacked an ISIS facility in the southern part of the Syrian Golan Heights. 10 bombs weighing a ton each were dropped on a military installation near the border which had been abandoned by the UN. The site was used by ISIS terrorists to attack IDF forces and to establish their presence near the border.
The IDF spokesman said that "this is a continuation of yesterday's attack which aimed at preventing the return of the terrorists to a facility constitutes a fundamental threat to the region," the statement said.
"The IDF will continue to act to protect the citizens of Israel while maintaining the IDF's freedom of action inside the sovereign territory of Israel, and will not hesitate to act against the terrorist organizations operating against it," it added.
5. THE RETURN OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
by Shimon Cohen
Arutz Sheva recently held an enlightening conversation with history buff Itamar Tzur on the topic of the "return" of Palestinian "refugees."
According to the UN, there originally were 710 thousand Arab refugees who left or were forced out of their homes as a result of the War of Independence. At about that time, right after World War II, there about 50 million other refugees in the world. They all eventually found new homes. However, the Palestinian refugee problem, with help from the UN, has gotten worse, and there are now about 5 million Palestinians claiming refugee status.
A special UN organization, UNRWA, was established in 1949 to deal with the Palestinian refugees separately from the UNHCR, which deals with all other refugees around the world. UNWRA was established, said Tzur, because no other nation was willing to take them and because their continued status as stateless refugees allows them to cast blame on Israel.
It's important to note, said Tzur, that the UN passed a resolution at the time, Resolution 174, urging that the Palestinian refugees "wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors" be allowed to do so. However, the Arabs themselves did not agree to this resolution because it included recognition of the Jewish state.
"The millions of refugees from the 40's and 50's were settled long ago, and none of them spoke about going back to their original homes. It's only the Palestinians who are promised this kind of solution, while they are in the meantime receiving the highest funding of any refugee group in the world."
According to Tzur, the solution will begin with the recognition by Israelis themselves of what actually happened historically "We must remember that the 'Nakba'(disaster) that supposedly occurred to the Palestinian Arabs is overshadowed by the 'Nakba' that was perpetrated against the Jews from Arab countries at the same time." This awareness must begin with us.
Tzur also noted that we need to be aware of the treatment of other expulsions from different nations. "We should be looking at the recent historical precedents. During the last century, there have been mass deportations all over the world. After World War II, 12 to 17 million Germans were expelled from Europe to East or West Germany. There were about 14.5 million expelled from India to Pakistan and vice versa. In the 1970's nearly 200,000 Greeks were expelled from their homes in Cyprus. In the 80's 300,000 Muslims were forced to leave Bulgaria and Turkey. Even in the 90's there were mass deportations. Kuwait expelled some 200,000 Palestinians after the first Iraq war. This is just the tip of the iceberg."
"During the 50's and 60's, the young State of Israel absorbed 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries who were forced to leave with no compensation for their property or possessions. Meanwhile, the 700,000 Palestinian refugees from 1949 have mushroomed to 5,000,000 who are knocking on the doors of the State of Israel under the delusion of a right of return that is supposedly recognized by International Law."
6. A-G APPROVES 'ABSENTEE PROPERTY' SOLUTION FOR AMONA
by Nitsan Keidar
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday submitted a legal opinion offering a temporary solution for the residents of Amona, which is slated for demolition by December 25.
The legal opinion relates to the possibility of moving the residents of Amona to temporary structures on three plots located north of the community.
The solution is a temporary one, for a period of about eight months, and will move the residents to property defined as "absentee property", meaning assets granted to the state of Israel which originally belonged to individuals who fled to the territory of a hostile nation during the 1948 War of Independence.
The solution is based on a 1998 legal opinion by then-Military Advocate General, Uri Shoham, who opined that absentee property may be used under circumstances of urgent public need.
Mandelblit stated that the temporary solution will only be valid until such a time that the Knesset passes the Regulation Law, at which point the situation will no longer be considered urgent and the Defense Ministry would be required to immediately vacate the plots.
The absentee property solution for Amona is the solution which is the preference of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who has been pushing for this solution and last week announced the creation of a special committee for this purpose.
Mandelblit's new legal opinion comes hours after it was reported that Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman are pulling out all the stops to prevent the passage of the Regulation Law, which is supported by the Jewish Home party.
According to Haaretz, Netanyahu and Liberman expressed concern in a cabinet meeting Sunday that the passage of the Regulation Law could encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to launch an investigation against Israel.
Netanyahu and Liberman reportedly attacked Jewish Home chairman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who is one of the bill's primary proponents.
They also said that passing the bill could encourage U.S. President Barack Obama to take action against Israel at the UN during his final days in office.
Bennett, for his part, said that he would be willing to compromise if real alternatives which can be implemented are found.
7. ANTI-U.S. FACEBOOK RANT MAY BE LINKED TO OHIO STABBER
by Ben Ariel
Authorities are investigating an anti-U.S. rant posted on Facebook just minutes before Monday's attack at the Ohio State University that is believed to be linked to the suspect in the attack, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, ABC News reports.
Appearing three minutes before the beginning of the rampage that left 11 people injured, the post reads, according to the report, "I can't take it anymore. America! Stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah. We are not weak. We are not weak, remember that."
The post also invokes the name of Anwar Al-Awlaki, a radical American-born Al-Qaeda cleric, describing him as a "hero."
Al-Awlaki was killed in 2011 but his propaganda has been linked to several domestic terrorist attacks in the years after his death.
"If you want us Muslims to stop carrying lone wolf attacks, then make peace," the post reads, according to ABC News. "We will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Muslims."
The post, which was on a page that appears to have since been disabled, takes the form of a photo of a computer screen displaying a text document.
Authorities identified Artan as the attacker in a press conference earlier on Monday, but said they have not determined a motive and the investigation is ongoing.
Sources told ABC News that he is of Somali descent and is a legal permanent resident in the United States.
Artan, who reportedly was a student at the university, left his homeland with his family in 2007, lived in Pakistan and then came to the United States in 2014.
In Monday's attack, he plowed a car into a campus crowd, then jumped out and stabbed people with a butcher knife before being shot dead by police.
The attack comes as the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group has been urging its followers in recent weeks to copy the vehicle attack that took place in Nice, France, when 85 people were killed by a terrorist driving a semi-truck through a Bastille Day celebration.
It also comes two days after the terror group published a video instructing its followers on how to use a knife to attack non-believers. ISIS is not mentioned in the Facebook post, however, according to ABC News.
Just three months ago, an OSU student named Abdul Razak Artan was quoted in the college newspaper, The Lantern, as he discussed his troubles finding a place to pray on his new campus, the report said.
"I wanted to pray in the open, but I was kind of scared with everything going on in the media. I'm a Muslim, it's not what the media portrays me to be," he is quoted in the paper as saying. "If people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don't know what they're going to think, what's going to happen. But I don't blame them. It's the media that put that picture in their heads, so they're just going to have it, and it — it's going to make them feel uncomfortable."
Asked about Artan, the vice president of marketing and communications at Columbus State told ABC News in a statement, "Abdul Razak Ali Artan was enrolled at Columbus State Community College from autumn semester 2014 through summer semester 2016. He graduated with an associate of arts degree in spring of 2016 and then continued taking additional noncredit classes through summer semester 2016."
If the attack is indeed a jihadist-inspired terrorist attack, it would not be the first such attack in the United States in recent years.
Just a year ago, in December of 2015, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik carried out a massacre in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and injuring 22 others.
The FBI later said that Farook and Malik were both radicalized "for quite some time". It is believed Farook had contact with people from at least two terrorist organizations overseas, and investigators have also said Malik had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a Facebook posting.
In another incident, Faisal Mohammad, a California college student who stabbed four people late last year was reported to have been carrying an image of the black flag of ISIS as well as a handwritten manifesto with instructions to behead a student and multiple reminders to pray to Allah.
8. INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST OFFICERS - WHAT CAN BE DONE?
by ILTV
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