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Monday, Nov. 14 '16, י"ג בחשון תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU DEMANDS HERZOG APOLOGIZE FOR 'VIRUS' COMMENT
2. 'I ALMOST KILLED YIGAL AMIR'
3. DOCTORS FIGHT TO SAVE EYE OF HAREDI GIRL INJURED DURING PROTEST
4. HERZOG: SETTLERS ARE A VIRUS UNDERMINING ISRAEL
5. WATCH: ARABS STEAL CAR, ROB DRIVER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
6. BRITISH JOURNALIST CALLS FOR ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
7. GLOBAL SHABBAT BREAKS ALL RECORDS
8. WATCH: WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?
1. NETANYAHU DEMANDS HERZOG APOLOGIZE FOR 'VIRUS' COMMENT
by Hezki Baruch
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) to apologize to Jews living in Judea and Samaria for calling them a "virus" in an interview with Army Radio on Monday.
"I can't believe Herzog would use the word 'virus' to describe Jews in Judea and Samaria. They're part of us, part of our country. They serve in the IDF, they contribute to the country's future and economy. Bougie, apologize immediately!" Netanyahu said.
"Judge Gronis said, 'I understand the pain of these families' and I say he understood the pain and gave you two years to evacuate, and now see what this virus has done to the State of Israel," Herzog said. "See how dangerous it is to Israeli democracy and to the fact that we have to sacrifice lives just because of this stupid nonsense."
On Sunday night, the Ministerial Committee approved the Regulation Law, which is meant to prevent the expulsion of Amona's residents and those of the other towns in Judea and Samaria. The ministers unanimously voted for the Regulation Law, after PM Netanyahu finally agreed not to delay the vote an additional time, and in opposition to the advice of Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit.
At the beginning of the government's meeting, Netanyahu said, "Two weeks ago, the government submitted a request to delay Amona's expulsion by half a year. This request was submitted with the approval of all coalition parties. The Attorney-General has said explicitly that voting on the Regulation Law before the Supreme Court approves our request to delay Amona's expulsion may severely hurt - and it really will severely hurt - the chance of Amona receiving the requested extension."
Netanyahu also added that, "On the other hand, there has recently been a push to pass the law in time, in case the Supreme Court rejects our request. Therefore, today the coalition party heads will meet and we will examine, logically and responsibly, the options we have. I want to emphasize, there's no one who worries more about Judea and Samaria more than we do. And here, too, we need to work logically and responsibly for the sake of all of Judea and Samaria."
2. 'I ALMOST KILLED YIGAL AMIR'
by David Rosenberg
Twenty-one years after Yigal Amir, a 25-year old law student from Herzliya, murdered Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a member of the Rabin's security entourage recalled the day of the assassination and the difficult choice he faced after the killing.
Speaking to i24News to promote the new English translation of his book "Words Can Kill: The Untold Story of the Rabin Assassination and the Lessons for Today", veteran Shin Bet agent Dvir Kariv, who once guarded the late Prime Minister, recalled the day of the murder.
"Only two months before [the assassination] I had gotten married, and on my wedding day Rabin wished us success in our professional life - which was safe-guarding his life."
When, on November 4th, 1995, Amir approached Rabin after a political rally in Tel Aviv and shot him to death, Kariv and his fellow Shin Bet agents were initially unable to grasp what had happened. Having been trained primarily to deal with threats stemming from Arab terrorists, the idea of a Jewish gunman killing the Prime Minister was unthinkable to the agency.
"It simply didn't make sense that a Jew would murder the Prime Minister, that someone from my own people would do that. It's like a son murdering his father, it's like a human biting a dog."
After the killing, Kariv said, he very nearly killed the assassin, Yigal Amir, but held himself back, worried that he would simply turn him into a martyr.
"It was the hardest decision of my life. Today I even wish him a long life, because as long as he lives, this open wound will keep on bleeding. If I would have shot him, he would have become a martyr."
"Two months later I found myself making coffee for the person who murdered him. Now after all these years the murderer's laughter still echoes in me."
3. DOCTORS FIGHT TO SAVE EYE OF HAREDI GIRL INJURED DURING PROTEST
by David Rosenberg
Doctors in the Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem expressed hope on Monday that a surgical operation may be able to save the eye of a teenage haredi girl injured during a protest last week.
Last Sunday night an 18-year old haredi girl from the city of Modi'in Illit was injured as police dispersed protesters near Bar Ilan Street in Jerusalem.
Demonstrators shut down streets across the country in protest of the arrest of Avraham Stern, a yeshiva student and draft refuser. The protests were organized by the Yerushalmi faction, which is staunchly opposed to haredi enlistment in the IDF.
The girl was making her way to a nearby bus stop, where she planned to board a bus and return home to Modi'in Illit.
On her way, however, she was struck by a powerful blast of water fired from a water cannon on an armored anti-riot vehicle deployed by the police to break up protests against the arrest of a haredi draft-dodger.
The girl was knocked over by the sudden blast, hitting the pavement and suffering injuries to her head and upper body.
Hospital officials say the girl's eye was seriously damaged by the fall, but have expressed hope that an operation scheduled for Monday will be able to save her eye sight.
4. HERZOG: SETTLERS ARE A VIRUS UNDERMINING ISRAEL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Opposition leader and Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog denounced the proposed Regulation Law – known popularly as the Amona Law – in a radio interview Monday, and equated Jews living over the Green Line to "a virus".
"Everything that people said could never happen – happened," said Herzog. "So I'm very worried that this law [the Regulation Law] will pass. This is a terrible stain on the law books of Israel, because it's a law that enables theft."
The bill, which was unanimously approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, will likely soon be put to a vote in the Knesset.
If passed, the law would apply the same protections enjoyed by towns inside the Green Line to communities in Judea and Samaria, shielding them from claims by alleged absentee landowners on the land.
Where actual legitimate claims of ownership can be proven, the claimants would be given compensation amounting to 125% of the value of the real estate before it was used for construction of the town in question.
Herzog claimed the move was unprecedented, and would constitute the legalization of land theft.
"There has never been anything like this before in Israel where the government passes a law that permits taking from citizens and private [foreign] individuals their rights to real estate. That's totally against the Israeli legal system."
The bill, he said, exemplified the dangers posed by the Jewish community in Judea and Samaria, which he likened to a virus.
"See what this virus has done to the State of Israel. Look how dangerous it is to our democracy and how we have to sacrifice lives for this nonsense."
5. WATCH: ARABS STEAL CAR, ROB DRIVER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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A Jew from Kfar Tapuach pulled over on the side of Route 55, at Karnei Shomron Junction in Samaria on Monday morning.
After he pulled over, a group of Arabs approached him, pulled him out of his car, and robbed him. They then drove off in his car, leaving the owner stranded on the side of the road.
An alert Israeli citizen followed the Arab thieves in the stolen Jewish car and called the police.
The police are searching the area for the perpetrators.
6. BRITISH JOURNALIST CALLS FOR ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
by David Rosenberg
A British journalist is in hot water after she advocated for the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump.
Monisha Rajesh, a freelance writer who contributes to the Guardian and has in the past published articles in the Daily Mirror and Daily Telegraph set off a firestorm with a tweet last week, writing "IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR A PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATION!"
Rajesh's comment sparked a wave of angry responses on Twitter, and she ultimately shut down her account.
Since then, petitions have circulated calling on the Guardian to cut all ties with Rajesh. Some have even suggested she should face criminal prosecution for advocating a violent crime.
On Friday the Guardian responded to the controversy, downplaying its relationship with Rajesh, calling her "an infrequent freelance contributor, not a staff writer," saying that "the Guardian cannot take responsibility for comments expressed by her in a personal capacity."
Rajesh is not the first journalist to call for Trump's demise.
Los Angeles Times writer Steven Borowiec replied on Twitter to a TIME photo article entitled "See Donald Trump's life in photos", writing "I would rather see Donald Trump's life end".
The comment, which was made prior to last Tuesday's election, ultimately resulted in in the termination of all ties between him and the paper.
7. GLOBAL SHABBAT BREAKS ALL RECORDS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
This year, the global Shabbat Project reached amazing proportions, with over 1 million Jews in 1160 cities spread over 94 countries joined in. In Israel alone, 163 cities and towns took part in the "global Shabbat" that was held on November 11-12.
The Shabbat project isn't just about Shabbat itself - it also includes pre-Shabbat challa baking activities, as well as post-Shabbat havdalah and musical ceremonies.
This year's goal was 1 million people and 1000 cities, after last year's event gathered participants located in 919 cities in 84 countries around the world.
"Participation in the Shabbat Project was greater than ever," said founder Rabbi Warren Goldstein. "It's incredibly fulfilling and inspiring to see how the 'global Shabbat' has connected a million Jews. To see how Jews from all over the world, from different backgrounds, worked together to turn this uplifting moment into a special moment of Jewish unity. An enormous number of Jews kept Shabbat for the first time in their lives, and more importantly, they connected with people who are different from them, who they don't see every day.
"We're witness to an amazing wave of unity that is sweeping the Jewish world. Jews from all backgrounds have adopted the 'global Shabbat' and put aside their arguments and differences, gathering together out of love and unity. It seems that more and more people are connecting to the ideas that form the foundation of the 'global Shabbat' - and that's the greatest gift that Shabbat gives the modern world and global Judaism," Goldstein concluded.
Big stories and small are starting to pour in from around the world, about how 8000 women participated in a challah baking event in Buenos Aires; how 15 families from Cancun's small Jewish community made a communal Shabbat; how, in Mexico, Jews kept Shabbat for the first time; how 850 Jews in Sydney participated in a musical kabbalat Shabbat on Bondi Beach.
There were stories about the kabbalat Shabbat on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, and how a lone Jew in Karachi, Pakistan decided he would keep Shabbat together with the rest of the Jewish world. And while more than 1000 Israelis from all different backgrounds ate a Shabbat meal together at the Hangar in Tel Aviv, there were another 29 Shabbat Project locations throughout the city.
Tel Aviv was one of 163 cities and towns in Israel to take part in the "global Shabbat." In many places, you could see neighbors in an apartment building doing a "building-wide" kiddush, and entire streets got together to do a shared Shabbat meal.
The idea for that was actually born last year in Ra'anana, a city which is now at the forefront of the Shabbat Project efforts, holding challah baking events for new immigrants (olim) in several different languages, as well as a musical kabbalat Shabbat and havdalah, with 2000 participants.
France was also a Shabbat Project leader this year, with 19 cities participating, including Paris, Nice, Strasbourg and Grenoble. In Paris, there was a musical havdala attended by 3,000 people and featuring Shlomi Shabat and Yishai Lapidot.
In order to plan such a global project, 6,000 partners speaking 8 languages flocked to the office of Rabbi Goldstein, who is also Chief Rabbi of Johannesburg. The initiative was started as a popular movement, and that's the secret of its success.
"That's why we can say that more than anything else, the Shabbat Project is a people's movement, which happened because of people and for people," Rabbi Goldstein noted.
"In 2014 and 2015, we saw what the power of Shabbat influenced private people and communities, and we saw we could do things that had previously seemed impossible. We saw how barriers came down, how families connect and deeper feelings are awakened. It's all in the merit of Shabbat. Big ideas can change the world, and the Jewish world needs them now more than ever. The Shabbat Project is a story of return to our Jewish roots, and reconnecting to our heritage, coming back to our natural connections and the natural connection - it all happens because of Shabbat," Rabbi Goldstein concluded.
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8. WATCH: WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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