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Monday, Jan. 30 '17, ג' בשבט תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. WILL TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ACTION BLOCK ISRAELIS FROM ENTERING US?
2. 'HER BODY EXPLODED IN THE ZIONISTS' FACES'
3. IVANKA TRUMP, KUSHNER HOST TRUMP CABINET MEMBERS FOR SHABBAT
4. WATCH: 'FROM PALESTINE TO MEXICO, ALL THE BORDERS GOT TO GO!'
5. COMING SOON: MIXED-GENDER IDF BOOT CAMP
6. SHAKED TO GERMANY: NO REASON TO DEMOLISH 'SETTLEMENTS'
7. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERER OF SHALOM SHERKI
8. RELIGIOUS ISRAELI TV STAR'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE
1. WILL TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ACTION BLOCK ISRAELIS FROM ENTERING US?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Israeli government is reaching out Monday to Trump administration officials for clarification regarding the implications of Friday's sweeping executive order restricting refugees and the entry of citizens of seven countries into the United States.
According to the order, nationals of Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia will be banned from entering the United States for 90 days, giving the administration time to assess terror threats and revamp the vetting process for entry into the US.
But it was unclear if this directive would impact tens of thousands of Jews living in Israel who were born in any of those seven countries.
Israel is home to around 140,000 people born in the seven countries covered by the decree, including around 45,000 Iranians and 53,000 Iraqis, according to official statistics.
The majority are over the age of 65 and many fled persecution. Their Israeli passports say where they were born.
The US Consulate in Jerusalem referred a question by AFP to the US State Department, which was still unable to clarify whether the ban includes Israeli Jews several hours after being asked to respond.
The Israeli authorities were also seeking clarification, Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told AFP.
Michael Wildes, a partner at the Wildes and Weinberg immigration law firm in the US and a former public prosecutor, said the wording of Trump's order was unclear.
He explained that the order refers to "aliens from countries" but does not explain how citizenship is defined.
"Either Congress is going to legislate or the president is going to clarify the executive order but until then I advise anybody who hails from those countries against travelling."
David Bier, an immigration policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, agreed it was unclear how the law would be enforced.
Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born Israeli and professor of Iranian politics at Israel's IDC Herzliya University, said Israelis born in those countries were "concerned" by the uncertainty.
"It shows the chaos and lack of preparation (in the US)."
Some US allies say they have received partial exemptions, allowing their citizens to travel to the US regardless of their place of birth.
Britain announced late Sunday its citizens had been given a partial exemption from the ban, allowing them to travel even if they originally come from one of the seven countries.
The clarification came after Mo Farah, a Somali born four-time British Olympic gold medalist, was advised he might not be able to return to his home in the US despite not having Somali citizenship.
AFP contributed to this report
2. 'HER BODY EXPLODED IN THE ZIONISTS' FACES'
by David Rosenberg
The ruling Fatah faction of the Palestinian Authority published a series of posts on social media outlets praising terrorists responsible for the murder of Israeli Jews, the Palestinian Media Watch organization reported on Sunday.
Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, commemorated Wafa Idris on Friday, noting she was the first female suicide bomber to attack Israelis.
The Facebook post, which was prominently displayed on Fatah's official page, praised Idris as a "martyr" and glorified her January 27th, 2002 suicide bombing which killed 81-year Pinhas Tokatli and wounded more than 100.
"Today is the 15th anniversary of the first martyrdom-seeking operation of the Al-Aqsa Intifada which was carried out by martyrdom-seeker Wafa Idris, a daughter of the Fatah Movement. She planted an explosive belt on her body on Jaffa Street in occupied Jerusalem, so that her pure body would explode into pieces in the Zionists' faces. One Israeli was killed in the operation and an additional 90 were wounded [sic., over 100]."
Earlier this month, Fatah honored another terrorist with a post commemorating the 15th anniversary of the death of Raed Al-Karmi, Palestinian Media Watch reported.
Al-Karmi, who was praised by Fatah as "the settler hunter", murdered Etgar Zeituni, Motti Dayan, and Elie Naaman in two attacks in 2001. He was also responsible for planning the murder of six others.
Fatah noted approvingly that Al-Karmi had been inculcated with anti-Semitic ideas since he was a child.
"He loved the game 'Jews and Arabs,' a game that children of the neighborhood would play. He always played the role of the Arab who, with his simple weapon, attacked the treacherous Jew who occupied his homeland and settled in it."
After he was killed by IDF forces in 2002, Fatah claims Al-Karmi inspired a new wave of terror attacks against Jews, including a murderous suicide bombing at a Bat Mitzvah celebration.
Fatah post commemorating Wafa Idris Palestinian Media Watch
Fatah post commemorating Raed Al-Karmi Palestinian Media Watch
3. IVANKA TRUMP, KUSHNER HOST TRUMP CABINET MEMBERS FOR SHABBAT
by JTA
JTA - Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump hosted several members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet for a Shabbat dinner this past Friday.
The London-based Daily Mail published photos of food and caterers, flowers and a makeup artist arriving at the Kushner's new home in the Kalorama neighborhood of Washington DC. Local Chabad rabbi Levi Shemtov also was photographed outside of their house on Friday afternoon.
Photos showed Secret Service agents inspecting boxes of food as well as floral arrangements, and the delivery men who brought them, as they arrived at the couples' home.
Photos taken clandestinely by the Daily Mail also showed guests arriving including: Department of Commerce nominee Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary Geary Ross; Trump Strategic Communications Director Hope Hicks; Ivanka Trump's unofficial adviser Dina Habib Powell also joined the celebration; former president of Goldman Sachs and top economic policy adviser Gary Cohn; and Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin and his partner Louise Linton.
The gathering is the first indication of how the Kushner-Trump power couple will combine their White House roles with the demands of Shabbat.
Ivanka Trump converted to Orthodox Judaism before her marriage to Jared Kushner in 2009.
The couple reportedly was given rabbinic permission, for security reasons - which override Shabbat in Jewish law - to ride in a car to and home from inaugural events that took place on Friday night after the start of Shabbat.
4. WATCH: 'FROM PALESTINE TO MEXICO, ALL THE BORDERS GOT TO GO!'
by David Rosenberg
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Roughly 1,000 anti-Trump demonstrators converged on the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday to protest an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Friday temporarily banning asylum seekers from entering the United States and placing restrictions on other entrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Similar demonstrations took place across the country following the signing of the order, and news Friday evening that two Iraqis carrying US visas had been denied entry into the United States.
Along with anti-Trump rhetoric and criticism of the executive order itself, protesters also criticized plans by the president to expand the barrier along America's southern border. Walls and fences currently span some 600 miles of the 2,000 mile US-Mexico border, and Donald Trump has pledged to expand those barriers to cover the remaining 1,400 miles.
Protesters also lashed out at the State of Israel, comparing its security barrier, built following a wave of massive suicide bombing attacks, to the wall Trump has proposed for America's southern border, with chants of "From Palestine to Mexico all the borders got to go!"
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee trashed the executive order, calling it "disgusting", while California Lieutenant Governor and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom participated in the SFO protest.
5. COMING SOON: MIXED-GENDER IDF BOOT CAMP
by Hezki Baruch
The IDF is planning to establish a joint male/female basic training and maneuvers base for combat training.
Brig. Gen. Eran Shani, Director of IDF Planning and Human Resources, made the revelation at a Knesset meeting on the integration of women into combat roles. The base to be set up will be used for basic and more advanced stages of training, and will serve male and female soldiers together.
A number of months ago a storm erupted over the IDF decision to examine extensive integration of women into combat units, including infantry.
Brig. Gen. Avigdor Kahalani was at the time interviewed by Kalman Libskind on Galei Yisrael radio and said that "the role of a woman is to be a mother and have children." Kahalani also said during the interview: "There is no reason in the world to take women to drive tanks or storm the battlefield with a knife between her teeth."
Chief of Staff Gad Eizenkot criticized the comments at a meeting with high school students: "Kahalani is a hero in Israel and he was my commander. But if this statement was truly said it is unworthy and does not characterize the IDF."
The Chief of Staff argued then that opening combat professions to women will not be at the expense of religious soldiers. "The outcry was unnecessary at the time and was not right. It does not add anything," said Eizenkot.
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6. SHAKED TO GERMANY: NO REASON TO DEMOLISH 'SETTLEMENTS'
by Hezki Baruch
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met Monday morning with a delegation from the Judiciary and Consumer Protection Committee of the German parliament.
At the meeting held at the King David Hotel, the Justice Minister was asked why she supports the Regulation Law.
Shaked replied: "It is enough that today we have aerial photos of Route 60 that show cultivated land, and left-wing organizations jump all over the find and claim Palestinian ownership, while nobody's claiming the land''.
She said, ''This situation causes destruction of homes and beyond that, nothing happens. Then there is an evacuation instead of paying for these lands and rectifying the legal situation".
Minister Shaked stressed that "the international community should no longer stand idly by and act against this infuriating law - the death penalty hangs over the heads of those who sell land to Jews, which violates their basic human rights. The community must intervene and act to enable Palestinians wishing to sell those lands."
7. LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDERER OF SHALOM SHERKI
by Ido Ben-Porat
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Khaled Kutina today (Monday) to life plus 20 years in prison for the murder of Shalom Sherki in a terror attack in Jerusalem.
Kutina was convicted of murder and attempted murder. His indictment indicates that he acted out of nationalist motivations aiming to avenge the difficult lives, he claimed, of Shuafat refugee camp residents.
On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015, Kutina drove his car on Highway 1 in Jerusalem northbound toward Pisgat Ze'ev, reaching Police National Headquarters, stopping at a red light. When the light changed he revved his engine, swerved from the left lane quickly toward the right path over the curb and hit the two young Jews standing at the bus stop. Sherki was killed in the attack, which left one other person injured.
Immediately afterwards Kutina reversed his car and collided with a traffic pole. Jerusalem police and Border Police arrived at the scene and arrested him. Investigation of the attack was performed by Jerusalem police's Special Duties Squad in cooperation with the General Security Service.
A few months ago, scores of people attended the murderer's hearing in the Jerusalem District Court. The murderer tried arguing during the trial that he remembers nothing about the attack.
8. RELIGIOUS ISRAELI TV STAR'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE
by Uzi Baruch
An appreciation dinner was held on Sunday in honor of mothers of Bnei Akiva yeshiva students at Neve Herzog in Nir Galim, near Ashdod.
"This evening is dedicated to giving thanks to those mothers who work constantly, yet because of our busy routine we just don't get to stop and say thank you," said Shimon Iluz, manager of the yeshiva.
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The evening opened with a long row of stalls, all intended for mothers including cosmetics, clothing, and toiletries. In addition, mothers were treated to a luxurious dinner in their honor. Afterwards the women gathered for a talk with the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Meir Edri.
TV host and actress Eden Harel told the women how she left home in the north of the country at 17 and began to integrate into the Tel Aviv scene as a bartender. Then, without too many expectations, she went to audition for the role of presenter for MTV, beating 700 competitors, some of whom were very well-known figures in the worldwide entertainment industry.
Once she received the coveted post, Harel says she still felt something was missing. "I realized that I needed to seek spiritual answers so I started learning yoga in London, looking for the essence and purpose of my life and to try to understand what I'm really doing here in the universe."
Harel's search for spirituality led her to leave the entertainment world and travel to far-off India. "Through yoga I found a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in London, a bit similar to Judaism."
When she reached the monastery she hoped to draw the spirituality that she was so urgently seeking, but a surprise awaited her: "I came to the head of the monastery and told him I wanted to be a Buddhist nun. He laughed and asked me,'What, are you Jewish?' I replied: 'Yes, there is a problem?' He replied: 'I have no problem, but you have a real problem: You don't belong here. So I spent a year in an Indian monastery, but I felt like this isn't it; I'm missing something."
Returning to Israel she met Oded Menashe on a television program. They married and today have a religious Jewish home with five children. Harel marvels at Judaism. "We must tell everyone about Shabbat and family purity; this is the recipe for a good relationship. If everyone would know about family purity there would be less divorce in Israel. It does magic for a relationship".
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A particularly moving moment of the evening occurred when letters written by the children in advance were waiting for the mothers in one of the classrooms.
Quite a few mothers were moved to tears. "It's so exciting and satisfying to take part in an evening dedicated entirely to us mothers. When I read the letter my son wrote, I could not help but cry," said Yifat Nahari, a mother, adding, "In today's world, the importance of interpersonal communication is very significant."
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