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Thursday, Mar. 02 '17, ד' באדר תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. MARINE LE PEN'S IMMUNITY REMOVED BY EU
2. JERUSALEM BABY DROWNS IN HOME ACCIDENT
3. 'THIS HARMS THE RABBINATE AND THE STATE'S JEWISH CHARACTER'
4. ISRAEL STRIKES BACK AFTER GAZA TERRORISTS OPEN FIRE ON IDF UNITS
5. 'A JEWISH JUDGE IN ISRAEL IS NOT A GENTILE COURT'
6. RABBI BERLAND TO UNDERGO COMPLEX OPERATION
7. GAZA ROCKET HITS SOUTHERN ISRAEL
8. WATCH: BATTLE TO RETAKE MOSUL
1. MARINE LE PEN'S IMMUNITY REMOVED BY EU
by Yoel Domb
European Union lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to lift the EU parliamentary immunity of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for tweeting pictures of Islamic State violence.
Le Pen, a member of the European parliament, is under investigation in France for posting three graphic images of ISIS executions on Twitter in 2015, including the beheading of United States journalist James Foley.
Responding to a request from the French judiciary, the EU lawmakers originally voted in the legal affairs committee voted to lift her immunity. Thursday's vote - carried by a "big majority" - confirmed a preliminary decision taken on Tuesday by the legal affairs committee of the European Union legislature.
Le Pen's immunity shields her from prosecution; lifting it will permit legal action against her. The offence being considered is "publishing violent images," which under certain circumstances can carry a penalty of three years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros ($79,650).
Le Pen is involved in a tight three-way race to succeed Francois Hollande as French President in this spring's election, but she has already seen her earnings as MEP cut for a different case involving alleged misuse of EU funds. Le Pen denounced the legal proceedings against her as political interference in the campaign, where she is the lead candidate, and called for a moratorium on judicial investigations until the election period has passed.
Opinion polls suggest she is on course to win the first round in April, but centrist Emmanuel Macron is gaining ground and looks likely to beat her in the May runoff vote. A Figaro/LCI poll on Sunday put Mr Macron on 58% in the runoff, against 42% for Mrs. Le Pen.
The polls also show that her legal battles seem to have little effect on her supporters.
2. JERUSALEM BABY DROWNS IN HOME ACCIDENT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The 11-month-old baby who fell into a tub of water last Friday afternoon passed away in Jerusalem Wednesday in the Shaarei Tzedek hospital. MDA paramedics summoned to her house gave her emergency treatment and transferred her in critical condition to Shaarei Tzedek hospital.
Paramedics Issa Dwiat and Eyal Mor Yosef, who were present at the scene stated that "the baby was unconscious, had no pulse and was not breathing. Her body temperature was low and she had signs of drowning. After advanced emergency treatment the pulse and blood pressure were restored and she was transferred to the hospital in very serious condition."
At the beginning of the month a Bedouin child also succumbed to drowning in a tub of water. The BeTerem organization which is dedicated to improving child safety and preventing child accidents, reported that since 2008 144 children have died of drowning.
A third of these children were under the age of 4 and in 45% of the cases the child drowned in his own home. The organization's head, Orli Silbinger, stated that "its important to empty every bucket, tub, bath or pool and to prevent access to reservoirs which cannot be emptied."
In the first two months of 2017 alone 3 children have died of drowning.
3. 'THIS HARMS THE RABBINATE AND THE STATE'S JEWISH CHARACTER'
by Uzi Baruch
The National Union faction sent a sharp letter to the Tzohar rabbinic organization in which it attacked the initiative of the Hotel Association to transfer its Kashrut authorization from the Chief Rabbinate to the Tzohar rabbinic organization.
"Kashrut is not the private interest of one association or another. Those who require Kashrut are citizens of the country and not tycoons or hotel managers. Kashrut is part of the State of Israel's identity and therefore it is supervised and run by the Chief Rabbinate. Even a good private Kashrut supervision is no substitute for Rabbinate supervision," the letter said.
The party also declared that "if the Tzohar rabbinic organization supports the initiative it is a much more serious issue because it harms the status of the Chief Rabbinate."
The party added that "the move would cause many religious people who desire national and organized Kashrut supervision to shun hotels."
In response to the National Union letter, MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) stated that "it's time to create alternatives for the Rabbinate's Kashrut in the State of Israel. Unfortunately, over the course of the years the Rabbinate's Kashrut authority has become synonymous with corruption.
"Breaking the monopoly will contribute to a cleaner Kashrut and would add to Israel's identity as a Jewish and democratic state.
MK Rahel Azaria (Kulanu) also welcomed the Hotel Association's initiative and said "the Jewish people want Kashrut but refuse to pay the cost of a monopoly and this [hotel initiative] is another example of this."
4. ISRAEL STRIKES BACK AFTER GAZA TERRORISTS OPEN FIRE ON IDF UNITS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
IDF units stationed in the western Negev came under fire from Gaza terrorists Thursday afternoon, any army spokesperson reported.
According to the report, terrorists operating in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip fired shots at Israeli soldiers engaged in routine operations along a northern section of the Gaza border fence.
No soldiers or civilians were wounded in the shooting attack, but one IDF vehicle was damaged.
In response to the fire from the Gaza Strip, IDF tanks and Israeli Air Force aircraft destroyed two Hamas positions in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier this week, terrorists in the Strip fired a rocket into Israel. Following the attack, the IDF attacked and destroyed several Hamas positions in Gaza.
5. 'A JEWISH JUDGE IN ISRAEL IS NOT A GENTILE COURT'
by Rabbi Yisrael Rosen
"These are the laws that you shall place before them" (Exodus 21:1)
"Before them, and not before gentiles ... and not before laymen" (Gittin 88:2)
The kippah of justice
To the cheers of the national-religious camp, five judges were recently appointed in Israel, four to the Supreme Court and one to the District Court. Of these three are religious (two men and one woman), identifiable by their head coverings, and according to most reports are counted from among the more conservative than the liberal. The Justice Minister thus fulfilled her promise to shake off the court's (mostly the Supreme Court) leftist-liberal image. Three cheers to the energetic and goal-oriented Minister. And even if the new judges do not deliver the goods to the national Right, we can suffice with an arm-wrestling victory against the President of the Supreme Court.
This column has focused on the leftist leanings of the Supreme Court; turning its back on nationalist considerations, deification of equality rights, and a predilection to post-Zionism. This time we will consider a different angle: The challenge of 'conquering' the judicial system by Torah Jews. The religious Zionist vision represents significant integration in all areas of Israeli life. The Zomet institute is a non-profit, public research institute dedicated to seamlessly merging Halakhic Judaism with modern life. In thousands(!) of articles published in thirty-six (as of now) Techumin volumes, a broad range of subjects ranging from business administration and finance, law and government, medicine and science, domestic relations, government and security, Sabbath and holidays, conversion, Temple, and more, have been treated.
To leave the world of theoretical writing and enter that of practical application, the vision is in need of an army, people on the ground to be absorbed into all walks of life who are also guided by the light of the Torah. Thank G-d, the religious youth are in position to accept this mission, even if they are not yet aware of it. During the pre-State days religious Zionism demanded and managed to integrate into settlement, security, immigrant absorption, and public administration. Today you will find battalions of kipot and draped skirts in medicine, academia, economics, the military, administration , politics, the judicial system, and almost everywhere. I feel that within the judicial realm there is a trend toward our prevailing, similar to the goal of the military command, which has been surmounted in part. The media excitement around the latest judicial appointments strengthens the 'conquest' mentality, even if it's not an openly declared destination.
Their Courts? Invalid goal?
Here I must point out quite a dramatic paradox: Anyone even cursorily familiar with halakhic literature knows that the entire subject is categorized under the derogatory moniker "Their Courts", as quoted at the top of this section. Many articles have been published in Techumin in this connection starting with Volume I (Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, "Israeli courts and the prohibition against Their Courts") up until Volume thirty-six (Prof. Ron Kleinman: "Religious judges ('Dayanaim') attitude towards civil law and jurisprudence").
Within the haredi and nationalist haredi sectors, Their Courts incur an aura of infamy. Recourse to Their Courts is likened to "raising a hand against Moses" (Maimonides, Sanhedrin 26:7; Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 26:3). And now, lo and behold: The religious and haredi communities are flocking to practice law and ... sit on the Judge's bench to the trumpet blast of community approbation.
Supreme Court Justice Zvi Tal told of receiving the Lubavitcher Rebbe's blessing upon his appointment. So did Judge Kister tell of his close association with the Chazon Ish. Other judges who scaled the pinnacles of justice merited the blessing of their rabbis and Admorim (hasidic rabbinic leaders) from all circles.
Does hypocrisy prevail? No!
I dare express here that which has nested in my heart for many years, even if I thereby draw opprobrium: Without a doubt, litigants are advised and abjured to turn to religious monetary courts (Eretz Hemda, for example, and many others). That having been said, I do not accept the assertion that a Jewish judge dealing under the laws of Israel, with the consent of the litigants or by force of law, is sitting in "the Courts of the gentiles". Reasons will be given at a later date ... After all, it is not about "laws and customs of the gentiles", but about the laws of the People who dwells in Zion, with the consent of the religious representatives (see Rabbi Avraham Shapira, "A Torah view on the Laws of the State", Techumin 3), period!
Translated by Mordechai Sones
6. RABBI BERLAND TO UNDERGO COMPLEX OPERATION
by Michal Levy
Three weeks after he was released from jail to the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, Shuvu Banim leader Rabbi Eliezer is expected to undergo a complex and difficult operation in the coming hours.
Doctors had hoped to prevent the need for this second operation but say now that his medical situation requires it to be performed. Berland's family says that his age significantly complicates the procedure.
Over the last few weeks nobody except for medical staff and prison authority officials was allowed to maintain contact with Rabbi Berland. His family were allowed to visit him once a week. His followers were asked not to come to the hospital as this could cause a deterioration in his conditions of confinement since Prison Authority officials are concerned that his followers will try to smuggle him out of the hospital.
In a plea bargain agreement signed a few months ago, Rabbi Berland pleaded guilty to charges of indecent acts and assault. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail which include the period he had already spent in jail since July 2016.
7. GAZA ROCKET HITS SOUTHERN ISRAEL
by Elad Benari
A rocket from Gaza exploded in an open area in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council shortly after 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
There were no reports of physical injuries or damage. Security forces are searching the area.
The "Red Alert" siren which warns of incoming rockets was not sounded because the rocket exploded in an open area.
On Sunday night, a rocket from Gaza exploded in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council.
The rocket exploded in an open region. There were no physical injuries or damages.
In this case as well, the "Red Alert" siren was not sounded due to the fact that the rocket was headed towards an open region.
On Monday morning, the IDF retaliated by striking a number of Hamas positions in northern Gaza.
Last week, two rockets were fired from the Sinai Peninsula towards Israel and exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no injuries or damages.
The Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist organization claimed responsibility for the firing, saying, "Islamic State fighters yesterday attacked the residents of the Israeli Eshkol region with two Katyusha-type rockets, south of Palestine."
8. WATCH: BATTLE TO RETAKE MOSUL
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