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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Thursday, May. 11 '17, ט"ו באייר תשע"ז HEADLINES: 1. CHILD FORGOTTEN IN CAR PASSES AWAY 2. RED CROSS VISITS ARCH-TERRORIST BEHIND HUNGER STRIKE 3. REPORTS: UNUSUAL TROOP MOVEMENTS IN JORDAN NEAR SYRIAN BORDER 4. WATCH: 'EVERY MORNING I THANK G-D TRUMP WAS ELECTED' 5. RIVLIN RECEIVES SPECIAL COPY OF MEDICAL JOURNAL ON ISRAEL 6. SHELDON ADELSON PITCHES BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT ON $8 BILLION CASINO 7. PRAYING FOR YOU FROM THE RASHBI'S GRAVE 8. WORLD'S LARGEST MAN UNDERGOES MAJOR OPERATION 1. CHILD FORGOTTEN IN CAR PASSES AWAY by Mordechai Sones A toddler roughly one year of age died Thursday afternoon after she was rescued from a car parked in the village of Avnei Hefetz in Samaria after apparently being left in the car for a protracted amount of time. A MDA team was called to the scene to treat the child, and was evacuated in critical condition, amidst resuscitation efforts, to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. Hospital officials were later forced to declare the child’s death. "Near the vehicle on the road, we saw a toddler about a year old, unconscious after she was rescued from a vehicle in which she apparently spent a few hours," said Avraham Ben Tolila, a paramedic. "She was without pulse and without breathing, and together with an IDF medical force we gave her medical treatment and performed resuscitation operations, while her condition is listed as critical. The initial investigation of the incident revealed that the mother of the infant had arrived in the morning at the child care center and for some unknown reason forgot her baby in the car. When she returned to the car at 2 P.M. she immediately notified MDA. 2. RED CROSS VISITS ARCH-TERRORIST BEHIND HUNGER STRIKE by AFP The Red Cross visited the leader of hundreds of security prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails on Thursday for the first time since the strike began, a spokesman said. A delegate from the International Committee of the Red Cross visited strike leader Marwan Barghouti on Thursday morning, the spokesman told AFP, the first such visit since the strike began 25 days ago. The spokesman was unable to provide an update on his health "in accordance with the principles of medical confidentiality." The ICRC had been allowed access to other prisoners on hunger strike, but Israel had been restricting access to Barghouti. Hundreds of imprisoned terrorists began refusing food on April 17, issuing a list of demands including better medical services, family visits and more dignified detention conditions. Israel says conditions meet all international standards. Barghouti, a senior member of Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party and a highly popular figure among Palestinians Arabs, is serving five life sentences over his role in a series of terrorist attacks against Israelis and tourists. Earlier this week, Israel produced footage they said showed him secretly breaking his fast in his cell. His wife Fadwa rejected the footage as fake, saying it was "intended to break the morale of prisoners." 3. REPORTS: UNUSUAL TROOP MOVEMENTS IN JORDAN NEAR SYRIAN BORDER by Mordechai Sones Intelligence reports gathered from surveillance drones lead some to conclude that the US and Jordanian militaries may be preparing a massive invasion of Syria. Damascus is on high alert after some 400 American and Jordanian military vehicles were located at a Jordanian military base near the Syrian desert border yesterday (Monday), according to AMN. At least 100 pieces of heavy military equipment have been moved to a Jordanian military base located east of Az-Zarqa, 43 km away from the Syrian border. Some of the tanks are reportedly Jordanian M60 types. M60 tank iStock According to a Syrian Army officer in Damascus, the US-Jordanian Coalition has increased their presence at the Jordanian border in order to possibly deter advancing government forces that are pushing to the Badiyah region of southeast Homs in an important offensive launched by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the southeastern countryside of Damascus this weekend that targeted the large rebel pocket in the province, reported AMN. "We have intelligence reports revealing the build-up of US and Jordanian forces near the border," the officer told Al-Masdar. The reports come as massive US forces are already in Jordan to launch a major annual military training event, "one of U.S. Central Command's premier exercises", called "Eager Lion" and dubbed by US Major General Bill Hickman, deputy commanding general for the American army in the region, the "largest and most complex to date". About 7,400 military personnel, including representatives from Centcom headquarters and its air, land and maritime components will support the exercise scheduled for May 15-24, according to a U.S. Central Command news release. Eager Lion 16 will consist of a week-long series of simulated scenarios to facilitate a coordinated partnered military response to conventional and unconventional threats, officials said. The exercise scenarios will include border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management, they added. The exercise will reportedly include two US Air Force B-1B bomber aircraft, which, according to Hickman, will be "the first time ever a global strike mission" will be conducted by such long-range multi-mission bombers, according to The Times of Israel. B-1B Lancer Bomber iStock A Jordanian army statement said troops from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Arab Gulf region are taking part in the exercises which run to May 18, including from Britain, Japan, Kenya and Saudi Arabia. DEBKAfile reported that Jordanian and Turkish military operations faltered in Syria after former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s exit, catching both countries in mid-offensives that Flynn authorized and planned and that were subsequently exposed to Russian strikes. If true, this may explain the timing of the SSA offensive in the midst of the ensuing confusion. 4. WATCH: 'EVERY MORNING I THANK G-D TRUMP WAS ELECTED' by Eliran Aharon [youtube:2027949] 5. RIVLIN RECEIVES SPECIAL COPY OF MEDICAL JOURNAL ON ISRAEL by Gary Willig Dr. Richard Horton, the editor-in-chief of the renowned medical journal The Lancet, presented Israeli President Reuven Rivlin with a copy of the special issue of the journal which was dedicated to Israel’s healthcare system and medical innovations in Israel, the president's spokesperson announced Thursday. President Rivlin met with Dr. Horton and other senior medical figures and researchers who contributed to the issue at the President's residence. "I want to thank you, and everyone here, for the important initiative of this special magazine: to show Israel’s healthcare system to the whole world, in your respected journal. I am especially pleased this is also on your website, in English, in Hebrew, and in Arabic," said the President. He stressed: "As this special magazine shows, Israel’s medical care is among the most innovative and cutting edge in the world. Both for treating mental illness, and physical illness. Israeli doctors, and researchers, make miracles happen every day; in hospitals in towns, in cities, and yes, even on the front-line of a war." "We should all work to be sure that medicine, and science, guide politics - and not the other way around. I want your readers to come to Israel. Come and see, all that we are doing here. Come and be our partners, in building a better future," he concluded. Dr. Horton thanked the President for hosting the publication's staff, and discusses several key parts of the issue. "This is a very important moment to celebrate the achievements of Israel in its short 69 year history, and your commitment to universal health coverage. Your fantastic ‘sick funds’, four of them, which are able to maximize the quality and efficiency of your health services, five world class medical schools, internationally competitive research institutions, and a pluralistic, diverse, multi-ethnic society that so enriches your culture and prospects for the future." He added, "We want to see Israel as a global society, extending international engagement and development cooperation with the rest of the world. This series and I personally utterly reject the boycott against Israel. Boycotts are no way to deal with difference of opinion. Boycotts entrench prejudice and hate, they perpetuate difference and we reject utterly that approach to discussing differences of opinion between communities and peoples." In 2014, The Lancet published in 'An Open Letter to the People of Gaza,' a screed by anti-Israel activists which accused Israel of war crimes during Operation Protective Edge. Dr. Horton has since expressed his regret that the article appeared in his publication. 6. SHELDON ADELSON PITCHES BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT ON $8 BILLION CASINO by JTA JTA - American Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson met with Brazilian President Michel Temer and several government officials to pitch an $8 billion casino project in Rio de Janeiro. Adelson’s visit this week raises rumors of imminent gambling law approval in Latin America’s largest nation, where it has been outlawed for the last 70 years. The casino magnate and major donor to Jewish causes also met Israel’s new ambassador, Yossi Shelley, and Israel’s honorary consul in Rio, Osias Wurman, during a meeting led by Rio’s Mayor Marcelo Crivella at the city government headquarters. "He is known to be the biggest individual sponsor of the Taglit Birthright project and showed interested in knowing how many youths from Rio and from across Brazil go to Israel on the project every year," Wurman told JTA. On Wednesday, O Globo newspaper reported that Adelson met the mayor of Brazil’s second largest city to discuss tourism. The subterfuge is necessary because Brazil has yet to legalize casino gambling, reported the CalvinAyre news website devoted to on-line gambling. Adelson has long spoken of Brazil, calling the country a "potentially very good opportunity," although he expressed some reservations regarding the economy and called for infrastructure upgrades, including more 4- and 5-star hotels. "Visionary, Adelson wants to be one of the first entrepreneurs to conquer the country’s gaming market and also bring his casino brand," reported the Games Magazine website. "The approval of a consistent law could make Brazil the third best market for the group, after Las Vegas and Macau." 7. PRAYING FOR YOU FROM THE RASHBI'S GRAVE [youtube:2027948] Jews all over the world suffer daily, whether it be issues of shidduchim, fertility, parnassah, health, or otherwise. Thousands of those hoping for change flock to the kever of the Rashbi each year on Lag Ba'Omer. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai promised simcha to those who celebrate and pray at his gravesite. Many have seen incredible miracles . Rav Chaim Kanievsky, and his twelve hand-selected shlichim, have taken a massive Lag BaOmer mission upon themselves. They will daven personally for all those who donate to save the thousands of impoverished widows, orphans, and talmidei chachamim supported by Kupat Ha'Ir. Only 200 names will be accepted. Those who give over a certain amount will receive a phone call from Meron on Lag Baomer, to have their name and the names of their loved ones prayed for live at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's kever. Donors will have the unique merit of having their name in the prayers of Sar HaTorah Rav Chaim Kanievsky, will fulfill their end of the 'Rashbi's promise', and can also rest assured that their donation goes toward a beloved & esteemed charity organization relied upon by thousands of Israel's poorest. CLICK HERE TO DONATE CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CAMPAIGN 8. WORLD'S LARGEST MAN UNDERGOES MAJOR OPERATION [twittervideo:2027971] ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to this Daily Israel Report: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Subscribe/ | |
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