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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Monday, May. 01 '17, ה' באייר תשע"ז HEADLINES: 1. JEWISH HOME MK: LEGACY OF FALLEN SOLDIERS REMAINS WITH US 2. WATCH: MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT KFAR ETZION CEMETERY 3. 'I DO NOT FORGIVE THE TEARS OF LEAH GOLDIN' 4. 'THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE - IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE' 5. 'WE WILL NOT ALLOW CIVILIANS TO BE INJURED' 6. JEWISH HOME PRIMARIES: VIEW THE FULL RESULTS 7. ISRAEL ASKS UN FOR PERMISSION TO INSPECT ARMON HANATZIV COMPOUND 8. WATCH: PROTESTERS SPARK BRAWL AS SIREN SOUNDS IN TEL AVIV 1. JEWISH HOME MK: LEGACY OF FALLEN SOLDIERS REMAINS WITH US by Arutz Sheva Staff Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan (Jewish Home) participated on Monday in a memorial ceremony in Ramla's military cemetery. "Shaul and Yehonatan were killed on the Gilboa Mountains when they went to protect the Jewish nation against an Amalekite invasion," Ben Dahan said. "Since then, and especially in recent times, the IDF and Israel's security forces have gone to war to protect Israel." "They sacrificed their lives for the ultimate purpose of creating a Jewish state and saving the lives of their brethren. "There is a direct and unbroken chain between Shaul and Yehonatan, and the IDF soldiers who were killed so recently: Ro'i and Tom, Igur and Yossi, and everyone else. "Today, and every day of the year, we must remember the bravery of those who have fallen. It is in their merit that we are building the State of Israel with strength and humility, spiritually and physically. "The fallen were not bloodthirsty, and they were not happy to go to war. They put the benefit of the public before their own personal benefit, will, and desire. They protected us with their bodies, so that we can live in our homeland of Israel, as a proud nation who have come home after 2,000 years of exile. "Their legacy will remain with us and will serve as a lighthouse guiding us. "May we always be worthy of continuing the legacy of those who have fallen." After the ceremony, Rabbi Ben Dahan visited the bereaved families and heard the stories of the IDF soldiers buried in Ramla's military cemetery. 2. WATCH: MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT KFAR ETZION CEMETERY by Arutz Sheva Staff [youtube:2027499] Yom Hazikaron in Israel is a day of personal mourning, of collective grief, and of national catharsis. Our historic return to our homeland has demanded a steep toll of human heroism as we struggle to defend our people and stabilize our sovereignty. Jews are no strangers to historical challenge and the suffering it exacts. However, Yom Hazikaron provides three very important changes in memorializing our martyrs. First, we mourn as families and communities; but also for the first time in 2,000 years we mourn as a state. Despite all our differences, we cluster together and stand as one unified family – both in our collective sadness and in the warmth we try to extend to families who have paid this immense price for our return. Our mourning is collective and institutional rather than local and communal. Secondly, our mourning is both bitter and sweet; we feel clouds of sadness darkening our horizons but we sense an overpowering radiance illuminating the canvas upon which these clouds are sketched. Unlike past tragedies we sense imminent and palpable results and outcomes. We witness the modern miracle of the State of Israel as our beloved country advances in almost every sector and we assume our rightful position as a leader of nations. We sense the Bible reopened as the passages of prophecy literally flutter off the page and into our reality. The ultimate price that so many have paid has yielded an opportunity to re-build our people in its ancestral land and its renewed history. As such the transition from this day of mourning to Independence Day, Yom Haatzmaut – which to many may seem foreign – is seamless and integrated. Finally, it is a day not only to remember the heroes who have given their lives for their history. It is also a day to celebrate all those who continue to risk life and limb on behalf of our nation, who bear uniforms with Jewish symbols and who remind us that we are now protected by our own. The pinnacle of this experience occurs at 11:00 AM in Israel when throngs gather in local cemeteries as well as the national cemetery for soldiers at Har Herzl in Jerusalem. Flags are flown at half mast but voices are hearts raised at full throttle. Deep tears of grief mingle with deep pride. Poems of past soldiers and civilians who yearned to witness our modern day triumph are recited; their authors smile down upon the proceedings. Sorrowful melodies waft through our assemblies uniting us in song and spirit. We stand at silently at attention as names are recited in prayer for our heroes. We plead with the Almighty to accelerate the final steps of history and ease its passage. We huddle with families visiting the graves of their fallen soldiers and listen to their stories and join in their fervent psalms. Finally we punctuate our pride and pathos with a common anthem, Hatikvah, followed by the steadfast faith of Ani Ma'amin. We are proud to offer this opportunity for our family across the world to join us in this great day of Jewish history. 3. 'I DO NOT FORGIVE THE TEARS OF LEAH GOLDIN' by Arutz Sheva Staff A bereaved father interrupted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech today following the confrontation between Knesset members and bereaved families at the State Control Committee meeting on Operation Protective Edge. Shaul Chitiat, who lost his son Omri in 1996, called out to the Prime Minister: "Even on this holy day I do not forgive the tears of Leah Goldin, her tears obligated a response and an immediate request for forgiveness." Netanyahu waited silently until the father had finished speaking, and only then continued his speech. Netanyahu said at the ceremony that, no less than we remember fallen soldiers, they remind us of who we are and what the purpose of our actions are. He said that the memory of events of the past is ingrained in our national consciousness. He added that the torch has not been extinguished and that Israel has renewed the chain of Jewish heroism and the determined defense of our homeland. He added that the new remembrance hall combines national and personal memory and ensures that the memory of the fallen will forever remain in the heart of our nation. 4. 'THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE - IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE' by Arutz Sheva Staff As Israelis stood silent at 11:00 a.m. Monday morning for the nationwide-siren marking Memorial Day, some people around the country recalled those they knew personally; the friends and relatives killed fighting for Israel’s freedom or murdered by terrorists. Some contemplated the enormity of Israel’s losses to war and terrorism, the 23,544 people killed in such a small country during its short history. For Avi Nefoussi, the siren was a reminder of the horrors he witnessed, the murder of a friend, and the unity that came out of tragedy. A volunteer emergency first responder for United Hatzalah, Nefoussi was one of the first to answer the call on the morning of November 18th, 2014. That day, two Arab terrorists from eastern Jerusalem, Udai Abu Jamal and Ghassan Abu Jamal entered a house of prayer in the Har Nof neighborhood and extinguished six lives. Four worshippers were shot and hacked to death at the beginning of the attack. A police officer who responded was later killed in a shootout with the terrorists, while a fifth worshipper wounded in the attack eventually succumbed to his injuries. When Nefoussi entered the synagogue shortly after the attack, amid the scenes of slaughter, he found the remains of his friend, Rabbi Aryeh Kopinski. "Its 10:57 in the morning, I am sitting at the computer at work, and the boss just came in to remind me that the siren is only 3 minutes away," Nefoussi wrote Monday. "I went outside and stood by myself, with my eyes closed, thinking. "It was 11:00 am when the siren began and I was immediately struck by a picture that would not leave of my mind. "On November 18, 2014 Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue was attacked. At 7:00 am that morning, I left my house to go to work, and suddenly the dispatcher from United Hazala, reported a shooting incident on Agassi Street. "I immediately responded to the call and arrived at the site in less than two minutes. I arrived shortly after the terrorists entered the synagogue, armed with pistols, an ax, and a butcher knife. I parked my car and another EMT shouted for me to hide for cover. I immediately laid down on the ground, next to my car and the shooting continued between the policemen and the terrorists, just above my head. "I suddenly found myself in the synagogue, and I will never forget the horrific scene before me. It hurt me so much to see murdered people laying in blood. The only thing left for me to do was to cover the murdered people with their own talitot, as they had just a few minutes earlier been in the midst of prayer. My good friend Rabbi Aryeh Kopinski was also amongst them, unfortunately." But from the anguish of that day, continued Nefoussi, springs the unity of Memorial Day, and the unity of the Jewish people in the face of evil. "Today, I stood listening to the siren with my eyes closed, and I thought about what happened that day at Kehilat Bnei Torah Synagogue. I shed tears for the bereaved families, for their painful and unnecessary suffering. "This is just one of the days when we, as a nation, feel united. Even if we are all different, even when we disagree with each other, we are always one nation, one pain, and one people. "May those we have lost, rest in peace." 5. 'WE WILL NOT ALLOW CIVILIANS TO BE INJURED' by Ido Ben Porat At the end of last week, dozens of Arabs from the Binyamin-region Arab town of Sinjil threw rocks at Jewish vehicles on Route 60. Route 60 is one of the region's main roads. The IDF quickly located several of the suspects, and carried out a wide-scale operation in the area, arresting six Arabs suspected of throwing rocks at Jews. Over 15 vehicles used in attacks were confiscated. "IDF forces will continue to operate in Sinjil," an IDF spokesman said. "We understand that we need to be continuously present in order to change the region's security situation for the better." Binyamin Brigade Commander Colonel Yuval Gaz said, "We in the Binyamin Region Brigade will not tolerate attacks on civilians or the disruption of normal life in the area." "We will continue to thwart terror attacks and close down terror cells which threaten the region's security. "We will work day and night in order to provide the best intelligence possible and to ensure we are able to stop terrorist and thwart attacks on anything which will harm Binyamin Region residents." Netzah Yehuda Commander Lieutenant-Colonel Itamar Deshel said, "We entered Sinjil by Friday night, looking to find the rock throwers. We confiscated more than ten stolen vehicles and we published notices which will help us capture the perpetrators. We will find each and every one of them." 6. JEWISH HOME PRIMARIES: VIEW THE FULL RESULTS by Shlomo Pyotrovsky The Jewish Home party's voting committee on Monday the full results of the party's elections, including details about which candidates were more popular at various voting booths. Out of 30,924 Israelis registered to vote in the Jewish Home primaries, 15,701 actually went to the polls, offering a turnout rate of 50.67%. Jewish Home Chairman Naftali Bennett received 12,609 votes; candidate Yonatan Branski received 1,918; and Rabbi Yitzhak Zaga received 1,174 votes. To read the full report (in Hebrew) click here. Nearly one-tenth of Rabbi Zaga's votes came from the town of Peduel, where he lives. The Peduel voting booth was also the only one at which the majority of voters did not choose Bennett. Instead, 103 voters chose Rabbi Zaga, and 102 chose Bennett. The city with the most voters was Jerusalem, in which 1,648 people voted. 1,134 of these voted for Bennett, 328 for Branski, and 156 for Zaga. In Petah Tikva, 1,369 people turned out to vote, of whom 1,132 voted for Bennett, 138 for Branski, and 100 for Zaga. Bennett received his most impressive victory in the Druze town of Julis in Israel's north. There, he received 100% of the 104 votes. 7. ISRAEL ASKS UN FOR PERMISSION TO INSPECT ARMON HANATZIV COMPOUND by Arutz Sheva Staff The Jerusalem District Court last week ordered the Jerusalem Municipality and the Israel Land Authority to respond to the petition filed last week by Regavim against the United Nations over an illegal construction boom at the UN headquarters in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, which belongs to the State of Israel. The state, for its part, has filed a request for an additional postponement to the Jerusalem District Court, which indicates that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with various elements of the UN, and has asked the UN to allow a visit by professional bodies on behalf of the State of Israel. The representatives of the Foreign Ministry also held a preliminary visit to the site, during which UN representatives claimed that the construction work currently under way without building permits from the Jerusalem Municipality and without the consent of the State of Israel belongs to the area, as "arising from the need for essential renovations in the historic building, which was erected in 1929." The state explained its request for an additional period, also because of "the need to formulate the State's position on the legal aspects [of the case], including aspects relating to the immunity of the UN, as well as the need to further clarify the factual basis and the continuation of diplomatic contacts with the UN." The suit filed by the Regavim movement last month noted the flood of serious building violations committed by the UN in recent years, including concrete castings in the historic building, the construction of an illegal multi-story office building, a hangar storage and a pirate gas station that is also an environmental hazard. After the liberation of Jerusalem, the Israeli government gave UNTSO, a UN agency, the right to use the area, free of charge, to supervise the cease-fire between Israel and its neighbors after the war. The United Nations agencies UNTSO and UNSCO are currently operating in the compound, alongside the office of UN envoy to the Middle East Nikolai Maldanov, who is conducting blatant and hostile anti-Israel activity and which Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has proposed to boycott. At the end of last week, it was announced that during the celebration of Israel's 69th Independence Day in Jerusalem, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is expected to adopt a resolution according to which the State of Israel is not the sovereign in Jerusalem. Last year, the UNESCO Executive Committee adopted the PA proposal which denied the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, a decision that caused great anger in the Israeli government. "The moment before Israel's 69th Independence Day and the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, the position of the Foreign Ministry under Netanyahu is crying out for humiliation and defeatism." The UN is in Jerusalem as a guest of the State of Israel, As if he were the sovereign on the site. It is inconceivable that the owner of the house grovels before the guest and asks him for permission to tour his home," says Meir Deutsch, director of the policy and government affairs department at Regavim. "If Netanyahu is unable to realize the sovereignty of the State of Israel in this place, how can we complain to the United Nations and UNESCO that do not recognize the sovereignty of the State of Israel in its capital?" He added. 8. WATCH: PROTESTERS SPARK BRAWL AS SIREN SOUNDS IN TEL AVIV [youtube:2027511] ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to this Daily Israel Report: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Subscribe/ | |
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