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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Wednesday, Jun. 13 '18, ל' בסיון תשע"ח HEADLINES: 1. TRUMP: THERE'S NO LONGER A NUCLEAR THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA 2. IDF TO REDUCE SUPPLY OF HELIUM TO GAZA STRIP 3. HOSTAGE SITUATION IN PARIS 4. FIFA TO OPEN DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JIBRIL RAJOUB 5. ISRAEL DOG UNIT FESTIVE CEREMONY MARKS 18TH ANNIVERSARY 6. TRUMP: ROBERT DE NIRO IS A 'VERY LOW IQ INDIVIDUAL' 7. TRUMP: KIM AGREED TO COMPLETE DE-NUCLEARIZATION 8. IMPROVEMENT IN YOUNG STABBING VICTIM'S CONDITION 1. TRUMP: THERE'S NO LONGER A NUCLEAR THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA by Arutz Sheva Staff US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea. "Just landed - a long trip, but everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office," he tweeted. "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea. "Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!" Trump met with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday, agreeing that in the future, both leaders would visit each others' countries. North Korea's official KCNA news agency said, "Kim Jong Un and Trump had the shared recognition to the effect that it is important to abide by the principle of step-by-step and simultaneous action in achieving peace, stability and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." 2. IDF TO REDUCE SUPPLY OF HELIUM TO GAZA STRIP by Arutz Sheva Staff Following the directive of Defense Minester Avigdor Liberman, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Kamil Abu Rokon, today ordered the restriction of the entry of helium gas into the Gaza Strip. The step was taken in response to the use of helium balloons by terrorists in the Gaza Strip to set fire to Israeli fields by attaching incendiary devices to the balloons. Maj. Gen. Rokon stated that if the terrorist groups in Gaza continue to use helium gas to attack Israeli territory, then the IDF would ban all supply of helium to the strip. "The Hamas terrorist organization does not hesitate to take measures, including exploiting the humanitarian channels and means to carry out terrorist acts, despite Israel's efforts to prevent a civil deterioration in the Gaza Strip and the provision of humanitarian needs," he said. Earlier, Defense Minister Liberman accused Hamas of diverting helium from Gazan hospitals for use in the incendiary balloons. "The helium we supply to hospitals, medical equipment, mainly for MRIs - instead of this helium going to those patients who need MRIs, they use it [for these weaponized balloons] and ignite fields here in the south." 3. HOSTAGE SITUATION IN PARIS by Tal Polon An armed man is holding three hostages, possibly including a pregnant woman, in a building in northern Paris, reports say. The man claims to have a handgun and a bomb, and demands to speak with the Iranian embassy and French government. Police have surrounded the building in Rue des Petites Écuries, and streets in the area have been sealed off. Police anti-explosive robots are patrolling the street outside the building. French special forces are currently in negotiations with the hostage-taker. The hostage-taker told police that one hostage is “seriously injured” after he hit the victim with a wrench, according to the Express. According to reports cited by The Guardian, the hostage-taker entered the building by pretending to be a food delivery courier. He hit one man, who managed to flee, in the face. A pregnant woman also managed to flee and is being treated for shock. The hostage-taker told police negotiators that he has a letter for the Iranian ambassador, which he wants the ambassador to hand to French authorities. Police have said they do not believe the incident to be terror-related. 4. FIFA TO OPEN DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST JIBRIL RAJOUB by Orly Harari The 68th FIFA Congress rejected out of hand (82% vs 18%) Palestinian Football Association (PFA) President Jibril Rajoub's demand to sanction and suspend countries which have violated citizens' rights. The Congress also noted that similar sections are already included in their rules, and the PFA's suggestion is therefore extraneous. FIFA also told the Israel Football Association (IFA) of its decision to open a disciplinary process against Rajoub, due to his verbal incitement prior to the planned game with Argentina. In his speech, Rajoub encouraged burning Messi shirts if he played in Israel, and compared modern Israel to Nazi Germany. The Argentina-Israel match was canceled after terrorist organizations sent messages and threats to the team’s players and their families, with explicit threats to harm their lives and their family's lives. FA Chairman Ofer Eini said, "This is a recurring ritual in which Rajoub attempts to lead FIFA decisions against our football [teams] and against the State of Israel." "Thanks to proper and thoughtful work, we succeeded in explaining to FIFA members what the motivating factor behind these apparently innocent suggestions are, and that the person suggesting them has crossed every red line. "We have a true friend in FIFA...and therefore Rajoub fails time after time. Israeli football will continue to be part of the international community, and the State of Israel will continue to enjoy support in the world football association. 5. ISRAEL DOG UNIT FESTIVE CEREMONY MARKS 18TH ANNIVERSARY by Mordechai Sones At a ceremony held last night at Kfar Tapuah in Samaria, Israel Dog Unit (IDU) volunteers and families of missing people gathered for a "Salute to IDU volunteers". Volunteers from throughout the country, led by unit commander Mike Ben Yaakov, gathered to meet and get to know missing persons' relatives, including families of missing persons who have not yet been located. Deputy Defense Minister Rabbi Eli Ben Dahan thanked the Unit for its extensive assistance to the various security forces, for its unique contribution to the security of citizens and communities in routine and emergency situations, and for being the leading unit in Israel in locating missing persons. "The Dog Unit in Kfar Tapuah is another shining symbol of volunteering for the community and for the people of Israel throughout the country," said the Deputy Minister. MK Moti Yogev (Jewish Home) who was also present at the event, told the audience he had recently been exposed for the first time to the Unit's activities and had already seen the volunteers' life-saving activities. Yossi Dagan, Dep Min Ben Dahan, MK Yogev, IDU Commander Ben Yaakov Israel Dog Unit Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan gave a moving speech and said that he was proud of the amazing unit that sanctifies the value of saving lives while keeping the risk to human life at a minimum. He added that the unit's various activities in the area of community security are exemplary and that he hoped for continued successful cooperation. After the festive dinner, participants were treated to a dog show presented by IDU trainer Zhenya Koushinsky, who demonstrated the advanced level of canine training and discipline achieved by the Unit. Afterwards, popular Israeli musician Sinai Tor gave a concert and the gathered people celebrated 18 years of successful life-saving in hopes their services would never again be needed. [youtube:2043639] [youtube:2043641] 'My brothers I do seek'; IDU missing posters Israel Dog Unit [youtube:2043640] IDU Festive dinner Israel Dog Unit 6. TRUMP: ROBERT DE NIRO IS A 'VERY LOW IQ INDIVIDUAL' by Arutz Sheva Staff US President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening slammed Hollywood actor Robert De Niro, saying he needs to "wake up." In a tweet, Trump wrote, "Robert De Niro, a very Low IQ individual, has received to many shots to the head by real boxers in movies. I watched him last night and truly believe he may be 'punch-drunk.'" "I guess he doesn’t realize the economy is the best it’s ever been with employment being at an all time high, and many companies pouring back into our country. Wake up Punchy!" At a recent performance, De Niro recently used foul language to describe Trump, saying, "I’m going to say this, f— Trump" and later adding: "It’s no longer just down with Trump, it’s f— Trump. De Niro's statements about Trump are not new: In October 2016, De Niro called Trump "blatantly stupid" and said, "He’s a punk, a dog, he’s a pig." "I'd like to punch him in the face." 7. TRUMP: KIM AGREED TO COMPLETE DE-NUCLEARIZATION by David Rosenberg [youtube:2043575] President Donald Trump addressed reporters Tuesday at a press conference following his historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel in Sentosa, Singapore. Following the 45-minute meeting, Trump and Kim sat down for a signing ceremony, putting their signatures to a document both sides described as “historic”, without revealing any details. Shortly after the signing, President Trump promised to reveal the nature of the agreement at today’s press conference. At the conference, Trump touted the signing of the agreement, saying it was the result of three months of negotiations between the US and North Korea, as well as 24 “tremendous” hours of work between the US and North Korean delegations since their arrival in Singapore for Tuesday’s summit. "We've had a tremendous 24 hours - really three months, since this has been going on for quite a while." North Korea, Trump said is ready to embrace its “tremendous” potential, and that Kim Jong Un was ready to “do what’s right”. "Is a great place, it has the potential to be an incredible place,” said Trump of North Korea. "It's got tremendous potential and I think he understands that and [Kim] wants to do what's right." Trump hailed the agreement signed with Kim as being “very comprehensive’, saying it was the product of “very intensive” work between himself and the North Korean dictator. "We spent very intensive hours together. The signed document is...very comprehensive. It is going to happen." "I stand before you as an emissary of the American people to deliver a message of hope and a vision of peace." "My meeting with Chairman Kim was honest, direct, and productive. We got to know each other very well in a very confined period of time under very strong, strong circumstances." "We are prepared to start a new history." The president also vowed to end the decades-old Korean War, which was suspended by an armistice in 1953, though never officially ended. "Nearly 70 years ago... an extremely bloody conflict ravaged the Korean Peninsula. Countless people died in the conflict, including tens of thousands of brave Americans. "Yet, while the armistice was agreed to, the war never ended. But now we can all have hope that it will soon end. And it will soon end. The past does not have to define the future. "As history has proven over and over again, adversaries can indeed become friends. We can honor the sacrifice of our forefathers by replacing the horrors of battle with the blessings of peace. That's what we are doing and that's what we have done." Turning to the contents of the agreement itself, the president said it included a commitment to achieve total denuclearization of Korea, with promises to pursue “vigorous negotiations” to that end. "Kim and I just signed a joint statement in which he reaffirmed his complete commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. We also agreed to vigorous negotiations to implement the agreement as soon as possible. And he wants to do that.” In terms of concrete steps towards that end, the president pointed to Pyongyang’s demolition of a ballistic missile testing site. "This isn't the past. This isn't another administration that never got it started and therefore never got it done. Chairman Kim has told me that North Korea is already destroying a major missile engine testing site. That isn't in the signed document - we agreed to that after the agreement was signed." Trump hinted that the North Korean leader had pledged to begin implementation of the agreement immediately upon his arrival back to Pyongyang. "I know for a fact that as soon as [Kim] arrives [back home], he's going to start a process that's going to make a lot of people very happy and very safe." 8. IMPROVEMENT IN YOUNG STABBING VICTIM'S CONDITION by Mordechai Sones Another improvement was reported in the condition of Shuva Malka, the 18-year-old girl who was stabbed in Afula yesterday. Emek Hospital, where she is hospitalized in the intensive care unit, reports her condition to be moderate to severe and stable. The Shin Bet security service announced yesterday the stabbing incident was a nationalistic attack, and that the terrorist, Nur Shinawi from Jenin, linked himself to the attack. His relatives in Jenin were interrogated to determine which of them knew of his intentions and other arrests were expected, mainly of collaborators in the attack. Even before the announcement, Shuva's parents said they were demanding that police define the incident a terrorist attack. "Any other attitude degrades and reduces the incident," said the parents at Haemek Hospital in Afula. "Our daughter was attacked at a bus stop, on the way to a citizenship exam," Malka recalls. "She was a righteous child, an innocent saint, and a wicked, cruel terrorist suddenly emerged, and all he wanted was to tear her to shreds because she was Jewish, and she looked very Jewish; very modest and virtuous." [video:2043591] ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to this Daily Israel Report: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Subscribe/ | |
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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews. ------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Thursday, Jun. 07 '18, כ"ד בסיון תשע"ח HEADLINES: 1. PM: ASSAD IS 'NO LONGER IMMUNE' 2. FEMALE DAYCARE ASSISTANT SUFFOCATED 14-MONTH-OLD GIRL 3. WATCH: GAZA MEDIC THROWS GRENADE 4. ZIV DAUS AND NETANEL KAHALANI MURDERER'S HOUSE TO BE DESTROYED 5. ACADEMY THAT LOST 10 STUDENTS TO FLASH FLOOD CLOSES TO 'REBUILD' 6. 'IF EUROVISION NOT HELD IN J'LEM, DON'T HOLD IT IN ISRAEL' 7. 'BUS DRIVER THREATENED US, REFUSED TO LET ANYONE OFF' 8. INTEL TECHNOLOGY OPEN HOUSE SHOWS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES 1. PM: ASSAD IS 'NO LONGER IMMUNE' by AFP Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is "no longer immune" from retaliation, Prime Minister Netanyahu warned during a visit to London on Thursday. "He is no longer immune, his regime is no longer immune. If he fires at us, we will destroy his forces," Netanyahu said, speaking at an event organized by the Policy Exchange think tank. "I think there is a new calculus that has to take place and Syria has to understand that Israel will not tolerate the Iranian military entrenchment in Syria against Israel," he said. "The consequences are not merely to the Iranian forces there but to the Assad regime as well," he said, adding: "I think it's something that he should consider very seriously". Israel has been pledging for months to prevent its main enemy Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where Tehran is backing Assad's government. Last month, Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iranian targets in Syria, following a barrage of rockets fired at Israeli forces in the Golan Heights by Iran from Syria. Even before that, Israel had been accused of a series of recent strikes inside Syria that killed Iranians, though it has not acknowledged them. 2. FEMALE DAYCARE ASSISTANT SUFFOCATED 14-MONTH-OLD GIRL by Ido Ben Porat Israel Police concluded the investigation into the death of 14-month-old Yasmin Vineta, who died while at her Petah Tikva daycare last month. The investigation raised suspicions that a 23-year-old woman caused Vineta's death around 2:00p.m, while she was working to get Vineta and another child to sleep. The woman, who is Ukrainian and lives in Israel as a temporary resident, worked as an assistant in the daycare. Initial investigations showed that Vineta's body did not show signs of violence, causing medical professionals to initially believe that no criminal activity had occurred. Testimonies were collected from daycare staff, medical professionals, and Vineta's parents, who are Moldavian. The investigative staff issued a search warrant, discovering a camera and DVD which recorded the incident but which the daycare staff did not believe to be in working order. Watching the video, investigators discovered that the moments of Vineta's death had been taped in their entirety. The recording showed that the 23-year-old assistant killed Vineta by suffocating her. It also showed at least ten other incidents in which the suspect and the other assistant use force against the children in their care. Both the second assistant and the daycare manager were released on condition, and the suspect's arrest continues to be extended. The daycare manager, a 50-year-old Petah Tikva resident, a 33-year-old Russian assistant on a temporary visa, and the 23-year-old suspect, were arrested and taken for interrogation, where they argued against the recording. On Wednesday, after evidence had been gathered, the suspect was brought for another court discussion, during which the prosecutor requested to extend her arrest until she is indicted and the proceedings against her are completed. Her arrest was extended by five days. 3. WATCH: GAZA MEDIC THROWS GRENADE by Tal Polon [twittervideo:2043371] The IDF pushed back today against Hamas claims that a female Gaza medic killed during border riots on Friday was was merely an innocent health worker. Razan Najjar was killed on Friday evening as thousands of Gaza rioters converged on the border. Gaza health officials subsequently claimed that Najjar and other medics wearing white medical coats had approached the fence with their arms raised to evacuate injured rioters when she was shot. On Tuesday, the IDF said that initial investigations of the incident found that Najjar had not deliberately been targeted by Israeli soldiers. "During an initial examination regarding the incident that took place on June 1st, 2018, in which a 22-year-old Palestinian woman was killed, it was found that a small number of bullets were fired during the incident, and that no shots were deliberately or directly aimed towards her," the IDF said. This morning, Thursday, Arabic IDF Spokesperson Avichay Adraee tweeted a video which indicated that Najjar had actually played an active role in the riots. Commenting on the video, in which Najjar is seen being interviewed and throwing a grenade, Adraee wrote in Arabic, "Razan Najjar is not the queen of mercy, as Hamas is trying to present her. She admitted that she served as a human shield for rioters, and this proves how Hamas exploits all members of Gaza society for its goals and those of Iran." "Do other paramedics around the world throw grenades and participate in riots, and call themselves human shields?" he asked. 4. ZIV DAUS AND NETANEL KAHALANI MURDERER'S HOUSE TO BE DESTROYED by Mordechai Sones Supreme Court Justices Noam Solberg, Dafna Barak Erez, and David Mintz today rejected the petition by the family of Alaa Kabha who murdered IDF soldiers Ziv Daus and Netanel Kahalani hy"d against the demolition order issued for the house where the Kabha lived. The attack occurred in March this year. Kabha careened toward a guard post located near the town of Mevo Dotan and ran over a number of soldiers standing next to it. Two of the soldiers, Captain Ziv Daus and Sergeant Netanel Kahalani, were killed as a result of the fatal attack, and two of their comrades sustained serious injuries. At the beginning of May, a demolition order was issued for the apartment where Kabha lived with his wife, daughter, and brother, on the third floor of a five-story building. The two petitioners, both from the terrorist's family, demanded the apartment not be demolished. They argued that demolition was contrary to international law. In addition, they claimed the suspicions against Kabha were not proven because his trial had not yet been completed, and that because the terrorist did not live in the entire apartment but only in part of it, it should not be demolished. The judges rejected the petition and ruled that according to case law permitting destruction of terrorist murderer's homes, there is no basis for accepting the arguments appearing in the petition. "In the present case a number of pieces of evidence were presented to the military commander, including the confession to the police as well as a reenactment he staged in which he repeatedly admitted that he committed the crime in order to murder soldiers, plus additional evidence attesting to the state of the vehicle used by Kabha and findings on the ground. In this sense, we cannot say this is a 'borderline' case of administrative evidence," noted Justice Barak Erez. The Court ruled it will be possible to demolish the house in seven days. 5. ACADEMY THAT LOST 10 STUDENTS TO FLASH FLOOD CLOSES TO 'REBUILD' by JTA The pre-military academy that suffered the deaths of ten incoming students in a flash flood during a school-sponsored hike in southern Israel will close temporarily. Joint Council of Pre-Military Academies announced the temporary closing of the Bnei Zion Academy on Wednesday, Ynet reported. The council "sees great value in the continued existence of the Bnei Zion Academy as part of the family of academies," it said in a statement. The council said it would partner with the academy to "rebuild" its program in a "process that is public and transparent." "We believe that the academy should not be opened before the completion of this process," it said. Nine girls and one boy were killed at Nahal Tsafit, south of the Dead Sea, when a flash flood rushed through the riverbed, following unusually heavy rainfall on April 26. Fifteen other hikers were rescued. The hikers were all 17- and 18-year-olds on a bonding trip ahead of entering the pre-military academy in September. Yuval Kahan, the school's principal, resigned a week later. He is suspected of causing death by negligence, following a police investigation. The trip's guide, Aviv Berdichev, who planned the hike and then went ahead with it despite warnings, is suspected of manslaughter. 6. 'IF EUROVISION NOT HELD IN J'LEM, DON'T HOLD IT IN ISRAEL' by Tal Polon Amid disappointment over the cancellation of the friendly match between the Argentinian and Israeli national soccer teams, Israeli organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest, set to take place next year in Israel, expressed apprehension that this event, too, would not ultimately be held in Israel. According to Yediot Aharonot, sources familiar with the matter said that members of the European Broadcasting Union made clear to their counterparts in Israel tasked with producing the event that there was "real danger" that Eurovision would not be held in Israel "if the politicians are adamant about getting involved." The sources noted that, during a recent meeting between European and Israeli broadcasting officials related to planning of the event, the Europeans demanded that at least two cities be proposed as possible locations to hold the song contest, as they sought a "non-divisive place" to host the event, in an apparent hit at Jerusalem. "Our goal is that countries will not boycott the location of the event," the European officials reportedly said. So far, no other Israeli cities have submitted candidacy to host the event. Culture Minister Miri Regev threatened that if the Eurovision contest is not held in Jerusalem, she will work to ensure that it is not held in Israel altogether. "If they try to move the hosting of Eurovision from Jerusalem, I will ask the Prime Minister not to invest 50 million shekels, and to give up on hosting Eurovision in Israel," she told Yediot Aharonot. "There is no reason to invest 50 million shekels if we cannot show the beautiful faces of the State of Israel and our capital, Jerusalem." Regev elaborated that "Every country that hosts Eurovision uses it as a public relations tool, and without Jerusalem it's not worth it for us to host it." "The European Broadcasting Union cannot establish for the State of Israel where to host Eurovision." 7. 'BUS DRIVER THREATENED US, REFUSED TO LET ANYONE OFF' by David Rosenberg Passengers say a bus driver in Jerusalem threatened them and refused to let anyone off the bus, after one passenger refused orders to remove a bicycle. The incident occurred in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of northeastern Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:15 when a passenger brought a bicycle onto an Egged bus from line 59. According to eyewitnesses, the driver told the passenger that the Egged bus company did not permit bicycles to be brought inside of the bus, but the passenger refused to follow the driver's instructions. As other passengers were boarding the bus, the driver shouted that he would not continue on his route until someone removed the bicycle from the bus. According to Efraim H., a Jerusalem resident who was traveling on the bus with his 8-year-old daughter, the driver made U-turn, and began driving back towards the beginning of his route. Despite pleas by passengers that the driver let them leave the bus, the driver refused to open the doors, driving back towards the beginning of the line route. When Efraim approached him, the driver made a threatening motion, Efraim said. "At 4:15 p.m., I got on an Egged bus... leaving Neve Yaakov," Efraim told Arutz Sheva. "I was planning to take my daughter out for a picnic." "Immediately upon entering the bus the driver refused to continue, demanding someone remove a bicycle. He then returned to his seat and made a U-turn, heading deeper into the neighborhood." "I quickly went to the driver demanding he let us off, at which point he attempted to hit me when I reached for my tablet to take a picture of him." Eventually the driver relented and allowed the passengers to leave the bus. "Finally he opened the doors, after my daughter who was left in tears, begged me to get off. All of the kids on the bus were crying, they were freaked out. Afterwards, the bus continued to the bottom of the neighborhood." A complaint was filed with Egged against the driver, though no response has yet been received from the company. 8. INTEL TECHNOLOGY OPEN HOUSE SHOWS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES by Hezki Baruch - Taipei [youtube:2043369] Arutz Sheva was at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, to see innovations being showcased by Intel corporation, and an exhibit on history and future of the personal computer. "As we go forward we want to keep innovating technology that powers people's most meaningful contributions and enables and enables them to accomplish at the level they want to," said Intel Mobile Innovation Segments General Manager Josh Newman. "We're focused on the PC and how far we've come as an industry in innovating the PC." Newman showed Arutz Sheva various qualities needed to best "power people's contributions", and the innovations that have developed to accommodate those needs. |
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