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Wednesday, Aug. 31 '16, כ"ז באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. BRAINS OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST VICTIMS FOUND IN BERLIN INSTITUTE
2. DEFENSE MINISTER: 'THOSE COMMENTS? NEVER HAPPENED.'
3. POLICE TO PATROL WITH RESIDENTS OF JUDEA-SAMARIA
4. YOU CAN'T PRESSURE HAMAS WHILE GIVING THEM 'DELUXE' CONDITIONS
5. 'HOW MUCH EVIL CAN WE SWALLOW?'
6. WHY DOES THE MEDIA HATE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER?
7. 40 PERCENT MORE ARAB TEACHERS IN ISRAELI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
8. WATCH: 'WHEN I SAW THOSE KIDS, THERE WAS NO CHOICE'
1. BRAINS OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST VICTIMS FOUND IN BERLIN INSTITUTE
by Ido ben Porat
During renovations at the Max Planck Psychiatric Institute in Munich, dozens of brains and brain parts of Jewish victims of the Holocaust were discovered, according to Army Radio this morning (Wednesday).
In the wake of the discovery, a committee has been established in order to ascertain in greater detail the story of the samples.
The Max Planck Institute, itself, claims that the samples were once used by the Nazi brain researcher Julius Hallervorden, who conducted experiments on humans during and after the rule of the Nazis, and even served for a period as the head of the neuropathology department at the Institute, then known as the "Kaiser Wilhelm Institute."
The newly-formed research committee has already started to identify some of the victims from whom the samples were taken, with the goal of bringing them to a mass grave, as was done with previously discovered samples. This, however, is a process that could take months, even years.
In light of the discovery, the Institute published on its website: "We are embarrassed by these findings, and the blemish of their discovery in the archives. We will update the public with any further information that comes to light with complete transparency."
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, had not been aware of the existence of the samples until they were revealed this morning. Professor Dan Machman, Director of the International Center for Holocaust Research at the museum, told Army Radio, "it's surprising, although not completely. We know that experiments were conducted and that not everything was erased and buried. Two years ago, bones of victims on whom experiments were conducted were found in Berlin in the trash. Next year, we're going to organize a convention about this issue."
"This [current finding] is something new that was previously unknown, and joins other events that are suddenly uncovered after 70 years," he said. "Whoever thought this chapter was completely finished is mistaken. It's hard to know if these samples are exclusively from 'mercy killings' [ie. the murder of sick people for the purposes of experimentation] or if they also derive from other sources."
2. DEFENSE MINISTER: 'THOSE COMMENTS? NEVER HAPPENED.'
by Rachel Kaplan
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman commented today on the stormy debate around a Channel 10 report, in which he purportedly said he would not cut a deal with Hamas for the release of the bodies of fallen soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin.
At an event at the pre-military "mechina" academy Karm al-Badlit al-Carmel, Liberman turned to a Channel 10 journalist, and told him, "What you aired about soldiers' bodies was never said, neither in open meetings nor closed ones."
"I voted against the Shalit deal, and I think I was right," he continued. "I see how many [of the released terrorists] went back to being terrorists, how many were complicit in murder."
"However - our first obligation is to return [the bodies of the soldiers]," Liberman continued. "And the second is not to exaggerate."
Liberman got into hot water when he supposedly claimed on August 29 that he would not trade with Hamas over the bodies of Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin. Shaul and Goldin were killed in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, and Hamas has been holding their bodies ransom in the hope that Israel would release live terrorists in exchange for them, as they did when they traded 1,027 terrorists for captured soldier Gilad Shalit.
When they heard the supposed statement, the bereaved Goldin family responded, "The Defense Minister, who is choosing to give up on...the return of the soldiers from the field of battle, has no moral authority to continue and direct as Defense Minister of the State of Israel. We call on the Prime Minister to clarify, both to the Defense Minister and the Israeli public, the government's position in relation to the return home of Hadar and Oron."
On Wednesday, though, the Goldins seemingly went back on their statement, considering that there are other means available than selling soldiers for terrorists.
"We can't get caught up in the concept of 'the price of freeing terrorists' because that's [the whole heart of the problem]."
Regarding the Shalit deal, Leah Goldin, Hadar's mother, said, "We as a family didn't like the idea at all because it was a complete surrender on the part of the State of Israel to the extortion of Hamas."
3. POLICE TO PATROL WITH RESIDENTS OF JUDEA-SAMARIA
by Rachel Kaplan
The Binyamin police station inaugurated Wednesday morning a new "integrated policing" program for the station, together with the Binyamin Regional Council.
Binyamin, a region to the east of Jerusalem, is considered part of Judea and Samaria. It encompasses everything from Yericho (Jericho) to Shiloh to Geva Binyamin (Adam) and Beit El.
Binyamin's Jewish population has a history that includes clashes between the local Israelis and police. Jewish residents have expressed the feeling that police ignore legality and carry out wrongful arrests, removing people from their homes and even destroying them, while under-reacting to Arab Palestinian flouting of the law.
Officials tout the integrated patrol program as a new chapter in cooperation and relations with the police.
From today, a police vehicle, containing one policeman and one local municipal inspector (who works to ticket people who violate municipal laws, such as loose animals or trash in the road), will patrol every Jewish community in the Binyamin region, in order to take care of issues such as noise complaints in quiet neighborhoods.
Deputy District Commander of Judea and Samaria, Brigadier General David Bitton celebrated the move. According to him, although "integrated policing in Binyamin is not new to the state of Israel," it is significant in a region which has not had enough positive cooperation between locals and police.
"Here, it signifies the complete cooperation between the 'settlers' and Israel Police, through their joint action. As the number of people drafting into the Israel Police from the 'settlement' grows, integrated policing is a necessary step to ensure a better quality of life," Biton continued.
The commander of the Binyamin police station, Commander Dudi Hayoun, added: "Today, our integrated action upgrades to another level. The Israel Police generally works together with municipal councils, but the special relationship between the police of the Judea-Samaria District with the 'settlement' [population] only improves and grows stronger.
"Today, the integrated patrol car begins a new era of enforcing quality of life in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Binyamin Regional Council."
Head of the Binyamin Municipal Council, Avi Roeh, also applauded the new initiative.
"Israel Police are a part of the population, and the dialogue and integration with them is very important. The integrated patrol car, including a policeman and an inspector, is another step in the joint efforts towards normalization of [Jewish life] Judea and Samaria."
4. YOU CAN'T PRESSURE HAMAS WHILE GIVING THEM 'DELUXE' CONDITIONS
by Orli Harari
Leah Goldin, the mother of Hadar Goldin who was killed in Operation Protective Edge and whose body is being held by Hamas terrorist's in Gaza, criticized the government's lax attitude towards Hamas - it's policy of huge humanitarian aid packages to Gaza and the outstanding conditions Hamas terrorists receive in jail.
"Just this week, salaries were paid out to people in Gaza, every day 1,000 [aid] trucks enter Gaza. The same people giving Hamas prisoners deluxe conditions in jail are the ones negotiating with Hamas. The same people letting Gazan families visit their terrorist relatives every week are the ones negotiating with Hamas.
"We can't get caught up in the concept of 'the price of freeing terrorists' because that's [the whole heart of the problem]."
Regarding the Shalit deal, Goldin said, "We as a family didn't like the idea at all because it was a complete surrender on the part of the State of Israel to the extortion of Hamas."
Two days ago, Defense Minister Liberman had indicated in private conversations that he would not negotiate with Hamas in exchange for the bodies of fallen soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
"By my estimation, the bodies of the soldiers will not be returned to Israel, I don't see it happening. I was also against the Shalit deal in the past, and I don't intend to cut a deal with Hamas in the future," the Defense Minister said, according to Channel 10.
Yesterday, Chairman of the Opposition Yitzchak Herzog criticized Liberman's statements, saying: "We're dealing with a cruel enemy. I suggest the Defense Minister stop talking, whether publicly or privately. Returning our boys home has been an order since the State's founding. We need to stop selling delusions, to know how to see reality and stop hurting families."
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5. 'HOW MUCH EVIL CAN WE SWALLOW?'
by Eti Azariya
In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning, Elor Azariya's sister, Eti, described the difficulties the family now faces on a daily basis:
"How much evil can we swallow?
"It's been five months now since my family and I have found ourselves in an ongoing nightmare.
"Sometimes, when I wake up (after succeeding in falling asleep for a couple of hours) I still can't digest the fact that this is the tough reality, and I feel like I'm dreaming.
"Every day, it is further revealed to the public the extent of the terrible injustice perpetrated against us. A mask of framing, manipulation and lies whose only goal is to implicate my brother and destroy my family.
"Happily, this week brave commanders backed my brother's conduct in the field and effectively collapsed the claims of the prosecution.
"In any normally-functioning society, they would have ended this case and immediately freed my brother.
"In addition to the [court case plaguing] us, a quiet and normative family, we have suffered additional blows [as a result...] My father, Charlie, cannot endure the terrible pain and collapsed at the beginning of the month. He suffered a stroke and is currently in rehabilitation, learning to walk and function again.
"You need to understand that my father is the best of the best, a man who served the country all his life - in the army and in the police. Every spare moment he had, he helped the needy [...]
"Why are they doing this to us?! Do they want to destroy my family?
"As if this weren't enough, yesterday my beloved uncle, Victor, collapsed, and is now hospitalized in the cardiovascular department of the hospital.
"You have to understand! Victor filled my father's place these past weeks and worked to unite the broken family, bringing my mother to visit my brother and to the courthouse, sitting with us during the hearings until the late hours of the night, calming down my mother, who couldn't bear the torture any longer.
"My dear uncle [...] also contributed to the state all his life.
"This is how we were educated from day one! And this is also the reason my brother received a certificate of distinction!"
6. WHY DOES THE MEDIA HATE THE POLICE COMMISSIONER?
by Uzi Baruch
Israel Police have suffered continuous political critics and media attacks after police Commissioner Roni Alshich laid out the ongoing plan to fight migrant crime in a speech on Tuesday at a conference of the Israeli Bar Association.
Taken out of context, Alshich seemed to legitimize racism, saying it is "natural" for police to suspect Ethiopian migrants. In reality, Alshich was detailing his plan for improving race relations by removing stereotypes among his own police officers, and by working jointly with community leaders to bring law and order to the migrant neighborhoods of Israel.
On Wednesday, police officials noted in a conversation with Arutz Sheva that the media did, in fact, take things out of context; they explained that Alshich was presenting criminological studies which indicate a phenomenon which makes the authorities responsible for crime.
"There were those who find it easier to distort the words of the commissioner and use them as fuel. In reality, the police work daily to strengthen their connection with the Ethiopian community, to take young people out of the cycle of crime, and all of this - in order to resolve a social problem which has been going on for years, which was dropped on the doorstep of the police," a police official said.
Others in the police force emphasized during the conversation that the attack was not "happenstance," as they put it. "There are those who marked him as soon as he took office, and are certain to lash out and [figuratively] flay him without restraint."
"Alshich is a security professional, with years of experience working for the nation of Israel and the security of Israel. His actions are worth more than the chatter of the media. The things he said at the conference, are being said all over the world - even if they're difficult to listen to, and unpleasant - but this is the situation, and those are the facts."
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended Alshich last night, saying that Alshich did not justify the phenomenon of over-policing descendants of Ethiopia, rather, he was describing the attitude of police officers which had caused them to act incorrectly in the past.
Alshich's speech, in hebrew:
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7. 40 PERCENT MORE ARAB TEACHERS IN ISRAELI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
by Rachel Kaplan
The number of Israeli-Arabs teaching in Jewish state schools has leaped by nearly 40 percent over recent years, reported Walla on Monday.
Just three years ago, some 420 Israeli-Arab teachers were employed in Jewish public schools. In the 2014-15 school year, that number rose to 588, thanks to an initiative by the Education Ministry to integrate more Arab teachers into English, mathematics, and science programs around the country.
The program, launched in 2013, is run jointly by the Education Ministry's Teaching Personnel Department and the Merchavim Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel.
Despite the rising numbers of Arab teachers in the three central subjects - up 76 percent - not everyone is happy with the change.
A Walla poll published three months ago indicated that 21 percent of Jewish parents are against having an Arab teacher for their children.
30 percent of parents would prefer a Christian Arab over a Muslim Arab teacher, 40 percent said they would be satisfied with a teacher of either religion - and only one percent would prefer a Muslim teacher.
Speaking to Israel Hayom, Eyal Ram, who heads the Education Ministry's Teaching Personnel Department, said the integration program offers "an opportunity for a shared life and coexistence among the two sectors, [offering] a viable solution for the surplus of teachers among the Arab sector and for the shortage of English, math and science teachers among the Jewish sector."
Arab teachers for Arabic language classes in public schools also increased by 40 percent from 2013 to 2016, though it is unclear whether, or how many, more students are learning Arabic in recent years.
8. WATCH: 'WHEN I SAW THOSE KIDS, THERE WAS NO CHOICE'
by Rachel Kaplan
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Yaakov Yosef Rosenberg, 41, became a hero last week when the Coast Guard Auxilary member and EMT chose to crash his plane, rather than make an emergency landing on a field where children were playing soccer.
"I couldn't have lived with myself," a prone Rosenberg explained to Eyewitness News. "When I saw those kids, there was no option."
Rosenberg was flying a Cessna 172 with Erik Pearson, and was heading back to base after surveying the Hudson River, when their small plane suddenly lost power.
They initially planned to land in the river, but then tried to make it to Teterboro Airport before coming down at Regan Field behind the Cresskill Swim Club.
As they neared the field, the two pilots realized the grounds were covered with children playing soccer. In the nightmare situation, Rosenberg says he tried to yell and wave for the children to move out of the plane's path.
In a snap decision, he and Pearson veered to another open field, struck the ground at a hard angle, and were crushed as their plane crumpled against trees along the edge of the field.
Officials have said the decision to change course undoubtedly saved lives.
Pearson and Rosenberg were rushed to the hospital, injured but alive. Rosenberg has since been discharged, though his legs remain in a titanium brace, and he has hundreds of stitches in his head. Although he faces months of recovery, for him, it's all worth it.
"If I would have killed any kids saving myself, I would have said, 'God, please reverse it. Take me instead,'" Rosenberg considered.
"That's Jack," his wife, Miriam Rosenberg, proudly added to Eyewitness News. "I would not have expected any less of him."
Rosenberg has been with the USGS since 2005 and Pearson since 2010. Rosenberg is also a longtime volunteer EMT in New Jersey.
Jewish Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind praised Rosenberg as a hero.
"I have known Jack [Yaakov Yosef] Rosenberg for many years. This is our hero, the new Sully Sullenberger. He has long gone out of his way to help anyone in need," Hikind said at a press conference.
Investigators with the NTSB are continuing to try to to determine the cause of the accident.
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 '16, כ"ו באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. 'WHEN I HEARD OUR SOLDIER SHOOTING, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF'
2. 'EXCHANGING LIVE TERRORISTS FOR DEAD BODIES IS FORBIDDEN'
3. APPLE ORDERED TO PAY HUGE TAXES TO IRELAND.
4. 'THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT ISRAEL FACES COMES FROM WITHIN'
5. PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ELEVATORS DURING NATION-WIDE POWER OUTAGE
6. LIBERMAN BLASTS PLAN TO TURN OVER SCHOOL TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
7. SUPREME COURT RELAXES PUNISHMENT FOR ARAB ROCK-THROWERS
8. A VISIT TO ISRAEL'S GIANT SALT CAVE
1. 'WHEN I HEARD OUR SOLDIER SHOOTING, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF'
by Yoel Domb
The case of Elor Azariya, the soldier who shot a wounded terrorist in Hevron, continues today (Tuesday) at the military court in Yafo.
The defense team called Ashi Horovitz from Hevron, who was present at the scene of the incident, to the stand. He described the series of events:
"I thought the terrorists were dead until I heard the shouts of my comrades in the area's emergency response team shouting, 'careful, he's moving! It's a real possibility that he's wearing explosives, nobody get close to him, he can explode here on all of us!'" Horovitz related.
Horowitz, a resident of the Jewish community of Hevron who directs the tourism department in Hevron, is also a member of the emergency response team in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood.
"We arrive at incidents in Hevron first and hook up with IDF forces. I know about all the incidents occurring in the city. Almost on a daily basis, there are stabbings, shootings, kidnapping warnings, charges, stone-throwings," Horovitz testified.
He explained that "from our point of view, as long as the 'back to normal' directive has not been given, the incident is not over; there were numerous incidents in Hevron which developed in all sorts of ways."
"When I heard our soldier shooting, I breathed a sigh of relief. At least that threat was behind us now. The terrorist was wearing clothes which were totally unsuited to the weather."
Horowitz described what happened at the scene of the attack which culminated in Azariya shooting at the terrorist. "As the incident unfolded, Ofer Ohana's ambulance arrived first in order to evacuate the wounded soldier. After that the second ambulance of Elimelech Karzan arrived."
"There was shouting and confusion there.. there was a real concern that the incident was not over, that the terrorist had not been eliminated and was still moving. There were shouts and warnings which could be heard clearly and can be heard on the camera recordings. Our members of the emergency response team, who have a lot of experience in these situations, were warning the soldiers and civilians not to approach the terrorist. After that, I had my back turned to the incident.
"There were many soldiers in the vicinity of the terrorists. I was observing the evacuation of the wounded soldier." said Horovitz.
At this point Horowitz heard a gunshot. "I was concerned that the incident had become more complicated. I asked one of my friends what was going on, and they told me that one of the soldiers had eliminated the terrorist who was still moving. When I heard that it was our soldier who shot [and not the terrorist], I breathed a sigh of relief that the incident was over."
He maintains that the terrorist did not intend to escape alive from the site of the attack. "I start from an assumption that such a person would want to cause the maximum damage he possibly could. There was a definite will and intention on his part and it seemed to us very suspicious."
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2. 'EXCHANGING LIVE TERRORISTS FOR DEAD BODIES IS FORBIDDEN'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
In light of recent comments from Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman relating to the release of terrorists in exchange for bodies, "Machon Mishpatei Aretz," a legal research group that investigates the application of traditional Jewish law within the context of the modern Israeli legal system, called not to release terrorists in exchange for dead bodies, and cited leading rabbis who forbade such an exchange.
"Leading religious zionist rabbis - Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Chaim Druckman and Rabbi Shlomo Aviner - established years ago criteria for freeing prisoners. Within that framework, it was established that, despite the 'mitzvah' to bury the dead in a proper Jewish burial, it is forbidden to free live terrorists in exchange for dead bodies.
"This ruling not only reflects halachic [legal] sensitivity for grieving families, but for families that could potentially become grieving ones in the aftermath of freeing terrorists in exchange for dead bodies," the group said.
The declaration comes in the wake of private conversations leaked by Channel 10, in which Defense Minister Avigdor indicated that he would not free terrorists in exchange for the bodies of soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
"By my estimation, the bodies of the soldiers will not be returned to Israel, I don't see it happening. I was also against the Shalit deal in the past, and I don't intend to cut a deal with Hamas in the future," the Defense Minister said, according to Channel 10.
3. APPLE ORDERED TO PAY HUGE TAXES TO IRELAND.
by Yoel Domb
EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme which Apple had devised to route their profits through Ireland was illegal in that it caused the Irish government to give unfair preference to Apple at the expense of other companies.
The massive sum, which is some 40 times bigger than the previous known demand by the European Commission to any company, could eventually be reduced if other countries sought more tax themselves from Apple, a senior EU executive said.
Apple had tried to use a complicated tax structure in Ireland and Luxembourg in order to reduce the amount of tax they pay in other countries. According to European Commission statements, Apple paid a paltry tax rate on European profits of between 0.005 and 1 percent.
The Obama administration has staunchly defended Apple, accusing the European Commission of leading a campaign against American corporate success and suggested that it would be overstepping its authority by issuing a formal tax order. They maintained that reforms in corporate taxation need to be agreed upon internationally before being implemented.
Apple, as well as the Irish government, have announced that they will appeal the decision.
4. 'THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT ISRAEL FACES COMES FROM WITHIN'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Former Director of the Mossad Tamir Pardo participated today (Tuesday) in an annual race commemorating fallen Druze fighters, and asserted that Israel does not face any external threat.
"Israel is not threatened externally; the existential threat Israel faces comes from the division within it," Pardo said according to Channel 10, and went on to criticize the government: "The problem with us is that our leadership is constantly in election period."
According to Pardo, the wider public is also at fault for the internal divide. "Responsibility for the rift rests not only on the leadership, but on the citizens, as well. Elections are disgusting, and things are said during elections that are meant to help the candidates," he explained.
Pardo also addressed policy relating to the Palestinians, asserting that it is important to renew the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. "Without at solution to the Palestinian issue, we will not be able to achieve true partnership with Arab countries," he said.
5. PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ELEVATORS DURING NATION-WIDE POWER OUTAGE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel saw nation-wide power outages today (Tuesday) following malfunctions in the generators of the Electricity Authority.
The Authority announced that flow of electricity would be renewed shortly, and that already more than 95% of the electricity supply had been reinstated.
Citizens reported power outages in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Haifa, Petah Tikvah, Ashkelon, among other areas. The outages were apparently caused by malfunctions in the generators of the Rotenberg and Durad power plants in the area of Ashkelon.
In 8 different cases, firefighters and rescue teams in Petah Tikvah extricated people stuck in elevators as a result of the power outage.
The Electricity Authority stated that it is checking the circumstances surrounding the generator malfunctions.
6. LIBERMAN BLASTS PLAN TO TURN OVER SCHOOL TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
by Nitzan Keidar
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke at the recent cabinet meeting against the intended closure of the 'Shevach Mofet" high school in South Tel Aviv in order to use it for the children of illegal migrants.
Liberman addressed Education Minister Naftali Bennett and said; "The school in question is a flagship school in absorbing new immigrants and is now slated to be a school for illegal refugees."
At this point Ministers Akunis and Regev intervened and asked Liberman to correct his statement from "refugees" to migrants. Liberman corrected himself and said to the Education Minister "This represents a wrong set of priorities and I hope that you will intervene on this issue."
Prime Minister Netanyahu also referred to the issue, and said to the ministers "This is an interesting topic and we will discuss it during the next cabinet meeting".
Last week the Tel Aviv municipality announced that they intend to close the school and turn it into an institution for the children of migrants living in the area.
The school is considered to be an excellent educational facility with 100% of its students entitled to receive a matriculation certificate. According to related parties, there was never a proper discussion before a decision was taken on the subject. They said that they intend to maintain the format of the school even if the school is forced to move from its place.
MK Oded Porer, a member of Liberman's faction, wrote a letter to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and demanded to know whether the subject had been coordinated with the Education Ministry, and if other options had been raised.
7. SUPREME COURT RELAXES PUNISHMENT FOR ARAB ROCK-THROWERS
by Ido ben Porat
The Supreme Court eased the punishments today (Monday) of seven Arab youths indicted for three different incidents of rock-throwing at vehicles. In one of the incidents, a Jewish victim was injured by the rocks, and had to undergo medical treatment.
The decision of the judges was upheld, despite the law passed about a year ago, under the initiative of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), which sought to intensify the punishment for rock-throwing, decreeing that a rock-thrower could be punished with up to ten years in prison without the need to prove that the thrower had intended to injure others.
Initially, the punishments for the youths ranged from one to three years; after they appealed, their sentences were lowered to a range of two to nine months, with a mandatory compensation of 8,500 shekels ($2,242)
According to the indictment, the rock-throwing incidents occurred about a year ago. The youths threw rocks at Jewish passersby on Route 20, which connects between Pisgat Zeev and Route 443 in Jerusalem. In another incident, they injured a haredi man who had stopped on the side of the road to fix his car.
The Arabs appealed the sentence against them in the district court. Judge Uri Shoham accepted their appeal, ruling that the punishments were severe for minors, for most of whom this was their first criminal offense.
"We view the actions of the appellants with the utmost severity, especially since we're not talking about events which developed spontaneously, but which involved on-site planning, in the framework of which the appellants formed a plan for hurting Jews - because they were Jews," Judge Shoham wrote.
"Behavior of this kind, motivated by ideological concerns, meant to disrupt daily life in the state - needs a tough and deterring response in the form of tangible punishments. However, one cannot escape the fact that all the appellants were minors, aged 13.5 to 17, at the time the crimes were committed," Shoham noted.
"This court has stood, more than once, by the fact that, even in cases involving crimes committed for nationalistic reasons, a proper balance must be maintained when dealing with the punishment of a minor," the Judge explained with regard to the easing of the punishments.
Judges Neal Hendel and Tzvi Zilbertal also participated in the decision.
8. A VISIT TO ISRAEL'S GIANT SALT CAVE
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Tuesday, Aug. 30 '16, כ"ו באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. 'WHEN I HEARD OUR SOLDIER SHOOTING, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF'
2. 'EXCHANGING LIVE TERRORISTS FOR DEAD BODIES IS FORBIDDEN'
3. APPLE ORDERED TO PAY HUGE TAXES TO IRELAND.
4. 'THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT ISRAEL FACES COMES FROM WITHIN'
5. PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ELEVATORS DURING NATION-WIDE POWER OUTAGE
6. LIBERMAN BLASTS PLAN TO TURN OVER SCHOOL TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
7. SUPREME COURT RELAXES PUNISHMENT FOR ARAB ROCK-THROWERS
8. A VISIT TO ISRAEL'S GIANT SALT CAVE
1. 'WHEN I HEARD OUR SOLDIER SHOOTING, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF'
by Yoel Domb
The case of Elor Azariya, the soldier who shot a wounded terrorist in Hevron, continues today (Tuesday) at the military court in Yafo.
The defense team called Ashi Horovitz from Hevron, who was present at the scene of the incident, to the stand. He described the series of events:
"I thought the terrorists were dead until I heard the shouts of my comrades in the area's emergency response team shouting, 'careful, he's moving! It's a real possibility that he's wearing explosives, nobody get close to him, he can explode here on all of us!'" Horovitz related.
Horowitz, a resident of the Jewish community of Hevron who directs the tourism department in Hevron, is also a member of the emergency response team in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood.
"We arrive at incidents in Hevron first and hook up with IDF forces. I know about all the incidents occurring in the city. Almost on a daily basis, there are stabbings, shootings, kidnapping warnings, charges, stone-throwings," Horovitz testified.
He explained that "from our point of view, as long as the 'back to normal' directive has not been given, the incident is not over; there were numerous incidents in Hevron which developed in all sorts of ways."
"When I heard our soldier shooting, I breathed a sigh of relief. At least that threat was behind us now. The terrorist was wearing clothes which were totally unsuited to the weather."
Horowitz described what happened at the scene of the attack which culminated in Azariya shooting at the terrorist. "As the incident unfolded, Ofer Ohana's ambulance arrived first in order to evacuate the wounded soldier. After that the second ambulance of Elimelech Karzan arrived."
"There was shouting and confusion there.. there was a real concern that the incident was not over, that the terrorist had not been eliminated and was still moving. There were shouts and warnings which could be heard clearly and can be heard on the camera recordings. Our members of the emergency response team, who have a lot of experience in these situations, were warning the soldiers and civilians not to approach the terrorist. After that, I had my back turned to the incident.
"There were many soldiers in the vicinity of the terrorists. I was observing the evacuation of the wounded soldier." said Horovitz.
At this point Horowitz heard a gunshot. "I was concerned that the incident had become more complicated. I asked one of my friends what was going on, and they told me that one of the soldiers had eliminated the terrorist who was still moving. When I heard that it was our soldier who shot [and not the terrorist], I breathed a sigh of relief that the incident was over."
He maintains that the terrorist did not intend to escape alive from the site of the attack. "I start from an assumption that such a person would want to cause the maximum damage he possibly could. There was a definite will and intention on his part and it seemed to us very suspicious."
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2. 'EXCHANGING LIVE TERRORISTS FOR DEAD BODIES IS FORBIDDEN'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
In light of recent comments from Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman relating to the release of terrorists in exchange for bodies, "Machon Mishpatei Aretz," a legal research group that investigates the application of traditional Jewish law within the context of the modern Israeli legal system, called not to release terrorists in exchange for dead bodies, and cited leading rabbis who forbade such an exchange.
"Leading religious zionist rabbis - Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Chaim Druckman and Rabbi Shlomo Aviner - established years ago criteria for freeing prisoners. Within that framework, it was established that, despite the 'mitzvah' to bury the dead in a proper Jewish burial, it is forbidden to free live terrorists in exchange for dead bodies.
"This ruling not only reflects halachic [legal] sensitivity for grieving families, but for families that could potentially become grieving ones in the aftermath of freeing terrorists in exchange for dead bodies," the group said.
The declaration comes in the wake of private conversations leaked by Channel 10, in which Defense Minister Avigdor indicated that he would not free terrorists in exchange for the bodies of soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
"By my estimation, the bodies of the soldiers will not be returned to Israel, I don't see it happening. I was also against the Shalit deal in the past, and I don't intend to cut a deal with Hamas in the future," the Defense Minister said, according to Channel 10.
3. APPLE ORDERED TO PAY HUGE TAXES TO IRELAND.
by Yoel Domb
EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme which Apple had devised to route their profits through Ireland was illegal in that it caused the Irish government to give unfair preference to Apple at the expense of other companies.
The massive sum, which is some 40 times bigger than the previous known demand by the European Commission to any company, could eventually be reduced if other countries sought more tax themselves from Apple, a senior EU executive said.
Apple had tried to use a complicated tax structure in Ireland and Luxembourg in order to reduce the amount of tax they pay in other countries. According to European Commission statements, Apple paid a paltry tax rate on European profits of between 0.005 and 1 percent.
The Obama administration has staunchly defended Apple, accusing the European Commission of leading a campaign against American corporate success and suggested that it would be overstepping its authority by issuing a formal tax order. They maintained that reforms in corporate taxation need to be agreed upon internationally before being implemented.
Apple, as well as the Irish government, have announced that they will appeal the decision.
4. 'THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT ISRAEL FACES COMES FROM WITHIN'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Former Director of the Mossad Tamir Pardo participated today (Tuesday) in an annual race commemorating fallen Druze fighters, and asserted that Israel does not face any external threat.
"Israel is not threatened externally; the existential threat Israel faces comes from the division within it," Pardo said according to Channel 10, and went on to criticize the government: "The problem with us is that our leadership is constantly in election period."
According to Pardo, the wider public is also at fault for the internal divide. "Responsibility for the rift rests not only on the leadership, but on the citizens, as well. Elections are disgusting, and things are said during elections that are meant to help the candidates," he explained.
Pardo also addressed policy relating to the Palestinians, asserting that it is important to renew the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. "Without at solution to the Palestinian issue, we will not be able to achieve true partnership with Arab countries," he said.
5. PEOPLE RESCUED FROM ELEVATORS DURING NATION-WIDE POWER OUTAGE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel saw nation-wide power outages today (Tuesday) following malfunctions in the generators of the Electricity Authority.
The Authority announced that flow of electricity would be renewed shortly, and that already more than 95% of the electricity supply had been reinstated.
Citizens reported power outages in Tel Aviv, Bnei Brak, Haifa, Petah Tikvah, Ashkelon, among other areas. The outages were apparently caused by malfunctions in the generators of the Rotenberg and Durad power plants in the area of Ashkelon.
In 8 different cases, firefighters and rescue teams in Petah Tikvah extricated people stuck in elevators as a result of the power outage.
The Electricity Authority stated that it is checking the circumstances surrounding the generator malfunctions.
6. LIBERMAN BLASTS PLAN TO TURN OVER SCHOOL TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS
by Nitzan Keidar
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke at the recent cabinet meeting against the intended closure of the 'Shevach Mofet" high school in South Tel Aviv in order to use it for the children of illegal migrants.
Liberman addressed Education Minister Naftali Bennett and said; "The school in question is a flagship school in absorbing new immigrants and is now slated to be a school for illegal refugees."
At this point Ministers Akunis and Regev intervened and asked Liberman to correct his statement from "refugees" to migrants. Liberman corrected himself and said to the Education Minister "This represents a wrong set of priorities and I hope that you will intervene on this issue."
Prime Minister Netanyahu also referred to the issue, and said to the ministers "This is an interesting topic and we will discuss it during the next cabinet meeting".
Last week the Tel Aviv municipality announced that they intend to close the school and turn it into an institution for the children of migrants living in the area.
The school is considered to be an excellent educational facility with 100% of its students entitled to receive a matriculation certificate. According to related parties, there was never a proper discussion before a decision was taken on the subject. They said that they intend to maintain the format of the school even if the school is forced to move from its place.
MK Oded Porer, a member of Liberman's faction, wrote a letter to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai and demanded to know whether the subject had been coordinated with the Education Ministry, and if other options had been raised.
7. SUPREME COURT RELAXES PUNISHMENT FOR ARAB ROCK-THROWERS
by Ido ben Porat
The Supreme Court eased the punishments today (Monday) of seven Arab youths indicted for three different incidents of rock-throwing at vehicles. In one of the incidents, a Jewish victim was injured by the rocks, and had to undergo medical treatment.
The decision of the judges was upheld, despite the law passed about a year ago, under the initiative of Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), which sought to intensify the punishment for rock-throwing, decreeing that a rock-thrower could be punished with up to ten years in prison without the need to prove that the thrower had intended to injure others.
Initially, the punishments for the youths ranged from one to three years; after they appealed, their sentences were lowered to a range of two to nine months, with a mandatory compensation of 8,500 shekels ($2,242)
According to the indictment, the rock-throwing incidents occurred about a year ago. The youths threw rocks at Jewish passersby on Route 20, which connects between Pisgat Zeev and Route 443 in Jerusalem. In another incident, they injured a haredi man who had stopped on the side of the road to fix his car.
The Arabs appealed the sentence against them in the district court. Judge Uri Shoham accepted their appeal, ruling that the punishments were severe for minors, for most of whom this was their first criminal offense.
"We view the actions of the appellants with the utmost severity, especially since we're not talking about events which developed spontaneously, but which involved on-site planning, in the framework of which the appellants formed a plan for hurting Jews - because they were Jews," Judge Shoham wrote.
"Behavior of this kind, motivated by ideological concerns, meant to disrupt daily life in the state - needs a tough and deterring response in the form of tangible punishments. However, one cannot escape the fact that all the appellants were minors, aged 13.5 to 17, at the time the crimes were committed," Shoham noted.
"This court has stood, more than once, by the fact that, even in cases involving crimes committed for nationalistic reasons, a proper balance must be maintained when dealing with the punishment of a minor," the Judge explained with regard to the easing of the punishments.
Judges Neal Hendel and Tzvi Zilbertal also participated in the decision.
8. A VISIT TO ISRAEL'S GIANT SALT CAVE
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1. PLATOON COMMANDER: I ALSO FEARED TERRORIST HAD A BOMB
2. WILL NAHAL HAREDI SOLDIER BECOME THE NEXT ELOR AZARIYA?
3. NY STATE ATTORNEY TARGETED BY ANTI-SEMITIC TRUMP SUPPORTERS
4. 300 ORTHODOX RABBIS URGE REPORTING OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
5. 'BEN-ELIEZER WAS AN AGGRESSIVE, PREDATORY CRIMINAL'
6. ARGENTINE BOXER WINS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ON RETURN TO RING
7. WATCH: RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE AFTER NEARLY 300 KILLED IN QUAKE
8. COMBATING BDS - WITH CREATIVITY
1. PLATOON COMMANDER: I ALSO FEARED TERRORIST HAD A BOMB
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The platoon commander of Elor Azariya, the Kfir Brigade soldier charged with manslaughter over the March 24th shooting of a wounded terrorist, testified in court on Monday, backing up claims by the defendant that he had legitimate concerns the terrorist was carrying an explosive device.
Azariya, who was serving in Hevron, had responded to a terror attack which left a soldier wounded when he spotted one of the two terrorists involved. The terrorist had been wounded, but was moving in such a way as to arouse Azariya's suspicions, he claims, and was wearing an unseasonably warm jacket, often a tell-tale sign of a concealed bomb.
While Azariya's company commander, Tom Naaman, has dismissed his claims and testified against him in court, the platoon commander said he too was concerned that the wounded terrorist may have been carrying an explosive device, adding that he warned soldiers to keep their distance. The platoon commander added that the terrorist had not yet been checked and cleared by the bomb squad and thus should still be considered a possible threat.
The platoon commander also testified that Naaman was reprimanded following the shooting incident, but was unaware of the reason for the censure. Azariya had in testimony claimed that Naaman struck him following the shooting incident, though it is unclear whether the censure was related to this claim.
Responding to questions by the defense, the platoon commander said that soldiers who were later questioned in regards to the case had been told by their commanding officers that the "incident was very serious".
He noted that all platoon commanders in the company had been ordered to discuss the incident with the soldiers under their command and impress upon them the severity of the situation.
When asked why such discussions were held before the investigation had finished interviewing soldiers in connection with the incident, the platoon commander replied that those were the orders that he and other platoon commanders had received.
The defense pressed him on the issue, asking if he did not see discussions intended to emphasize the seriousness of the incident as creating a bias in soldiers who were yet to be questioned, to which he responded that he hadn't thought of it at the time.
2. WILL NAHAL HAREDI SOLDIER BECOME THE NEXT ELOR AZARIYA?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A combat soldier from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion (also known as the Nahal Haredi) may be prosecuted for shooting a suspicious Arab who charged an army position on Friday.
The soldier, who shot and killed a 38-year old resident of Silwad as he ran towards an IDF pillbox near the Samarian town of Ofra, was warned by investigators on Sunday that he may face an indictment for manslaughter.
During questioning, the soldier said he feared for his safety and the safety of his comrades when he saw the man suddenly begin to sprint towards their position. The man reportedly did not heed calls by the soldiers to halt as he approached the pillbox.
The soldier claims that he opened fire in accordance with army regulations, and that the circumstances justified his actions.
An Arab paramedic who treated the man claims he appeared to have been shot in the back, fuelling accusations within the Palestinian Authority that the shooting was not justified.
"The soldier carried out his duty and acted in accordance with army regulations given the suspicious behavior of the Palestinian and the apparent danger," said Captain Lior Ayesh, who is representing the soldier during the investigation.
"This experienced and valued soldier will be returned to his important duties in his unit by the end of the day."
The warning by investigators that the soldier involved may face prosecution has drawn comparisons with the case of Elor Azariya, a soldier who on March 24th shot and killed a wounded terrorist shortly after a terror attack in Hevron.
Azariya claimed that the terrorist in question was moving suspiciously even after having been wounded, and that he feared the terrorist may have been attempting to activate an explosive device hidden underneath the unseasonably warm jacket he was wearing.
In the wake of the incident Azariya was charged with murder, which was later reduced to manslaughter. The shooting and subsequent investigation prompted a raucous political debate and sparked widespread opposition to the indictment.
3. NY STATE ATTORNEY TARGETED BY ANTI-SEMITIC TRUMP SUPPORTERS
by JTA
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he has been the target of "gruesome" anti-Semitic tweets from supporters of Donald Trump, whose for-profit Trump University is the target of a state lawsuit alleging fraud.
Schneiderman also joked that he would leave the United States for the Dominican Republic if Trump was elected president.
Schneiderman made the remarks during an interview published Aug. 25 by the New York Daily News. The state attorney, who is Jewish, also said he had been the subject of personal attacks by Trump.
In 2013, Schneiderman filed on behalf of the state a $40 million civil lawsuit against Trump for his Trump University -- now known as the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative -- charging that the real estate training program was a "bait-and-switch" scheme.
The Republican presidential candidate has denied all accusations, calling Schneiderman a "political hack." In February, Trump accused President Barack Obama of bribing Schneiderman with a campaign contribution to bring the lawsuit against Trump University.
The case is not expected to go to trial until after the election. New York's highest court is expected to hold a hearing this fall on a motion by Trump's lawyers to dismiss several of the claims brought by Schneiderman.
"You guys can reach me in the Dominican Republic if there is a Trump administration," Schneiderman said jokingly during an appearance before the Daily News editorial board on Aug. 25.
Schneiderman, a Democrat and supporter of the party's presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, echoed statements made by her on Aug. 25 when he accused Trump's campaign of fomenting racist sentiment, including against Jews.
"You don't get to choose your bigots. Once you go after Muslims and you go after Mexicans, it's open season," he said.
Schneiderman added: "I think probably we are better off having it out in the open rather than having winks and dog whistles for the bigots."
4. 300 ORTHODOX RABBIS URGE REPORTING OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
by JTA
JTA - Three hundred Orthodox rabbis have signed a proclamation urging those suspecting child sex abuse to notify secular authorities and calling on Jewish institutions to take preventative measures to prevent abuse.
The letter, which was released Thursday and signed by rabbis from the United States, Canada, Israel and Europe, recognizes that Orthodox communities "could have responded in more responsible and sensitive ways to help victims and to hold perpetrators accountable." It also condemns attempts to ignore or silence abuse victims and witnesses.
Those suspecting sexual abuse do not need to seek rabbinic approval before contacting civil authorities, the proclamation states.
"We condemn attempts to ignore allegations of child sexual abuse. These efforts are harmful, contrary to Jewish law, and immoral," it said. "The reporting of reasonable suspicions of all forms of child abuse and neglect directly and promptly to the civil authorities is a requirement of Jewish law."
The letter strongly condemns ostracizing victims of sexual abuse and calls upon synagogues and schools to set up policies to prevent sex abuse, including carefully screening new employees, raising awareness of the issue, and teaching children about sexual development and safety.
The proclamation draws upon the biblical precept not to "stand by while your fellow's blood is being spilled" (Leviticus 19:16). One of the signatories likened sexual abuse to murder.
"Every sexual abuser is a potential murderer," said Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere. "They destroy the souls of their victims and at times cause the death of their victims."
The signatories include members of the Orthodox Union, Rabbinical Council of America and Yeshiva University.
In August 2015, more than 100 haredi Orthodox rabbis and teachers signed a proclamation obligating Jews to report suspected child sex abuse to the authorities, citing the same verse from Leviticus.
5. 'BEN-ELIEZER WAS AN AGGRESSIVE, PREDATORY CRIMINAL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Just hours after former Defense Minister Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer (Labor) passed away Sunday night, former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, architect of the disastrous Oslo Accords, ripped into his former rival, calling him "aggressive, predatory," and "criminal."
Speaking to Channel 1 Sunday night, Beilin sparked controversy when he offered a highly critical description of the former Labor leader, describing him as a "predatory" politician.
"In my opinion he was the aggressive, predatory politician. He was [the kind of] politician who should not lead a party like the Labor Party… and certainly not as Defense Minister."
"He was the kind of [politician] that makes people say they don't like politics," added Beilin. "He had no ideological spine".
Despite criticism of his statement, on Monday Beilin expressed no remorse for his comments or their timing, saying in an Army Radio interview that he had nothing to apologize for.
"What should I apologize for? His criminality? His predatory [behavior]? I guess politeness and etiquette aren't my strong suit."
Born in Iraq in 1936, Ben-Eliezer immigrated to Israel on his as a child. He served for 30 years in the IDF, rising to the rank of Brigadier General, before turning to politics.
During his nearly three decades in politics, Ben-Eliezer served as Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Minister of Housing, and other prominent cabinet positions.
In 2015 Ben-Eliezer was indicted for bribery, money-laundering, tax evasion, and fraud following the discovery of a secret safe-deposit box filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeclared funds.
Investigators suspect the former Defense Minister had received large sums of money from businessmen, including Avraham Nanikashvili, in exchange for easements at the port in Ashdod. Ben-Eliezer withdrew his candidacy for the Israeli presidency as a result.
6. ARGENTINE BOXER WINS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ON RETURN TO RING
by JTA
Argentine Jewish boxer Carolina Raquel Duer won the interim International Boxing Federation's world bantamweight title in her return to the ring after two years.
Duer, 38, nicknamed "The Turk," knocked out Aline de Casia Scaranello of Brazil in the sixth round Friday in Quilmes, a Buenos Aires suburb. The bout was aired live by the main Argentine TV channel sport TyC, which called the knockout "spectacular" and spread a video of the victory via social media.
Duer, a former World Boxing Organization super flyweight and bantamweight champion, raised her record to 19-3 with one draw. The knockout was her sixth. She must defend the IBF crown against Chile's Carolina Rodriguez, who is unbeaten in 15 bouts.
Duer is the daughter of Syrian immigrants to Argentina and attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires. She spent more than a month in Israel in her younger years working on a kibbutz and touring the country.
In 2010, Duer was the first Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown, which she defended six times. In 2014 she became a boxer announcer for Argentine National TV.
As an amateur, Duer won 19 of 20 fights.
7. WATCH: RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE AFTER NEARLY 300 KILLED IN QUAKE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Amid the ruins of towns and villages across central Italy, aid workers continue to search the rubble, looking for possible survivors of last Wednesday's devastating earthquake.
The quake, which claimed 290 lives and left nearly 400 wounded, leveled entire neighborhoods in a communities northeast of Rome.
In the town of Amatrice, home to some 2,600 people, workers from the Italian Red Cross are treating survivors and sifting through the ruins inside the "red" zones – areas where buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Arutz Sheva caught up with Italian Red Cross worker Francesco Barbero at the scene of the rescue operation in Amatrice.
"We are in Amatrice in Lazio. This is the emergency camp of the Italian Red Cross. In this camp [we] are leading all the rescue efforts from our association that is providing relief to the people in the camp… [as well as teams] digging in the ruins inside the 'red' areas of the town."
"The area affected is very big around here. Behind me is the advanced medical post where the medical people from the Italian Red Cross is still providing care to people affected by the earthquake."
"We don't have after four days any more emergency. We are now dealing with the chronic diseases this population has [as a result of the disaster], and we are trying to give what we can in terms of drugs and medication that they have lost inside of their buildings that collapsed."
"On the other side of the advanced medical post is the command post, where all the decisions are taken and where the management of the Italian Red Cross is coordinating their effort here in Amatrice."
8. COMBATING BDS - WITH CREATIVITY
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HEADLINES:
1. PLATOON COMMANDER: I ALSO FEARED TERRORIST HAD A BOMB
2. WILL NAHAL HAREDI SOLDIER BECOME THE NEXT ELOR AZARIYA?
3. NY STATE ATTORNEY TARGETED BY ANTI-SEMITIC TRUMP SUPPORTERS
4. 300 ORTHODOX RABBIS URGE REPORTING OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
5. 'BEN-ELIEZER WAS AN AGGRESSIVE, PREDATORY CRIMINAL'
6. ARGENTINE BOXER WINS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ON RETURN TO RING
7. WATCH: RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE AFTER NEARLY 300 KILLED IN QUAKE
8. COMBATING BDS - WITH CREATIVITY
1. PLATOON COMMANDER: I ALSO FEARED TERRORIST HAD A BOMB
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The platoon commander of Elor Azariya, the Kfir Brigade soldier charged with manslaughter over the March 24th shooting of a wounded terrorist, testified in court on Monday, backing up claims by the defendant that he had legitimate concerns the terrorist was carrying an explosive device.
Azariya, who was serving in Hevron, had responded to a terror attack which left a soldier wounded when he spotted one of the two terrorists involved. The terrorist had been wounded, but was moving in such a way as to arouse Azariya's suspicions, he claims, and was wearing an unseasonably warm jacket, often a tell-tale sign of a concealed bomb.
While Azariya's company commander, Tom Naaman, has dismissed his claims and testified against him in court, the platoon commander said he too was concerned that the wounded terrorist may have been carrying an explosive device, adding that he warned soldiers to keep their distance. The platoon commander added that the terrorist had not yet been checked and cleared by the bomb squad and thus should still be considered a possible threat.
The platoon commander also testified that Naaman was reprimanded following the shooting incident, but was unaware of the reason for the censure. Azariya had in testimony claimed that Naaman struck him following the shooting incident, though it is unclear whether the censure was related to this claim.
Responding to questions by the defense, the platoon commander said that soldiers who were later questioned in regards to the case had been told by their commanding officers that the "incident was very serious".
He noted that all platoon commanders in the company had been ordered to discuss the incident with the soldiers under their command and impress upon them the severity of the situation.
When asked why such discussions were held before the investigation had finished interviewing soldiers in connection with the incident, the platoon commander replied that those were the orders that he and other platoon commanders had received.
The defense pressed him on the issue, asking if he did not see discussions intended to emphasize the seriousness of the incident as creating a bias in soldiers who were yet to be questioned, to which he responded that he hadn't thought of it at the time.
2. WILL NAHAL HAREDI SOLDIER BECOME THE NEXT ELOR AZARIYA?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A combat soldier from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion (also known as the Nahal Haredi) may be prosecuted for shooting a suspicious Arab who charged an army position on Friday.
The soldier, who shot and killed a 38-year old resident of Silwad as he ran towards an IDF pillbox near the Samarian town of Ofra, was warned by investigators on Sunday that he may face an indictment for manslaughter.
During questioning, the soldier said he feared for his safety and the safety of his comrades when he saw the man suddenly begin to sprint towards their position. The man reportedly did not heed calls by the soldiers to halt as he approached the pillbox.
The soldier claims that he opened fire in accordance with army regulations, and that the circumstances justified his actions.
An Arab paramedic who treated the man claims he appeared to have been shot in the back, fuelling accusations within the Palestinian Authority that the shooting was not justified.
"The soldier carried out his duty and acted in accordance with army regulations given the suspicious behavior of the Palestinian and the apparent danger," said Captain Lior Ayesh, who is representing the soldier during the investigation.
"This experienced and valued soldier will be returned to his important duties in his unit by the end of the day."
The warning by investigators that the soldier involved may face prosecution has drawn comparisons with the case of Elor Azariya, a soldier who on March 24th shot and killed a wounded terrorist shortly after a terror attack in Hevron.
Azariya claimed that the terrorist in question was moving suspiciously even after having been wounded, and that he feared the terrorist may have been attempting to activate an explosive device hidden underneath the unseasonably warm jacket he was wearing.
In the wake of the incident Azariya was charged with murder, which was later reduced to manslaughter. The shooting and subsequent investigation prompted a raucous political debate and sparked widespread opposition to the indictment.
3. NY STATE ATTORNEY TARGETED BY ANTI-SEMITIC TRUMP SUPPORTERS
by JTA
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he has been the target of "gruesome" anti-Semitic tweets from supporters of Donald Trump, whose for-profit Trump University is the target of a state lawsuit alleging fraud.
Schneiderman also joked that he would leave the United States for the Dominican Republic if Trump was elected president.
Schneiderman made the remarks during an interview published Aug. 25 by the New York Daily News. The state attorney, who is Jewish, also said he had been the subject of personal attacks by Trump.
In 2013, Schneiderman filed on behalf of the state a $40 million civil lawsuit against Trump for his Trump University -- now known as the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative -- charging that the real estate training program was a "bait-and-switch" scheme.
The Republican presidential candidate has denied all accusations, calling Schneiderman a "political hack." In February, Trump accused President Barack Obama of bribing Schneiderman with a campaign contribution to bring the lawsuit against Trump University.
The case is not expected to go to trial until after the election. New York's highest court is expected to hold a hearing this fall on a motion by Trump's lawyers to dismiss several of the claims brought by Schneiderman.
"You guys can reach me in the Dominican Republic if there is a Trump administration," Schneiderman said jokingly during an appearance before the Daily News editorial board on Aug. 25.
Schneiderman, a Democrat and supporter of the party's presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, echoed statements made by her on Aug. 25 when he accused Trump's campaign of fomenting racist sentiment, including against Jews.
"You don't get to choose your bigots. Once you go after Muslims and you go after Mexicans, it's open season," he said.
Schneiderman added: "I think probably we are better off having it out in the open rather than having winks and dog whistles for the bigots."
4. 300 ORTHODOX RABBIS URGE REPORTING OF CHILD SEX ABUSE
by JTA
JTA - Three hundred Orthodox rabbis have signed a proclamation urging those suspecting child sex abuse to notify secular authorities and calling on Jewish institutions to take preventative measures to prevent abuse.
The letter, which was released Thursday and signed by rabbis from the United States, Canada, Israel and Europe, recognizes that Orthodox communities "could have responded in more responsible and sensitive ways to help victims and to hold perpetrators accountable." It also condemns attempts to ignore or silence abuse victims and witnesses.
Those suspecting sexual abuse do not need to seek rabbinic approval before contacting civil authorities, the proclamation states.
"We condemn attempts to ignore allegations of child sexual abuse. These efforts are harmful, contrary to Jewish law, and immoral," it said. "The reporting of reasonable suspicions of all forms of child abuse and neglect directly and promptly to the civil authorities is a requirement of Jewish law."
The letter strongly condemns ostracizing victims of sexual abuse and calls upon synagogues and schools to set up policies to prevent sex abuse, including carefully screening new employees, raising awareness of the issue, and teaching children about sexual development and safety.
The proclamation draws upon the biblical precept not to "stand by while your fellow's blood is being spilled" (Leviticus 19:16). One of the signatories likened sexual abuse to murder.
"Every sexual abuser is a potential murderer," said Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere. "They destroy the souls of their victims and at times cause the death of their victims."
The signatories include members of the Orthodox Union, Rabbinical Council of America and Yeshiva University.
In August 2015, more than 100 haredi Orthodox rabbis and teachers signed a proclamation obligating Jews to report suspected child sex abuse to the authorities, citing the same verse from Leviticus.
5. 'BEN-ELIEZER WAS AN AGGRESSIVE, PREDATORY CRIMINAL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Just hours after former Defense Minister Binyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer (Labor) passed away Sunday night, former Justice Minister Yossi Beilin, architect of the disastrous Oslo Accords, ripped into his former rival, calling him "aggressive, predatory," and "criminal."
Speaking to Channel 1 Sunday night, Beilin sparked controversy when he offered a highly critical description of the former Labor leader, describing him as a "predatory" politician.
"In my opinion he was the aggressive, predatory politician. He was [the kind of] politician who should not lead a party like the Labor Party… and certainly not as Defense Minister."
"He was the kind of [politician] that makes people say they don't like politics," added Beilin. "He had no ideological spine".
Despite criticism of his statement, on Monday Beilin expressed no remorse for his comments or their timing, saying in an Army Radio interview that he had nothing to apologize for.
"What should I apologize for? His criminality? His predatory [behavior]? I guess politeness and etiquette aren't my strong suit."
Born in Iraq in 1936, Ben-Eliezer immigrated to Israel on his as a child. He served for 30 years in the IDF, rising to the rank of Brigadier General, before turning to politics.
During his nearly three decades in politics, Ben-Eliezer served as Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Minister of Housing, and other prominent cabinet positions.
In 2015 Ben-Eliezer was indicted for bribery, money-laundering, tax evasion, and fraud following the discovery of a secret safe-deposit box filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeclared funds.
Investigators suspect the former Defense Minister had received large sums of money from businessmen, including Avraham Nanikashvili, in exchange for easements at the port in Ashdod. Ben-Eliezer withdrew his candidacy for the Israeli presidency as a result.
6. ARGENTINE BOXER WINS WORLD BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ON RETURN TO RING
by JTA
Argentine Jewish boxer Carolina Raquel Duer won the interim International Boxing Federation's world bantamweight title in her return to the ring after two years.
Duer, 38, nicknamed "The Turk," knocked out Aline de Casia Scaranello of Brazil in the sixth round Friday in Quilmes, a Buenos Aires suburb. The bout was aired live by the main Argentine TV channel sport TyC, which called the knockout "spectacular" and spread a video of the victory via social media.
Duer, a former World Boxing Organization super flyweight and bantamweight champion, raised her record to 19-3 with one draw. The knockout was her sixth. She must defend the IBF crown against Chile's Carolina Rodriguez, who is unbeaten in 15 bouts.
Duer is the daughter of Syrian immigrants to Argentina and attended the Jaim Najman Bialik Primary School in Buenos Aires. She spent more than a month in Israel in her younger years working on a kibbutz and touring the country.
In 2010, Duer was the first Jewish woman to hold a WBO crown, which she defended six times. In 2014 she became a boxer announcer for Argentine National TV.
As an amateur, Duer won 19 of 20 fights.
7. WATCH: RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE AFTER NEARLY 300 KILLED IN QUAKE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Amid the ruins of towns and villages across central Italy, aid workers continue to search the rubble, looking for possible survivors of last Wednesday's devastating earthquake.
The quake, which claimed 290 lives and left nearly 400 wounded, leveled entire neighborhoods in a communities northeast of Rome.
In the town of Amatrice, home to some 2,600 people, workers from the Italian Red Cross are treating survivors and sifting through the ruins inside the "red" zones – areas where buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Arutz Sheva caught up with Italian Red Cross worker Francesco Barbero at the scene of the rescue operation in Amatrice.
"We are in Amatrice in Lazio. This is the emergency camp of the Italian Red Cross. In this camp [we] are leading all the rescue efforts from our association that is providing relief to the people in the camp… [as well as teams] digging in the ruins inside the 'red' areas of the town."
"The area affected is very big around here. Behind me is the advanced medical post where the medical people from the Italian Red Cross is still providing care to people affected by the earthquake."
"We don't have after four days any more emergency. We are now dealing with the chronic diseases this population has [as a result of the disaster], and we are trying to give what we can in terms of drugs and medication that they have lost inside of their buildings that collapsed."
"On the other side of the advanced medical post is the command post, where all the decisions are taken and where the management of the Italian Red Cross is coordinating their effort here in Amatrice."
8. COMBATING BDS - WITH CREATIVITY
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HEADLINES:
1. COALITION CRISIS AVERTED AS SHABBAT WORK ON TRAIN LINES LIMITED
2. 'A BOYCOTT OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA IS A BOYCOTT OF ALL OF ISRAEL'
3. TERRORIST SHOT DEAD IN SAMARIA
4. TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES MONSEY FAMILY
5. 'A CLINTON VICTORY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ISRAEL'
6. FINAL THOUGHTS OF REBBITZEN ESTHER JUNGREIS
7. SYRIAN JEWS SECRETLY EVACUATED TO KENTUCKY
8. EUROPA LEAGUE: MACCABI IN, BETAR OUT
1. COALITION CRISIS AVERTED AS SHABBAT WORK ON TRAIN LINES LIMITED
by Hezki Baruch
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu averted a brewing coalition crisis Friday morning, settling a government dispute over infrastructure work by Israel's train system on Shabbat.
The haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, had issued an ultimatum Thursday evening, demanding the Prime Minister restrict work by the state-owned rail company during the Jewish holy day. Giving Netanyahu 24 hours to comply, the two coalition partners, making up 13 of the government's 67 MKs, threatened to bolt the government if their demands were not met.
On Friday, Netanyahu capitulated to the haredi parties' demand, ordering that only work in potentially life-threatening situations would be permitted on Shabbat.
The Prime Minister also called for the establishment of an oversight committee to monitor infrastructure work by the Transportation Ministry and to maintain a clear channel of communication between the ministry and the haredi factions. The new body will also be charged with authorizing work on Shabbat that meets the criteria laid out by the Prime Minister.
The committee will be chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, and will include the Transportation Ministry Director, Chief of Police, as well as representatives of the haredi parties.
Jewish Home MK Motti Yogev welcomed the move, praising the Prime Minister's decision.
"Keeping Shabbat is a religious value, a national one, and a social one for the Jewish people and State of Israel. I'm happy the Prime Minister intervened in the matter and welcome the decision to prevent and minimize desecration of Shabbat as much as possible."
"That being said," added Yogev, "I want to emphasize that this is not just an interest of the haredi parties, and the committee which will approve exceptions for public works on Shabbat needs to include the Chief Rabbis or other state religious authorities for such matters."
2. 'A BOYCOTT OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA IS A BOYCOTT OF ALL OF ISRAEL'
by Reut Hadar
Energy and Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz on Thursday visited the northern Shomron region, where he met with heads of local councils.
Steinitz also visited the Shahak Industrial Zone to strengthen local businesses following reports that Brussels Airlines intends to remove Achva Halva products from its menus because it is manufactured in Samaria.
"We are here in the industrial area of Samaria, and see all the wonderful things produced here by Israelis, Jews, Druze, Arabs, for companies around the world," said Steinitz, adding, "Whoever boycotts halva produced in Barkan and Ariel - it's as though he's boycotting the entire State of Israel and the people of Israel. "
"For 2,000 years, the Jewish people sustained discrimination and racism. We are not willing to accept such discriminatory treatment. There are areas in the world that are controversial - and there are debates and controversies but I'm not sure that Brussels Airlines boycotts products from these areas. We reject it with disgust. We will overcome this discrimination and anti-Semitism," he stressed.
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin sharply criticized Brussels Airlines' decision on Thursday, calling to bar the airline from Israeli airports.
During Thursday's visit by Steinitz, Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan called on residents of Samaria, and on anyone who has Israeli pride, to boycott the Belgian airline altogether.
"An airline chooses to boycott a product of the State of Israel and tries to interfere in the internal affairs of the State of Israel. The Minister of Transportation would do good to cancel all the contracts it has with the State of Israel," Dagan said.
"On a day in which we are informed was the busiest day with over 80,000 passengers at Ben Gurion Airport," continued Dagan, "there is no doubt that the people of Israel have large powers as consumers. I urge anybody who is a proud Israeli: Anyone who threatens the State of Israel and its policies should announce that he would rather not fly with Brussels Airlines."
3. TERRORIST SHOT DEAD IN SAMARIA
by Arutz Sheva Staff
An Arab terrorist who rushed an IDF position adjacent to the town of Ofra in Samaria was shot and killed Friday afternoon.
"[Israeli] Forces identified a suspect running towards an (army) post in Silwad, northeast of Ramallah," an army spokeswoman said. "The force shot the suspect, resulting in his death."
No injuries were reported.
Additional IDF forces were deployed to the area following the attack, sealing off it off and conducting searches for any possible additional terrorists.
Despite initial reports attributing the gunfire to the terrorist attacker, it now appears the shots heard were from the soldiers responding to the terrorist.
An army source told Arutz Sheva Friday afternoon that the circumstances of the incident were still under investigation.
4. TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES MONSEY FAMILY
by David Rosenberg
Tragedy struck a Jewish family in Monsey, New York a second time, when an 18-year old girl was hit and killed by a car as she crossed the street with one of her sisters.
Alta Sheindel Mashinsky, the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Nahman Mashinsky and Briendel Leah Mashinsky, was crossing Route 59 near Augusta Drive at approximately 9:00 p.m. local time Wednesday night when she was struck by a 2009 Toyota Sienna.
Mashinsky was evacuated to the Westchester Trauma Center, where doctors struggled to stabilize her condition.
Despite the efforts, on Thursday she succumbed to her injuries.
A newly-minted high school graduate, Mashinsky was just weeks away from beginning her seminary studies.
Acquaintances remembered her as a bright and upbeat, happy student despite her difficult childhood.
Twelve years ago, when Alta Sheindel was just six years old her mother, Briendel Leah Mashinsky, passed away from a serious illness at a young age.
On Thursday, Mashinsky was buried in New Square, near her mother's grave.
5. 'A CLINTON VICTORY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ISRAEL'
by Guy Cohen
Actress, comedian, and reality TV star Roseanne Barr blasted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this week, warning that a Clinton victory would "be the absolute death of Israel".
Barr, best known for her eponymously named sit-com Roseanne which ran from 1988 to 1997, was raised in a Jewish family in Salt Lake City Utah.
A former member of the Green Party, Barr ran for president in 2012 on another third party ticket, the Peace and Freedom Party.
Now a registered Republican, Barr appeared to endorse Trump in June, saying the US "would be so lucky" if Trump prevails in the November election, "because then it wouldn't be Hillary". Barr later clarified that her statements had not constituted an endorsement of any candidate.
On Wednesday Barr lambasted Mrs. Clinton, saying the former Secretary of State would "sell nukes to Hamas next if [the] price is right".
"Hillary will be the absolute death of Israel – she will sell nukes to Hamas next if [the] price is right," Barr tweeted.
"She listens [to] Sid, Paul, and Max Blumenthal!" a reference to long-time Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal and his sons, Max and Paul. Max Blumenthal, a self-described anti-Zionist and supporter of the BDS movement, has earned the praise of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke for his 2013 book entitled Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
In Clinton emails released by the State Department it was revealed that the elder Blumenthal offered advice and was often consulted by Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State. Blumenthal also frequently forwarded articles by his son to the Secretary of State, along with other anti-Israel material.
6. FINAL THOUGHTS OF REBBITZEN ESTHER JUNGREIS
by Shira Nussdorf
Shira Nussdorf hosts a special 'Vox on the Box' tribute to The Rebbitzen Esther Jungreis, to remember the Rebbitzen and what she meant to world.
Hear 'Hineni' eulogies from Rabbi Yisroel Jungreis, Rabbi Osher, Steve Eisenberg, Alisa Adler, Smadar, Karen, Babette Albin, Dr. Melanie Englese, Elyakeem Kinstlinger, and more.
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7. SYRIAN JEWS SECRETLY EVACUATED TO KENTUCKY
by Guy Cohen
Three of the last Jewish families in Syria have been resettled in the United States after posing as Christians to enter Sweden earlier this year, Point of No Return has reported.
The Jewish refugees, numbering some 13 people, including 7 children, had been living in Damascus, in the midst of a bloody civil war raging since 2011.
Four months ago the three families were accepted into Sweden while posing as Christian Arabs. The refugees were described as multi-lingual and financially successful.
Recently the refugees were quietly resettled in Louisville, Kentucky, following the efforts of a local Conservative synagogue, which worked with local and federal authorities to streamline the operation.
Louisville has absorbed thousands of refugees from the Middle East over the past five years. It is also home to a small but thriving Jewish community with five synagogues, a kosher butcher, and even a kollel.
8. EUROPA LEAGUE: MACCABI IN, BETAR OUT
by Shai Landesman
Maccabi Tel Aviv joined the already-qualified Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League group stage last night (Thursday). The draw for the group stage will take place this afternoon, with powerhouses such as Manchester United possibly waiting in the wings to be drawn against an Israeli club.
Maccabi does just enough in Croatia, eventually
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Tel Aviv entered their 2nd leg match against Hajduk Split carrying a 2-1 lead over from the first game in Israel last week, but were destined to lose it in the hostile away environment of Hajduk's home stadium.
Two goals by Marko Sosic, which sandwiched an Oscar Scarione equalizer, meant that Split won 2-1 on the night, and thus evened things out on the aggregate of the two games. With the scores of the two legs perfectly mirroring each other, the tie went to 30 minutes of extra time.
After neither team scored in the overtime period, the game went into penalties.
The score was tied after each team took their minimum five penalties, but then Fran Tudor of Split skied the ball well over the goal on his shot, leaving Maccabi with an opportunity to win it with a good penalty.
Winger Avi Rikan stepped up to the spot with confidence, and smashed the ball into the top corner, sending the Maccabi players and staff into delirium.
"The moment their player missed I knew I was going to score," Rikan said after the match, "I took that penalty with all my heart."
Betar out with a whimper
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Meanwhile, in France, Betar Jerusalem failed to get the win it needed to overcome the 2-1 deficit from the first leg against St. Etienne.
A red card for the French side's keeper meant that Betar played the entire 2nd half with a man advantage, but they still failed to score, with the departing Omer Atzili the only Betar player who came close.
Though even reaching the playoff round of qualification is a great achievement for Betar, they will feel disappointed they couldn't do more. In the first game in Jerusalem last week Betar was in control for the whole match, and still lost, while in last night's game the man advantage should have resulted in better opportunities to score and win.
Betar's best player leaves
Omer Atzili, the most talented player on Betar's roster over the past few years, signed a contract with Grenada, who play in Spain's La Liga. There, he will have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world, Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, if he gets playing time that is.
Israel national team coach Elisha Levy will be hoping that Atzili will hone his skills and become the international star that Israel needs in order to qualify for big tournaments.
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Friday, Aug. 26 '16, כ"ב באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. COALITION CRISIS AVERTED AS SHABBAT WORK ON TRAIN LINES LIMITED
2. 'A BOYCOTT OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA IS A BOYCOTT OF ALL OF ISRAEL'
3. TERRORIST SHOT DEAD IN SAMARIA
4. TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES MONSEY FAMILY
5. 'A CLINTON VICTORY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ISRAEL'
6. FINAL THOUGHTS OF REBBITZEN ESTHER JUNGREIS
7. SYRIAN JEWS SECRETLY EVACUATED TO KENTUCKY
8. EUROPA LEAGUE: MACCABI IN, BETAR OUT
1. COALITION CRISIS AVERTED AS SHABBAT WORK ON TRAIN LINES LIMITED
by Hezki Baruch
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu averted a brewing coalition crisis Friday morning, settling a government dispute over infrastructure work by Israel's train system on Shabbat.
The haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, had issued an ultimatum Thursday evening, demanding the Prime Minister restrict work by the state-owned rail company during the Jewish holy day. Giving Netanyahu 24 hours to comply, the two coalition partners, making up 13 of the government's 67 MKs, threatened to bolt the government if their demands were not met.
On Friday, Netanyahu capitulated to the haredi parties' demand, ordering that only work in potentially life-threatening situations would be permitted on Shabbat.
The Prime Minister also called for the establishment of an oversight committee to monitor infrastructure work by the Transportation Ministry and to maintain a clear channel of communication between the ministry and the haredi factions. The new body will also be charged with authorizing work on Shabbat that meets the criteria laid out by the Prime Minister.
The committee will be chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, and will include the Transportation Ministry Director, Chief of Police, as well as representatives of the haredi parties.
Jewish Home MK Motti Yogev welcomed the move, praising the Prime Minister's decision.
"Keeping Shabbat is a religious value, a national one, and a social one for the Jewish people and State of Israel. I'm happy the Prime Minister intervened in the matter and welcome the decision to prevent and minimize desecration of Shabbat as much as possible."
"That being said," added Yogev, "I want to emphasize that this is not just an interest of the haredi parties, and the committee which will approve exceptions for public works on Shabbat needs to include the Chief Rabbis or other state religious authorities for such matters."
2. 'A BOYCOTT OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA IS A BOYCOTT OF ALL OF ISRAEL'
by Reut Hadar
Energy and Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz on Thursday visited the northern Shomron region, where he met with heads of local councils.
Steinitz also visited the Shahak Industrial Zone to strengthen local businesses following reports that Brussels Airlines intends to remove Achva Halva products from its menus because it is manufactured in Samaria.
"We are here in the industrial area of Samaria, and see all the wonderful things produced here by Israelis, Jews, Druze, Arabs, for companies around the world," said Steinitz, adding, "Whoever boycotts halva produced in Barkan and Ariel - it's as though he's boycotting the entire State of Israel and the people of Israel. "
"For 2,000 years, the Jewish people sustained discrimination and racism. We are not willing to accept such discriminatory treatment. There are areas in the world that are controversial - and there are debates and controversies but I'm not sure that Brussels Airlines boycotts products from these areas. We reject it with disgust. We will overcome this discrimination and anti-Semitism," he stressed.
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin sharply criticized Brussels Airlines' decision on Thursday, calling to bar the airline from Israeli airports.
During Thursday's visit by Steinitz, Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan called on residents of Samaria, and on anyone who has Israeli pride, to boycott the Belgian airline altogether.
"An airline chooses to boycott a product of the State of Israel and tries to interfere in the internal affairs of the State of Israel. The Minister of Transportation would do good to cancel all the contracts it has with the State of Israel," Dagan said.
"On a day in which we are informed was the busiest day with over 80,000 passengers at Ben Gurion Airport," continued Dagan, "there is no doubt that the people of Israel have large powers as consumers. I urge anybody who is a proud Israeli: Anyone who threatens the State of Israel and its policies should announce that he would rather not fly with Brussels Airlines."
3. TERRORIST SHOT DEAD IN SAMARIA
by Arutz Sheva Staff
An Arab terrorist who rushed an IDF position adjacent to the town of Ofra in Samaria was shot and killed Friday afternoon.
"[Israeli] Forces identified a suspect running towards an (army) post in Silwad, northeast of Ramallah," an army spokeswoman said. "The force shot the suspect, resulting in his death."
No injuries were reported.
Additional IDF forces were deployed to the area following the attack, sealing off it off and conducting searches for any possible additional terrorists.
Despite initial reports attributing the gunfire to the terrorist attacker, it now appears the shots heard were from the soldiers responding to the terrorist.
An army source told Arutz Sheva Friday afternoon that the circumstances of the incident were still under investigation.
4. TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES MONSEY FAMILY
by David Rosenberg
Tragedy struck a Jewish family in Monsey, New York a second time, when an 18-year old girl was hit and killed by a car as she crossed the street with one of her sisters.
Alta Sheindel Mashinsky, the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Nahman Mashinsky and Briendel Leah Mashinsky, was crossing Route 59 near Augusta Drive at approximately 9:00 p.m. local time Wednesday night when she was struck by a 2009 Toyota Sienna.
Mashinsky was evacuated to the Westchester Trauma Center, where doctors struggled to stabilize her condition.
Despite the efforts, on Thursday she succumbed to her injuries.
A newly-minted high school graduate, Mashinsky was just weeks away from beginning her seminary studies.
Acquaintances remembered her as a bright and upbeat, happy student despite her difficult childhood.
Twelve years ago, when Alta Sheindel was just six years old her mother, Briendel Leah Mashinsky, passed away from a serious illness at a young age.
On Thursday, Mashinsky was buried in New Square, near her mother's grave.
5. 'A CLINTON VICTORY WILL BE THE DEATH OF ISRAEL'
by Guy Cohen
Actress, comedian, and reality TV star Roseanne Barr blasted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton this week, warning that a Clinton victory would "be the absolute death of Israel".
Barr, best known for her eponymously named sit-com Roseanne which ran from 1988 to 1997, was raised in a Jewish family in Salt Lake City Utah.
A former member of the Green Party, Barr ran for president in 2012 on another third party ticket, the Peace and Freedom Party.
Now a registered Republican, Barr appeared to endorse Trump in June, saying the US "would be so lucky" if Trump prevails in the November election, "because then it wouldn't be Hillary". Barr later clarified that her statements had not constituted an endorsement of any candidate.
On Wednesday Barr lambasted Mrs. Clinton, saying the former Secretary of State would "sell nukes to Hamas next if [the] price is right".
"Hillary will be the absolute death of Israel – she will sell nukes to Hamas next if [the] price is right," Barr tweeted.
"She listens [to] Sid, Paul, and Max Blumenthal!" a reference to long-time Clinton confidant Sidney Blumenthal and his sons, Max and Paul. Max Blumenthal, a self-described anti-Zionist and supporter of the BDS movement, has earned the praise of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke for his 2013 book entitled Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.
In Clinton emails released by the State Department it was revealed that the elder Blumenthal offered advice and was often consulted by Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State. Blumenthal also frequently forwarded articles by his son to the Secretary of State, along with other anti-Israel material.
6. FINAL THOUGHTS OF REBBITZEN ESTHER JUNGREIS
by Shira Nussdorf
Shira Nussdorf hosts a special 'Vox on the Box' tribute to The Rebbitzen Esther Jungreis, to remember the Rebbitzen and what she meant to world.
Hear 'Hineni' eulogies from Rabbi Yisroel Jungreis, Rabbi Osher, Steve Eisenberg, Alisa Adler, Smadar, Karen, Babette Albin, Dr. Melanie Englese, Elyakeem Kinstlinger, and more.
[audio:2018538]
Click here to download the podcast
7. SYRIAN JEWS SECRETLY EVACUATED TO KENTUCKY
by Guy Cohen
Three of the last Jewish families in Syria have been resettled in the United States after posing as Christians to enter Sweden earlier this year, Point of No Return has reported.
The Jewish refugees, numbering some 13 people, including 7 children, had been living in Damascus, in the midst of a bloody civil war raging since 2011.
Four months ago the three families were accepted into Sweden while posing as Christian Arabs. The refugees were described as multi-lingual and financially successful.
Recently the refugees were quietly resettled in Louisville, Kentucky, following the efforts of a local Conservative synagogue, which worked with local and federal authorities to streamline the operation.
Louisville has absorbed thousands of refugees from the Middle East over the past five years. It is also home to a small but thriving Jewish community with five synagogues, a kosher butcher, and even a kollel.
8. EUROPA LEAGUE: MACCABI IN, BETAR OUT
by Shai Landesman
Maccabi Tel Aviv joined the already-qualified Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League group stage last night (Thursday). The draw for the group stage will take place this afternoon, with powerhouses such as Manchester United possibly waiting in the wings to be drawn against an Israeli club.
Maccabi does just enough in Croatia, eventually
[youtube:2018540]
Tel Aviv entered their 2nd leg match against Hajduk Split carrying a 2-1 lead over from the first game in Israel last week, but were destined to lose it in the hostile away environment of Hajduk's home stadium.
Two goals by Marko Sosic, which sandwiched an Oscar Scarione equalizer, meant that Split won 2-1 on the night, and thus evened things out on the aggregate of the two games. With the scores of the two legs perfectly mirroring each other, the tie went to 30 minutes of extra time.
After neither team scored in the overtime period, the game went into penalties.
The score was tied after each team took their minimum five penalties, but then Fran Tudor of Split skied the ball well over the goal on his shot, leaving Maccabi with an opportunity to win it with a good penalty.
Winger Avi Rikan stepped up to the spot with confidence, and smashed the ball into the top corner, sending the Maccabi players and staff into delirium.
"The moment their player missed I knew I was going to score," Rikan said after the match, "I took that penalty with all my heart."
Betar out with a whimper
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Meanwhile, in France, Betar Jerusalem failed to get the win it needed to overcome the 2-1 deficit from the first leg against St. Etienne.
A red card for the French side's keeper meant that Betar played the entire 2nd half with a man advantage, but they still failed to score, with the departing Omer Atzili the only Betar player who came close.
Though even reaching the playoff round of qualification is a great achievement for Betar, they will feel disappointed they couldn't do more. In the first game in Jerusalem last week Betar was in control for the whole match, and still lost, while in last night's game the man advantage should have resulted in better opportunities to score and win.
Betar's best player leaves
Omer Atzili, the most talented player on Betar's roster over the past few years, signed a contract with Grenada, who play in Spain's La Liga. There, he will have the opportunity to play against the best players in the world, Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, if he gets playing time that is.
Israel national team coach Elisha Levy will be hoping that Atzili will hone his skills and become the international star that Israel needs in order to qualify for big tournaments.
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A7News: 'The haredim are our allies, I won't betray them'
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HEADLINES:
1. 'THE HAREDIM ARE OUR ALLIES, I WON'T BETRAY THEM'
2. TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICES OPENED UP ACROSS ISRAEL
3. ARRESTED TWICE IN ONE WEEK IN THE OLD CITY
4. HAARETZ COLUMNIST: I'M GUILTY
5. CHILE URGED TO NIX VISIT BY IRANIAN OFFICIAL
6. AGRICULTURAL TERROR: EVERY NIGHT, AT ALL TIMES
7. 'RENOUNCE ISRAEL OR ELSE'
8. SATMAR CHILDREN ATTACK MOCK NETANYAHU LIMO IN ANTI-ZIONIST DEMO
1. 'THE HAREDIM ARE OUR ALLIES, I WON'T BETRAY THEM'
by Haim Lev
Education Minister Naftali Bennett declared this week that the Jewish Home party was "allied" with the haredi factions, and that he would not betray them by helping to form a new coalition at their expense.
"I see our cooperation with the haredi parties as something permanent," Bennett said during an interview with Mishpacha magazine.
"I'm not going to sit in an [alternative] government at the expense of the haredim," said Bennett, adding that "we have a shared ideological element – the Land of Israel."
"There is a connection between the haredi public and the Land of Israel. The haredi public is right-wing. During the Bein HaZmanim [yeshiva vacation period] going all over the country."
The Jewish Home chairman even paid some direct compliments to haredi MKs.
"I think the alliance with Litzman is real, deep, and strategic," he said, referring to Health Minister and United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Litzman, calling the union "more than just political."
"I see an opportunity here to bridge the gap between two groups. I've found a person who cares about all of Israel, and that's something unique I think," adding that "even the secular public… sees him as someone who cares for the whole country."
Bennett also praised his Deputy Education Minister, UTJ MK Meir Porush.
"My relationship with Deputy Minister Porush is great. I have only good things to say about him. He does good work. There is no built-in tension, and I have full faith him and give him a free hand [in his work]."
2. TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICES OPENED UP ACROSS ISRAEL
by Yoni Kempinski
The Republican Party in Israel opened the first office of an American political party in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area Wednesday night.
Part of a broader effort to court voters with dual Israeli-American citizenship, over the past two weeks the Trump campaign has expanded its operation in Israel, micro-targeting registered voters living in Israel who are eligible to vote in swing states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Virginia.
The newest Trump campaign office was opened in the city of Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, in a tower near the Ramat Gan diamond district.
The office, which will service the Gush Dan and Sharon regions, will be used for get out the vote operations and a campaign call center, work by campaign volunteers, and will act as a base of operations for the Israeli campaign's leadership team.
Trump's Israel operation already has offices in Jerusalem and Modiin, with a fourth location to be opened over the Green Line in Samaria.
Planned to serve as the center of operations in Judea and Samaria, the Samaria office will focus on mobilizing voters living over the Green Line. A recent study by Sara Yael Hirschhorn suggests as much as 15% of Jews in Judea and Samaria are Americans – or more than 60,000 people.
Chairman of the GOP's Israel branch Marc Zell noted the Trump campaign's strong ground game in Israel.
"Our workers and volunteers are working around the clock to respond to voters who turn to us. The response has been tremendous, and voters believe Trump will be the best candidate for Israel".
Tzvika Brot, director of the Trump campaign's operations in Israel, said the campaign was planning to expand its work in Israel further.
"The ultimate goal is to get to five campaign branches operating across the country. We will assistance to anyone requesting help in registering to vote ahead of the elections, and we will reach as many voters as possible, especially younger voters, to remind them that unless you register now, you will be unable to participate in the election this November."
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3. ARRESTED TWICE IN ONE WEEK IN THE OLD CITY
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A Jewish man in his 40's was arrested Tuesday for the second time in a week when he reached the Old City. The previous week he had been arrested when he went up to Temple Mount and according to police "covered his face and prayed".
On Friday the court ordered him not to go to Temple Mount until Sunday and on Tuesday he entered the Old City intending to go up to Temple Mount.
However, when he entered the Old City the police officer recognized him and told him that he could not go up to Temple Mount until he had attended a hearing with a police officer. This despite the fact that his restraining order was no longer in effect. The officer told him to go with him to the hearing, but he refused, claiming that he had no legal obligation to go.
A few minutes later police claimed that the man had tried to enter Temple Mount through a gate where access is forbidden to Jews and thus was "disturbing the peace". He claimed in response that he had wanted to pray outside the mountain.
According to police reports, when they insisted that he leave the place and escorted him to Lion's gate, he was arrested for saying that they were "cooperating with the Arabs."
After interrogation the police officer decided to leave him in detention for the night and the next day he was remanded with police demanding to remove him from the Old City for 60 days. The also demanded a guarantee and 1,000 shekels bail.
During the proceedings the police representative claimed that when he accused them of cooperating with Arabs it caused a crowd of Muslims to gather and this threatened the police's safety. He was accused of disturbing police, insulting them and disturbing the peace.
Attorney Avichai Hajbi who represented the defendant via the Honenu organization said that his remand was illegal and there was no reason to arrest him in the first place since his statements did not represent a criminal offense. The police's acquaintance with the suspect as a Temple Mount activist did not justify preventing his entry.
Judge Moriah Tcherka ruled that there was a reasonable suspicion of a public disturbance since from the investigation it appeared that the accused had tried to enter Temple Mount and had thus "disturbed the status quo in this sensitive and holy place."
Yet the judge rejected most of the the police's demands and ruled that he would be prevented from entering Temple Mount and its periphery for 21 days but would not have to sign a guarantee or post bail, since it had not been proven that he had violated the restraining order. The matter of the legitimacy of his arrest was irrelevant, she said.
It should be noted that a few months ago the same person won 32,000 NIS in a civil suit against the police for illegal arrests in similar circumstances in the Temple Mount periphery."
4. HAARETZ COLUMNIST: I'M GUILTY
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Haaretz journalist Ari Shavit published a column this morning (Thursday) under the title: "I'm guilty".
"The truth? I'm guilty. I'm the stupid and silly person who put the demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state in the center of the public discourse. Don't level accusations at Bibi [Netanyahu]. Don't accuse any of the other champions of the cause for initiating it. Blame me: I'm the runaway offender. I'm the criminal. I'm the irretrievable nationalist who believes deeply in a Jewish and democratic state," Shavit writes.
The Haaretz writer recounts in the article that when he read the full text of the Oslo accords in September 1993 he was shocked and dismayed, as while Israel recognized the Palestinian nation and its legitimate rights, the Palestine Liberation Organization did not recognize the Jewish nation with its rights. "In Basel [in the first Zionist congress] Hertzl started the Jewish state. In Lake Success [in 1947] the UN recognized the Jewish state, and in Oslo the Jewish state was forgotten."
According to Shavit, the Israeli-Arab conflict is not a territorial one but an existential identity conflict, and that the only path to peace is a true partition and mutual recognition: two states for two peoples.
Shavit notes that his position that a solution to the conflict must include a recognition of the right to existence of a Jewish-democratic state has become the official policy of Israel. Today this position has also been adopted by President Barack Obama, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and many others in the international community.
"Only when every Palestinian child in Dahaysha and Balata knows that there's a Jewish nation that also has rights in this land will peace be possible. Does the idea of a Jewish-democratic state perpetuate the occupation? On the contrary. Only when every boy in Ofakim and every girl in Migdal Haemek will understand that the partition of the land is necessary in order to guarantee the success of the Zionist endeavor, will the end of the occupation begin. Is the idea of a Jewish state anti-democratic? On the contrary. In this fanatical and violent Middle East, only a Jewish state can be democratic, and only a democratic state can be Jewish.
"Israel must recognize the full and equal rights of all its citizens, but the world must recognize Israel's right to be the home of a small, threatened, and persecuted nation. Dear friends and colleagues, don't speak ill of the Balfour declaration, the UN partition plan, the declaration of independence, or the right to exist of the Jewish state, the state of Israel," Shavit writes further.
Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon wrote in response to the article: "Ari Shavit is correct in his column. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict didn't begin in 1967 and won't end with the borders of 1967. Since the dawn of Zionism, there was not one Palestinian leadership, including the current one, that was willing to recognize our right to a Jewish national home in any borders, or too recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people.
"This is how the Palestinian Authority educates its young generation: to see Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Netanya as settlements that must be liberated. This is the heart and the root of the conflict."
Yaalon reminisced: "I too, upon learning the details of the Oslo accords, following its implementation, and seeing the PA textbooks, understood that the accords don't signify a willingness by the PA to move to end the conflict but rather the opposite, a desire to continue the conflict from a more favorable position. Only when this point is internalized is the conflict understood. And then it's clear that it won't be resolved anytime soon.
"Until then we can and must do a lot in interacting with the Palestinians for the welfare of both sides, but with no illusions or self-deception."
5. CHILE URGED TO NIX VISIT BY IRANIAN OFFICIAL
by JTA
The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the president of Chile to cancel a planned visit by Iran's foreign minister scheduled for late this week.
The center in a letter urged President Michelle Bachelet to "take appropriate action to restore Chile's values of coexistence and integration and to protest a state visit from a country that funds terrorist organizations, and whose officials are implicated by INTERPOL in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that left 85 dead and over 300 wounded."
Dr. Shimon Samuels, the center's director for international relations, and Dr. Ariel Gelblung, its representative for Latin America, said that "adding fuel to the fire is the upcoming visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister to Chile, billed by the semi-official Persian news agency Fars as aiming to 'oil the Iranophobic plots promoted by Israel in the region.'"
Mohammad Javad Zarif was expected to arrive in Chile on Thursday during a tour of six Latin American countries that started Sunday in Cuba. Zarif is also scheduled to travel to Nicaragua, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela.
The Wiesenthal Center also highlighted growing hostility in Chile against Israel and, by association, against Jews across Latin America, referencing the recent publication of a viciously anti-Semitic cartoon on the official Twitter account of the Palestinian Federation of Chile that it said was reminiscent of the 1930s Nazi German tabloid Der Sturmer and of Chilean Nazi sympathizers of that period.
"It is especially outrageous that the official website of the Chile Palestinian Federation serves as a tribune for Nazi hate," Samuels and Gelblung wrote in the letter, urging Bachelet to suspend the federation's activities pending an investigation into its incitement to anti-Jewish violence.
The Palestinian community in Chile is believed to be the largest outside of the Middle East. At least 300,000 Chileans are of Palestinian descent, according to reports. Some 15,000 Jews live in Chile.
Recently, the University of Chile's law faculty student union voted to approve a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution against Israel.
In celebrating the results of the election, the Palestinian Federation of Chile called it a demonstration of the law students against "Israeli apartheid."
6. AGRICULTURAL TERROR: EVERY NIGHT, AT ALL TIMES
by Shimon Cohen
Farmers who complain about daily burglaries and robberies are met with police incompetence and sometimes even become suspects themselves. The result of this is that they rarely bother to report these cases and the graph which reflects these agricultural crimes depicts a putative decrease in these events.
More and more requests for help are arriving at the hotline set up by the "Regavim" movement, which is offering assistance to farmers who have been dragged into the legal and criminal arenas by robbers and thieves.
The case in Bet Elazari, where a farmer shot an Arab who was trying to steal his truck and threatened to kill him has caused an increase in the number of these requests, says Yishai Chemo, Regavim's northern district coordinator.
"We set up 'Farmers at the Front' due to the situation where farmers are having to deal with incessant agricultural crime. The name reflects the situation on the ground and we offer legal advice to farmers. Our field coordinators travel around and meet with the farmers. They hear their problems and decide whether to open proceedings. If this is the case we transfer the case to lawyers who deal with the authorities, the farmers and sometimes with the criminals themselves."
Chemo explains the necessity for the new organization, describing a situation where farmers do not understand the legal arena. When the police tell them that "there's nothing to do" they accept this and do not start a battle because they are not aware of their rights and of the opportunities available to them legally.
Chemo says that this phenomenon of farmers giving up after hearing the police response is very widespread. "We saw that our guidance is very helpful. A farmer could hire a lawyer but he does not have the knowledge and ability to do this. In many cases he despairs.When a farmer sees daily trespassing in his fields, setting fires or stealing tractors and equipment, he does not have the emotional freedom to conduct a judicial process. We tell him we will take responsibility for the legal angle based on our knowledge and experience."
Chemo says that the whole enterprise is running for the past two years but the Bet Elazari event was a catalyst for them to publicize their enterprise. Since then "We have received tens of requests, all of which are being processed through legal parameters to ascertain if they are worthy of our free treatment.
There are cases when the members of the organization simply make a connection between a farmer and a lawyer, this when it is clear that the farmer had the economic and emotional ability to deal with his situation.
"There are however situations where a farmer is in a difficult situation and cannot afford legal help. The profit margins are low and in many cases farmers can just about support their families. If 15 calves are stolen this can cause tremendous loss of profits. To add more money so that a lawyer can issue a restraining order to the criminal may be beyond his capabilities and in many cases he will choose not to do this." says Chemo.
Sometimes due to the size of the expense and the damage and the feeling that the move will not meet with success the farmer will ignore the legal option, as if he has 30,000 shekels he would rather spend them on fixing the fence and not on a legal action. We believe that the judicial arena is very important and this is why we take it upon ourselves.
Chemo reports that the agricultural crime the farmers are facing "takes place every night and at all times. The police report 5,000 cases of agricultural crime over the last three years, and those are just the reported cases. I know of many unreported cases due to people's despairing with the police inaction. Technically there is a decrease in cases of agricultural crime and this what the police reports as a success but in reality it stems from farmers despairing of receiving assistance from the police."
"There is a very high rate of incidents. Some farmers have daily or weekly problems. It can cause emotional and intellectual fatigue. The farmers feel alone and the police don't help and sometimes the farmer even becomes a suspect."
"For example, a farmer in the north whose 13 kilometer fence was cut was asked by the police investigator to deposit his cutter to ensure that he did not cut it himself. In another case a farmer was attacked by infiltrators who submitted a complaint to police and the police confiscated his gun and effectively turned him into the criminal. This makes farmers feel alone and unprotected."
Chemo also relates to the phenomenon of protection, where heads of Bedouin tribes demand that one of their members should be employed and if not the farm will suffer. This happens extensively and in all regions and we see this as an existential threat to agriculture in Israel."
With regard to the judicial arena Chemo notes that many of the criminals are not dealt with effectively and many find themselves released the day after they were remanded or after investigation or a ludicrously light punishment. He adds that his movement, Regavim, initiated a legal process which would define agricultural crime as a crime and not just a misdemeanor, which would enable the punishment to be tripled. Yet the judges ignored the relevant paragraphs which would enable more severe punishments for the criminals.
Chemo is convinced that his organization is viewed positively by the judiciary, Even though at first they were viewed as troublemakers, the importance of their work is now appreciate widely.
7. 'RENOUNCE ISRAEL OR ELSE'
by David Rosenberg
The progressive wing of the Democrat Party has become openly anti-Israel, warns attorney and Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz, who claimed on Wednesday that the American far-left has turned opposition to the Jewish state into an article of faith and is forcing left-wing Jews to tow the anti-Israel line – or be ostracized from progressive circles.
In a piece published on The Algemeiner, Dershowitz, himself a life-long Democrat, noted the active efforts by progressive-left groups to root out Israel supporters from their ranks, and to pressure Jewish members to renounce Israel.
Pointing to left-wing organizations like Black Lives Matter, MoveOn, CodePink, and Occupy Wall Street, Dershowitz claims that the left-wing of the Democratic Party has adopted the "unique brand of bigotry" pushed by the BDS movement.
"The self-described 'progressive wing' of the Democratic Party… has become openly opposed to the nation state of the Jewish people. Increasingly, these organizations demand that their members and 'allies' renounce support for Israel and for Zionism in order to belong."
Dershowitz cites a number of incidents reflecting the increasingly hostile atmosphere on the far-left towards Israel and Jews who refuse to denounce the State of Israel.
Last year Susan Talve, whom Dershowitz described as a "longtime activist on race issues", was rejected by the Black Lives Matter movement because of her advocacy on behalf of Israel.
"Solidarily from Ferguson to Palestine has become a central tenet of the movement," BLM activists told her.
"Israeli and US state oppression are deeply interconnected."
This year, Black Lives Matter activists "broke up a gay pride event," wrote Dershowitz, "because it featured a presentation by an Israeli group."
"The protestors claimed that the event organizers had engaged in 'pinkwashing' the Israeli occupation by showing solidarity with the Israeli LGBTQ community."
Also, the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), a left-wing organization of gender studies professors, has barred Israel supporters, following a 2015 decision to endorse the BDS movement.
"[O]ne cannot call themselves a feminist… without taking a stand on what is happening in Palestine," one pro-BDS member explained.
But the progressive-left's opposition to Israel does not stem simply from contemporarily political issues or Israeli government policies, says Dershowitz. Rather, he claims, the far-left opposes the existence of Israel per se, claiming that "Israel is an imperialistic, apartheid, genocidal, and colonialist enterprise".
Some far-left groups even go so far to oppose "programs or events aimed at Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation", rejecting peaceful solutions in favor of demonization of Israel's supposed "colonialist nature".
8. SATMAR CHILDREN ATTACK MOCK NETANYAHU LIMO IN ANTI-ZIONIST DEMO
by Ben Sales
JTA - The Satmar Hasidic movement is strongly opposed to Zionism and the State of Israel. They believe that it was forbidden to establish a Jewish state before the arrival of the Messiah, in diametric opposition to Religious Zionists, who believe that being able to establish Jewish independence in the Land of Israel and the resulting Ingathering of the Exiles are a clear sign that the Messianic period is approaching.
In the video below, published last week by the Yeshiva World News, children at two Satmar day camps can be seen being led in protests against Israel.
In one of the protests, they hurl eggs at a car meant to represent the convoy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier in the video, the children chant "Israeli government, shame on you!" One child holds a sign reading, "A Jew is not a Zionist."
The videos were shot in August at two separate camps, affiliated with rival New-York based Satmar leaders, according to Yeshiva World News. Following the death in 2006 of leader Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the group split, with two of the rabbi's sons serving as leaders of the sect's strongholds in Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel.
The children in the first part of the video are attending a camp affiliated with Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, while the children in the second part of the video are affiliated with Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum of Kiryas Joel.
Some Hasidim in the United States, Israel and across the world do not support the existence of a Jewish state in Israel, arguing that establishment of Jewish rule over the territory must wait until the arrival of the messiah. That ideology distinguishes them from modern Orthodox or religious Zionist Jews, who believe that Israel's reestablishment is the sign of the "first manifestation of the approach of our redemption," as a well-known prayer for the State of Israel refers to it.
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Thursday, Aug. 25 '16, כ"א באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. 'THE HAREDIM ARE OUR ALLIES, I WON'T BETRAY THEM'
2. TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICES OPENED UP ACROSS ISRAEL
3. ARRESTED TWICE IN ONE WEEK IN THE OLD CITY
4. HAARETZ COLUMNIST: I'M GUILTY
5. CHILE URGED TO NIX VISIT BY IRANIAN OFFICIAL
6. AGRICULTURAL TERROR: EVERY NIGHT, AT ALL TIMES
7. 'RENOUNCE ISRAEL OR ELSE'
8. SATMAR CHILDREN ATTACK MOCK NETANYAHU LIMO IN ANTI-ZIONIST DEMO
1. 'THE HAREDIM ARE OUR ALLIES, I WON'T BETRAY THEM'
by Haim Lev
Education Minister Naftali Bennett declared this week that the Jewish Home party was "allied" with the haredi factions, and that he would not betray them by helping to form a new coalition at their expense.
"I see our cooperation with the haredi parties as something permanent," Bennett said during an interview with Mishpacha magazine.
"I'm not going to sit in an [alternative] government at the expense of the haredim," said Bennett, adding that "we have a shared ideological element – the Land of Israel."
"There is a connection between the haredi public and the Land of Israel. The haredi public is right-wing. During the Bein HaZmanim [yeshiva vacation period] going all over the country."
The Jewish Home chairman even paid some direct compliments to haredi MKs.
"I think the alliance with Litzman is real, deep, and strategic," he said, referring to Health Minister and United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Litzman, calling the union "more than just political."
"I see an opportunity here to bridge the gap between two groups. I've found a person who cares about all of Israel, and that's something unique I think," adding that "even the secular public… sees him as someone who cares for the whole country."
Bennett also praised his Deputy Education Minister, UTJ MK Meir Porush.
"My relationship with Deputy Minister Porush is great. I have only good things to say about him. He does good work. There is no built-in tension, and I have full faith him and give him a free hand [in his work]."
2. TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFICES OPENED UP ACROSS ISRAEL
by Yoni Kempinski
The Republican Party in Israel opened the first office of an American political party in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area Wednesday night.
Part of a broader effort to court voters with dual Israeli-American citizenship, over the past two weeks the Trump campaign has expanded its operation in Israel, micro-targeting registered voters living in Israel who are eligible to vote in swing states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Virginia.
The newest Trump campaign office was opened in the city of Ramat Gan, east of Tel Aviv, in a tower near the Ramat Gan diamond district.
The office, which will service the Gush Dan and Sharon regions, will be used for get out the vote operations and a campaign call center, work by campaign volunteers, and will act as a base of operations for the Israeli campaign's leadership team.
Trump's Israel operation already has offices in Jerusalem and Modiin, with a fourth location to be opened over the Green Line in Samaria.
Planned to serve as the center of operations in Judea and Samaria, the Samaria office will focus on mobilizing voters living over the Green Line. A recent study by Sara Yael Hirschhorn suggests as much as 15% of Jews in Judea and Samaria are Americans – or more than 60,000 people.
Chairman of the GOP's Israel branch Marc Zell noted the Trump campaign's strong ground game in Israel.
"Our workers and volunteers are working around the clock to respond to voters who turn to us. The response has been tremendous, and voters believe Trump will be the best candidate for Israel".
Tzvika Brot, director of the Trump campaign's operations in Israel, said the campaign was planning to expand its work in Israel further.
"The ultimate goal is to get to five campaign branches operating across the country. We will assistance to anyone requesting help in registering to vote ahead of the elections, and we will reach as many voters as possible, especially younger voters, to remind them that unless you register now, you will be unable to participate in the election this November."
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3. ARRESTED TWICE IN ONE WEEK IN THE OLD CITY
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A Jewish man in his 40's was arrested Tuesday for the second time in a week when he reached the Old City. The previous week he had been arrested when he went up to Temple Mount and according to police "covered his face and prayed".
On Friday the court ordered him not to go to Temple Mount until Sunday and on Tuesday he entered the Old City intending to go up to Temple Mount.
However, when he entered the Old City the police officer recognized him and told him that he could not go up to Temple Mount until he had attended a hearing with a police officer. This despite the fact that his restraining order was no longer in effect. The officer told him to go with him to the hearing, but he refused, claiming that he had no legal obligation to go.
A few minutes later police claimed that the man had tried to enter Temple Mount through a gate where access is forbidden to Jews and thus was "disturbing the peace". He claimed in response that he had wanted to pray outside the mountain.
According to police reports, when they insisted that he leave the place and escorted him to Lion's gate, he was arrested for saying that they were "cooperating with the Arabs."
After interrogation the police officer decided to leave him in detention for the night and the next day he was remanded with police demanding to remove him from the Old City for 60 days. The also demanded a guarantee and 1,000 shekels bail.
During the proceedings the police representative claimed that when he accused them of cooperating with Arabs it caused a crowd of Muslims to gather and this threatened the police's safety. He was accused of disturbing police, insulting them and disturbing the peace.
Attorney Avichai Hajbi who represented the defendant via the Honenu organization said that his remand was illegal and there was no reason to arrest him in the first place since his statements did not represent a criminal offense. The police's acquaintance with the suspect as a Temple Mount activist did not justify preventing his entry.
Judge Moriah Tcherka ruled that there was a reasonable suspicion of a public disturbance since from the investigation it appeared that the accused had tried to enter Temple Mount and had thus "disturbed the status quo in this sensitive and holy place."
Yet the judge rejected most of the the police's demands and ruled that he would be prevented from entering Temple Mount and its periphery for 21 days but would not have to sign a guarantee or post bail, since it had not been proven that he had violated the restraining order. The matter of the legitimacy of his arrest was irrelevant, she said.
It should be noted that a few months ago the same person won 32,000 NIS in a civil suit against the police for illegal arrests in similar circumstances in the Temple Mount periphery."
4. HAARETZ COLUMNIST: I'M GUILTY
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Haaretz journalist Ari Shavit published a column this morning (Thursday) under the title: "I'm guilty".
"The truth? I'm guilty. I'm the stupid and silly person who put the demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state in the center of the public discourse. Don't level accusations at Bibi [Netanyahu]. Don't accuse any of the other champions of the cause for initiating it. Blame me: I'm the runaway offender. I'm the criminal. I'm the irretrievable nationalist who believes deeply in a Jewish and democratic state," Shavit writes.
The Haaretz writer recounts in the article that when he read the full text of the Oslo accords in September 1993 he was shocked and dismayed, as while Israel recognized the Palestinian nation and its legitimate rights, the Palestine Liberation Organization did not recognize the Jewish nation with its rights. "In Basel [in the first Zionist congress] Hertzl started the Jewish state. In Lake Success [in 1947] the UN recognized the Jewish state, and in Oslo the Jewish state was forgotten."
According to Shavit, the Israeli-Arab conflict is not a territorial one but an existential identity conflict, and that the only path to peace is a true partition and mutual recognition: two states for two peoples.
Shavit notes that his position that a solution to the conflict must include a recognition of the right to existence of a Jewish-democratic state has become the official policy of Israel. Today this position has also been adopted by President Barack Obama, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and many others in the international community.
"Only when every Palestinian child in Dahaysha and Balata knows that there's a Jewish nation that also has rights in this land will peace be possible. Does the idea of a Jewish-democratic state perpetuate the occupation? On the contrary. Only when every boy in Ofakim and every girl in Migdal Haemek will understand that the partition of the land is necessary in order to guarantee the success of the Zionist endeavor, will the end of the occupation begin. Is the idea of a Jewish state anti-democratic? On the contrary. In this fanatical and violent Middle East, only a Jewish state can be democratic, and only a democratic state can be Jewish.
"Israel must recognize the full and equal rights of all its citizens, but the world must recognize Israel's right to be the home of a small, threatened, and persecuted nation. Dear friends and colleagues, don't speak ill of the Balfour declaration, the UN partition plan, the declaration of independence, or the right to exist of the Jewish state, the state of Israel," Shavit writes further.
Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon wrote in response to the article: "Ari Shavit is correct in his column. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict didn't begin in 1967 and won't end with the borders of 1967. Since the dawn of Zionism, there was not one Palestinian leadership, including the current one, that was willing to recognize our right to a Jewish national home in any borders, or too recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people.
"This is how the Palestinian Authority educates its young generation: to see Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Netanya as settlements that must be liberated. This is the heart and the root of the conflict."
Yaalon reminisced: "I too, upon learning the details of the Oslo accords, following its implementation, and seeing the PA textbooks, understood that the accords don't signify a willingness by the PA to move to end the conflict but rather the opposite, a desire to continue the conflict from a more favorable position. Only when this point is internalized is the conflict understood. And then it's clear that it won't be resolved anytime soon.
"Until then we can and must do a lot in interacting with the Palestinians for the welfare of both sides, but with no illusions or self-deception."
5. CHILE URGED TO NIX VISIT BY IRANIAN OFFICIAL
by JTA
The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the president of Chile to cancel a planned visit by Iran's foreign minister scheduled for late this week.
The center in a letter urged President Michelle Bachelet to "take appropriate action to restore Chile's values of coexistence and integration and to protest a state visit from a country that funds terrorist organizations, and whose officials are implicated by INTERPOL in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that left 85 dead and over 300 wounded."
Dr. Shimon Samuels, the center's director for international relations, and Dr. Ariel Gelblung, its representative for Latin America, said that "adding fuel to the fire is the upcoming visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister to Chile, billed by the semi-official Persian news agency Fars as aiming to 'oil the Iranophobic plots promoted by Israel in the region.'"
Mohammad Javad Zarif was expected to arrive in Chile on Thursday during a tour of six Latin American countries that started Sunday in Cuba. Zarif is also scheduled to travel to Nicaragua, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela.
The Wiesenthal Center also highlighted growing hostility in Chile against Israel and, by association, against Jews across Latin America, referencing the recent publication of a viciously anti-Semitic cartoon on the official Twitter account of the Palestinian Federation of Chile that it said was reminiscent of the 1930s Nazi German tabloid Der Sturmer and of Chilean Nazi sympathizers of that period.
"It is especially outrageous that the official website of the Chile Palestinian Federation serves as a tribune for Nazi hate," Samuels and Gelblung wrote in the letter, urging Bachelet to suspend the federation's activities pending an investigation into its incitement to anti-Jewish violence.
The Palestinian community in Chile is believed to be the largest outside of the Middle East. At least 300,000 Chileans are of Palestinian descent, according to reports. Some 15,000 Jews live in Chile.
Recently, the University of Chile's law faculty student union voted to approve a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution against Israel.
In celebrating the results of the election, the Palestinian Federation of Chile called it a demonstration of the law students against "Israeli apartheid."
6. AGRICULTURAL TERROR: EVERY NIGHT, AT ALL TIMES
by Shimon Cohen
Farmers who complain about daily burglaries and robberies are met with police incompetence and sometimes even become suspects themselves. The result of this is that they rarely bother to report these cases and the graph which reflects these agricultural crimes depicts a putative decrease in these events.
More and more requests for help are arriving at the hotline set up by the "Regavim" movement, which is offering assistance to farmers who have been dragged into the legal and criminal arenas by robbers and thieves.
The case in Bet Elazari, where a farmer shot an Arab who was trying to steal his truck and threatened to kill him has caused an increase in the number of these requests, says Yishai Chemo, Regavim's northern district coordinator.
"We set up 'Farmers at the Front' due to the situation where farmers are having to deal with incessant agricultural crime. The name reflects the situation on the ground and we offer legal advice to farmers. Our field coordinators travel around and meet with the farmers. They hear their problems and decide whether to open proceedings. If this is the case we transfer the case to lawyers who deal with the authorities, the farmers and sometimes with the criminals themselves."
Chemo explains the necessity for the new organization, describing a situation where farmers do not understand the legal arena. When the police tell them that "there's nothing to do" they accept this and do not start a battle because they are not aware of their rights and of the opportunities available to them legally.
Chemo says that this phenomenon of farmers giving up after hearing the police response is very widespread. "We saw that our guidance is very helpful. A farmer could hire a lawyer but he does not have the knowledge and ability to do this. In many cases he despairs.When a farmer sees daily trespassing in his fields, setting fires or stealing tractors and equipment, he does not have the emotional freedom to conduct a judicial process. We tell him we will take responsibility for the legal angle based on our knowledge and experience."
Chemo says that the whole enterprise is running for the past two years but the Bet Elazari event was a catalyst for them to publicize their enterprise. Since then "We have received tens of requests, all of which are being processed through legal parameters to ascertain if they are worthy of our free treatment.
There are cases when the members of the organization simply make a connection between a farmer and a lawyer, this when it is clear that the farmer had the economic and emotional ability to deal with his situation.
"There are however situations where a farmer is in a difficult situation and cannot afford legal help. The profit margins are low and in many cases farmers can just about support their families. If 15 calves are stolen this can cause tremendous loss of profits. To add more money so that a lawyer can issue a restraining order to the criminal may be beyond his capabilities and in many cases he will choose not to do this." says Chemo.
Sometimes due to the size of the expense and the damage and the feeling that the move will not meet with success the farmer will ignore the legal option, as if he has 30,000 shekels he would rather spend them on fixing the fence and not on a legal action. We believe that the judicial arena is very important and this is why we take it upon ourselves.
Chemo reports that the agricultural crime the farmers are facing "takes place every night and at all times. The police report 5,000 cases of agricultural crime over the last three years, and those are just the reported cases. I know of many unreported cases due to people's despairing with the police inaction. Technically there is a decrease in cases of agricultural crime and this what the police reports as a success but in reality it stems from farmers despairing of receiving assistance from the police."
"There is a very high rate of incidents. Some farmers have daily or weekly problems. It can cause emotional and intellectual fatigue. The farmers feel alone and the police don't help and sometimes the farmer even becomes a suspect."
"For example, a farmer in the north whose 13 kilometer fence was cut was asked by the police investigator to deposit his cutter to ensure that he did not cut it himself. In another case a farmer was attacked by infiltrators who submitted a complaint to police and the police confiscated his gun and effectively turned him into the criminal. This makes farmers feel alone and unprotected."
Chemo also relates to the phenomenon of protection, where heads of Bedouin tribes demand that one of their members should be employed and if not the farm will suffer. This happens extensively and in all regions and we see this as an existential threat to agriculture in Israel."
With regard to the judicial arena Chemo notes that many of the criminals are not dealt with effectively and many find themselves released the day after they were remanded or after investigation or a ludicrously light punishment. He adds that his movement, Regavim, initiated a legal process which would define agricultural crime as a crime and not just a misdemeanor, which would enable the punishment to be tripled. Yet the judges ignored the relevant paragraphs which would enable more severe punishments for the criminals.
Chemo is convinced that his organization is viewed positively by the judiciary, Even though at first they were viewed as troublemakers, the importance of their work is now appreciate widely.
7. 'RENOUNCE ISRAEL OR ELSE'
by David Rosenberg
The progressive wing of the Democrat Party has become openly anti-Israel, warns attorney and Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz, who claimed on Wednesday that the American far-left has turned opposition to the Jewish state into an article of faith and is forcing left-wing Jews to tow the anti-Israel line – or be ostracized from progressive circles.
In a piece published on The Algemeiner, Dershowitz, himself a life-long Democrat, noted the active efforts by progressive-left groups to root out Israel supporters from their ranks, and to pressure Jewish members to renounce Israel.
Pointing to left-wing organizations like Black Lives Matter, MoveOn, CodePink, and Occupy Wall Street, Dershowitz claims that the left-wing of the Democratic Party has adopted the "unique brand of bigotry" pushed by the BDS movement.
"The self-described 'progressive wing' of the Democratic Party… has become openly opposed to the nation state of the Jewish people. Increasingly, these organizations demand that their members and 'allies' renounce support for Israel and for Zionism in order to belong."
Dershowitz cites a number of incidents reflecting the increasingly hostile atmosphere on the far-left towards Israel and Jews who refuse to denounce the State of Israel.
Last year Susan Talve, whom Dershowitz described as a "longtime activist on race issues", was rejected by the Black Lives Matter movement because of her advocacy on behalf of Israel.
"Solidarily from Ferguson to Palestine has become a central tenet of the movement," BLM activists told her.
"Israeli and US state oppression are deeply interconnected."
This year, Black Lives Matter activists "broke up a gay pride event," wrote Dershowitz, "because it featured a presentation by an Israeli group."
"The protestors claimed that the event organizers had engaged in 'pinkwashing' the Israeli occupation by showing solidarity with the Israeli LGBTQ community."
Also, the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), a left-wing organization of gender studies professors, has barred Israel supporters, following a 2015 decision to endorse the BDS movement.
"[O]ne cannot call themselves a feminist… without taking a stand on what is happening in Palestine," one pro-BDS member explained.
But the progressive-left's opposition to Israel does not stem simply from contemporarily political issues or Israeli government policies, says Dershowitz. Rather, he claims, the far-left opposes the existence of Israel per se, claiming that "Israel is an imperialistic, apartheid, genocidal, and colonialist enterprise".
Some far-left groups even go so far to oppose "programs or events aimed at Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation", rejecting peaceful solutions in favor of demonization of Israel's supposed "colonialist nature".
8. SATMAR CHILDREN ATTACK MOCK NETANYAHU LIMO IN ANTI-ZIONIST DEMO
by Ben Sales
JTA - The Satmar Hasidic movement is strongly opposed to Zionism and the State of Israel. They believe that it was forbidden to establish a Jewish state before the arrival of the Messiah, in diametric opposition to Religious Zionists, who believe that being able to establish Jewish independence in the Land of Israel and the resulting Ingathering of the Exiles are a clear sign that the Messianic period is approaching.
In the video below, published last week by the Yeshiva World News, children at two Satmar day camps can be seen being led in protests against Israel.
In one of the protests, they hurl eggs at a car meant to represent the convoy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier in the video, the children chant "Israeli government, shame on you!" One child holds a sign reading, "A Jew is not a Zionist."
The videos were shot in August at two separate camps, affiliated with rival New-York based Satmar leaders, according to Yeshiva World News. Following the death in 2006 of leader Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the group split, with two of the rabbi's sons serving as leaders of the sect's strongholds in Williamsburg and Kiryas Joel.
The children in the first part of the video are attending a camp affiliated with Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, while the children in the second part of the video are affiliated with Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum of Kiryas Joel.
Some Hasidim in the United States, Israel and across the world do not support the existence of a Jewish state in Israel, arguing that establishment of Jewish rule over the territory must wait until the arrival of the messiah. That ideology distinguishes them from modern Orthodox or religious Zionist Jews, who believe that Israel's reestablishment is the sign of the "first manifestation of the approach of our redemption," as a well-known prayer for the State of Israel refers to it.
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HEADLINES:
1. WATCH: ISRAELIS UPGRADE 'ENEMY WEAPON'
2. ITALY STRUCK BY 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
3. CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUSPENDS PRO-PALESTINIAN TEACHER
4. PEACE NOW 'SLANDERS' ACTIVISTS OVER HEVRON CONSTRUCTION
5. POLICE: SOLDIER WHO DREW WEAPON IN AKKO ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE
6. WATCH: IDF'S NEW APC IN ACTION
7. MAN INDICTED FOR POLICE HIT-AND-RUN
8. WATCH: KIRYAT ARBA MUST GROW
1. WATCH: ISRAELIS UPGRADE 'ENEMY WEAPON'
by Yoni Kempinski
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Arutz Sheva met CAA at the 2nd Intelligence and Special Forces International Conference in Tel Aviv.
2. ITALY STRUCK BY 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
by Rachel Kaplan
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A powerful earthquake shattered central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse, and with reports of at least 21 dead.
In one case, an elderly couple was reportedly found lifeless after their home collapsed around them in Pescara del Tronto, east of the quake epicenter.
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Meanwhile, the mayor of Accumoli announced that he saw no signs of life from a family of four buried under the rubble there.
The Foreign Ministry still doesn't know if any Israelis are among the wounded or dead.
The 6.2 magnitude earthuake rippled out from near the town of Norcia, in the Umbria region, at 3:36 a.m. local time. About an hour later, a 5.5 magnitude aftershock rocked the same region.
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The 6-mile deep earthquake woke people in Rome, 170 kilometers (106 miles) away.
"Half the town is gone," explained Sergio Pirozzi, mayor of Amatrice, to RAI state news. "There are people under the rubble...There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse."
Amatrice this morning (Reuters)
There are still people reportedly trapped under rubble accross Italy. Emergency crews are working to save the injured and restore the country.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has sent his condolences to the Italian people, and wished the injured of the earthquake a speedy recovery. He has informed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of his intent to send Israeli emergency rescue crews to assist in the disaster relief.
The Mediterranean country has a long history of earthquakes. In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the Aquila region left more than 300 dead.
A series of quakes in May 2012 left 23 people dead and 14,000 others homeless.
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3. CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUSPENDS PRO-PALESTINIAN TEACHER
by Rachel Kaplan
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, located west of Toronto, suspended teacher Nadia Shoufani after she demanded support "in any form" for Palestinian efforts against Israel.
The board says Shoufani, a teacher at St. Catherine of Siena school, has been suspended with pay pending further investigation by the board.
According to the board, concerns were raised by "the community and public at large" over Shoufani's "professional conduct." It added that those issues have been brought to the attention of the Ontario College of Teachers for investigation and review.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), which is representing Shoufani during the investigation, believes the suspension is excessive.
"I want to clarify that Ms. Shoufani has not been suspended due to her personal or professional conduct, but as a result of a perceived lack of compliance with the board's investigation process," OECTA president Ann Hawkins said in an email.
The Missisauga teacher raised concerns after she made a speech at an Al-Quds Day event at Queen's Park on July 2.
"We have the right to fight back. We have the right to resist," Shoufani yelled during her speech. Shoufani also apparently criticised the detention of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese terrorist who is imprisoned in France for killing two US and Israeli officials.
Shoufani allegedly called on the public to "support the resistance (against Israel) in any form."
4. PEACE NOW 'SLANDERS' ACTIVISTS OVER HEVRON CONSTRUCTION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Left-wing organization "Peace Now" has started new a publicity campaign against Jewish construction in Hevron.
The new ad features MK Orit Strok (Jewish Home) and right-wing activists Baruch Marzel and Bentzy Gopstein in cartoon profiles accompanied by the tagline: "He who established 28 housing units in the heart of Hevron wants to perpetuate the conflict and fan the flames in the most sensitive and explosive area of the West Bank."
In response, Bentzi Gopstein, a resident of Kiryat Arba near Hevron, wrote, "'Peace Never,' the slanderers who will never have a hope. They're crying about construction in Judea and Samaria. I hope they keep crying."
In the past several days, the government has moved forward on the processes and permits necessary to enable the construction of several housing units for Jews in Hevron.
The area approved for building currently includes an army base.
5. POLICE: SOLDIER WHO DREW WEAPON IN AKKO ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE
by Rachel Kaplan
Police have returned the gun of a soldier who was attacked in the ancient city of Akko, reports legal organization Honenu, who is representing the soldier.
The soldier was touring the coastline of the Old City of Akko with his family, when a group of Arabs confronted them, and several tried to push the soldier and a family member off a 12 meter (40 foot) wall into the shallow seas below.
The soldier drew his personal handgun - holding it close to his body - when he felt his life was in danger.
Despite the circumstances, police who arrived at the scene detained the soldier for questioning, and confiscated his gun. The Arab attackers were not arrested.
Yesterday, the soldier was invited to the Akko police station, and his personal handgun was returned to him after the police accepted his claim that he was acting under life-threatening conditions.
Attorney Adi Keidar, who is representing the soldier, praised the return of his property, though he called on police to arrest the Arab attackers. "I am happy that the police accepted the soldier's version, that he was attacked and acted out of self defense, and they returned his gun. At the same time, I call on the police to close the investigation file opened against him and to arrest the Arab attackers, who belong behind bars."
Arabs and Jews generally have a quiet relationship in the mixed city of the north, though there are occasional breaks in the silence. In 2008, Arabs in Akko rioted on Yom Kippur when it coincided with Eid Al-Adha. There have been occasional outbreaks since, though the Muslim leadership of Akko tends to be moderate.
6. WATCH: IDF'S NEW APC IN ACTION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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The IDF's newly developed "Eitan" 8x8 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) are slated to gradually replace the outdated American-made M-113 APCs and fill a pressing need for the army, providing greater safety and maneuverability for troops entering hostile areas.
7. MAN INDICTED FOR POLICE HIT-AND-RUN
by Rachel Kaplan
Haifa district prosecutors submitted an indictment this morning against Houssam Tarabi, 28, for striking a police officer with his car while trying to evade the police.
Houssam, a resident of Abi Sanaan in the north, was driving in town at a time when his license was revoked.
According to the indictment, police were carrying out an operation in the town at the time, and two officers who spotted Tarabi driving in the opposite lane signalled for him to pull over.
The suspect stopped his car close to the police vehicle. One of the policemen got out, while wearing a signatory police cap. When Tarabi realized that he had been stopped by police, he quickly drove backward in an attempt to escape.
At some point, according to the indictment, Tarabi began to drive wildly forward in the direction of the police officer, who stood in his path. The policeman tried to flee, but the suspect struck him with the nose of the car, and the force of the hit caused the policeman to land on the hood of the car.
Despite this, Tarabi continued to drive quickly and wildly for dozens of meters, zig-zagging right and left while the policeman lay on the hood on the car, trying desperately not to fall. Tarabi took a sharp right, and the policeman slid off the side of the car, falling with force onto the road and pavement.
The policeman was injured, and lost consciousness.
Tarabi did not stop the car, and fled from the scene. The policeman was brought to Nahariya Hospital, where he was treated for three days.
The indictment charges Tarabi of injury with grave intent, disturbing a police officer, abandonment after injury, and driving with a revoked license.
8. WATCH: KIRYAT ARBA MUST GROW
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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Wednesday, Aug. 24 '16, כ' באב תשע"ו
HEADLINES:
1. WATCH: ISRAELIS UPGRADE 'ENEMY WEAPON'
2. ITALY STRUCK BY 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
3. CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUSPENDS PRO-PALESTINIAN TEACHER
4. PEACE NOW 'SLANDERS' ACTIVISTS OVER HEVRON CONSTRUCTION
5. POLICE: SOLDIER WHO DREW WEAPON IN AKKO ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE
6. WATCH: IDF'S NEW APC IN ACTION
7. MAN INDICTED FOR POLICE HIT-AND-RUN
8. WATCH: KIRYAT ARBA MUST GROW
1. WATCH: ISRAELIS UPGRADE 'ENEMY WEAPON'
by Yoni Kempinski
[youtube:2018444]
Arutz Sheva met CAA at the 2nd Intelligence and Special Forces International Conference in Tel Aviv.
2. ITALY STRUCK BY 6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
by Rachel Kaplan
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A powerful earthquake shattered central Italy in the early hours of Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse, and with reports of at least 21 dead.
In one case, an elderly couple was reportedly found lifeless after their home collapsed around them in Pescara del Tronto, east of the quake epicenter.
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Meanwhile, the mayor of Accumoli announced that he saw no signs of life from a family of four buried under the rubble there.
The Foreign Ministry still doesn't know if any Israelis are among the wounded or dead.
The 6.2 magnitude earthuake rippled out from near the town of Norcia, in the Umbria region, at 3:36 a.m. local time. About an hour later, a 5.5 magnitude aftershock rocked the same region.
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The 6-mile deep earthquake woke people in Rome, 170 kilometers (106 miles) away.
"Half the town is gone," explained Sergio Pirozzi, mayor of Amatrice, to RAI state news. "There are people under the rubble...There's been a landslide and a bridge might collapse."
Amatrice this morning (Reuters)
There are still people reportedly trapped under rubble accross Italy. Emergency crews are working to save the injured and restore the country.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has sent his condolences to the Italian people, and wished the injured of the earthquake a speedy recovery. He has informed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of his intent to send Israeli emergency rescue crews to assist in the disaster relief.
The Mediterranean country has a long history of earthquakes. In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the Aquila region left more than 300 dead.
A series of quakes in May 2012 left 23 people dead and 14,000 others homeless.
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3. CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUSPENDS PRO-PALESTINIAN TEACHER
by Rachel Kaplan
The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, located west of Toronto, suspended teacher Nadia Shoufani after she demanded support "in any form" for Palestinian efforts against Israel.
The board says Shoufani, a teacher at St. Catherine of Siena school, has been suspended with pay pending further investigation by the board.
According to the board, concerns were raised by "the community and public at large" over Shoufani's "professional conduct." It added that those issues have been brought to the attention of the Ontario College of Teachers for investigation and review.
The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), which is representing Shoufani during the investigation, believes the suspension is excessive.
"I want to clarify that Ms. Shoufani has not been suspended due to her personal or professional conduct, but as a result of a perceived lack of compliance with the board's investigation process," OECTA president Ann Hawkins said in an email.
The Missisauga teacher raised concerns after she made a speech at an Al-Quds Day event at Queen's Park on July 2.
"We have the right to fight back. We have the right to resist," Shoufani yelled during her speech. Shoufani also apparently criticised the detention of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese terrorist who is imprisoned in France for killing two US and Israeli officials.
Shoufani allegedly called on the public to "support the resistance (against Israel) in any form."
4. PEACE NOW 'SLANDERS' ACTIVISTS OVER HEVRON CONSTRUCTION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Left-wing organization "Peace Now" has started new a publicity campaign against Jewish construction in Hevron.
The new ad features MK Orit Strok (Jewish Home) and right-wing activists Baruch Marzel and Bentzy Gopstein in cartoon profiles accompanied by the tagline: "He who established 28 housing units in the heart of Hevron wants to perpetuate the conflict and fan the flames in the most sensitive and explosive area of the West Bank."
In response, Bentzi Gopstein, a resident of Kiryat Arba near Hevron, wrote, "'Peace Never,' the slanderers who will never have a hope. They're crying about construction in Judea and Samaria. I hope they keep crying."
In the past several days, the government has moved forward on the processes and permits necessary to enable the construction of several housing units for Jews in Hevron.
The area approved for building currently includes an army base.
5. POLICE: SOLDIER WHO DREW WEAPON IN AKKO ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE
by Rachel Kaplan
Police have returned the gun of a soldier who was attacked in the ancient city of Akko, reports legal organization Honenu, who is representing the soldier.
The soldier was touring the coastline of the Old City of Akko with his family, when a group of Arabs confronted them, and several tried to push the soldier and a family member off a 12 meter (40 foot) wall into the shallow seas below.
The soldier drew his personal handgun - holding it close to his body - when he felt his life was in danger.
Despite the circumstances, police who arrived at the scene detained the soldier for questioning, and confiscated his gun. The Arab attackers were not arrested.
Yesterday, the soldier was invited to the Akko police station, and his personal handgun was returned to him after the police accepted his claim that he was acting under life-threatening conditions.
Attorney Adi Keidar, who is representing the soldier, praised the return of his property, though he called on police to arrest the Arab attackers. "I am happy that the police accepted the soldier's version, that he was attacked and acted out of self defense, and they returned his gun. At the same time, I call on the police to close the investigation file opened against him and to arrest the Arab attackers, who belong behind bars."
Arabs and Jews generally have a quiet relationship in the mixed city of the north, though there are occasional breaks in the silence. In 2008, Arabs in Akko rioted on Yom Kippur when it coincided with Eid Al-Adha. There have been occasional outbreaks since, though the Muslim leadership of Akko tends to be moderate.
6. WATCH: IDF'S NEW APC IN ACTION
by Arutz Sheva Staff
[youtube:2018471]
The IDF's newly developed "Eitan" 8x8 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) are slated to gradually replace the outdated American-made M-113 APCs and fill a pressing need for the army, providing greater safety and maneuverability for troops entering hostile areas.
7. MAN INDICTED FOR POLICE HIT-AND-RUN
by Rachel Kaplan
Haifa district prosecutors submitted an indictment this morning against Houssam Tarabi, 28, for striking a police officer with his car while trying to evade the police.
Houssam, a resident of Abi Sanaan in the north, was driving in town at a time when his license was revoked.
According to the indictment, police were carrying out an operation in the town at the time, and two officers who spotted Tarabi driving in the opposite lane signalled for him to pull over.
The suspect stopped his car close to the police vehicle. One of the policemen got out, while wearing a signatory police cap. When Tarabi realized that he had been stopped by police, he quickly drove backward in an attempt to escape.
At some point, according to the indictment, Tarabi began to drive wildly forward in the direction of the police officer, who stood in his path. The policeman tried to flee, but the suspect struck him with the nose of the car, and the force of the hit caused the policeman to land on the hood of the car.
Despite this, Tarabi continued to drive quickly and wildly for dozens of meters, zig-zagging right and left while the policeman lay on the hood on the car, trying desperately not to fall. Tarabi took a sharp right, and the policeman slid off the side of the car, falling with force onto the road and pavement.
The policeman was injured, and lost consciousness.
Tarabi did not stop the car, and fled from the scene. The policeman was brought to Nahariya Hospital, where he was treated for three days.
The indictment charges Tarabi of injury with grave intent, disturbing a police officer, abandonment after injury, and driving with a revoked license.
8. WATCH: KIRYAT ARBA MUST GROW
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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