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Sunday, Jan. 29 '17, ב' בשבט תשע"ז
HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU: US EMBASSY NEEDS TO BE IN JERUSALEM
2. WATCH: TERRORISTS PULLED OUT KNIFE, WEREN'T SHOT
3. REFUGEES DETAINED AT US AIRPORTS AFTER TRUMP'S ORDER
4. NETANYAHU: TRUMP IS RIGHT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA
5. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT DISCUSS EU JOINT VENTURE
6. MULTIPLE MURDER LEAVES THREE DEAD, ONE WOUNDED
7. NETANYAHU: APPROVE REGULATION LAW
8. POPE SPEAKS ABOUT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
1. NETANYAHU: US EMBASSY NEEDS TO BE IN JERUSALEM
by Nitsan Keidar
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In an attempt to counter reports which claim Israel is responsible for delaying the US Embassy's move to Jerusalem, on Sunday Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated clearly that he calls on the moving of the embassy to Jerusalem.
"I'd like to mention again that our core alliance is with the United States", Netanyahu said at the opening of the weekly government meeting, "there is no substitute for this alliance. Our relations are strong and getting stronger.
"At this opportunity I'd like to state unambiguously that our opinion has forever been and is today as well, that the US Embassy should be located here in Jerusalem.
"Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and it is proper that not only the US embassy move here, but that also all embassies should move here. I believe that as time goes by, most will come here to Jerusalem."
Netanyahu also spoke about the Regulation Law, saying, "Tomorrow we will present the Regulation Law to the Knesset. This law is meant to normalize, once and for all, settlement in Judea and Samaria and prevent repeated attempts to hurt Jewish settlements."
The Regulation Law legalizes and protects thousands of Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria which were built with government backing and no knowledge of the existence of absentee land owners, but against which there are now claims of property ownership.
Under the Regulation Law, the homes built on such properties will be allowed to remain, and owners with proven claims to the land will be given a choice of receiving an alternate plot of land or monetary compensation for 125% of their land's value.
However, it will not protect Amona or the nine houses in Ofra.
2. WATCH: TERRORISTS PULLED OUT KNIFE, WEREN'T SHOT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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3. REFUGEES DETAINED AT US AIRPORTS AFTER TRUMP'S ORDER
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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According to Fox News, refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries are being turned away at foreign airports. Those who make it all the way to the United States are detained upon landing.
Among those detained at JFK were two Iraqi men who landed on Friday night.
The ACLU and other refugee activist groups decided to file a federal lawsuit suing President Trump and the federal government for unconstitutionally detaining the two Iraqi men.
One of the men, who was granted a special immigrant visa for his work as an interpreter, an engineer, and a contractor from 2003-2013 on behalf of the US military, has been released from JFK. The other is still being detained.
Congressman Jerrold Nadler said there could be at least ten others held at JFK.
"We were told that they're being held even though they had valid visas...because of the President's executive order... They're waiting for guidance from Washington," Nadler said.
US President Donald Trump on Friday banned all persons from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the US. The ban is effective for an initial and extendable period of 90 days, and suspends the US Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days.
4. NETANYAHU: TRUMP IS RIGHT, IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA
by Hezki Baruch
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu responded to US President Donald Trump's initiative to build a wall between Mexico and the US by saying: "The wall I built all along Israel's southern border stopped the illegal immigration from that direction. Good luck, it's a great idea."
In an interview with Fox News, Trump said, "It's not just politics, and yet it is good for the heart of the nation... All you have to do is ask Israel. They were having a total disaster coming across, and they had a wall. it's 99.9% stoppage.
"A proper wall...I'm talking about a real wall...and even that, of course, you'll have people violate it, but we'll have people waiting for them when they do."
On Wednesday, Trump ordered construction to start on a US-Mexico wall intended to stem illegal immigration. After Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto refused to pay for the wall's construction, Trump announced his plan to pay for it by imposing a 20% tax on Mexican goods.
The US Office of Trade reported Mexico's exports to the US in 2015 were valued at $316.4 billion.
5. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT DISCUSS EU JOINT VENTURE
by Hezki Baruch
A draft resolution to approve Israel's participation in an EU cultural joint venture that excludes all pre-1967 regions has been removed from the government's agenda and will not be considered.
The draft resolution states that Culture Minister Regev supports passage of the resolution which was brought to the government by Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but this morning Regev announced that she opposes it.
The proposal apparently came off the agenda following a report in Haaretz which revealed that the proposal includes Israeli agreement that cultural institutions and artists working in East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Judea and Samaria not benefit from it.
Agreements with similar reservations have previously been signed by Israel, also during the Netanyahu government's tenure.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nachshon said in response to Haaretz that Israel's participation in the program would significantly contribute to promoting Israeli culture in Europe.
"There is no change in Israel's position in relation to the territorial issue as it appears in the draft agreement, and as it appeared in similar past agreements between Israel and the European Union," said Nachshon. "The territorial clause in the current agreement is identical to the 'Horizon 2020' agreement which was approved at the time by Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin".
6. MULTIPLE MURDER LEAVES THREE DEAD, ONE WOUNDED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A mother and her two children ages 1.5 and 8 months were stabbed to death by the father, who is suspected of murdering the neighbors' five-year-old and moderately wounding his 11-year-old brother.
The murder occurred in Migdal, which is a small village on the Kinneret's (Sea of Galilee) northwest bank.
A spokesman for Israel Police said, "Around 2:30pm we received a report about a youth who was wounded in a stabbing. Police forces arrived at the scene along with a Magen David Adom team.
"The teams found the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and her two children of approximately a year and two years old, as well as that of an additional child aged approximately eight. The bodies showed signs of violence. An additional boy of about ten was severely injured and has been taken to Rambam Hospital.
"Israel Police searched the area for the suspect and soon found him in a nearby grove. The incident is still being investigated," the statement concluded.
7. NETANYAHU: APPROVE REGULATION LAW
by Nitsan Keidar
Prime Minister's Bureau Chief of Staff Yoav Horowitz told Ofra residents on Saturday night that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had ordered the Regulation Law to be passed in the coming week.
According to Horowitz, Netanyahu told Coalition Chairman David Bitan (Likud) to bring the law to the Knesset for its second and third readings in the coming week. Horowitz also said Netanyahu ordered an additional 68 housing units to be built in Ofra.
The Jewish Home party has threatened to take anti-coalition steps if the Regulation Law is not passed in the coming two weeks.
The Regulation Law passed its first reading in November, but has not been advanced since then because of worries over what former US President Barack Obama might do during his lame-duck period.
However, even after US President Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, Netanyahu has not seemed to be interested in passing the law.
The current version of the Regulation Law would not legalize Amona or the nine houses in Ofra, because the courts have already ruled on them. However, it would legalize and protect thousands of Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria which were built with government backing and no knowledge of the existence of absentee land owners, but against which there are now claims of property ownership.
Under the Regulation Law, the homes built on such properties will be allowed to remain, and owners with proven claims to the land will be given a choice of receiving an alternate plot of land or monetary compensation for 125% of their land's value.
Very few actual land owners have filed claims in the courts, with most of the suits filed by leftist organizations, as Israeli courts do not limit suits to those who have a direct connection to the issue in dispute. Jordanian land laws, which Israel allowed to remain binding in Judea and Samaria, do not allow for the fact that no property taxes have been paid on the lands since 1967 and that the owners have not used the land in any way, to affect ownership.
The Jewish Home party was consideration slight changes in the wording of the law to allow the Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to agree to be an active partner in its passing and implementation. However, no changes are expected to be made to the current version of the Regulation Law.
8. POPE SPEAKS ABOUT HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
by Arutz Sheva Staff
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European Jewish Congress (EJC) President Dr. Moshe Kantor met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The Pope spoke about the importance of the day and said that "for us, remembering the victims of the Holocaust is important so that this human tragedy never happens again."
"Jews still bear the marks of the Shoah in their hearts and even today continue to be threatened by anti-Semitism in all its vicious forms," Dr. Kantor said, praising the visit by the Pope to Auschwitz last year.
Dr. Kantor gave the Pope a book chronicling all the Jewish communities in Europe and a beautiful decorated Blessing for the Home. They each expressed that they will pray for the success of the other, and discussed many other issues, especially the Pope's strong moral approach against terrorism and extremism.
"We commend your condemnation of global terrorism, and join you in your fight against what you described as 'the plague of terrorism'," Dr. Kantor said. "We need a reaffirmation of the principles that bind the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, about what unites us and say a strong no to violence and hate, and yes to tolerance and reconciliation.
"As a representative of the Jewish People I would also like to express my deep sadness and condemnation of the persecution and destruction of ancient Christian communities in the Middle East. We see both ancient Jewish and Christian sites being destroyed across the region and our voices should be united in calling on the international community to end this barbarism and offence against history and religion."
The Pope and the Dr. Kantor also spoke about interfaith work and building bridges between the two communities.
While the current teachings of the Church towards Jews, Judaism, and Israel are overwhelmingly positive, there are many parts of the Catholic world where problematic attitudes still prevail and where anti-Judaism if not anti-Semitism is still to be found. Remarkably, the teaching of Nostra Aetate and of the Magisterium (the current positive attitudes towards Jews) following on from it, are not a mandatory part of the syllabus for the formation of priests everywhere.
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