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| August 18, 2012
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American IDF veterans return to serve on campus

3 American-born IDF veterans have returned to the US after their IDF service. On campus each has been involved in Israel advocacy efforts.

By LAUREN SCHMIDT, ICB REPORTER

 

Many campus Israel groups have brought Israeli soldiers to speak at their schools in recent years because they value the insights and perspectives IDF veterans bring to the campus Israel dialogue. But some people who have had life-changing experiences serving in the Israel Defense Forces later earn their college degree in the United States. These students offer a unique view on Israel, based on their experience, and their advocacy on campus conveys that.
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| August 17, 2012
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Netanyahu disavows erroneous quotes attributed to him

The PM refutes saying “situation in Jordan worse than Syria” & “fall of Tantawi in Egypt worse than fall of Mubarak.”

 

For the second time in a week Israel found itself on Thursday denying potentially dangerous and erroneous statements attributed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the Arab world.

PM Netanyahu speaks to Jewish immigrants at BGU - Photo: REUTERS

PM Netanyahu speaks to Jewish immigrants at BGU – Photo: REUTERS

Samih al-Mayata, a Jordanian government spokesman, was quoted in the Jordanian media earlier this week as being asked at a briefing about a statement he was told Netanyahu made that “the situation in Jordan is worse even than the situation in Syria.”

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| August 16, 2012
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Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel on May 14, 1948

From the Website of: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

 Declaration of Establishment of State of Israel – 14 May 1948

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Below: On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People’s Council, led by David Ben-Gurion, gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night by the United States and three days later by the USSR.


 

ERETZ-ISRAEL [(Hebrew) – the Land of Israel, Palestine] was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2012
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Jewish Rep. & Dem. launch Obama video campaigns

Because the RJC released a video of Jewish Democrats disappointed in Obama, the NJDC hits back with residents of Sderot singing Obama’s praises.

 

The video testimony genre is turning out to be popular this elections season in the United States. The Republican Jewish Coalition was the first to launch a campaign with recorded confessions of former Jewish Democrats disappointed in President Barack Obama for not being a friend of Israel.

U.S. President Barack Obama. Could reassess his country’s special relationship with Israel.

U.S. President Barack Obama. Could reassess his country’s special relationship with Israel. – Photo by Reuters

The National Jewish Democratic Council returned fire with testimonials of Israelis, including some residents of Sderot, the city that suffered the most of the rocket attacks from Gaza, thanking President Obama for his support. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2012
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New ‘Bill of Rights’ for Ben-Gurion Passengers Inconvenienced by Airlines.

Airline carriers & charter operators flying out of Ben-Gurion had better get their act together, or it’s going to cost them big-time.

 

Beginning Thursday, travelers flying out of Israel are likelier to have a better chance of taking off on time – otherwise, the airline they are flying on will have to compensate them, or perhaps even give them a refund or pay them for the waiting time. The new sanctions on airlines are part of the Airline Passenger Rights law, which comes into effect Thursday.

The law applies to scheduled airline flights as well as charter flights, and was prompted after scenes several summers ago of Israelis stuck in Ben Gurion Airport for hours or even days as they waited for their charter companies to fill flights or negotiate better deals with the carriers they were renting planes from. Continue Reading »

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| August 15, 2012
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Ahmed Dabah to become Kadima’s first Arab Member of the Knesset

Ahmed Dabah, a former mayor, brought Mofaz 1,121 primary votes; swearing-in makes him the 17th non-Jewish MK.

Ahmed Dabah is expected to become Kadima’s first Arab MK, replacing Avi Dichter who resigned from the Knesset Tuesday to become home front defense minister.

AHMED DABAH - Photo: Kadima

Dichter called Dabah, 57, Kadima’s strongest Arab activist, on Monday night, to notify him that he would become an MK soon. The two wished each other luck in their new jobs.

Dabah brought Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz 1,121 votes from Deir-el-Assad – where he was mayor – in this year’s primary. Mofaz got more votes in the northern town than his and former party leader Tzipi Livni’s combined votes from Tel Aviv (1,112).

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| August 15, 2012
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Arab Tycoon Talks Peace with Jew in Supermarket, Angering Boycotters

A Palestinian Authority tycoon talked peace with Rami Levyatn one of his food outlets, angering boycotters.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

A Palestinian Authority tycoon talked peace with Israeli supermarket mogul Rami Levy in one of his outlets in Judea and Samaria, angering the boycott movement.

Arabs shop at Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion

Arabs shoping at Rami Levy supermarket in Gush Etzion
Israel news photo: Flash 9

Arab billionaire Munib Al-Masri met with Levy, who has backed nationalist causes and has promoted Arab-Jewish co-existence by hiring workers from both sectors in his supermarkets, several of which are located in Judea and Samaria. The newest store, located in Gush Etzion, is filled with Jewish and Arab shoppers, especially on Thursday, the day before the Muslim day of rest and the eve of Jewish Sabbath. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2012
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Foreign Ministry: African countries yern to revive ‘golden era’ of Israel ties

Deputy FM Ayalon to launch joint health & agricultural projects in Uganda & Kenya; Foreign Ministry official says African leaders who recently visited Israel  ‘expressed disappointed at Arab promises’ from the 70’s – 80’s

By Rina Bassist

 

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon landed on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he met senior officials. He continued to Kenya and Uganda, where he was expected to inaugurate two Israeli-cooperation projects in the fields of agriculture and health.

Daniel Ayalon Photo: EPA

Daniel Ayalon – Photo: EPA

An outstanding number of state and professional visits by African heads of state and ministers were recorded in Jerusalem this year. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2012
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The European Union says City of Modiin is Not Part of Israel

The EU decided that the city of Modiin, home to 80,000, was built on ‘no-man’s land’ and is not in the State of Israel.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The European Union has decided that the city of Modiin-Maccabim-Reut (Modiin) is not a part of Israel. The city was built on what was no-man’s land after the 1948 War of Independence, and therefore will not be considered Israel proper, EU officials said.

The decision was made as part of an EU initiative to decide which Israeli products will benefit from tax breaks under a 1995 agreement.

Israeli and EU officials reached an understanding years ago according to which items produced in areas settled by Israel after 1967 will not enjoy tax breaks despite the 1995 deal. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2012
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Residents not Worried that Jerusalem Lacks Bomb Shelters

Survey shows older neighborhoods of Jerusalem haven’t enough bomb shelters, but the residents are nonchalant.

 

Jerusalem does not have enough public bomb shelters in older neighborhoods, but that doesn’t really bother residents of those neighborhoods, The Jerusalem Post found on Tuesday during an informal survey judging the city’s readiness for emergency situations.

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Israelis sit in a bomb shelter – Photo: Amir Cohen / Reuters

According to a municipality spokeswoman, there are approximately 200 public bomb shelters concentrated in the city center and south of the city. Newer neighborhoods, including Ramot, Gilo, Pisgat Zeev, and Ramat Eshkol, are better prepared because later zoning laws required contractors to build bomb shelters within new buildings.

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| August 14, 2012
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Hamas inmate has a son after sneaking out a sperm sample to his wife

A Palestinian  prisoner serving 32 life sentences fathers 3rd child after smuggling sperm sample out of Hadarim prison

By AFP

 

A baby boy was born by Caesarian section on Monday, the product of a successful smuggling attempt by a Palestinian prisoner who managed to sneak out a sperm sample to his wife.

No conjugal visits (archive) Photo: Moti Kimhi

No conjugal visits – Photo: Moti Kimhi

Baby Muhammad was born in a Nablus hospital to Dallal Ziben, a 32-year-old mother-of-two from a village in the northern West Bank, whose husband Ammar is currently serving 32 life sentences in an Israeli prison.

Palestinians are not permitted to receive conjugal visits, and although Dallal Ziben has not set eyes on her husband for 15 years, she says she fell pregnant after being artificially inseminated by sperm her 37-year-old husband managed to sneak out of Hadarim prison in central Israel. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2012
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IDF Naval Commandos Rescue Family from Sinking Yacht near Lebanon

IDF’s Elite Navy commandos rescued parents & their 3 children whose disabled yacht was stranded dangerously close to Lebanon.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Elite Navy commandos rescued parents and three children whose disabled yacht was stranded dangerously close to Lebanon early Tuesday.

 Israeli navy ship to the rescue

Israeli navy ship to the rescue!
Israel news photo: IDF spokesman

The Navy ship, outfitted with missiles, rushed out on the high seas after officials received an SOS call from the yacht ”Odelia” late Monday night.

Water began seeping in after the boat’s engine failed approximately 30 miles off the Lebanese coast.

The family had left the port of Haifa and was on the way to Cyprus, Voice of Israel government radio reported. Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2012
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Israel’s $US Cash Reserves a Weapon Against Possible Iranian War Disaster

Gloom & doomers warn that a war against Iran may cripple the economy, but Israel has a weapon: $70 billion in US dollar reserves.

Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Gloom and doomers warn that war with Iran could cripple the economy, but Israel has a weapon: $70 billion in dollar reserves.

Many international financial wizards scoffed at Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer three years when he bought billions of dollars, ostensibly to keep the then-mighty shekel from growing even stronger. Israeli exporters were suffering from low revenue due to a lower shekel rate for the dollar and the euro.

Globes reported that a senior Bank of Israel official said, “We have $76 billion in foreign currency reserves, which says it all. Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2012
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Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with 127 North American immigrants arriving to serve in IDF

350 Canadian & American immigrants to be welcomed at Ben-Gurion Int’l Airport by Netanyahu • Majority wish to serve in IDF combat units • “I want to be part of something that’s bigger than me,” says Alona Bargi from California.

Yael Branovsky

 

One hundred and twenty-seven young American and Canadian immigrants will arrive in Israel on Tuesday to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces. The record number of North American new immigrants ensliting in the IDF are part of an overall group of 350 olim who will touch down at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday morning.

“Enlisting in the IDF feels like the right thing to do,” says Alona Bargi.

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| August 13, 2012
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New Book: Barak was opposed to a strike on the Syrian reactor

‘Inside Israel’s Secret Wars,’ tells that Ashkenazi, Dagan and Olmert claimed political considerations were behind defense minister’s opposition to a strike on Syria’s nuclear site at Dir a-Zur

Itamar Eichner

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak is pushing for an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but five years ago he was staunchly opposed to the successful attack on Syria’s reactor, a new book reveals.

According to foreign reports, the Israeli Air Force bombed the reactor in Syria‘s Dir a-Zur region on September 6, 2007 under a veil of secrecy. Only some six months later US government officials announced that the destroyed target was a nuclear plant that was built with North Korea’s assistance. Continue Reading »

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