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| July 17, 2012
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Muslims Forbid the IOC from Honoring Murdered Jewish Olympians

Olympics official admits that Muslims blocked one-minute silence for the 11 murdered Israeli athletes, one of the widows reported.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

An Olympics official admitted that Muslim countries blocked the “One-Minute of Silence” campaign to honor the 11 murdered Israeli athletes, one of the widows said.

Olympics stadium in London - no time to remeber murdered Israeli athletes

Olympics stadium in London – no time to remember murdered Israeli athletes – Reuters

Ankie Spitzer, whose husband Andre was one of the athletes massacred in the Munich Games n 1972, told the European Jewish Press that Jacques Rogge, president of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, told her  that his “hands were tied” by the admission of 46 Arab and Muslim members to the International Olympic Committee. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Here’s how Obama failed on forging peace in the Middle East

“If you want Israel to take risks, then its leaders must know that the United States is right next to them,” Malcolm Hoenlein,  told the president.

Obama politely but firmly disagreed.

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It was their first meeting with the new president, and the dozen or so Jewish leaders picked to attend had made an agreement among themselves: No arguing — either with each other or their host.

The pledge would be hard to keep.

Five weeks earlier, President Obama had traveled to Cairo to ask for a “new beginning” between his government and an Islamic world angry about the United States’ wars in two Muslim nations and its perceived favoritism toward Israel. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Israel being excluded intentionally from Global Counterterrorism Forum

Founder and Dean of Simon Wiesenthal Center: I’m prepared to believe Israel is being intentionally left out of counter-terrorism Forum

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

Rabbi Marvin Hier, the founder and dean of the human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center, charged the US-sponsored Global Counter-terrorism Forum of deliberately excluding Israel; from a second meeting of the group that took place in Spain last week.

RABBI MARVIN HIER – Photo: REUTERS

In a strongly worded letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Hier wrote that “when there was criticism following your announcement of the creation of the Global Counter-terrorism Forum, which excluded Israel, I accepted the administration’s assurances that a way would be found to involve Israel.

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| July 16, 2012
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Sec Clinton to President Peres: Friends like us must work together

US Sec of St meets president in Jerusalem, praising him for “knowing the inextricable link between security & peace.”

 

By GREER FAY CASHMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Monday, saying that the transformations which the Middle East is undergoing require “friends like us to think together and act together.”

Arriving in Israel Sunday night for a 24-hour visit, Clinton said that the region was in the midst of a “time of uncertainty, but opportunity.” She posited that the changes in the Middle East have given the US and Israel the chance to advance their shared goals of security, stability and democracy.

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| July 16, 2012
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Gazans to visit family imprisoned in Israel

For first time in five years, Palestinian security prisoners held in Rimon to receive family visits

By Raanan Ben-Zur

 

Palestinians from Gaza Strip will visit relatives in Israeli prisons for the first time in five years on Monday.

The visit to Ramon Prison is part of the agreement signed between the Israel Prisons Service and the Palestinian prisoners, with the aim of ending their hunger strike.

The IPS said that the visit was a pilot program and that if it proved successful, similar visits would take place in other prisons in Israel.

According to the deal, the IPS will then facilitate visits by security prisoners’ relatives on a regular basis. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Israel has Tough Time Finding a Hungarian Leader who’s not Identified with Antisemites

Last month, Knesset speaker uninvited his Hungarian counterpart because of his attendance at a memorial for an antisemitic author; as it turns out, his replacement, the Hungarian president, is guilty of the same offense.

 

Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin is having a difficult time finding a suitable Hungarian representative to attend an official ceremony honoring the righteous Gentile Raoul Wallenberg at the Knesset, due to the support shown by senior Hungarian government officials for known anti-Semites.

Hungarian President Janos Ader and Parliament Speaker Laslo Kover.

Hungarian President Janos Ader, second right, stands alongside Speaker of the Parliament Laszlo Kover, right. Photo by AP

Three weeks ago, Rivlin cancelled an invite to his Hungarian counterpart after finding out that the latter had participated in a memorial ceremony for an anti-Semitic author in Hungary. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Shin Bet Shuts Down Terror Squad

Hizme terrorist cell planned to abduct IDF soldier & use him to bargain for release of PFLP’s Ahmed Sa’adat.

By Gil Ronen

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), along with the IDF and the Israel Police, has exposed a terror cell that operated from the village of Hizme, north of Jerusalem, and which attempted several abductions.

Hizme Roadblock

Hizme Roadblock
Orli Harari

The cell was uncovered in May but as is often the case with such investigations, a gag order prevented making the development public until now.

The Shin Bet says that the cell planned to abduct an IDF soldier, hold him in a secret apartment or cave near Hizme, and then hand him over – in return for money – to relatives of senior Arab terrorists who are incarcerated in Israeli jails. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2012
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Anti-Israel Billboards on Display at NY Metro Train Stations

Ad campaign completely ignores facts, including the history of land ownership prior to 1948, and Israel’s repeated efforts to exchange land for peace.


 

Billboards with a series of maps that purport to show Israel’s continued and systematic expropriation of ‘Palestinian land’ have gone up at suburban New York train stations, including heavily Jewish populated Westchester County, the JTA reported.

The ads depict a succession of shrinking Palestinian territories in four maps and are accompanied by a statement that reads: “4.7 million Palestinians are classified as refugees by the United Nations.” The ad claims to cover “Palestinian loss of land” from 1946 to 2010. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2012
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US Jewish leaders are ‘concerned’ over the Levy report

Report places 2-state solution & Israel’s standing in the international community in peril, 40 US Jews write in letter to Netanyahu.

By JTA

 

Forty American Jewish leaders sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday, expressing concerns about the findings of the Levy Committee regarding the legality of Jewish settlements in Judea & Samaria.

The Itamar settlement in the West Bank. – Photo: Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters

The letter was initiated and organized by the Israel Policy Forum.

“As strong advocates for Israel’s security and well-being as a Jewish and democratic state, we are deeply concerned about the recent findings of the government commission led by [retired Supreme Court Justice] Edmund Levy.

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| July 15, 2012
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It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… except if you’re Israeli

Jerusalem Int’l YMCA, insists that the absence of the Israeli flag does not mean “we don’t recognize Israel” • Jerusalem councilman: It is unbelievably insolent of the YMCA to be a guest in a country, sit in its capital, and then spit on its institutions.

By Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

A summer camp at the Jerusalem International YMCA has provoked outrage after organizers refused to include an Israeli flag with a collection of national flags from around the world currently adorning the building.

Flags at the Jerusalem YMCA building. But where is Israel’s?
Photo credit: Oren Nachshon

The Jerusalem International YMCA, a cultural and sports center and subsidiary of the global Young Men’s Christian Association, has traditionally promoted friendship between Christians, Muslims and Jews with countless joint cultural and sports events.

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| July 15, 2012
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‘Better Place’ launches its commercial electric cars

Better Place touts lower cost, no emissions, silent motors & the lack of gasoline dependence for its cars.

 

Better Place Israel announced the commercial launch of its Renault Fluence Elictric Vehicles Sunday, almost six months after the first EVs hit the road on the company’s fourth anniversary in January.

THE FLUENCE ZE (Zero Emission) - Photo: Nadav Shemer

THE FLUENCE ZE (Zero Emission) – Photo: Nadav Shemer

A television,  newspaper and Internet advertising campaign, run under the slogan “It’s not foreverybody,” will introduce arguments in favor of electric vehicles and present the types of people Better Place believes are not suited to them. The expressed advantages include cost, no emissions, silent motors and lack of gasoline dependence.

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| July 15, 2012
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The Torah is Israel’s Defense against Evil, Says Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

The I.D.F. defends Israel against its enemies, but the Torah is the ultimate weapon against evil, proclaims former Chief Sephardi Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

 

The IDF defends Israel against enemies, but the Torah is the ultimate weapon against evil, says former Chief Sephardi Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

Torah scroll

Torah scroll
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The revered rabbi, who also is the spiritual leader of the Shas party, delivered his weekly broadcast sermon Saturday night in the wake of attempts by the government to prepare legislation requiring the enlistment of all Israelis, including those who study Toray day and night. They have largely been exempt from serving in the IDF ever since the re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2012
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Likud MK: Annex All of Judea and Samaria, Not Just ‘C Areas’

Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotovely, says plan for annexing ‘Area C’ first means recognition of Oslo framework.

By Gil Ronen

MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) called on the nationalist camp to work for full annexation of Judea and Samaria (Yehuda and Shomron) and not just “Areas C,” as has been suggested by Jewish Home candidate Naftali Bennett.

Speaking at the Second Conference for Applying Jewish Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria Thursday, MK Hotovely analyzed the psychological barriers that nationalists face when discussing the issue of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria.

“When a right winger shows up for an interview he has one concern,” she explained. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2012
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Wildfire breaks out in North, 1000 people evacuated

No injuries; fire fighters extinguish fire that broke out at Park Snir, between Kibbutz Maayan-Baruch and Kibbutz HaGoshrim.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A bush fire broke out Friday night in Park Snir between Kibbutz Maayan Baruch and Kibbutz HaGoshrim in the North.

Israeli Fire and Rescue Service plane - Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM

Israeli Fire and Rescue Service plane – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM

Large forces of fire fighters and police were called to the scene and managed to extinguish the fire after several hours.

The emergency services evacuated some one thousand people visiting the area including dozens of families who were camping in the region.

There were no injuries and the authorities said that there were no concerns regarding the safety of the kibbutzim residents. Continue Reading »

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| July 13, 2012
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How to dismantle the IDF

Who will tell the Haredim how to serve, who will dare to dictate conditions of service to them? To them it’s the army of the czar, who drafted them into its ranks against their will, by force.

 

Who is opposed to eliminating terror, who is opposed to equal sharing of the burden. We’re all unanimously in favor, nobody is opposed. My friends and I once also made the demand for conscription of the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) a top priority, but that was a long time ago, decades ago, and eventually I changed my mind. Not because I have become wiser since then, but because I opened my eyes. Continue Reading »

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