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| July 1, 2012
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U.S. Senate Calls for Moment of Silence During London Olympics

 U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging the  International Olympic Committee (IOC) to mark one minute of silence

 

 

As the world looks forward to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, many have called on the International Olympic Committee to recognize one of the darkest days in sports history, the murder of 11 athletes and coaches form the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich Olympics by Palestinian terrorists known as “Black September.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging the  International Olympic Committee (IOC) to mark one minute of silence during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, joining Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and more than 81,000 signatories of a Move.org

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| July 1, 2012
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Christian Missionaries Using Israeli Government Materials

Missionary activity in Israel and abroad appears to continue to be alive and well — and Yad L’Achim continues to fight it.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

 

Christian missionaries are apparently using Israeli government materials in their attempts to disseminate their materials both here in Israel and abroad.

The city of Kfar Saba was recently surprised to discover that it was apparently helping to sponsor a missionary event being held in Australia — at least, it appeared that way according to an invitation upon which its municipal crest appeared, together with the symbols of the three messianic churches organizing the event. Continue Reading »

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| June 30, 2012
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Former PM Yitzhak Shamir passes away at age 96 in Tel Aviv

Israel’s seventh prime minister passes away in Tel Aviv nursing home, scheduled to be laid to rest in state funeral on Monday; receives praise from across political spectrum for uncompromising loyalty to Israel.

 

 

Former prime minister Yitzhak Shamir passed away at the age of 96 on Saturday at the nursing home in which he resided in Tel Aviv after a long illness.

He will be laid to rest at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery in a state funeral on Monday after his son, Yair, returns from abroad. The procession will begin at the Knesset, where the public will be invited to pay its last respects.

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| June 27, 2012
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US Senate urges Munich Olympic moment of silence

Legislative body passes resolution calling on Olympic C’tee to commemorate Munich massacre at upcoming London games.

By JTA

 

WASHINGTON — The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee to observe a moment of silence at the 2012 London Olympics for the Munich 11.

The Senate resolution, which passed Monday,  is part of a larger global effort calling on the IOC to honor the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches who were murdered at the 1972 Games in Munich by members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the measure.

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| June 26, 2012
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Australian MPs urge: Moment of silence for “Munich 11” victims

Rainbow coalition joins international call for tribute at London’s Games to the Israelis killed at the German Olympics 40 years ago.

 

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Jewish legislator Michael Danby and Prime Minister Julia Gillard shaking hands just after the vote on Tuesday morning. - Photo by Auspic

SYDNEY – A rainbow coalition of Australian politicians are calling for a minute of silence at the London Olympics in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Games.

About 100 legislators in Canberra voted unanimously on Tuesday for a motion urging the International Olympic Committee to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the terror attack during next month’s games. Continue Reading »

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| June 26, 2012
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Jerusalem Fires ‘Under Control’

A major blaze in Jerusalem’s Motza area has been brought under control by some 28 firefighting teams from across the country

By Gabe Kahn

 

Firefighters on Tuesday succeeded in bringing several fires in Motza area of Jerusalem under control.

Fire at Motza

Fire at Motza - Fire at Motza Arutz Sheva

Fire and Rescue Services Commissioner Shahar Ayalon postulated that the massive blaze could have broken out due to arson.

“A fire doesn’t start itself,” he said. “This was either caused by negligence or was lit intentionally.”

Police closed the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway (Highway 1) in both directions and reopened it two hours later. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2012
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New law will make anonymous internet comments impossible

Ministerial Legislative Committee approves proposal to obligate Internet service providers to reveal PC addresses of people who post talkbacks • If Knesset approves, law will enable people, organizations to sue talkback authors.

By Edna Adato

 

 

In a controversial move that may limit the way people in Israel access online information, the Knesset Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a proposal on Sunday that may force Internet service providers to disclose computer identities of people who write talkback messages on Web pages.

ISPs may soon be forced to reveal the identities of people who participate in talkbacks on Israeli Web pages. | Photo credit: AP

ISPs may soon be forced to reveal the identities of people who participate in talkbacks on Israeli Web pages.

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| June 24, 2012
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Thousands of Israeli protesters block streets in Tel Aviv, clash with police

Police arrest 89 after protesters smash windows of banks at Rabin Square, block major highway.

By Gili Cohen , Yaniv Kubovich and Asaf Shtull-Trauring

 

 

Police arrested 89 demonstrators after more than 6,500 people converged in and around Tel Aviv’s Habima Square on Saturday night, protesting the arrest on Friday of Daphni Leef, a leader of last summer’s social protest movement.

Police arrest a demonstrator during a protest for social justice in Tel Aviv

Police arrest a demonstrator during a protest for social justice in Tel Aviv. - Photo by Tomer Appelbaum

 

The protesters blocked Ibn Gabirol Street north to Rabin Square, before moving and blocking Ayalon highway. Around 20 demonstrators were removed by police after breaking into branches of Hapoalim, Leumi and Discount banks. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2012
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Hundreds amass on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Blvd. in bid to revive social protests

 Demonstrators attempt to erect tents, but city inspectors prevent them from doing so; police arrest Daphni Leef and other protest leaders.

 

 

Protesters amassing in Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard, June 22, 2012. Photo by Social protest Facebook page

Daphni Leef, one of the leaders of Israel’s social justice protest movement, was arrested by police on Friday afternoon during a demonstration on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard.

Police arrest protest leader Daphni Leef in Tel Aviv, June 22, 2012.

Police arrest protest leader Daphni Leef in Tel Aviv. - Photo by Alon Ron

The demonstration, which began around noon, was meant to revive the social justice protests that swept Israel last summer. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2012
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ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ: Alice Walker’s bigotry

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, has resorted to bigotry and censorship against Hebrew-speaking readers of her writings.

 

 

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, who has a long history of supporting terrorism against Israel, has now resorted to bigotry and censorship against Hebrew-speaking readers of her writings. She has refused to allow The Color Purple to be translated into Hebrew.This is the moral and legal equivalent of neo-Nazi author David Duke disallowing his books to be sold to Black and Jewish readers.
Author Alice Walker
Author Alice Walker – Photo: REUTERS/Kimberly White

There is an appropriate moral and legal response to Walker’s bigotry. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2012
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Netanyahu: Defeating Islamism will Take Decades

“I have no doubt that by the end of the century, militant Islam will be defeated,” says Prime Minister.

By Gil Ronen

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spelled out his long term vision for the coming century in his speech to the President’s Conference Thursday. In it, he said that militant Islam will be defeated by the end of the century, and that in the intervening decades, the challenge before the free countries is to prevent rogue states from developing weapons of mass destruction.

The text of the speech follows below the video:

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| June 21, 2012
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IOC insists athletes must compete with Israelis this summer

A spokesman for the International Olympic Committee warned athletes considering taking a stand, rather than racing against Israelis, to “stay at home”.

 

 

Olympic athletes who boycott Israeli competitors in London will be in breach of IOC rules.

Boycotting Israel would be a 'serious breach'

Boycotting Israel would be a 'serious breach'

 

A spokesman for the International Olympic Committee declared that refusing to compete against Israelis would represent “a serious breach of the IOC’s Code of Ethics, the principles of the Olympic Charter and the Athletes Oath”. Emanuelle Moreau warned athletes considering taking a stand, rather than racing against Israelis, to “stay at home”. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2012
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Jewish Visitor to Temple Mount Told to Remove Kippah

“I have experienced anti-Semitism in England, but I never expected it at Judaism’s holiest site,” the visitor stated.

By INN Staff

 

 

During a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, a Jewish student was told by Islamic Waqf officials to take off his kippah. The 20-year-old from London, England, was in Israel as part of a student mission. He said he was told by three separate Waqf monitors to take off the Jewish head-covering because it was offensive to them.

The student told Israeli media, “I have experienced anti-Semitism in England, but I never thought that in Judaism’s holiest site I would be subjugated to such discrimination.” Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2012
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Grad rocket lands near Be’er Sheva; IAF strikes targets in northern Gaza

Two rockets fall in towns but cause no casualties, though light damage was done to an industrial structure.

By Gili Cohen and Yanir Yagn

 

 

The rocket fire from Gaza continued early morning Wednesday with a Grad rocket landing near Be’er Sheva and more than ten rockets landing in the Eshkol Regional Council. Two of the rockets landed inside towns but caused no casualties, though light damage was caused to an industrial structure.

The rocket that wounded the Border Patrol officer on June 19, 2012.

The rocket that wounded the Border Patrol officer on June 19, 2012. - Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

In response to the fire, the Israel Air Force launched an attack in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2012
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Author of The Color Purple refuses to authorize Hebrew version because ‘Israel is guilty of apartheid’

Alice Walker says Israeli policies were ‘worse’ than the segregation she suffered as an American youth and said South Africans had told her it was worse than Apartheid.

By JTA

 

 

Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “apartheid state.”

U.S. human rights activist and author Alice Walker.

U.S. human rights activist and author Alice Walker speaks during a news conference about an international flotilla to blockaded Gaza, in Athens, Monday, June 27, 2011. - Photo by AP

In a June 9 letter to Yediot Books, Walker said she would not allow the publication of the book into Hebrew because “Israel is guilty of apartheid and persecution of the Palestinian people, both inside Israel and also in the Occupied Territories.” Continue Reading »

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