Palestinians call Al Quds professor who took university students to Auschwitz ‘traitor’

 

“I believe a trip like this, for an organized group of Palestinian youth going to visit Auschwitz, is not only rare, but a first. I thought there would be some complaints, then it would be forgotten.” says Al Quds University Professor Mohammed Dajani.

By Dan Lavie

 

An Al-Quds University professor who took 27 students to see the Nazi death camps two weeks ago in Poland was met with condemnation and calls of being a traitor by his Palestinians peers.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, where Nazi Germany murdered at least 1.1 million people – Photo: AP

Professor Mohammed Dajani of Al-Quds University took students from his university as well as Birzeit University in Ramallah on a Holocaust education trip in March, as part of a joint Israeli-Palestinian program that seeks to expose each side to other’s suffering with hope of fostering tolerance. Continue Reading »

3 Palestinians killed in possible ‘work accident’ in Gaza

 

Hamas-affiliated media source in Gaza reports “martyrs” killed & several more wounded in Khan Younis explosion.

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Three people were killed and several others were injured in an accidental explosion Wednesday in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news portal Al Resalah reported.

Smoke from explosion in Gaza Strip [file] Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Smoke from explosion in Gaza Strip [file] – Photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

The injured, between the ages of 20 and 30, were transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis in stable condition.

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Temple Mount closed To Jews after Israel Policeman hurt in clashes

 

Temple Mount rioters dispersed using stun grenades as 2nd policeman hurt in Old City stone-throwing incident when masked Arab youths hurled stones at Israeli security forces.

By Noam ‘Dabul’ Dvir

 

Dozens of Arab youths, some masked, rioted on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, throwing stones and fire crackers at security forces at the site. A policeman was lightly hurt.

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The site had opened to visitors as planned, but was closed after the clashes began.

The rioters were dispersed using stun grenades and other crowd control measures. An electrical junction box at the entrance to a mosque sustained some damage. Continue Reading »

NYT calls on White House to drop peace efforts

New York Times reports how Obama & Kerry should ‘move on & devote their attention to other major int’l challenges like the Ukraine.’

 

U.S. President Barak Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry should drop their Middle East peace efforts and “move on and devote their attention to other major international challenges like Ukraine,” the New York Times wrote in an editorial on Tuesday.

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Kerry, right, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Washington last week. – Photo: AFP

Instead of continuing to promote peace negotiations, the paper wrote, the United States should “lay down the principles it believes must undergird a two-state solution, should Israelis and Palestinians ever decide to make peace.” Continue Reading »

Palestinian Terrorist kills one Israeli, wounds two outside Hevron

Father killed by sniper, wounded mother & son taken to Jerusalem hospitals; security forces surround adjacent Palestinian village.

 

One Israeli was killed and two were wounded Monday evening after an assailant opened fire on three cars driving through the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces said.

The car fired upon by West Bank assailant, April 14. 2014.

The car fired upon by West Bank assailant, April 14. 2014. – Photo: Hatzala, Judea and Samaria

Large forces have surrounded the nearby village of Idna to look for the gunman. “We view harshly this incident on the eve of Passover and we will get our hands on the attackers,” the IDF said.

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Carter guesses that Israel stockpiled over 300 nuclear bombs

 

The worst former U.S. president advises Obama should not attack Iran even if Teheran successfully deceives the world and does develop a nuclear bomb.

By Yoni Hirsch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

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Israel Prime Minister sends condolences to families of Kansas Jewish center killings

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel obligated to confront problem of “hatred of Jews” after white supremacist lunatic murders kills 3 random Jews in U.S. hate-attack.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the families of those killed in Sunday’s shootings at two Jewish centers in Overland Park Kansas.

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Dr. William Lewis Corporon and grandson & Reat Griffin Underwood, a 14-year-old high school freshman – Photo Courtesy

“We condemn the shootings which, according to all the signs, were perpetrated out of hatred for Jews,” Netanyahu said Monday of the attack, allegedly carried out by a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Israel’s natural gas finds expected to bring regional political benefits

 

Israel’s future natural gas deals could diminish regional tensions, but will unlikely provide Europe with a new, alternative supply for its Russian imports.

By Reuters

 

Israel’s drive to export its new-found natural gas could help to rebuild strained ties with old regional allies Egypt and Turkey, but could deprive Europe of a precious alternative to Russian gas.

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The platform at the Tamar offshore gas field. – Photo: Albatross

Israel has in recent months already signed energy deals with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, though relations with the Palestinians are at a low ebb, and now needs to expand its export horizons to cash in on its huge energy discoveries. Continue Reading »

When was the Passover Haggadah written?

Different Rabbis composed different portions during different periods, for instance, the ancient ‘Four Questions’ was modified when Jews gave up sacrifices.

 

After the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, the Jewish religion faced one of its greatest challenges: adapting to this new reality, in which a central focus of religious observance was suddenly and brutally gone.

Dayenu in the  the Birds' Head Haggadah manuscript, South Germany. c.1300

Dayenu in the the Birds’ Head Haggadah manuscript, South Germany. c.- 1300 Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons/Sodabottle

The Jewish leadership reestablished the Sanhedrin, the Jewish legal council recognized by the Romans, in the city of Yavne. Handed the daunting task of leading the Jewish people down a new road was Rabban Gamaliel II, who resided over the Sanhedrin assembly as Nasi.

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A Pesach Ignominy: Hamas Controls the Temple Mount

On Passover Eve, dozens of flag waving Hamas activists manipulate control of the Temple Mount having incited violence, knowing Israel Police will now prohibit Jews entry.

By Gil Ronen and Ari Soffer

 

Police have “lost control of the Temple Mount,” Temple activists charged Monday morning, on the eve of Pesach.

Hamas on Temple Mount - YouTube Screenshot

Hamas on Temple Mount – YouTube Screenshot

Dozens of Hamas men have taken over the Mount, waving Hamas flags, and are “not allowing Jews and tourists into the Mount,” said the activists.

“Hundreds of Jews who came to the Temple Mount for Pesach were astonished to find a police representative standing at the entrance gate and announcing that the Mount had been closed off to Jews after Hamas had taken over the Mount and threatened violence against any Jews who enter,” the Temple organizations reported in a news communique. Continue Reading »

Founder of Palestinian movement worked with Nazis in WWII

Whenever the war of annihilation against Israel has threatened to die out, as it did after Israel’s victory in her 1948 War of Independence, or again after Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, it has been the Palestinian national movement that has reignited it through its relentless campaign to demonize Israel and slaughter her citizens.

 

 

During a debate at Arizona State University against anti-Israel Israelis of the far left, I told the story of Haj Amin al-Husseini, founder of the Palestinian national movement and protégé of Adolf Hitler. Seeing heads shake in disbelief, I challenged those who doubted these facts to Google it. Continue Reading »

EU official with common sense: Europe should reevaluate funding policy to PA

European Court: Palestinians ‘lost’ €1.95 billion of aid money:

* EU aid funds terrorist, their families and pensions for convicted murders

* EU aid funds launching of missiles into civilian cities

* EU aid made 1000’s of millionaires from lack of transparency

European Parliament budget committee chairman reports, “The Palestinian Authority is the only body that receives EU funds regardless of its human rights record or economic performance.”

By Yoni Hirsch & Israel Hayom Staff

 

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Gaza fires mortars at IDF troops near border

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No injuries or damage reported by IDF.

The Israeli soldiers were on operational patrol duty near the Kissufim border crossing into Gaza.

 

Several mortar shells were fired toward an IDF force operating near the Gaza Strip border just before midnight on Sunday. No one was injured.

An Israeli soldier walks towards a military vehicle during a patrol along the border with Gaza near

An Israeli soldier walks towards a military vehicle during a patrol along the border with Gaza near Kibbutz Kissufim March 13, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The attack occurred near the Kissufim border crossing.

On April 6, Israel Air Force jets struck five targets in the Gaza Strip, after a rocket launched from Gaza landed in an open area near the city of Ashkelon.

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2 Dead in Shootings at Kansas Jewish Community Center and Old Age Home

The male suspect appeared to yell ‘heil Hitler’ as he was led away. Shootings were at Jewish Community Center in Overland Park and Village Shalom, an old age home.

By Ernie SInger, Gil Ronen

 

Two shootings have been reported at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas City, and at Village Shalom, a retirement home in Leawood. At least two people are reported dead. A third person was shot and critically injured. That person was taken to a nearby hospital.

alertOther accounts said one person was killed an one other critically injured.

According to KSHB in Kansas City, Overland Park Police confirmed that multiple shots were fired at the community center, which is located at 5801 W 115th St. Continue Reading »

Liberman: 3rd time Palestinians derail impending agreement at last minute

 

Foreign Minister Liberman points out Palestinian request to join 15 int’l treaties to Arafat’s sneaking out at Camp David in 2002 (during Ehud Barak’s term) and Abbas not signing deal at Annapolis Conference in 2008 (during Ehud Olmert’s term).

 

 

The Palestinians are repeating a pattern they have demonstrated in the past of getting cold feet at the last minute before an agreement is about to be signed, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman told foreign ambassadors on Sunday.

Avigdor Lieberman.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman – Photo: Olivier Fitoussi

“What happened last week, is that we were very close to accomplish the package deal with the Palestinians,” Liberman said, referring to the deal on the table — that included the US release of Jonathan Pollard — that was designed to keep the negotiations going past the April 29 deadline. Continue Reading »