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Monday, Aug. 27 '18, ט"ז באלול תשע"ח



HEADLINES:
1. 'INCITING TO MURDER ISRAELIS DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER FIFA'
2. 'WE WERE BRAINWASHED'
3. IDF'S OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES GET BIG BOOST WITH MISSILE PURCHASE
4. 'THIS IS TREASON - TIME TO PUT ARAB MKS ON TRIAL'
5. IRAN INKS DEAL WITH SYRIA, VOWS TO CONTINUE MILITARY COOPERATION
6. FLORIDA SHOOTER IDENTIFIED
7. WILL TRUMP ELIMINATE THE RIGHT OF RETURN?
8. AFTER ABBAS


1. 'INCITING TO MURDER ISRAELIS DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER FIFA'
by Benny Toker

Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, wondered in an interview with Arutz Sheva why FIFA had suspended Jibril Rajoub from his post only after his calls against Argentina and its star Lionel Messi.

"For years Rajoub incited to murder Israelis, we filed three complaints in this matter, but they apparently were afraid of punishing him, and only now that he threatened Argentine athletes decided to dismiss him and give him a fine. So apparently inciting to murder Israelis is not as bad as inciting against athletes from Argentina."

Marcus believes Rajoub's suspension from his position in the Football Association will not harm him and may even strengthen his standing in the Palestinian Authority. "Jibril Rajoub is a senior official in the PA, he is responsible for youth and sports in the Palestinian Authority, he is registrar of the Central Fatah Committee, and many see him as a successor to Abbas. His suspension from FIFA will not prevent him from moving forward, and maybe it will advance him, because whoever gets into trouble with the world, that advances him among the Palestinians and makes him even more a hero. "

He hopes that law enforcement in Israel, at least, will put Rajoub on trial for inciting to murder Israelis. "We filed a complaint together with families of terror victims from 2016, we documented all the calls for Rajoub's incitement to murder Israelis, and they should prosecute him, and if the police do not give us a response, we will make a request to the Supreme Court to compel the police to respond to the complaint."

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2. 'WE WERE BRAINWASHED'
by Hezki Baruch

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Leah Aharoni, one of the founders of Women for the Wall, a religious organization which opposes the Women of the Wall group which stages provocations at the Western Wall every month, spoke to Arutz Sheva about the New Israel Fund's attempts to influence religious organizations in Israel.

Last week, several leading religious Zionist rabbis - Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi Dov Lior and Rabbi Shlomo Aviner - caledl on religious Zionist organizations not to accept funds from the New Israel Fund (NIF).

The video was produced by the "Hotam" organization as part of a campaign against religious organizations funded by the NIF. The campaign's leaders claim that the NIF has set itself the goal of changing Israeli society from within by penetrating religious Zionist organizations.

"Twenty-five years ago, I was a young, 20-something-year-old woman, and I got an opportunity to join a program to learn more about democracy and leadership," Aharoni said. "We got together, about 30 young women, all of us from the religious community, and we got a 500 shekel monthly scholarship that we got in cash in an envelope. And every week we would have a meeting with another thought leader. But what happened was the thought leaders all had the same thoughts. They were all left-wing and pretty radical."

She said that the meetings took place with people from Israel and Europe who called the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria "evil" and alleged oppression of religious Jewish women.

"After a few weeks we figured out what was going on, and we asked where the money was coming from. Where was that money in cash coming from? And we didn't get an answer.

"After two years, it came out that the sponsor was the European Union, and the idea was to brainwash a small but high-quality group of men and women in the religious community and have them spread these ideas inside the community," she said.

"This is the method that the New Israel fund and the European Union have used in the religious and haredi communities ever since. What's the idea? They find young, idealistic people who have important issues that they would like to advance in the community. They give them training. They give them funding. And then they make them part of this ecosystem. And this group of young, religious, idealistic leaders are now becoming a Trojan Horse who are now advancing leftist,liberal, and sometimes anti-religious values inside the religious community.

"This is the method the New Israel Fund is using to bring down the religious community, to bring down the Jewish identity of Israel, and to ultimately turn Israel into a nation of all its citizens.


3. IDF'S OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES GET BIG BOOST WITH MISSILE PURCHASE
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Israel's Defense Ministry, led by the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure and Israel Military Industries (IMI), signed an agreement to develop and equip the IDF with advanced rockets.

The project is expected to cost Israel hundreds of millions of shekels and comes after Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) decided to equip the IDF with easily accessible, precise missiles and rockets of varying ranges.

According to the Defense Ministry, this agreement will improve Israel's abilities significantly, and will allow Israel to hit a target precisely, from a distance, at a relatively low cost per mission.

The new rockets will use advanced technologies appropriate for the modern battlefield.

"The plan to create an array of precise rockets and missiles is gaining momentum," Liberman said. "Some of it is already being manufactured, and some are still being researched and developed. We are acquiring and developing precise firing systems which will allow us to empower the IDF's offense system and cover every spot in the region, with short- and long-range [missiles]."

IMI Chairman Yitzhak Aharonovich noted, "The innovative rocket systems with which the IDF will be provided via this agreement express our company's technological abilities. The company excels in precise firing abilities and the precise targeting of ground targets."


4. 'THIS IS TREASON - TIME TO PUT ARAB MKS ON TRIAL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) excoriated Arab lawmakers on Monday over their plans to push the United Nations to adopt a resolution condemning Israel's passage of the Nationality Law.

In mid-July, the Knesset passed the controversial 'Nationality Law', which codified in Israel's Basic Laws the state's status as the nation-state of the Jewish people, and established Hebrew as the sole official language, while giving Arabic a special standing.

The law declares that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and sets the Hebrew calendar as the official calendar of the state.

Arab lawmakers objected to the law, denouncing its affirmation of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people as an 'apartheid' measure which discriminates against the country's Arab minority.

On Sunday, Israeli media outlets reported that the predominantly Arab Joint List party is preparing a resolution for the United Nations which would censure Israel over the Nationality Law.

It is unclear whether the resolution would be introduced in the General Assembly or the Security Council, where the US would likely veto it.

On Monday, Minister Yariv Levin blasted the proposal, calling its backers traitors to the State of Israel.

"In any normal country," Levin told Army Radio, "there is only one way this would be viewed –as treason. I hope that the justice system puts them on trial."

A day earlier, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) condemned the proposed resolution, tweeting: "Members of Knesset from the joint list who receive salaries from the state and win all the parliamentary tools still dare to besmirch our name in the world."

"Anyone who collaborates with the Palestinian Authority against Israel should ask himself whether his place is in the Palestinian or Israeli parliament," Edelstein wrote in his Twitter account.


5. IRAN INKS DEAL WITH SYRIA, VOWS TO CONTINUE MILITARY COOPERATION
by David Rosenberg

Iran vowed to continue its military cooperation with the Assad regime, signing a deal with the Syrian government on Monday, in defiance of calls for Tehran to withdraw its forces from Syria.

The deal was inked a day after Iranian defense minister Amir Hatami arrived in Damascus, as the two powers gear up for a large-scale campaign in the Idlib province in northwestern Syria.

Hatami rejected calls by the US and Israel that Tehran withdraw its Quds Force from Syria.

"No third party can affect the presence of Iranian advisers in Syria," Hatami was quoted as having told reporters in Damascus.

On Monday, Iran and the Assad regime formalized their understanding regarding Iran's involvement in Syria, signing a deal cementing Iran's 'cooperation' with the Assad government.

"Syria is passing the phase of crisis to the phase of reconstruction and as a result, the signed agreement will define the areas of presence, contribution and cooperation between Tehran and Damascus," Hatami said, according to a report by Mehr.

According to a report by the Lebanese media outlet Al Mayadeen, a Hezbollah mouthpiece, Hatami said that Iran will work to rebuild Syria's military, as well as its arms industries.

The Russian media outlet Sputnik cited a senior Syrian official, who stated that Monday's deal was drafted in part in response to pressure by Israel and the US to force Iran out of Syrian territory.

Both the US and Israel have urged Russia to back the demand, seen as being key to Israel's security, but have yet to win clear backing from the Kremlin.

During his meeting with President Donald Trump in Helsinki last month, President Vladimir Putin reportedly expressed support, in principle, for the removal of Iranian forces from Syria.


6. FLORIDA SHOOTER IDENTIFIED
by Elad Benari

The man who opened fire at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday has been identified as 24-year-old David Katz, of Baltimore, Maryland, CNN reported.

Two people were killed in the shooting at the Jacksonville Landing shopping and dining complex. Eleven others were injured.

Katz died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Sheriff Mike Williams said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon. There are no other suspects.

The motive for the shooting, which took place during a qualifying event for the Madden 19 Tournament at the GLHF Game Bar, remains unclear.

Some reports said the shooter participated in the tournament and opened fire at participants after he lost.

The Baltimore Police Department on Sunday evening raided Katz's home, which is located in the city's Inner Harbor area. Investigators are interviewing the suspect's family.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the attack and the White House was monitoring the situation.



7. WILL TRUMP ELIMINATE THE RIGHT OF RETURN?
by Arutz Sheva Staff

US President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new policy effectively canceling the Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs' claim to the "Right of Return," News 2 reported.

According to the report, the new plan will include a number of steps aimed mostly at UNRWA, the United Nations (UN) agency for PA "refugees."

The report also said that the plan will go into effect in September, when the administration publicizes its policy, as well as a report regarding the number of refugees. According to the US, the true number of refugees stands at half a million, and not the five million UNRWA claims there are.

The Trump administration is also expected to announce funding cuts to UNRWA in Judea and Samaria, as well as its rejection of UNRWA's unique policy of allowing PA refugee status to be inherited.

Israel will be requested to rethink its policy of allowing UNRWA to operate in Judea and Samaria, since this permission would potentially allow Arab states to take over funding UNRWA in the area.

The US National Security Council responded that "the administration will announce its policy regarding UNRWA at the proper time."


8. AFTER ABBAS
by ILTV

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