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1. 'CEASEFIRE, BUT NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAMAS'
2. FORMER TRUMP LAWYER: I LIED TO CONGRESS
3. IRANIAN AIRLINE NOW FERRYING WEAPONS DIRECTLY TO BEIRUT
4. ERDAN VOWS TO OPPOSE BILL ALLOWING POLICE STRIP SEARCHES
5. FEMALE SOLDIERS TO SERVE AS KASHRUT SUPERVISORS
6. CNN PUNDIT: PALESTINE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
7. UN: EASTERN JERUSALEM MUST BE CAPITAL OF 'PALESTINE'
8. ARAB LEAGUE: ISRAEL IS 'JUDAIZING' JERUSALEM
1. 'CEASEFIRE, BUT NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAMAS'
by Nitzan Kedar
The Likud is still trying to preserve the narrow government, but at the same time, the names of new players are being raised for the upcoming elections.
One of the names being discussed is that of name of Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Galant. He has been named as a potential candidate in the Likud primaries, which is expected to run with the support of Prime Minister Netanyahu, and perhaps as a candidate of the defense portfolio from the next government.
"I am a member of Kulanu and a minister on its behalf, and I will remain in this situation as long as it depends on me," he says in an interview with Besheva. "I have never concealed that in my political and security positions I am closer to Likud's positions, and I feel that I am not the only one in the Kulanu party in this situation."
Does the role of Defense Minister appeal to you?
"I devoted my entire life to the security of the state. I joined the naval commando unit 42 years ago, served 35 years in the army, and shortly after I was released I entered the political arena. I have been sitting in the cabinet for the past four years. In the end I am a soldier in the service of the people of Israel, and what the public will impose upon me, I will do, whether I achieve this goal or not.
The head of your party, Minister Moshe Kahlon, estimates that the coalition of 61 will not survive for more than two or three months.
"My position is that government stability is very important, and if it is possible to create continuity and to make the elections take place on time in accordance with the law in November 2019, [that is what we should do]. This is the preferred situation, even if there is some difficulty in passing legislation, and I do not think it will fall as a result of these decisions. Of course, there is a certain probability that we will not reach this date, but overall, in my opinion, stability has great value.
This position does not contradict the opinion of your party chairman, who is talking about elections in February?
"The beauty of the democratic system is that everyone can express his opinion and opinion - while on the other hand, when a decision is made in a qualified body, then both those who agree and those who disagree, support the matter, because otherwise there is chaos. This is what is good of the state.
The northern front is more worrying.
"Everything that happens in the north has the potential to be a war, and everything that happens in the south is actually a big operation, even if it's called a war," said Galant. "There is no comparison between the intensity of the danger from the north, including its potential to light things bigger, and the Gaza situation, in which Hamas is a very aggressive enemy - but also very weak."
"Hezbollah is ten times stronger than Hamas, so the implications are far-reaching, especially since Hezbollah is just an Iranian proxy," he said. "In fact, the Iranians are creating a reality in which they spread over the Middle East. Hezbollah has also taken a similar role in Iraq and has taken control of large parts of the region for the Shi'ite Arabs. In fact they are making a big effort to take control of Syria under Russian air support. They are working on precision missile factories in Lebanon and at the same time trying to create a broad and deep front in Syria. So in the future we will deal with an enemy that is deployed from the Mediterranean to the Yarmouk River with great depth on one united front, which is very dangerous."
Galant believes he knows what Iran's next aspiration is. "When you look at a regional perspective, it is clear that Iran's next target will be to cause the collapse of Jordan, because it is already surrounded by the increasing control of the Shi'ites around it. The Shi'ites see Jordanians as inferior and a foreign plantation in the area. If Jordan collapses, we will have a border here from Eilat to the Sea of Galilee with attempts to cross it. Such attempts could begin in Tehran and Baghdad, pass through Amman and reach Israel, without anyone stopping them before they reach our border, and this has far-reaching consequences for our conduct in holding the territory."
Is it possible to prevent war on the northern border?
"To make a realistic assessment of the situation, we should look into our faces and look at them. Anyone who directs a hundred thousand missiles at Israel does not mean good, and does not aim them at Turkey or Syria, but rather at Israel. In my view, war is the last option, but on the other hand, one can not rely on the intentions of the other side but rather have to look at its capabilities If he has the capability, we have to achieve an offensive and intelligence capability that will provide an answer. "
In other words, as far as Israel is concerned, the problem is first and foremost Iran.
"When the Iranians say, 'We intend to destroy the cancerous tumor called Israel,' as I put it, I take them seriously. I do not underestimate and learn from past experience, and especially from the experience of the Jewish people .
In light of the recent battle on the Gaza border, the question of restraint also arises. Galant is realistic and not optimistic about preventing a significant conflagration against Hamas in Gaza within the foreseeable future.
Can we avoid a war on the Gaza border?
"I think that we will reach a broad battle in Gaza, and this is a matter of time, and I hope that this will not happen soon, but that too is possible, But we cannot determine the timing or the conditions. I have no doubt that the end of the last act, like the last few months, is something we can not accept.
Did Israel act correctly when it sought a cease-fire, and did not otherwise act to strike Hamas more severely?
"Basically, there is no such situation as the firing of one rocket into Israel or the sending of a single Molotov cocktail, which is a challenge to our presence, no less than an act of terror, yet you do not always answer immediately when you have different reasons and priorities "If we reduce things to those 48 hours, it would not have ended, but if we look at the overall process of the last ten years, we are going to narrow Hamas' legs, and we will come back for them later. I repeat that Yahya Sinwar will not end his life in an old-age home.
So yes to a ceasefire, but no to negotiations with Hamas?
"In terms of a cease-fire, there is someone to talk to, because the other side has a lot to lose, and there is someone to talk to, even if through a third party, because they need food and fuel.
"When you look at the long term and ask what is the problem with this conflict with the Palestinians, the answer is that this is a problem going back 100 years that there is no partner or leadership on the Palestinian side. Some of them have dreams, and they think that in the end they will succeed in subjugating the Jews and taking their country. After all, those who demonstrate on the fence do not say that they want to improve the situation in Jabalya and Rafah, but that they want Jaffa, Haifa and Jerusalem. That they will never accept[our existence. There is no partner on the Palestinian side in the sense of someone who can make a courageous decision and say 'there is a strong and prosperous Zionist entity here that is stronger than we are.'
2. FORMER TRUMP LAWYER: I LIED TO CONGRESS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Former lawyer to US President Donald Trump plead guilty on Thursday to giving false testimony to Congress about a real estate project in Russia.
The confession was made as part of a plea bargain Cohen signed with special prosecutor Robert Muller, who is investigating suspicions of Russia's illegal involvement in the 2016 presidential election.
According to the AP, Cohen unexpectedly arrived at the federal court in Manhattan and gave his confession.
In August, Cohen plead guilty in a separate confession to eight criminal offenses related to tax fraud, prohibited contributions to political candidates and the making of a false statement to an economic institution. He will be sentenced in about two weeks.
Two of the offenses are related to his work with Trump. Cohen claimed that he paid money to women in 2016 on Trump's orders to silence their claims about relationships with him.
3. IRANIAN AIRLINE NOW FERRYING WEAPONS DIRECTLY TO BEIRUT
by Tzvi Lev
In a highly irregular move, a 747 packed with Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah flew directly from Tehran to Beirut's Rafic Hariri Airport on Thursday.
According to reports, a 747 registered as EP-FAB, took off this morning at 8:02 am from Tehran to Beirut on flight QFZ9964 and landed in Lebanon at 10:19 am.
The plane was operated by Fars Air Qeshm, an aviation company owned by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to ferry weapons to Hezbollah. According to the website Intelli Times, the plane carried equipment to convert Hezbollah's rocket arsenal to precision missiles capable of hitting sensitive sites within Israel.
Iran's Fars Air Qeshm airline has long been accused of flying arms for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the elite Quds force led by Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleiman. Last year, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on the IRGC and Quds force.
The airline had ceased operations in 2013, citing poor management, but restarted under new management in March 2017. It is said to have two Boeing 747s in its fleet. Among the members of the company's board are three IRGC representatives, named in the report as Ali Naghi Gol Parsta, Hamid Reza Pahlvani and Gholamreza Qhasemi.
While Iran has invested considerable efforts to transfer advanced missiles to Hezbollah, it commonly flies from the Islamic Republic to Syrian air force bases, making the flight path highly irregular.
Western intelligence has already tracked two similar flights within the past few months. In September, Fox News reported that a Boeing 747 that departed from an air force base in Tehran, stopped for a short layover at the international airport in Damascus, Syria, and then continued with a rather "uncharacteristic flight path" to the Beirut international airport, where it landed shortly after 4:00 p.m. local time.
According to flight data obtained by Fox News, the route passed over northern Lebanon, not following any commonly used flight path.
A regional intelligence source who asked to remain anonymous told the news network, "The Iranians are trying to come up with new ways and routes to smuggle weapons from Iran to its allies in the Middle East, testing and defying the West's abilities to track them down."
Western intelligence sources said the airplane carried components for manufacturing precise weapons in Iranian factories inside Lebanon. The U.S. and Israel, as well as other western intelligence agencies, have supplied evidence that Iran has operated weapons factories in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
The Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah has been building factories in the heart of Beirut to convert missiles into highly-accurate precision weapons capable of striking sensitive Israeli sites. Upon deciding to convert its massive 150,000-strong rocket arsenal to missiles with pinpoint accuracy, Hezbollah chose to transfer its sites to the heart of Beirut in order to deter Israeli airstrikes.
Israel has repeatedly reiterated that it will not allow Hezbollah to obtain highly accurate missiles that would threaten sensitive Israelis sites and has been escalating its threats vis a vis Lebanon.
Hezbollah currently possesses over 150,000 thousand missiles, more than most NATO countries. Senior defense officials have said repeatedly that Hezbollah is now Israel's major threat and predict that hundreds of Israelis will die in the next war between the two sides.
4. ERDAN VOWS TO OPPOSE BILL ALLOWING POLICE STRIP SEARCHES
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan vowed to block a bill allowing police ot strip search detainees, including arestees suspected of minor crimes.
Erdan said on Thursday that he opposed the law as it would entrust the police with wide latitude to invade the privacy of Israeli citizens.
"This is an unusual and severe authorization that violates the rights and privacy of detainees," said Erdan. Such authority should only be authorized in very exceptional cases, and when this is necessary in order to prevent the smuggling of anything that endanger the security of policemen or anyone else."
"I will not allow such harm to the rights of detainees without the necessity being examined in the most fundamental manner"
Erdan, who oversees the police, spoke with the Knesset's Constitution Committee Chairman Nissan Slomiansky and asked him not to advance the section of the law dealing with strip searches.
The initiative came as part of a broad law dealing with powers to search for detainees, which began in 2014. According to Erdan, police wanted to fast track the portion of the law dealing with bodily searches without consulting him.
The proposed legislation is not expected to pass over lawmakers from both sides of the spectrum said that they would vote against it. "You are requesting an unlimited irresponsible degree of power, and saying simply, all we want is to strip search people," leftist MK Dov Khenin said during a heated debate in the Knesset on Wednesday.
Police and the Israel Prisoners Service say that they need the authority to strip-search prisoners in order to prevent them from smuggling drugs and weapons into prison.
"Currently we can do a search down to the underwear. We cannot remove anyone's underwear and we find ourselves at risk. Detainees hid knives, narcotics, telephones in intimate places. ... It's a matter of life or death," the Israel Police's Deputy Legel Advisor Aya Goretzky told the Knesset's Constitutional Committee on Wednesday.
5. FEMALE SOLDIERS TO SERVE AS KASHRUT SUPERVISORS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Following the instruction of the head of the Personnel Directorate, Major General Moti Almoz, in two weeks female soldiers who are to fill positions in a course of kashrut supervisors will enlist, Galei Tzahal reported Thursday.
In 2004, the IDF decided to open the role of kashrut supervisors for girls, but the decision has not been implemented since then due to various objections from the military rabbinate.
A few months ago, the fact that the decision was not implemented was publicized and, as a result, the head of the Personnel Directorate ordered the military rabbinate to implement the decision and recruit girls for the position.
The women who are to serve as kashrut supervisors are expected to enlist on Tuesday, December 11. From the army reception base they will go to the army school for human resources professions, where they will undergo a special course of military kashrut supervisors that will last two and a half weeks.
This course, which had been closed to women, will now be opened for the first time to women by the military rabbinate. After the course, the female soldiers will fill positions as kashrut supervisors in various army units.
The IDF said in response: "The IDF is working to integrate women in an egalitarian manner and in accordance with the needs of the system."
6. CNN PUNDIT: PALESTINE FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
by Gary Willig
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CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill addressed the opening meeting of the United Nations commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People Wednesday.
"This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba," he said.
"The Israeli nation continues to restrict freedom," Hill stated. "There are more than 60 Israel laws that deny citizenship rights to Palestinians just because they are not Jewish."
He called the "Israeli criminal justice system" a "term I can only use with irony," as "Palestinians are routinely denied due process of law."
Hill further accused Israel of turning Gaza into "the world's largest open-air prison."
"As an American I'm embarrassed that my tax dollars contribute to this reality. No American president has taken a principled stand for Palestinian rights. I'm saddened though not surprised that Trump has further emboldened Israel's behavior.
He called the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem as a "powerful provocation" and a"death knell" for the peace process.
Hill noted that Trump's actions "are not wildly out of step with American policy" as his actions followed a law Congress passed in 1995.
"Donald Trump is not an exception to American policy, but a more rather he is a more transparent and aggressive iteration of it.
He called for the international community to engage in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel until it allow a Palestinian State on the pre-1967 borders and allow the so-called 'right of return.'
Hill said the international community must allow the Palestinian Arabs to use any methods necessary to resist Israel, implying that violence against Israel is legitimate.
"Contrary to western mythology, black resistance to American apartheid was not" purely nonviolent, he said. "Tactics otherwise divergent from Dr. King or Gandhi were equally important to preserving safety and attaining freedom. If we are in true solidarity, we must allow them the same range of opportunity and political possibility. We must recognize the right of an occupied people to defend themselves. We must prioritize peace, but we must not romanticize or fetishize it. We must promote non violence at every opportunity, but cannot endorse narrow politics that shames Palestinians for resisting, for refusing to do nothing in ethnic cleansing."
Justice requires a "Free Palestine from the River to the Sea," he concluded.
Anne Bayefsky, Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President of Human Rights Voices, witnessed the event. "I have been watching the UN's so-called Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People for decades and this was an especially obscene UN moment that reveals the true nature of the anti-Israel and anti-Jewish animus of the modern United Nations. "
"CNN commentator and Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill's call at the United Nations for the destruction of the Jewish state was not some accident. He didn't misspeak. He was an invited guest. He was the only person invited to speak as 'the' representative of 'civil society.' When he ended his extraordinary tirade with 'Give us a free Palestine from the river to the sea' his words were met by a round of applause. The only applause for any speaker," she observed.
"The host and Chair of the 'UN Committee for the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,' Senegalese Ambassador Cheikh Niang, thanked him profusely for his 'elegant words' & 'hailed civil society organizations.' There are no excuses for democratic nations to tolerate, to support and to finance a world organization that has profoundly corrupted its spirit and purpose."
The International Day of Palestinian Day with the Palestinian People was created by the UN General Assembly in 1977. The commemoration will be held from November 28-30.
7. UN: EASTERN JERUSALEM MUST BE CAPITAL OF 'PALESTINE'
by Gary Willig
The commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People at the United Nations began Wednesday.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed the opening meeting of the three-day commemoration.
Secretary General Guterres said that the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people served to "remind us of our collective and unfinished task" to create a Palestinian State.
Guterres criticized Israel for "demolitions, continued settlement construction, and evictions" and stated that eastern Jerusalem must be the capital of a Palestinian Arab state.
Palestinian Authority representative to the United Nations Riyad Mansour read a statement by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the meeting.
Abbas noted in his statement that the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is held on the anniversary of the UN vote to partition mandatory Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state.
The PA chairman called the partition vote "unfair" and stated that the decision was made "without the consent of the Palestinian people."
Abbas accused Israel of "Apartheid," of refusing to live up to its commitments under the Oslo accords, and of "colonialism."
According to Abbas, the PA has fought incitement and terrorism, has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Oslo accords, and has never refused negotiations.
He called on the United Nations to end the "double standards" under which he said Israel was not required to abide by UN resolutions.
Henry Suarez, the representative of the Non-Aligned Movement from Venezuela, also spoke at the meeting and accused Israel of attempting to "change the character" of Jerusalem and called for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its alleged "violations of international law."
The International Day of Palestinian Day with the Palestinian People was created by the UN General Assembly in 1977. The commemoration will be held from November 28-30.
8. ARAB LEAGUE: ISRAEL IS 'JUDAIZING' JERUSALEM
by Gary Willig
The League of Arab States accused Israel of attempting to 'Judaize' Jerusalem.
Majed Abdelfattah Abdelaziz, the representative for the Arab League, addressed the opening meeting of the United Nations commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Abdelaziz criticized moves by the United States in the Middle East, including the "illegal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," the relocation of the embassy to Jerusalem, and the defunding of UNRWA.
He further accused Israel of attempting to reshape Jerusalem's demographics to turn the holy city Jewish and called on the international community to safeguard Jerusalem's holy sites from Israel.
Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel since the country's founding in 1948 and is the holiest city in Judaism.
The International Day of Palestinian Day with the Palestinian People was created by the UN General Assembly in 1977. The commemoration will be held from November 28-30.
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1. 'IN NEXT WAR THEY WON'T BE DRINKING COFFEE IN TEL AVIV'
2. BRITISH MINISTER PROMOTES POST-BREXIT TRADE IN ISRAEL
3. CIVIL MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE REJECTED IN FIRST READING
4. BABY MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED HORRIFIC SURGERY-GONE-WRONG
5. US DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE RELEASE' OF US CITIZEN HELD BY PA
6. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
7. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
8. STATE TO REQUEST EXTENSION FOR DM RESIGNATION
1. 'IN NEXT WAR THEY WON'T BE DRINKING COFFEE IN TEL AVIV'
by Rafael Levy
Home Front Commander Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai took part today in a conference of new local authority heads and reviewed the role of Home Front Command in preparing local emergency authorities.
"There's no dispute that the threat to the Israeli home front in the next war will be very challenging," Yadai said at an Interior Ministry conference in Ashkelon.
According to him, 2019 will see a more complex and challenging threat to Israel. Along with capabilities we know from the past, there is another geo-strategic reality presenting us with other challenges and threats. The issue is not the weapon, with which we are familiar, but the intensity. The Middle East is now organized differently.
"There is a possibility of fronts opening both in the north and in the south, because we know of attempts at coordination," Maj. Gen. Yadai said. "In the coming confrontation there will be no more fighting in the north or Gaza while they drink coffee in Tel Aviv."
2. BRITISH MINISTER PROMOTES POST-BREXIT TRADE IN ISRAEL
by AFP
British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox met Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday as his country prepares to leave the European Union and pursue an independent trade policy.
Britain's exports to Israel already grew by 75 percent in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year, Fox's office said, citing Israeli official figures.
Last year saw more than $9 billion in trade between the two nations, a record high, it said.
"And as we leave the European Union and Britain takes up its place as an independent state of (the World Trade Organization), we want to push our concept of free trade even further," Fox told Netanyahu ahead of their meeting.
"In a world where the siren calls of protectionism are rising, two free-trade nations like ours need to make the case for global free trade because trade spreads prosperity."
Netanyahu said: "Britain is in fact our largest trade partner in Europe -- one of our most important trading partners in the world -- and we value the friendship."
Israel is notably an import market for British cars, while Scotch whiskey sales in Israel have increased by 300 percent since 2012, according to Fox's office.
Other leading British exports to Israel have included mineral products and machinery and electrical equipment, as well as chemical industry products, according to the British embassy.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking to convince hostile MPs to back her draft deal for future ties with the EU after her country exits the bloc next March. A vote is scheduled for December 11.
Fox arrived in Israel on Monday and met with Palestinian Authority leader Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah on Tuesday.
3. CIVIL MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE REJECTED IN FIRST READING
by Mordechai Sones
The Knesset plenum today rejected in preliminary reading a bill by MK Merav Michaeli (Zionist Union) to allow civil marriage.
The bill proposes that the power to dissolve a marriage between spouses who are members of the same religious community and who were married in civil marriage be subject to the family courts.
MK Michaeli asked in the Knesset plenum: "Would it make sense for you to pass a law forcing all citizens to go to synagogue on Shabbat? Israeli law forces a person joined in a civil marriage to divorce in religious court.
"It's an absurd situation where the State of Israel recognizes civil marriage but doesn't provide the basic service of divorce. This religious coercion isn't done for halakhic reasons, but purely for reasons of political power, of holding all citizens captive to the rabbinic court. Political cynicism and power," Michael claimed.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked responded on behalf of the government: "The bill seeks to create a substantive policy change and is contrary to coalition agreements. Since the proposal is not accepted by all coalition factions, the government objects."
Merav Michaeli
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4. BABY MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED HORRIFIC SURGERY-GONE-WRONG
Motty Klepner is just two years old. But the blonde-haired, brown-eyed boy has endured far more than most adults.
The tragic story began when the child was just four days old. Whisked from the arms of his parents, and sent to the operating room, newborn Motty underwent open-heart surgery. The surgery was successful, and parents Yehoshua & Gittel Klepner were told that he would be a normal child.
Four months later, however, it became clear the situation was not 'normal.' Motty was brought in for emergency heart catheterization. His tiny heart collapsed. He lay in a hospital bassinet, covered in blood. His parents were told that it was time to say goodbye.
In a miraculous turn, however, surgeons were able to save the baby's life. For another four months, he was hooked up to a respirator. The infant struggled with pain as he slowly recovered. While he was in the hospital, he developed gangrene in his arms and legs. His pudgy baby limbs turned black. Doctors had to amputate Motty's left arm, and clip the fingers on his right hand.
Eventually Motty was released from the hospital, and allowed to return home. He was in pain, an amputee, partially blind, and paralyzed on the left side of his body, but he was alive. And for that his parents were truly grateful. Father Yehoshua wrote and released a moving song about the experience.
The two years since the initial surgery, however, have been a challenge. Motty, now 2 years old, suffers from severe eating disorders. He is only able to walk for short spurts of time, and struggles through life with only one hand. His monthly treatments cost many thousands of shekels. His parents are no longer able to keep up with the expenses.
A fund has been opened with the goal of meeting both the immediate urgent needs such as paying for Motty's monthly treatments, and the long-term goal of procuring him a prosthetic hand. If the boy could have a hand, he could write, color, and pick up toys: things that other 2-year-olds do easily, but Motty dreams of. The campaign is appropriately titled 'Motty's dream.'
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5. US DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE RELEASE' OF US CITIZEN HELD BY PA
by David Rosenberg
The United States on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of an American citizen held by the Palestinian Authority, after he allegedly helped facilitate the sale of real estate in Jerusalem to Jewish buyers.
Last month, Issam Akel, a 53-year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem who holds both American citizenship and an Israeli identification card, was captured by Palestinian Authority agents, after it was alleged that he worked as an intermediary in the sale of property in the "Aqaba Darwish" section of the Old City of Jerusalem to Jews.
Palestinian Authority leaders condemned the sale, and called for a full investigation.
On Wednesday, American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman condemned the PA for Akel's kidnapping, and demanded that he be freed immediately.
"The Pal Authority has been holding US citizen Isaam Akel in prison for ~2 months," tweeted, Friedman.
"His suspected 'crime'? Selling land to a Jew. Akel's incarceration is antithetical to the values of the US & to all who advocate the cause of peaceful coexistence. We demand his immediate release."
Under PA law, selling of land to Jews is illegal and punishable by death. However, such sentences must be approved by the PA chairman, and current chairman Mahmoud Abbas has preferred to authorize life sentences for such offenses, possibly due to fear of an international backlash.
In 2014, Abbas toughened the PA law against selling property to Israeli Jews, so that any Palestinian Arabs involved in renting, selling or facilitating real estate transactions with citizens of "hostile countries" in any way would receive life imprisonment and hard-labor.
Israeli security forces arrested two senior PA officials in connection with Akel's kidnapping. The two were later released.
Earlier this month, Israeli police raided one of the PA official's offices in the Jerusalem district. Police arrested the official, Adnan Gheith, a second time, taking him back into custody on Sunday.
6. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
by David Rosenberg
An Israeli teenager was found dead in a dumpster in northern Israel, three days after she disappeared.
Police located the remains of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub in a dumpster Monday afternoon, after her family reported her missing.
"The missing person, Yara Ayoub, 16, was found by Israel Police officers, with no signs of life," Israel Police said on Monday.
"As part of the investigation of the incident, two suspects have been arrested thus far, and the investigation is still underway."
Police suspect Ayoub was kidnapped and later murdered.
The two suspects taken into custody in connection with Ayoub's death have been identified as a 28-year-old resident of Jish, who is believed to be the kidnapper, and a 53-year-old man also suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.
Ayoub, a Christian Arab resident of the Galilee town of Jish (also known as Gush Halav), disappeared on Friday after she left home to go to a friend's birthday party. Relatives say she was last seen at a bakery in Jish.
"She was on her way to her friend's birthday and stopped at the bakery to buy something, and then we lost contact with her. On Monday they told us her body was found," Nashat Ayoub, Yara's father said, according to Yediot Ahronot.
"My heart is aching for my beautiful girl. She was a special girl, she always made sure it was happy at home. It's terrible that we've lost her."
A second teenage girl was also found murdered on Monday, this time in Tel Aviv.
The second victim was identified as 13-year-old Silvana Tsegai, an Eritrean national living in Tel Aviv.
Police are currently searching for the girl's suspected killer, Tesfabran Tesfatsion. Tesfatsion has been identified as the former boyfriend of Tsegai's mother.
7. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
by David Rosenberg
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization are prepared to restore direct control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, according to a report by the Lebanon-based pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen network.
Under the terms of the October 2017 reconciliation agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority's ruling party, Fatah, the Gaza-based terror group agreed to restore control over the coastal enclave to Ramallah.
As part of the agreement, Fatah promised to form a new unity government with Hamas, and to resume payments in full for public services in the Gaza Strip.
But the deal was never fully implemented, missing the December 1st 2017 deadline for the transfer of power.
On Tuesday, however, it was reported that Hamas leaders have expressed a willingness to transfer power over the Gaza Strip to Fatah control.
The offer does come with a catch, according to the report. Hamas has demanded that the Palestinian Authority follow through with its promise to form a unity government with Hamas. The new unity government must be formed within 45 days, Hamas leaders reportedly demanded.
In addition, Hamas has set new elections as a condition for its surrender of control over the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority last held general elections for the PA Legislative Council in January 2006.
According to the Al-Mayadeen report, Hamas has demanded that new elections be held in the next six months.
8. STATE TO REQUEST EXTENSION FOR DM RESIGNATION
by Mordechai Sones
The State Prosecutor's Office submitted this evening a petition to the Supreme Court to postpone the Draft Law's expiration date for another four months, "following the resignation of the Defense Minister."
The decision to request an extension from the Supreme Court was made at a meeting of coalition leaders on Sunday, despite Attorney General Mandelblit's warning that chances of the request being accepted are low.
Prior to the original date when the existing law was supposed to expire, the State submitted an application to postpone the deadline until the end of the upcoming winter conference, in April 2019.
Last August, the judges received the State's request in a very partial manner, and allotted to the State a much shorter time than the amount requested to complete enactment of a new law.
In their decision, the Supreme Court justices wrote, "After we considered this matter, we decided to respond to the request in part and to postpone the annulment of chapter 3 of the Defense Services Law so that it will come into effect on December 2, instead of the date set forth in the judgment."
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HEADLINES:
1. 'IN NEXT WAR THEY WON'T BE DRINKING COFFEE IN TEL AVIV'
2. BRITISH MINISTER PROMOTES POST-BREXIT TRADE IN ISRAEL
3. CIVIL MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE REJECTED IN FIRST READING
4. BABY MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED HORRIFIC SURGERY-GONE-WRONG
5. US DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE RELEASE' OF US CITIZEN HELD BY PA
6. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
7. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
8. STATE TO REQUEST EXTENSION FOR DM RESIGNATION
1. 'IN NEXT WAR THEY WON'T BE DRINKING COFFEE IN TEL AVIV'
by Rafael Levy
Home Front Commander Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai took part today in a conference of new local authority heads and reviewed the role of Home Front Command in preparing local emergency authorities.
"There's no dispute that the threat to the Israeli home front in the next war will be very challenging," Yadai said at an Interior Ministry conference in Ashkelon.
According to him, 2019 will see a more complex and challenging threat to Israel. Along with capabilities we know from the past, there is another geo-strategic reality presenting us with other challenges and threats. The issue is not the weapon, with which we are familiar, but the intensity. The Middle East is now organized differently.
"There is a possibility of fronts opening both in the north and in the south, because we know of attempts at coordination," Maj. Gen. Yadai said. "In the coming confrontation there will be no more fighting in the north or Gaza while they drink coffee in Tel Aviv."
2. BRITISH MINISTER PROMOTES POST-BREXIT TRADE IN ISRAEL
by AFP
British International Trade Secretary Liam Fox met Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday as his country prepares to leave the European Union and pursue an independent trade policy.
Britain's exports to Israel already grew by 75 percent in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year, Fox's office said, citing Israeli official figures.
Last year saw more than $9 billion in trade between the two nations, a record high, it said.
"And as we leave the European Union and Britain takes up its place as an independent state of (the World Trade Organization), we want to push our concept of free trade even further," Fox told Netanyahu ahead of their meeting.
"In a world where the siren calls of protectionism are rising, two free-trade nations like ours need to make the case for global free trade because trade spreads prosperity."
Netanyahu said: "Britain is in fact our largest trade partner in Europe -- one of our most important trading partners in the world -- and we value the friendship."
Israel is notably an import market for British cars, while Scotch whiskey sales in Israel have increased by 300 percent since 2012, according to Fox's office.
Other leading British exports to Israel have included mineral products and machinery and electrical equipment, as well as chemical industry products, according to the British embassy.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking to convince hostile MPs to back her draft deal for future ties with the EU after her country exits the bloc next March. A vote is scheduled for December 11.
Fox arrived in Israel on Monday and met with Palestinian Authority leader Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah on Tuesday.
3. CIVIL MARRIAGE ALLOWANCE REJECTED IN FIRST READING
by Mordechai Sones
The Knesset plenum today rejected in preliminary reading a bill by MK Merav Michaeli (Zionist Union) to allow civil marriage.
The bill proposes that the power to dissolve a marriage between spouses who are members of the same religious community and who were married in civil marriage be subject to the family courts.
MK Michaeli asked in the Knesset plenum: "Would it make sense for you to pass a law forcing all citizens to go to synagogue on Shabbat? Israeli law forces a person joined in a civil marriage to divorce in religious court.
"It's an absurd situation where the State of Israel recognizes civil marriage but doesn't provide the basic service of divorce. This religious coercion isn't done for halakhic reasons, but purely for reasons of political power, of holding all citizens captive to the rabbinic court. Political cynicism and power," Michael claimed.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked responded on behalf of the government: "The bill seeks to create a substantive policy change and is contrary to coalition agreements. Since the proposal is not accepted by all coalition factions, the government objects."
Merav Michaeli
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4. BABY MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED HORRIFIC SURGERY-GONE-WRONG
Motty Klepner is just two years old. But the blonde-haired, brown-eyed boy has endured far more than most adults.
The tragic story began when the child was just four days old. Whisked from the arms of his parents, and sent to the operating room, newborn Motty underwent open-heart surgery. The surgery was successful, and parents Yehoshua & Gittel Klepner were told that he would be a normal child.
Four months later, however, it became clear the situation was not 'normal.' Motty was brought in for emergency heart catheterization. His tiny heart collapsed. He lay in a hospital bassinet, covered in blood. His parents were told that it was time to say goodbye.
In a miraculous turn, however, surgeons were able to save the baby's life. For another four months, he was hooked up to a respirator. The infant struggled with pain as he slowly recovered. While he was in the hospital, he developed gangrene in his arms and legs. His pudgy baby limbs turned black. Doctors had to amputate Motty's left arm, and clip the fingers on his right hand.
Eventually Motty was released from the hospital, and allowed to return home. He was in pain, an amputee, partially blind, and paralyzed on the left side of his body, but he was alive. And for that his parents were truly grateful. Father Yehoshua wrote and released a moving song about the experience.
The two years since the initial surgery, however, have been a challenge. Motty, now 2 years old, suffers from severe eating disorders. He is only able to walk for short spurts of time, and struggles through life with only one hand. His monthly treatments cost many thousands of shekels. His parents are no longer able to keep up with the expenses.
A fund has been opened with the goal of meeting both the immediate urgent needs such as paying for Motty's monthly treatments, and the long-term goal of procuring him a prosthetic hand. If the boy could have a hand, he could write, color, and pick up toys: things that other 2-year-olds do easily, but Motty dreams of. The campaign is appropriately titled 'Motty's dream.'
Those moved by the story and interested in making Motty's dreams come true can do so here for a limited time.
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5. US DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE RELEASE' OF US CITIZEN HELD BY PA
by David Rosenberg
The United States on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of an American citizen held by the Palestinian Authority, after he allegedly helped facilitate the sale of real estate in Jerusalem to Jewish buyers.
Last month, Issam Akel, a 53-year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem who holds both American citizenship and an Israeli identification card, was captured by Palestinian Authority agents, after it was alleged that he worked as an intermediary in the sale of property in the "Aqaba Darwish" section of the Old City of Jerusalem to Jews.
Palestinian Authority leaders condemned the sale, and called for a full investigation.
On Wednesday, American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman condemned the PA for Akel's kidnapping, and demanded that he be freed immediately.
"The Pal Authority has been holding US citizen Isaam Akel in prison for ~2 months," tweeted, Friedman.
"His suspected 'crime'? Selling land to a Jew. Akel's incarceration is antithetical to the values of the US & to all who advocate the cause of peaceful coexistence. We demand his immediate release."
Under PA law, selling of land to Jews is illegal and punishable by death. However, such sentences must be approved by the PA chairman, and current chairman Mahmoud Abbas has preferred to authorize life sentences for such offenses, possibly due to fear of an international backlash.
In 2014, Abbas toughened the PA law against selling property to Israeli Jews, so that any Palestinian Arabs involved in renting, selling or facilitating real estate transactions with citizens of "hostile countries" in any way would receive life imprisonment and hard-labor.
Israeli security forces arrested two senior PA officials in connection with Akel's kidnapping. The two were later released.
Earlier this month, Israeli police raided one of the PA official's offices in the Jerusalem district. Police arrested the official, Adnan Gheith, a second time, taking him back into custody on Sunday.
6. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
by David Rosenberg
An Israeli teenager was found dead in a dumpster in northern Israel, three days after she disappeared.
Police located the remains of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub in a dumpster Monday afternoon, after her family reported her missing.
"The missing person, Yara Ayoub, 16, was found by Israel Police officers, with no signs of life," Israel Police said on Monday.
"As part of the investigation of the incident, two suspects have been arrested thus far, and the investigation is still underway."
Police suspect Ayoub was kidnapped and later murdered.
The two suspects taken into custody in connection with Ayoub's death have been identified as a 28-year-old resident of Jish, who is believed to be the kidnapper, and a 53-year-old man also suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.
Ayoub, a Christian Arab resident of the Galilee town of Jish (also known as Gush Halav), disappeared on Friday after she left home to go to a friend's birthday party. Relatives say she was last seen at a bakery in Jish.
"She was on her way to her friend's birthday and stopped at the bakery to buy something, and then we lost contact with her. On Monday they told us her body was found," Nashat Ayoub, Yara's father said, according to Yediot Ahronot.
"My heart is aching for my beautiful girl. She was a special girl, she always made sure it was happy at home. It's terrible that we've lost her."
A second teenage girl was also found murdered on Monday, this time in Tel Aviv.
The second victim was identified as 13-year-old Silvana Tsegai, an Eritrean national living in Tel Aviv.
Police are currently searching for the girl's suspected killer, Tesfabran Tesfatsion. Tesfatsion has been identified as the former boyfriend of Tsegai's mother.
7. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
by David Rosenberg
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization are prepared to restore direct control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, according to a report by the Lebanon-based pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen network.
Under the terms of the October 2017 reconciliation agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority's ruling party, Fatah, the Gaza-based terror group agreed to restore control over the coastal enclave to Ramallah.
As part of the agreement, Fatah promised to form a new unity government with Hamas, and to resume payments in full for public services in the Gaza Strip.
But the deal was never fully implemented, missing the December 1st 2017 deadline for the transfer of power.
On Tuesday, however, it was reported that Hamas leaders have expressed a willingness to transfer power over the Gaza Strip to Fatah control.
The offer does come with a catch, according to the report. Hamas has demanded that the Palestinian Authority follow through with its promise to form a unity government with Hamas. The new unity government must be formed within 45 days, Hamas leaders reportedly demanded.
In addition, Hamas has set new elections as a condition for its surrender of control over the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority last held general elections for the PA Legislative Council in January 2006.
According to the Al-Mayadeen report, Hamas has demanded that new elections be held in the next six months.
8. STATE TO REQUEST EXTENSION FOR DM RESIGNATION
by Mordechai Sones
The State Prosecutor's Office submitted this evening a petition to the Supreme Court to postpone the Draft Law's expiration date for another four months, "following the resignation of the Defense Minister."
The decision to request an extension from the Supreme Court was made at a meeting of coalition leaders on Sunday, despite Attorney General Mandelblit's warning that chances of the request being accepted are low.
Prior to the original date when the existing law was supposed to expire, the State submitted an application to postpone the deadline until the end of the upcoming winter conference, in April 2019.
Last August, the judges received the State's request in a very partial manner, and allotted to the State a much shorter time than the amount requested to complete enactment of a new law.
In their decision, the Supreme Court justices wrote, "After we considered this matter, we decided to respond to the request in part and to postpone the annulment of chapter 3 of the Defense Services Law so that it will come into effect on December 2, instead of the date set forth in the judgment."
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HEADLINES:
1. IRAN VOWS TO FIGHT 'DEAL OF THE CENTURY'
2. MK ILATOV TO BENNY BEGIN: 'YOU NEED TO BE DEALT WITH'
3. WATCH: 4 MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT JUDAISM
4. SOUTH KOREA TO ACQUIRE RADAR SYSTEMS FROM ISRAEL
5. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
7. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
8. 'DESTROY TERRORISTS' HOMES EVEN IF THEY DON'T KILL'
1. IRAN VOWS TO FIGHT 'DEAL OF THE CENTURY'
by AFP
Iran is determined to fight against US Donald Trump's anticipated Arab-Israeli peace plan, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday according to semi-official news agency ISNA.
Trump has dubbed his administration's long-awaited plan the "ultimate deal", which has already unsettled the Palestinian Authority although no details have yet been disclosed.
Speaking in Tehran, Larijani said the "deal of the century" was a "plot" between Iran's arch foe Israel and the United States to establish the Jewish state's domination in the Middle East.
"We will stand against the regime of Israel and won't let this deal take place in the region," Larijani said at an annual conference on Islamic unity.
"If Americans are imposing sanctions on Iran today and are putting pressure on Iran, the reason for it is because Iran has stood against Israel," he added, quoted by ISNA.
Earlier this year, Washington pulled out of the international nuclear accord with Iran and reimposed crippling sanctions on Tehran.
"In order to achieve their objective they try to create new political arrangements in the region," Larijani said of US-Israeli strategy in the Middle East.
The parliament speaker also singled out regional rival Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he warned countries against normalizing relations with Israel.
Countries in the region "should know that they would not benefit at all by letting Netanyahu into their countries", Larijani said.
"People in the region, in any country, regard Israel as a cancerous tumor and hate it," he added.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman earlier this year reaffirmed his country's "steadfast" support for the Palestinian Arab cause, after coming under fire for saying both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs "have the right to have their own land".
Israel has diplomatic relations with just two Arab states -- Egypt and Jordan -- but Netanyahu has been pushing for broader regional ties.
The Israeli premier travelled to Oman in October, while two of his ministers visited the UAE.
2. MK ILATOV TO BENNY BEGIN: 'YOU NEED TO BE DEALT WITH'
by Hezki Baruch
Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset faction Chair MK Robert Ilatov called to "deal with" MK Benny Begin of the Likud for his opposition to the death penalty for terrorists.
During a discussion of the Constitution Committee, Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slominski said, "I don't have a majority in the committee to pass the death penalty to terrorists."
MK Ilatov, who initiated the bill, accused the coalition of hastening to change the number of members of Yisrael Beiteinu in the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee following the party's and Liberman's resignation.
MK Benny Begin
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MK Begin justified the coalition's decision and commented, "Both to resign and to get seats." MK Ilatov responded: "The people who need to be dealt with ... one of them is you."
Begin replied, "I want to understand what the meaning of 'the people who need to be dealt with' means, I just want to understand what that means."
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3. WATCH: 4 MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT JUDAISM
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4. SOUTH KOREA TO ACQUIRE RADAR SYSTEMS FROM ISRAEL
by Mordechai Sones
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South Korea will acquire two "Green Pine" radar systems from the Israeli company Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries.
The value of the deal is estimated at $292 million. Seoul is seeking to bolster South Korea's early warning system against North Korean threats in light of reports of a successful missile test.
The early warning systems are "Green Pine" radars that will probably be deployed at the beginning of 2020. Green Pine is the radar used by the Arrow missile defense system.
According to the South Korean State Procurement Agency, the aim of the acquisition is to "identify and track ballistic missiles from a remote distance shortly after launch."
The detection range of the radar may reach 500 kilometers. The system has been previously sold to India.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255343
5. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
by David Rosenberg
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization are prepared to restore direct control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, according to a report by the Lebanon-based pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen network.
Under the terms of the October 2017 reconciliation agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority's ruling party, Fatah, the Gaza-based terror group agreed to restore control over the coastal enclave to Ramallah.
As part of the agreement, Fatah promised to form a new unity government with Hamas, and to resume payments in full for public services in the Gaza Strip.
But the deal was never fully implemented, missing the December 1st 2017 deadline for the transfer of power.
On Tuesday, however, it was reported that Hamas leaders have expressed a willingness to transfer power over the Gaza Strip to Fatah control.
The offer does come with a catch, according to the report. Hamas has demanded that the Palestinian Authority follow through with its promise to form a unity government with Hamas. The new unity government must be formed within 45 days, Hamas leaders reportedly demanded.
In addition, Hamas has set new elections as a condition for its surrender of control over the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority last held general elections for the PA Legislative Council in January 2006.
According to the Al-Mayadeen report, Hamas has demanded that new elections be held in the next six months.
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
by David Rosenberg
Three IDF soldiers were injured Monday afternoon in a terrorist ramming attack south of Jerusalem.
The attack occurred on Route 60 in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem at around 12:15 p.m. Monday.
The three soldiers were involved in engineering work on a the road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the terrorist, who fled the scene immediately after the attack.
Two of the three of the victims are listed in light condition, while the third is in moderate condition.
The terrorist has reportedly been shot and killed by Israeli security forces.
MDA emergency first responders treated the three victims at the scene. The injured were then evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
"When we arrived at the scene of the attack, along with an army medical team, we saw three youths, fully conscious, walking about," said senior MDA paramedic Abba Richman.
"Two of them were suffering from minor contusions and dry wounds, while a third suffered injuries to his limbs. We provided first aid treatment in the field, then loaded them onto ambulances and evacuated them to hospitals while they were fully conscious and in stable condition."
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7. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
by David Rosenberg
An Israeli teenager was found dead in a dumpster in northern Israel, three days after she disappeared.
Police located the remains of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub in a dumpster Monday afternoon, after her family reported her missing.
"The missing person, Yara Ayoub, 16, was found by Israel Police officers, with no signs of life," Israel Police said on Monday.
"As part of the investigation of the incident, two suspects have been arrested thus far, and the investigation is still underway."
Police suspect Ayoub was kidnapped and later murdered.
The two suspects taken into custody in connection with Ayoub's death have been identified as a 28-year-old resident of Jish, who is believed to be the kidnapper, and a 53-year-old man also suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.
Ayoub, a Christian Arab resident of the Galilee town of Jish (also known as Gush Halav), disappeared on Friday after she left home to go to a friend's birthday party. Relatives say she was last seen at a bakery in Jish.
"She was on her way to her friend's birthday and stopped at the bakery to buy something, and then we lost contact with her. On Monday they told us her body was found," Nashat Ayoub, Yara's father said, according to Yediot Ahronot.
"My heart is aching for my beautiful girl. She was a special girl, she always made sure it was happy at home. It's terrible that we've lost her."
A second teenage girl was also found murdered on Monday, this time in Tel Aviv.
The second victim was identified as 13-year-old Silvana Tsegai, an Eritrean national living in Tel Aviv.
Police are currently searching for the girl's suspected killer, Tesfabran Tesfatsion. Tesfatsion has been identified as the former boyfriend of Tsegai's mother.
8. 'DESTROY TERRORISTS' HOMES EVEN IF THEY DON'T KILL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
MK Avi Dichter announced at a closed meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that he would see to it that the homes of terrorists who did not succeed in murdering Jews during a terrorist attack would also be destroyed.
In effect, the existing practice whereby the State Prosecutor's Office seeks to demolish only the homes of terrorists who succeeded in murdering Jews will be abolished.
"The committee headed by me will make sure that demolitions of homes for deterrence will be carried out not only according to the outcome, but also according to the terrorist's intentions and the characteristics of the terrorist attack," Dichter said.
He added that "we have reasonable grounds to assume that the political direction of the security bodies on the subject of demolitions will soon change so that there will be no distinction between the outcome of the murder in the attack and the intention to murder Israelis. If we can destroy the terrorists' houses on their heads, we will better protect our soldiers and our citizens" he said.
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HEADLINES:
1. IRAN VOWS TO FIGHT 'DEAL OF THE CENTURY'
2. MK ILATOV TO BENNY BEGIN: 'YOU NEED TO BE DEALT WITH'
3. WATCH: 4 MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT JUDAISM
4. SOUTH KOREA TO ACQUIRE RADAR SYSTEMS FROM ISRAEL
5. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
7. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
8. 'DESTROY TERRORISTS' HOMES EVEN IF THEY DON'T KILL'
1. IRAN VOWS TO FIGHT 'DEAL OF THE CENTURY'
by AFP
Iran is determined to fight against US Donald Trump's anticipated Arab-Israeli peace plan, parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday according to semi-official news agency ISNA.
Trump has dubbed his administration's long-awaited plan the "ultimate deal", which has already unsettled the Palestinian Authority although no details have yet been disclosed.
Speaking in Tehran, Larijani said the "deal of the century" was a "plot" between Iran's arch foe Israel and the United States to establish the Jewish state's domination in the Middle East.
"We will stand against the regime of Israel and won't let this deal take place in the region," Larijani said at an annual conference on Islamic unity.
"If Americans are imposing sanctions on Iran today and are putting pressure on Iran, the reason for it is because Iran has stood against Israel," he added, quoted by ISNA.
Earlier this year, Washington pulled out of the international nuclear accord with Iran and reimposed crippling sanctions on Tehran.
"In order to achieve their objective they try to create new political arrangements in the region," Larijani said of US-Israeli strategy in the Middle East.
The parliament speaker also singled out regional rival Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he warned countries against normalizing relations with Israel.
Countries in the region "should know that they would not benefit at all by letting Netanyahu into their countries", Larijani said.
"People in the region, in any country, regard Israel as a cancerous tumor and hate it," he added.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman earlier this year reaffirmed his country's "steadfast" support for the Palestinian Arab cause, after coming under fire for saying both Israelis and Palestinian Arabs "have the right to have their own land".
Israel has diplomatic relations with just two Arab states -- Egypt and Jordan -- but Netanyahu has been pushing for broader regional ties.
The Israeli premier travelled to Oman in October, while two of his ministers visited the UAE.
2. MK ILATOV TO BENNY BEGIN: 'YOU NEED TO BE DEALT WITH'
by Hezki Baruch
Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset faction Chair MK Robert Ilatov called to "deal with" MK Benny Begin of the Likud for his opposition to the death penalty for terrorists.
During a discussion of the Constitution Committee, Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slominski said, "I don't have a majority in the committee to pass the death penalty to terrorists."
MK Ilatov, who initiated the bill, accused the coalition of hastening to change the number of members of Yisrael Beiteinu in the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee following the party's and Liberman's resignation.
MK Benny Begin
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MK Begin justified the coalition's decision and commented, "Both to resign and to get seats." MK Ilatov responded: "The people who need to be dealt with ... one of them is you."
Begin replied, "I want to understand what the meaning of 'the people who need to be dealt with' means, I just want to understand what that means."
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255341
3. WATCH: 4 MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT JUDAISM
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255342
4. SOUTH KOREA TO ACQUIRE RADAR SYSTEMS FROM ISRAEL
by Mordechai Sones
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255343
South Korea will acquire two "Green Pine" radar systems from the Israeli company Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aircraft Industries.
The value of the deal is estimated at $292 million. Seoul is seeking to bolster South Korea's early warning system against North Korean threats in light of reports of a successful missile test.
The early warning systems are "Green Pine" radars that will probably be deployed at the beginning of 2020. Green Pine is the radar used by the Arrow missile defense system.
According to the South Korean State Procurement Agency, the aim of the acquisition is to "identify and track ballistic missiles from a remote distance shortly after launch."
The detection range of the radar may reach 500 kilometers. The system has been previously sold to India.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255343
5. 'CONTROL OVER GAZA - IN EXCHANGE FOR NEW ELECTIONS'
by David Rosenberg
Leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization are prepared to restore direct control over the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, according to a report by the Lebanon-based pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen network.
Under the terms of the October 2017 reconciliation agreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority's ruling party, Fatah, the Gaza-based terror group agreed to restore control over the coastal enclave to Ramallah.
As part of the agreement, Fatah promised to form a new unity government with Hamas, and to resume payments in full for public services in the Gaza Strip.
But the deal was never fully implemented, missing the December 1st 2017 deadline for the transfer of power.
On Tuesday, however, it was reported that Hamas leaders have expressed a willingness to transfer power over the Gaza Strip to Fatah control.
The offer does come with a catch, according to the report. Hamas has demanded that the Palestinian Authority follow through with its promise to form a unity government with Hamas. The new unity government must be formed within 45 days, Hamas leaders reportedly demanded.
In addition, Hamas has set new elections as a condition for its surrender of control over the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority last held general elections for the PA Legislative Council in January 2006.
According to the Al-Mayadeen report, Hamas has demanded that new elections be held in the next six months.
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
by David Rosenberg
Three IDF soldiers were injured Monday afternoon in a terrorist ramming attack south of Jerusalem.
The attack occurred on Route 60 in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem at around 12:15 p.m. Monday.
The three soldiers were involved in engineering work on a the road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the terrorist, who fled the scene immediately after the attack.
Two of the three of the victims are listed in light condition, while the third is in moderate condition.
The terrorist has reportedly been shot and killed by Israeli security forces.
MDA emergency first responders treated the three victims at the scene. The injured were then evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
"When we arrived at the scene of the attack, along with an army medical team, we saw three youths, fully conscious, walking about," said senior MDA paramedic Abba Richman.
"Two of them were suffering from minor contusions and dry wounds, while a third suffered injuries to his limbs. We provided first aid treatment in the field, then loaded them onto ambulances and evacuated them to hospitals while they were fully conscious and in stable condition."
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255275
7. ISRAELI TEEN'S MURDERED BODY FOUND IN DUMPSTER
by David Rosenberg
An Israeli teenager was found dead in a dumpster in northern Israel, three days after she disappeared.
Police located the remains of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub in a dumpster Monday afternoon, after her family reported her missing.
"The missing person, Yara Ayoub, 16, was found by Israel Police officers, with no signs of life," Israel Police said on Monday.
"As part of the investigation of the incident, two suspects have been arrested thus far, and the investigation is still underway."
Police suspect Ayoub was kidnapped and later murdered.
The two suspects taken into custody in connection with Ayoub's death have been identified as a 28-year-old resident of Jish, who is believed to be the kidnapper, and a 53-year-old man also suspected of being involved in the girl's disappearance.
Ayoub, a Christian Arab resident of the Galilee town of Jish (also known as Gush Halav), disappeared on Friday after she left home to go to a friend's birthday party. Relatives say she was last seen at a bakery in Jish.
"She was on her way to her friend's birthday and stopped at the bakery to buy something, and then we lost contact with her. On Monday they told us her body was found," Nashat Ayoub, Yara's father said, according to Yediot Ahronot.
"My heart is aching for my beautiful girl. She was a special girl, she always made sure it was happy at home. It's terrible that we've lost her."
A second teenage girl was also found murdered on Monday, this time in Tel Aviv.
The second victim was identified as 13-year-old Silvana Tsegai, an Eritrean national living in Tel Aviv.
Police are currently searching for the girl's suspected killer, Tesfabran Tesfatsion. Tesfatsion has been identified as the former boyfriend of Tsegai's mother.
8. 'DESTROY TERRORISTS' HOMES EVEN IF THEY DON'T KILL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
MK Avi Dichter announced at a closed meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that he would see to it that the homes of terrorists who did not succeed in murdering Jews during a terrorist attack would also be destroyed.
In effect, the existing practice whereby the State Prosecutor's Office seeks to demolish only the homes of terrorists who succeeded in murdering Jews will be abolished.
"The committee headed by me will make sure that demolitions of homes for deterrence will be carried out not only according to the outcome, but also according to the terrorist's intentions and the characteristics of the terrorist attack," Dichter said.
He added that "we have reasonable grounds to assume that the political direction of the security bodies on the subject of demolitions will soon change so that there will be no distinction between the outcome of the murder in the attack and the intention to murder Israelis. If we can destroy the terrorists' houses on their heads, we will better protect our soldiers and our citizens" he said.
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HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU: WE WILL GET WORLD SYMPATHY FOR OUR STRENGTH
2. 'LIBERMAN AND KAHLON WORKING FOR NEW ISRAEL FUND'
3. LAPID TO NETANYAHU: NO SHADY DEALS
4. KAHLON, BENNET, BE COURAGEOUS!
5. LIKUD: STOP ANTI-SEMITISM - BOYCOTT AIRBNB!
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
7. LA MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED RAMMING ATTACK ON ORTHODOX JEWS
8. ISRAELI MACHINE THAT PULLS WATER OUT OF AIR SENT TO CALIFORNIA
1. NETANYAHU: WE WILL GET WORLD SYMPATHY FOR OUR STRENGTH
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised the visits of the presidents of Chad and the Czech Republic at the start of the weekly Likud Faction meeting Monday.
"Today we will receive a personal friend of mine, a huge friend of Israel, the president of the Czech Republic, and yesterday there was another president of an important African country with a Muslim majority," Netanyahu said.
"The first thing that the president of the Czech Republic said was 'next year in Jerusalem and I will transfer the Czech embassy to Jerusalem.'
"The President of Chad asked me to visit Chad, and I gladly agreed," he added. "We are opening up to the world. Israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political boom, it works on all continents, including in the Arab world, which is shown in the visit of the president of Chad - and there will be other countries, you will hear about it."
Later, Netanyahu explained his political approach. "I want to refine one central point: In the past, Israeli prime ministers wanted to win the sympathy of the world by making dangerous concessions, including the uprooting of settlements. For me it did not happen, for me it does not happen. The exact opposite happens. We are gaining the sympathy of the world, including the sympathy of many in the Arab world, by our steadfastness and strength. Thanks to our determination and strength, as well as your power and the power of Israel's citizens, we are opening more and more doors. This is the essence of our policy, unlike others."
"We believe in peace through strength, we believe in the alliances that are acquired from the assets of the State of Israel as a technological power, from an economic power, from a security and intelligence power," the prime minister said. "We are nurturing and fortifying the State of Israel out of strength, and that is what we will continue to do. It is to continue to strengthen the State of Israel. This is the essence of our policy. I am doing it on your mission and I am doing it with your help."
2. 'LIBERMAN AND KAHLON WORKING FOR NEW ISRAEL FUND'
by Hezki Baruch
Culture Minister Miri Regev held a press conference this afternoon after it became clear the Cultural Loyalty Law will not be raised today in the Knesset plenum.
"I turned every stone in the Culture Ministry to bring about cultural justice," Regev said. "The Cinema Law has passed and gives more cultural expression to different parts of Israeli society," Regev said.
"The authority to deprive budgets from cultural institutions that violate the Nakba Law is only in the hands of Finance Minister Kahlon. For three-and-a-half years the Finance Minister evaded responsibility and chose not to deprive budgets from cultural institutions violating the Nakba Law," Regev added.
Regev continued to attack Kahlon: "He continued to allow funds to be channeled into budgets for plays and movies that glorify terrorists with blood on their hands.
"The law was launched with the support of Ministers Kahlon and Liberman, and now Liberman proved that he allows the terrorists to transfer budgets for their battle heritage, a heritage of terror."
Regev continued, "Liberman's loyalty is only to his ego and his word isn't a word."
Regev attacked the Finance Minister again, "Kahlon wants to topple the government from within the government. Kahlon is scared of two-and-a-half artists who might write something against him. Tell your public why you're scared, you are constantly trying to walk without feeling the people. That's not leadership.
"In fact, they're doing exactly what the New Israel Fund (NIF) wants. I'll continue to act in order for this law to be approved by the Knesset plenum. It will pass because it must pass," Regev said.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255283
3. LAPID TO NETANYAHU: NO SHADY DEALS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the start of the weekly faction meeting Monday and claimed the prime minister is attempting to water down the Draft Law.
"Once again, they will give tens of millions of shekels to IDF evaders, at the expense of those who serve in the IDF and work and pay taxes," Lapid said. "It's a shady deal. This is what a shady deal looks like. We will not support a ' shady deal law.'"
Lapid sharply criticized the prime minister's conduct and the decision to request a third extension from the Supreme Court of the deadline to pass a new Draft Law.
"In six days' time the deadline set by the High Court of Justice to enact the draft law will have passed. The government again requested an extension. According to the custom, since the petition was ours, the High Court of Justice will turn to us to accept our position, and I want to spare them the tension: There will be no extension. there is no reason to extend it!
"The law that the IDF wrote and approved is an opportunity to reach a rare consensus. All that needs to happen is for the prime minister to promise that there will be no shady deals, and it is possible to pass the law in its current language."
4. KAHLON, BENNET, BE COURAGEOUS!
On Monday afternoon, Zionist Union Chairman Avi Gabbay, opened the faction meeting with a call to Netanyahu's partners to dismantle the coalition as soon as possible.
"This coalition is a bunch of sevivonim, (spinning top played with on Chanuka) that Netanyahu is spinning to survive. But in the end, every sevivon (singular) will fall, and this coalition too, is at a moment before the fall," Gabbay said.
"I call on the heads of the coalition, instead of dealing with small things -accept the real decision ad dismantle Netanyahu's government. At your initiative, not when he decides for you," Gabbay added.
"This is a people who get up in the morning, take the children to school and go to work. They have parents who who built the country and expect to be treated such as. These good citizens want this body to be concerned about them and their lives.
"I will surprise you and say a good word about Liberman. He had the courage to leave the chair," Gabbay added.
Turning to Kahlon and Bennett he said, "I call on you, Moshe, Naftali - be courageous, stand up to the prime minister, go with the public and dismantle this government. There are citizens who want their elected representatives to concern with their lives. "
5. LIKUD: STOP ANTI-SEMITISM - BOYCOTT AIRBNB!
by World Likud
The World Likud Movement has called for a boycott of the online lodging marketplace, AirBnB, after the company blacklisted Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria.
In a statement released Sunday evening, the World Likud Movement accused the San Francisco-based company of anti-Semitism in singling out Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria.
"Stop Anti-Semitism – Boycott AirBnB" the call to action reads.
We, the undersigned, call for the boycott of AirBnB, which surrendered to false interests and Antisemitic parties and decided to remove from its platform of Jewish-owned apartments that are legally registered in Judea and Samaria.
It is beyond hypocritical when AirBnB markets vacation apartments in Gaza, which is occupied by the Hamas terrorist organization, and in northern Cyprus, which was brutally occupied by Turkey.
The decision to remove the apartments in Judea and Samaria is based on direct discrimination against Jews and the State of Israel. We will not allow incitement against parts of the State of Israel nor will we tolerate discrimination based on place of residence.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, call upon the public to boycott the AirBnB website until it returns from its Antisemitic and hallucinatory decision to remove legally Jewish-owned apartments located in Judea and Samaria.
Supporters can pledge their support for the boycott here.
Last week, AirBnB announced that it would no longer list properties in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, following years of criticism of the company for allowing such listings.
About 200 homes in Judea and Samaria had been listed on Airbnb prior to the announcement. Anti-Israel activists have long targeted Airbnb for including listings in so-called "illegal settlements" in Judea and Samaria.
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
by David Rosenberg
Three IDF soldiers were injured Monday afternoon in a terrorist ramming attack south of Jerusalem.
The attack occurred on Route 60 in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem at around 12:15 p.m. Monday.
The three soldiers were involved in engineering work on a the road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the terrorist, who fled the scene immediately after the attack.
Two of the three of the victims are listed in light condition, while the third is in moderate condition.
The terrorist has reportedly been shot and killed by Israeli security forces.
MDA emergency first responders treated the three victims at the scene. The injured were then evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
"When we arrived at the scene of the attack, along with an army medical team, we saw three youths, fully conscious, walking about," said senior MDA paramedic Abba Richman.
"Two of them were suffering from minor contusions and dry wounds, while a third suffered injuries to his limbs. We provided first aid treatment in the field, then loaded them onto ambulances and evacuated them to hospitals while they were fully conscious and in stable condition."
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255275
7. LA MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED RAMMING ATTACK ON ORTHODOX JEWS
by David Rosenberg
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255278
Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested a man suspected of attempting to run down Orthodox Jews outside of a synagogue during the Sabbath.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday night near a synagogue in the Hancock Park neighborhood near La Brea and Oakwood avenues, in an area with a large Jewish population.
Witnesses say the driver suddenly swerved over towards a group of Orthodox Jews on the sidewalk, narrowly missing them.
After the car missed the pedestrians, the driver pulled around in a U-turn and tried to run down the would-be victims a second time.
When he missed them a second time, the driver struck a traffic sign. He then exited the vehicle, started screaming obscenities and anti-Semitic curses.
The pedestrians targeted in the apparent ramming attempt say the driver appeared to be of Middle Eastern origin, and had a Koran on his dashboard.
Following a complaint to the Los Angeles Police Department, authorities opened an investigation into the incident, and over the weekend identified the suspect as 32-year-old Mohamed Mohamed.
Los Angeles police arrested Mohamed for assault with a deadly weapon, and held him in custody on $55,000 bail.
The two men who were nearly hit in the attack say they believe they were singled out as Jews, and that the incident was likely an anti-Semitic hate crime.
"He was beeping and screaming f***ing Jew, f***ing Jew," one of the pedestrians told CBS.
"Why he chose us? Probably because of the yarmulkes on our heads."
8. ISRAELI MACHINE THAT PULLS WATER OUT OF AIR SENT TO CALIFORNIA
by JTA
An Israeli machine that can pull water out of the air was sent to northern California to provide clean drinking water for police and firefighters battling the Camp Fire.
On Sunday, officials announced that the fire had been brought 100 percent under control. At least 85 people were killed and more than 200 are still reported missing in the fire that burned for 17 days and destroyed more than 153,000 acres north of Sacramento, including 17,000 building structures. Thousands are living in emergency shelters and hotels.
The atmospheric water generator called the GEN-350, produced by the company Watergen USA, can produce up to 156 gallons of water per day and is transportable. It is carried by an emergency response vehicle, which is equipped with a generator and charging stations.
"Providing the police and firefighters with the basic necessity of drinking water allows them to serve and help for longer periods of time," said Ed Russo, CEO of Watergen USA.
"If we can help relieve the burden by providing them with clean water, that is something that we will most definitely do," said Yehuda Kaploun, president of Watergen USA.
Watergen's initiative to provide clean drinking water around the world earned the company its place on the World Economic Forum's list of the world's top technology pioneers in 2018.
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HEADLINES:
1. NETANYAHU: WE WILL GET WORLD SYMPATHY FOR OUR STRENGTH
2. 'LIBERMAN AND KAHLON WORKING FOR NEW ISRAEL FUND'
3. LAPID TO NETANYAHU: NO SHADY DEALS
4. KAHLON, BENNET, BE COURAGEOUS!
5. LIKUD: STOP ANTI-SEMITISM - BOYCOTT AIRBNB!
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
7. LA MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED RAMMING ATTACK ON ORTHODOX JEWS
8. ISRAELI MACHINE THAT PULLS WATER OUT OF AIR SENT TO CALIFORNIA
1. NETANYAHU: WE WILL GET WORLD SYMPATHY FOR OUR STRENGTH
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised the visits of the presidents of Chad and the Czech Republic at the start of the weekly Likud Faction meeting Monday.
"Today we will receive a personal friend of mine, a huge friend of Israel, the president of the Czech Republic, and yesterday there was another president of an important African country with a Muslim majority," Netanyahu said.
"The first thing that the president of the Czech Republic said was 'next year in Jerusalem and I will transfer the Czech embassy to Jerusalem.'
"The President of Chad asked me to visit Chad, and I gladly agreed," he added. "We are opening up to the world. Israel is in the midst of an unprecedented political boom, it works on all continents, including in the Arab world, which is shown in the visit of the president of Chad - and there will be other countries, you will hear about it."
Later, Netanyahu explained his political approach. "I want to refine one central point: In the past, Israeli prime ministers wanted to win the sympathy of the world by making dangerous concessions, including the uprooting of settlements. For me it did not happen, for me it does not happen. The exact opposite happens. We are gaining the sympathy of the world, including the sympathy of many in the Arab world, by our steadfastness and strength. Thanks to our determination and strength, as well as your power and the power of Israel's citizens, we are opening more and more doors. This is the essence of our policy, unlike others."
"We believe in peace through strength, we believe in the alliances that are acquired from the assets of the State of Israel as a technological power, from an economic power, from a security and intelligence power," the prime minister said. "We are nurturing and fortifying the State of Israel out of strength, and that is what we will continue to do. It is to continue to strengthen the State of Israel. This is the essence of our policy. I am doing it on your mission and I am doing it with your help."
2. 'LIBERMAN AND KAHLON WORKING FOR NEW ISRAEL FUND'
by Hezki Baruch
Culture Minister Miri Regev held a press conference this afternoon after it became clear the Cultural Loyalty Law will not be raised today in the Knesset plenum.
"I turned every stone in the Culture Ministry to bring about cultural justice," Regev said. "The Cinema Law has passed and gives more cultural expression to different parts of Israeli society," Regev said.
"The authority to deprive budgets from cultural institutions that violate the Nakba Law is only in the hands of Finance Minister Kahlon. For three-and-a-half years the Finance Minister evaded responsibility and chose not to deprive budgets from cultural institutions violating the Nakba Law," Regev added.
Regev continued to attack Kahlon: "He continued to allow funds to be channeled into budgets for plays and movies that glorify terrorists with blood on their hands.
"The law was launched with the support of Ministers Kahlon and Liberman, and now Liberman proved that he allows the terrorists to transfer budgets for their battle heritage, a heritage of terror."
Regev continued, "Liberman's loyalty is only to his ego and his word isn't a word."
Regev attacked the Finance Minister again, "Kahlon wants to topple the government from within the government. Kahlon is scared of two-and-a-half artists who might write something against him. Tell your public why you're scared, you are constantly trying to walk without feeling the people. That's not leadership.
"In fact, they're doing exactly what the New Israel Fund (NIF) wants. I'll continue to act in order for this law to be approved by the Knesset plenum. It will pass because it must pass," Regev said.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255283
3. LAPID TO NETANYAHU: NO SHADY DEALS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid slammed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the start of the weekly faction meeting Monday and claimed the prime minister is attempting to water down the Draft Law.
"Once again, they will give tens of millions of shekels to IDF evaders, at the expense of those who serve in the IDF and work and pay taxes," Lapid said. "It's a shady deal. This is what a shady deal looks like. We will not support a ' shady deal law.'"
Lapid sharply criticized the prime minister's conduct and the decision to request a third extension from the Supreme Court of the deadline to pass a new Draft Law.
"In six days' time the deadline set by the High Court of Justice to enact the draft law will have passed. The government again requested an extension. According to the custom, since the petition was ours, the High Court of Justice will turn to us to accept our position, and I want to spare them the tension: There will be no extension. there is no reason to extend it!
"The law that the IDF wrote and approved is an opportunity to reach a rare consensus. All that needs to happen is for the prime minister to promise that there will be no shady deals, and it is possible to pass the law in its current language."
4. KAHLON, BENNET, BE COURAGEOUS!
On Monday afternoon, Zionist Union Chairman Avi Gabbay, opened the faction meeting with a call to Netanyahu's partners to dismantle the coalition as soon as possible.
"This coalition is a bunch of sevivonim, (spinning top played with on Chanuka) that Netanyahu is spinning to survive. But in the end, every sevivon (singular) will fall, and this coalition too, is at a moment before the fall," Gabbay said.
"I call on the heads of the coalition, instead of dealing with small things -accept the real decision ad dismantle Netanyahu's government. At your initiative, not when he decides for you," Gabbay added.
"This is a people who get up in the morning, take the children to school and go to work. They have parents who who built the country and expect to be treated such as. These good citizens want this body to be concerned about them and their lives.
"I will surprise you and say a good word about Liberman. He had the courage to leave the chair," Gabbay added.
Turning to Kahlon and Bennett he said, "I call on you, Moshe, Naftali - be courageous, stand up to the prime minister, go with the public and dismantle this government. There are citizens who want their elected representatives to concern with their lives. "
5. LIKUD: STOP ANTI-SEMITISM - BOYCOTT AIRBNB!
by World Likud
The World Likud Movement has called for a boycott of the online lodging marketplace, AirBnB, after the company blacklisted Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria.
In a statement released Sunday evening, the World Likud Movement accused the San Francisco-based company of anti-Semitism in singling out Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria.
"Stop Anti-Semitism – Boycott AirBnB" the call to action reads.
We, the undersigned, call for the boycott of AirBnB, which surrendered to false interests and Antisemitic parties and decided to remove from its platform of Jewish-owned apartments that are legally registered in Judea and Samaria.
It is beyond hypocritical when AirBnB markets vacation apartments in Gaza, which is occupied by the Hamas terrorist organization, and in northern Cyprus, which was brutally occupied by Turkey.
The decision to remove the apartments in Judea and Samaria is based on direct discrimination against Jews and the State of Israel. We will not allow incitement against parts of the State of Israel nor will we tolerate discrimination based on place of residence.
Therefore, we, the undersigned, call upon the public to boycott the AirBnB website until it returns from its Antisemitic and hallucinatory decision to remove legally Jewish-owned apartments located in Judea and Samaria.
Supporters can pledge their support for the boycott here.
Last week, AirBnB announced that it would no longer list properties in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, following years of criticism of the company for allowing such listings.
About 200 homes in Judea and Samaria had been listed on Airbnb prior to the announcement. Anti-Israel activists have long targeted Airbnb for including listings in so-called "illegal settlements" in Judea and Samaria.
6. TERROR ATTACK SOUTH OF JERUSALEM
by David Rosenberg
Three IDF soldiers were injured Monday afternoon in a terrorist ramming attack south of Jerusalem.
The attack occurred on Route 60 in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem at around 12:15 p.m. Monday.
The three soldiers were involved in engineering work on a the road when they were hit by a vehicle driven by the terrorist, who fled the scene immediately after the attack.
Two of the three of the victims are listed in light condition, while the third is in moderate condition.
The terrorist has reportedly been shot and killed by Israeli security forces.
MDA emergency first responders treated the three victims at the scene. The injured were then evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
"When we arrived at the scene of the attack, along with an army medical team, we saw three youths, fully conscious, walking about," said senior MDA paramedic Abba Richman.
"Two of them were suffering from minor contusions and dry wounds, while a third suffered injuries to his limbs. We provided first aid treatment in the field, then loaded them onto ambulances and evacuated them to hospitals while they were fully conscious and in stable condition."
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255275
7. LA MAN ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTED RAMMING ATTACK ON ORTHODOX JEWS
by David Rosenberg
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255278
Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested a man suspected of attempting to run down Orthodox Jews outside of a synagogue during the Sabbath.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. Friday night near a synagogue in the Hancock Park neighborhood near La Brea and Oakwood avenues, in an area with a large Jewish population.
Witnesses say the driver suddenly swerved over towards a group of Orthodox Jews on the sidewalk, narrowly missing them.
After the car missed the pedestrians, the driver pulled around in a U-turn and tried to run down the would-be victims a second time.
When he missed them a second time, the driver struck a traffic sign. He then exited the vehicle, started screaming obscenities and anti-Semitic curses.
The pedestrians targeted in the apparent ramming attempt say the driver appeared to be of Middle Eastern origin, and had a Koran on his dashboard.
Following a complaint to the Los Angeles Police Department, authorities opened an investigation into the incident, and over the weekend identified the suspect as 32-year-old Mohamed Mohamed.
Los Angeles police arrested Mohamed for assault with a deadly weapon, and held him in custody on $55,000 bail.
The two men who were nearly hit in the attack say they believe they were singled out as Jews, and that the incident was likely an anti-Semitic hate crime.
"He was beeping and screaming f***ing Jew, f***ing Jew," one of the pedestrians told CBS.
"Why he chose us? Probably because of the yarmulkes on our heads."
8. ISRAELI MACHINE THAT PULLS WATER OUT OF AIR SENT TO CALIFORNIA
by JTA
An Israeli machine that can pull water out of the air was sent to northern California to provide clean drinking water for police and firefighters battling the Camp Fire.
On Sunday, officials announced that the fire had been brought 100 percent under control. At least 85 people were killed and more than 200 are still reported missing in the fire that burned for 17 days and destroyed more than 153,000 acres north of Sacramento, including 17,000 building structures. Thousands are living in emergency shelters and hotels.
The atmospheric water generator called the GEN-350, produced by the company Watergen USA, can produce up to 156 gallons of water per day and is transportable. It is carried by an emergency response vehicle, which is equipped with a generator and charging stations.
"Providing the police and firefighters with the basic necessity of drinking water allows them to serve and help for longer periods of time," said Ed Russo, CEO of Watergen USA.
"If we can help relieve the burden by providing them with clean water, that is something that we will most definitely do," said Yehuda Kaploun, president of Watergen USA.
Watergen's initiative to provide clean drinking water around the world earned the company its place on the World Economic Forum's list of the world's top technology pioneers in 2018.
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A7News: Aviv Kochavi appointed 22nd IDF Chief of Staff
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HEADLINES:
1. AVIV KOCHAVI APPOINTED 22ND IDF CHIEF OF STAFF
2. BENNETT ON BBC: WE WON'T CREATE ANOTHER PALESTINIAN STATE
3. ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES PRIVATIZATION DEAL FINALIZED
4. WHEN BDS GROUPS LIE TO THEMSELVES
5. WATCH: EL AL INCIDENT VIDEO ALTERED, MALIGNING HAREDIM
6. WATCH: ENTIRE WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES IN DOMINO EFFECT
7. BEVERLY HILLS BOYCOTTS AIRBNB
8. WILL BARAK, LIVNI, AND YA'ALON UNITE?
1. AVIV KOCHAVI APPOINTED 22ND IDF CHIEF OF STAFF
by Mordechai Sones
The Israeli government today approved the appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi to be the IDF's 22nd Chief of Staff.
Current Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot will be relieved on December 31, and Kochavi is expected to enter the Chief of Staff's 14th floor office at HaKirya in Tel Aviv.
Over the weekend, Prime Minister and Defense Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved the appointment of Major General Eyal Zamir as Deputy Chief of Staff in place of Kochavi.
Kochavi served in the past as Northern Region Commander, Military Intelligence head, head of the Operations Division, the core division of the IDF Operations Branch, Gaza Division Commander, Fire Brigade Commander, and Paratroopers Brigade Commander.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked welcomed the appointment: "I congratulate the next Chief of Staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi. Kochavi is an unwavering fighter, a commander with values who is worthy of the position of Chief of Staff during this sensitive period. I also congratulate his wife, Yael, a senior attorney in the State Prosecutor's Office, who over the years has done great things there. I wish Maj. Gen. Kochavi great success in the job."
Gaza Division Commander Eyal Zamir
Flash 90
2. BENNETT ON BBC: WE WON'T CREATE ANOTHER PALESTINIAN STATE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255224
3. ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES PRIVATIZATION DEAL FINALIZED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
An agreement to privatize IMI Systems (Israel Military Industries) was signed Sunday in Jerusalem.
IMI manufactures weapons, munitions, and develops military technology for Israel's security forces. Under the agreement, shares in IMI Systems will be transferred to Elbit Systems.
The signing ceremony was attended by the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, Rony Hizkiyahu, the Head of the Government Companies Authority Yanki Koint, the Director General of the Ministry of Defense Udi Adam, the Head of the Israel Land Authority Adiel Shimron, the controlling shareholder of Elbit Systems Michael Federman and the CEO of Elbit Systems.
The decision to privatize IMI was made by the government in 2013. At the end of a competitive process for the sale of the company managed by the Government Companies Authority in 2015, Elbit remained as the top contender. In June 2017, the Committee for the Sale of State Shares authorized Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu to negotiate with Elbit on the terms of the sale.
As part of the negotiations, the Accountant General reached an agreement with Elbit, which was approved by the committee, according to which the company would be sold for NIS 1.8 billion ($482 million), of which NIS 1.4 billion ($375 million) would be paid on the closing date and the balance in two installments in 2020 and 2022. An additional NIS 100 million ($27 million) is dependent on results.
The agreements anchor the evacuation of Ramat Hasharon and the Tirat Hacarmel area in a way that will enable the development of tens of thousands of housing units in areas in high demand and the establishment of factories in the Ramat Beka area in the Negev that will promote employment and development. In addition, the agreements protect the competition between the Israeli defense industries and the Ministry of Defense as a central customer of IMI Systems products.
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said: "The privatization of IMI will contribute to Israel's economy in several ways: upgrading the defense industries, improving the competitiveness of defense exports, creating independence for society and ending dependence on Israel's defense industry. The creation of thousands of jobs in the Negev and the Galilee, and the evacuation of land for construction for young couples in areas of demand, have [motivated us] to reach the moment of signing, and the State of Israel and all citizens of Israel will benefit from this process in the coming years."
Accountant General Roni Hizkiyahu noted: "The successful completion of the sale of IMI Systems has many advantages, primarily: protecting the interests of the Ministry of Defense, strengthening the healthy competition between the defense industries and contributing greatly to the future of IMI and its employees. I would like to thank the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, the Director of the Israel Land Authority and the employees of the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney General for the close cooperation that resulted in an excellent result for the Israeli economy and its security."
4. WHEN BDS GROUPS LIE TO THEMSELVES
by Mordechai Sones
What happens when BDS groups have no achievements? They make them up. Students from the Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) at Leeds University in Britain published a demand on the university to divest from companies with financial ties to Israel including Airbus, United Technologies, and the Kenes Group.
Later, the group announced the university responded that it had divested from those companies. PSG quickly announced the 'victory' on their Facebook page. Other BDS websites joined in announcing the victory including the Electronic Intifada, Middle East Monitor, War on Want, Middle East Eye, and others who joyfully reported on the "achievement".
However, the university later issued its own press release where it explained it had divested from these companies several months prior due to the 'climate change strategy' that it had implemented to divest from companies they are convinced harm the environment.
The university later reiterated in another press release that it has no policy of boycotting companies connected to Israel and that it has no intentions of adopting such a policy.
The PSG failed to update its statement based on the university's comments.
Attorney Nati Rom, Founder of the 'Lev HaOlam' Organization, which fights against the global boycott of Israel and Judea and Samaria, said, "BDS groups did what they know best: spread fake news. They entangled themselves in their own lies, just like they do with the lies they spread against Israel every day."
Attorney Rom regularly participates in conferences around the world where he confronts the lies of the BDS and tells the 'true story' to citizens abroad. He explains, "The BDS has no foundations on which to stand other than anti-Semitism, hatred of the Jewish people, and hatred of the Jewish State. Therefore, they base their entire narrative on lies, spreading misinformation, and condemning Israel through lies and incitement. I am happy that this time they were blatantly exposed, and I hope that in the future more and more people will recognize that all the information spread by these groups against Israel is part of one gigantic lie."
5. WATCH: EL AL INCIDENT VIDEO ALTERED, MALIGNING HAREDIM
by Mordechai Sones
Channel 10 edited the video of haredi passengers singing joyfully on last week's delayed flight, replacing the soundtrack with one of a hostile confrontation.
Channel 10 later apologized and attributed it to a "technical problem".
Original video:
Altered video:
Many in the haredi community have been calling to boycott El Al following a flap last Shabbat between the carrier and its observant passengers.
Last Thursday, hundreds of passengers waited at New York City's JFK airport for El Al Flight LY002, a direct service flight from New York to Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport.
The flight had been scheduled to depart at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, but was delayed after several crew members were late in arriving at the airport – reportedly due to snow storms.
During the flight, however, the captain informed passengers that the plane would be stopping in Athens to drop off any passengers who wished to ensure that they did not violate the Sabbath, while secular passengers would continue on to Israel, arriving after the beginning of the Jewish holy day.
Initial reports after the plane landed claimed that religious passengers had "rioted" on the flight after it became clear the plane would not arrive in Israel before the beginning of the Sabbath. News of the alleged violence by religious passengers went viral on social media outlets.
But passengers denied the claims, saying that at no time did any of the roughly 180 religious passengers on board the flight ever use violence or attack the flight crew, and pushed back against allegations haredi passengers had attempted to break into the cockpit.
It was discovered that the rioting incident never happened, and that responsibility for the aggravation was that of El Al alone. There was no physical violence. El Al decided to land in Athens and told passengers they would arrive before Shabbat when the delay was due to the fact that their air crew was a few hours late for the flight.
Athens International Airport
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6. WATCH: ENTIRE WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES IN DOMINO EFFECT
by Matanel Roth
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255219
Online shopping in the modern era has created the need for huge warehouses that can quickly deliver goods to buyers.
A viral video that has been circulating over the past few days reveals the fragility of the giant warehouses. The video, recorded on the security cameras a year ago but only recently distributed on the Internet, shows how a small bump to a shelf can lead to the collapse of the entire warehouse.
In the video, the forklift driver moves along the giant shelves and in one moment of inattention lightly hits the shelf on his right. A moment later, a huge collapse of all the shelves of the same column begins, burying him under all the crates. However, the domino effect does not stop and in less than a minute the entire warehouse collapses in what appears to be the end of the forklift driver's employment in the warehouse.
Since the video took place about a year ago, there is no information about the location of the storeroom and the fate of the wretched driver, and apparently no warehouse has jumped to admit that it is the subject of the video.
It is clear from the video that the warehouse worker is the cause of the collapse, but it seems to us that even those planning a warehouse that can collapse after such a light blow should share part of the blame.
7. BEVERLY HILLS BOYCOTTS AIRBNB
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Beverly Hills, California city council unanimously passed a resolution condemning Airbnb's decision to remove its list of apartments and holiday units in Judea and Samaria "settlements" from its website.
"We find the actions of Airbnb deplorable. On behalf of our residents, this unanimous resolution reflects the City Council's ongoing commitment to Israel and to exposing hatred anywhere it exists," Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold said in a statement released by the city.
"Airbnb is not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards," added Vice Mayor John Mirisch. "Jew hatred is a disease. We can try to inoculate others against this malady but we also must protect ourselves against its effects."
The resolution passed by the council declares:
"Whereas the City of Beverly Hills is an international tourist destination with visitors from all over the world; Whereas Airbnb is a widely used accommodations service with significant influence worldwide; Whereas Airbnb's decision to remove all listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank demonstrates hatred, prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy; Whereas Airbnb's actions are antithetical to the values that we hold dear in Beverly Hills; [...] Whereas prejudice and discrimination based on religion have no place in our community, country and world;
"[Therefore], the City of Beverly Hills hereby opposes Airbnb's discriminatory decision to remove all listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank; The City of Beverly Hills hereby calls upon Airbnb to correct this act of disrespect to the land of Israel and restore its original services immediately; In the event that Airbnb does not stop, we call upon all civilized people across the globe to boycott Airbnb until such time as they desist from these despicable anti-Semitic actions."
8. WILL BARAK, LIVNI, AND YA'ALON UNITE?
by Tzvi Lev
A new report says that former Prime Minister Ehud Barak is coordinating a merger of the center-left bloc in an attempt to bring the Left back into power.
According to Channel 10, Barak met with opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni and former Defense Minister Moshe 'Bogie' Yaalon at his home last week in Tel Aviv. Livni met with Barak in the morning while Yaalon arrived separately in the afternoon.
The report appears to suggest that Barak is attempting to form a party with Livni and Ya'alon in order to consolidate support among the center-left. Ya'alon had left the Likud after a falling out with Prime Minister Netanyahu and is considering his options after polls show that his party wouldn't pass the electoral threshold.
Barak had retired from political life in 2013 but has been rumored to be planning his return ever since. In 2017, reports said that Barak and Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay had been in talks to lay the groundwork for Barak to be given a "safe" seat on the party's Knesset list without having to run in the primaries.
Barak has continuously blasted Netanyahu and his government, even though he once split the Labor party and formed the short-lived Independence party so he could continue to serve as Netanyahu's Defense Minister.
Among other things, the former prime minister accused the government of leading towards a reality of one state with an Arab majority.
Israel's shortest-serving Prime Minister, Barak defeated Binyamin Netanyahu during his first term in May 1999, but was removed from office in a landslide election less than two years later in February 2001. During his term, he ordered the IDF retreat from the Lebanese buffer security zone it had held for 15 years, paving the way for Hezbollah takeover and, in the words of experts, providing a "tipping point" for jihadist groups across the Middle East who saw the withdrawal as a sign of weakness..
After his 2001 defeat, Barak retired from politics, but returned in 2007, winning back control of the Labor party. He was appointed as Defense Minister by Ehud Olmert later that year, a position he held until the 2013 election.
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HEADLINES:
1. AVIV KOCHAVI APPOINTED 22ND IDF CHIEF OF STAFF
2. BENNETT ON BBC: WE WON'T CREATE ANOTHER PALESTINIAN STATE
3. ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES PRIVATIZATION DEAL FINALIZED
4. WHEN BDS GROUPS LIE TO THEMSELVES
5. WATCH: EL AL INCIDENT VIDEO ALTERED, MALIGNING HAREDIM
6. WATCH: ENTIRE WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES IN DOMINO EFFECT
7. BEVERLY HILLS BOYCOTTS AIRBNB
8. WILL BARAK, LIVNI, AND YA'ALON UNITE?
1. AVIV KOCHAVI APPOINTED 22ND IDF CHIEF OF STAFF
by Mordechai Sones
The Israeli government today approved the appointment of Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi to be the IDF's 22nd Chief of Staff.
Current Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot will be relieved on December 31, and Kochavi is expected to enter the Chief of Staff's 14th floor office at HaKirya in Tel Aviv.
Over the weekend, Prime Minister and Defense Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved the appointment of Major General Eyal Zamir as Deputy Chief of Staff in place of Kochavi.
Kochavi served in the past as Northern Region Commander, Military Intelligence head, head of the Operations Division, the core division of the IDF Operations Branch, Gaza Division Commander, Fire Brigade Commander, and Paratroopers Brigade Commander.
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked welcomed the appointment: "I congratulate the next Chief of Staff, Major General Aviv Kochavi. Kochavi is an unwavering fighter, a commander with values who is worthy of the position of Chief of Staff during this sensitive period. I also congratulate his wife, Yael, a senior attorney in the State Prosecutor's Office, who over the years has done great things there. I wish Maj. Gen. Kochavi great success in the job."
Gaza Division Commander Eyal Zamir
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2. BENNETT ON BBC: WE WON'T CREATE ANOTHER PALESTINIAN STATE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255224
3. ISRAEL MILITARY INDUSTRIES PRIVATIZATION DEAL FINALIZED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
An agreement to privatize IMI Systems (Israel Military Industries) was signed Sunday in Jerusalem.
IMI manufactures weapons, munitions, and develops military technology for Israel's security forces. Under the agreement, shares in IMI Systems will be transferred to Elbit Systems.
The signing ceremony was attended by the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, Rony Hizkiyahu, the Head of the Government Companies Authority Yanki Koint, the Director General of the Ministry of Defense Udi Adam, the Head of the Israel Land Authority Adiel Shimron, the controlling shareholder of Elbit Systems Michael Federman and the CEO of Elbit Systems.
The decision to privatize IMI was made by the government in 2013. At the end of a competitive process for the sale of the company managed by the Government Companies Authority in 2015, Elbit remained as the top contender. In June 2017, the Committee for the Sale of State Shares authorized Accountant General Rony Hizkiyahu to negotiate with Elbit on the terms of the sale.
As part of the negotiations, the Accountant General reached an agreement with Elbit, which was approved by the committee, according to which the company would be sold for NIS 1.8 billion ($482 million), of which NIS 1.4 billion ($375 million) would be paid on the closing date and the balance in two installments in 2020 and 2022. An additional NIS 100 million ($27 million) is dependent on results.
The agreements anchor the evacuation of Ramat Hasharon and the Tirat Hacarmel area in a way that will enable the development of tens of thousands of housing units in areas in high demand and the establishment of factories in the Ramat Beka area in the Negev that will promote employment and development. In addition, the agreements protect the competition between the Israeli defense industries and the Ministry of Defense as a central customer of IMI Systems products.
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said: "The privatization of IMI will contribute to Israel's economy in several ways: upgrading the defense industries, improving the competitiveness of defense exports, creating independence for society and ending dependence on Israel's defense industry. The creation of thousands of jobs in the Negev and the Galilee, and the evacuation of land for construction for young couples in areas of demand, have [motivated us] to reach the moment of signing, and the State of Israel and all citizens of Israel will benefit from this process in the coming years."
Accountant General Roni Hizkiyahu noted: "The successful completion of the sale of IMI Systems has many advantages, primarily: protecting the interests of the Ministry of Defense, strengthening the healthy competition between the defense industries and contributing greatly to the future of IMI and its employees. I would like to thank the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, the Director of the Israel Land Authority and the employees of the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney General for the close cooperation that resulted in an excellent result for the Israeli economy and its security."
4. WHEN BDS GROUPS LIE TO THEMSELVES
by Mordechai Sones
What happens when BDS groups have no achievements? They make them up. Students from the Palestinian Solidarity Group (PSG) at Leeds University in Britain published a demand on the university to divest from companies with financial ties to Israel including Airbus, United Technologies, and the Kenes Group.
Later, the group announced the university responded that it had divested from those companies. PSG quickly announced the 'victory' on their Facebook page. Other BDS websites joined in announcing the victory including the Electronic Intifada, Middle East Monitor, War on Want, Middle East Eye, and others who joyfully reported on the "achievement".
However, the university later issued its own press release where it explained it had divested from these companies several months prior due to the 'climate change strategy' that it had implemented to divest from companies they are convinced harm the environment.
The university later reiterated in another press release that it has no policy of boycotting companies connected to Israel and that it has no intentions of adopting such a policy.
The PSG failed to update its statement based on the university's comments.
Attorney Nati Rom, Founder of the 'Lev HaOlam' Organization, which fights against the global boycott of Israel and Judea and Samaria, said, "BDS groups did what they know best: spread fake news. They entangled themselves in their own lies, just like they do with the lies they spread against Israel every day."
Attorney Rom regularly participates in conferences around the world where he confronts the lies of the BDS and tells the 'true story' to citizens abroad. He explains, "The BDS has no foundations on which to stand other than anti-Semitism, hatred of the Jewish people, and hatred of the Jewish State. Therefore, they base their entire narrative on lies, spreading misinformation, and condemning Israel through lies and incitement. I am happy that this time they were blatantly exposed, and I hope that in the future more and more people will recognize that all the information spread by these groups against Israel is part of one gigantic lie."
5. WATCH: EL AL INCIDENT VIDEO ALTERED, MALIGNING HAREDIM
by Mordechai Sones
Channel 10 edited the video of haredi passengers singing joyfully on last week's delayed flight, replacing the soundtrack with one of a hostile confrontation.
Channel 10 later apologized and attributed it to a "technical problem".
Original video:
Altered video:
Many in the haredi community have been calling to boycott El Al following a flap last Shabbat between the carrier and its observant passengers.
Last Thursday, hundreds of passengers waited at New York City's JFK airport for El Al Flight LY002, a direct service flight from New York to Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport.
The flight had been scheduled to depart at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, but was delayed after several crew members were late in arriving at the airport – reportedly due to snow storms.
During the flight, however, the captain informed passengers that the plane would be stopping in Athens to drop off any passengers who wished to ensure that they did not violate the Sabbath, while secular passengers would continue on to Israel, arriving after the beginning of the Jewish holy day.
Initial reports after the plane landed claimed that religious passengers had "rioted" on the flight after it became clear the plane would not arrive in Israel before the beginning of the Sabbath. News of the alleged violence by religious passengers went viral on social media outlets.
But passengers denied the claims, saying that at no time did any of the roughly 180 religious passengers on board the flight ever use violence or attack the flight crew, and pushed back against allegations haredi passengers had attempted to break into the cockpit.
It was discovered that the rioting incident never happened, and that responsibility for the aggravation was that of El Al alone. There was no physical violence. El Al decided to land in Athens and told passengers they would arrive before Shabbat when the delay was due to the fact that their air crew was a few hours late for the flight.
Athens International Airport
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6. WATCH: ENTIRE WAREHOUSE COLLAPSES IN DOMINO EFFECT
by Matanel Roth
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255219
Online shopping in the modern era has created the need for huge warehouses that can quickly deliver goods to buyers.
A viral video that has been circulating over the past few days reveals the fragility of the giant warehouses. The video, recorded on the security cameras a year ago but only recently distributed on the Internet, shows how a small bump to a shelf can lead to the collapse of the entire warehouse.
In the video, the forklift driver moves along the giant shelves and in one moment of inattention lightly hits the shelf on his right. A moment later, a huge collapse of all the shelves of the same column begins, burying him under all the crates. However, the domino effect does not stop and in less than a minute the entire warehouse collapses in what appears to be the end of the forklift driver's employment in the warehouse.
Since the video took place about a year ago, there is no information about the location of the storeroom and the fate of the wretched driver, and apparently no warehouse has jumped to admit that it is the subject of the video.
It is clear from the video that the warehouse worker is the cause of the collapse, but it seems to us that even those planning a warehouse that can collapse after such a light blow should share part of the blame.
7. BEVERLY HILLS BOYCOTTS AIRBNB
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Beverly Hills, California city council unanimously passed a resolution condemning Airbnb's decision to remove its list of apartments and holiday units in Judea and Samaria "settlements" from its website.
"We find the actions of Airbnb deplorable. On behalf of our residents, this unanimous resolution reflects the City Council's ongoing commitment to Israel and to exposing hatred anywhere it exists," Beverly Hills Mayor Julian Gold said in a statement released by the city.
"Airbnb is not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards," added Vice Mayor John Mirisch. "Jew hatred is a disease. We can try to inoculate others against this malady but we also must protect ourselves against its effects."
The resolution passed by the council declares:
"Whereas the City of Beverly Hills is an international tourist destination with visitors from all over the world; Whereas Airbnb is a widely used accommodations service with significant influence worldwide; Whereas Airbnb's decision to remove all listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank demonstrates hatred, prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy; Whereas Airbnb's actions are antithetical to the values that we hold dear in Beverly Hills; [...] Whereas prejudice and discrimination based on religion have no place in our community, country and world;
"[Therefore], the City of Beverly Hills hereby opposes Airbnb's discriminatory decision to remove all listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank; The City of Beverly Hills hereby calls upon Airbnb to correct this act of disrespect to the land of Israel and restore its original services immediately; In the event that Airbnb does not stop, we call upon all civilized people across the globe to boycott Airbnb until such time as they desist from these despicable anti-Semitic actions."
8. WILL BARAK, LIVNI, AND YA'ALON UNITE?
by Tzvi Lev
A new report says that former Prime Minister Ehud Barak is coordinating a merger of the center-left bloc in an attempt to bring the Left back into power.
According to Channel 10, Barak met with opposition leader MK Tzipi Livni and former Defense Minister Moshe 'Bogie' Yaalon at his home last week in Tel Aviv. Livni met with Barak in the morning while Yaalon arrived separately in the afternoon.
The report appears to suggest that Barak is attempting to form a party with Livni and Ya'alon in order to consolidate support among the center-left. Ya'alon had left the Likud after a falling out with Prime Minister Netanyahu and is considering his options after polls show that his party wouldn't pass the electoral threshold.
Barak had retired from political life in 2013 but has been rumored to be planning his return ever since. In 2017, reports said that Barak and Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay had been in talks to lay the groundwork for Barak to be given a "safe" seat on the party's Knesset list without having to run in the primaries.
Barak has continuously blasted Netanyahu and his government, even though he once split the Labor party and formed the short-lived Independence party so he could continue to serve as Netanyahu's Defense Minister.
Among other things, the former prime minister accused the government of leading towards a reality of one state with an Arab majority.
Israel's shortest-serving Prime Minister, Barak defeated Binyamin Netanyahu during his first term in May 1999, but was removed from office in a landslide election less than two years later in February 2001. During his term, he ordered the IDF retreat from the Lebanese buffer security zone it had held for 15 years, paving the way for Hezbollah takeover and, in the words of experts, providing a "tipping point" for jihadist groups across the Middle East who saw the withdrawal as a sign of weakness..
After his 2001 defeat, Barak retired from politics, but returned in 2007, winning back control of the Labor party. He was appointed as Defense Minister by Ehud Olmert later that year, a position he held until the 2013 election.
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HEADLINES:
1. 'IT'S TIME FOR A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON HEZBOLLAH'
2. LAPID AND NETANYAHU BATTLE EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK
3. 'BOLSONARO'S SUPPORT FOR JUDEA AND SAMARIA UNEQUIVOCAL'
4. MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AMID THREATS TO JAILERS
5. IAEA CHIEF: IRAN IMPLEMENTING NUCLEAR DEAL
6. US REFUSES TO ALLOW JONATHAN POLLARD TO MOVE TO ISRAEL
7. THE MILITARY CENSOR'S UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT
8. NETANYAHU DEDICATES CHABAD'S 8TH MOBILE MITZVAH TANK
1. 'IT'S TIME FOR A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON HEZBOLLAH'
by Tzvi Lev
Former Interior Minister Gidon Sa'ar reiterated that Israel should carry out a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah in order to prevent the terror militia from growing stronger.
Hezbollah currently possesses over 150,000 thousand missiles, more than most NATO countries. Senior defense officials have said repeatedly that Hezbollah is now Israel's major threat and predict that hundreds of Israelis will die in the next war between the two sides.
"Hezbollah has established missile precision factories and turned long-range heavy rockets into missiles that can strike anywhere in the State of Israel. Imagine that all our military and civilian facilities and Ben-Gurion Airport suffered direct hits," Sa'ar told 103FM on Friday.
Sa'ar added that despite the loss of life a pre-emptive strike is liable to cause, the alternative was facing a militia with long-range rockets with pinpoint accuracy.
"We have to ask ourselves whether we want to wait and meet with Hezbollah when it has a qualitative strike capability on the civilian and military infrastructures of the State of Israel," Sa'ar said.
"Experts say that every precision missile causes damage equal to about 10 heavy 'dumb rockets. The Iranians have a certain goal - the accumulation of power around us, even in the context of establishing themselves in Syria and Lebanon, and reaching a qualitative strike capability in order to blackmail us," Sa'ar continued.
"They will hold powerful levers on us. Therefore, I hold the opinion that Israel must act today. Israel can not contain this threat from development.'
The Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah has been building factories in the heart of Beirut to convert missiles into highly-accurate precision weapons capable of striking sensitive Israeli sites. Upon deciding to convert its massive 150,000-strong rocket arsenal to missiles with pinpoint accuracy, Hezbollah chose to transfer its sites to the heart of Beirut in order to deter Israeli airstrikes.
Israel has repeatedly reiterated that it will not allow Hezbollah to obtain highly accurate missiles that would threaten sensitive Israelis sites and has been escalating its threats vis a vis Lebanon.
Sa'ar made similar comments earlier this week at The Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference, where he allegedly said that Israel was approaching the point of no return vis a vis Lebanon.
"If an Israeli preemptive strike is not carried out in the near future, the window of opportunity may be closed," Sa'ar said. "This means that future attack might be far less effective and will involve a much heavier price."
2. LAPID AND NETANYAHU BATTLE EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK
by Tzvi Lev
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid both slammed each other Thursday night in a showdown over a corruption investigation nicknamed 'Case 2000'.
Writing on Facebook, Netanyahu said that Lapid should be investigated by the police following reports that he would routinely meet with Yediot Aharonot newspaper publisher Arnon 'Noni' Mozes while he served as finance minister.
Netanyahu pointed out that Yesh Atid supported the 'Yisrael Hayom Law', which would have shut down the free daily and boosted Yediot Aharonot's earnings. The prime minister also invoked reports that Yesh Atid ministers had paid Yediot Aharonot millions for hidden advertising while serving in the government.
"Did Lapid and Moses talked about the Yisrael Hayom Law? Have we discussed the millions that flowed from one party's ministers to the other?" asked Netanyahu.
"The answers to the questions are still vague, but despite disregarding the calls to look into the questions, the police and the law enforcement system will also have to decide soon: If positive coverage and promoting a law for a friend and associate are not criminal offenses, why did the [Case 2000] investigations begin?"
Lapid responded by criticizing Netanyahu's "crooked priorities" for choosing to attack his political rivals instead of dealing with more weighty matters.
"That's how pressure looks. That's how crooked priorities seem," wrote Lapid. "The South is licking its wounds, the cost of living is at the level of Tokyo, but Netanyahu and his emissaries are busy with the question of whether I met Noni Mozes. The answer is yes, sure, why not?"
Channel 10 reported earlier this week that Lapid would periodically meet with Yediot Aharonot publisher Noni Mozes while he served as Finance Minister.
Mozes, a central figure in the 'Case 2000' probe involving Prime Minister Netanyahu, owns the Yediot Aharonot newspaper and is seen by many as one of Israel's most powerful people.
The frequent meetings were held on Friday mornings at the home of a businessman from the affluent city of Savyon. While Lapid listed the meetings he had with journalists in his publicly disclosed daily planner, his sessions with Mozes remained off the record.
Lapid, who formerly wrote for Yediot Aharonot, said that his meetings with Mozes were innocuous, adding that he had met with other newspaper publishers "such as Sheldon and Miri Adelson, Ron Lauder, Eli Azur, and others".
Mozes has featured prominently in an influence-peddling scheme together with Prime Minister Netanyahu. In the investigation known as 'Case 2000", police probed allegations that Netanyahu conspired with Mozes as the publisher of the Yediot Aharonot newspaper against Israel Hayom – a competing Hebrew daily distributed for free in Israel.
The case centers around claims that Netanyahu agreed to pass legislation, dubbed the "Israel Hayom Law", banning the free distribution of newspapers, in exchange for promises from Mozes that his paper would tone down its criticism of the premier.
3. 'BOLSONARO'S SUPPORT FOR JUDEA AND SAMARIA UNEQUIVOCAL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A delegation comprised of South American leaders and Christian supporters of Israel toured Samaria this past week in an attempt to learn more about the region.
The dignitaries met with the Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, toured the Barkan Industrial Zone, and visited Rehelim's Tura winery.
A close confidant to incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro predicted that he would end up moving his nation's embassy to Jerusalem despite the Arab pressure not to.
"We have never had politicians with such faith in their hearts and what is happening now in Brazil with the choice of the president of Brazil," said Carlos Kiroa, a close friend of Bolsonaro.
"In May, we met with Bolsonaro, who was then a candidate for the presidency of Brazil, and we talked about the importance of supporting Israel," said Dr. Kiroa. "Bolsonaro announced that his commitment to Israel will be unequivocal and, of course, his support for Judea and Samaria."
"We are pushing hard to continue the trend throughout Latin America. It was May, and now as an elected president, Boulsonaro said that his support for Israel would be eternal and the transfer of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was the first thing he would do."
"We are continuing to build coalitions all over the world for the benefit of Judea and Samaria and the State of Israel," said Yossi Dagan. "We have met Dr. Kiroa over a year ago, and he has become a true friend of Judea and Samaria. The mandates and influence of Christians who love Israel is growing in the world, as is the support for Israel and Judea and Samaria. We will continue to operate in any space for the West Bank and for the creation of strong coalitions.'
Yossi Eldar, who is the president and founder of the Parliament for Israel, said that "The Parliament for Israel was founded in order to connect Latin American countries and parliaments to the Land of Israel, the land of the Bible by bringing leaders from Latin America, establishing lobbies in various parliaments, Jerusalem, influence on UN votes, prayer marches for the State of Israel, and more."
"We are working to promote the change that we all see: Latin America is becoming a better friend of Israel and a better friend of the biblical West Bank."
After being elected, Bolsonaro announced via Twitter that he intended to uphold his campaign promise and move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem.
"As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that," he wrote.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu later hailed Bolsonaro's announcement.
"I congratulate my friend Brazilian President-Elect, Jair Bolsonaro, for his intention to move the Brazilian Embassy to Jerusalem, a historic, correct and exciting step!" he said.
Palestinian Arab leaders were not thrilled by Bolsonaro's announcement. Senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official Hanan Ashrawi condemned Bolsonaro's announcement, saying, "These are provocative and illegal steps that will only destabilize security and stability in the region."
4. MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AMID THREATS TO JAILERS
by Tzvi Lev
The Israel Prison Service said it had started a massive operation spanning seven different prisons in an effort to target a mafia syndicate that has been terrorizing jailers.
Over the past week, numerous prisons have been attacked with gunfire and grenades in what authorities say is a campaign to scare jailers into upgrading the conditions of prisoners belonging to organized crime syndicates.
"We operated tonight with special forces in seven prisons against heads of criminal organizations and other criminals. Dozens of cells were searched and criminals were sent to solitary confinement," said Israel Prison Service Spokesperson Assad Liberti said.
"We are acting against criminals and heads of criminal organizations and harshening the steps. It's not convenient for them, we see the extreme and extreme response they are making towards our people and we are doing everything necessary to get the situation back to normal."
On Thursday morning, shots were fired at Ayalon Prison. While no injuries were reported, police say that that the incident is connected to a shooting attack at Hadarim Prison on Wednesday.
A security team conducting a patrol around the prison in a patrol vehicle heard the shooting and notified law enforcement officials.
The gunmen drove off immediately after the shooting, fleeing the scene.
"We are in a new situation in the Israel Prison Service, the heads of the criminal organizations are not resting, and we are also trying from inside the prison cells to strike, become stronger and direct criminal activity," said Commissioner Ofrah Klinger on Friday morning.
Following Thursday's shooting attack, police arrested two residents of the Israeli-Arab city of Jaljulia.
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5. IAEA CHIEF: IRAN IMPLEMENTING NUCLEAR DEAL
by Elad Benari
Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the UN atomic watchdog reaffirmed on Thursday, according to Reuters.
"Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano told a quarterly meeting of his agency's 35-nation Board of Governors.
The JCPOA is the official name of the nuclear deal that was signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers.
"It is essential that Iran continues to fully implement those commitments," he added, confirming the findings of a confidential report to IAEA member states last week.
The report comes two weeks after a second round of new American sanctions targeting Iran's oil industries came into effect. The sanctions were imposed after US President Donald Trump withdrew in May from the 2015 nuclear deal, which he has said is "the worst deal ever negotiated".
Germany, France and Britain, which did not agree with Trump's decision to leave the deal, have been scrambling to prevent a collapse of the agreement, under which international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in exchange for strict limits being placed on Iran's nuclear activities.
Amano did not comment on the broader impact of US sanctions, the latest round of which took effect on November 5. Iran has warned it could scrap the deal if signatories France, Britain and Germany and their allies fail to preserve the economic benefits promised by its terms.
The European powers have been working on setting up a so-called special-purpose vehicle that would act as a kind of clearing house matching Iranian exports with EU exports in what amounts to a barter arrangement to circumvent US sanctions.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Iran for the first time this week, where he held talks with the Iranian government on issues including the future of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Earlier this month, France, Germany, Britain and the European Union issued a joint condemnation of the US move to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
6. US REFUSES TO ALLOW JONATHAN POLLARD TO MOVE TO ISRAEL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel officially asked the US to allow former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to immigrate to Israel three years after his release from prison, but the United States Department of Justice refused, according to a report Wednesday in Hadashot 2.
Pollard served as an analyst for the US Navy in the 1980s, during which time he was recruited by Israeli intelligence to collect information on Israel's behalf regarding regional threats.
In 1985, Pollard was discovered by US law enforcement officials, and after seeking asylum at the Israeli embassy in Washington, was turned over to the FBI.
Given a life sentence in November 1985, Pollard was paroled 30 years later in November 2015 under severely restrictive conditions.
According to the report, in parallel with efforts in the political arena, Israel also acted on the bureaucratic level and submitted an official request to the US Justice Department to allow Pollard to be brought to justice in Israel in a regulated agreement between the two countries.
Recently, Israel received a response in which the Department rejected the Israeli request, claiming that Pollard's crimes were too serious to allow him to leave the US.
The request to consider Pollard's age and his precarious health was also rejected.
The Prime Minister's Office said in response that "Prime Minister Netanyahu remains committed to bringing Pollard back to Israel."
7. THE MILITARY CENSOR'S UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT
by Uzi Baruch
The Military Censor published an unusual announcement Thursday calling on the public not to publish information about the fighting in Gaza and to act responsibly.
"Hamas is currently trying to decipher and understand the incident that took place deep in Gaza (11/11) and any item of information, even if it is considered harmless by its publicizers, could endanger human life and harm state security," the statement said.
"Regardless of the credibility of the information published by Hamas, we ask you to refrain from expanding the publication of pictures, personally identifiable information or other personal information that you have received in the media, social networks, Whatsapp groups and any other media platform," she said.
8. NETANYAHU DEDICATES CHABAD'S 8TH MOBILE MITZVAH TANK
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Thursday evening attended a ceremony to affix a mezuzah in a Chabad mobile mitzvah tank, which was held at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem.
Chabad mobile mitzvah tanks are spread throughout the country. The eighth active tank was dedicated on Thursday. It is the 20th overall mitzvah tank over the past 30 years.
Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote in the tank guestbook:
"To David Nahshon, honored rabbis, to our deepest friends –
My wife Sara and I are moved by the long friendship between us, and from boundless inspiration that prevails over us from meetings with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, among the Jewish People's greatest spiritual leaders. Be strong and have courage in your holy work. Benjamin Netanyahu."
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HEADLINES:
1. 'IT'S TIME FOR A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON HEZBOLLAH'
2. LAPID AND NETANYAHU BATTLE EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK
3. 'BOLSONARO'S SUPPORT FOR JUDEA AND SAMARIA UNEQUIVOCAL'
4. MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AMID THREATS TO JAILERS
5. IAEA CHIEF: IRAN IMPLEMENTING NUCLEAR DEAL
6. US REFUSES TO ALLOW JONATHAN POLLARD TO MOVE TO ISRAEL
7. THE MILITARY CENSOR'S UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT
8. NETANYAHU DEDICATES CHABAD'S 8TH MOBILE MITZVAH TANK
1. 'IT'S TIME FOR A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON HEZBOLLAH'
by Tzvi Lev
Former Interior Minister Gidon Sa'ar reiterated that Israel should carry out a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah in order to prevent the terror militia from growing stronger.
Hezbollah currently possesses over 150,000 thousand missiles, more than most NATO countries. Senior defense officials have said repeatedly that Hezbollah is now Israel's major threat and predict that hundreds of Israelis will die in the next war between the two sides.
"Hezbollah has established missile precision factories and turned long-range heavy rockets into missiles that can strike anywhere in the State of Israel. Imagine that all our military and civilian facilities and Ben-Gurion Airport suffered direct hits," Sa'ar told 103FM on Friday.
Sa'ar added that despite the loss of life a pre-emptive strike is liable to cause, the alternative was facing a militia with long-range rockets with pinpoint accuracy.
"We have to ask ourselves whether we want to wait and meet with Hezbollah when it has a qualitative strike capability on the civilian and military infrastructures of the State of Israel," Sa'ar said.
"Experts say that every precision missile causes damage equal to about 10 heavy 'dumb rockets. The Iranians have a certain goal - the accumulation of power around us, even in the context of establishing themselves in Syria and Lebanon, and reaching a qualitative strike capability in order to blackmail us," Sa'ar continued.
"They will hold powerful levers on us. Therefore, I hold the opinion that Israel must act today. Israel can not contain this threat from development.'
The Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah has been building factories in the heart of Beirut to convert missiles into highly-accurate precision weapons capable of striking sensitive Israeli sites. Upon deciding to convert its massive 150,000-strong rocket arsenal to missiles with pinpoint accuracy, Hezbollah chose to transfer its sites to the heart of Beirut in order to deter Israeli airstrikes.
Israel has repeatedly reiterated that it will not allow Hezbollah to obtain highly accurate missiles that would threaten sensitive Israelis sites and has been escalating its threats vis a vis Lebanon.
Sa'ar made similar comments earlier this week at The Jerusalem Post's Diplomatic Conference, where he allegedly said that Israel was approaching the point of no return vis a vis Lebanon.
"If an Israeli preemptive strike is not carried out in the near future, the window of opportunity may be closed," Sa'ar said. "This means that future attack might be far less effective and will involve a much heavier price."
2. LAPID AND NETANYAHU BATTLE EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK
by Tzvi Lev
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid both slammed each other Thursday night in a showdown over a corruption investigation nicknamed 'Case 2000'.
Writing on Facebook, Netanyahu said that Lapid should be investigated by the police following reports that he would routinely meet with Yediot Aharonot newspaper publisher Arnon 'Noni' Mozes while he served as finance minister.
Netanyahu pointed out that Yesh Atid supported the 'Yisrael Hayom Law', which would have shut down the free daily and boosted Yediot Aharonot's earnings. The prime minister also invoked reports that Yesh Atid ministers had paid Yediot Aharonot millions for hidden advertising while serving in the government.
"Did Lapid and Moses talked about the Yisrael Hayom Law? Have we discussed the millions that flowed from one party's ministers to the other?" asked Netanyahu.
"The answers to the questions are still vague, but despite disregarding the calls to look into the questions, the police and the law enforcement system will also have to decide soon: If positive coverage and promoting a law for a friend and associate are not criminal offenses, why did the [Case 2000] investigations begin?"
Lapid responded by criticizing Netanyahu's "crooked priorities" for choosing to attack his political rivals instead of dealing with more weighty matters.
"That's how pressure looks. That's how crooked priorities seem," wrote Lapid. "The South is licking its wounds, the cost of living is at the level of Tokyo, but Netanyahu and his emissaries are busy with the question of whether I met Noni Mozes. The answer is yes, sure, why not?"
Channel 10 reported earlier this week that Lapid would periodically meet with Yediot Aharonot publisher Noni Mozes while he served as Finance Minister.
Mozes, a central figure in the 'Case 2000' probe involving Prime Minister Netanyahu, owns the Yediot Aharonot newspaper and is seen by many as one of Israel's most powerful people.
The frequent meetings were held on Friday mornings at the home of a businessman from the affluent city of Savyon. While Lapid listed the meetings he had with journalists in his publicly disclosed daily planner, his sessions with Mozes remained off the record.
Lapid, who formerly wrote for Yediot Aharonot, said that his meetings with Mozes were innocuous, adding that he had met with other newspaper publishers "such as Sheldon and Miri Adelson, Ron Lauder, Eli Azur, and others".
Mozes has featured prominently in an influence-peddling scheme together with Prime Minister Netanyahu. In the investigation known as 'Case 2000", police probed allegations that Netanyahu conspired with Mozes as the publisher of the Yediot Aharonot newspaper against Israel Hayom – a competing Hebrew daily distributed for free in Israel.
The case centers around claims that Netanyahu agreed to pass legislation, dubbed the "Israel Hayom Law", banning the free distribution of newspapers, in exchange for promises from Mozes that his paper would tone down its criticism of the premier.
3. 'BOLSONARO'S SUPPORT FOR JUDEA AND SAMARIA UNEQUIVOCAL'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A delegation comprised of South American leaders and Christian supporters of Israel toured Samaria this past week in an attempt to learn more about the region.
The dignitaries met with the Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, toured the Barkan Industrial Zone, and visited Rehelim's Tura winery.
A close confidant to incoming Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro predicted that he would end up moving his nation's embassy to Jerusalem despite the Arab pressure not to.
"We have never had politicians with such faith in their hearts and what is happening now in Brazil with the choice of the president of Brazil," said Carlos Kiroa, a close friend of Bolsonaro.
"In May, we met with Bolsonaro, who was then a candidate for the presidency of Brazil, and we talked about the importance of supporting Israel," said Dr. Kiroa. "Bolsonaro announced that his commitment to Israel will be unequivocal and, of course, his support for Judea and Samaria."
"We are pushing hard to continue the trend throughout Latin America. It was May, and now as an elected president, Boulsonaro said that his support for Israel would be eternal and the transfer of the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was the first thing he would do."
"We are continuing to build coalitions all over the world for the benefit of Judea and Samaria and the State of Israel," said Yossi Dagan. "We have met Dr. Kiroa over a year ago, and he has become a true friend of Judea and Samaria. The mandates and influence of Christians who love Israel is growing in the world, as is the support for Israel and Judea and Samaria. We will continue to operate in any space for the West Bank and for the creation of strong coalitions.'
Yossi Eldar, who is the president and founder of the Parliament for Israel, said that "The Parliament for Israel was founded in order to connect Latin American countries and parliaments to the Land of Israel, the land of the Bible by bringing leaders from Latin America, establishing lobbies in various parliaments, Jerusalem, influence on UN votes, prayer marches for the State of Israel, and more."
"We are working to promote the change that we all see: Latin America is becoming a better friend of Israel and a better friend of the biblical West Bank."
After being elected, Bolsonaro announced via Twitter that he intended to uphold his campaign promise and move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem.
"As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that," he wrote.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu later hailed Bolsonaro's announcement.
"I congratulate my friend Brazilian President-Elect, Jair Bolsonaro, for his intention to move the Brazilian Embassy to Jerusalem, a historic, correct and exciting step!" he said.
Palestinian Arab leaders were not thrilled by Bolsonaro's announcement. Senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official Hanan Ashrawi condemned Bolsonaro's announcement, saying, "These are provocative and illegal steps that will only destabilize security and stability in the region."
4. MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME AMID THREATS TO JAILERS
by Tzvi Lev
The Israel Prison Service said it had started a massive operation spanning seven different prisons in an effort to target a mafia syndicate that has been terrorizing jailers.
Over the past week, numerous prisons have been attacked with gunfire and grenades in what authorities say is a campaign to scare jailers into upgrading the conditions of prisoners belonging to organized crime syndicates.
"We operated tonight with special forces in seven prisons against heads of criminal organizations and other criminals. Dozens of cells were searched and criminals were sent to solitary confinement," said Israel Prison Service Spokesperson Assad Liberti said.
"We are acting against criminals and heads of criminal organizations and harshening the steps. It's not convenient for them, we see the extreme and extreme response they are making towards our people and we are doing everything necessary to get the situation back to normal."
On Thursday morning, shots were fired at Ayalon Prison. While no injuries were reported, police say that that the incident is connected to a shooting attack at Hadarim Prison on Wednesday.
A security team conducting a patrol around the prison in a patrol vehicle heard the shooting and notified law enforcement officials.
The gunmen drove off immediately after the shooting, fleeing the scene.
"We are in a new situation in the Israel Prison Service, the heads of the criminal organizations are not resting, and we are also trying from inside the prison cells to strike, become stronger and direct criminal activity," said Commissioner Ofrah Klinger on Friday morning.
Following Thursday's shooting attack, police arrested two residents of the Israeli-Arab city of Jaljulia.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/255169
5. IAEA CHIEF: IRAN IMPLEMENTING NUCLEAR DEAL
by Elad Benari
Iran is implementing its side of its nuclear deal with major powers, the UN atomic watchdog reaffirmed on Thursday, according to Reuters.
"Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano told a quarterly meeting of his agency's 35-nation Board of Governors.
The JCPOA is the official name of the nuclear deal that was signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers.
"It is essential that Iran continues to fully implement those commitments," he added, confirming the findings of a confidential report to IAEA member states last week.
The report comes two weeks after a second round of new American sanctions targeting Iran's oil industries came into effect. The sanctions were imposed after US President Donald Trump withdrew in May from the 2015 nuclear deal, which he has said is "the worst deal ever negotiated".
Germany, France and Britain, which did not agree with Trump's decision to leave the deal, have been scrambling to prevent a collapse of the agreement, under which international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in exchange for strict limits being placed on Iran's nuclear activities.
Amano did not comment on the broader impact of US sanctions, the latest round of which took effect on November 5. Iran has warned it could scrap the deal if signatories France, Britain and Germany and their allies fail to preserve the economic benefits promised by its terms.
The European powers have been working on setting up a so-called special-purpose vehicle that would act as a kind of clearing house matching Iranian exports with EU exports in what amounts to a barter arrangement to circumvent US sanctions.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited Iran for the first time this week, where he held talks with the Iranian government on issues including the future of the 2015 nuclear deal.
Earlier this month, France, Germany, Britain and the European Union issued a joint condemnation of the US move to reimpose sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement.
6. US REFUSES TO ALLOW JONATHAN POLLARD TO MOVE TO ISRAEL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel officially asked the US to allow former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to immigrate to Israel three years after his release from prison, but the United States Department of Justice refused, according to a report Wednesday in Hadashot 2.
Pollard served as an analyst for the US Navy in the 1980s, during which time he was recruited by Israeli intelligence to collect information on Israel's behalf regarding regional threats.
In 1985, Pollard was discovered by US law enforcement officials, and after seeking asylum at the Israeli embassy in Washington, was turned over to the FBI.
Given a life sentence in November 1985, Pollard was paroled 30 years later in November 2015 under severely restrictive conditions.
According to the report, in parallel with efforts in the political arena, Israel also acted on the bureaucratic level and submitted an official request to the US Justice Department to allow Pollard to be brought to justice in Israel in a regulated agreement between the two countries.
Recently, Israel received a response in which the Department rejected the Israeli request, claiming that Pollard's crimes were too serious to allow him to leave the US.
The request to consider Pollard's age and his precarious health was also rejected.
The Prime Minister's Office said in response that "Prime Minister Netanyahu remains committed to bringing Pollard back to Israel."
7. THE MILITARY CENSOR'S UNUSUAL ANNOUNCEMENT
by Uzi Baruch
The Military Censor published an unusual announcement Thursday calling on the public not to publish information about the fighting in Gaza and to act responsibly.
"Hamas is currently trying to decipher and understand the incident that took place deep in Gaza (11/11) and any item of information, even if it is considered harmless by its publicizers, could endanger human life and harm state security," the statement said.
"Regardless of the credibility of the information published by Hamas, we ask you to refrain from expanding the publication of pictures, personally identifiable information or other personal information that you have received in the media, social networks, Whatsapp groups and any other media platform," she said.
8. NETANYAHU DEDICATES CHABAD'S 8TH MOBILE MITZVAH TANK
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on Thursday evening attended a ceremony to affix a mezuzah in a Chabad mobile mitzvah tank, which was held at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem.
Chabad mobile mitzvah tanks are spread throughout the country. The eighth active tank was dedicated on Thursday. It is the 20th overall mitzvah tank over the past 30 years.
Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote in the tank guestbook:
"To David Nahshon, honored rabbis, to our deepest friends –
My wife Sara and I are moved by the long friendship between us, and from boundless inspiration that prevails over us from meetings with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, among the Jewish People's greatest spiritual leaders. Be strong and have courage in your holy work. Benjamin Netanyahu."
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