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Wednesday, Feb. 27 '19, כ"ב באדר תשע"ט





HEADLINES:
1. 'PRESIDENT TRUMP: LET MY PEOPLE KNOW!'
2. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY'S JERUSALEM DISTRICT GOVERNOR ARRESTED
3. EVANGELICAL LEADER LOOKS TO OUST 'PRO-HAMAS' ILHAN OMAR
4. LONDON: ELDERLY JEWISH MAN ASSAULTED IN APPARENT HATE CRIME
5. INDIA BOMBS PAKISTANI BASE AS TENSIONS ESCALATE
6. NETANYAHU SEEKS SHAKED'S HELP
7. IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS
8. 'ATTACKED RABBI IS SHOWING RESILIENCE'


1. 'PRESIDENT TRUMP: LET MY PEOPLE KNOW!'
by Yoni Kempinski

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/259658

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) spoke out on the soon-to-be-released American Middle East peace plan Wednesday, directly addressing President Donald Trump.

During his address Wednesday morning at the Muni-Expo 2019, a conference on local government, Bennett called President Trump a "true friend to Israel," while urging the administration to immediately release its "Deal of the Century" plan for a final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

"Israel has no greater friend than the United States of America," Bennett said. "It is a friendship based on trust and shared values. And there is no doubt that you, President Trump, are a true friend to Israel."

Bennett accused the White House of leaving Israel "in the dark" regarding the provisions of the peace plan, and called on the US to release the plan prior to Israel's Knesset elections this April.

"Friends do not keep secrets one from another. ‏We all know that the 'Deal of the Century' will be launched right after the Israeli elections. But we, the Israelis, are in the dark about the plan itself.

"It seems that everybody is in the loop, planning this Palestinian state right over our heads. The Americans. The Saudi [Crown] Prince. The Palestinians. The Jordanian King. Even Erdogan of Turkey, a blatant anti-Semite - Even he's in the loop - everybody's in the picture. Everybody but us, the people of Israel.

‏"The Israeli public is facing a crucial election, a referendum on the creation of a Palestinian terror state, which will threaten Israel's very existence. This is not a theory, this is about the lives of our children.

"But what is the Deal of the Century? Why is it being hidden from us? It's as if surgeons are planning to take out part of our body, but won't tell us anything about it.

"Don't we, the Israelis, deserve to know what is in store for us before we go to the ballots? Can't we know what we're voting about? 

"While we deeply respect the American president, and while nobody doubt's his good intentions, it is us, the Israelis who will pay the ultimate price."

"So today I want to ask of you President Trump: Let my people know! Put the Palestinian [state] plan on the table now, before we make our choices.

"Let my people know what is in the Palestinian plan. Let my people know what is in store for the people of Israel and to the Land of Israel. Let my people know what will happen to Jerusalem. It's our lives, it's our land, it's our future, and it's our right to know and to decide our fate."

Bennett, whose New Right party has positioned itself to the right of the Likud, made similar comments Tuesday night, warning that the US was laying the foundation for a Palestinian state 'over Israel's head'.


2. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY'S JERUSALEM DISTRICT GOVERNOR ARRESTED
by AFP, Arutz Sheva Staff

Israeli police on Wednesday arrested the Palestinian Authority's chief of the Jerusalem governate, following riots on the Temple Mount, officials said.

The Palestinian Authority governor Adnan Gheith was among 22 Arabs residents arrested overnight in raids in east Jerusalem, official Palestinian news agency WAFA said.

Police confirmed two arrests, including "a senior official from the Palestinian Authority," over suspicions of fraud and forgery.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP they were also arrested in connection with "recent incidents" on the Temple Mount.

The suspects were being questioned, Rosenfeld said, without providing further details.

Over the past week and a half, Arab rioters have clashed with police on the Temple Mount, demanding the reopening of an area closed off since 2003. Israeli authorities closed the Golden Gate and the surrounding space in 2003 after it was discovered that the area was being used for terrorism.

On Sunday, police arrested and later released a top Muslim official responsible for maintaining religious sites in Jerusalem, Abdel Azeem Salhab, and his deputy after the holy site incidents.

Salhab is the head of the council of the Waqf in Jerusalem, the religious authority that governs the Temple Mount and other sites.

The arrest drew condemnation from Jordan.



3. EVANGELICAL LEADER LOOKS TO OUST 'PRO-HAMAS' ILHAN OMAR
by Arutz Sheva Staff

After a campaign to oust Democratic Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the House of Representatives signed up thousands of backers across the US, a pro-Israel Evangelical leader has accused Omar of effectively representing the Hamas terrorist organization.

"Ilhan Omar covertly represents Hamas in the U.S. Congress, we need to act now before this blows up in our faces," said Laurie Cardoza-Moore, head of the Franklin, Tennessee-based group Proclaiming Justice To the Nations (PJTN).

Omar has come under fire for a series of anti-Israel comments critics say echo traditional anti-Semitic canards.

Both Republicans and congressional Democrats hit Omar after she suggested that fellow lawmakers had been bought off by pro-Israeli Jewish groups.

Earlier, Omar was ripped for comparing Israel to the Iranian regime, and suggesting Israel is not a democracy.

In January, the freshly-minted congresswoman tried to justify a 2012 tweet accusing Israel of having "hypnotized the world".

Omar also drew criticism for endorsing the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement days after being elected – after having come out against BDS prior to the November election.

Following the multiple controversies surrounding Omar and her comments regarding Israel, PJTN launched a petition calling for Omar's ouster. Since the campaign was launched last week, PJTN says it has signed thousands backing Omar's removal.

On Tuesday, Cardoza-Moore compared Omar's views to those of the Hamas terror organization, citing Omar's support for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group which has been accused of ties with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

"CAIR and Hamas are one in the same. Ilhan Omar openly fundraising for CAIR means she is not just a rabid anti-Semite, but a real threat to our national security. PJTN has already secured thousands of signatures on our petition to have her ousted from Congress and we will continue to wage our national campaign to unite American patriots against this dangerous phenomenon. We the people demand that members of a subversive anti-Semitic organization, with close ties to terrorist groups, not be made welcome in our Congress."

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/259659


4. LONDON: ELDERLY JEWISH MAN ASSAULTED IN APPARENT HATE CRIME
by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

An elderly Jewish man was assaulted by a younger man in the London Borough of Islington in what witnesses said was an anti-Semitic attack.

The assault happened on Tuesday afternoon. The attacker was in his thirties and had a shaved head, according to what witnesses told the Islington Gazette.

The attacker asked the man, who is in his seventies, if he was Jewish before punching him in the face, causing the victim to bleed, one witness was quoted as saying. The attacker fled the scene. Police are investigating the incident, which did not result in life-threatening injuries.

Marian Kennedy, a witness, said the attack against the man, who was wearing a checked shirt and overcoat, was totally unprovoked.

"He was punching him violently and right in the face with a closed fist. The older gentleman was utterly defenseless. He was being hit really hard and my instinct was jump between them but there was so much rage and violence," she told the Gazette.

The victim was not named in the report.

Kennedy also said that she called out for the attacker to stop, at which point he pivoted around and claimed the old man had hit him with the stick.

"Blood was pouring from the old man's mouth and his body must have taken a lot of blows. The attacker ran off very fast. He was manic. The older man said he'd never seen him before. It was a random attack."


5. INDIA BOMBS PAKISTANI BASE AS TENSIONS ESCALATE
by David Rosenberg

Tensions between India and Pakistan flared overnight amid the largest escalation on the subcontinent in years.

On Tuesday, Indian air force fighters carried out an airstrike on a facility in Pakistan, which the Indian government claimed was used to house and train terrorists responsible for attacks on Indian targets. The strikes are the first by Indian aircraft inside Pakistani territory since the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

India's foreign affairs secretary Vijay Gokhale said the Indian air force strikes had "eliminated" a "very large number" of Pakistani terrorists in the strike. Indian said the camp was run by the Jaish e-Mohammed terror group, which has been accused of carrying out the February 14th suicide bombing attack in Pulwama in the Indian Kashmir which killed 40. Four Indian soldiers were killed in fighting with Pakistani terrorists days after the bombing.

But Pakistan denied the site bombed by India was used by terrorists, castigating India for the attack.

"This action has been done for domestic consumption being in election environment, putting regional peace and stability at grave risk," Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's office said in a statement.

Pakistan vowed to retaliate for the airstrikes "at the time and place of its choosing."

"India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing," the Pakistani premier's office said.

On Wednesday, Pakistan confirmed that it had carried out several air raids on targets in Indian-administered Kashmir in retaliation for the Indian air strikes.

"Today, Pakistan Air Force undertook strikes across Line of Control from within Pakistani airspace," the Pakistani foreign ministry said in a statement.

Four airports were closed in northern Indian in response to the escalation, Al Jazeera reported.

Pakistan also claimed that it had shot down two Indian air force fighter jets, and that one of the pilots had been captured.

India disputed the claim, saying that all of its pilots were accounted for.

According to a report by The Indian Express citing high-level Indian sources in Jammu and Kashmir, three Pakistani F-16 fighter jets crossed the Line of Control, entering Indian-controlled airspace, but were forced to retreat by Indian Air Force aircraft.


6. NETANYAHU SEEKS SHAKED'S HELP
by Arutz Sheva Staff

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's attorney approached Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked nd asked her to work to release material that would prove that his relationship with Bezeq owner Shaul Elovitch was not inappropriate, News 12 reported.

According to the report, in a letter sent by Netanyahu's attorney Navot Tel Tzur, to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, Netanyahu demanded that Mashad ensure that the Justice Ministry release the answers he sent to the State Comptroller from the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017. It is alleged that there was nothing illegal about the relationship between Netanyahu and Elovitz.

The document also alleged that Netanyahu, in his capacity as Communications Minister, did not make controversial decisions before a famous conflict of interests arrangement was formulated, and that all of his decisions were made after a proper procedure and coordination with the legal authorities.

According to Netanyahu, the Justice Ministry refuses to give these full answers to the comptroller, despite the fact that they are common knowledge, and therefore he wrote to Shaked, "We see the Ministry of Justice's answers to the State Comptroller as documents of great importance to the defense of the prime minister. In light of the fact that the Attorney General's decision is expected to be received in the near future, our appeal to you is a very urgent one."



7. IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS
by Gary Willig

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif announced his resignation Monday.

"I am apologizing you for all the shortcomings ... in the past years during my time as foreign minister ... I thank the Iranian nation and officials," he said.

Zarif has been a vocal critic of Israel and the United States. Last week, he stated that he could not 'rule out' a war with the Jewish State. Yesterday, he warned US President Donald Trump that he would be "surprised" by Iran's response to US sanctions.


8. 'ATTACKED RABBI IS SHOWING RESILIENCE'
by Yoni Kempinski

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/259615

Jewish Agency Chairman Yitzhak Herzog spoke Tuesday with Chief Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich of Argentina, who is in the hospital following a violent anti-Semitic attack at his home.

"I spoke with Rabbi Davidovich. I gave him comfort. I hugged him. I said that the Jewish people care for him. He is in [a lot of] pain, but he shows resilience and a good mood. He is in the hospital under post-traumatic circumstances," Herzog said of the Chief Rabbi's condition.

"I did depict clear traits of anti-Semitism in the way he described what happened. I'm sure the authorities in Argentina will take firm steps to find the villains, put them on trial, send them to jail, and also combat anti-Semitism, which has risen in Argentina in recent years," he said.

Anti-Semitism "is a world-wide phenomenon based on the fact that social networks nurture people of hate and I think [the fight against it] has got to do with two things: legal, waging the legal battle with the definition of anti-Semitism as wide as possible. And education, teaching about the Holocaust, the lessons of anti-Semitism, the lessons of what hate brings to humanity and to human beings."