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Wednesday, Jul. 31 '19, כ"ח בתמוז תשע"ט
HEADLINES:
1. POLL: 12 SEATS FOR UNIFIED RIGHT
2. SEN. RAND PAUL TO ILHAN OMAR: I'LL FUND TICKET TO SOMALIA
3. LIBERMAN DEMANDS HAREDI PARTIES' PORTFOLIOS
4. IT'S FINAL: MOSHE FEIGLIN'S ZEHUT IS RUNNING ALONE
5. UNITED RIGHT OFFERS 8TH, 13TH SPOTS TO OTZMA YEHUDIT
6. TRUMP COMMUTES SENTENCE OF JEWISH MAN WITH TERMINALLY ILL WIFE
7. "IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO FULFILL YOUR DREAMS"
8. CONSTRUCTION OF 715 UNITS FOR ARABS IN AREA C APPROVED
1. POLL: 12 SEATS FOR UNIFIED RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Unified Right under Ayelet Shaked would win 12 Knesset seats if elections were held today, according to a new poll conducted published Tuesday evening by News 12.
According to the poll, if the elections were held today, the Likud and Blue and White parties would win 30 seats each. The Unified Right would place third with 12 seats, followed by the Joint Arab List with 11 seats.
Yisrael Beyteinu would receive 10 seats, while United Torah Judaism would receive eight. Shas would receive seven seats, as would the Democratic Union. The Labor-Gesher joint list would receive five seats.
The Zehut and Otzma Yehudit parties would fail to clear the electoral threshold, the poll found.
Neither side would be able to form a majority coalition without the Yisrael Beyteinu party.
The poll found that if Otzma Yehudit and Zehut were to join the Unified Right, the list would grow to 14 seats, but the Likud would fall to 28 while all other parties would remain unchanged.
2. SEN. RAND PAUL TO ILHAN OMAR: I'LL FUND TICKET TO SOMALIA
by Sara Rubenstein
Republican Senator Paul Rand (KY) offered to buy a plane ticket for the "ungrateful" Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN) to visit her birth country of Somalia to help increase her appreciation for the United States. Omar's family fled Somalia amidst a civil war in the 1990s, when Omar was a child, and received asylum in the US.
"Well, she came here and we fed her, we clothed her, she got welfare, she got [schooling], she got healthcare, and then, lo and behold, she has the honor of actually winning a seat in Congress, and she says we're a terrible country?" Rand said about Omar. "I think that's about as ungrateful as you can get."
"And so—I'm willing to contribute to buy her a ticket to go visit Somalia… and I think she can look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia—that has no capitalism, has no God-given rights guaranteed in a constitution, and has about seven different tribes that have been fighting each other for the last 40 years. And then maybe after she's visited Somalia for a while, she might come back and appreciate America more."
Paul made his remarks to Breitbart News last week at Turning Point USA, a conservative youth summit in Washington. His remarks were made in light of the controversy surrounding Trump's tweets two weeks ago, telling "the Squad," a group of freshmen Democratic congresswomen, to "go back" to the countries they came from.
The four rookie politicians, all women of color - Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) -.were all born in the US except for Omar. Trump wrote that the women should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came."
A few days later at a campaign rally in North Carolina, Trump attacked the congresswomen again, especially Omar, and the crowd reacted by chanting "send her back." Following widespread outrage over the chants, Trump said he did not agree with the crowd at his rally.
Omar is actually planning on traveling to Israel next month, a country she routinely attacks, rather than her native country of Somalia.
3. LIBERMAN DEMANDS HAREDI PARTIES' PORTFOLIOS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday evening said that following September's elections, his party will demand the Interior, Health, Defense, and Immigration and Absorption ministries.
Ashkenazic-haredi UTJ usually demands the Health Ministry, while Sephardic-haredi Shas traditionally insists on the Interior Ministry.
Yisrael Beytenu's candidate for Health Minister would be Professor Leonid Eidelman, who currently heads the World Medical Association. He would serve as minister who is a Knesset member.
According to Kikar Hashabbat, Liberman would also demand that any funding to the independent haredi school system be dependent on teaching the core curriculum. Another demand would be that the religious councils be dissolved, with the department in charge of religious affairs becoming part of the local authority, instead of a separate council.
Meanwhile, Liberman has said that he will not sit in a "narrow right-wing government" and will only support a unity government including both Likud and Blue and White. On Tuesday, Liberman emphasized that his party will not recommend for prime minister any candidate who does not support forming a unity government. If no candidate supports unity, his party will not recommend anyone.
4. IT'S FINAL: MOSHE FEIGLIN'S ZEHUT IS RUNNING ALONE
by Hezki Baruch
The Zehut party will run on its own for the 22nd Knesset, after the party filed for an independent run Wednesday afternoon.
Zehut party chairman and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin submitted his party's list to the Central Election Committee Wednesday, ensuring that the party will run separately in the September 17th election.
The party's list includes 15 candidates, and is the sixth party list to be submitted to the committee ahead of the deadline Thursday night.
A total of 42 parties have applied to register for the election, prior to the actual filing of Knesset lists.
The libertarian-leaning Zehut party had previously discussed the possibility of running with other right-wing parties, including the New Right.
On Sunday, however, Feiglin announced that Zehut would run on its own, and chastised New Right chairwoman Ayelet Shaked, saying she ignored his party's overtures for an alliance and chose to focus exclusively on talks with the United Right.
"The cat is out of the bag. Even though in the last election I brought a lot more votes [personally] than either Ayelet [Shaked] or Naftali [Bennett] – the votes for the New Right were divided up between them – and even though we offered them an alliance a month ago, Shaked preferred to hold talks with every party to the right of the Likud, except for Zehut."
"Zehut will run by itself," continued Feiglin, "in order to ensure that the liberty camp is well represented in the next Knesset."
"Regarding claims about splitting the right-wing vote – please address your questions to Ayelet Shaked."
A day later, Shaked called for Zehut to join with the United Right, shortly after her New Right party signed a deal with the United Right for a joint run.
"In the coming days the party lists will be closed. I would like both Zehut and Otzma Yehudit to join the larger faction and build one big party like the Republican Party."
5. UNITED RIGHT OFFERS 8TH, 13TH SPOTS TO OTZMA YEHUDIT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The United Right Party renewed its call Wednesday for the Otzma Yehudit party to join the unified right-wing ticket, offering two realistic spots on the joint Knesset slate.
Sources have informed Arutz Sheva that the United Right, which previously offered Otzma the 8th and 16th spots on the joint ticket, is now willing to give Otzma candidates the 8th and 13th slots, with the added promise that the United Right's leaders will resign from the Knesset if they become ministers, increasing the likelihood of the candidate in the 13th spot entering the Knesset.
Polls currently show a unified right-wing bloc led by former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked would win between 12 and 14 seats.
As part of the offer, the United Right says it would ensure passage of the so-called "Norwegian Law", which would allow more than one minister from a party to resign from the Knesset, with the ability to return to the Knesset later on if they resign their position in the government.
Passage of the law was a key element of the previous agreement between Otzma and the United Right, which ran together in the April 9th election, minus the New Right.
In the previous election, Otzma was given the fifth and eighth spots on the list, but was barred from taking the fifth spot when its candidate, former MK Michael Ben-Ari, was banned from running by the Supreme Court.
Earlier on Wednedsay, the Otzma Yehudit party signed a deal with the Noam party for a joint run.
"The agreement was approved by the rabbis of both Otzma and Noam," Otzma Yehudit said in a statement. "Otzma approved the run with Noam out of a desire to continue the uncompromising struggle to maintain the character of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel according to the Torah of Israel."
The list will be led by attorney and Otzma Yehudit activist Itamar Ben-Gvir, followed by two candidates from the Noam party in second and third place. Fourth on the joint ticket is long-time Hevron activist and former Kach party leader Baruch Marzel, who took control of the now-banned faction after its founder, Rabbi Meir Kahane, was assassinated in November 1990.
6. TRUMP COMMUTES SENTENCE OF JEWISH MAN WITH TERMINALLY ILL WIFE
by Sara Rubenstein
US President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Boaz (Ronen) Nahmani on Monday. Nahmani, who was jailed in 2015, has served four years of a 20-year sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute synthetic marijuana.
The Israeli-born Nahmani, currently a resident of Aventura, Florida, is the father of five young children and sadly, his wife is suffering from stage 4 cancer. Nahamani's children had written letters to the president begging him to release their father early.
"Our lives have become so sad and miserable," Ariella (11) wrote, as quoted on Ynet. "And now my mother is sick. I am scared of her getting worse. The world will be a place where I won't be able to exist without her."
"My mother is always sad and cries," Oriel (10) wrote. "She is always sick and doesn't have energy. Today is my birthday. I am 10 and half of my life I had no father. Please let my father come. You will make me the happiest kid in the world."
Nahmani was the first person in South Florida to be convicted on charges related to synthetic marijuana. According to a report by Hamodia, many legal experts slammed the court's decision to sentence Nahmani with 20 years of imprisonment as extremely disproportionate.
Nahmani's wife Sylvia took a break from her cancer treatment on Monday to answer a phone call from her husband's lawyer Gary Apfel, informing her that Trump had signed the commutation. "I couldn't contain myself, I was screaming so loud," Mrs. Nahmani said. "All the people outside said, 'Are you okay?' I said, 'Thank you, I am perfectly fine, I'm just so happy."
Later, Sylvia told Hamodia, "Everybody is crying; they can't believe it," she said. "The children are screaming 'Abba (Daddy) is coming home! Chasdei Hashem! (The kindness of God.) You see Mommy, G-d answers all the tefillot (prayers).' I think they are still in shock. I am in shock."
Apfel was the attorney for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin, whose sentence was commuted by Trump in December 2017. He was assisted on the Nahmani case by many others, including some of the same people who worked on the Rubashkin case, such as legal expert Alan Dershowitz.
"This is a real case of pikuach nefesh (saving a life), because there are children here whose mother is seriously ill with cancer and whose father would have been in prison, and in the event the mother was to have passed, would have been all alone," Dershowitz told Hamodia. "So what President Trump did was the right thing; he ought to be praised for saving lives and doing a mitzvah. This was a team effort involving lots of people, including Gary and many others who acted selflessly to bring about this pidyon shivuyim (releasing prisoners). And I think it will be an important part of President Trump's legacy that he did the right thing for the right reasons."
Apfel told Hamodia that he was also assisted by "Reps. Mark Meadows (R- N.C.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), 'who exercised true leadership to make this a bipartisan effort,' as well as 'relentless behind-the-scenes efforts' by Harry Adjmi, a leader in the Syrian Jewish community; Dr. Daniel Feuer; Rabbi Menachem Genack; and the Tzedek Association."
Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, director of the prisoner reform and advocacy Tzedek Association told Hamodia, "It is a glorious day for a democratic society when someone given such a grossly unjust sentence is set free. We thank Hashem (God) for his kindnesses, and we thank President Trump for his sense of fairness."
The Hamodia reported that twenty-two members of Congress, as well as former Sen. Orrin Hatch, signed letters to Trump urging the commutation, as did 35 former government legal officials, including former Attorneys General Michael Mukasey and Edwin Meese, Deputy AG Larry Thompson, Acting AG Stuart Gerson, FBI Director Louis Freeh, Solicitor General Seth Waxman and other judges and prosecutors, including the late Robert Morgenthau.
The White House published a statement: "Today, President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani, an action strongly supported by many notable leaders from across the political spectrum, like representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Mark Meadows.
"Mr. Nahmani is a non-violent, first-time offender with no criminal history. He has five young children at home and his wife is suffering from terminal cancer. These extenuating circumstances underscore the urgency of his request for clemency."
7. "IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO FULFILL YOUR DREAMS"
by Arutz Sheva Staff
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266748
Nefesh B'Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency, KKL-JNF and Jewish National Fund-USA, welcomed 95 new Olim (immigrants to Israel) this morning.
Arutz Sheva joined the Olim on this group Aliyah flight, which was comprised of 35 families and singles ranging in ages from one year to 80 years old; and come from a variety of states, including Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, Quebec and Texas.
"Summer is always the busiest season for Aliyah, and this year is no exception with over 2,000 Olim choosing to make Israel their home in these eight weeks alone," said Co-Founder and Executive Director of Nefesh B'Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass.
"Nearly half of the Olim projected to make Aliyah each year arrive during the summer as it's a natural time period to make the transition to a new country before the school year begins. We are pleased to see that there has been an increase in Olim choosing the flexibility of a group Aliyah flight, so that they can better tailor their Aliyah date to their specific needs and timelines, and we look forward to assisting these Olim throughout their Aliyah journey for years to come."
Today's new Olim will be moving to cities all across Israel such as Givat Shmuel, Modi'in, Tel Aviv, Beit Shemesh and Ma'alot in the North of the country. Nearly one-third of the Olim of this group, or 28 individuals, will be making Jerusalem their home in Israel. This group flight precedes this summer's Nefesh B'Nefesh charter Aliyah flight expected to land on August 14th at Ben Gurion Airport as well as several more group flights scheduled over the upcoming weeks of summer.
Among the Olim who landed this morning was 80-year-old Ray Negari, who emigrated with his wife in the 1960s from Iran to the United States. This morning, he said excitedly after landing, "Since my childhood in Iran, my father used to tell me and my seven brothers and sisters stories about the land of Israel. A few years ago, at the age of 77, I found myself deciding that the time had finally come to fulfill my dream and create a home for myself in the Jewish State. It's never too late to live out your dreams. I am proud and happy to know that despite the years that have gone by, I am going to be setting up my home in Israel and be able to enjoy living with my brothers and sisters in Israel as we have always dreamt."
There were a few Olim from this morning's flight who plan on joining the IDF as Lone Soldiers. Omer Doar (18), from New Jersey said, "Since I was young, I heard stories about my mother's uncle, Alberto, who served in the IDF's 890 Paratroopers Battalion and was killed in the Yom Kippur War. I feel it is my familial and Zionist duty to step up and protect the country and continue in his path. I hope I will also be able to serve in the Paratroopers Brigade and in time be able to proudly wear my uncle's red beret."
Doar's sister May also made Aliyah a few years ago and served in the IDF. She is now studying Special Education in Jerusalem. Another of this morning's Olim, Gal Gur Lavi (18) from New Jersey, has two parents who served in the Israeli Air Force. When asked why she is making Aliyah and planning on joining the IDF, she responded simply and confidently, "Israel is my home."
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8. CONSTRUCTION OF 715 UNITS FOR ARABS IN AREA C APPROVED
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Cabinet ministers unanimously approved plans to build 715 housing units in Palestinian Arab villages in Area C in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday evening by telephone referendum.
However, it is unclear whether these the plans are for building new housing units in those villages, or whether they are referring to the whitewashing of illegal buildings that already exist in the area.
Concurrent with the construction in the Palestinian villages, the approval of 6,000 housing units to be built in Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria is expected as well.
On Monday the head of the Binyamin Council Israel Gantz and Samaria Council head Yossi Dagan issued a joint statement in which they sharply attacked the plan discussed in the Cabinet.
"The report of a Cabinet hearing aimed at approving building plans for Arabs in Area C is particularly alarming," the two noted in their statement.
"The Palestinian Authority, by assisting and financing foreign entities, is carrying out massive illegal construction in these areas with one clear purpose - the establishment of a terrorist state in the heart of the country. We hope this does not constitute a signal to the direction of the government which will be formed after the elections."
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
A7News: 'Netanyahu doesn't want right-wing government'
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Tuesday, Jul. 30 '19, כ"ז בתמוז תשע"ט
HEADLINES:
1. 'NETANYAHU DOESN'T WANT RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT'
2. UK WOMAN WHO ACCUSED ISRAELIS OF RAPE IN CYPRUS INDICTED
3. DID ISRAELI STEALTH FIGHTERS BOMB IRAQ?
4. 3RD COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST DAYCARE PROVIDER IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
5. TLAIB DEFENDS SUPPORT FOR BDS, BLASTS 'RACIST' ISRAEL
6. NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT REACH FINAL AGREEMENT ON JOINT RUN
7. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
8. SMOTRICH: 'THERE WERE ARGUMENTS; WE DID THE RIGHT THING'
1. 'NETANYAHU DOESN'T WANT RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Senior officials from the United Right-New Right merger are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of wanting to form a unity government with the center-left Blue and White party, Kan Bet reported.
According to them, Netanyahu's refusal to reserve a spot on the Likud list for a United Right-New Right member so that the bloc can merge with Otzma Yehudit proves that he does not believe it is possible to form a right-wing government with 61 Knesset members.
On Monday, United Right leaders Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz and Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich, together with New Right leaders Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, agreed that the joint list will be called the "Unified Right."
Part of the merger agreement was that the integration of Otzma Yehudit and other right-wing parties will be done on the basis of reserved spots within the Likud, and in accordance with the demands of Itamar Ben-Gvir and later on in the agreement reached in the last elections.
In addition, the party will recommend Netanyahu for prime minister, and work to enact the Norwegian Law, allowing ministers to resign from the Knesset in order to make room for other party members.
2. UK WOMAN WHO ACCUSED ISRAELIS OF RAPE IN CYPRUS INDICTED
by Arutz Sheva Staff, AFP
A British teenager was remanded in custody in Cyprus on Tuesday after she was arrested last week on suspicion of falsely accusing 12 Israeli tourists of gang rape.
The 19-year-old was indicted the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in southeast Cyprus Tuesday, and now faces "public mischief".
If found guilty, she could potentially face a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of around 1,700 euros ($1,900).
The young woman, who was not named, stood grim-faced during the court session Tuesday morning without speaking. Her mother was also present.
She covered her face with the hood of her sweatshirt as she left the court and was put into a police van.
Her lawyer, Andreas Pittadjis, said she is expected to enter a plea when she appears again on August 7. He asked the court for time to "collect videotapes and statements" gathered by the Cypriot police during the investigation.
Initially, the teenager had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular resort of Ayia Napa on July 17.
The Israeli tourists aged 15 to 18 were arrested shortly after the complaint was filed.
After five of the 12 Israeli teens were proven to have not been present at the time of the alleged rape, including some who had clear alibis placing them elsewhere during the incident, Cyprus authorities freed the five, who returned to Israel last Thursday and Friday.
Over the weekend, the accuser recanted her claims, admitting that she had filed a false report to police accusing the teens of rape.
According to an attorney for some the defendants and unnamed local police officials, the accuser told investigators that she had had consensual relations with several of the Israeli teens, but later sought to take revenge on them by accusing them and their traveling companions of rape.
One source told AFP the woman said she was "angry and insulted" that the teens had filmed their encounters with her.
An attorney for the defendants later said the accuser had offered to have relations with one of the Israeli teens, but was rejected and told to leave the hotel room. The woman then sought to take revenge by filing the police complaint.
Yaniv Habari, an Israeli lawyer working in Cyprus, said Monday night that the teens who had been falsely accused were planning to "pursue legal action against the person behind the false accusations that led to [their] being unjustly detained."
"We will claim damages for the suffering of our clients," Habari told AFP.
3. DID ISRAELI STEALTH FIGHTERS BOMB IRAQ?
by David Rosenberg
Israeli fighter jets struck two targets deep inside Iraqi territory earlier this month, Arab media outlets have claimed.
According to a report by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Israeli F-35I fighter jets bombed a target in the northern Iraqi Salahuddin province on July 19th.
The target struck by the Israeli fighters was reported to be a base operated by an Iraqi Shi'ite militia with close ties to the Iranian government.
A number of Iran's Revolutionary Guards soldiers and members of the Hezbollah terrorist organization – which is allied with Iran – were reportedly killed in the attack.
The Saudi-based Al-Arabiya network claimed that the base in Salahuddin had been used to store Iranian ballistic missiles.
At the time, Iraqi security officials claimed that one fighter had been killed in the attack, and two Iranians injured.
Iraq claimed that the attack had been carried out by a drone aircraft.
One Iranian-backed militia blamed ISIS for the attack, while a Hezbollah-linked group suggested the attack may have been carried out by the US or Israel.
The Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper also claimed Israeli aircraft conducted a second strike deep inside Iraqi territory, bombing a base operated by another Iranian-linked militia group.
The second attack reportedly took place this Sunday, and targeted a base 25 miles from Baghdad and 50 miles from the Iranian border where, like the first target, Iran is said to have been storing ballistic missiles.
Israel has not commented on the reports.
4. 3RD COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST DAYCARE PROVIDER IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A third complaint was filed Monday against a daycare provider in southern Israel, Kan Bet reported.
Police are currently investigating the daycare provider, who is employed in a supervised, subsidized Na'amat daycare in the southern city of Dimona.
According to the parents' complaint, their two-year-old daughter is no longer toilet-trained and has begun pulling out her hair, acting violently, and talking about a "punishment shed."
"Our children never came back from daycare with so many bruises or expressed specific fear of a daycare provider," the parents said. "This is a girl who talks about everything, but she won't talk about daycare."
Other parents have also complained about unexplained bruises their children received in daycare, as well as of negligence. Recently, two complaints were filed against the same daycare worker.
Two weeks ago, a daycare worker was fired due to inappropriate conduct towards one of the children.
Na'amat responded: "Na'amat shows zero tolerance towards violent acts in the daycares which it supervises, and that is how we will continue to act. We will not tolerate any kind of violence from any direction - not against the children, and not as part of a 'field martial' against one of the daycare providers. Since, as we understand, parents have complained to the police, Na'amat cannot investigate complaints which it has not yet seen.
On Monday, reports said a Tel Aviv daycare provider was being investigated for abuse. Last week, police issued a restraining order against three daycare providers in the central city of Rosh Ha'ayin. Earlier this month, 25-year-old Carmel Mauda, also of Rosh Ha'ayin, admitted to abusing children in her care.
5. TLAIB DEFENDS SUPPORT FOR BDS, BLASTS 'RACIST' ISRAEL
by Elad Benari
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266665
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib once again expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and accused the Israeli government of "racist policies".
The comments by the Muslim congresswoman from Michigan were made on Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
In her comments, Tlaib dismissed the notion that BDS is anti-Semitic, saying, "People want to dismiss it because they say it's anti-Semitism. That's the way they're trying to discredit the fact that we all know that under Netanyahu's regime, that human rights violations have gotten worse."
Tlaib denounced the Israeli government's alleged "racist policies" and mistreatment of Palestinian Arabs, but when pressed by Tapper if she would rebuke oppressive governments in the Middle East, such as in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Tlaib doubled down on her attack on Israel.
"I think if there was an economic boycott movement around Saudi Arabia, I'll be the first to sign up for it," she asserted. "Right now there is not a bill or resolution on the floor that is saying stop boycotting Egypt."
The remarks are the latest in a series of controversial remarks on Israel made by Tlaib.
Just last week, she compared the BDS movement to the American boycott of Nazi Germany.
"The right to boycott is deeply rooted in the fabric of our country," she said. "What was the Boston Tea Party but a boycott? Where would we be now without the boycott led by the civil rights activists in the 1950s and 60s like the Montgomery bus boycott and the United Farm Workers Grape boycott?"
She then pivoted to the history of Americans boycotting foreign government, saying, "Americans boycotted Nazi Germany in response to dehumanization, imprisonment, and genocide of Jewish people."
Tlaib claimed in an interview in May that Palestinian Arabs living in the British Mandate prior to the establishment of the State of Israel "provided" a safe haven to Jews after the Holocaust.
Many Republicans condemned Tlaib's remarks, including President Donald Trump who accused her of anti-Semitism.
In addition, when asked in a past television interview whether she would vote against military aid to Israel when she goes to Congress, Tlaib replied "absolutely."
Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, another Muslim congresswoman who has caused uproars with anti-Israel remarks, are planning a visit to Israel in several weeks.
Israel's Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer said earlier this month that Israel will allow the two congresswomen to enter the country "out of respect for the US Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America."
6. NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT REACH FINAL AGREEMENT ON JOINT RUN
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The leaders of the United Right and New Right factions reached a final agreement Monday afternoon on a united list for the upcoming elections in September. The agreement was reached after hours of non-stop negotiations.
According to the outline published by the parties, the composition of the list will be as follows with the New Right receiving four of the top ten spots, and six going to the National Union and Jewish Home:
1. Ayelet Shaked (New Right)
2. Rabbi Rafi Peretz (United Right - Jewish Home)
3. Minister Bezalel Smotrich (United Right - National Union)
4. Naftali Bennett (New Right)
5. Moti Yogev (United Right - Jewish Home)
6. Ofir Sofer (United Right - National Union)
7. Matan Kahana (New Right)
8. Idit Silman (United Right - Jewish Home)
9. Roni Sassover (New Right)
10. Orit Strook (United Right - National Union)
11. New Right
12. New Right
13. United Right
14. United Right
15. New Right
16. United Right
17. New Right
18. United Right
19. New Right
20. United Right
The following principles were also agreed:
1. The faction will conduct the coalition negotiations with Prime Minister Netanyahu in order to bring about the establishment of a right-wing government under his leadership.
2. The integration of Otzma Yehudit and other right-wing parties will be done on the basis of reserved spots within the Likud, and in accordance with the demands of Itamar Ben-Gvir and later on in the agreement reached in the last elections.
3. The partners agree to work towards the the enactment of a 'Norwegian law' to allow ministers to resign from the Knesset to make room for other party members.
7. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
by AFP
Cyprus police Sunday released from detention seven Israelis and said the British teenager who accused them of gang rape would face court on suspicion of making a false allegation.
"All seven Israelis have been released, since 10:00 am," police spokesman Christos Andreou told AFP.
"The young woman will be taken to court tomorrow morning (Monday)," he added.
Earlier, a police source said the British teenager had been arrested.
"She is facing charges of giving a false statement over an imaginary offence," the police source told AFP.
Initially, the 19-year-old woman had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular Ayia Napa resort on July 17.
The young Israeli tourists were remanded in custody the next day. But hours before their second appearance in court five of them were released and sent home late on Thursday.
The remaining seven had their remand order renewed for another six days on Friday. None had been charged, and both hearings took place behind closed doors because some of the suspects were minors.
Ayia Napa is a magnet for younger tourists attracted by its party reputation and white sand beaches.
Britain is the island's biggest tourist market with around 1.3 million of its citizens travelling to Cyprus every year while nearby Israel is also becoming a key source of visitors.
8. SMOTRICH: 'THERE WERE ARGUMENTS; WE DID THE RIGHT THING'
by Yoni Kempinski
National Union Chairman Minister Betzalel Smotrich spoke with Arutz Sheva after signing the joint running agreement between the Right Parties Union and the New Right.
"The feeling is good, there's a lot of satisfaction; we worked hard and there were days and weeks of ups and downs, there were shouts and outbursts, but I think we did the right thing," Smotrich said.
He added that as part of the negotiations, all were required to make concessions. "I want to thank all the partners that everyone gave up and no one came out with all his demands; everyone understood that this connection and the ability to maximize the power on the Right of the Likud and prevent the loss of votes is the most important thing. We have tremendous responsibility on our shoulders; responsibility for the future of the State of Israel and responsibility for the continuation of the Right-leaning government."
Smotrich explained the values the list seeks to promote. "This Right is the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, Right is settlement, Right is security, Right is governance and democracy against tyranny. All these important values are at stake in the super-critical elections we face."
He says the union with the New Right is not the last connection to be made on the Right. "The connection we made now saved four seats to the Right, and that's not the end of the story. We're going to connect with Otzma Yehudit, and I say to them unequivocally: Make a brave decision that you want to enter and be a part of it. It will also require compromises from you, just as I compromised. The National Union closes every third place, so Otzma will also have to give up, but they'll certainly have a Knesset Member in the Knesset.
"I say to their voters: You're at a crossroads; you have to decide whether you want to continue fighting and shouting, and then one week you'll shout at Rabbi Rafi and he'll be your victim and the next week you'll attack me, and a week later you'll attack Ayelet Shaked. Decide whether you want to fight, attack, and insult, or if you want to get in and be a part," Smotrich added.
He concluded, "I think that for those who vote for Otzma, representation in the Knesset is coming, so that every large group will have a mouthpiece and a voice that will speak for them in the Knesset. I want them with a definite place in the next Knesset."
In the agreement between the parties, there is a clause stating that integrating Otzma Yehudit will be based on saved places in the Likud. Smotrich explains: "We take responsibility and make concessions, but the Likud, which is the ruling party and also the person headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, can and should get with us on this stretcher," Smotrich said.
"We cannot bear all responsibility. We want to avoid losing votes and to maximize achievement. I think the Likud must take Zehut under its wing. Moshe Feiglin was born and raised in the Likud and there's no reason in the world that Netanyahu shouldn't take Feiglin and prevent a half-seat or a seat from being thrown out. We took this step and everyone made big concessions. I'm convinced that in the end no one will lose because when we go together, everyone gets more."
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HEADLINES:
1. 'NETANYAHU DOESN'T WANT RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT'
2. UK WOMAN WHO ACCUSED ISRAELIS OF RAPE IN CYPRUS INDICTED
3. DID ISRAELI STEALTH FIGHTERS BOMB IRAQ?
4. 3RD COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST DAYCARE PROVIDER IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
5. TLAIB DEFENDS SUPPORT FOR BDS, BLASTS 'RACIST' ISRAEL
6. NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT REACH FINAL AGREEMENT ON JOINT RUN
7. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
8. SMOTRICH: 'THERE WERE ARGUMENTS; WE DID THE RIGHT THING'
1. 'NETANYAHU DOESN'T WANT RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Senior officials from the United Right-New Right merger are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of wanting to form a unity government with the center-left Blue and White party, Kan Bet reported.
According to them, Netanyahu's refusal to reserve a spot on the Likud list for a United Right-New Right member so that the bloc can merge with Otzma Yehudit proves that he does not believe it is possible to form a right-wing government with 61 Knesset members.
On Monday, United Right leaders Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz and Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich, together with New Right leaders Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, agreed that the joint list will be called the "Unified Right."
Part of the merger agreement was that the integration of Otzma Yehudit and other right-wing parties will be done on the basis of reserved spots within the Likud, and in accordance with the demands of Itamar Ben-Gvir and later on in the agreement reached in the last elections.
In addition, the party will recommend Netanyahu for prime minister, and work to enact the Norwegian Law, allowing ministers to resign from the Knesset in order to make room for other party members.
2. UK WOMAN WHO ACCUSED ISRAELIS OF RAPE IN CYPRUS INDICTED
by Arutz Sheva Staff, AFP
A British teenager was remanded in custody in Cyprus on Tuesday after she was arrested last week on suspicion of falsely accusing 12 Israeli tourists of gang rape.
The 19-year-old was indicted the Famagusta District Court in Paralimni in southeast Cyprus Tuesday, and now faces "public mischief".
If found guilty, she could potentially face a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of around 1,700 euros ($1,900).
The young woman, who was not named, stood grim-faced during the court session Tuesday morning without speaking. Her mother was also present.
She covered her face with the hood of her sweatshirt as she left the court and was put into a police van.
Her lawyer, Andreas Pittadjis, said she is expected to enter a plea when she appears again on August 7. He asked the court for time to "collect videotapes and statements" gathered by the Cypriot police during the investigation.
Initially, the teenager had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular resort of Ayia Napa on July 17.
The Israeli tourists aged 15 to 18 were arrested shortly after the complaint was filed.
After five of the 12 Israeli teens were proven to have not been present at the time of the alleged rape, including some who had clear alibis placing them elsewhere during the incident, Cyprus authorities freed the five, who returned to Israel last Thursday and Friday.
Over the weekend, the accuser recanted her claims, admitting that she had filed a false report to police accusing the teens of rape.
According to an attorney for some the defendants and unnamed local police officials, the accuser told investigators that she had had consensual relations with several of the Israeli teens, but later sought to take revenge on them by accusing them and their traveling companions of rape.
One source told AFP the woman said she was "angry and insulted" that the teens had filmed their encounters with her.
An attorney for the defendants later said the accuser had offered to have relations with one of the Israeli teens, but was rejected and told to leave the hotel room. The woman then sought to take revenge by filing the police complaint.
Yaniv Habari, an Israeli lawyer working in Cyprus, said Monday night that the teens who had been falsely accused were planning to "pursue legal action against the person behind the false accusations that led to [their] being unjustly detained."
"We will claim damages for the suffering of our clients," Habari told AFP.
3. DID ISRAELI STEALTH FIGHTERS BOMB IRAQ?
by David Rosenberg
Israeli fighter jets struck two targets deep inside Iraqi territory earlier this month, Arab media outlets have claimed.
According to a report by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that Israeli F-35I fighter jets bombed a target in the northern Iraqi Salahuddin province on July 19th.
The target struck by the Israeli fighters was reported to be a base operated by an Iraqi Shi'ite militia with close ties to the Iranian government.
A number of Iran's Revolutionary Guards soldiers and members of the Hezbollah terrorist organization – which is allied with Iran – were reportedly killed in the attack.
The Saudi-based Al-Arabiya network claimed that the base in Salahuddin had been used to store Iranian ballistic missiles.
At the time, Iraqi security officials claimed that one fighter had been killed in the attack, and two Iranians injured.
Iraq claimed that the attack had been carried out by a drone aircraft.
One Iranian-backed militia blamed ISIS for the attack, while a Hezbollah-linked group suggested the attack may have been carried out by the US or Israel.
The Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper also claimed Israeli aircraft conducted a second strike deep inside Iraqi territory, bombing a base operated by another Iranian-linked militia group.
The second attack reportedly took place this Sunday, and targeted a base 25 miles from Baghdad and 50 miles from the Iranian border where, like the first target, Iran is said to have been storing ballistic missiles.
Israel has not commented on the reports.
4. 3RD COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST DAYCARE PROVIDER IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A third complaint was filed Monday against a daycare provider in southern Israel, Kan Bet reported.
Police are currently investigating the daycare provider, who is employed in a supervised, subsidized Na'amat daycare in the southern city of Dimona.
According to the parents' complaint, their two-year-old daughter is no longer toilet-trained and has begun pulling out her hair, acting violently, and talking about a "punishment shed."
"Our children never came back from daycare with so many bruises or expressed specific fear of a daycare provider," the parents said. "This is a girl who talks about everything, but she won't talk about daycare."
Other parents have also complained about unexplained bruises their children received in daycare, as well as of negligence. Recently, two complaints were filed against the same daycare worker.
Two weeks ago, a daycare worker was fired due to inappropriate conduct towards one of the children.
Na'amat responded: "Na'amat shows zero tolerance towards violent acts in the daycares which it supervises, and that is how we will continue to act. We will not tolerate any kind of violence from any direction - not against the children, and not as part of a 'field martial' against one of the daycare providers. Since, as we understand, parents have complained to the police, Na'amat cannot investigate complaints which it has not yet seen.
On Monday, reports said a Tel Aviv daycare provider was being investigated for abuse. Last week, police issued a restraining order against three daycare providers in the central city of Rosh Ha'ayin. Earlier this month, 25-year-old Carmel Mauda, also of Rosh Ha'ayin, admitted to abusing children in her care.
5. TLAIB DEFENDS SUPPORT FOR BDS, BLASTS 'RACIST' ISRAEL
by Elad Benari
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Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib once again expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and accused the Israeli government of "racist policies".
The comments by the Muslim congresswoman from Michigan were made on Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.
In her comments, Tlaib dismissed the notion that BDS is anti-Semitic, saying, "People want to dismiss it because they say it's anti-Semitism. That's the way they're trying to discredit the fact that we all know that under Netanyahu's regime, that human rights violations have gotten worse."
Tlaib denounced the Israeli government's alleged "racist policies" and mistreatment of Palestinian Arabs, but when pressed by Tapper if she would rebuke oppressive governments in the Middle East, such as in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Tlaib doubled down on her attack on Israel.
"I think if there was an economic boycott movement around Saudi Arabia, I'll be the first to sign up for it," she asserted. "Right now there is not a bill or resolution on the floor that is saying stop boycotting Egypt."
The remarks are the latest in a series of controversial remarks on Israel made by Tlaib.
Just last week, she compared the BDS movement to the American boycott of Nazi Germany.
"The right to boycott is deeply rooted in the fabric of our country," she said. "What was the Boston Tea Party but a boycott? Where would we be now without the boycott led by the civil rights activists in the 1950s and 60s like the Montgomery bus boycott and the United Farm Workers Grape boycott?"
She then pivoted to the history of Americans boycotting foreign government, saying, "Americans boycotted Nazi Germany in response to dehumanization, imprisonment, and genocide of Jewish people."
Tlaib claimed in an interview in May that Palestinian Arabs living in the British Mandate prior to the establishment of the State of Israel "provided" a safe haven to Jews after the Holocaust.
Many Republicans condemned Tlaib's remarks, including President Donald Trump who accused her of anti-Semitism.
In addition, when asked in a past television interview whether she would vote against military aid to Israel when she goes to Congress, Tlaib replied "absolutely."
Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, another Muslim congresswoman who has caused uproars with anti-Israel remarks, are planning a visit to Israel in several weeks.
Israel's Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer said earlier this month that Israel will allow the two congresswomen to enter the country "out of respect for the US Congress and the great alliance between Israel and America."
6. NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT REACH FINAL AGREEMENT ON JOINT RUN
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The leaders of the United Right and New Right factions reached a final agreement Monday afternoon on a united list for the upcoming elections in September. The agreement was reached after hours of non-stop negotiations.
According to the outline published by the parties, the composition of the list will be as follows with the New Right receiving four of the top ten spots, and six going to the National Union and Jewish Home:
1. Ayelet Shaked (New Right)
2. Rabbi Rafi Peretz (United Right - Jewish Home)
3. Minister Bezalel Smotrich (United Right - National Union)
4. Naftali Bennett (New Right)
5. Moti Yogev (United Right - Jewish Home)
6. Ofir Sofer (United Right - National Union)
7. Matan Kahana (New Right)
8. Idit Silman (United Right - Jewish Home)
9. Roni Sassover (New Right)
10. Orit Strook (United Right - National Union)
11. New Right
12. New Right
13. United Right
14. United Right
15. New Right
16. United Right
17. New Right
18. United Right
19. New Right
20. United Right
The following principles were also agreed:
1. The faction will conduct the coalition negotiations with Prime Minister Netanyahu in order to bring about the establishment of a right-wing government under his leadership.
2. The integration of Otzma Yehudit and other right-wing parties will be done on the basis of reserved spots within the Likud, and in accordance with the demands of Itamar Ben-Gvir and later on in the agreement reached in the last elections.
3. The partners agree to work towards the the enactment of a 'Norwegian law' to allow ministers to resign from the Knesset to make room for other party members.
7. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
by AFP
Cyprus police Sunday released from detention seven Israelis and said the British teenager who accused them of gang rape would face court on suspicion of making a false allegation.
"All seven Israelis have been released, since 10:00 am," police spokesman Christos Andreou told AFP.
"The young woman will be taken to court tomorrow morning (Monday)," he added.
Earlier, a police source said the British teenager had been arrested.
"She is facing charges of giving a false statement over an imaginary offence," the police source told AFP.
Initially, the 19-year-old woman had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular Ayia Napa resort on July 17.
The young Israeli tourists were remanded in custody the next day. But hours before their second appearance in court five of them were released and sent home late on Thursday.
The remaining seven had their remand order renewed for another six days on Friday. None had been charged, and both hearings took place behind closed doors because some of the suspects were minors.
Ayia Napa is a magnet for younger tourists attracted by its party reputation and white sand beaches.
Britain is the island's biggest tourist market with around 1.3 million of its citizens travelling to Cyprus every year while nearby Israel is also becoming a key source of visitors.
8. SMOTRICH: 'THERE WERE ARGUMENTS; WE DID THE RIGHT THING'
by Yoni Kempinski
National Union Chairman Minister Betzalel Smotrich spoke with Arutz Sheva after signing the joint running agreement between the Right Parties Union and the New Right.
"The feeling is good, there's a lot of satisfaction; we worked hard and there were days and weeks of ups and downs, there were shouts and outbursts, but I think we did the right thing," Smotrich said.
He added that as part of the negotiations, all were required to make concessions. "I want to thank all the partners that everyone gave up and no one came out with all his demands; everyone understood that this connection and the ability to maximize the power on the Right of the Likud and prevent the loss of votes is the most important thing. We have tremendous responsibility on our shoulders; responsibility for the future of the State of Israel and responsibility for the continuation of the Right-leaning government."
Smotrich explained the values the list seeks to promote. "This Right is the Jewish identity of the State of Israel, Right is settlement, Right is security, Right is governance and democracy against tyranny. All these important values are at stake in the super-critical elections we face."
He says the union with the New Right is not the last connection to be made on the Right. "The connection we made now saved four seats to the Right, and that's not the end of the story. We're going to connect with Otzma Yehudit, and I say to them unequivocally: Make a brave decision that you want to enter and be a part of it. It will also require compromises from you, just as I compromised. The National Union closes every third place, so Otzma will also have to give up, but they'll certainly have a Knesset Member in the Knesset.
"I say to their voters: You're at a crossroads; you have to decide whether you want to continue fighting and shouting, and then one week you'll shout at Rabbi Rafi and he'll be your victim and the next week you'll attack me, and a week later you'll attack Ayelet Shaked. Decide whether you want to fight, attack, and insult, or if you want to get in and be a part," Smotrich added.
He concluded, "I think that for those who vote for Otzma, representation in the Knesset is coming, so that every large group will have a mouthpiece and a voice that will speak for them in the Knesset. I want them with a definite place in the next Knesset."
In the agreement between the parties, there is a clause stating that integrating Otzma Yehudit will be based on saved places in the Likud. Smotrich explains: "We take responsibility and make concessions, but the Likud, which is the ruling party and also the person headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, can and should get with us on this stretcher," Smotrich said.
"We cannot bear all responsibility. We want to avoid losing votes and to maximize achievement. I think the Likud must take Zehut under its wing. Moshe Feiglin was born and raised in the Likud and there's no reason in the world that Netanyahu shouldn't take Feiglin and prevent a half-seat or a seat from being thrown out. We took this step and everyone made big concessions. I'm convinced that in the end no one will lose because when we go together, everyone gets more."
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HEADLINES:
1. 'PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 100% TO BLAME FOR THE FAILURE OF OSLO'
2. HAREDI PARTIES AFRAID OF LOSING VOTES TO AYELET SHAKED?
3. JEWISH AGENCY: SIGNS POINT TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN MIAMI SHOOTING
4. TRAINS TO DITCH REQUIREMENT TO PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS?
5. PROGRESS IN TALKS BETWEEN NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT
6. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
7. RAFI PERETZ: AYELET SHAKED WILL LEAD RIGHT-WING ALLIANCE
8. AVNER NETANYAHU FILES HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST ATTORNEY
1. 'PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 100% TO BLAME FOR THE FAILURE OF OSLO'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
"The Palestinian Authority is 100% to blame for the failure of the Oslo Accords," said former Shabak (Shin Bet internal security agency) Director and Likud MK Avi Dichter to a packed Tel-Aviv audience Sunday night.
Dichter made his remarks at special conference organized by the Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu in collaboration with Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights on the topic of Israel's legal rights.
The former Shabak chief discussed the history of Israel's legal rights and the passage of the Nation-State Law, which after first being sponsored by Dichter in 2011 was finally passed by the Knesset in July 2018.
Avi Dichter (r) with Matan Peled (l) Kobi Dovraz
"There are no greater hypocrites than the Israeli Left," said Dichter about the Left's opposition to the law. "The Nation-State Law cements in law the Jewish People's national rights, but does not infringe on anyone else's civil rights."
The conference, which was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger who was murdered this past March in a terror attack, began with a talk from popular Israeli journalist Amit Segal.
Also present at the conference was Sheffi Paz, a social activist in South Tel-Aviv. Paz noted that while Israel has the legal rights to the land, the government has abandoned South Tel-Aviv and is unwilling to tackle the problems caused by the influx of thousands of illegal migrant workers.
Goldi Steiner, founder and co-chair of Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights, said that learning about Israel's rights is the key to combating false claims against Israel.
"There is only one way to counter the ever-growing accusations of apartheid, occupation, and all the lies propagated by anti-Israel organizations like IfNotNow and B'Tselem, and that is through education."
Matan Peleg, CEO of Im Tirtzu, noted that one cannot accurately evaluate the Arab-Israeli conflict without first understanding Israel's legal rights.
"When discussing the conflict, it is critical to first understand that the Jewish People have legal rights to the Land of Israel," said Peleg.
"This is precisely why we have teamed with Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights to educate students and the broader public about Israel's legal rights," added Peleg.
2. HAREDI PARTIES AFRAID OF LOSING VOTES TO AYELET SHAKED?
by Ben Shaul
An article published Monday morning in the haredi Hamevaser newspaper explained why haredim should avoid voting for the United Right list headed by Ayelet Shaked.
In his editorial, Hamevaser editor Binyamin Lipkin wrote: "The United Right declared itself yesterday, in a way which cannot be misinterpreted, that it cannot be under consideration for a haredi Jew who is careful about both light and severe issues, when he goes to the voting booth on Tuesday, Elul 17 (September 17)."
"A haredi Jew does not want and cannot give his vote to a party headed by a woman who does not keep Torah and mitzvot (G-d's commandments - ed.). Anyone who is enticed, G-d forbid, even to think of such a vote announces at that moment that he is not a haredi.
"The current joint list, other than the fact that it contributes to reducing the chance of unnecessarily losing votes and somewhat reducing the danger of not having a right-wing government, also includes a clear directional call to anyone who is not sure of himself and may go blindly after false wishes and promises."
Urging the haredi community to give its vote to a party which will "faithfully represent" its worldview, Lipkin added: "It is also worth remembering something else, for those who tend to forget it despite it being very basic. Perhaps due to the heavy heat and humidity which may fog the clarity of mind of some of those living in Israel: Preferring a party headed by a woman who has nothing to do with the observance of Torah and mitzvot because of her correct ideological stance on foreign affairs and security is like taking a delicious bite of a layer of butter while making a conscious decision to forego the bread."
3. JEWISH AGENCY: SIGNS POINT TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN MIAMI SHOOTING
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The shooting outside of a synagogue near North Miami Beach Sunday evening appears to have been an anti-Semitic attack targeting the Jewish house of worship, the Jewish Agency said Monday morning.
While police have yet to state a motive for the shooting which left one man wounded, Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog said that from all the information currently available, it does appear to be anti-Semitic in nature, singling out the synagogue.
Addressing students at Jewish schools in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is currently visiting, Herzog said that Jewish Agency representatives are in close contact with representatives of the community in Miami following the shooting, adding that he personally believes this is an anti-Semitic attack.
"Representatives of the Jewish Agency are in close contact with representatives of the community in Miami," said Herzog. "Personally, I'm convinced that this was an anti-Semitic incident."
The shooting occurred Sunday evening outside of the Young Israel of Greater Miami synagogue near North Miami Beach, when a gunman drove up near the synagogue and opened fire, wounding a 69-year-old man.
According to WPLG Local 10, the gunman circled the property in a black Chevy Impala, then stopped the car, exited the vehicle, and began shooting. The shooter remains at large.
The victim was shot at least six times in the leg, and was taken to Aventura Medical Center, and is in stable condition, according to Miami-Dade police.
The motive behind the shooting is not yet clear, but Miami-Dade Police Department detectives are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime, reported WPLG Local 10.
4. TRAINS TO DITCH REQUIREMENT TO PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel Railways will run a pilot program allowing passengers to board trains without purchasing tickets beforehand, instead paying via credit card at the entry and exit gates, Maariv reported.
Passage and charge through the gates will be via a special chip, EMV Contactless, which is incorporated into newer credit cards. Those passengers not part of the pilot program will be able to use their Rav Kav cards at the gates, in the same way they use other gates at the station.
The two-month pilot program is in cooperation with Isracard. In preparation for the pilot program, Israel Railways has installed "smart" entry and exit gates at several train stations, including: Tel Aviv Hahagana, Tel Aviv Hashalom, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Binyamina, Netanya, Rehovot, Lod, Yavneh East, and Modi'in Center. In the coming days, a smart gate will be installed in the train station in Be'er Yaakov as well.
During the pilot phase, the credit card will be charged daily for the purchase of a one-time ticket. Israel Railways plans to offer integrated purchases in the future, to allow purchases in accordance with the number of trips, and to suggest daily, weekly, or monthly passes. In addition, Israel Railways plans in the future to offer payment options in accordance with the traveler's profile, so that students and senior citizens can receive their relevant discounts.
Allowing passengers to pay via credit card at the boarding gate will especially help tourists, most of whom do not have a "Rav Kav" card, Maariv noted.
Quoting an Israel Railways statement, Maariv wrote: "Israel Railways invested many resources into integrating advanced technology to improve service and save time. Recently we carried out a successful pilot run which included automatic compensation in the case of delay, which is credited directly to the passenger's Rav Kav. In addition we now show how crowded the trains are both on our site and on our app, and also show how trains are moving in real time. In the coming months we will examine this pilot and based on the results we will decide whether to expand it to additional stations and to the general public."
5. PROGRESS IN TALKS BETWEEN NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT
by Ido Ben Porat
Leaders of the United Right and New Right parties continued negotiating the terms of their joint technical bloc into the night.
The sides reported that the meeting went well and that progress was made, but that they have not yet reached a final agreement.
The negotiating teams agreed to meet again in the morning to continue the negotiations.
On Sunday, United Right Chairman Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz agreed to move aside and allow New Right Chairwoman Ayelet Shaked to lead a joint right-wing technical bloc.
"I'm happy to announce that I spoke with Ayelet Shaked just minutes ago. We agreed that, out of a sense of national responsibility and concern for the formation of a right-wing government and the religious Zionist [sector], Ayelet will lead the United Right," he tweeted Sunday.
Polls have consistently shown that a joint list led by Shaked will bring significantly more votes.
Prior to Sunday night's meeting, Rabbi Peretz said: "We see the unity as something of utmost importance, and a right-wing government stands at the top of the priority list, together with the good of Religious Zionism. From this sense of national responsibility, , I decided that Ayelet will be in the top spot in the United Right, and we will figure out the details and get started together."
New Right leader Naftali Bennett said: "Only a large right-wing bloc led by Shaked will prevent a left-wing government. We will meet in another few minutes with Rabbi Rafi in order to create a large right-wing bloc with all the right-wing parties. We understand that we won't agree on everything, but in order to preserve a right-wing government we need a large bloc. I expect everyone will receive representation, we will honor everyone and we very much believe in this process."
Shaked joined the meeting later on, saying: "As you've seen and heard, we are headed towards unity. I believe in this and have been working on it for a while already. I believe that we will reach conclusions tonight, so that we can move to the second stage - trying to bring all the right-wing parties into a united right."
6. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
by AFP
Cyprus police Sunday released from detention seven Israelis and said the British teenager who accused them of gang rape would face court on suspicion of making a false allegation.
"All seven Israelis have been released, since 10:00 am," police spokesman Christos Andreou told AFP.
"The young woman will be taken to court tomorrow morning (Monday)," he added.
Earlier, a police source said the British teenager had been arrested.
"She is facing charges of giving a false statement over an imaginary offence," the police source told AFP.
Initially, the 19-year-old woman had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular Ayia Napa resort on July 17.
The young Israeli tourists were remanded in custody the next day. But hours before their second appearance in court five of them were released and sent home late on Thursday.
The remaining seven had their remand order renewed for another six days on Friday. None had been charged, and both hearings took place behind closed doors because some of the suspects were minors.
Ayia Napa is a magnet for younger tourists attracted by its party reputation and white sand beaches.
Britain is the island's biggest tourist market with around 1.3 million of its citizens travelling to Cyprus every year while nearby Israel is also becoming a key source of visitors.
7. RAFI PERETZ: AYELET SHAKED WILL LEAD RIGHT-WING ALLIANCE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
With just days to go until the deadline for filing Knesset lists for the September election, United Right chairman Rafi Peretz has agreed to step aside, allowing New Right chairwoman Ayelet Shaked to lead the joint ticket.
The two leaders spoke over the phone Sunday afternoon, ahead of a planned meeting Sunday evening.
During the call, Peretz said that he accepted the New Right's demand that Shaked, rather than himself, will lead a joint right-wing ticket.
"I'm happy to announce that I spoke with Ayelet Shaked just minutes ago," Peretz tweeted, "We agreed that, out of a sense of national responsibility and concern for the formation of a right-wing government and the religious Zionist [sector], Ayelet will lead the United Right."
"This evening we will meet to settle the details of a joint run, and then get it going."
Earlier on Sunday, former Education Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) said that the alliance between his party and the United Right would be a temporary one, and that the factions would likely split after the election.
"In elections, the only thing that matters is mandates. Seats are what later enable us to make [policy] based on our values."
"Immediately after the elections, we will function in the Knesset as an independent faction."
"A technical bloc is like when people get on the bus together, and when they get past the checkpoint, in other words the election, they then get off the bus and go their separate ways."
Bennett also said that in addition to the United Right, he was interested in bringing in Zehut to the joint right-wing ticket.
"I'm going to a meeting this evening in order to help move [the negotiations] along, and afterwards, we will try to bring in the Zehut party into the alliance as well, so that we'll have one large party."
8. AVNER NETANYAHU FILES HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST ATTORNEY
by Yehonatan Gottleib
Avner Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, filed a complaint on Sunday against attorney Barak Cohen for harassment and infringement of privacy.
Cohen, who regularly surprises politicians and public figures with insulting remarks, came to a restaurant where Avner Netanyahu was eating on Saturday night and began insulting him harshly.
He called out to him, among other things: "A family of thieves. Your father is a corrupt thief. Get out of here. You're the brother of a whore." On Sunday, Avner filed a complaint with the police.
"I filed a harassment complaint with the police today against Barak Cohen," Avner wrote on his Facebook page. "Time after time he follows me, comes to the places where I am and begins videoing me and insulting me. There's a way to conduct political arguments. Bullying and harassment of uninvolved civilians are unequivocally not the way."
Among Cohen's scorned list are among others, the prime minister's other son Yair Netanyahu, Miri Regev, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, Effi Naveh, and others.
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HEADLINES:
1. 'PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 100% TO BLAME FOR THE FAILURE OF OSLO'
2. HAREDI PARTIES AFRAID OF LOSING VOTES TO AYELET SHAKED?
3. JEWISH AGENCY: SIGNS POINT TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN MIAMI SHOOTING
4. TRAINS TO DITCH REQUIREMENT TO PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS?
5. PROGRESS IN TALKS BETWEEN NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT
6. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
7. RAFI PERETZ: AYELET SHAKED WILL LEAD RIGHT-WING ALLIANCE
8. AVNER NETANYAHU FILES HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST ATTORNEY
1. 'PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 100% TO BLAME FOR THE FAILURE OF OSLO'
by Arutz Sheva Staff
"The Palestinian Authority is 100% to blame for the failure of the Oslo Accords," said former Shabak (Shin Bet internal security agency) Director and Likud MK Avi Dichter to a packed Tel-Aviv audience Sunday night.
Dichter made his remarks at special conference organized by the Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu in collaboration with Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights on the topic of Israel's legal rights.
The former Shabak chief discussed the history of Israel's legal rights and the passage of the Nation-State Law, which after first being sponsored by Dichter in 2011 was finally passed by the Knesset in July 2018.
Avi Dichter (r) with Matan Peled (l) Kobi Dovraz
"There are no greater hypocrites than the Israeli Left," said Dichter about the Left's opposition to the law. "The Nation-State Law cements in law the Jewish People's national rights, but does not infringe on anyone else's civil rights."
The conference, which was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger who was murdered this past March in a terror attack, began with a talk from popular Israeli journalist Amit Segal.
Also present at the conference was Sheffi Paz, a social activist in South Tel-Aviv. Paz noted that while Israel has the legal rights to the land, the government has abandoned South Tel-Aviv and is unwilling to tackle the problems caused by the influx of thousands of illegal migrant workers.
Goldi Steiner, founder and co-chair of Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights, said that learning about Israel's rights is the key to combating false claims against Israel.
"There is only one way to counter the ever-growing accusations of apartheid, occupation, and all the lies propagated by anti-Israel organizations like IfNotNow and B'Tselem, and that is through education."
Matan Peleg, CEO of Im Tirtzu, noted that one cannot accurately evaluate the Arab-Israeli conflict without first understanding Israel's legal rights.
"When discussing the conflict, it is critical to first understand that the Jewish People have legal rights to the Land of Israel," said Peleg.
"This is precisely why we have teamed with Canadians for Israel's Legal Rights to educate students and the broader public about Israel's legal rights," added Peleg.
2. HAREDI PARTIES AFRAID OF LOSING VOTES TO AYELET SHAKED?
by Ben Shaul
An article published Monday morning in the haredi Hamevaser newspaper explained why haredim should avoid voting for the United Right list headed by Ayelet Shaked.
In his editorial, Hamevaser editor Binyamin Lipkin wrote: "The United Right declared itself yesterday, in a way which cannot be misinterpreted, that it cannot be under consideration for a haredi Jew who is careful about both light and severe issues, when he goes to the voting booth on Tuesday, Elul 17 (September 17)."
"A haredi Jew does not want and cannot give his vote to a party headed by a woman who does not keep Torah and mitzvot (G-d's commandments - ed.). Anyone who is enticed, G-d forbid, even to think of such a vote announces at that moment that he is not a haredi.
"The current joint list, other than the fact that it contributes to reducing the chance of unnecessarily losing votes and somewhat reducing the danger of not having a right-wing government, also includes a clear directional call to anyone who is not sure of himself and may go blindly after false wishes and promises."
Urging the haredi community to give its vote to a party which will "faithfully represent" its worldview, Lipkin added: "It is also worth remembering something else, for those who tend to forget it despite it being very basic. Perhaps due to the heavy heat and humidity which may fog the clarity of mind of some of those living in Israel: Preferring a party headed by a woman who has nothing to do with the observance of Torah and mitzvot because of her correct ideological stance on foreign affairs and security is like taking a delicious bite of a layer of butter while making a conscious decision to forego the bread."
3. JEWISH AGENCY: SIGNS POINT TO ANTI-SEMITISM IN MIAMI SHOOTING
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The shooting outside of a synagogue near North Miami Beach Sunday evening appears to have been an anti-Semitic attack targeting the Jewish house of worship, the Jewish Agency said Monday morning.
While police have yet to state a motive for the shooting which left one man wounded, Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog said that from all the information currently available, it does appear to be anti-Semitic in nature, singling out the synagogue.
Addressing students at Jewish schools in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he is currently visiting, Herzog said that Jewish Agency representatives are in close contact with representatives of the community in Miami following the shooting, adding that he personally believes this is an anti-Semitic attack.
"Representatives of the Jewish Agency are in close contact with representatives of the community in Miami," said Herzog. "Personally, I'm convinced that this was an anti-Semitic incident."
The shooting occurred Sunday evening outside of the Young Israel of Greater Miami synagogue near North Miami Beach, when a gunman drove up near the synagogue and opened fire, wounding a 69-year-old man.
According to WPLG Local 10, the gunman circled the property in a black Chevy Impala, then stopped the car, exited the vehicle, and began shooting. The shooter remains at large.
The victim was shot at least six times in the leg, and was taken to Aventura Medical Center, and is in stable condition, according to Miami-Dade police.
The motive behind the shooting is not yet clear, but Miami-Dade Police Department detectives are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime, reported WPLG Local 10.
4. TRAINS TO DITCH REQUIREMENT TO PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS?
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Israel Railways will run a pilot program allowing passengers to board trains without purchasing tickets beforehand, instead paying via credit card at the entry and exit gates, Maariv reported.
Passage and charge through the gates will be via a special chip, EMV Contactless, which is incorporated into newer credit cards. Those passengers not part of the pilot program will be able to use their Rav Kav cards at the gates, in the same way they use other gates at the station.
The two-month pilot program is in cooperation with Isracard. In preparation for the pilot program, Israel Railways has installed "smart" entry and exit gates at several train stations, including: Tel Aviv Hahagana, Tel Aviv Hashalom, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Binyamina, Netanya, Rehovot, Lod, Yavneh East, and Modi'in Center. In the coming days, a smart gate will be installed in the train station in Be'er Yaakov as well.
During the pilot phase, the credit card will be charged daily for the purchase of a one-time ticket. Israel Railways plans to offer integrated purchases in the future, to allow purchases in accordance with the number of trips, and to suggest daily, weekly, or monthly passes. In addition, Israel Railways plans in the future to offer payment options in accordance with the traveler's profile, so that students and senior citizens can receive their relevant discounts.
Allowing passengers to pay via credit card at the boarding gate will especially help tourists, most of whom do not have a "Rav Kav" card, Maariv noted.
Quoting an Israel Railways statement, Maariv wrote: "Israel Railways invested many resources into integrating advanced technology to improve service and save time. Recently we carried out a successful pilot run which included automatic compensation in the case of delay, which is credited directly to the passenger's Rav Kav. In addition we now show how crowded the trains are both on our site and on our app, and also show how trains are moving in real time. In the coming months we will examine this pilot and based on the results we will decide whether to expand it to additional stations and to the general public."
5. PROGRESS IN TALKS BETWEEN NEW RIGHT, UNITED RIGHT
by Ido Ben Porat
Leaders of the United Right and New Right parties continued negotiating the terms of their joint technical bloc into the night.
The sides reported that the meeting went well and that progress was made, but that they have not yet reached a final agreement.
The negotiating teams agreed to meet again in the morning to continue the negotiations.
On Sunday, United Right Chairman Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz agreed to move aside and allow New Right Chairwoman Ayelet Shaked to lead a joint right-wing technical bloc.
"I'm happy to announce that I spoke with Ayelet Shaked just minutes ago. We agreed that, out of a sense of national responsibility and concern for the formation of a right-wing government and the religious Zionist [sector], Ayelet will lead the United Right," he tweeted Sunday.
Polls have consistently shown that a joint list led by Shaked will bring significantly more votes.
Prior to Sunday night's meeting, Rabbi Peretz said: "We see the unity as something of utmost importance, and a right-wing government stands at the top of the priority list, together with the good of Religious Zionism. From this sense of national responsibility, , I decided that Ayelet will be in the top spot in the United Right, and we will figure out the details and get started together."
New Right leader Naftali Bennett said: "Only a large right-wing bloc led by Shaked will prevent a left-wing government. We will meet in another few minutes with Rabbi Rafi in order to create a large right-wing bloc with all the right-wing parties. We understand that we won't agree on everything, but in order to preserve a right-wing government we need a large bloc. I expect everyone will receive representation, we will honor everyone and we very much believe in this process."
Shaked joined the meeting later on, saying: "As you've seen and heard, we are headed towards unity. I believe in this and have been working on it for a while already. I believe that we will reach conclusions tonight, so that we can move to the second stage - trying to bring all the right-wing parties into a united right."
6. ALL ISRAELI YOUTHS DETAINED IN CYPRUS RELEASED
by AFP
Cyprus police Sunday released from detention seven Israelis and said the British teenager who accused them of gang rape would face court on suspicion of making a false allegation.
"All seven Israelis have been released, since 10:00 am," police spokesman Christos Andreou told AFP.
"The young woman will be taken to court tomorrow morning (Monday)," he added.
Earlier, a police source said the British teenager had been arrested.
"She is facing charges of giving a false statement over an imaginary offence," the police source told AFP.
Initially, the 19-year-old woman had alleged that 12 Israelis gang raped her at the hotel where she was staying in the popular Ayia Napa resort on July 17.
The young Israeli tourists were remanded in custody the next day. But hours before their second appearance in court five of them were released and sent home late on Thursday.
The remaining seven had their remand order renewed for another six days on Friday. None had been charged, and both hearings took place behind closed doors because some of the suspects were minors.
Ayia Napa is a magnet for younger tourists attracted by its party reputation and white sand beaches.
Britain is the island's biggest tourist market with around 1.3 million of its citizens travelling to Cyprus every year while nearby Israel is also becoming a key source of visitors.
7. RAFI PERETZ: AYELET SHAKED WILL LEAD RIGHT-WING ALLIANCE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
With just days to go until the deadline for filing Knesset lists for the September election, United Right chairman Rafi Peretz has agreed to step aside, allowing New Right chairwoman Ayelet Shaked to lead the joint ticket.
The two leaders spoke over the phone Sunday afternoon, ahead of a planned meeting Sunday evening.
During the call, Peretz said that he accepted the New Right's demand that Shaked, rather than himself, will lead a joint right-wing ticket.
"I'm happy to announce that I spoke with Ayelet Shaked just minutes ago," Peretz tweeted, "We agreed that, out of a sense of national responsibility and concern for the formation of a right-wing government and the religious Zionist [sector], Ayelet will lead the United Right."
"This evening we will meet to settle the details of a joint run, and then get it going."
Earlier on Sunday, former Education Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) said that the alliance between his party and the United Right would be a temporary one, and that the factions would likely split after the election.
"In elections, the only thing that matters is mandates. Seats are what later enable us to make [policy] based on our values."
"Immediately after the elections, we will function in the Knesset as an independent faction."
"A technical bloc is like when people get on the bus together, and when they get past the checkpoint, in other words the election, they then get off the bus and go their separate ways."
Bennett also said that in addition to the United Right, he was interested in bringing in Zehut to the joint right-wing ticket.
"I'm going to a meeting this evening in order to help move [the negotiations] along, and afterwards, we will try to bring in the Zehut party into the alliance as well, so that we'll have one large party."
8. AVNER NETANYAHU FILES HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AGAINST ATTORNEY
by Yehonatan Gottleib
Avner Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, filed a complaint on Sunday against attorney Barak Cohen for harassment and infringement of privacy.
Cohen, who regularly surprises politicians and public figures with insulting remarks, came to a restaurant where Avner Netanyahu was eating on Saturday night and began insulting him harshly.
He called out to him, among other things: "A family of thieves. Your father is a corrupt thief. Get out of here. You're the brother of a whore." On Sunday, Avner filed a complaint with the police.
"I filed a harassment complaint with the police today against Barak Cohen," Avner wrote on his Facebook page. "Time after time he follows me, comes to the places where I am and begins videoing me and insulting me. There's a way to conduct political arguments. Bullying and harassment of uninvolved civilians are unequivocally not the way."
Among Cohen's scorned list are among others, the prime minister's other son Yair Netanyahu, Miri Regev, Rabbi Rafi Peretz, Effi Naveh, and others.
Friday, July 26, 2019
A7News: Poll: Union of right-wing parties would receive 15 seats
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HEADLINES:
1. POLL: UNION OF RIGHT-WING PARTIES WOULD RECEIVE 15 SEATS
2. WHO IS BEHIND MURDER OF TWO ISRAELIS IN MEXICO?
3. SMOTRICH: ZERO CHANCE UNITED RIGHT WON'T JOIN NEW RIGHT
4. IS RESISTANCE TO ALIYAH TIED TO DENIAL OF ONE'S JEWISH IDENTITY?
5. LIBERMAN: WE WON'T BACK FORMATION OF A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
6. 6-YEAR-OLD STABBED IN PLAYGROUND
7. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
8. BERNIE MADOFF ASKS TRUMP TO COMMUTE HIS 150-YEAR SENTENCE
1. POLL: UNION OF RIGHT-WING PARTIES WOULD RECEIVE 15 SEATS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A survey conducted by the Kantar Institute for News 11 examined the possibility of unification between the right-wing parties.
According to the data, the unification of the New Right and the United Right would result in a joint list that would receive 15 Knesset seats and the unification of the Democratic Israel and Labor parties would result in a list that would receive 14 seats.
In such a situation, the Likud and Blue and White parties would receive 29 seats each, the joint list 10, Yisrael Beyteinu 8, United Torah Judaism 8 and Shas 7.
The right, without Yisrael Beyteinu, would receive 59 seats in total, just below the majority needed to form a coalition. The left-wing and Arab parties would receive a combined 53 seats.
The poll found that if the right-wing parties do not merge, the Likud and Blue and White parties would win 30 seats, followed by the joint list with 10 seats, Yisrael Beyteinu with 9 and the New Right with 9 seats.
The Democratic Israel Party would receive 8 seats, United Torah Judaism 8, Shas 7, Labor and Gesher 5, and the United Right would receive 4 seats.
The Zehut party remains below the electoral threshold.
The right would receive a total of 54 seats without Yisrael Beyteinu, while the left-wing and Arab parties would receive a combined 53 seats.
2. WHO IS BEHIND MURDER OF TWO ISRAELIS IN MEXICO?
by Sara Rubenstein
The suspect in the murder of two Israeli criminals in Mexico City on Thursday admitted to the murders but didn't reveal that there was a second person involved in the shooting. Footage of the incident from security cameras revealed that another assassin was involved, who has not yet been apprehended by the police.
Two Israeli criminals who have been identified as Alon Azulay and Ben Sotchi were shot to death while eating in a café in a Mexico City shopping center. Following the murders, a female was arrested by security guards, who originally told the police that she murdered the Israelis due to "betrayal and desire," i.e. that she was romantically involved with one of the men and he betrayed her.
However, the police were skeptical of her story and she later admitted to the police that she was paid 5,000 pesos (about NIS 1,000) for the murders. Mexican media outlets published footage of the incident from the café's security cameras, which showed the second assassin - a male - hiding his gun in a napkin prior to shooting the two men.
One of the Israelis died immediately and the other one succumbed to his wounds after he was transported to a hospital.
Prior to the shooting, two men distracted the security guards, which reinforced the police's belief that the murders were committed on the orders of a criminal organization, according to a report on Ynet on Friday. The two men opened fire outside the café and forced a policeman to lie on the ground. One of the men grabbed the policeman's gun, fired in the air, and then joined the other man who had meanwhile entered a car.
According to the Mexican authorities, the aim of the operation was to distract the security guards from witnessing the murder of the two criminals - which took place minutes later.
3. SMOTRICH: ZERO CHANCE UNITED RIGHT WON'T JOIN NEW RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Transportation Minister and National Union chairman Bezalel Smotrich denied reports that the Union of Right-Wing Parties will merge with Otzma Yehudit rather than the New Right on the urging of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Kan News journalist Ze'ev Kam reported on Thursday that "senior right-wing officials in the Union of Right-Wing Parties claim that Netanyahu promised Peretz and Smotrich a generous plan in exchange for a merger with Otzma Yehudit without the New Right. The two would remain the education and transportation ministers, both will be in the cabinet, and Ben-Gvir will receive a position such as deputy minister or chairman of a committee."
Smotrich responded to Kam's report on Twitter on Friday morning, writing, "Hello Ze'ev. I would be happy to know who these senior officials are? Of course, I'm not a senior official so maybe it doesn't count, but I'm not familiar with this."
"There's no way in the world that we won't join together with the New Right. This would be an irresponsible risk to the state of Israel and I'm convinced that both Netanyahu and our partners in Jewish Home understand this, as well as the New Right," Smotrich concluded.
According to a Kan News poll published on Thursday night, the Likud and Blue and White would each lose one seat if the right-wing parties unite under the leadership of Ayelet Shaked, with Likud winning 29 seats. The entire right-wing bloc to the right of the Likud would receive 15 seats, which is two more seats than if each party would run separately.
One of the mandates comes at Liberman's expense, with Yisrael Beyteinu falling to eight seats. The left-wing bloc would receive 14 Knesset seats according to the poll, but at the expense of Blue and White. If the mergers indeed happen, the right-wing bloc will rise to 59 seats, compared to 53 for the left-wing bloc.
4. IS RESISTANCE TO ALIYAH TIED TO DENIAL OF ONE'S JEWISH IDENTITY?
by Dr. Sam Minskoff
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Dr. Sam Minskoff, a member of the Aliyah Team at Arutz Sheva, Talks about resistance to Aliyah as depriving the very soul of its' vital existence and prosperity by cutting off the precious oxygen of Kiddusha (Holiness) that is in The Land of Israel from the souls 'lungs'.
Dr Minskoff discusses that this state of affairs is extremely damaging to those Jews whether or not they are aware of it.
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5. LIBERMAN: WE WON'T BACK FORMATION OF A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Former Defense Minister and Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avidgor Liberman said Friday that his party would not support a right-wing government, condemning the Likud party for ruling out a unity government with the center-left Blue and White party.
"The cat is out of the bag," Liberman said, after a Likud internal party memo was published by Israel Hayom Friday morning, telling party officials not to speak in favor of a unity government.
"Netanyahu…made the headlines this morning with his declaration that he will not form a unity government. The assumption is that he will be able to form a narrow Netanyahu-led government with the support of Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Rabbi Peretz, Deri, and Litzman, who are pushing for a theocratic state," Liberman continued, alluding to reports Thursday that Netanyahu has offered two ministries to the United Right, and a senior position to Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir, if the United Right allies itself with Otzma Yehudit – and not the New Right.
Liberman recommended Netanyahu as premier to President Rivlin after the April 9th election, only to refuse to join a new Netanyahu-led government unless it agreed to pass his haredi draft bill.
Since then, the former Defense Minister has accused Netanyahu of allowing haredi and right-wing lawmakers to turn Israel into a theocratic state based on traditional Jewish law (Halacha), rather than civil law.
"On the 17th of September," Liberman continued Friday, "every Israeli citizen will need to ask himself one question: What kind of state do I want to live in: A Jewish state, or a theocratic (halachic) state in which a crazy group of rabbis will impose religious coercion, will extort the government, and force upon us a way of life based on the rules set in the time of King David and King Saul? A narrow government would be a great misfortune, and we won't enable it."
6. 6-YEAR-OLD STABBED IN PLAYGROUND
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A six-year-old boy was stabbed in a playground in Rehovot Thursday. He was evacuated to the Kaplan Hospital in the city for medical treatment. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.
MDA paramedic Alexander Shary said: "When we arrived, we saw the boy sitting on a bench in the park with his hand wrapped in a shirt that the passersby had put on. We performed a medical examination and bandaged the wound with a sterile bandage and evacuated the child accompanied by a family member to the hospital where his condition was listed as mild to moderate."
The Israel police released a statement saying: "The police received a report about a 6-year-old boy who was allegedly injured as a result of stabbing in the HaMeginim Garden in Rehovot. The situation is under investigation and the child is in moderate condition."
Last night, a nine-year-old girl was wounded in the back by a stray gunshot in the city of Lod. She was evacuated to the hospital in moderate condition.
7. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
by Elad Benari
The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's demolition of illegal Palestinian Arab homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats told Reuters.
Israeli forces on Monday morning sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa had circulated a five-paragraph draft statement, seen by Reuters, to the 15-member Security Council on Tuesday that expressed grave concern and warned that the demolition "undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for just and lasting peace."
Such statements have to be agreed by consensus and on Wednesday the United States told its council counterparts it could not support the text, diplomats said.
A revised three paragraph draft statement was circulated, but the United States again said it did not agree with the text, added the diplomats.
The move was condemned on Monday by the European Union, which said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
On Tuesday, Britain and Germany added their voices to the condemnation of Israel, saying the destruction was "particularly egregious".
The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, accused Israel of carrying out a massacre and called on the international community "to intervene immediately and bring an end to Israeli aggression."
8. BERNIE MADOFF ASKS TRUMP TO COMMUTE HIS 150-YEAR SENTENCE
by Marcy Oster/JTA
Bernie Madoff has asked President Donald Trump to commute his sentence.
Madoff, 81, filled a request with the Justice Department between one and three months ago, The Hill reported.
The Justice Department's website lists the request as "pending," and says it is updated to July 1. The request is for clemency, not a pardon.
Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence in federal prison in Butner, North Carolina for his $19 billion Ponzi scheme, which began in the early 1970s and lasted until his arrest in 2008. He pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges related to money laundering, perjury, and falsifying financial documents.
The uncovering of the Ponzi scheme revealed the tens of billions of dollars in fake profit that victims believed they had earned through Madoff. Many prominent Jewish nonprofits also suffered big losses, with Yeshiva University taking a $140 million hit, Hadassah $90 million and Elie Wiesel's foundation losing $15 million.
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HEADLINES:
1. POLL: UNION OF RIGHT-WING PARTIES WOULD RECEIVE 15 SEATS
2. WHO IS BEHIND MURDER OF TWO ISRAELIS IN MEXICO?
3. SMOTRICH: ZERO CHANCE UNITED RIGHT WON'T JOIN NEW RIGHT
4. IS RESISTANCE TO ALIYAH TIED TO DENIAL OF ONE'S JEWISH IDENTITY?
5. LIBERMAN: WE WON'T BACK FORMATION OF A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
6. 6-YEAR-OLD STABBED IN PLAYGROUND
7. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
8. BERNIE MADOFF ASKS TRUMP TO COMMUTE HIS 150-YEAR SENTENCE
1. POLL: UNION OF RIGHT-WING PARTIES WOULD RECEIVE 15 SEATS
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A survey conducted by the Kantar Institute for News 11 examined the possibility of unification between the right-wing parties.
According to the data, the unification of the New Right and the United Right would result in a joint list that would receive 15 Knesset seats and the unification of the Democratic Israel and Labor parties would result in a list that would receive 14 seats.
In such a situation, the Likud and Blue and White parties would receive 29 seats each, the joint list 10, Yisrael Beyteinu 8, United Torah Judaism 8 and Shas 7.
The right, without Yisrael Beyteinu, would receive 59 seats in total, just below the majority needed to form a coalition. The left-wing and Arab parties would receive a combined 53 seats.
The poll found that if the right-wing parties do not merge, the Likud and Blue and White parties would win 30 seats, followed by the joint list with 10 seats, Yisrael Beyteinu with 9 and the New Right with 9 seats.
The Democratic Israel Party would receive 8 seats, United Torah Judaism 8, Shas 7, Labor and Gesher 5, and the United Right would receive 4 seats.
The Zehut party remains below the electoral threshold.
The right would receive a total of 54 seats without Yisrael Beyteinu, while the left-wing and Arab parties would receive a combined 53 seats.
2. WHO IS BEHIND MURDER OF TWO ISRAELIS IN MEXICO?
by Sara Rubenstein
The suspect in the murder of two Israeli criminals in Mexico City on Thursday admitted to the murders but didn't reveal that there was a second person involved in the shooting. Footage of the incident from security cameras revealed that another assassin was involved, who has not yet been apprehended by the police.
Two Israeli criminals who have been identified as Alon Azulay and Ben Sotchi were shot to death while eating in a café in a Mexico City shopping center. Following the murders, a female was arrested by security guards, who originally told the police that she murdered the Israelis due to "betrayal and desire," i.e. that she was romantically involved with one of the men and he betrayed her.
However, the police were skeptical of her story and she later admitted to the police that she was paid 5,000 pesos (about NIS 1,000) for the murders. Mexican media outlets published footage of the incident from the café's security cameras, which showed the second assassin - a male - hiding his gun in a napkin prior to shooting the two men.
One of the Israelis died immediately and the other one succumbed to his wounds after he was transported to a hospital.
Prior to the shooting, two men distracted the security guards, which reinforced the police's belief that the murders were committed on the orders of a criminal organization, according to a report on Ynet on Friday. The two men opened fire outside the café and forced a policeman to lie on the ground. One of the men grabbed the policeman's gun, fired in the air, and then joined the other man who had meanwhile entered a car.
According to the Mexican authorities, the aim of the operation was to distract the security guards from witnessing the murder of the two criminals - which took place minutes later.
3. SMOTRICH: ZERO CHANCE UNITED RIGHT WON'T JOIN NEW RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Transportation Minister and National Union chairman Bezalel Smotrich denied reports that the Union of Right-Wing Parties will merge with Otzma Yehudit rather than the New Right on the urging of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Kan News journalist Ze'ev Kam reported on Thursday that "senior right-wing officials in the Union of Right-Wing Parties claim that Netanyahu promised Peretz and Smotrich a generous plan in exchange for a merger with Otzma Yehudit without the New Right. The two would remain the education and transportation ministers, both will be in the cabinet, and Ben-Gvir will receive a position such as deputy minister or chairman of a committee."
Smotrich responded to Kam's report on Twitter on Friday morning, writing, "Hello Ze'ev. I would be happy to know who these senior officials are? Of course, I'm not a senior official so maybe it doesn't count, but I'm not familiar with this."
"There's no way in the world that we won't join together with the New Right. This would be an irresponsible risk to the state of Israel and I'm convinced that both Netanyahu and our partners in Jewish Home understand this, as well as the New Right," Smotrich concluded.
According to a Kan News poll published on Thursday night, the Likud and Blue and White would each lose one seat if the right-wing parties unite under the leadership of Ayelet Shaked, with Likud winning 29 seats. The entire right-wing bloc to the right of the Likud would receive 15 seats, which is two more seats than if each party would run separately.
One of the mandates comes at Liberman's expense, with Yisrael Beyteinu falling to eight seats. The left-wing bloc would receive 14 Knesset seats according to the poll, but at the expense of Blue and White. If the mergers indeed happen, the right-wing bloc will rise to 59 seats, compared to 53 for the left-wing bloc.
4. IS RESISTANCE TO ALIYAH TIED TO DENIAL OF ONE'S JEWISH IDENTITY?
by Dr. Sam Minskoff
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Dr. Sam Minskoff, a member of the Aliyah Team at Arutz Sheva, Talks about resistance to Aliyah as depriving the very soul of its' vital existence and prosperity by cutting off the precious oxygen of Kiddusha (Holiness) that is in The Land of Israel from the souls 'lungs'.
Dr Minskoff discusses that this state of affairs is extremely damaging to those Jews whether or not they are aware of it.
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5. LIBERMAN: WE WON'T BACK FORMATION OF A RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Former Defense Minister and Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avidgor Liberman said Friday that his party would not support a right-wing government, condemning the Likud party for ruling out a unity government with the center-left Blue and White party.
"The cat is out of the bag," Liberman said, after a Likud internal party memo was published by Israel Hayom Friday morning, telling party officials not to speak in favor of a unity government.
"Netanyahu…made the headlines this morning with his declaration that he will not form a unity government. The assumption is that he will be able to form a narrow Netanyahu-led government with the support of Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Rabbi Peretz, Deri, and Litzman, who are pushing for a theocratic state," Liberman continued, alluding to reports Thursday that Netanyahu has offered two ministries to the United Right, and a senior position to Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir, if the United Right allies itself with Otzma Yehudit – and not the New Right.
Liberman recommended Netanyahu as premier to President Rivlin after the April 9th election, only to refuse to join a new Netanyahu-led government unless it agreed to pass his haredi draft bill.
Since then, the former Defense Minister has accused Netanyahu of allowing haredi and right-wing lawmakers to turn Israel into a theocratic state based on traditional Jewish law (Halacha), rather than civil law.
"On the 17th of September," Liberman continued Friday, "every Israeli citizen will need to ask himself one question: What kind of state do I want to live in: A Jewish state, or a theocratic (halachic) state in which a crazy group of rabbis will impose religious coercion, will extort the government, and force upon us a way of life based on the rules set in the time of King David and King Saul? A narrow government would be a great misfortune, and we won't enable it."
6. 6-YEAR-OLD STABBED IN PLAYGROUND
by Arutz Sheva Staff
A six-year-old boy was stabbed in a playground in Rehovot Thursday. He was evacuated to the Kaplan Hospital in the city for medical treatment. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.
MDA paramedic Alexander Shary said: "When we arrived, we saw the boy sitting on a bench in the park with his hand wrapped in a shirt that the passersby had put on. We performed a medical examination and bandaged the wound with a sterile bandage and evacuated the child accompanied by a family member to the hospital where his condition was listed as mild to moderate."
The Israel police released a statement saying: "The police received a report about a 6-year-old boy who was allegedly injured as a result of stabbing in the HaMeginim Garden in Rehovot. The situation is under investigation and the child is in moderate condition."
Last night, a nine-year-old girl was wounded in the back by a stray gunshot in the city of Lod. She was evacuated to the hospital in moderate condition.
7. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
by Elad Benari
The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's demolition of illegal Palestinian Arab homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats told Reuters.
Israeli forces on Monday morning sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa had circulated a five-paragraph draft statement, seen by Reuters, to the 15-member Security Council on Tuesday that expressed grave concern and warned that the demolition "undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for just and lasting peace."
Such statements have to be agreed by consensus and on Wednesday the United States told its council counterparts it could not support the text, diplomats said.
A revised three paragraph draft statement was circulated, but the United States again said it did not agree with the text, added the diplomats.
The move was condemned on Monday by the European Union, which said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
On Tuesday, Britain and Germany added their voices to the condemnation of Israel, saying the destruction was "particularly egregious".
The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, accused Israel of carrying out a massacre and called on the international community "to intervene immediately and bring an end to Israeli aggression."
8. BERNIE MADOFF ASKS TRUMP TO COMMUTE HIS 150-YEAR SENTENCE
by Marcy Oster/JTA
Bernie Madoff has asked President Donald Trump to commute his sentence.
Madoff, 81, filled a request with the Justice Department between one and three months ago, The Hill reported.
The Justice Department's website lists the request as "pending," and says it is updated to July 1. The request is for clemency, not a pardon.
Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence in federal prison in Butner, North Carolina for his $19 billion Ponzi scheme, which began in the early 1970s and lasted until his arrest in 2008. He pleaded guilty to 11 felony charges related to money laundering, perjury, and falsifying financial documents.
The uncovering of the Ponzi scheme revealed the tens of billions of dollars in fake profit that victims believed they had earned through Madoff. Many prominent Jewish nonprofits also suffered big losses, with Yeshiva University taking a $140 million hit, Hadassah $90 million and Elie Wiesel's foundation losing $15 million.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
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1. 'UNITY IS ORDER OF THE DAY; WE MADE COMPROMISE'
2. MEET THE NEW CLASS OF THE IDF'S ELITE SUBMARINE UNIT
3. NO SECULARS OR WOMEN
4. NETANYAHU STRATEGY TO OBSTRUCT NEW RIGHT
5. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
6. SYRIA CLAIMS ISRAEL ATTACKED WEAPONS WAREHOUSE
7. AMB. DANON REVEALS NEW INTELLIGENCE ON HEZBOLLAH SMUGGLING AT UN
8. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
1. 'UNITY IS ORDER OF THE DAY; WE MADE COMPROMISE'
by Yoni Kempinski
Former Justice Minister and New Right Party Chairwoman Ayelet Shaked today issued a statement outside her Tel Aviv home, referring to the stalled negotiations over a union on the Right.
"Unity on the Right is the order of the day; the public won't forgive those who won't allow it. We understand that, we compromised on the demand for equal division of seats on the list ('the zipper method')," Shaked declared at the outset.
"The ball is now in the hands of the United Right. I call on them to accept the proposal and come together as soon as possible," she added.
"It's urgent because I intend, if this union is possible, to continue carrying out additional unions of all the right-wing parties and to establish a kind of right-wing bloc - a large Republican party - with a wide range of views to the right of the Likud."
In response to a question about a possible union with the Otzma Yehudit Party, Shaked said, "I see Otzma as part of the great union and also the Zehut Party. My goal is to establish a large bloc of the entire ideological Right."
Regarding the Left, Shaked answered, "As I said, I don't intervene in how the Left divides up its votes; the connections on the Left are their business only, they'll do what they think is right for them. Our goal on the Right is for no vote to be lost and to succeed in forming a government with at least 61 seats."
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3. NO SECULARS OR WOMEN
by Ofra Locks
Within a day and a half, the Noam Party managed to raise NIS 1.5 million in an aggressive mass-funding campaign. During the campaign, Hebrew Weekly Besheva sat down with the founders of the party for a first interview.
"People put their hands deeply into their pockets, parents and grandparents; people who understand that this is essential," says Rabbi Dror Aryeh, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Sderot yeshiva, one of the founders of Hazon and one of the Noam Party founders. Next to him are IDF reserves combat navigator and Kfar Adumim resident Yigal Canaan, who works in tourism, and Jerusalem high-tech businessman Ariel Shahar. The three of them, and Migron Rabbi Itai Halevi are registered as party founders.
The party that they established is catching on. They found it difficult to find actors for the Party's video that seeks to illustrate the gender disorientation revolution taking place. Rabbi Aryeh was cut from a broadcast when he presented the results of a study that reflected the increase in the suicide and drug abuse of children raised by same-gender couples. "They called me primitive [chashuch - lit. 'dark']."
Rabbi Aryeh explains that the party will in any case run in the elections, "unequivocally, we are running until the end; we're not a gimmick, and we don't want to get everyone into some kind of spin. We bought a party, we have an accountant, we raised donations; this isn't a game." However, he does not rule out political connections with "anyone who is loyal to our basic triangle of integrity - the People of Israel, the Land of Israel, according to the Torah of Israel." In particular, "Jewish Home, National Union, Otzma Yehudit, and Agudat Yisrael."
What about the New Right?
"Of course not; can I cooperate with someone who is in favor of Reform conversion and the Western Wall plan?"
Canaan: "The New Right is the reason we formed; we are the counter to the New Right."
The founders talk of contacts in all directions. But they do not elaborate. Currently, the list, with its representatives, is not closed. It will be closed by next Wednesday-Thursday, in time for submitting lists.
You talk about appealing to the secular public. Will there be seculars on the list?
Rabbi Aryeh: "There will be no seculars, because holiness is a prerequisite to public policy. That's what's become clear today. That in order to hold onto the simple things, one must learn Torah."
And will there be women?
The three were slightly surprised by the question. Shahar: "Women have tremendous leadership capability; our wives are the true leaders. I'm here because my wife agreed. In short, 'one's wife is like one's own person', and if a woman is somewhere, it's as if her husband is there, and if a man is somewhere, it's as if his wife is there."
The interview will be published in Hebrew in full in the weekend newspaper Besheva
4. NETANYAHU STRATEGY TO OBSTRUCT NEW RIGHT
by Mordechai Sones
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday with Jewish Home Party head Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz, and discussed with him efforts to build a Right-leaning coalition.
According to Reshet Bet, Netanyahu exerted pressure on Peretz to sign an agreement with the Otzma Yehudit Party, and in effect to re-establish the United Right list.
The aim of the move is to block the unification of Jewish Home/National Union with the New Right list led by Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett.
The report said that during the meeting between Netanyahu and Rabbi Peretz, the two also spoke on the phone with National Union Chairman and Transportation Minister Betzalel Smotrich.
The Likud Spokesman issued a statement claiming that "Prime Minister Netanyahu does not distribute ministers' roles to anyone and doesn't interfere with unification on the Right. Anyone who wants a Right-leaning government headed by Netanyahu must vote only for one big Likud."
Sources on the Right estimate this morning that Netanyahu's pressure on Peretz and Smotrich over the past few days is part of a desperate containment strategy to which he is committed to prevent Shaked and Bennett from returning to the Knesset.
Ben Gvir, Netanyahu
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5. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
by Elad Benari
The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's demolition of illegal Palestinian Arab homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats told Reuters.
Israeli forces on Monday morning sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa had circulated a five-paragraph draft statement, seen by Reuters, to the 15-member Security Council on Tuesday that expressed grave concern and warned that the demolition "undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for just and lasting peace."
Such statements have to be agreed by consensus and on Wednesday the United States told its council counterparts it could not support the text, diplomats said.
A revised three paragraph draft statement was circulated, but the United States again said it did not agree with the text, added the diplomats.
The move was condemned on Monday by the European Union, which said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
On Tuesday, Britain and Germany added their voices to the condemnation of Israel, saying the destruction was "particularly egregious".
The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, accused Israel of carrying out a massacre and called on the international community "to intervene immediately and bring an end to Israeli aggression."
6. SYRIA CLAIMS ISRAEL ATTACKED WEAPONS WAREHOUSE
by Elad Benari
The Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday night that Israel attacked several targets in the Deraa and Kuneitra regions of Syria.
According to the report, the attacks were directed against a weapons depot used by Iranian militias.
Western intelligence sources quoted by Reuters said the strike was directed on Tel Haraa, a strategically located area in southern Deraa province overlooking the Golan Heights. It was for many years a major Russian military radar outpost until rebels took it over in 2014 before it was again recaptured by the Syrian army last year.
It was also reported that several people were killed and injured when a missile exploded in a base in the rural area of Kuneitra.
Earlier this month, Syria accused Israel of carrying out an air strike on its territory. According to the Syrian media, the attack was a combined attack by Israeli fighter jets and navy ships in which missiles were fired at military targets in the capital Damascus and in the city of Homs.
A satellite image released after the attack showed the site that was attacked in Damascus. According to the Image Satellite International (ISI) company, the site in question was a large hangar inside the SSRC complex in Jarmaya.
7. AMB. DANON REVEALS NEW INTELLIGENCE ON HEZBOLLAH SMUGGLING AT UN
by Arutz Sheva Staff
On Monday, the United Nations Security Council held a discussion on the "Situation in the Middle East," with Israel participating. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, revealed intelligence information about Iran's involvement in Hezbollah's buildup in Lebanon, with help from Syria, a direct violation of UN Resolution 1701.
"In the years 2018-2019, Israel found that dual-use items are smuggled into Lebanon to advance Hezbollah's rocket and missile capabilities," Ambassador Danon revealed to the Council. "Iran and the Quds Force have begun to advance the exploitation of the civilian maritime channels, and specifically the Port of Beirut. The Port of Beirut has become the Port of Hezbollah."
According to Danon, Iran and Hezbollah were aided by Syrian agents who purchased the equipment from foreign civilian companies and transferred the equipment to Lebanon. These agents misled the companies when they officially unloaded the equipment at the Port of Beirut, but eventually succeeded in reaching Hezbollah's missile production facilities. Danon then asked the members: "Are you absolutely sure your companies are not the ones selling dual-use equipment to the hands of Hezbollah? Are you sure your citizens know the end-users of these dual-use items?"
The Israeli ambassador said that Hezbollah regularly uses civilian centers in Lebanon to illegally transport arms, in flagrant violation of Security Council Resolution 1701. Danon presented the Security Council with a map of various weapons transfer routes to Hezbollah for it to arm itself against Israel: from Damascus airport to Beirut's Hariri airport; the official border crossings between Syria and Lebanon, such as the Masnaa crossings; and, as mentioned above, the Port of Beirut.
8. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir said his party was willing to rejoin the United Right for another Knesset run – but not under the same conditions the party agreed to for the previous election in April.
Speaking 103FM Wednesday, Ben-Gvir said Otzma had been treated unfairly during its alliance with the United Right.
Otzma was allotted the fifth and eight spots on the joint list in the April election. Prior to the vote, however, the Supreme Court barred the candidacy of former MK Michael Ben-Ari, Otzma's candidate in the fifth slot.
When the joint ticket ended up winning five seats in April, the fifth seat went to Jewish Home candidate Idit Silman, rather than the remaining Otzma candidate, Ben-Gvir, who was pushed up from eight to seventh on the list after Ben-Ari's removal.
Ben-Gvir said Wednesday that his party had brought the United Right roughly half of its voters, citing internal polls reportedly mentioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his talks with United Right officials.
"This time, the rules are totally, totally different. They know all too well that in every poll, every statistical analysis, that we brought then two and a half seats. The Prime Minister…even said that's what the internal Likud polls found…that we're worth more than two and a half seats."
"With all of my disagreements with Netanyahu about policies, there's one thing that can't be denied – he's a genius when it comes to numbers."
"I think that Ayelet Shaked also understands the importance of [unity]… and she knows how much we're worth."
If the United Right runs without the New Right, said Ben-Gvir, Otzma will demand every third seat on the list – the third slot, sixth, ninth, twelfth, and so on, calling the demand "very modest".
Should the United Right run with the New Right, however, Ben-Gvir says Otzma would be willing to accept two spots in the top ten, including one in the top five. "The fourth spot and the eighth or ninth spot," Ben-Gvir said.
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1. 'UNITY IS ORDER OF THE DAY; WE MADE COMPROMISE'
2. MEET THE NEW CLASS OF THE IDF'S ELITE SUBMARINE UNIT
3. NO SECULARS OR WOMEN
4. NETANYAHU STRATEGY TO OBSTRUCT NEW RIGHT
5. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
6. SYRIA CLAIMS ISRAEL ATTACKED WEAPONS WAREHOUSE
7. AMB. DANON REVEALS NEW INTELLIGENCE ON HEZBOLLAH SMUGGLING AT UN
8. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
1. 'UNITY IS ORDER OF THE DAY; WE MADE COMPROMISE'
by Yoni Kempinski
Former Justice Minister and New Right Party Chairwoman Ayelet Shaked today issued a statement outside her Tel Aviv home, referring to the stalled negotiations over a union on the Right.
"Unity on the Right is the order of the day; the public won't forgive those who won't allow it. We understand that, we compromised on the demand for equal division of seats on the list ('the zipper method')," Shaked declared at the outset.
"The ball is now in the hands of the United Right. I call on them to accept the proposal and come together as soon as possible," she added.
"It's urgent because I intend, if this union is possible, to continue carrying out additional unions of all the right-wing parties and to establish a kind of right-wing bloc - a large Republican party - with a wide range of views to the right of the Likud."
In response to a question about a possible union with the Otzma Yehudit Party, Shaked said, "I see Otzma as part of the great union and also the Zehut Party. My goal is to establish a large bloc of the entire ideological Right."
Regarding the Left, Shaked answered, "As I said, I don't intervene in how the Left divides up its votes; the connections on the Left are their business only, they'll do what they think is right for them. Our goal on the Right is for no vote to be lost and to succeed in forming a government with at least 61 seats."
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2. MEET THE NEW CLASS OF THE IDF'S ELITE SUBMARINE UNIT
by i24News
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266481
3. NO SECULARS OR WOMEN
by Ofra Locks
Within a day and a half, the Noam Party managed to raise NIS 1.5 million in an aggressive mass-funding campaign. During the campaign, Hebrew Weekly Besheva sat down with the founders of the party for a first interview.
"People put their hands deeply into their pockets, parents and grandparents; people who understand that this is essential," says Rabbi Dror Aryeh, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Sderot yeshiva, one of the founders of Hazon and one of the Noam Party founders. Next to him are IDF reserves combat navigator and Kfar Adumim resident Yigal Canaan, who works in tourism, and Jerusalem high-tech businessman Ariel Shahar. The three of them, and Migron Rabbi Itai Halevi are registered as party founders.
The party that they established is catching on. They found it difficult to find actors for the Party's video that seeks to illustrate the gender disorientation revolution taking place. Rabbi Aryeh was cut from a broadcast when he presented the results of a study that reflected the increase in the suicide and drug abuse of children raised by same-gender couples. "They called me primitive [chashuch - lit. 'dark']."
Rabbi Aryeh explains that the party will in any case run in the elections, "unequivocally, we are running until the end; we're not a gimmick, and we don't want to get everyone into some kind of spin. We bought a party, we have an accountant, we raised donations; this isn't a game." However, he does not rule out political connections with "anyone who is loyal to our basic triangle of integrity - the People of Israel, the Land of Israel, according to the Torah of Israel." In particular, "Jewish Home, National Union, Otzma Yehudit, and Agudat Yisrael."
What about the New Right?
"Of course not; can I cooperate with someone who is in favor of Reform conversion and the Western Wall plan?"
Canaan: "The New Right is the reason we formed; we are the counter to the New Right."
The founders talk of contacts in all directions. But they do not elaborate. Currently, the list, with its representatives, is not closed. It will be closed by next Wednesday-Thursday, in time for submitting lists.
You talk about appealing to the secular public. Will there be seculars on the list?
Rabbi Aryeh: "There will be no seculars, because holiness is a prerequisite to public policy. That's what's become clear today. That in order to hold onto the simple things, one must learn Torah."
And will there be women?
The three were slightly surprised by the question. Shahar: "Women have tremendous leadership capability; our wives are the true leaders. I'm here because my wife agreed. In short, 'one's wife is like one's own person', and if a woman is somewhere, it's as if her husband is there, and if a man is somewhere, it's as if his wife is there."
The interview will be published in Hebrew in full in the weekend newspaper Besheva
4. NETANYAHU STRATEGY TO OBSTRUCT NEW RIGHT
by Mordechai Sones
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met Wednesday with Jewish Home Party head Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz, and discussed with him efforts to build a Right-leaning coalition.
According to Reshet Bet, Netanyahu exerted pressure on Peretz to sign an agreement with the Otzma Yehudit Party, and in effect to re-establish the United Right list.
The aim of the move is to block the unification of Jewish Home/National Union with the New Right list led by Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett.
The report said that during the meeting between Netanyahu and Rabbi Peretz, the two also spoke on the phone with National Union Chairman and Transportation Minister Betzalel Smotrich.
The Likud Spokesman issued a statement claiming that "Prime Minister Netanyahu does not distribute ministers' roles to anyone and doesn't interfere with unification on the Right. Anyone who wants a Right-leaning government headed by Netanyahu must vote only for one big Likud."
Sources on the Right estimate this morning that Netanyahu's pressure on Peretz and Smotrich over the past few days is part of a desperate containment strategy to which he is committed to prevent Shaked and Bennett from returning to the Knesset.
Ben Gvir, Netanyahu
Flash 90
5. US BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO CONDEMN ISRAEL AT UN
by Elad Benari
The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel's demolition of illegal Palestinian Arab homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats told Reuters.
Israeli forces on Monday morning sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa had circulated a five-paragraph draft statement, seen by Reuters, to the 15-member Security Council on Tuesday that expressed grave concern and warned that the demolition "undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for just and lasting peace."
Such statements have to be agreed by consensus and on Wednesday the United States told its council counterparts it could not support the text, diplomats said.
A revised three paragraph draft statement was circulated, but the United States again said it did not agree with the text, added the diplomats.
The move was condemned on Monday by the European Union, which said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
On Tuesday, Britain and Germany added their voices to the condemnation of Israel, saying the destruction was "particularly egregious".
The Palestinian Authority, meanwhile, accused Israel of carrying out a massacre and called on the international community "to intervene immediately and bring an end to Israeli aggression."
6. SYRIA CLAIMS ISRAEL ATTACKED WEAPONS WAREHOUSE
by Elad Benari
The Syrian news agency reported on Tuesday night that Israel attacked several targets in the Deraa and Kuneitra regions of Syria.
According to the report, the attacks were directed against a weapons depot used by Iranian militias.
Western intelligence sources quoted by Reuters said the strike was directed on Tel Haraa, a strategically located area in southern Deraa province overlooking the Golan Heights. It was for many years a major Russian military radar outpost until rebels took it over in 2014 before it was again recaptured by the Syrian army last year.
It was also reported that several people were killed and injured when a missile exploded in a base in the rural area of Kuneitra.
Earlier this month, Syria accused Israel of carrying out an air strike on its territory. According to the Syrian media, the attack was a combined attack by Israeli fighter jets and navy ships in which missiles were fired at military targets in the capital Damascus and in the city of Homs.
A satellite image released after the attack showed the site that was attacked in Damascus. According to the Image Satellite International (ISI) company, the site in question was a large hangar inside the SSRC complex in Jarmaya.
7. AMB. DANON REVEALS NEW INTELLIGENCE ON HEZBOLLAH SMUGGLING AT UN
by Arutz Sheva Staff
On Monday, the United Nations Security Council held a discussion on the "Situation in the Middle East," with Israel participating. Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, revealed intelligence information about Iran's involvement in Hezbollah's buildup in Lebanon, with help from Syria, a direct violation of UN Resolution 1701.
"In the years 2018-2019, Israel found that dual-use items are smuggled into Lebanon to advance Hezbollah's rocket and missile capabilities," Ambassador Danon revealed to the Council. "Iran and the Quds Force have begun to advance the exploitation of the civilian maritime channels, and specifically the Port of Beirut. The Port of Beirut has become the Port of Hezbollah."
According to Danon, Iran and Hezbollah were aided by Syrian agents who purchased the equipment from foreign civilian companies and transferred the equipment to Lebanon. These agents misled the companies when they officially unloaded the equipment at the Port of Beirut, but eventually succeeded in reaching Hezbollah's missile production facilities. Danon then asked the members: "Are you absolutely sure your companies are not the ones selling dual-use equipment to the hands of Hezbollah? Are you sure your citizens know the end-users of these dual-use items?"
The Israeli ambassador said that Hezbollah regularly uses civilian centers in Lebanon to illegally transport arms, in flagrant violation of Security Council Resolution 1701. Danon presented the Security Council with a map of various weapons transfer routes to Hezbollah for it to arm itself against Israel: from Damascus airport to Beirut's Hariri airport; the official border crossings between Syria and Lebanon, such as the Masnaa crossings; and, as mentioned above, the Port of Beirut.
8. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir said his party was willing to rejoin the United Right for another Knesset run – but not under the same conditions the party agreed to for the previous election in April.
Speaking 103FM Wednesday, Ben-Gvir said Otzma had been treated unfairly during its alliance with the United Right.
Otzma was allotted the fifth and eight spots on the joint list in the April election. Prior to the vote, however, the Supreme Court barred the candidacy of former MK Michael Ben-Ari, Otzma's candidate in the fifth slot.
When the joint ticket ended up winning five seats in April, the fifth seat went to Jewish Home candidate Idit Silman, rather than the remaining Otzma candidate, Ben-Gvir, who was pushed up from eight to seventh on the list after Ben-Ari's removal.
Ben-Gvir said Wednesday that his party had brought the United Right roughly half of its voters, citing internal polls reportedly mentioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his talks with United Right officials.
"This time, the rules are totally, totally different. They know all too well that in every poll, every statistical analysis, that we brought then two and a half seats. The Prime Minister…even said that's what the internal Likud polls found…that we're worth more than two and a half seats."
"With all of my disagreements with Netanyahu about policies, there's one thing that can't be denied – he's a genius when it comes to numbers."
"I think that Ayelet Shaked also understands the importance of [unity]… and she knows how much we're worth."
If the United Right runs without the New Right, said Ben-Gvir, Otzma will demand every third seat on the list – the third slot, sixth, ninth, twelfth, and so on, calling the demand "very modest".
Should the United Right run with the New Right, however, Ben-Gvir says Otzma would be willing to accept two spots in the top ten, including one in the top five. "The fourth spot and the eighth or ninth spot," Ben-Gvir said.
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HEADLINES:
1. UNITED RIGHT PUSHES BACK ON NEW RIGHT'S UNITY PROPOSAL
2. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
3. WATCH: AN UNUSUAL ARRIVAL AT BEN GURION AIRPORT
4. WARNING: FREE TOUR OF HOLY SITES - A DANGEROUS MISSIONARY RUSE
5. NEW RIGHT: OUR OFFER IS SIMPLE AND FAIR
6. THE NEW RIGHT'S PROPOSAL TO UNITE THE RIGHT
7. EUROPEAN UNION DEMANDS ISRAEL HALT DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL HOMES
8. HAMAS TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON SOLDIERS' BODIES
1. UNITED RIGHT PUSHES BACK ON NEW RIGHT'S UNITY PROPOSAL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The United Right party on Wednesday pushed back against the New Right's call to form an alliance based on equal representation in the Knesset, arguing that the United Right is in fact an amalgamation of two separate parties – the Jewish Home and National Union - and that a unified right-wing ticket should divide the Knesset seats up three ways.
In a statement released by the United Right Wednesday morning, the party played down polls cited by the New Right which show it leading the United Right in elections for the 22nd Knesset.
"Once again, the New Right is relying on polls and [social media] 'likes', as it did before. We would like to remind them that there is a difference between the real world and the imaginary, virtual world. In the real world, the Jewish Home-National Union has six Knesset members currently serving, while the New Right didn't pass the minimum threshold."
The United Right, which ran on a joint ticket with Otzma Yehudit, won five seats in the April elections, and received a sixth seat when MK and Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan was placed on the Likud list, as part of an agreement with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
"It makes no sense to put people no one knows on the Knesset list while pushing out incumbent Knesset members."
"There is a three-part leadership with three parties here," the United Right continued, referring to the Jewish Home, National Union, and New Right. "The fairest arrangement would be to give each one-third [of the slots on the Knesset list], a faithful representation of the three parties – despite the fact that in the New Right, only Bennett and Shaked would actually bring any votes."
"We could make a deal this afternoon already, there's no need to wait till this evening."
Earlier on Wednesday, the New Right called on the United Right to agree to a near-even split of spots on a joint Knesset list, giving the United Right an extra seat in the event that the joint list wins an odd number of seats.
We are offering the leaders of the United Right – Rabbi Peretz, Minister Smotrich, and Itamar Ben-Gvir – to create an alliance as a technical bloc based on a proposal that would actually give them an advantage."
The deal, the New Right said, including the following points:
"1) Allocating spots on the candidate list 50-50 (the 'zipper model') but with the advantage of the odd numbered seats going to the United Right, which will give them an extra seat if the party wins an odd number of seats – even though in all the polls the New Right is larger [than the United Right].
"2) The technical bloc will be led by the candidate who can bring the most seats – and that is Ayelet Shaked. It is a matter of mutual interest for both of the parties, one which will maximize the right-wing bloc's strength.
"Our offer is more than fair, and gives a significant advantage to the United Right due to our clear desire to run together on a single list. As far as we are concerned, we could reach an agreement this evening."
2. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir said his party was willing to rejoin the United Right for another Knesset run – but not under the same conditions the party agreed to for the previous election in April.
Speaking 103FM Wednesday, Ben-Gvir said Otzma had been treated unfairly during its alliance with the United Right.
Otzma was allotted the fifth and eight spots on the joint list in the April election. Prior to the vote, however, the Supreme Court barred the candidacy of former MK Michael Ben-Ari, Otzma's candidate in the fifth slot.
When the joint ticket ended up winning five seats in April, the fifth seat went to Jewish Home candidate Idit Silman, rather than the remaining Otzma candidate, Ben-Gvir, who was pushed up from eight to seventh on the list after Ben-Ari's removal.
Ben-Gvir said Wednesday that his party had brought the United Right roughly half of its voters, citing internal polls reportedly mentioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his talks with United Right officials.
"This time, the rules are totally, totally different. They know all too well that in every poll, every statistical analysis, that we brought then two and a half seats. The Prime Minister…even said that's what the internal Likud polls found…that we're worth more than two and a half seats."
"With all of my disagreements with Netanyahu about policies, there's one thing that can't be denied – he's a genius when it comes to numbers."
"I think that Ayelet Shaked also understands the importance of [unity]… and she knows how much we're worth."
If the United Right runs without the New Right, said Ben-Gvir, Otzma will demand every third seat on the list – the third slot, sixth, ninth, twelfth, and so on, calling the demand "very modest".
Should the United Right run with the New Right, however, Ben-Gvir says Otzma would be willing to accept two spots in the top ten, including one in the top five. "The fourth spot and the eighth or ninth spot," Ben-Gvir said.
3. WATCH: AN UNUSUAL ARRIVAL AT BEN GURION AIRPORT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266422
4. WARNING: FREE TOUR OF HOLY SITES - A DANGEROUS MISSIONARY RUSE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Seemingly innocent advertisements that appeared this past weekend in a number of large communications outlets in the center of the country raised the suspicions of a religious woman living in Bat Yam. The advertisements – which suggest that people "Arise and walk the land of the forefathers," and offer free tours of Israel – sounded a bit fishy.
She called Yad L'Achim's 24-hour hotline and notified the counter-missionary organization of the advertisement, adding "the fact that the tours were offered for free raised my suspicions."
Yad L'Achim immediately looked into the situation and discovered that the advertisement was indeed part of a dangerous missionary ruse. One of its field workers signed up for the tour, posing as an innocent citizen, and got details on the time and place the next bus was to depart. Meanwhile, Yad L'Achim volunteers converged at the site at the designated time and warned participants of the missionary nature of the tour.
Shimon Abargil, a field coordinator for Yad L'Achim, described the bedlam at the site. "When we arrived, we discovered 20 people who'd assembled to join the tour. When they understood that they'd been tricked by the missionaries and enticed by a tour that was aimed at getting them to convert out of their religion, they began screaming and cursing the missionaries. Most of them backed out of the tour."
In the end, only five people boarded the bus, three of whom were non-Jews.
Information reaching Yad L'Achim later verified that the tour did indeed include stops at Christian-missionary sites, chief among them the church at Mercaz Clal in the heart of Jerusalem. There, members of the group were forced to listen to missionary sermons urging them to convert. The missionary Shlomi Abramov, from Rishon Lezion, who organized the tour, handed each participant a copy of the "New Testament."
This past Sunday morning, Yad L'Achim activists came to the police station in Bnei Brak and filed a complaint against Abramov. They claimed that the tour, which combined sight-seeing with missionary sermons, is in violation of the law that forbids offering monetary benefit to get people to convert out of their religion.
Yad L'Achim is demanding that Israel Police order an immediate halt to the tours and hold Abramov for investigation for violating the law.
"Clause 174a of the penal code states clearly that 'one who gives or promises money or something of monetary value or material benefit to entice a person to convert out of his religion or to entice someone else to convert, may be sentenced to up to five years in prison,'" a statement from the organization read.
"We have in our possession testimony proving that he engaged in such activity, and we hope that this time the police will not hasten to bury the file due to 'lack of public interest,' as it usually does. The Jewish public in Israel, in all its shades, is very interested in the subject of conversion out of our faith and there is broad consensus against Christian missionary activity."
Yad L'Achim repeats its request of the public to be aware of the mounting missionary activity at this time. "The missionaries are taking advantage of summer vacation to sermonize, including, as we see in this case, with deceitful offers of vacations and gifts. Anyone who encounters missionaries or suspicious activity, is asked to immediately contact the emergency hotline at 1800-620-640."
5. NEW RIGHT: OUR OFFER IS SIMPLE AND FAIR
by Yoni Kempinski
The New Right party called on the United Right party to accept its offer for a joint run as a technical bloc, allowing the two to split after the elections.
Officials from the New Right released details Wednesday morning of their offer to the United Right, and emphasized that their own proposal gave an 'extra' seat to the United Right, and was not a strictly 50-50 division of the Knesset slate.
Under the New Right's proposal, Ayelet Shaked, who recently took control of the party, would lead the unified ticket, followed by Jewish Home chairman and current United Right leader Rafi Peretz, National Union chief Bezalel Smotrich.
From the fourth spot onwards, the Knesset list would be evenly divided up between the New Right and United Right, with the New Right taking all even numbered seats and odd numbered seats going to the United Right.
In a statement Wednesday, the party noted that it was addressing its offer not only to the Jewish Home and National Union factions of the United Right, but also Otzma Yehudit, which split off from the United Right last month.
"We are offering the leaders of the United Right – Rabbi Peretz, Minister Smotrich, and Itamar Ben-Gvir – to create an alliance as a technical bloc based on a proposal that would actually give them an advantage."
The deal, the New Right said, including the following points:
"1) Allocating spots on the candidate list 50-50 (the 'zipper model') but with the advantage of the odd numbered seats going to the United Right, which will give them an extra seat if the party wins an odd number of seats – even though in all the polls the New Right is larger [than the United Right].
"2) The technical bloc will be led by the candidate who can bring the most seats – and that is Ayelet Shaked. It is a matter of mutual interest for both of the parties, one which will maximize the right-wing bloc's strength.
"Our offer is more than fair, and gives a significant advantage to the United Right due to our clear desire to run together on a single list. As far as we are concerned, we could reach an agreement this evening."
6. THE NEW RIGHT'S PROPOSAL TO UNITE THE RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The leaders of the New Right party unveiled Monday an official proposal for the unification of the right-wing parties under the title, "Let's unite today!"
The Offer Details:
1. The union will be implemented as a "technical bloc". After the elections, the two parties will operate independently.
2. Full equality in the list,
3. The management of a shared election campaign.
4. At the top of the bloc will be the one who will bring the most seats: Ayelet Shaked.
The leaders of the New Right handed their proposal to the heads of the United Right and waited for an answer.
"We can close the union within 10 minutes, and we are waiting to hear from Rabbi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich in order to close this week, in order to advance in the general election campaign," the party said.
7. EUROPEAN UNION DEMANDS ISRAEL HALT DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL HOMES
by David Rosenberg
The European Union formally condemned the demolition of illegal Arab apartment buildings near Israel's security barrier separating Jerusalem from Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, and demanded Israel halt its enforcement of demolition orders.
In a statement issued Monday afternoon, the European Union's foreign affairs department said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
"Israeli authorities have proceeded with the demolition of 10 Palestinian buildings, containing some 70 apartments, in Wadi al Hummus, part of Sur Baher neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The majority of the buildings are located in Area A and B of the West Bank where, according to the Oslo Accords, all civil issues are under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority," the EU said.
"Israel's settlement policy, including actions taken in that context, such as forced transfers, evictions, demolitions and confiscations of homes, is illegal under international law. In line with the EU's long-standing position, we expect the Israeli authorities to immediately halt the ongoing demolitions."
"The continuation of this policy undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for a lasting peace and seriously jeopardizes the possibility of Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both States."
Earlier on Monday, Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended the demolition of illegal Arab apartment buildings on the southeastern fringe of Jerusalem Monday morning, saying the structures were built too close to the security barrier, and could be used as a haven for terrorists.
"The demolition of the illegal and mostly uninhabited buildings which takes place today at Wadi al-Hummus in the village of Sur Baher, Jerusalem, was approved by the Israeli High Court of Justice," said Erdan in a statement Monday morning, "which ruled that the illegal construction constitutes a severe security threat and can provide cover to suicide bombers and other terrorists hiding among civilian population and endanger the lives of civilians and security forces alike."
"The court also ruled unequivocally that those who built houses in the area of the security fence, knew that building in that area was prohibited, and took the law into their own hands."
Israeli forces sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's spokesman Ofir Gendelman said in a social media post Monday that the demolitions were ordered in light of the "hundreds" of security incidents in the area last year.
"During the last year there were hundreds of security incidents and thousands of attempts by Palestinians to infiltrate our territory, some of them to carry out terrorist operations," he tweeted.
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266318
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266318
8. HAMAS TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON SOLDIERS' BODIES
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military-terrorist wing of Hamas, announced its intention to broadcast an "important speech" on Tuesday evening, which will deal with Israeli citizens held captive in the Gaza Strip.
The video's spokesman will be Abu Obeida, the official spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and the timing of the broadcast was chosen for its close proximity to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech at the memorial ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the 2014 Gaza war.
Hamas has been holding the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul since the 2014 Operation Protective Edge.
In addition, two Israeli civilians who went missing in Gaza - Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed - are believed to be held by Hamas as well.
Hamas frequently uses the media to exert pressure on the government of Israel through its captives in order to soften its positions on a prisoner exchange deal.
Hamas also gave details of the situation of Israeli missing persons (some of them dead) prior to the release of terrorists who were released in the Schalit deal and were re-arrested by Israel.
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HEADLINES:
1. UNITED RIGHT PUSHES BACK ON NEW RIGHT'S UNITY PROPOSAL
2. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
3. WATCH: AN UNUSUAL ARRIVAL AT BEN GURION AIRPORT
4. WARNING: FREE TOUR OF HOLY SITES - A DANGEROUS MISSIONARY RUSE
5. NEW RIGHT: OUR OFFER IS SIMPLE AND FAIR
6. THE NEW RIGHT'S PROPOSAL TO UNITE THE RIGHT
7. EUROPEAN UNION DEMANDS ISRAEL HALT DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL HOMES
8. HAMAS TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON SOLDIERS' BODIES
1. UNITED RIGHT PUSHES BACK ON NEW RIGHT'S UNITY PROPOSAL
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The United Right party on Wednesday pushed back against the New Right's call to form an alliance based on equal representation in the Knesset, arguing that the United Right is in fact an amalgamation of two separate parties – the Jewish Home and National Union - and that a unified right-wing ticket should divide the Knesset seats up three ways.
In a statement released by the United Right Wednesday morning, the party played down polls cited by the New Right which show it leading the United Right in elections for the 22nd Knesset.
"Once again, the New Right is relying on polls and [social media] 'likes', as it did before. We would like to remind them that there is a difference between the real world and the imaginary, virtual world. In the real world, the Jewish Home-National Union has six Knesset members currently serving, while the New Right didn't pass the minimum threshold."
The United Right, which ran on a joint ticket with Otzma Yehudit, won five seats in the April elections, and received a sixth seat when MK and Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan was placed on the Likud list, as part of an agreement with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
"It makes no sense to put people no one knows on the Knesset list while pushing out incumbent Knesset members."
"There is a three-part leadership with three parties here," the United Right continued, referring to the Jewish Home, National Union, and New Right. "The fairest arrangement would be to give each one-third [of the slots on the Knesset list], a faithful representation of the three parties – despite the fact that in the New Right, only Bennett and Shaked would actually bring any votes."
"We could make a deal this afternoon already, there's no need to wait till this evening."
Earlier on Wednesday, the New Right called on the United Right to agree to a near-even split of spots on a joint Knesset list, giving the United Right an extra seat in the event that the joint list wins an odd number of seats.
We are offering the leaders of the United Right – Rabbi Peretz, Minister Smotrich, and Itamar Ben-Gvir – to create an alliance as a technical bloc based on a proposal that would actually give them an advantage."
The deal, the New Right said, including the following points:
"1) Allocating spots on the candidate list 50-50 (the 'zipper model') but with the advantage of the odd numbered seats going to the United Right, which will give them an extra seat if the party wins an odd number of seats – even though in all the polls the New Right is larger [than the United Right].
"2) The technical bloc will be led by the candidate who can bring the most seats – and that is Ayelet Shaked. It is a matter of mutual interest for both of the parties, one which will maximize the right-wing bloc's strength.
"Our offer is more than fair, and gives a significant advantage to the United Right due to our clear desire to run together on a single list. As far as we are concerned, we could reach an agreement this evening."
2. OTZMA YEHUDIT REVEALS CONDITIONS FOR JOINING UNITED RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Otzma Yehudit candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir said his party was willing to rejoin the United Right for another Knesset run – but not under the same conditions the party agreed to for the previous election in April.
Speaking 103FM Wednesday, Ben-Gvir said Otzma had been treated unfairly during its alliance with the United Right.
Otzma was allotted the fifth and eight spots on the joint list in the April election. Prior to the vote, however, the Supreme Court barred the candidacy of former MK Michael Ben-Ari, Otzma's candidate in the fifth slot.
When the joint ticket ended up winning five seats in April, the fifth seat went to Jewish Home candidate Idit Silman, rather than the remaining Otzma candidate, Ben-Gvir, who was pushed up from eight to seventh on the list after Ben-Ari's removal.
Ben-Gvir said Wednesday that his party had brought the United Right roughly half of its voters, citing internal polls reportedly mentioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during his talks with United Right officials.
"This time, the rules are totally, totally different. They know all too well that in every poll, every statistical analysis, that we brought then two and a half seats. The Prime Minister…even said that's what the internal Likud polls found…that we're worth more than two and a half seats."
"With all of my disagreements with Netanyahu about policies, there's one thing that can't be denied – he's a genius when it comes to numbers."
"I think that Ayelet Shaked also understands the importance of [unity]… and she knows how much we're worth."
If the United Right runs without the New Right, said Ben-Gvir, Otzma will demand every third seat on the list – the third slot, sixth, ninth, twelfth, and so on, calling the demand "very modest".
Should the United Right run with the New Right, however, Ben-Gvir says Otzma would be willing to accept two spots in the top ten, including one in the top five. "The fourth spot and the eighth or ninth spot," Ben-Gvir said.
3. WATCH: AN UNUSUAL ARRIVAL AT BEN GURION AIRPORT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266422
4. WARNING: FREE TOUR OF HOLY SITES - A DANGEROUS MISSIONARY RUSE
by Arutz Sheva Staff
Seemingly innocent advertisements that appeared this past weekend in a number of large communications outlets in the center of the country raised the suspicions of a religious woman living in Bat Yam. The advertisements – which suggest that people "Arise and walk the land of the forefathers," and offer free tours of Israel – sounded a bit fishy.
She called Yad L'Achim's 24-hour hotline and notified the counter-missionary organization of the advertisement, adding "the fact that the tours were offered for free raised my suspicions."
Yad L'Achim immediately looked into the situation and discovered that the advertisement was indeed part of a dangerous missionary ruse. One of its field workers signed up for the tour, posing as an innocent citizen, and got details on the time and place the next bus was to depart. Meanwhile, Yad L'Achim volunteers converged at the site at the designated time and warned participants of the missionary nature of the tour.
Shimon Abargil, a field coordinator for Yad L'Achim, described the bedlam at the site. "When we arrived, we discovered 20 people who'd assembled to join the tour. When they understood that they'd been tricked by the missionaries and enticed by a tour that was aimed at getting them to convert out of their religion, they began screaming and cursing the missionaries. Most of them backed out of the tour."
In the end, only five people boarded the bus, three of whom were non-Jews.
Information reaching Yad L'Achim later verified that the tour did indeed include stops at Christian-missionary sites, chief among them the church at Mercaz Clal in the heart of Jerusalem. There, members of the group were forced to listen to missionary sermons urging them to convert. The missionary Shlomi Abramov, from Rishon Lezion, who organized the tour, handed each participant a copy of the "New Testament."
This past Sunday morning, Yad L'Achim activists came to the police station in Bnei Brak and filed a complaint against Abramov. They claimed that the tour, which combined sight-seeing with missionary sermons, is in violation of the law that forbids offering monetary benefit to get people to convert out of their religion.
Yad L'Achim is demanding that Israel Police order an immediate halt to the tours and hold Abramov for investigation for violating the law.
"Clause 174a of the penal code states clearly that 'one who gives or promises money or something of monetary value or material benefit to entice a person to convert out of his religion or to entice someone else to convert, may be sentenced to up to five years in prison,'" a statement from the organization read.
"We have in our possession testimony proving that he engaged in such activity, and we hope that this time the police will not hasten to bury the file due to 'lack of public interest,' as it usually does. The Jewish public in Israel, in all its shades, is very interested in the subject of conversion out of our faith and there is broad consensus against Christian missionary activity."
Yad L'Achim repeats its request of the public to be aware of the mounting missionary activity at this time. "The missionaries are taking advantage of summer vacation to sermonize, including, as we see in this case, with deceitful offers of vacations and gifts. Anyone who encounters missionaries or suspicious activity, is asked to immediately contact the emergency hotline at 1800-620-640."
5. NEW RIGHT: OUR OFFER IS SIMPLE AND FAIR
by Yoni Kempinski
The New Right party called on the United Right party to accept its offer for a joint run as a technical bloc, allowing the two to split after the elections.
Officials from the New Right released details Wednesday morning of their offer to the United Right, and emphasized that their own proposal gave an 'extra' seat to the United Right, and was not a strictly 50-50 division of the Knesset slate.
Under the New Right's proposal, Ayelet Shaked, who recently took control of the party, would lead the unified ticket, followed by Jewish Home chairman and current United Right leader Rafi Peretz, National Union chief Bezalel Smotrich.
From the fourth spot onwards, the Knesset list would be evenly divided up between the New Right and United Right, with the New Right taking all even numbered seats and odd numbered seats going to the United Right.
In a statement Wednesday, the party noted that it was addressing its offer not only to the Jewish Home and National Union factions of the United Right, but also Otzma Yehudit, which split off from the United Right last month.
"We are offering the leaders of the United Right – Rabbi Peretz, Minister Smotrich, and Itamar Ben-Gvir – to create an alliance as a technical bloc based on a proposal that would actually give them an advantage."
The deal, the New Right said, including the following points:
"1) Allocating spots on the candidate list 50-50 (the 'zipper model') but with the advantage of the odd numbered seats going to the United Right, which will give them an extra seat if the party wins an odd number of seats – even though in all the polls the New Right is larger [than the United Right].
"2) The technical bloc will be led by the candidate who can bring the most seats – and that is Ayelet Shaked. It is a matter of mutual interest for both of the parties, one which will maximize the right-wing bloc's strength.
"Our offer is more than fair, and gives a significant advantage to the United Right due to our clear desire to run together on a single list. As far as we are concerned, we could reach an agreement this evening."
6. THE NEW RIGHT'S PROPOSAL TO UNITE THE RIGHT
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The leaders of the New Right party unveiled Monday an official proposal for the unification of the right-wing parties under the title, "Let's unite today!"
The Offer Details:
1. The union will be implemented as a "technical bloc". After the elections, the two parties will operate independently.
2. Full equality in the list,
3. The management of a shared election campaign.
4. At the top of the bloc will be the one who will bring the most seats: Ayelet Shaked.
The leaders of the New Right handed their proposal to the heads of the United Right and waited for an answer.
"We can close the union within 10 minutes, and we are waiting to hear from Rabbi Peretz and Bezalel Smotrich in order to close this week, in order to advance in the general election campaign," the party said.
7. EUROPEAN UNION DEMANDS ISRAEL HALT DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL HOMES
by David Rosenberg
The European Union formally condemned the demolition of illegal Arab apartment buildings near Israel's security barrier separating Jerusalem from Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, and demanded Israel halt its enforcement of demolition orders.
In a statement issued Monday afternoon, the European Union's foreign affairs department said the demolitions undermine the "viability of the two-state solution".
"Israeli authorities have proceeded with the demolition of 10 Palestinian buildings, containing some 70 apartments, in Wadi al Hummus, part of Sur Baher neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem. The majority of the buildings are located in Area A and B of the West Bank where, according to the Oslo Accords, all civil issues are under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority," the EU said.
"Israel's settlement policy, including actions taken in that context, such as forced transfers, evictions, demolitions and confiscations of homes, is illegal under international law. In line with the EU's long-standing position, we expect the Israeli authorities to immediately halt the ongoing demolitions."
"The continuation of this policy undermines the viability of the two-state solution and the prospect for a lasting peace and seriously jeopardizes the possibility of Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both States."
Earlier on Monday, Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan (Likud) defended the demolition of illegal Arab apartment buildings on the southeastern fringe of Jerusalem Monday morning, saying the structures were built too close to the security barrier, and could be used as a haven for terrorists.
"The demolition of the illegal and mostly uninhabited buildings which takes place today at Wadi al-Hummus in the village of Sur Baher, Jerusalem, was approved by the Israeli High Court of Justice," said Erdan in a statement Monday morning, "which ruled that the illegal construction constitutes a severe security threat and can provide cover to suicide bombers and other terrorists hiding among civilian population and endanger the lives of civilians and security forces alike."
"The court also ruled unequivocally that those who built houses in the area of the security fence, knew that building in that area was prohibited, and took the law into their own hands."
Israeli forces sealed off and began demolishing ten of the over 100 illegally-built structures erected in defiance of a 2011 Israeli Civil Administration order barring construction near the security fence.
The apartment buildings were built in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, an Arab enclave located almost entirely in Jerusalem.
The strip of land in Wadi al-Hummus area where the illegal structures are located, however, is just outside of the municipal borders of Jerusalem, but on the Jerusalem side of the security fence.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's spokesman Ofir Gendelman said in a social media post Monday that the demolitions were ordered in light of the "hundreds" of security incidents in the area last year.
"During the last year there were hundreds of security incidents and thousands of attempts by Palestinians to infiltrate our territory, some of them to carry out terrorist operations," he tweeted.
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8. HAMAS TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON SOLDIERS' BODIES
by Arutz Sheva Staff
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military-terrorist wing of Hamas, announced its intention to broadcast an "important speech" on Tuesday evening, which will deal with Israeli citizens held captive in the Gaza Strip.
The video's spokesman will be Abu Obeida, the official spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades, and the timing of the broadcast was chosen for its close proximity to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech at the memorial ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the 2014 Gaza war.
Hamas has been holding the bodies of IDF soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul since the 2014 Operation Protective Edge.
In addition, two Israeli civilians who went missing in Gaza - Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed - are believed to be held by Hamas as well.
Hamas frequently uses the media to exert pressure on the government of Israel through its captives in order to soften its positions on a prisoner exchange deal.
Hamas also gave details of the situation of Israeli missing persons (some of them dead) prior to the release of terrorists who were released in the Schalit deal and were re-arrested by Israel.
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