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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."

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/266654