A7News: Watch: Attempted lynch just before Tisha B'av

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Arutz Sheva Daily Israel Report http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ------------------------------------------------ Delivered Daily via Email, Sunday thru Friday Tuesday, Aug. 20 '19, י"ט באב תשע"ט HEADLINES: 1. WATCH: ATTEMPTED LYNCH JUST BEFORE TISHA B'AV 2. YISRAEL BEYTENU SIGNS VOTE-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH BLUE AND WHITE 3. TEFILLIN FROM GOLAN HEIGHTS BATTLE GIVEN TO LONE SOLDIER 4. HAMAS DRAFTING GAZANS FOR BORDER PROTESTS 5. CONDITION OF TEENAGE BOY INJURED IN RAMMING ATTACK IMPROVES 6. EXPOSED: WHAT ILHAN OMAR AND RASHIDA TLAIB WERE PLANNING TO DO 7. WATCH: GAZA TERRORISTS INFILTRATE ISRAEL 8. 'ISRAEL ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO TAKE IN GAZANS' 1. WATCH: ATTEMPTED LYNCH JUST BEFORE TISHA B'AV by Arutz Sheva Staff 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267651 The Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday filed an indictment against a Muslim Arab youth from one of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods, charging him with attacking a Jew traveling in his vehicle on the night of Tisha B'av. According to the indictment, which was filed at the Jerusalem District Court, the victim was traveling on Jerusalem's Salah ad Din Street when the youth and others noticed a Jew wearing a kippah (skullcap). At that point, the Arab youth and other individuals kicked the Jew's car, threw stones and other objects at him, hit him, sprayed pepper spray at him from just a few centimeters away, and kicked him. One of the youth's companions attempted to pull the victim from his vehicle. A passing police officer noticed the incident, and fired three shots into the air.According to the indictment, as a result of the actions of both the suspect and the others, the victim suffered hematomas in his head and read marks on his neck. In addition, the vehicle's windows were shattered and severe damage was caused. In addition to the indictment, the Prosecutor's Office has requested that the suspect remain under arrest until the completion of proceedings against him. Israel Police added that four other Muslim Arab youths have also been arrested in connection with the attack. A video published by the police show the Muslim Arab youths attacking the victim's car, as well as a policeman exiting a nearby vehicle and firing into the air, leading the youths to escape the scene. 2. YISRAEL BEYTENU SIGNS VOTE-SHARING AGREEMENT WITH BLUE AND WHITE by Hezki Baruch The center-left Blue and White party on Tuesday signed a vote-sharing agreement with the Russian "right-wing" Yisrael Beytenu party. Under vote-sharing agreements, if one of the parties in the agreement is just short of an additional seat and the other party has enough "extra" votes beyond the seats they've been allocated, those ‘"extra" votes are transferred to the first party, giving them an additional seat. During April's elections, Yisrael Beytenu Chairman MK Avigdor Liberman had a vote-sharing agreement with Naftali Bennett's New Right party, while the Blue and White party did not have a vote-sharing agreement with anyone. "The vote-sharing agreement is a technical issue only," a Yisrael Beytenu representative said. "During the first round of elections we signed with the New Right, which did not pass the electoral threshold." "In 1999, we signed a vote-sharing agreement with MK Amir Peretz, and we gained a seat. From a technical perspective, we don't have other options right now, and we're not willing to take the risk of losing a Knesset seat that we could have received if we had signed a vote-sharing agreement. All those who decided to give in to Gaza terror and and pay protection money to Hamas, and all those who are silent in the face of the embarrassment and horrible damage to Israel's deterrence, cannot claim to speak in the name of the Right and are not part of Israel's nationalistic camp." The Democratic Camp responded: "Blue and White's vote-sharing deal with Liberman is their final demise, not just within themselves but also morally. 'No loyalty - no citizenship,' transfers, witnesses who disappear in court, corruption cases, the man who spoke against seculars, against the LGBT community - he is the one the Blue and White chose as their natural partner." "The Blue and White has raised a white flag, because they do not understand the most important thing: We don't need to win these elections - we MUST win these elections." The Likud party responded: "The cat is out of the bag. Liberman signed a vote-sharing agreement with [Blue and White leaders MK Yair] Lapid and [MK Benny] Gantz, after he publicly promised to support Gantz and Lapid's bid for premiership. Anyone who wants Netanyahu for prime minister must vote only for the Likud." 3. TEFILLIN FROM GOLAN HEIGHTS BATTLE GIVEN TO LONE SOLDIER by Hezki Baruch The tefillin (phylacteries) of slain IDF soldier Benny Hanani, who fell in Tal Saki in the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, remained in a closet for 46 years, together with the notebook with songs which was discovered after his death. Eventually, Hanani's family decided to donate his tefillin to a lone soldier serving in as an IDF paratrooper, as part of the project "1000 Pairs of Tefillin for Soldiers." The project is in memory of Deputy David Golovensitz‎, who fell in 2017 during an IDF operation in Hevron. Hanani's sister, Rivka Ben-Aharon, said: "We live in Efrat, and my husband heard about the '1000 Pairs of Tefillin for Soldiers' project in memory of David Golovensitz‎. My husband told David's father Shimon about Benny's tefillin, which have been lying in the closet for dozens of years. When Benny was killed, we were left with nothing but his tefillin and his notebook with songs." The tefillin were given to Shimon Golovensitz‎, who asked Chabad hasidim to fix both the boxes and the straps. The parchment itself remained perfect, even 46 years later. "Benny's soul is still with us," Ben-Aharon said. "It's very emotional and I hope that I will soon meet the lone soldier who is enjoying the tefillin." Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Shimon Golovensitz‎ expressed joy at the expansion of the project in his son's memory. "The tefillin went from a soldier who gave his life for the Land, to a soldier who gave up everything he had in order to immigrate to Israel. And this is the story of this country," he said. 4. HAMAS DRAFTING GAZANS FOR BORDER PROTESTS by Dalit Halevi The Hamas terror movement announced a general draft in preparation for the weekly "March of Return" riots held each Friday. The draft, which has been named, "Responding to the call of Al-Aqsa," aims to show Gazans' commitment to "protecting Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque." A notice published Monday said the organization is looking to enlist people for all positions, from lowest to most senior, and aims to present a strong stance against the "Zionist and American" plans and to support "Palestinians" who protect Al-Aqsa Mosque. In addition, Hamas called on the public in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem, and Israel - which it referred to as "Palestine's occupied interior" - to express their rage and participate in weekly Marches of Return. 5. CONDITION OF TEENAGE BOY INJURED IN RAMMING ATTACK IMPROVES by Arutz Sheva Staff 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267533 The condition of Nahum Nevies, the teenage boy injured Friday in a ramming attack, improved slightly. The family added that the condition of his sister Noam, 19, has also improved, and she was transferred from Shaare Zedek Medical Center to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Nahum is currently hospitalized, to make things easier for the family. Nahum is still in very serious condition, and the public is asked to continue praying for his recovery. Noam and Nahum, 17, were injured when a terrorist rammed into them as they made their way to a protected bus stop near the entrance to the town of Elazar in Gush Etzion. Nahum had spent the week vacationing with his family in northern Israel, but cut his vacation short when he was called to be tested for entry into an elite IDF unit. He and Noam, who is currently doing her National Service, were on their way to rejoin the family in northern Israel when the terrorist rammed into them. Noam suffered abrasions and injuries to her limbs, and was declared to be in moderate condition, while Nahum sustained an injury to his head and is sedated and on a respirator. The terrorist who rammed them was neutralized by a police officer at the scene. The public is asked to pray for Nahum Elimelech ben (son of -ed.) Zahava Rivka, and Noam bat (daughter of - ed.) Zahava Rivka. Residents of Elazar noted that for a long time, they have been asking the Defense Ministry to secure the path leading from their town to the bus stop. They also said they warned senior Defense Ministry officials that terrorists would use the unprotected path to carry out ramming attacks on civilians walking from the town to the protected bus stop. Now, they hope the Defense Ministry will approve their request and secure the path. 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267533 [album:open:11282] 6. EXPOSED: WHAT ILHAN OMAR AND RASHIDA TLAIB WERE PLANNING TO DO by Ben Sales, JTA, & A7 Staff By now it seems clear that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are not going to be visiting Israel or the Palestinian Authority-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. Israel’s government announced Thursday that it would not allow the Democratic congresswomen to make their scheduled visit this weekend because both have declared support for the Israel boycott movement. A 2017 law entitles the State to deny entry to boycott activists. (Tlaib was granted entry on a humanitarian trip to visit her grandmother in the West Bank. First she accepted, but hours later rejected.) Explaining the decision, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cited the lawmakers’ itinerary, which he said “reveals that the sole purpose of their visit is to harm Israel and increase incitement against it.” 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267563 What was on this itinerary? Gili Cohen, a reporter for Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster, shared a copy of the schedule on Twitter. 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267563 Where they would have gone In broad strokes, the itinerary — titled “Delegation to Palestine” — took Tlaib and Omar through major Palestinian Authority (PA) population centers in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria, and to a string of meetings with pro-PA nonprofits and activists, as well as international human rights groups. It featured no meetings with Israeli officials of any political persuasion, including Arab lawmakers. The plan also did not feature any extended time spent within Israel’s internationally recognized borders. (On Friday, Omar tweeted that “I planned to hold meetings with members of the Knesset (both Jewish and Arab) along with Israeli security officials.”) The lawmakers were scheduled to meet a PA official, Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization. One Israeli nonprofit, the left-wing anti-IDF B’Tselem human rights group, was to be present at one of those meetings, along with three other non-Israeli organizations. And the congresswomen were to receive a tour of Hevron from Breaking the Silence, a left-wing, anti-IDF Israeli group. “I would’ve loved to take @IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib on our tour of Hebron,” tweeted Avner Gvaryahu, who would have given the tour. “There’s no joy in seeing or showing the harsh reality of the territories, but change will only come when we face up to the truth.” Pressley, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Tlaib hold news conference Reuters The would-be trip contrasts with a Democratic congressional delegation to Israel taken earlier this month by 41 representatives and sponsored by an organization affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). That delegation met with both Israeli and PA officials and activists. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, however, refused to meet with a parallel Republican delegation. Omar and Tlaib’s trip was to start with a lunch with staff at the US Embassy in Israel. From there they were going to meet with UNRWA, the United Nations agency that aids “Palestinian refugees” in perpetuating their status, before moving on to meetings in Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods. On the second day, Omar and Tlaib planned to visit Jerusalem’s holy sites, including the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. They additionally planned to visit the Al-Aqsa mosque, which is located at the Temple Mount, a Jewish holy site which Muslims claim is theirs. The remainder of the trip took them to meetings and tours the cities of Hevron, Bethlehem and Ramallah, including at a “refugee camp.” Who organized the trip Miftah, a PA NGO chaired by Ashrawi, organized the trip. Its website claims its mission is to “promote the principles of democracy and good governance within various components of Palestinian society” and to “engage local and international public opinion and official circles on the Palestinian cause.” The group, like many PA civil society organizations, supports the movement to boycott Israel. But it has also praised PA suicide bombers and published an age-old anti-Semitic stereotype, for which it later apologized. Netanyahu described Miftah as “an avid supporter of BDS, and among whose members are those who have expressed support for terrorism against Israel.” A report on the group’s site from 2006 about PA women in the second intifada praises Wafa Idris, who killed one Israeli civilian and injured 150 people in a 2002 suicide bombing in downtown Jerusalem. The report says Idris, the first female suicide bomber of the second intifada, “marked the beginning of a string of Palestinian women dedicated to sacrificing their lives for the cause.” Years later, in 2013, Miftah staffer Nawaf Al Zaru posted an article on its site criticizing President Barack Obama for hosting a Passover seder at the White House. In the article, Al Zaru repeated a false accusation that Jews kill non-Jewish children and use their blood in religious rituals. “Does Obama in fact know the relationship, for example, between ‘Passover’ and ‘Christian blood’..?! Or ‘Passover’ and ‘Jewish blood rituals?!’” Al Zaru wrote. “Much of the chatter and gossip about historical Jewish blood rituals in Europe are real and not fake as they claim; the Jews used the blood of Christians in the Jewish Passover.” At first the group defended the article by saying the blogger who first criticized it had “wrongly accused MIFTAH and Dr. Ashrawi of promoting Jewish blood libel during Passover through its publication of an Arabic-language article that briefly addressed the subject.” But the group deleted the article from its site, apologized and said it disciplined Al Zaru. “The said staffer has been reprimanded and all our staff has been informed as to the disgusting and repulsive phenomena of blood libel or accusation, including its use against Jews,” the apology said. In a statement, Miftah called the ban on Omar and Tlaib “an affront to the American people and their representatives. It is an assault on the Palestinian people’s right to reach out to decision-makers and other actors from around the world.” The group said it wanted to facilitate Omar and Tlaib’s “direct contact with the Palestinian people, who are subject to Israel’s cruel regime of colonization, oppression and land grab.” 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267563 Ashrawi has not returned a Jewish Telegraphic Agency request for comment. This was not the first congressional delegation to PA areas sponsored by Miftah. Politico first reported Friday that Miftah co-sponsored a trip by five Democratic congressmen to Israel in 2016 that was allowed into Israel without a problem. The participants were Matt Cartwright, Dan Kildee, Hank Johnson, Luis Gutierrez and Mark Pocan. The itinerary of that trip was similar to Omar and Tlaib’s would-be visit, with the exception that the representatives did meet with Arab-Israeli lawmakers. Other than that, the trip was centered on visiting PA areas and Arab cities in Israel, and on meeting with PA activists and groups. But while both Omar and Tlaib support boycotting Israel, all of the congressmen had been to Israel previously or otherwise had spoken out in support of Israel, though they have also criticized its policies, at times harshly. All five were endorsed by JStreetPAC, the political funding arm of the liberal Israel lobby. J Street PAC did not endorse Tlaib or Omar. 7. WATCH: GAZA TERRORISTS INFILTRATE ISRAEL by Ido Ben Porat 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267571 The IDF on Sunday published footage showing terrorists attempting to infiltrate Israel Saturday night. The five armed terrorists, who attempted to enter Israel from northern Gaza, were spotted by IDF observers. IDF forces shot at the terrorists, eliminating three of them. According to the IDF, five terrorists were involved in the infiltration attempt. No Israeli troops were injured. 📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/267571 Gaza terrorists attempt to infiltrate Israel IDF spokesperson Gaza terrorists attempt to infiltrate Israel IDF spokesperson 8. 'ISRAEL ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO TAKE IN GAZANS' by Hezki Baruch A senior political official revealed Sunday (Sunday) that Israel was trying to persuade foreign countries to absorb Palestinian Arabs who choose to leave the Gaza Strip. "Israel is even willing to arrange traffic for them, open one of the Negev airports and arrange for them to travel outside. This issue has come up before the Cabinet several times," said the senior official. The government has appealed to countries in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world but so far no answer has been given. The official said that in 2018, some 35,000 Arabs emigrated from the Gaza Strip.

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