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Thursday, May. 02 '19, כ"ז בניסן תשע"ט





HEADLINES:
1. 'THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR ANTI-SEMITISM'
2. SMOTRICH: US ENVOY'S TWEET 'DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING'
3. 'WE WILL FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM WITH EVERY FIBER IN OUR BEING'
4. WATCH: HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SIREN ON TEL AVIV MAIN HIGHWAY
5. ROCKETS FIRED AT SOUTHERN ISRAEL
6. 'WITHOUT EDUCATION, JUSTICE PORTFOLIOS, THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT'
7. ANTI-ISRAEL LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO US CONGRESS
8. DO PA ARABS WANT ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY?


1. 'THERE'S NO PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR ANTI-SEMITISM'
by Yoni Kempinski, Poland

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/262585

Arutz Sheva spoke with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman as he participates in the March of the Living as part of a US delegation.

"There's no place in the world for anti-Semitism. We have to do a better job, all of us, in understanding each other, tolerating each other.

"The atrocities that were committed on this ground can never ever occur again. As Mr. Mosberg said, we must always remember the Holocaust, we can never forgive those who murdered 6 million Jews and we have to always honor their memory. It's the most important lesson to mankind - the lesson of the Holocaust."

Asked if he drew a connection between the deadly anti-Semitic shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway and his participation in March of the Living, he said, "You know the words of the Haggadah, 'In every generation they rise up to destroy us.' This is not going to be eradicated or cured with slogans or easy steps. Anti-Semitism is a disease that has plagued mankind since there has been mankind, so of course we condemn all acts of anti-Semitism and hostilities towards anyone based on religion or race or ethnicity. This is much bigger than any single event. This is about how we are as human beings and the tolerance that we have to bring to our lives."

Friedman also addressed the significance of the US delegation of which he is a part. "This is the first time the US has sent a delegation to the March of the Living, and it reflects the will of the administration's unqualified commitment to fight anti-Semitism in all its ugly forms."


2. SMOTRICH: US ENVOY'S TWEET 'DEEPLY DISAPPOINTING'
by MK Bezalel Smotrich

Dear Jason,

Your recent tweet and aligning with the false campaign against the Eli Mechina was deeply disappointing to me. Since I sincerely greatly respect you, I am confident that if you would have heard the entire lesson and not just the few sentences that were taken out of context by small-minded journalists, you would have understood that there isn't even the slightest mention of racism.

As a religious person who says in our prayers "You have chosen us from amongst all the nations," and as a Yeshiva graduate, you certainly know that in Judaism there is a much deeper meaning which must be understood and which is the furthest thing from racism and hatred. Judaism is certainly the most loving religion of the world and of mankind that exists.

You are also familiar with the wonderful Eli Mechina and the generations of students, soldiers and officers who love the nation, the land, the Torah and mankind , that it has produced. If their rabbis were not worthy, their graduates could not have turned out so wonderful.

I regret that you unintentionally aligned yourself with those who wish to harm this great institution.


3. 'WE WILL FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM WITH EVERY FIBER IN OUR BEING'
by Yoni Kempinski, Poland

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/262583

US Special Envoy for Combating anti-Semitism Elan Carr spoke to Arutz Sheva at March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

"The message here is first of all to remember," Carr said. "To remember, to mourn, and never to let go of what happened here."

Carr continued: "It's never enough to look at the past. What does that mean for us, today in the present and in the future. And that is to make a commitment, a solemn oath, that we will never allow this to happen again, or never even allow us to go in the path of allowing something like this to happen again, and that means to fight anti-Semitism with every fiber in our being."

Carr said being at Auschwitz after the Pittsburgh and San Diego shootings was particularly meaningful: "We have to fight anti-Semitism everywhere; I attended the funeral of Laurie Kay just a few days ago in San Diego, and she was killed because of who she was - being a Jew - and was murdered just a few days before Yom HaShoah."

Regarding claims that President Trump and his administration are "not doing enough" to fight anti-Semitism, Carr was adamant: "As the one who was tasked by this President and by the Secretary of State to fight anti-Semitism, I have to say I couldn't be more proud of the unprecedented commitment of this administration to fight against anti-Semitism, to fight for the protection and the safety of the Jewish People, and to support the State of Israel.

"There is no administration, no president, no secretary of state that have ever committed themselves to this extent to fight for the protection and the safety of the Jewish People, and to support the State of Israel, and I'm proud to represent them," Carr concluded.

The Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism is a part of the Office of Religion and Global Affairs at the United States Department of State.


4. WATCH: HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL SIREN ON TEL AVIV MAIN HIGHWAY
by Arutz Sheva Staff

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/262580


5. ROCKETS FIRED AT SOUTHERN ISRAEL
by Elad Benari

Sirens were sounded early Thursday morning in the Shaar Hanegev and Sdot Negev regional councils in southern Israel.

The IDF confirmed that two launches had been identified from Gaza toward Israel.

The rockets appear to have exploded in open areas, without causing injuries or damages.

Earlier, Israeli warplanes and military aircraft attacked a number of terrorist targets in a military compound belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in northern Gaza, the IDF said.

The attack was carried out in response to the firing of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory earlier.

"The IDF views with severity any attempt to harm Israeli citizens and will continue to act against these terrorist acts. The Hamas terrorist organization bears responsibility for everything happening in and out of the Gaza Strip," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a statement.

On Wednesday evening, a fire broke out in the Eshkol Regional Council, as a result of an incendiary balloon that was fired from Gaza.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames. There were no reports of injuries.

Earlier this week, terrorists from Gaza launched a rocket toward southern Israel that exploded in the sea, near Ashdod, and caused no injuries or damage.

In response to the rocket fire, the IDF announced that the fishing area in Gaza would be reduced to six nautical miles until further notice.

IDF Spokesman Ronen Manelis said that the Islamic Jihad was behind the rocket fire and that the attack was aimed at disrupting the agreement between Israel and Hamas.



6. 'WITHOUT EDUCATION, JUSTICE PORTFOLIOS, THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT'
by Hezki Baruch

MK Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the National Union and number two on the United Right list, sent a clear message to Netanyahu ahead of the continuation of coalition talks.

"Without the education and justice portfolios for the United Right, there will be no government," Smotrich said in an interview with Radio 103FM.

"Netanyahu is a serious man, he will not go to elections," Smotrich assessed. "It is irrelevant if Netanyahu does not want me as justice minister, because without me there is no coalition. I am not returning to a government in which we are hanged in the Supreme Court."

Yesterday, Jewish Home Chairman Rabbi Rafi Peretz emphasized to Arutz Sheva that United Right was steadfast in its demand to receive both the education and justice portfolios.

"We will fight for these portfolios," he said. "I think we deserve them, we're not asking for a favor. It is unthinkable that everyone will continue to receive what they had previously, and only we, who traditionally receive the education portfolio and who had the justice portfolio in the last Knesset [won't receive it]. It's unthinkable that these portfolios will be taken [away from us]. We have six Knesset members. I, G-d willing, will be Education Minister, and my good friend Bezalel [Smotrich] will be Justice Minister."

Rabbi Peretz also rejected reports that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not intend to appoint Smotrich as Justice Minister.

"I see it as a spin," he said. "I don't know where it came from but that spin is inappropriate considering we haven't started negotiations. Nothing has been decided for anyone, including us. First of all they have to listen to our demands, we can talk, it's negotiations, we think about things, but our stance is very clear and it's not up for debate: We came to change things in the State of Israel. Both regarding education and regarding justice. We have what to say and I think it'll be a huge blessing for the State of Israel."

"In education, we will deepen the Israeli and Jewish identities in every one of Israel's precious children, and in the Justice Ministry, we will set clear boundaries for the Supreme Court, for where justice is given, and for the Legislative Authority."


7. ANTI-ISRAEL LEGISLATION SUBMITTED TO US CONGRESS
by Ben Ariel

New legislation proposed by Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) on Wednesday would prohibit US funding to any foreign military that detains children, including Israel.

The bill, known as the Promoting Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act, H.R. 2407, would authorize the creation of an annual $19 million fund to support non-governmental organizations that monitor rights abuses pertaining to the Israeli military's alleged detention of children.

"Israel's system of military juvenile detention is state-sponsored child abuse designed to intimidate and terrorize Palestinian children and their families," McCollum said in a statement on Wednesday. "It must be condemned, but it is equally outrageous that US tax dollars in the form of military aid to Israel are permitted to sustain what is clearly a gross human rights violation against children."

"Peace can only be achieved by respecting human rights, especially the rights of children. Congress must not turn a blind eye to the unjust and ongoing mistreatment of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation," continued McCollum.

"I strongly believe there is a growing consensus among the American people that the Palestinian people deserve justice, equality, human rights, and the right to self-determination. It is time to stand with Palestinians, Americans, Israelis, and people around the world to reject the destructive, dehumanizing, and anti-peace policies of Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump," concluded the statement.

McCollum's bill cites a Human Rights Watch report from 2018 which said that Israel's military "detained Palestinian children often using unnecessary force, questioned them without a family member present, and made them sign confessions in Hebrew, which most did not understand."

The legislation faces an uphill battle in Congress where it is likely to face near-uniform opposition from both Democrats and Republicans.



8. DO PA ARABS WANT ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY?
by Yehonatan Gottlieb

Many Palestinian Authority residents expressed their distrust of the Arab leadership and even said that they preferred Israeli rule in interviews with Kan News.

In light of the refusal of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to accept the budgets that the State of Israel transfers to him every month due to the reduction of the salaries of the terrorists, there is a fear that the PA will collapse.

Despite the fears of the international community, the Arab street is not as worried about the situation and there are those who even call on the State of Israel to come and rule over Judea and Samaria.

One of the interviewees said: "Let Israel come here. The Palestinian Authority (PA) is not interested in us. The PA does what it wants and not what the citizens want. We want things to be comfortable for citizens and not for the PA to have money hidden in its pockets and chairs. When asked whether he was alone in that opinion if it was shared by many residents of the PA, he replied,"A lot. I tell you a lot [of people think like this]."

Another Arab expressed his anger at the PA government and stated that Abbas is the only person pleased with the existence of the Palestinian Authority. "The members of the security forces also receive only a quarter of a regular salary. Only the top official at the top is satisfied. The rest are not."

Abbas has refused to accept the tax revenues that Israel collects for the Palestinian Authority, in protest against the offsetting of the salaries the PA pays to terrorists from these budgets.

In a recent PA meeting, Abbas said: "Our position is clear: We will not accept the funds from Israel after a reduction, and if Israel renews the agreements, we are prepared to conduct a dialogue with it and live with it in good neighborliness."

📹 To watch the video: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/262545