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Wednesday June 19, 2013
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Four murdered in France Jewish school shooting
Victims identified as Yonatan Sandler, 30, from the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem, along with his two sons Aryeh, 3, and Gavriel Yissacher, 6, as well as the 8-year-old daughter of the school’s principal, Miriam Montesango.
 
Amir Mizroch | Our brothers' keepers
This latest suspected terror attack in Toulouse leaves no doubt that a strong, secure Diaspora is in Israel’s interest, and vice-versa.
 
Lior Alperovitch | Where are the rest of the Nazis?
In more than 60 years, Israel has only prosecuted one Nazi and one Nazi collaborator.
Isi Leibler | Olmert honors J Street -- a disgrace
One would feel sorry for him were it not for the anti-Israeli propaganda that, as a former prime minister, he provides to our adversaries.
Johnny Yarom | An economic death blow
The global economy is connected by its umbilical cord to the SWIFT clearinghouse system, but Iran has been disconnected. How long can it survive?
Dr. Orna Simchon | Education 101
It is dangerous to assume that privatization is the obvious solution to the ills of the public education system.
Toulouse shooting a ‘frightening tragedy’ says Sarkozy
Following deadly shooting at Jewish school in southwestern France, Israel’s defense minister tells Knesset committee that Hezbollah has recently tried to attack Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
Factbox: A history of the Jews of Toulouse
The history of the Jews in Toulouse includes accounts of heinous anti-Semitism and flourishing relations. Thanks to a flood of Jewish immigrants from Africa, it has become home to the third largest Jewish community in France.
Senior Hamas official’s human rights speech a ‘horrible joke’
Ismail al-Ashqar scheduled to speak before U.N. Human Rights Council about “abductions of Palestinian parliament members by Israel” • Foreign Ministry: “Hamas and human rights are paradoxes; they contradict one another like two poles of a magnet.”
Erdogan to try mediation between US, Iran over nuclear program
Turkish prime minister to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama in Seoul for nuclear summit, then continue on to Tehran • Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz says SWIFT cut-off of Iran “is a severe blow to the Iranian economy that can lead to its collapse.”
Citing need to reconnect with the public, Barak sells luxury home
On the day the government approves measures to increase housing availability, the defense minister decides to relinquish the asset he has been associated with, and criticized for • Barak and his wife to move to a more modest home in Tel Aviv.
Israel: Palestinian economy not ready for state
Israeli government report, set to be presented this week to donors to the Palestinian Authority, cites shortfall of foreign aid and lack of development in private sector • Last year IMF said Palestinian financial institutions were ready for statehood.
Marriage application reform heads to Knesset plenum vote
Controversial measure would end the local rabbinate offices’ effective monopoly on marriage licensing by allowing couples to register at any of the 14 state-level registration offices nationwide.
Israeli passenger planes ready for anti-missile system
The Elbit C-Music system will allow passenger planes to deflect shoulder-launched missiles if necessary • The Israeli Ministry of Transportation ordered the system, which reduces number of passengers on planes due to weight and space required.
Woman arrested outside Israeli Embassy in Germany
German police say woman was trying to throw a small suitcase filled with fireworks on the grounds of the Israeli Embassy • Suitcase contained less than 10 fireworks, no trigger mechanism and posed no real security threat.
Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world
Services like the Israeli company Waze have marshaled armies of unpaid contributors and their GPS-equipped smartphones to map wide swaths of the world from scratch • Waze started in Tel Aviv in 2006 as an open-source mapping project called Freemap.
Businesses barred from collecting personal information
New Justice Ministry guidelines prohibit the collection of data unless there is verifiable justification • Guidelines further obligate owners of information databases to adequately encrypt information to minimize risk.
Dr. Aviad Hacohen | Protect our privacy
Modern technology exposes us to the kind of information theft that can pose a real threat to our privacy and property.
UK paper claims to have Syrian leader’s emails
Emails paint a picture of a ruling family that seems far removed from an uprising that has pushed the Arab nation to the brink of civil war • According to the Guardian, the emails show that Assad has received advice from Iran.
Military, gunmen clash in upscale neighborhood in Damascus
Shootout between rebels, soldiers near Damascus home of Syrian president’s sister in one of the worst confrontations of year long uprising • Day earlier, car bomb kills two, wounds 30 in Aleppo • Explosion follows three suicide bombings in Syrian capital.
Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in full force
Following a grand gala opening at Paramount Studios, festival features 30 Israeli films, television shows and student films running through March 29 • Jonah Hill accepts achievement award, thanking Israel for creating a home for Jews.