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Thursday May 23, 2013
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With targeted media leaks, US shoots down Israel's options
What reasonable interest does someone in the Pentagon have in hardening the Iranian pharaoh’s heart on the eve of Passover, and indicating to him that he has nothing to fear? This borders on insanity.
 
David M. Weinberg | Got our back? More like stabbing us in the back
In a deliberate American campaign to scuttle any planned Israeli hit on Iran, the Obama administration is leaking classified intelligence assessments and documents that rip deep into our most sensitive military zones.
 
Ruthie Blum | Global jihad on Jerusalem
The “Global March to Jerusalem” is not about land or about the two-state solution. It is about making the Middle East, and eventually the rest of the world, Judenrein.
Elliott Abrams | Abandoning Syria
A policy that fails to end the regime that supplies arms to Hezbollah is hardly one that deserves to be described as “realist.”
Yoram Ettinger | Passover: an inherently American value
Adherence to the legacy of Passover will once again help liberty defeat tyranny.
Dore Gold | Legalizing targeted killings
Major powers are belatedly validating Israel’s strategy against terrorism that they had universally condemned.
Palestinians hurl firebombs at IDF checkpoint near Jerusalem
Israel on high alert across all borders as "Global March to Jerusalem" kicks off • Firebombs thrown by violent protesters at Qalandia checkpoint • Report: Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers stationed near Lebanon's Litani River.
Report: Abbas accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Jerusalem
Palpress reports that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is urging Arab states to support Jerusalem, which he says is facing ethnic cleansing by Israel • Abbas says PA will not resume negotiations until Israel stops settlement activity.
Azerbaijan denies letting Israel use its air bases for Iran attack
“This information is absurd and groundless,” says Azeri official, referring to a Foreign Policy report in which U.S. officials claim Israel was granted use of Azeri air fields • There will be no actions against Iran from Azerbaijan, he says.
WATCH: New Israeli video spreads message of love for Syrian people
Organizers of new YouTube video urge Israelis to show solidarity with Syrians: “We call to all the nations of the world to do something to stop the violence ... protest will be held on the 31st of March, 2012 in Tel Aviv.”
VIDEO: Operation Defensive Shield as never been seen before
In 2002, the IDF captured the main cities in the West Bank to destroy terrorist infrastructures and put an end to the terror that had been plaguing Israel since the onset of Second Intifada in 2000.
Additional NIS 80 million allotted to distribute gas masks to public
IDF’s budget for making the protective kits ran out in February • Additional funds are enough to provide kits for a further 5% of the population, will allow for continued distribution until end of 2012 • MK Bielski: Over 40% of public doesn't have masks.
State Department won’t say if Jerusalem is capital of Israel
State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland would not say whether the U.S. deems Jerusalem to be Israel’s capital or not • State Department had listed Israel and Jerusalem as separate entities in a press release, which has since been amended.
State will not investigate anti-settler Facebook posts
In an unusual decision, State Prosecutor’s Office says architect who posted potentially inciteful online comments will not be subject to police investigation, citing his lack of followers or a public persona.
Palestinian held by Israel ends hunger strike, eyes Gaza exile
Hana Shalabi, a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, stopped taking food after Israeli troops seized her in the West Bank on Feb. 16 • Hunger strike lasted some six weeks as she protested detention.
Celebrating his own exodus, Schalit meets with Netanyahu
Former Hamas captive Gilad Schalit brings Prime Minister Netanyahu a gift to thank him for his release • “We didn’t want it to take 20 years,” says Netanyahu • Schalit says he has gained 13 pounds and that “time is passing more quickly, I’m more active.”
‘Minorities rejected offer to light torches on Independence Day’
Officials say Arab and Druze citizens refused proposal to include them in Israel’s Independence Day ceremonies • Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin: Not one person from these sectors, comprising 20 percent of the population, will participate this year.
Iran finally shows some online love for Israel
A message by thousands of Israelis has gone viral over the past few weeks • In Iran it is more difficult to get a message into cyberspace • "We did see all of your messages,” says one anonymous Iranian.
New civics textbook draws fire for ‘distorting’ Israeli politics
Questions emerge about the accuracy of a new high school textbook and its alleged oversimplification of the Right-Left divide • Book allegedly criticizes state’s treatment of Arabs.
Beauty and the breach
Ilan Ben Dov, CEO of Suny Electronics, testifies against supermodel Bar Refaeli in court • Ben Dov claims Refaeli caused him and his company irreparable monetary damages • Refaeli initiated a lawsuit against Ben Dov for NIS 4.4 million ($1.2 million).
Holocaust-era Haggadah begins a new chapter
After the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the ghetto was burned to the ground by the Nazis • Miraculously, a Passover Haggadah published in 1935 was preserved there and discovered after the Nazis were defeated • The Haggadah recently arrived in Israel.
Weekly Torah Portion: the Great Shabbat miracle
Our sages say that on that final Shabbat, a great miracle occurred • It seems that our sages were dropping a hint about a primary religious principle: God controls nature and changes it in both big and small ways as He sees fit.