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Tuesday May 21, 2013
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Report: Turkey probes IHH head for ties to al-Qaida
The head of the organization that sponsored the ill-fated 2010 flotilla to the Gaza Strip is being investigated for allegedly financing al-Qaida through his organization • Bulent Yildirim is being probed by a specially authorized Istanbul prosecutor.
 
Elliott Abrams | Blaming Bibi is not good enough
Bottom line for me is that the comptroller’s report on the Gaza flotilla seems unfair.
Dan Margalit | Worshiping research institutes
Israel needs institutions like the National Security Council, but it has far too many.
 
Ruthie Blum | Graduation, Palestinian style
At a Gaza graduation, a boy declared he wanted to blow himself up among the Zionists. How happy that must have made his parents.
Dore Gold | Syria and the decline of the UN
The crisis over Syria is the third major case of mass murder in the last 20 years which the U.N. has completely failed to halt.
Yossi Beilin | 100 years of solitude
Haredi movement Agudat Israel insists on separating itself from Israel on a national level. Its sons do not serve in the army and they do not see the national flag as their own.
Abraham Katsman | Leaks as political theater
The Obama administration is now engaging in a series of politically weaponized security compromises audacious enough to shock even jaded Israelis.
Drama and tension in Egypt ahead of presidential elections
Court rules secular candidate Ahmed Shafiq can run for president • Rulings are heavy blow to Muslim Brotherhood, leave country with no parliament and concentrate power in the army • Senior Brotherhood lawmaker: Decisions are a "full-fledged coup."
Eyal Zisser | Back to square one
Two crucial decisions by Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court have stripped the Islamists of parliamentary power and reopened the fight for Egypt's future.
Begin: IDF didn't prepare properly for flotilla
Minister dismisses the allegations that planners ignored violent scenarios, saying only the scope of resistance came as a surprise • "Had the IDF provided a different combat assessment the preparations would have been fundamentally different."
Emily Amrousi | On our knees
Our IDF officers can't use force against violent protesters and a policeman is dismissed for waving an Israeli flag on Temple Mount.
The special relationship
President Shimon Peres wraps up a special week in the U.S., which culminated in his being awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at the White House. He sits down for a special interview with Israel Hayom.
Heading to US, Mofaz seeks backing for renewed talks
"Put aside the dispatches, put aside the letters, enough chatter and preconditions – come and talk peace. Come now," Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz urges Palestinians • Mofaz is scheduled to fly to the U.S. next week to discuss restarting peace talks.
The dark side of the Internet
Freedom fighters in totalitarian countries like Syria use Darknet, a parallel Internet where people can surf uncensored by invitation only • But it long ago became a crime scene that hosts pedophiles, hit men and traffickers in drugs, weapons and organs.
The next Ulpana, and the one after that
There is a crisis of confidence and lack of faith between the settlers, particularly those in the Beit El region, and the IDF, the defense establishment, and the political leadership • “Ulpana” has become a code word for a bigger battle.
'Israeli and American army doctors are the best in the world'
Col. (ret.) Dr. John McManus, in Israel for a medical conference, has seen it all, from war-torn Serbia and Iraqi battlefields, to Haiti and Hurricane Katrina • "Special forces from Israel come to our conferences and help us learn."
'Israel’s fear of Iran is thoroughly justified'
Israel Hayom interviews Robert Conquest, one of the most important historians of the 20th century • At 95, with 32 books and prestigious awards to his name, Conquest witnesses realization of his prediction of the world's failure to recognize threats.
The Associated Press | Arab Spring has gone dry for Iran
The regime in Iran has tried riding the Arab Spring revolts as an extension of its own 1979 Islamic Revolution, but it is not happening. Instead, Iran has been losing its allure as an alternative model to authoritarian Arab regimes.
Politicizing the infiltrators
There appears to be a move underway to appoint a special minister to handle the issue of African infiltrators • Several ministries are already involved in the issue, but there is no body that oversees the entire endeavor.
Right to gain control over settler construction with new committee
Netanyahu to head new ministerial forum whose decisions on settlement construction will be on par with cabinet resolutions • Ulpana residents warn of violent clashes during evacuation • Beit El mayor: Even Fogel family murderers kept their homes.
Son of jailed Hamas founder launches pro-Israel lecture tour
Mosab Yousef, who published the shocking autobiography "Son of Hamas" two years ago, visits Israel at the invitation of Druze MK Ayoob Kara • In his book, Yousef describes a decade of service as a secret Israeli agent.
Poll shows Israelis like the US, just not its president
Poll follows up similar polls taken in 2007 and 2009 and shows growing criticism of Obama and his foreign policies • 53% feel he erred in his handling of the Arab Spring, 38% believe he weakened the U.S.'s standing in the Middle East.
Over my dead body!
Rabbi Ratzon Arusi proposes that special rabbinical courts supervise organ donations • Arusi says courts will be authorized to instruct surgeons to remove organs from the deceased to save patients, even if the deceased's family opposes the operation.
Pollard activists: US has not slammed door shut on his release
The Committee to Free Jonathan Pollard remain optimistic concerning the chances for Jonathan Pollard's release • White House Press Secretary Jay Carney: The White House's position regarding Pollard "will not change today."
Iran arrests suspects over scientist killings, Israel ties claimed
Suspects allegedly involved in the deaths of two nuclear scientists involved in Iran's nuclear program • Iranian intelligence does not disclose number of suspects, identities or citizenship they hold.
Former IDF soldier seeks Palestinian citizenship
Andre Pshenichnikov, 23, served in the IDF for four and a half years and then decided to move to the West Bank and renounce his Israeli citizenship • "I hate Zionism ... I want to be part of the Palestinian resistance," he says.
Isi Leibler | On self-hating Jews
Any objective review of Jewish history demonstrates that “self-hatred” was always an important element motivating Jews who turned against their own, and far predates the existence of Israel.
Three Israelis reach finals in YouTube film contest
Fifty finalists selected from more than 15,000 films in Your Film Festival competition • 10 winners to be announced Aug. 1 • Israeli finalist Harel Yanna submits "Photo for Baba," about a Tunisian boy who plans a terrorist attack to save his father.