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Saturday May 18, 2013
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'We do not sanctify death'
Professor Asa Kasher, who authored the IDF's Code of Ethics, says it is no longer necessary to use Trumpeldor's famous dictum "It's good to die for your country" • A frank conversation with the man who keeps a close watch on our national moral compass.
 
Dore Gold | The West's embrace of the Muslim Brotherhood
"To this day the Muslim Brotherhood has brought nothing but fanaticism, divisions, and extremism, and in some cases bloodshed and killings," a Saudi columnist says.
 
Ruthie Blum | Eyes wide shut
At this year’s Presidential Conference, one would not have had a clue that missiles were flying into Israeli cities at an astounding rate.
Emily Amrousi | Price tag attacks take toll on settlers
The unrestrained aggressiveness towards Ya'alon, Begin and Beit El's rabbi is self-defeating: Such figures must be cherished like diamonds.
Eyal Zisser | The real winner in Egypt is the army
Egypt appears to be turning the clock back to 1952 and the Free Officers Revolution.
Dror Eydar | Who is a refugee?
The Palestinians are talking about refugees, so we will too. While our refugees have assimilated into society, the Palestinian refugees are still, and have always been, no more than a propaganda tool for their leaders.
Has the window of opportunity for Pollard closed?
Despite upcoming elections in the U.S., President Shimon Peres’ visit to the White House failed to secure Jonathan Pollard’s release • Why hasn’t the Jewish community sufficiently used its voice to push for a pardon?
Three strikes and you're still in: The failure of nuclear talks
Trying to reach an agreement with Iran before the upcoming U.S. presidential election and to prevent an oil price hike, Barack Obama has offered compromise after compromise, concession after concession. It's not working.
'Obama should clearly say he will not allow a nuclear Iran'
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams says Americans should either support whatever decision Israel makes, or say "we think the U.S. should do it ... we should not leave this to Israel" • Says Russia is now part of the Axis of Evil.
Smoothing converts’ rocky road to marriage
Humiliation and unnecessary interviews are the lot of Jewish convert couples who wish to register for marriage at the rabbinate in their city • Rabbi Shaul Farber, the chairman of ITIM, has gone as far as the High Court of Justice to put an end to it.
Give and take in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s plan to build housing for Arabs in exchange for new controversial Jewish construction criticized • Right believes thousands of housing units for Arabs could imperil efforts to maintain city's Jewish majority.
'When there is quiet in the south, there will be quiet in Gaza'
Israel's Ambassador to the U.N. Ron Prosor sends letter of complaint to U.N. Security Council following recent barrages of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel • Prosor: The only thing that Hamas is 'reforming' in the area are its rockets' capabilities.
Mofaz tells Obama: If all else fails, US must strike Iran
Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz meets U.S. President Barack Obama and thanks him for standing by Israel • Mofaz: Iran must understand that if Israel feels its existence is threatened, it will act alone if necessary.
VIDEO: 'By the end of this century, militant Islam will be defeated'
Unable to attend due to a leg injury, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sends a video message to the Israeli President's Conference outlining his beliefs about the current direction of the Middle East.
'He looks seedy up close,' Israeli MK says of Ahmadinejad
"He does not look like someone running a nuclear program," says Carmel Shama Hacohen, after Iranian, Israeli delegations bump into each other at U.N. conference in Brazil • "They broke with tradition and passed by us rather than go through a detour."
Yafit's final wish: never to be separated from her children
The remains of Yafit Butwin and her three children, murdered in the U.S. by the children's father, arrive in Israel for burial • International Fellowship for Christians and Jews helps family fund transport of remains.
Woman detained for donning prayer shawl at Western Wall
Women are forbidden by Israeli law from such acts at the site of the Western Wall • Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of Women of the Wall: It is sad that the Western Wall has become an ultra-Orthodox synagogue.
With these rockets I thee wed...
Rinat, and "N," who serves in an elite IDF unit, had to scramble for a new wedding location due to the barrage of Hamas rockets on southern Israel • "We are all Israelis; if we can't help each other during days of war then when can we?"
Teen pressured to drop sex abuse charges by haredi community
Prosecutors say 17-year-old Brooklyn girl was offered $500,000 not to testify against her spiritual counselor • Girl ostracized by ultra-Orthodox community, while her boyfriend receives threats.
Defense Minister urges military exemption for 10% of haredim
Speaking to committee tasked with drafting alternative to Tal Law, which exempts all ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service, Ehud Barak suggests exempting exceptional Torah scholars.
Peres plans party with pundits and Putin
Putin to attend inauguration ceremony for new memorial commemorating Red Army's role in defeating Nazi Germany • The two presidents to discuss topics such as strengthening Russia-Israel relations and Middle East regional conflicts.
Iran claims to have detected a 'massive cyberattack'
Iranian intelligence minister blames U.S., Israel and Britain for planning the attack • Iranian officials say the country had defeated the virus, preventing it from snatching data and eavesdropping on computer users.
Angelina Jolie donates $100,000 to Syrian refugees
Actress donates the money as part of World Refugee Day • Jolie has been a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001, promoted to special envoy status earlier this year.
Lavrov insists Russia will ship 'flying tanks' to Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says new joint initiative between U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, which would put pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign in exchange for amnesty "is unrealistic."
Syrian pilot who defected with MiG-21 granted asylum in Jordan
Col. Hassan Hammadeh, removed his air force tag and knelt on the tarmac in prayer after landing at King Hussein Air Base in Mafraq, Jordan • Syria: The pilot is "a traitor to his country and his military honor."
Quick hits from around the web
Learning Hebrew on a walking graffiti tour of the Tel Aviv neighborhood of Florentin; as the situation in Syria escalates, Syrian leaders make secret plans to defect; the 32nd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival gears up for its upcoming premiere.
Music mogul compares Middle East conflict to 'rap beef'
President Shimon Peres invites the hip-hop and fashion Russell Simmons mogul to Israel • Simmons says Muslims and Jews "have the same aspirations and goals, that are much greater than the things they call differences."
Facebook and intimacy
Introducing a new column by clinical psychologist Dr. Morris Mann. This week: The impact of social media on relationships. "By prioritizing short speedy sound bites of information we are neglecting the deep thinking muscles of our brain," Mann says.
Weekly Torah Portion: The golden path to a utopian world
We must advance our goal to make the world a more perfect place to live in, but not at the expense of destroying the social fabric that keeps us together.