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Monday May 20, 2013
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Gaps too wide for reconciliation with Turkey, says Ya'alon
Strategic Affairs Minister: Israel will not apologize for the deaths of nine Turkish nationals during a botched raid on a Gaza-bound ship attempting to break Israel's blockade • Israel and Turkey have been working to mend relations.
 
Efraim Inbar | Let the Turks apologize
An apology by Israel won't help as Ankara is no longer interested in a close relationship with us. Jerusalem can help pull the mask of “moderate Islam” off Turkey’s face.
 
Dan Margalit | A Netanyahu-Erdogan summit is in order
Erdogan insists Israel "apologize" yet it's unclear what he is willing to offer in return.
Dore Gold | Meanwhile, in Iran...
While the world watches the Arab Spring, Iran has been enriching uranium.
Emily Amrousi | Planet High Court
In civilized nations, elected officials appoint judges. Judges don't appoint themselves.
Dror Eydar | Wanted: New perspectives in Israeli media
Some in the media elite have gotten used to thinking that the field belongs to them alone.
Yossi Beilin | Egypt's revolutions, new and old
What does Nasser and his Free Officers Movement symbolize to Tahrir Square demonstrators?
Housing protests continue to spread; large rally planned
Housing protests across the country intensify, with large protest rally planned for Saturday night in Tel Aviv • PM: The distress is real. I saved the Israeli economy, now I will solve the housing crisis.
Moria Shlomot | Is Capitalism dead?
Citizens clearly no longer want the tyranny of market forces.
Barghouti in solitary confinement over smuggled cell phone
Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, one of the most prominent Palestinian leaders jailed in Israel, is serving five life terms for masterminding terror attacks • Since the beginning of 2011, prison officials have confiscated at least 76 illegal cell phones.
Dramatic turn of events in case of Israeli girl missing in Mexico
Mexican Authorities: Dana Rishpy, who vanished in 2007 at age 25, was buried in an archeological pit in Southwestern town of Tulum • Rishpy's boyfriend, U.S. citizen Matthew Walshin, was the last person to see Dana alive • He remains a prime suspect.
Three-quarters of new IDF recruits seek to join combat units
Seventy-three percent of August recruits request to try out for combat units • Number identical to same period last year • Levels have recovered after reaching a record low after Second Lebanon War.
Children orphaned by terrorist attacks get NIS 550,000 grant
MK Zvulun Orlev: This is a daring and revolutionary law. We have achieved a sum that exceeds what we had originally hoped for • The monthly stipend will match the amount received by IDF widows.
Antiquities Authority unearths Second Temple-era golden bell
Bell may have belonged to the High Priest who served in Jerusalem's holy temple • Jewish sources say priests did indeed hang golden bells on the edges of their coats.
Summertime in the (holy) city
In July, the ultra-Orthodox flood Jerusalem streets on Saturdays to protest the Karta parking lot and halt traffic • Jerusalem's secular residents are also organizing activities in communal spaces in the struggle over the city's image.
Holocaust denial rampant in Palestinian school system
UNRWA, which provides assistance for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, was shocked when Palestinian school officials categorically rejected a request to insert Holocaust studies in their school curriculums.
Of tents, tycoons, and media manipulations
Ha'aretz is mortified. The roof has caved in. Gideon Sa’ar wants Jewish children to learn the lyrics of “Hatikva,” the national anthem; and a certain preschool teacher and anonymous mother think that this is horrifically patriotic.
Poland, once the cradle of anti-Semitism, is in love with Judaism
The young people of Krakow, Warsaw, Lublin and Gdansk are learning Yiddish, dancing the Hora, eating chopped liver and listening to Hasidic music • Synagogues are being rebuilt and are filled with both Jews and Poles.
Torah portion of the week: On responsibility and joy
When one’s value system is in order, it is permissible, perhaps even required, to enjoy life • Our children must also know how to sweat, invest a bit of time into doing things, know money doesn't grow on trees and that making an effort is worth it.