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1. 'Ten Terrorists About to Attack from Sinai' - Minister
by Gil Ronen
A terror cell with more than 10 members is in the Sinai desert and will soon attempt to infiltrate into Israel, according to the Minister for Homeland Defense, Matan Vilnai.
"The security establishment in on an alert regarding a terror attempt by a terrorist cell in Sinai numbering over ten people," said Vilnai Tuesday. "The security establishment is working to foil the terror attempt," he added.
Vilnai spoke at the Elbit factory in Sderot, not far from Gaza.
Large security forces have spread out along Israel's border with Egypt and highways 10 and 12 have been sealed off for civilian traffic.
The roads were sealed off and then reopened 12 days ago when a similar terror alert existed. A short time later, a combined terror attack left eight Israelis dead. The head of IDF Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Tal Rousso, later admitted that the decision to reopen the roads during the day was a mistake because the IDF did not expect that a terror attack would occur in broad daylight right below an Egyptian guardpost that is supposed to cooperate with Israel to prevent terror from the Sinai.
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by Gil Ronen
A terror cell with more than 10 members is in the Sinai desert and will soon attempt to infiltrate into Israel, according to the Minister for Homeland Defense, Matan Vilnai.
"The security establishment in on an alert regarding a terror attempt by a terrorist cell in Sinai numbering over ten people," said Vilnai Tuesday. "The security establishment is working to foil the terror attempt," he added.
Vilnai spoke at the Elbit factory in Sderot, not far from Gaza.
Large security forces have spread out along Israel's border with Egypt and highways 10 and 12 have been sealed off for civilian traffic.
The roads were sealed off and then reopened 12 days ago when a similar terror alert existed. A short time later, a combined terror attack left eight Israelis dead. The head of IDF Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Tal Rousso, later admitted that the decision to reopen the roads during the day was a mistake because the IDF did not expect that a terror attack would occur in broad daylight right below an Egyptian guardpost that is supposed to cooperate with Israel to prevent terror from the Sinai.
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2. Arab MK Aghast: IDF Trains Yesha Settlers for September
by Gil Ronen
The IDF has begun training Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria in advance of an expected Arab onslaught in September, ultra-leftist paper Haaretz reported Tuesday. Arabs are expected to try and march en masse on Jewish communities, hoping to overwhelm the Jews and provoke them into shooting at the Arabs.
Video of Jewish settlers shooting into an Arab crowd can then be used for propaganda purposes to portray Israel in a demonic light, in the classic cat-and-mouse-and-videocam manipulative tactic used by Arabs against Israel to great effect for many years.
The mass marches are to be part of a Palestinian Authority public diplomacy campaign that will accompany a PA appeal to the United Nations for recognition as an independent state.
According to Haaretz, the IDF has marked out two topographical lines of defense for each of the communities in Judea and Samaria. If an Arab mob crosses the first line, tear gas can be used against it. If it crosses the second line, the community's defenders may fire at the lower limbs of the intruders.
MK Ahmed Tibi (Raam Taal) responded to the news by saying that "the IDF is training settlers to shoot Arabs."
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by Gil Ronen
The IDF has begun training Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria in advance of an expected Arab onslaught in September, ultra-leftist paper Haaretz reported Tuesday. Arabs are expected to try and march en masse on Jewish communities, hoping to overwhelm the Jews and provoke them into shooting at the Arabs.
Video of Jewish settlers shooting into an Arab crowd can then be used for propaganda purposes to portray Israel in a demonic light, in the classic cat-and-mouse-and-videocam manipulative tactic used by Arabs against Israel to great effect for many years.
The mass marches are to be part of a Palestinian Authority public diplomacy campaign that will accompany a PA appeal to the United Nations for recognition as an independent state.
According to Haaretz, the IDF has marked out two topographical lines of defense for each of the communities in Judea and Samaria. If an Arab mob crosses the first line, tear gas can be used against it. If it crosses the second line, the community's defenders may fire at the lower limbs of the intruders.
MK Ahmed Tibi (Raam Taal) responded to the news by saying that "the IDF is training settlers to shoot Arabs."
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3. Hevron Mukhtar Misses Pre-Oslo Days
by Hezki Ezra and Gil Ronen
The Mukhtar of Hevron, Sheikh Abu Hader Jaabari, says in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva that Israel made a bad mistake when it chose dialogue with the PLO instead of local tribal leadership. He says he misses the days that preceded the Oslo Accords.
The interview with Jaabari was conducted at his home, in the presence of Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara.
"I wish we had remained in the pre-Oslo period," Jaabari said. "The situation was much better, at least economically. Today we have over 40% unemployment. Most of the factories have closed down, and drug trafficking within the populace has grown. People find themselves in a vacuum; they look for their pathג€¦"
"We are basically a conservative nation. Now there is no conservatism, no anything."
Speaking emotionally and with conviction, Jaabari said that there is no way of establishing a "Palestinian" state. Firstly, he said, Islam forbids Arab leaders from ceding any part of the land, which is considered holy. Therefore, any kind of land compromise is not valid from a religious viewpoint. Secondly, he said, Israel is present everywhere on the land, there are checkpoints everywhere and there is no way to create an independent Arab country, because there is not enough land to create it on.
The solution, he said, is not to divide the land between Jews and Arabs but to establish a single country in which Jews and Arabs will have equal rights.
Regarding the Jewish fear that Arabs would eventually gain a majority in such a country, he said: "You have a fear of demography. But I think the Arabs are going down demographically and the Jews are only going up. Our women have begun to work and they are content with one or two children."
Ayoub Kara floated the idea that Arabs would have full rights in Israel but would not be able to vote for the Knesset. Sheikh Jaabari said he would agree to this arrangement as a temporary one, until trust was established between Jews and Arabs.
Kara tried to suggest that Palestinians are in effect Jordanians, and do not need an additional state. Jaabari agreed that most Jordanians are Palestinians and that many of the Arabs in Judea and Samaria are Jordanian citizens. However, he said that once Jordan announced its disengagement from Judea and Samaria in 1988 -- the option of "Jordan as Palestine" became difficult to implement. Perhaps a confederation of some sort with Jordan or Israel is still possible, he said, but this too is difficult after the Oslo process, because "everyone wants to be a part of the leadership and if there is no state there is no leadership."
In any case, he said, an independent Palestinian state is not an option.
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by Hezki Ezra and Gil Ronen
The Mukhtar of Hevron, Sheikh Abu Hader Jaabari, says in an exclusive interview with Arutz Sheva that Israel made a bad mistake when it chose dialogue with the PLO instead of local tribal leadership. He says he misses the days that preceded the Oslo Accords.
The interview with Jaabari was conducted at his home, in the presence of Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara.
"I wish we had remained in the pre-Oslo period," Jaabari said. "The situation was much better, at least economically. Today we have over 40% unemployment. Most of the factories have closed down, and drug trafficking within the populace has grown. People find themselves in a vacuum; they look for their pathג€¦"
"We are basically a conservative nation. Now there is no conservatism, no anything."
Speaking emotionally and with conviction, Jaabari said that there is no way of establishing a "Palestinian" state. Firstly, he said, Islam forbids Arab leaders from ceding any part of the land, which is considered holy. Therefore, any kind of land compromise is not valid from a religious viewpoint. Secondly, he said, Israel is present everywhere on the land, there are checkpoints everywhere and there is no way to create an independent Arab country, because there is not enough land to create it on.
The solution, he said, is not to divide the land between Jews and Arabs but to establish a single country in which Jews and Arabs will have equal rights.
Regarding the Jewish fear that Arabs would eventually gain a majority in such a country, he said: "You have a fear of demography. But I think the Arabs are going down demographically and the Jews are only going up. Our women have begun to work and they are content with one or two children."
Ayoub Kara floated the idea that Arabs would have full rights in Israel but would not be able to vote for the Knesset. Sheikh Jaabari said he would agree to this arrangement as a temporary one, until trust was established between Jews and Arabs.
Kara tried to suggest that Palestinians are in effect Jordanians, and do not need an additional state. Jaabari agreed that most Jordanians are Palestinians and that many of the Arabs in Judea and Samaria are Jordanian citizens. However, he said that once Jordan announced its disengagement from Judea and Samaria in 1988 -- the option of "Jordan as Palestine" became difficult to implement. Perhaps a confederation of some sort with Jordan or Israel is still possible, he said, but this too is difficult after the Oslo process, because "everyone wants to be a part of the leadership and if there is no state there is no leadership."
In any case, he said, an independent Palestinian state is not an option.
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4. Fischer Gets an A from U.S. Finance Magazine
by Elad Benari
The English-language Global Finance has given Bank of Israel Governor Professor Stanley Fischer an A grade, according to a report in the Israeli business newspaper Globes.
Fischer is one of six central bankers to get the highest grade in the magazineג€™s annual report card. This is the third year in a row that Fischer has received a perfect score as bank governor by Global Finance.
In addition to Fischer, Global Finance has also given an A to Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, Central Bank of Lebanon Governor Riad Salameh, Central Bank of Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Amando Tetangco, and Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Governor Fai-Nan Perng.
The rankings are based on the governorsג€™ scale of success in controlling inflation, meeting economic growth goals, and managing interest rates. Globes reported that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa were each given a C.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who appointed Fischer as Bank of Israel Governor when he served as Finance Minister, called him on Monday to congratulate him on the A grade.
ג€œIג€™ve already said in the past that over the years I have made many difficult decisions affecting our economy, but my easiest decision was to ask you to serve as Governor of the Bank of Israel,ג€ Netanyahu told Fischer.
ג€œWe have a stable economy and we must preserve it,ג€ Netanyahu added. ג€œI think there is no better partner than you to meet the challenges posed to us by the situations in global markets. Your contribution is big and important.ג€
The 67-year-old Fischer, who has served as Bank of Israel Governor since 2005, was designated last year by the British magazine EuroMoney as the number-one national bank governor in the world.
In June, Fischer tried to run for the position of head of the International Monetary Fund following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He was disqualified, however, due to the fact that his age is two years beyond the ceiling set by the organizationג€™s bylaws.
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by Elad Benari
The English-language Global Finance has given Bank of Israel Governor Professor Stanley Fischer an A grade, according to a report in the Israeli business newspaper Globes.
Fischer is one of six central bankers to get the highest grade in the magazineג€™s annual report card. This is the third year in a row that Fischer has received a perfect score as bank governor by Global Finance.
In addition to Fischer, Global Finance has also given an A to Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, Central Bank of Lebanon Governor Riad Salameh, Central Bank of Malaysia Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Amando Tetangco, and Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Governor Fai-Nan Perng.
The rankings are based on the governorsג€™ scale of success in controlling inflation, meeting economic growth goals, and managing interest rates. Globes reported that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa were each given a C.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who appointed Fischer as Bank of Israel Governor when he served as Finance Minister, called him on Monday to congratulate him on the A grade.
ג€œIג€™ve already said in the past that over the years I have made many difficult decisions affecting our economy, but my easiest decision was to ask you to serve as Governor of the Bank of Israel,ג€ Netanyahu told Fischer.
ג€œWe have a stable economy and we must preserve it,ג€ Netanyahu added. ג€œI think there is no better partner than you to meet the challenges posed to us by the situations in global markets. Your contribution is big and important.ג€
The 67-year-old Fischer, who has served as Bank of Israel Governor since 2005, was designated last year by the British magazine EuroMoney as the number-one national bank governor in the world.
In June, Fischer tried to run for the position of head of the International Monetary Fund following the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He was disqualified, however, due to the fact that his age is two years beyond the ceiling set by the organizationג€™s bylaws.
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5. Angela Merkel Under Conflicting Pressures in the Euro Crisis
by Amiel Ungar
Forbes magazine has selected German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the world's most powerful woman.
Chancellor Merkel may be excused for not feeling all that powerful. As the European leaders return from their vacations, they also return to Europe's persistent financial crisis. This crisis has hit Germany in particular, as that country is expected to shoulder the brunt of the economic burden in propping up the euro.
To stave off a crippling crisis of confidence and perhaps the collapse of the euro, European leaders and particularly Merkel are being prodded into taking drastic action. One expectation is that they expand the powers of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to bail out financially troubled members of the euro zone, which may include Spain and Italy.
They are also being told to act quickly. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who gave the former East German Merkel her political start by including her in his cabinet following German reunification, has been critical about her performance and seeming hesitation. He wants Germany to take the bull by the horns and sort out the euro, whatever the price.
However, it is precisely for pursuing these sweeping changes without going through national parliaments that Merkel is being blamed.Merkel is feeling the opposition even from her own party.
Some members have announced that they will vote against the EFSF proposal or include a right to veto for the German Bundestag on future rescue packages. The proposal is also being challenged in the constitutional court.
The brewing intraparty revolt has forced Merkel to cancel a much heralded trip to Russia on September 7.
Both German president Christian Wulff and the German Bundesbank have condemned the European Central Bank for investing heavily in Spanish and European bonds. This was a backdoor way that imposed more debts upon Germany without consulting the German legislature.
When Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed the idea of an economic government for Europe, Merkel's sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union was furious and offered a counter proposal ejecting economically profligate states from the euro zone.
Merkel was forced to send in her spokesperson to explain that they were confusing government with governance and that there was no intention to slight German national sovereignty, but merely a call for greater coordination between countries.
The most powerful woman is steeling herself for the coalition's defeat in the Mecklenburg state elections this Sunday. This will compound her problems.
Power ratings cannot be revised as easily as exchange rates.
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by Amiel Ungar
Forbes magazine has selected German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the world's most powerful woman.
Chancellor Merkel may be excused for not feeling all that powerful. As the European leaders return from their vacations, they also return to Europe's persistent financial crisis. This crisis has hit Germany in particular, as that country is expected to shoulder the brunt of the economic burden in propping up the euro.
To stave off a crippling crisis of confidence and perhaps the collapse of the euro, European leaders and particularly Merkel are being prodded into taking drastic action. One expectation is that they expand the powers of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to bail out financially troubled members of the euro zone, which may include Spain and Italy.
They are also being told to act quickly. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who gave the former East German Merkel her political start by including her in his cabinet following German reunification, has been critical about her performance and seeming hesitation. He wants Germany to take the bull by the horns and sort out the euro, whatever the price.
However, it is precisely for pursuing these sweeping changes without going through national parliaments that Merkel is being blamed.Merkel is feeling the opposition even from her own party.
Some members have announced that they will vote against the EFSF proposal or include a right to veto for the German Bundestag on future rescue packages. The proposal is also being challenged in the constitutional court.
The brewing intraparty revolt has forced Merkel to cancel a much heralded trip to Russia on September 7.
Both German president Christian Wulff and the German Bundesbank have condemned the European Central Bank for investing heavily in Spanish and European bonds. This was a backdoor way that imposed more debts upon Germany without consulting the German legislature.
When Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed the idea of an economic government for Europe, Merkel's sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union was furious and offered a counter proposal ejecting economically profligate states from the euro zone.
Merkel was forced to send in her spokesperson to explain that they were confusing government with governance and that there was no intention to slight German national sovereignty, but merely a call for greater coordination between countries.
The most powerful woman is steeling herself for the coalition's defeat in the Mecklenburg state elections this Sunday. This will compound her problems.
Power ratings cannot be revised as easily as exchange rates.
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6. Egypt Deploys More Troops in Sinai
by Gavriel Queenann
Egypt deployed 1,500 more troops in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday following an agreement with Israel to increase the number of Egyptian troops in the peninsula's areas B and C, London-based al Hayat reported.
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Muhammed Basioni told the newspaper "the Egypt-Israel peace treaty provides in clause 4 that each one of the sides can amend the security arrangements if the other side agrees to it."
"Egypt relied on this article ג€“ which prohibits the entrance of Egyptian military forces into area C and allows only police force presence ג€“ in order to amend its deployment arrangements in the area," he said.
According to Basioni, "In 2008, Palestinians infiltrated Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Egypt then asked for the deployment of 750 border guard officers and the request was granted.
"Following recent security developments in Sinai, the authorities decided to launch a wide-scale security operation with large military and police forces, and to that end we requested to scour the area between Rafah, al-Arish and Sheikh Zawid," the former ambassador said.
"We've reinforced our deployment to 1,500 soldiers and armored vehicles in areas B and C," stated Basioni without saying when the forces entered the area.
At the beginning of the year, the Israeli government unexpectedly decided to allow the Egyptian army to deploy 800 soldiers in the peninsula, for the first time since signing the peace agreement more than three decades ago. Last month Israel allowed a further deployment in the name of counter-terror operations.
But the move may not go unchallenged. Last week Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin challenged Defense Minister Ehud Barak's decision to allow Egypt to deploy tanks and helicopters in the Sinai saying such a move may require Knesset approval.
Rivlin noted that adjusting deployments along the Philadephia Corridor when Israel controlled Gaza required such approval.
In the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, the Sinai Peninsula was declared as a demilitarized zone and was divided into areas A, B and C, with the latter only open to international peacekeepers and Egyptian civilian police forces.
Anti-Israel sentiments, demands to nullify the Camp David Accords, and demands for return of territory ceded to Israel under the accords, have grown in Egypt since the January 25 ouster of long-term President Hosni Mubarak. Fears that the deployment may be a ploy similar to that of Gamal Abdul Nasser before the 1967 war are being voiced by some commentators.
Meanwhile, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz has ordered a reinforcement of army presence on the Israel-Egypt border, ostensibly due to increased terror warnings in the area.
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by Gavriel Queenann
Egypt deployed 1,500 more troops in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday following an agreement with Israel to increase the number of Egyptian troops in the peninsula's areas B and C, London-based al Hayat reported.
Former Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Muhammed Basioni told the newspaper "the Egypt-Israel peace treaty provides in clause 4 that each one of the sides can amend the security arrangements if the other side agrees to it."
"Egypt relied on this article ג€“ which prohibits the entrance of Egyptian military forces into area C and allows only police force presence ג€“ in order to amend its deployment arrangements in the area," he said.
According to Basioni, "In 2008, Palestinians infiltrated Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Egypt then asked for the deployment of 750 border guard officers and the request was granted.
"Following recent security developments in Sinai, the authorities decided to launch a wide-scale security operation with large military and police forces, and to that end we requested to scour the area between Rafah, al-Arish and Sheikh Zawid," the former ambassador said.
"We've reinforced our deployment to 1,500 soldiers and armored vehicles in areas B and C," stated Basioni without saying when the forces entered the area.
At the beginning of the year, the Israeli government unexpectedly decided to allow the Egyptian army to deploy 800 soldiers in the peninsula, for the first time since signing the peace agreement more than three decades ago. Last month Israel allowed a further deployment in the name of counter-terror operations.
But the move may not go unchallenged. Last week Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin challenged Defense Minister Ehud Barak's decision to allow Egypt to deploy tanks and helicopters in the Sinai saying such a move may require Knesset approval.
Rivlin noted that adjusting deployments along the Philadephia Corridor when Israel controlled Gaza required such approval.
In the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, the Sinai Peninsula was declared as a demilitarized zone and was divided into areas A, B and C, with the latter only open to international peacekeepers and Egyptian civilian police forces.
Anti-Israel sentiments, demands to nullify the Camp David Accords, and demands for return of territory ceded to Israel under the accords, have grown in Egypt since the January 25 ouster of long-term President Hosni Mubarak. Fears that the deployment may be a ploy similar to that of Gamal Abdul Nasser before the 1967 war are being voiced by some commentators.
Meanwhile, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz has ordered a reinforcement of army presence on the Israel-Egypt border, ostensibly due to increased terror warnings in the area.
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7. Report: US Threatens Cairo Aid Money Over Grapel, Tensions
by Gavriel Queenann
Egyptian daily Al-Masry al-Youm reported Monday that Israel is behind a US bid to force Cairo to reduce tensions with Israel following a deadly border incident wherein at least three Egyptian soldiers were inadvertently killed by Israeli soldiers pursuing terrorists involved in a deadly terror attack that left 8 Israelis dead.
According to the report Washington has threatened to reduce aid to Cairo - which it was planning to dramatically increase - unless it releases Ilan Grapel, an Israeli-American tourist in Egypt who has been accused of being a Mossad spy.
Grapel was arrested at his downtown Cairo hotel by Egyptian state security officers in June on suspicion of working for Israeli intelligence to foment sectarian strife and gather intelligence on post-revolution Egypt.
The Emory University Law student, and dual Israeli-American citizen, traveled to Egypt this summer as part of his work for a charity helping African refugees.
His family, friends and the Israeli government have categorically denied that he was working as a spy in Egypt.
Earlier in the month, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Yasser Rida said that there had been no new developments in Grapel's case, Israel Radio reported.
The paper also quoted Egyptian security expert Hamdi Bekheit as saying Israel was behind the move by the US in a bid to pressure Egypt to reduce its demands stemming for the border incident ten days ago.
The move comes on the heels of a vocal debate in the Egyptian parliament over whether Cairo should demand the return of the port city of Eilat, conquered by Israel in 1949's War of Independence and which Egypt ceded to Israel in the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. Israel gave up the Sinai in the Camp David Accords.
It also comes as Egyptians demand the nullification of the accords and the re-militarization of the Sinai, which Washington has said it opposes out of concern such a move would destabilize the region ג€“ and possibly lead to war.
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by Gavriel Queenann
Egyptian daily Al-Masry al-Youm reported Monday that Israel is behind a US bid to force Cairo to reduce tensions with Israel following a deadly border incident wherein at least three Egyptian soldiers were inadvertently killed by Israeli soldiers pursuing terrorists involved in a deadly terror attack that left 8 Israelis dead.
According to the report Washington has threatened to reduce aid to Cairo - which it was planning to dramatically increase - unless it releases Ilan Grapel, an Israeli-American tourist in Egypt who has been accused of being a Mossad spy.
Grapel was arrested at his downtown Cairo hotel by Egyptian state security officers in June on suspicion of working for Israeli intelligence to foment sectarian strife and gather intelligence on post-revolution Egypt.
The Emory University Law student, and dual Israeli-American citizen, traveled to Egypt this summer as part of his work for a charity helping African refugees.
His family, friends and the Israeli government have categorically denied that he was working as a spy in Egypt.
Earlier in the month, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Yasser Rida said that there had been no new developments in Grapel's case, Israel Radio reported.
The paper also quoted Egyptian security expert Hamdi Bekheit as saying Israel was behind the move by the US in a bid to pressure Egypt to reduce its demands stemming for the border incident ten days ago.
The move comes on the heels of a vocal debate in the Egyptian parliament over whether Cairo should demand the return of the port city of Eilat, conquered by Israel in 1949's War of Independence and which Egypt ceded to Israel in the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. Israel gave up the Sinai in the Camp David Accords.
It also comes as Egyptians demand the nullification of the accords and the re-militarization of the Sinai, which Washington has said it opposes out of concern such a move would destabilize the region ג€“ and possibly lead to war.
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8. Poll: Israeli Youth Identifies with the Right
by Elad Benari
A new poll whose results were released on Monday has found that most youth in Israel tend to identify with the right side of the political map.
According to the results reported on Channel 10 News, 17% of high school students believe that Israelג€™s next Prime Minister should be outspoken rightist Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu). Lieberman is followed by well-known leftist journalist and television personality, Yair Lapid (who has not officially announced he is running for politics but who has openly expressed his desire to rebuild his late father, Tommy Lapidג€™s militantly secular and anti-hareidi centrist Shinui party), who got 13%. Current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received only 8%.
ג€œThere are an additional three percent who mentioned Kahane, [Baruch] Marzel and [National Union MK Michael] Ben Ari,ג€ Professor Camille Fuchs of Tel Aviv University, who conducted the poll, told Channel 10.
The poll also found that the youth would give the Likud party 26 seats in the next election, Kadima would receive 23 seats, Yisrael Beiteinu would receive 22 seats, and the Labor party, which is trying to be seen as representing social welfare protestors, would receive only five seats.
75% of the teenagers polled said they are opposed to removing Israelג€™s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and 60% believe Israel would be better off giving up on a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority that would include giving Jerusalemג€™s Arab neighborhoods to the PA.
On another major issue, 83% of the youth said they would prefer that Israel not sign a peace treaty with Syria if it calls for the return of the Golan Heights.
ג€œWeג€™ve tried reaching peace agreements and it hasnג€™t worked,ג€ one teenager told Channel 10. ג€œMaybe we need to take measures that are more aggressive.ג€
MK Michael Ben Ari (National Union) welcomed the results and said, ג€œIsraeli youth is a healthy youth and the left and the media cannot spoil it. The youth has had enough of surrender and humiliation and they want a different policy toward the enemy.ג€
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by Elad Benari
A new poll whose results were released on Monday has found that most youth in Israel tend to identify with the right side of the political map.
According to the results reported on Channel 10 News, 17% of high school students believe that Israelג€™s next Prime Minister should be outspoken rightist Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu). Lieberman is followed by well-known leftist journalist and television personality, Yair Lapid (who has not officially announced he is running for politics but who has openly expressed his desire to rebuild his late father, Tommy Lapidג€™s militantly secular and anti-hareidi centrist Shinui party), who got 13%. Current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu received only 8%.
ג€œThere are an additional three percent who mentioned Kahane, [Baruch] Marzel and [National Union MK Michael] Ben Ari,ג€ Professor Camille Fuchs of Tel Aviv University, who conducted the poll, told Channel 10.
The poll also found that the youth would give the Likud party 26 seats in the next election, Kadima would receive 23 seats, Yisrael Beiteinu would receive 22 seats, and the Labor party, which is trying to be seen as representing social welfare protestors, would receive only five seats.
75% of the teenagers polled said they are opposed to removing Israelג€™s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip and 60% believe Israel would be better off giving up on a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority that would include giving Jerusalemג€™s Arab neighborhoods to the PA.
On another major issue, 83% of the youth said they would prefer that Israel not sign a peace treaty with Syria if it calls for the return of the Golan Heights.
ג€œWeג€™ve tried reaching peace agreements and it hasnג€™t worked,ג€ one teenager told Channel 10. ג€œMaybe we need to take measures that are more aggressive.ג€
MK Michael Ben Ari (National Union) welcomed the results and said, ג€œIsraeli youth is a healthy youth and the left and the media cannot spoil it. The youth has had enough of surrender and humiliation and they want a different policy toward the enemy.ג€
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