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1. Abbas Going for Broke, Gunning for Unity with Hamas
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu  Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is to meet with Hamas leaders in Cairo Thursday to sum up a unity deal based on “resistance,” a Palestinian Authority state based on the temporary 1949 Armistice Lines and non-recognition of Israel. Abbas, head of the rival Fatah faction, formally signed a formal unity agreement with Hamas in May, but it quickly became nothing more than a ceremonial act following disagreements. The failure of the Palestinian Authority to gain admittance as a full member in the United Nations has been a game-changer. Following the American and Israel decision to cut off funds to the PA after it won membership on the U.N.’s UNESCO agency, Abbas has made it clear he considers the Obama administration an obstacle to his plans for Palestinian Authority statehood. Spokesmen for Hamas and Abbas have confirmed this week’s meeting will be full of substance as Abbas had apparently decided to bank on Asian and pro-Arab countries in Europe to give him the diplomatic backing he has lost with the United States. Hamas opposed Abbas' bid for U.N. membership, and the failure has represented the terrorist organization with a golden opportunity to exercise weight. The failure of a unified Palestinian Authority has hampered Abbas’ influence in the West, with Hamas ruling Gaza and the Fatah faction ruling Arab areas of Judea and Samaria. Hamas spokesmen said the unity agreement will be based on a policy of ”resistance,” an Arab code word for terror; a Palestinian Authority country being defined by the temporary 1949 Armistice Lines that were in effect until the Six-Day War in 1967; and non-recognition of Israel. Abbas previously has said he recognizes Israel as an entity, but not a Jewish state. Presumably, Abbas will claim he recognizes Israel only according the temporary borders. Their inclusion in the Palestinian Authority would mean the expulsion of nearly 10 percent of Israel's population and the forfeiting of lands and property in PA-claimed areas. One of the bones of contention between Fatah and Hamas has been the choice of prime minister, a post held by Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in Ramallah. Under the new agreement, neither of them would serve in office. The planned meeting this week between Abbas and Khaled Mashaal, the supreme leader of Hamas, is bound to upset the Obama administration even more than the bid for membership in the United Nations, a move that effectively buried the American-led ”diplomatic process.” A further provocation could be the participation of the Islamic Jihad in new PA elections in May, a move the terrorist organization said it is considering. Abbas still is trying to stay on good terms with the Obama administration, commenting that the United States “is considered our friend” because it “helps us financially and it provides us with a considerable amount of aid.” The cut-off to aid following the PA’s acceptance to UNESCO proved temporary but still remains a threat.
Tags: Hamas ,Palestinian Authority ,Obama ,Israel
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2. 'Shalit Deal Terrorist' Wounded, in IDF Hands
by Gil Ronen  A terrorist released in the Shalit deal is reportedly hospitalized and under IDF guard. According to the family of a Jewish man hospitalized at Hadassah in Jerusalem, he has recently had to share his room with a terrorist who was apparently shot in the course of IDF counter-terror activity. The terrorist is under constant police and IDF guard. The relatives told Arutz Sheva that they have been told that the terrorist was freed in the recent Shalit deal, and was recaptured after engaging in terror activity against Israel. This claim is currently uncorroborated. The family members claim that the Arab man often behaves in a rowdy fashion and shouts in Arabic. They want him removed from the room. The Jewish man was brought to the room for recovery from an operation for intestinal cancer. A few days later, the terrorist was wheeled in and he has had to suffer his presence ever since. The Jewish man's grandson said: "I think it is madness to hold this terrorist in the same room as my grandfather. This is a terrorist with the blood of Jews on his hands – the family is having a hard time dealing with the presence of this thing in our room. I don’t understand – where is the hospital's sensitivity?" Arutz Sheva has not yet received a response from Hadassah Hospital.
Tags: Shalit deal
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3. Barak: Iran Will be 'Unstoppable' in One Year
by Elad Benari  In another of several interviews he has given this past week on the Iranian issue, Defense Minister Ehud Barak is hinting that in time is running out to stop Iran from achieving nuclear capability. In an interview to CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”, which will air on Sunday and of which an advanced transcript was released on Saturday, Barak says that Iran is less than a year away from becoming unstoppable in its goal to produce a nuclear weapon. When asked by the host whether Israel is going to attack Iran, Barak says, “I don’t think that that is a subject for public discussion. But I can tell you that the IAEA report has a sobering impact on many in the world…and people understand that the time has come... People understand now that Iran is determined to reach nuclear weapons. No other possible or conceivable explanation for what they have been actually doing. And that should be stopped.” Zakaria also asks Barak about President Barack Obama’s support for Israel, in light of the criticism that has been pointed at the President because of policy regarding Israel. “He is extremely strong supporter of Israel in regard to its security,” Barak responds. “Traditionally, the president will support Israel in keeping its collective military edge and taking care of its security needs. But this administration is excelling in this. And it could not have happened without the immediate direct support of the president. So I don’t think that anyone can raise any question mark about the devotion of this president to the security of Israel.” In the past week Barak has given several interviews in the media in which he addressed Iran’s nuclear program. On Wednesday, he told PBS’ Charlie Rose that the only way to get Iran to drop its nuclear program using negotiations would be if the world, including Russia, China and India, “joins hands” and sanctions Iran. In the same interview, Barak said that if he were the Iranians, he’d “probably” want a nuclear weapon as well. On Thursday, Barak told Kol Yisrael radio that although Israel was trying to convince members of the international community to economically isolate Iran, he did not think that effort would work. Despite his pessimism, he said, Israel needed to continue working through diplomatic channels – and avoid the alternative. In the same interview, Barak tried to defend himself for telling Charlie Rose that if he were Iranian he’d probably want a nuclear bomb, saying that he had no “empathy” with Iran. “We must make clear to the world that we understand the situation and are ready to deal with it, and that this is a challenge not just for us, but for the whole world,” Barak said, skirting the question on his comment. When pressed, Barak simply said that his comment was taken out of context. His remarks resulted in MKs and political officials from left to right castigating him.
Tags: Iran Nuclear threat ,Iran ,Ehud Barak ,CNN
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4. Hevron: Relatives of Released Murderer 'Attacked Jewish Girl'
by Gil Ronen  Arabs who work in the Hevron store owned by the family of Hani Jaber, a terrorist murderer released in the Shalit deal, attacked a young Jewish woman Saturday. In response, Jews threw rocks at the store and at Arabs. Jaber was one of three Arabs who ambushed a Jewish yeshiva student aged 22, Erez Shmuel, in 1993. They attacked him with knives in a Hevron alleyway that is now known as Simtat Erez in his memory. Nationalists in Hevron told Arutz Sheva that Jews gathered near the store during the Sabbath after the girl was attacked. At a certain point, they said, the storekeepers decided to close shop of their own volition. Since the Shalit deal, posters have been put up on walls throughout Hevron saying: "'When someone who comes to kill you – kill him first.' You could be the next murder victim! Do not remain silent! The cur lives next to Simtat Erez… If you do not kill him, he will kill you! First one wins the prize!" Leftist newspaper Ha'aretz, partly owned by a German publisher, published a sympathetic piece about Jaber Friday. Penned by ultra-radical Gideon Levy, it says Jaber "lives in fear, is living in a Hevron hideaway that belongs to his relatives, does not dare go out into the streets, and is a hunted man." It also says that Jaber is apparently "living on borrowed time."
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5. Police Shut Down Illegal Arab-Leftist Radio
by Gil Ronen  Police have shut down the Hebrew broadcasts of an illegal radio station, All for Peace, which broadcasts from Ramallah. The ultra-leftist station is run by a Palestinian Authority organization called Biladi,named for the PLO anthem, in conjunction with the Givat Haviva Center for Peace. The station's co-manager, former Meretz MK Mossi Raz, was questioned by police Thursday and the station stopped its Hebrew broadcasts on FM radio shortly afterward. The station's website says it has not been closed down, however, and that it continues to stream its broadcasts on the internet. According to the station's website, Raz was forced to make a telephone call and instruct the station's technicians to halt the broadcasts: "The police made it clear to Raz that if he does not comply with the demand to sign and perform the call, he would be brought before a judge to remand and to be arrested and that the police will raid the offices of the radio station. Mossi Raz had to fulfill the demands of the police investigators." MK Danny Danon (Likud) issued a statement expressing pleasure with the closure. He said that it was his request to the Minister of Communications and to the Attorney General two months ago that prompted the investigation. "The station's content was not acceptable and the fact that it broadcast illegally made it possible for the Israel Police to shut it down," he stated. Journalist Jonathan Dahoh-HaLevy has reported that a regular broadcaster on All for Peace voiced sorrow, in a 2010 broadcast, for the fact that the "Intifada" or terror war had ended. Dahoh-Halevy added that the Givat Haviva Center is supported by the radical left New Israel Fund, whose support for anti-Zionist NGO's was made public knowledge by the Im Tirtzu grassroots student organization.
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6. Swedish 'Humanitarian' Aid Pays for Anti-Israel Booklet
by Chana Ya'ar  Swedish “humanitarian” funding paid for the publication of an anti-Israel booklet produced in Sweden, for local consumption, that accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing in Judea and Samaria. The 40-page publication, “Colonialism and Apartheid – the Israeli Occupation in Palestine,” accuses Israel of bombing the homes of civilian Palestinian Authority Arabs, among other outright lies. Funded at a cost of NIS 390,000 (approximately $104,600) under the category of “humanitarian aid,” the slick booklet was created by a Swedish pro-Palestinian Authority solidarity group. In its pages the brochure calls for the boycott of the State of Israel, which it accuses of ethnic cleansing of Arabs in Judea and Samaria, racist legislation, racial segregation, and the establishment and maintenance of an apartheid administration in the territories. Funded by a Swedish foreign aid society and the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) organization, the brochure was roundly condemned by both the government of the State of Israel, and the Swedish Jewish community. Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, met with legislative members of the Sweden-Israel Friendship Association, and urged them to pressure the government to cut funding to agencies that promote anti-Israel activities. “The fact that this kind of hate propaganda is being financed by Swedish government foreign aid funds is simply outrageous,” Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told Arutz Sheva in an interview Sunday. “There is little we can do about it. It is a domestic publication, produced by Swedish taxpayer money. But it is for the Swedish taxpayers to say whether this is a proper use of their money, whether it should be spent on hunger in Africa and similar issues, or used to fund hate literature instead.” The print version of the publication, produced only in Swedish, is offered to the public free of charge. If one orders more than three copies, however, one is charged for the postage, according to the website. Sweden is a member of the European Union, which has been accused of funding numerous anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian Authority efforts in Judea and Samaria over the years.
Tags: Sweden ,Anti-Semitism ,anti-Israel ,pro-Palestinian ,pro-PA
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7. IDF Chief Rabbi Meets Soldiers at Yeshiva U.
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu  IDF Chief Rabbi Rafi Peretz, one of the first religious pilots in the Air Force, spoke with “soldiers in exile” at Yeshiva University last week, The rabbi was the head of a pre-army military academy (mechina) in Gush Katif until the government and the IDF expelled the area’s Jewish residents and destroyed their homes in 2005. He delivered a lecture last week at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an affiliate of Yeshiva University and held a special meeting with former IDF soldiers currently enrolled there. “Rabbi Peretz is an impressive individual, a model soldier and a world class Torah scholar,” said Rabbi Yona Reiss, the Max and Marion Grill Dean of RIETS. “From the moment he took office, Rabbi Peretz…made it his mission to instill Jewish pride in his soldiers and the nation of Israel as a whole. It is our greatest privilege to expose our students, our future Jewish leaders, to Jewish role models of this caliber while ever-strengthening our bond with Eretz Yisrael.” “As former IDF soldiers, it means so much to us that Israel's Chief Military Rabbi would make time to speak with us,” added Daniel Green, an undergraduate student enrolled at Yeshiva College and the current president of YU's student-run “Soldiers in Exile” club. “Israel is central to our lives and constantly on our minds. It is a pleasure to attend an institution where those values are shared,” he added.
Tags: Yeshiva University ,IDF ,Israel
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8. Using DNA to Beat Cattle Thieves - And Kashrut Fraud
by David Lev  Cattle rustling isn't just a story from the Old West; unfortunately, it's alive and well in Israel today, with farmers in the north and south forced to take elaborate precautions in order to protect their herds of cows and flocks of sheep. In recent years farmers have tried all sorts of techniques and schemes to keep thieves, for the most part Bedouin, away from their animals – and now an Israeli company has come up with an idea that could make it easier for the authorities to track down thieves and prosecute them, hopefully discouraging others from following in their footsteps. The solution to cattle theft is being developed by Bactochem, an Israeli company that works in the field of microbiological and chemical testing for food, animals, soil, water and plants. Among the projects it has developed is a database of cattle DNA – the largest in the world. Using the database, police can determine from whom a cattle rustler stole an animal, tracking down the owner and building a case against the thief. And the database has other uses as well – especially for kosher consumers. How do you know if the meat you buy in the store is kosher – really? Of course, a kashrut supervisor – a mashgiach – ensures that the animal used to produce kosher meat is properly prepared (salting and soaking according to the prescribed Jewish law), but it's a long way from the slaughterhouse to the store, and lots of things can happen along the way. There are many cases of false paperwork being filed, phony claims of kashrut, and related problems – but thanks to the Bactochem solution, kashrut falsification could become a thing of the past, too. Here's how it works: A farmer or cattle processor who buys animals for slaughter sends in samples from each of the animals in its herd, and Bachtochem analyzes the animal's DNA information and puts it into a database. The information is encoded with a lengthy security code, which is then placed on a barcode that gets attached to every package or carton of meat the processor produces from each specific cow. If the meat is cut and repackaged at a supermarket warehouse, the packaging staff is told to attach a copy of the barcode to each particular package. When a customer wants to get information about the meat they've picked out of the store refrigerator, they open up a smartphone app being developed by Bactochem, using it to upload a photo of the barcode. The system matches the barcode up with the DNA information, and all the data about the particular cow is instantly beamed back to the customer. “Consumers who buy a particular kind of meat – organically raised, Angus beef, kosher – are interested in ensuring they get what they paid for, and the companies that supply those cuts have an interest in providing assurances to their customers that the products they are getting are authentic,” says Guy Evron, the director of the project. “Many people try to avoid meat from cattle that have been inoculated with specific vaccines, while others prefer to buy only meat that was aged for a specific period. Our technology provides them with the ability to easily get the answers to those questions.” The database can also help Israeli farmers to alleviate cattle rustling. Proving a case against thieves is often difficult, because the thieves usually remove any identifying tags or locaters that can aid police in figuring out from where the cows or sheep were stolen. But you can't fake DNA; and using the Bactochem database, police are able to determine where the stolen cow came from and to whom it really belongs – hopefully, helping to put a stop to cattle rustling.
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