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1. US Cops Witness Ineptitude on Terror
by Gil Ronen
A group of U.S. law enforcement professionals witnessed from up close Monday what a security expert says is feebleness by Israeli security forces against Arab terror at the Mount of Olives Cemetery.
The security professionals were being shown around by Marc Kahlberg, a well-known counter-terror consultant and teacher.
Kahlberg told Arutz Sheva that the parking lot at the cemetery was almost completely empty – and that he saw this as unusual, and a possible sign that something was wrong. He took the guests to one of the balconies overlooking the valley, "and then I heard glass shattering behind me. Instinctively I went to the parking lot – and I saw that there is nobody there, no buses."
"Then I see two Jewish guys – one in his 70s, and the other in his 60s, and I see that their car has been smashed and one of them is bleeding. There were a couple of Russian tourists there and I told them to wait for the police to come."
Kahlberg said that the two men had been attacked by dozens of Arab youths when they were driving up to the cemetery. He added that he is certain that if the men had not kept on driving – they would have been lynched.
Kahlberg says the incident was an unfortunate way to end the visit to Israel by law enforcement professionals and that it put Israel's security forces in a bad light. Police were slow to respond to his call for them to come, he said, and the general atmosphere was one of feebleness. There is no permanent police presence at the holy site despite the almost routine attacks on Jews there.
"Attacks at the cemetery are ongoing and it doesn't matter how many cameras are there," he said. "There has to be something proactive over there. It needs to stop."
"When we went out there was a semi-formal police convoy escorting us," he recounted. "The Arab youths in the village were shouting at us and it was like driving through Gaza in the old days."
Kahlberg is a former Israeli police officer and spokesman.
Smashed car. Marc Kahlberg
The victims. Marc Kahlberg
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by Gil Ronen
A group of U.S. law enforcement professionals witnessed from up close Monday what a security expert says is feebleness by Israeli security forces against Arab terror at the Mount of Olives Cemetery.
The security professionals were being shown around by Marc Kahlberg, a well-known counter-terror consultant and teacher.
Kahlberg told Arutz Sheva that the parking lot at the cemetery was almost completely empty – and that he saw this as unusual, and a possible sign that something was wrong. He took the guests to one of the balconies overlooking the valley, "and then I heard glass shattering behind me. Instinctively I went to the parking lot – and I saw that there is nobody there, no buses."
"Then I see two Jewish guys – one in his 70s, and the other in his 60s, and I see that their car has been smashed and one of them is bleeding. There were a couple of Russian tourists there and I told them to wait for the police to come."
Kahlberg said that the two men had been attacked by dozens of Arab youths when they were driving up to the cemetery. He added that he is certain that if the men had not kept on driving – they would have been lynched.
Kahlberg says the incident was an unfortunate way to end the visit to Israel by law enforcement professionals and that it put Israel's security forces in a bad light. Police were slow to respond to his call for them to come, he said, and the general atmosphere was one of feebleness. There is no permanent police presence at the holy site despite the almost routine attacks on Jews there.
"Attacks at the cemetery are ongoing and it doesn't matter how many cameras are there," he said. "There has to be something proactive over there. It needs to stop."
"When we went out there was a semi-formal police convoy escorting us," he recounted. "The Arab youths in the village were shouting at us and it was like driving through Gaza in the old days."
Kahlberg is a former Israeli police officer and spokesman.
Smashed car. Marc Kahlberg
The victims. Marc Kahlberg
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2. Israel Complains to UN Chief Over Iranian Terror Campaign
by Gavriel Queenann
Israel on Thursday lodged a complaint with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over a terror campaign Jerusalem says Iran has mounted against the Jewish state.
This week a terror attack seriously wounded the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India, while authorities in Georgia disarmed a bomb on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle, and three Iranian nationals botched a bombing attempt targeting Israeli diplomats in Bangkok
“This campaign bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the Iranian regime and the highest echelons of the Hizbullah leadership," Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ron Proser, said in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
“Their actions constitute a clear threat to security and stability of Lebanon, to the Middle East, and to many countries that have been targeted,” Prosor wrote.
In each of these instances, the letter said, Iran and Hizbullah have “sought to harm innocent civilians and have flagrantly violated the sovereignty of member states.”
“Iran has long employed international terrorism as a pillar of its foreign policy, often using Hizbullah as a proxy to stage attacks,” the letter said.
In the letter, Prosor chastised the United Nations for failing to immediately condemn this week’s attacks in Bangkok, Delhi, and Tsbili. He also noted terror attacks on Israeli diplomats in Azerbaijan and Bulgaria were also thwarted in recent months.
“Israel expects it to issue a clear condemnation…without any further delay or equivocation. The Council must also address this threat by considering active steps against Iran, Hizbullah and their terrorist infrastructure worldwide."
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by Gavriel Queenann
Israel on Thursday lodged a complaint with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over a terror campaign Jerusalem says Iran has mounted against the Jewish state.
This week a terror attack seriously wounded the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India, while authorities in Georgia disarmed a bomb on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle, and three Iranian nationals botched a bombing attempt targeting Israeli diplomats in Bangkok
“This campaign bears the unmistakable fingerprints of the Iranian regime and the highest echelons of the Hizbullah leadership," Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ron Proser, said in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
“Their actions constitute a clear threat to security and stability of Lebanon, to the Middle East, and to many countries that have been targeted,” Prosor wrote.
In each of these instances, the letter said, Iran and Hizbullah have “sought to harm innocent civilians and have flagrantly violated the sovereignty of member states.”
“Iran has long employed international terrorism as a pillar of its foreign policy, often using Hizbullah as a proxy to stage attacks,” the letter said.
In the letter, Prosor chastised the United Nations for failing to immediately condemn this week’s attacks in Bangkok, Delhi, and Tsbili. He also noted terror attacks on Israeli diplomats in Azerbaijan and Bulgaria were also thwarted in recent months.
“Israel expects it to issue a clear condemnation…without any further delay or equivocation. The Council must also address this threat by considering active steps against Iran, Hizbullah and their terrorist infrastructure worldwide."
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3. The Truth About the Battle for Netzer
by Maayana Miskin
Jewish activists with the Women in Green movement have slammed a recent article in the Haaretz newspaper as “full of lies and propaganda.” Members of the group spoke out this week about the real story behind the battle for control of land in Netzer, in Gush Etzion.
Women in Green has been working to plant trees in Netzer for some time, and has successfully cultivated swaths of land despite repeated attacks by local Palestinian Authority Arabs, who often uproot saplings and damage equipment.
Haaretz author Amira Hass wrote a story last week in which she claimed that the land cultivated by Women in Green is owned by Arab landowners. “Every Palestinian landowner has a thick file full of documents attesting that he and his family owned the land many years before Women in Green founder Nadia Matar was born in Antwerp, Belgium,” she declared.
Hass’s statement is blatantly false, say Women in Green organizers. “We do not plant on privately-owned lands,” they said, explaining that they use the most up-to-date maps to ensure that they plant only on state land.
“Not surprisingly, Amira Hass did not bother to check any facts,” Women in Green said.
Hass was right about one thing, they said. “Yes, there is a battle for every dunam of land in Gush Etzion, and throughout the rest of Judea and Samaria.” On the PA side, the battle is well-funded and coordinated at the highest levels, they said, noting that PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad openly stated “The greatest challenge against the occupation and the settlements is to increase the investment and agriculture on the lands in Area C [Israeli state land – ed.].”
The PA seeks control of state lands “both by massive illegal construction of thousands of houses… and by an ‘agricultural jihad’ in which Arabs, backed by almost unlimited international financing, steal state lands by cultivating them.”
“Their goal is clear: an Arab takeover of all the areas between the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in order to choke them and prevent their expansion,” Women in Green warned.
The group concluded by calling for the Israeli government to implement the organization's platform – full Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. “We should not be deterred by the consequences of such a move, including the possibility of granting citizenship to the Arabs of Judea and Samaria, who will pledge loyalty to the state and its laws,” they declared, adding, “Sovereignty throughout all of Eretz Yisrael [the land of Israel] is the one and only Israeli alternative.”
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by Maayana Miskin
Jewish activists with the Women in Green movement have slammed a recent article in the Haaretz newspaper as “full of lies and propaganda.” Members of the group spoke out this week about the real story behind the battle for control of land in Netzer, in Gush Etzion.
Women in Green has been working to plant trees in Netzer for some time, and has successfully cultivated swaths of land despite repeated attacks by local Palestinian Authority Arabs, who often uproot saplings and damage equipment.
Haaretz author Amira Hass wrote a story last week in which she claimed that the land cultivated by Women in Green is owned by Arab landowners. “Every Palestinian landowner has a thick file full of documents attesting that he and his family owned the land many years before Women in Green founder Nadia Matar was born in Antwerp, Belgium,” she declared.
Hass’s statement is blatantly false, say Women in Green organizers. “We do not plant on privately-owned lands,” they said, explaining that they use the most up-to-date maps to ensure that they plant only on state land.
“Not surprisingly, Amira Hass did not bother to check any facts,” Women in Green said.
Hass was right about one thing, they said. “Yes, there is a battle for every dunam of land in Gush Etzion, and throughout the rest of Judea and Samaria.” On the PA side, the battle is well-funded and coordinated at the highest levels, they said, noting that PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad openly stated “The greatest challenge against the occupation and the settlements is to increase the investment and agriculture on the lands in Area C [Israeli state land – ed.].”
The PA seeks control of state lands “both by massive illegal construction of thousands of houses… and by an ‘agricultural jihad’ in which Arabs, backed by almost unlimited international financing, steal state lands by cultivating them.”
“Their goal is clear: an Arab takeover of all the areas between the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in order to choke them and prevent their expansion,” Women in Green warned.
The group concluded by calling for the Israeli government to implement the organization's platform – full Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. “We should not be deterred by the consequences of such a move, including the possibility of granting citizenship to the Arabs of Judea and Samaria, who will pledge loyalty to the state and its laws,” they declared, adding, “Sovereignty throughout all of Eretz Yisrael [the land of Israel] is the one and only Israeli alternative.”
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4. Thailand Manhunt for Iranian 'Bomb Expert'
by Gavriel Queenann
Thai police Friday said they are searching for two more suspects - including an explosives expert - as their inquiry into a botched bombing plot targeting Israeli diplomats expands.
Police already have three Iranian nationals in custody. Two were arrested in Bangkok, while a third who fled Thailand was arrested by authorities in Malaysia.
They identified Saeed Moradi, 28, whose legs were severed by a bomb he held; Muhammad Kzaye, 42, arrested at an airport in Bangkok as he departed the country; and Massoud Sdgttzda, 31, arrested Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur.
Police say they will be charged with conspiracy to commit terror, unauthorized possession of explosives, and causing an explosion in which others were injured. Moradi also faces charges of attempted murder of on duty state officials.
Bangkok police commissioner Winai Thongson said police believe one of the suspects who remain at large was providing training in the use of explosives.
Thongson identified one of the suspects as Iranian national Nikkhahfard Javad, 52. He said Javad was caught on CCTV cameras as he left the safe house used by the Iranians.
The roof of the residence was blown off after a cache of explosives detonated accidentally, forcing the suspects to abandon the hideout.
Officials in Bangkok say the bombers were targeting Israeli diplomats, including the Israeli ambassador, but denied reports that said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was the prime target.
Thailand police chief Priewpan Damapong said Barak was scheduled to change planes in Thailand on Wednesday, but cancelled the plan following Tuesday's bombing. Barak made a surprise visit to the Singapore airshow on Wednesday.
The Kuwait-based daily Al-Jarida reported an assassination attempt by Hizbullah and Iran in Singapore was averted by the Mossad and Singaporean police. Officials in Jerusalem and Singapore denied the report.
However, Thai authorities have stepped up security at the country''s six international airports which could become possible new targets for acts of sabotage following a terror warning by Israel.
The botched Bangkok bombings came one day after terrorists in India and Georgia targeted Israeli diplomats.
In Dehli, a car bomb seriously wounded the wife of Israel's defense attaché to India, her driver and two other local residents, while police in Tbilisi averted catastrophe when they disarmed a bomb on an Israeli diplomat's vehicle.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for the attacks saying Tehran has shown its "true face," while Israel's UN envoy Ron Prosor lodged a formal complaint against Iran with United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon.
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by Gavriel Queenann
Thai police Friday said they are searching for two more suspects - including an explosives expert - as their inquiry into a botched bombing plot targeting Israeli diplomats expands.
Police already have three Iranian nationals in custody. Two were arrested in Bangkok, while a third who fled Thailand was arrested by authorities in Malaysia.
They identified Saeed Moradi, 28, whose legs were severed by a bomb he held; Muhammad Kzaye, 42, arrested at an airport in Bangkok as he departed the country; and Massoud Sdgttzda, 31, arrested Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur.
Police say they will be charged with conspiracy to commit terror, unauthorized possession of explosives, and causing an explosion in which others were injured. Moradi also faces charges of attempted murder of on duty state officials.
Bangkok police commissioner Winai Thongson said police believe one of the suspects who remain at large was providing training in the use of explosives.
Thongson identified one of the suspects as Iranian national Nikkhahfard Javad, 52. He said Javad was caught on CCTV cameras as he left the safe house used by the Iranians.
The roof of the residence was blown off after a cache of explosives detonated accidentally, forcing the suspects to abandon the hideout.
Officials in Bangkok say the bombers were targeting Israeli diplomats, including the Israeli ambassador, but denied reports that said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was the prime target.
Thailand police chief Priewpan Damapong said Barak was scheduled to change planes in Thailand on Wednesday, but cancelled the plan following Tuesday's bombing. Barak made a surprise visit to the Singapore airshow on Wednesday.
The Kuwait-based daily Al-Jarida reported an assassination attempt by Hizbullah and Iran in Singapore was averted by the Mossad and Singaporean police. Officials in Jerusalem and Singapore denied the report.
However, Thai authorities have stepped up security at the country''s six international airports which could become possible new targets for acts of sabotage following a terror warning by Israel.
The botched Bangkok bombings came one day after terrorists in India and Georgia targeted Israeli diplomats.
In Dehli, a car bomb seriously wounded the wife of Israel's defense attaché to India, her driver and two other local residents, while police in Tbilisi averted catastrophe when they disarmed a bomb on an Israeli diplomat's vehicle.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for the attacks saying Tehran has shown its "true face," while Israel's UN envoy Ron Prosor lodged a formal complaint against Iran with United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon.
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5. Two Jews Nearly Lynched in Jerusalem
by Elad Benari
Two civilian employees of the Defense Ministry are recovering from a near lynch attempt on Monday.
The two were traveling to Mount Scopus in Jerusalem when they accidentally made a wrong turn and ended up stuck in a traffic jam between two Arab cars. A crowd of Arab youths then showed up and began throwing rocks at them.
At one point the rock throwers, some of whom were students from a nearby school, approached the vehicle and slammed a large stone into the windshield. The rock struck the driver, Yehuda Attias, in the head. Attias, who was all bloody, hit the gas and the two Israelis then fled toward a nearby hotel. They called security and rescue forces and were taken to the hospital. Attias was since hospitalized several times because of the severe head injuries.
Eliezer Hakshur, Attias’ brother-in-law, told Arutz Sheva that it was a miracle that Attias survived the lynching attempt.
“He is suffering from headaches and has twice been hospitalized with vomiting and chills,” Hakshur said, adding the rock throwers were “probably a group of children from the nearby Arab school who realized the two were stuck, and called their friends who began to throw rocks at them. They smashed the car’s windshield and my brother-in-law’s head. He had deep cuts and his head is full of stitches.”
He added that the whole incident could have ended much differently. “It was a miracle, we have no other words to describe it. Yehuda, whose head was bleeding, fled at the last minute. Only when they came into the hotel did the security and rescue forces arrive.”
In recent months, Arabs have attacked Jewish motorists with rocks, in what is starting to again become a common phenomenon on the roads of Judea and Samaria, as it was in the days of the 2002 Second Intifada.
Rock attacks can be deadly, as they are indeed intended to be, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crash the car. That is precisely how two Jewish residents of the Judean city of Kiryat Arba -- Asher Palmer and his baby son Yonatan -- lost their lives last September.
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by Elad Benari
Two civilian employees of the Defense Ministry are recovering from a near lynch attempt on Monday.
The two were traveling to Mount Scopus in Jerusalem when they accidentally made a wrong turn and ended up stuck in a traffic jam between two Arab cars. A crowd of Arab youths then showed up and began throwing rocks at them.
At one point the rock throwers, some of whom were students from a nearby school, approached the vehicle and slammed a large stone into the windshield. The rock struck the driver, Yehuda Attias, in the head. Attias, who was all bloody, hit the gas and the two Israelis then fled toward a nearby hotel. They called security and rescue forces and were taken to the hospital. Attias was since hospitalized several times because of the severe head injuries.
Eliezer Hakshur, Attias’ brother-in-law, told Arutz Sheva that it was a miracle that Attias survived the lynching attempt.
“He is suffering from headaches and has twice been hospitalized with vomiting and chills,” Hakshur said, adding the rock throwers were “probably a group of children from the nearby Arab school who realized the two were stuck, and called their friends who began to throw rocks at them. They smashed the car’s windshield and my brother-in-law’s head. He had deep cuts and his head is full of stitches.”
He added that the whole incident could have ended much differently. “It was a miracle, we have no other words to describe it. Yehuda, whose head was bleeding, fled at the last minute. Only when they came into the hotel did the security and rescue forces arrive.”
In recent months, Arabs have attacked Jewish motorists with rocks, in what is starting to again become a common phenomenon on the roads of Judea and Samaria, as it was in the days of the 2002 Second Intifada.
Rock attacks can be deadly, as they are indeed intended to be, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and crash the car. That is precisely how two Jewish residents of the Judean city of Kiryat Arba -- Asher Palmer and his baby son Yonatan -- lost their lives last September.
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6. DIA Director: Iran Unmoved by Sanctions
by Gavriel Queenann
Defense Intelligence Agency director Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess told US lawmakers Thursday that Iran is nowhere near giving up its nuclear aspirations.
The DIA chief’s comments closely echoed Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's statement in Nicosia that sanctions Iran sanctions are "not working."
Burgess told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that despite the ratcheting up of sanctions on Iran, leaders in Tehran are unlikely to abandon their drive for nuclear weapons.
The United States, its Western allies, Israel, and Gulf Arab nations say Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons.
Burgess predicted Iran would respond if attacked but was unlikely to start a conflict itself.
“Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz at least temporarily, and may launch missiles against United States forces and our allies in the region if it is attacked,” Burgess told the lawmakers..
“Iran could also attempt to employ terrorist surrogates worldwide. However, the agency assesses Iran is unlikely to initiate or intentionally provoke a conflict,” he said.
Asked bluntly whether intelligence agencies believed Israel had made a decision to attack Iran, Burgess said, “To the best of our knowledge Israel has not decided to attack Iran.”
On the efficacy of sanctions, Burgess pointedly said Iran was nowhere near giving up its nuclear aspirations.
“Iran today has the technical, scientific and industrial capability to eventually produce nuclear weapons. While international pressure against Iran has increased, including through sanctions, we assess that Tehran is not close to agreeing to abandon its nuclear program,” Burgess said.
Burgess' testimony was given on the same day that US officials targeted Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) with new sanctions for supporting terror and abusing the human rights of Iranian citizens.
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by Gavriel Queenann
Defense Intelligence Agency director Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess told US lawmakers Thursday that Iran is nowhere near giving up its nuclear aspirations.
The DIA chief’s comments closely echoed Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's statement in Nicosia that sanctions Iran sanctions are "not working."
Burgess told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that despite the ratcheting up of sanctions on Iran, leaders in Tehran are unlikely to abandon their drive for nuclear weapons.
The United States, its Western allies, Israel, and Gulf Arab nations say Iran’s nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons.
Burgess predicted Iran would respond if attacked but was unlikely to start a conflict itself.
“Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz at least temporarily, and may launch missiles against United States forces and our allies in the region if it is attacked,” Burgess told the lawmakers..
“Iran could also attempt to employ terrorist surrogates worldwide. However, the agency assesses Iran is unlikely to initiate or intentionally provoke a conflict,” he said.
Asked bluntly whether intelligence agencies believed Israel had made a decision to attack Iran, Burgess said, “To the best of our knowledge Israel has not decided to attack Iran.”
On the efficacy of sanctions, Burgess pointedly said Iran was nowhere near giving up its nuclear aspirations.
“Iran today has the technical, scientific and industrial capability to eventually produce nuclear weapons. While international pressure against Iran has increased, including through sanctions, we assess that Tehran is not close to agreeing to abandon its nuclear program,” Burgess said.
Burgess' testimony was given on the same day that US officials targeted Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) with new sanctions for supporting terror and abusing the human rights of Iranian citizens.
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7. Will Ammunition Hill Historic Site Close?
by Maayana Miskin
The Ammunition Hill historic site in Jerusalem will close next week, and will no longer host visitors or events. The heads of the non-profit group that has run the site announced its closure at a press conference Thursday morning.
Organizers accused the Defense Ministry of failing to transfer the funds needed to keep the site running. They called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to find a way to keep the site open.
“They treat us like we’re just a monument,” said organization head Menachem Landau. “We want to remind everyone that this is a memorial site, this is a heritage site and there are events held here year round.”
Secretary-general Katri Maoz agreed. “What we do here is about values,” he said. “As a citizen of Israel I don’t see how it is morally possible to close this site..”
Two years ago, the government told organizers to stop charging for entrance to the site, and promised that a solution would be found to allow the site to maintain its budget without the fees. However, that solution never appeared, managers said.
Among the organizers present at Thursday’s press conference were former soldiers wounded in the battles at Ammunition Hill, and children of soldiers who fell in the battle. The fight at Ammunition Hill was one of the bloodiest battles of the Six Day War, and was a crucial part of Israel’s victory in Jerusalem.
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by Maayana Miskin
The Ammunition Hill historic site in Jerusalem will close next week, and will no longer host visitors or events. The heads of the non-profit group that has run the site announced its closure at a press conference Thursday morning.
Organizers accused the Defense Ministry of failing to transfer the funds needed to keep the site running. They called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to find a way to keep the site open.
“They treat us like we’re just a monument,” said organization head Menachem Landau. “We want to remind everyone that this is a memorial site, this is a heritage site and there are events held here year round.”
Secretary-general Katri Maoz agreed. “What we do here is about values,” he said. “As a citizen of Israel I don’t see how it is morally possible to close this site..”
Two years ago, the government told organizers to stop charging for entrance to the site, and promised that a solution would be found to allow the site to maintain its budget without the fees. However, that solution never appeared, managers said.
Among the organizers present at Thursday’s press conference were former soldiers wounded in the battles at Ammunition Hill, and children of soldiers who fell in the battle. The fight at Ammunition Hill was one of the bloodiest battles of the Six Day War, and was a crucial part of Israel’s victory in Jerusalem.
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8. Nasrallah Threatens Senior Israeli Officials
by Elad Benari
The leader of the Hizbullah terror group, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened on Thursday to hurt senior Israeli officials. Nasrallah made the threats during a speech at a ceremony in memory of former Hizbullah leader Abbas Musawi and arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh.
In his speech, Nasrallah denied that Hizbullah was involved in the attacks this week which targeted Israelis in India, Georgia and Thailand.
“Regarding the bombings that occurred this week in India, Georgia and Thailand - I want to say clearly that Hizbullah had nothing to do with it,” said Nasrallah. “I do not know who was behind the explosions and I do not waste my time analyzing it. At this point I want to remind that Imad Mughniyeh's blood will haunt them. We will get revenge on them, but we won’t hurt soldiers or diplomats. It would be shameful for us to avenge the death of our commander by killing simple Israelis.”
He added, “They (Israel) know very well who we are targeting. They are taking precautionary measures and I say to them today - beware. As long as blood flows in our veins, we will continue to operate until the day we get revenge for Imad Mughniyeh. This will be a respectable revenge.”
Mughniyeh was killed in a car-bomb attack in Damascus in February of 2008, reportedly while in the midst of planning major terrorist attacks in moderate Arab countries.
Both Hizbullah and Syria blamed Israel for killing Mughniyeh, and Hizbullah has promised to avenge his death.
In his remarks Nasrallah added, “Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said that Hizbullah has firepower that is not found in 90 percent of the world's countries. It is not a minister or a journalist who said it, but the head of the Mossad. Whether this is true or not, only Allah knows. It is enough for us that Israelis believe it.”
He promised to keep fighting Israel because it “occupies Palestine and the holy places for Christians and Muslims, works to Judaize Jerusalem and causes suffering among the Palestinians.” He added that the Zionist project is a “danger which is imposed on Middle Eastern countries and the peoples living in it, regardless of their religious affiliation, race and culture of those nations and those countries. We need to locate this danger and bring it down.”
Hizbullah and Iran have been blamed for the terror attacks this week. Iran has denied involvement in the attacks and has suggested that any of Israel’s “many enemies in various parts of the world” could have been behind them.
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by Elad Benari
The leader of the Hizbullah terror group, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened on Thursday to hurt senior Israeli officials. Nasrallah made the threats during a speech at a ceremony in memory of former Hizbullah leader Abbas Musawi and arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh.
In his speech, Nasrallah denied that Hizbullah was involved in the attacks this week which targeted Israelis in India, Georgia and Thailand.
“Regarding the bombings that occurred this week in India, Georgia and Thailand - I want to say clearly that Hizbullah had nothing to do with it,” said Nasrallah. “I do not know who was behind the explosions and I do not waste my time analyzing it. At this point I want to remind that Imad Mughniyeh's blood will haunt them. We will get revenge on them, but we won’t hurt soldiers or diplomats. It would be shameful for us to avenge the death of our commander by killing simple Israelis.”
He added, “They (Israel) know very well who we are targeting. They are taking precautionary measures and I say to them today - beware. As long as blood flows in our veins, we will continue to operate until the day we get revenge for Imad Mughniyeh. This will be a respectable revenge.”
Mughniyeh was killed in a car-bomb attack in Damascus in February of 2008, reportedly while in the midst of planning major terrorist attacks in moderate Arab countries.
Both Hizbullah and Syria blamed Israel for killing Mughniyeh, and Hizbullah has promised to avenge his death.
In his remarks Nasrallah added, “Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said that Hizbullah has firepower that is not found in 90 percent of the world's countries. It is not a minister or a journalist who said it, but the head of the Mossad. Whether this is true or not, only Allah knows. It is enough for us that Israelis believe it.”
He promised to keep fighting Israel because it “occupies Palestine and the holy places for Christians and Muslims, works to Judaize Jerusalem and causes suffering among the Palestinians.” He added that the Zionist project is a “danger which is imposed on Middle Eastern countries and the peoples living in it, regardless of their religious affiliation, race and culture of those nations and those countries. We need to locate this danger and bring it down.”
Hizbullah and Iran have been blamed for the terror attacks this week. Iran has denied involvement in the attacks and has suggested that any of Israel’s “many enemies in various parts of the world” could have been behind them.
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