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1. Israel Will Bar Entry of UN Rights Council, Warns Ayalon
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Israel will bar entry of U.N. officials trying to investigate alleged effects of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria on Palestinian Authority Arabs, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Sunday morning.
"Once again the Human Rights Council has proven that it is essentially a rubber stamp of the Palestinians and it has again been proven that the Palestinians do not seek an historical reconciliation or peace, but confrontation and struggle,” he said after the international body announced its newest investigation against Israel.
Ayalon added, "This is a continuation of the political incitement campaign that the Palestinians have been holding against us in recent months. As far as Israel is concerned, the U.N. committee has no effect - political nor moral - and therefore we will not allow them to work here."
He said Sunday morning there is no point in cooperating with a Council that tries to cause damage to Israel, and he pointed out that the Human Rights Council includes several countries who lead the world in violating the rights of their citizens.
Foreign Minister Avifdor Lieberman said last week that Israel might quit the Council.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated, "Until today, the Council has made 91 decisions, 39 of which dealt with Israel, three with Syria and one with Iran. One only had to hear the Syrian representative speak today about human rights in order to understand how detached from reality the Council is. Another proof of its detachment from reality came last week when it invited before it a representative of Hamas, an organization whose ideology is based on the murder of innocents.”
Two years ago, retired South African Judge Richard Goldstone headed a Human Rights Council committee that issued a book of more than 500 pages on war crimes allegedly committee by Israel during the counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead campaign in Gaza.
More than a year after the report, Goldstone admitted that he later learned facts that supported Israeli statements that the Hamas terrorist organization used civilians as shields for their terrorist attacks against Israel.
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Israel will bar entry of U.N. officials trying to investigate alleged effects of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria on Palestinian Authority Arabs, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Sunday morning.
"Once again the Human Rights Council has proven that it is essentially a rubber stamp of the Palestinians and it has again been proven that the Palestinians do not seek an historical reconciliation or peace, but confrontation and struggle,” he said after the international body announced its newest investigation against Israel.
Ayalon added, "This is a continuation of the political incitement campaign that the Palestinians have been holding against us in recent months. As far as Israel is concerned, the U.N. committee has no effect - political nor moral - and therefore we will not allow them to work here."
He said Sunday morning there is no point in cooperating with a Council that tries to cause damage to Israel, and he pointed out that the Human Rights Council includes several countries who lead the world in violating the rights of their citizens.
Foreign Minister Avifdor Lieberman said last week that Israel might quit the Council.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated, "Until today, the Council has made 91 decisions, 39 of which dealt with Israel, three with Syria and one with Iran. One only had to hear the Syrian representative speak today about human rights in order to understand how detached from reality the Council is. Another proof of its detachment from reality came last week when it invited before it a representative of Hamas, an organization whose ideology is based on the murder of innocents.”
Two years ago, retired South African Judge Richard Goldstone headed a Human Rights Council committee that issued a book of more than 500 pages on war crimes allegedly committee by Israel during the counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead campaign in Gaza.
More than a year after the report, Goldstone admitted that he later learned facts that supported Israeli statements that the Hamas terrorist organization used civilians as shields for their terrorist attacks against Israel.
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2. Obama Omits Deadline on 'Diplomatic Window' for Iran
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
President Barack Obama said Sunday that a “window is closing” on Iran but there still is time for diplomacy. He did not set a deadline, but it would likely be after the presidential elections in November.
The president made his remarks to reporters in Seoul on the eve of a nuclear security summit. “I believe there is a window of time to solve this diplomatically, but that window is closing," the president said.
President Obama’s statement was nothing new – he said 10 days ago that the diplomatic window is “shrinking,” but his constant talk on Iran represents his determination to jawbone Israel by demonstrating willingness to strike Iran militarily to keep it from attaining nuclear capability.
The U.S. administration still is banking on economic sanctions to convince Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cooperate with United Nations officials and allow them open and free inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities.
The president is anxious to avoid another military intervention in a foreign country before the elections, but Israel is worried that November will be too late as Ahmadinejad continues to fortify nuclear facilities in mountainous areas and under concrete bunkers.
A military battle with Iran before the elections also would create what is perhaps a worse problem for President Obama – soaring oil prices.
"Right now the key thing that is driving higher gas prices is actually the world's oil markets and uncertainty about what's going on in Iran and the Middle East. That's adding a $20 or $30 premium to oil prices, and that obviously affects gas prices,” he said in an interview with the American Automobile Association (AAA).
AAA, which reports on national gas prices, reported that the national average of the price at the pump is $3.89 a gallon, nearly 20 percent higher than at the beginning of the year.
The state-controlled Iranian Fars News Agency told its readers that a “prominent member of the Iranian parliament” said that President Obama exempted 11 countries from tough sanctions against purchasing Iranian crude in order to keep gasoline prices from rising further.
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
President Barack Obama said Sunday that a “window is closing” on Iran but there still is time for diplomacy. He did not set a deadline, but it would likely be after the presidential elections in November.
The president made his remarks to reporters in Seoul on the eve of a nuclear security summit. “I believe there is a window of time to solve this diplomatically, but that window is closing," the president said.
President Obama’s statement was nothing new – he said 10 days ago that the diplomatic window is “shrinking,” but his constant talk on Iran represents his determination to jawbone Israel by demonstrating willingness to strike Iran militarily to keep it from attaining nuclear capability.
The U.S. administration still is banking on economic sanctions to convince Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cooperate with United Nations officials and allow them open and free inspection of Iranian nuclear facilities.
The president is anxious to avoid another military intervention in a foreign country before the elections, but Israel is worried that November will be too late as Ahmadinejad continues to fortify nuclear facilities in mountainous areas and under concrete bunkers.
A military battle with Iran before the elections also would create what is perhaps a worse problem for President Obama – soaring oil prices.
"Right now the key thing that is driving higher gas prices is actually the world's oil markets and uncertainty about what's going on in Iran and the Middle East. That's adding a $20 or $30 premium to oil prices, and that obviously affects gas prices,” he said in an interview with the American Automobile Association (AAA).
AAA, which reports on national gas prices, reported that the national average of the price at the pump is $3.89 a gallon, nearly 20 percent higher than at the beginning of the year.
The state-controlled Iranian Fars News Agency told its readers that a “prominent member of the Iranian parliament” said that President Obama exempted 11 countries from tough sanctions against purchasing Iranian crude in order to keep gasoline prices from rising further.
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3. U.S. Unblocks Aid to Palestinian Authority
by Elad Benari
Two Republicans in the House of Representatives have released restrictions on the disbursement of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority that have been blocked in Congress, CNN reported.
U.S. aid to the PA was frozen after the entity unilaterally turned to the United Nations and asked for recognition of a Palestinian state.
According to the CNN report, Rep. Kay Granger, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, said she was releasing a hold on all of the $147 million in congressionally appropriated money for the PA. House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen only partially lifted her block for more than half of the funds to be sent.
“In many ways, there is more uncertainty now than there was a year ago. Peace and stability in the Palestinian Territories could not be more critical at this moment,” Granger was quoted as having said in a written statement on Friday. "I have taken a strong position on aid to the (Palestinian Authority) to send a message that seeking statehood at the United Nations, forming a unity government with Hamas and walking away from the negotiating table with Israel were not pathways to peace.”
Granger noted she decided to release her hold for humanitarian reasons and to help increase stability in the area controlled by the PA.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and USAID Administrator Raj Shah that she was only partially lifting her blockage of $88.6 million in assistance.
Ros-Lehtinen said she would not object to the disbursement so long as the funds were not used for assistance and recovery in Hamas-controlled Gaza and road construction projects in the PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, except those directly related to security and projects with permits from Israel.
She added that she also objected to the funds' use in trade facilitation, tourism promotion and office refurbishment or improvements to PA agencies and ministries.
In her letter, Ros-Lehtinen cited the role of Hamas and its control of Gaza as reasons for not releasing the remaining $58.6 million appropriated to the PA.
She wrote, “I am particularly concerned with the $26.4 million that the administration seeks to provide for 'Gaza Assistance and Recovery.' Just a week after the recent rocket attacks against Israel, the Administration is pressuring Congress to provide resources and funding for Gaza that allows Hamas the flexibility necessary to continue its rule over the area. Programming, like funding is fungible, and allows Hamas and other extremists to utilize their resources to continue their efforts against the United States and Israel. That is why I am not releasing the hold on funds for this component.”
The release of the aid comes just one week after PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said that his government would reduce expenses if donor countries fail to pay aid they pledged to the PA.
The International Monetary Fund released a report last week, which estimated a financing gap of about $500 million.
The IMF said the PA economy had entered a “difficult phase”, with a severe liquidity crunch worsening since last year due to a drop in aid from Western backers and wealthy Gulf states and Israeli restrictions on trade.
Most of the aid to the PA comes from the United States, the European Union and Arab nations, allowing the Palestinian Authority to pay the salaries of public workers and benefits.
A recent World Bank report said the PA is undergoing a financial crisis and also admitted that it was primarily due to the lack of donor countries fulfilling their pledges to fork over billions of dollars to Ramallah.
Fayyad warned several months ago that the Palestinian Authority may soon fail financially and cease to exist.
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by Elad Benari
Two Republicans in the House of Representatives have released restrictions on the disbursement of U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority that have been blocked in Congress, CNN reported.
U.S. aid to the PA was frozen after the entity unilaterally turned to the United Nations and asked for recognition of a Palestinian state.
According to the CNN report, Rep. Kay Granger, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, said she was releasing a hold on all of the $147 million in congressionally appropriated money for the PA. House Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen only partially lifted her block for more than half of the funds to be sent.
“In many ways, there is more uncertainty now than there was a year ago. Peace and stability in the Palestinian Territories could not be more critical at this moment,” Granger was quoted as having said in a written statement on Friday. "I have taken a strong position on aid to the (Palestinian Authority) to send a message that seeking statehood at the United Nations, forming a unity government with Hamas and walking away from the negotiating table with Israel were not pathways to peace.”
Granger noted she decided to release her hold for humanitarian reasons and to help increase stability in the area controlled by the PA.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and USAID Administrator Raj Shah that she was only partially lifting her blockage of $88.6 million in assistance.
Ros-Lehtinen said she would not object to the disbursement so long as the funds were not used for assistance and recovery in Hamas-controlled Gaza and road construction projects in the PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, except those directly related to security and projects with permits from Israel.
She added that she also objected to the funds' use in trade facilitation, tourism promotion and office refurbishment or improvements to PA agencies and ministries.
In her letter, Ros-Lehtinen cited the role of Hamas and its control of Gaza as reasons for not releasing the remaining $58.6 million appropriated to the PA.
She wrote, “I am particularly concerned with the $26.4 million that the administration seeks to provide for 'Gaza Assistance and Recovery.' Just a week after the recent rocket attacks against Israel, the Administration is pressuring Congress to provide resources and funding for Gaza that allows Hamas the flexibility necessary to continue its rule over the area. Programming, like funding is fungible, and allows Hamas and other extremists to utilize their resources to continue their efforts against the United States and Israel. That is why I am not releasing the hold on funds for this component.”
The release of the aid comes just one week after PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said that his government would reduce expenses if donor countries fail to pay aid they pledged to the PA.
The International Monetary Fund released a report last week, which estimated a financing gap of about $500 million.
The IMF said the PA economy had entered a “difficult phase”, with a severe liquidity crunch worsening since last year due to a drop in aid from Western backers and wealthy Gulf states and Israeli restrictions on trade.
Most of the aid to the PA comes from the United States, the European Union and Arab nations, allowing the Palestinian Authority to pay the salaries of public workers and benefits.
A recent World Bank report said the PA is undergoing a financial crisis and also admitted that it was primarily due to the lack of donor countries fulfilling their pledges to fork over billions of dollars to Ramallah.
Fayyad warned several months ago that the Palestinian Authority may soon fail financially and cease to exist.
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4. High Court Rejects Migron Deal
by Gil Ronen
In a surprising and disappointing decision, the High Court Sunday threw out a compromise deal between the government and the residents of Migron, and set a new deadline for the eviction of the residents.
The three judge panel is headed by Supreme Court President Asher Grunis, and includes judges Miriam Naor and Salim Jubran. They gave the government until August 1 to evict the residents.
"Now the petitioners are entitled to enjoy the fruits of the verdict," the judges wrote. "They have the right to see the ongoing disruption of their rights end. The public interest in enforcement of the law must also be felt, as must the rule of law and respect for the law."
The judges said that the compromise with residents of Migron cannot come at the expense of the petitioners. "As will be remembered," they wrote, "we have expressed the wish that the residents of Migron will 'wake up' and accept willingly their obligation not to portray themselves as outlaws. We repeat this wish today."
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by Gil Ronen
In a surprising and disappointing decision, the High Court Sunday threw out a compromise deal between the government and the residents of Migron, and set a new deadline for the eviction of the residents.
The three judge panel is headed by Supreme Court President Asher Grunis, and includes judges Miriam Naor and Salim Jubran. They gave the government until August 1 to evict the residents.
"Now the petitioners are entitled to enjoy the fruits of the verdict," the judges wrote. "They have the right to see the ongoing disruption of their rights end. The public interest in enforcement of the law must also be felt, as must the rule of law and respect for the law."
The judges said that the compromise with residents of Migron cannot come at the expense of the petitioners. "As will be remembered," they wrote, "we have expressed the wish that the residents of Migron will 'wake up' and accept willingly their obligation not to portray themselves as outlaws. We repeat this wish today."
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5. IDF’s Best Combat Weapon: Hands and Feet
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The IDF has “unveiled” what it call its best combat weapon – hands and feet used in “Krav Maga’ hand-to-hand combat training.
Krav Maga is intensive – and a bit dangerous. “Every combat soldier remembers the trials and tribulations of their basic training, yet some soldiers elect to further their training and attend the five-week long Krav Maga instructors’ course," the IDF reported on its blog.
The cadets – women as well as men – are divided into pairs and begin with attempts in stabbing one another with plastic knives. To thwart the attacker, anything goes, including striking “below the belt” with a punch or a kick.
“The course is valuable to both our men and women soldiers since the kidnapping alert has been on the rise due to the generous terms applied in the Gilad Shalit deal,” the IDF said.
Not everyone was able to finish the course—there were eight dropouts.
“The goal of the course is not necessarily to be the best in Krav Maga, but rather future instructors must be able to transfer messages and guidance to those who are in danger every day,” explained course commander Second Lieutenant, Nir Inbar.
Arutz Sheva reported two months ago that the IDF is intensively training soon-to-be officers with hand-to-combat in the face of a high motivation by terrorists to kidnap them.
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The IDF has “unveiled” what it call its best combat weapon – hands and feet used in “Krav Maga’ hand-to-hand combat training.
Krav Maga is intensive – and a bit dangerous. “Every combat soldier remembers the trials and tribulations of their basic training, yet some soldiers elect to further their training and attend the five-week long Krav Maga instructors’ course," the IDF reported on its blog.
The cadets – women as well as men – are divided into pairs and begin with attempts in stabbing one another with plastic knives. To thwart the attacker, anything goes, including striking “below the belt” with a punch or a kick.
“The course is valuable to both our men and women soldiers since the kidnapping alert has been on the rise due to the generous terms applied in the Gilad Shalit deal,” the IDF said.
Not everyone was able to finish the course—there were eight dropouts.
“The goal of the course is not necessarily to be the best in Krav Maga, but rather future instructors must be able to transfer messages and guidance to those who are in danger every day,” explained course commander Second Lieutenant, Nir Inbar.
Arutz Sheva reported two months ago that the IDF is intensively training soon-to-be officers with hand-to-combat in the face of a high motivation by terrorists to kidnap them.
Tags: hand -to-hand combat ,IDF ,Shalit deal
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6. Anti-Semites Sympathize with Toulouse Killer
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Several French Muslim students honored a one-minute silence for the Toulouse murderer, and Facebook page paid “homage” to the killer until the social networking company banned it.
Others condemned Israel for “exploiting” the murders, and some French media called the terrorist a “child” while others said he was a victim of economic hardship for Muslims.
Although most French schools held a moment of silence in memory of the victims, one teacher in Rouen staged a moment of silence for Mohammed Merah, who killed a rabbi and three young children at point-blank range last week at the Otzar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse. He killed three French paratroopers of North African and Carribean origin, all of whom were Muslim, the week prior.
Most of the children left the classroom in protest, but others honored the teacher’s request, and student proclaimed that the murder victims “deserved it." The teacher explained that Merah, linked to Al Qaeda, was a “victim” and that media reports of his Al Qaeda links were a media invention.
The education authority suspended her after protests but pointed out the disciplinary action does not necessarily mean that the teacher is “guilty.” The teacher’s union later said that the teacher regretted her comments.
The local education authority said the suspension does not mean she is guilty.
A Facebook page paid homage to Merah until the site managers removed it, but not before several hundred people clicked on it, many of them leaving remarks against the police and in support of Muslim fanaticism.
The Electronic Intifada stated on its site, “What does the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do when his propaganda efforts fail to conceal Israel’s abuses of Palestinians? He uses the blood of Jewish children murdered in the French city of Toulouse last week to try to blot them out. This is low, even for Israeli official propaganda.
“Since 16 February – when Israeli occupation forces violently seized from her home in the West Bank village of Burqin – Hana al-Shalabi has been on hunger strike because she has no other way to resist the injustice Israel is inflicting on her and her family.”
Several media outlets in France termed the 14-year-old Merah a “child” who was a victim of poor socio-economic conditions.
Le Figaro backed a popular theme in French media that there was “no doubt" that Merah was incited by “Islamophobia.”
The New York Times noted that French “Muslims complain widely of feeling vilified by some political elements, on the right in particular.”
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Several French Muslim students honored a one-minute silence for the Toulouse murderer, and Facebook page paid “homage” to the killer until the social networking company banned it.
Others condemned Israel for “exploiting” the murders, and some French media called the terrorist a “child” while others said he was a victim of economic hardship for Muslims.
Although most French schools held a moment of silence in memory of the victims, one teacher in Rouen staged a moment of silence for Mohammed Merah, who killed a rabbi and three young children at point-blank range last week at the Otzar HaTorah Jewish school in Toulouse. He killed three French paratroopers of North African and Carribean origin, all of whom were Muslim, the week prior.
Most of the children left the classroom in protest, but others honored the teacher’s request, and student proclaimed that the murder victims “deserved it." The teacher explained that Merah, linked to Al Qaeda, was a “victim” and that media reports of his Al Qaeda links were a media invention.
The education authority suspended her after protests but pointed out the disciplinary action does not necessarily mean that the teacher is “guilty.” The teacher’s union later said that the teacher regretted her comments.
The local education authority said the suspension does not mean she is guilty.
A Facebook page paid homage to Merah until the site managers removed it, but not before several hundred people clicked on it, many of them leaving remarks against the police and in support of Muslim fanaticism.
The Electronic Intifada stated on its site, “What does the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do when his propaganda efforts fail to conceal Israel’s abuses of Palestinians? He uses the blood of Jewish children murdered in the French city of Toulouse last week to try to blot them out. This is low, even for Israeli official propaganda.
“Since 16 February – when Israeli occupation forces violently seized from her home in the West Bank village of Burqin – Hana al-Shalabi has been on hunger strike because she has no other way to resist the injustice Israel is inflicting on her and her family.”
Several media outlets in France termed the 14-year-old Merah a “child” who was a victim of poor socio-economic conditions.
Le Figaro backed a popular theme in French media that there was “no doubt" that Merah was incited by “Islamophobia.”
The New York Times noted that French “Muslims complain widely of feeling vilified by some political elements, on the right in particular.”
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7. Telecast to Celebrate Biblical Tabernacle
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Arutz Sheva will telecast a special 6-hour telecast of Temple Mount Awareness Day Sunday, one day after Sabbath-Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the first day of the Hebrew month when the first Tabernacle was dedicated.
The live telecast, which will include music and interviews, will begin at 11 a.m. EDT (5 p.m. in Israel) and at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.
The Temple Mount Institute chose Sunday, the second day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, to stage the Temple Mount Awareness Day because it is the anniversary of the dedication of the Holy Tabernacle, and the first day of the Divine service.
The day is bound up with the entire concept of the Holy Temple,where the Bible records that Hashem accepted holy sacrifices with the Divine Presence.
The joyous celebration of Temple consciousness and renewal is a festival intended to open up a window to the multi-faceted world of the Temple Mount and the promise of a rebuilt Holy Temple.
Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute will host the special program, and the first hour will feature Moshe Feiglin, head of the Jewish Leadership faction of Israel's ruling Likud party. He will discuss the grassroots efforts and parliamentary legislation for securing freedom of worship on the Temple Mount.
The holy site is under the administration of Muslim clerics, and Israeli police severely restrict Jews from visiting.
After a musical interlude with Yehudah Katz and his band, Torah and Temple Mount scholar Rabbi Nachman Kahana will present from noon spiritual insights about the Temple Mount, the Holy Temple and the State of Israel.
Following more music, Temple Mount activist Yisrael Medad will discuss the current role of the mass media concerning the struggle for religious freedom on the Temple Mount.
At 1:30 p.m. (EDT), Yehudah Katz will perform and discuss his music and the Holy Temple.
Hillel Richman and Frankie Snyder, senior staff members of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, will discuss at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) exciting archaeological finds discovered from the Second Temple period this past year at the Temple Mount.
At 3:15 p.m. Tziporra Piltz, guide and organizer of women's ascent to the Temple Mount, will discuss her experiences and the growing movement of women who ascend the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Mois Navon, of the Ptil Tekhelet organization that manufactures of the biblical blue “techelet” dye, used in tzitzit (ritual fringes) and priestly garments, will close out the program with a discussion of the colorful history of techelet from antiquity to the contemporary re-establishment of the techelet industry.
Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven host the Temple Talk podcast on Arutz Sheva's Israel National Radio. For downloadable archives, click here.
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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Arutz Sheva will telecast a special 6-hour telecast of Temple Mount Awareness Day Sunday, one day after Sabbath-Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the first day of the Hebrew month when the first Tabernacle was dedicated.
The live telecast, which will include music and interviews, will begin at 11 a.m. EDT (5 p.m. in Israel) and at 8 a.m. Pacific Time.
The Temple Mount Institute chose Sunday, the second day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, to stage the Temple Mount Awareness Day because it is the anniversary of the dedication of the Holy Tabernacle, and the first day of the Divine service.
The day is bound up with the entire concept of the Holy Temple,where the Bible records that Hashem accepted holy sacrifices with the Divine Presence.
The joyous celebration of Temple consciousness and renewal is a festival intended to open up a window to the multi-faceted world of the Temple Mount and the promise of a rebuilt Holy Temple.
Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute will host the special program, and the first hour will feature Moshe Feiglin, head of the Jewish Leadership faction of Israel's ruling Likud party. He will discuss the grassroots efforts and parliamentary legislation for securing freedom of worship on the Temple Mount.
The holy site is under the administration of Muslim clerics, and Israeli police severely restrict Jews from visiting.
After a musical interlude with Yehudah Katz and his band, Torah and Temple Mount scholar Rabbi Nachman Kahana will present from noon spiritual insights about the Temple Mount, the Holy Temple and the State of Israel.
Following more music, Temple Mount activist Yisrael Medad will discuss the current role of the mass media concerning the struggle for religious freedom on the Temple Mount.
At 1:30 p.m. (EDT), Yehudah Katz will perform and discuss his music and the Holy Temple.
Hillel Richman and Frankie Snyder, senior staff members of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, will discuss at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) exciting archaeological finds discovered from the Second Temple period this past year at the Temple Mount.
At 3:15 p.m. Tziporra Piltz, guide and organizer of women's ascent to the Temple Mount, will discuss her experiences and the growing movement of women who ascend the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Mois Navon, of the Ptil Tekhelet organization that manufactures of the biblical blue “techelet” dye, used in tzitzit (ritual fringes) and priestly garments, will close out the program with a discussion of the colorful history of techelet from antiquity to the contemporary re-establishment of the techelet industry.
Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven host the Temple Talk podcast on Arutz Sheva's Israel National Radio. For downloadable archives, click here.
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8. Don't Just Learn about Matzot - Bake Them
by Elad Benari & Hezki Ezra
In a special project in honor of the upcoming holiday of Passover, students in the Noam yeshiva high school in Jerusalem joined together to bake hundreds of matzot.
Jews eat matzah, unleavened bread, on Passover, as was done at the Exodus from Egypt, when the Jews did not have enough time to wait for dough to rise before leaving.
Passover begins at sunset on Friday, April 6.
Arutz Sheva visited the Noam yeshiva high school and spoke with the students, who all expressed their excitement over the project. The students said that baking matzah was an excellent extension of their studies about Passover, its laws and customs.
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by Elad Benari & Hezki Ezra
In a special project in honor of the upcoming holiday of Passover, students in the Noam yeshiva high school in Jerusalem joined together to bake hundreds of matzot.
Jews eat matzah, unleavened bread, on Passover, as was done at the Exodus from Egypt, when the Jews did not have enough time to wait for dough to rise before leaving.
Passover begins at sunset on Friday, April 6.
Arutz Sheva visited the Noam yeshiva high school and spoke with the students, who all expressed their excitement over the project. The students said that baking matzah was an excellent extension of their studies about Passover, its laws and customs.
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