Who are the Israelis?

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But..but..but...The Palestinians throw stones.

Give me a break, the Arab-Israeli conflict has caused less loss of life,
than the deaths caused by crime in several US cities alone.

Jerusalem, by the way, since united is among the safest cities in the world.

 

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Bereaved families to Israeli government: Freeze agreement with PA

'The PA continues to pay terrorists who murdered our children and our government continues to help it with our tax money.'

The Israeli government is expected to sign an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Sunday, according to which the State of Israel will grant the PA a loan of NIS 800 million ($228,134,712) to offset the PA's losses from the coronavirus outbreak.

The agreement was disclosed in the Finance Ministry and Prime Minister's Office response to a Supreme Court petition against the agreement filed by Adv. Yitzhak Bam on behalf of the Lavi organization and the Choosing Life Forum - Bereaved Families and Victims of Terrorism, demanding that the Court block the agreement in light of the PA's continued financial aid for families of convicted terrorists.

The Finance Ministry's and Prime Minister's office response to the petition indicate that the funds are expected to be allocated by the Israeli government for the PA's efforts in the coronavirus fight.

According to the petition, there is substantial reason to believe that the loan will not be returned to the State of Israel, and that the PA will instead transfer a large portion of the funding to families of terrorists and terrorist operatives as payment for carrying out attacks against Israel.

The petition states that, "Unfortunately, the Palestinian Authority, contrary to its commitments to cease terrorism, is spending money on it and paying salaries and grants to terrorists serving their sentences in Israeli prisons and to those released from their prison sentences. The Authority has set up a system and provided financial support to terrorists and their families."

Despite a law according to which that the State of Israel is to offset terrorists' salaries in its loan to the PA, the cabinet has yet to order such a move.

Meirav and Hertzl Hajaj, parents of Lieutenant Shir Hajaj, murdered in a ramming attack in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem on January 8, 2017, and members of the Choosing Life Forum said, "How can it be that hundreds of thousands of families and businesses in Israel are going out of business while the Israeli government transfers NIS 800 million a month to the terrorist-supporting Palestinian Authority as it continues to pay the terrorists who murdered our children? It turns out the Israeli government and citizens of Israel who had their children murdered are paying the salaries of their murderers."

The Lavi organization added that "transferring NIS 1 billion ($285,168,390) to the Palestinian Authority for financing terrorists' salaries is unacceptable. The PA cannot continue providing huge salaries to murderers of Jews and crying over [financial] difficulties. The transfer of NIS 1 billion to the PA is a blatant blow to the Pay to Slay Law recently enacted, and to families of terror victims. "

Bereaved families to Israeli government: Freeze agreement with Palestinian Authority

'The PA continues to pay terrorists who murdered our children and our government continues to help it with our tax money.'

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Israel: How this ultra-Orthodox town fought back the coronavirus

 

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Jerusalem's Historic Open Air Market Reopens
After Two Months of Closure

 

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After Tiresome Rescue Journey - 31 Jews from Brazil made Aliyah to Israel

בתום מסע חילוץ מפרך: 31 יהודים מברזיל עלו לישראל

טיסות בוטלו פעם אחר פעם, הדרך מריו לסאו פאולו נחסמה ונדרשה גם עצירת ביניים בטורקיה, אך הקרן לידידות והסוכנות היהודית הצליחו להביא ארצה עשרות יהודים מברזיל. אחת העולות: "מחכה להכיר לבנות שלי את המקום המופלא הזה, אחרי הבידוד"

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WATCH: Aliyah During the Corona Pandemic

“It felt like a rescue mission,” Ayelet Mintz said of her El Al flight to Tel Aviv, describing how “super-excited” she is to have arrived “home.”

Plant-based nutritionist has been planning her Aliyah – immigration to Israel – since the age of 16. When the coronavirus began to spread, she decided to get “home” as quickly as possible, fearing the doors to the country could shut.

“I’m here because I’m indigenous to this land,” she tells Arutz 7, speaking from quarantine in a Tel Aviv hotel.

Mintz is one of 18 North Americans who arrived on Aliyah this week through Nefesh b’Nefesh. Watch and hear her fascinating story!

 

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Arab Muslim twins from East Jerusalem go from delinquents to Israeli soldiers

Fares and Firas Muhammad spent much of their youth in courts for thefts and thuggery; when they decided to turn their lives around, their path led them, extraordinarily, to the IDF

Only a few years ago, Fares and Firas Muhammad, Muslim Arab twins from East Jerusalem, had juvenile rap sheets and seemed destined for a life of petty crime and delinquency.

Today both are star members of the Israel Defense Forces’ storied Golani Brigade, and Fares is now training to become a squad commander.

The two brothers’ incredible story was shared on Channel 12 Friday night, chronicling their rise from teen malcontents to proud and highly regarded troopers in Israel’s combat forces.

The boys’ parents divorced when they were two years old and their father has been out of the picture since. As young children they were at one point in a Jewish preschool. When they were 10, their mother escaped with them from her abusive second husband and entered a battered women’s shelter. The two then moved between boarding schools and spent much of their childhoods on the streets of Haifa.

Full story:

Arab Muslim twins go from violent delinquents to proud Golani soldiers

Fares and Firas Muhammad spent much of their youth in courts for thefts and thuggery; when they decided to turn their lives around, their path led them, extraordinarily, to the IDF

www.timesofisrael.com

 

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Psagot winery exports the ancient tastes of the Holy Land

 

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Weekly Review - May 8, 2020

 

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Preschools partially reopen

70% of children to be allowed to return to daycare. Children to return to preschool for half the week.

Kindergartens and daycares across Israel began their gradual and partial reopening Sunday under strict guidelines

The kindergartens will operate with up to 18 children per class. Half of the children will be in kindergarten on Sundays through Tuesdays and the other half on Wednesdays through Fridays. Parents will have to find alternative frameworks for their children for the other half of the week as many parents also begin their return to work.

Daycares will also open with a limit on the number of children in each of seventy percent of the daycare's capacity. The parents of the other thirty percent have been notified in recent days that their children will continue to stay at home until alternative solutions are found.

The children in the various settings will begin the sessions under restrictions and guidelines. The parents will not be able to stay with the children in the morning but will drop them off at school and leave immediately, despite the difficulty that may develop for both the parents and the children after two months of staying at home together all day.

Preschool teachers and daycare providers are also asked to prevent children from playing with each other, and to provide for antiseptics and equipment, to require a temperature test for students, alcohol disinfectant.

Preschools partially reopen

70% of children to be allowed to return to daycare. Children to return to preschool for half the week.

www.israelnationalnews.com

 

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Israel is set to carry out about 100,000 tests to look for coronavirus antibodies among the country's populations over the next two weeks.

 

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Today we remember Koby Mandell & Yosef Ishran, murdered for being Jews. We started StandWithUs 2 weeks after their murders, 19 years ago.
We will never forget them.

May their memories forever be a blessing

 

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WATCH: On this day 48 years ago,
4 terrorists hijacked Sabena Flight 571 with 100 passengers on board.

This is what happened:

 

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The Beauty of Binyamin

Gedaliah Blum visits the beautiful region of Binyamin
and talks about its past, present and future.

 

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IDF demolishes home of Rina Shnerb's murderer

IDF demolishes home of terrorist who carried out attack in which Rina Shnerb was murdered. Palestinian Arabs riot during the operation.

IDF fighters demolished overnight Sunday the home of terrorist Qassem Shibli in the Palestinian Arab village of Kobar.

Shibli, together with other members of a squad, carried out the attack on August 23, 2019 in the Dani Spring, near Dolev, in which Rena Shnerb was murdered and her father and brother, Eitan and Dvir Shnerb, were injured.

The demolition was carried out after petitions that were filed against it by the family of the terrorist were rejected by the Supreme Court.

During the operation, violent riots broke out, involving dozens of Palestinian Arabs who lit tires on fire and threw rocks and firebombs at the IDF fighters. The fighters responded with riot dispersal methods.

The homes of terrorists Walid Hanatsheh and Yasan Majamas, who also took part in the attack, have been demolished in the past.

"The IDF will continue to work to secure the area and against the terrorists in Judea and Samaria," the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

IDF demolishes home of Rina Shnerb's murderer

IDF demolishes home of terrorist who carried out attack in which Rina Shnerb was murdered. Palestinian Arabs riot during the operation.

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New details about demolition of home of terrorist who murdered Rina Shnerb

Senior officer: Demolishing a home during Ramadan is like having your belongings confiscated by tax authorities during the Seder.

www.israelnationalnews.com

 

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Israel is set to carry out about 100,000 tests to look for coronavirus antibodies among the country's populations over the next two weeks.

Israel launches ingenious zero-exposure Covid-19 test kiosks

Developers offer to share details of new ground-breaking contact-free testing kiosks with health organizations worldwide.

Unique Covid-19 testing kiosks in Israel let testers take samples without putting on expensive and uncomfortable personal protective equipment (PPE).

The booths’ design ensures complete separation between the subject and the sampler, even down to the air they breathe.

Dozens of these units were designed and manufactured by I.M. Segev Industries in collaboration with engineering and medical personnel at Maccabi Health Services, one of the four Israeli national health-maintenance organizations.

HMO members swipe their membership card on a reader attached to the booth so that results are reported directly to their electronic health record.

Unique Covid-19 testing kiosks in Israel let testers take samples without putting on expensive and uncomfortable personal protective equipment (PPE).
The booths’ design ensures complete separation between the subject and the sampler, even down to the air they breathe.

Dozens of these units were designed and manufactured by I.M. Segev Industries in collaboration with engineering and medical personnel at Maccabi Health Services, one of the four Israeli national health-maintenance organizations.
HMO members swipe their membership card on a reader attached to the booth so that results are reported directly to their electronic health record.



After the oral sample is taken with the worker’s hands enveloped in rubber gloves attached to the unit, the gloves are disinfected. This allows a quick turnaround for the next test.

“We would be happy to share our concept with any health organization worldwide in order to support our shared mission of fighting the Covid-19 virus,” said Ran Sa’ar, CEO of Maccabi.

The Israeli Association of Manufacturers made the connection between Maccabi and I.M. Segev. Additional booths have since been manufactured by I.M. Segev for HMOs Meuhedet and Clalit.

“This is groundbreaking work in the global war against the virus,” said Dvora Hassid, head of Maccabi’s central operations.

Israel launches ingenious zero-exposure Covid-19 test kiosks - ISRAEL21c

Developers offer to share details of new ground-breaking contact-free testing kiosks with health organizations worldwide.

www.israel21c.org

 

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WATCH: Pandemic didn't stop the traditional bringing in of the Torah Scroll.

The entering of the Torah scroll to the burial site of Rashbi took place today according to the orders of the Health Ministry. We are talking about a family tradition that started 190 ago, to make celebratory walk on Lag Ba'Omer, from Tzfat towards mt. Miron, with a specific scroll that was kept.

Usually occurs with a big crowd following and some kind of party,
today just a small group of young family members and friends.

הקורונה לא הפסיקה את מסורת הכנסת ספר התורה - חדשות בארץ

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What Jewish Communities in the U.S. and Around the World Can Learn about Fighting Coronavirus from Magen David Adom, Israel’s EMS Organization

What Jewish Communities in the U.S. and Around the World Can Learn about Fighting Coronavirus from Magen David Adom, Israelâs EMS Organization

Magen David Adom’s handling of the crises serves as a model that can be implemented elsewhere.

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