ISRAEL BREAKING NEWS

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Israeli-Arab MK Tibi was deeply involved in the Palestinian Authority-orchestrated riots staged on the Temple Mount earlier this week.

By TPS

The Muslim riots on the Temple Mount on Sunday during the Fast of Tisha B’Av were planned, and Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi advised the Palestinian Authority (PA) on its strategy, a source has told TPS.

Muslims rioting at the holy site as Jews attempted to visit the compound were answering the call of Muslim leaders in Jerusalem who called on the city’s Muslims to visit the Temple Mount and fight the Jews visiting the site.

Ziad Ayoubi, head of the Arab Center for Strategic Studies in Ramallah, told TPS that the political and religious leadership in Jerusalem has banded together to fight the Israeli police on the Temple Mount.

He emphasized that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah were leading the violence on the Temple Mount, but claimed the acts were “self-defense” against the “settlers and the Jews.”

He noted that while the Islamic Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood’s branch in Israel, does not maintain ties with the PA, Arab MKs do.

He said that Tibi and the other Arab MKs, who are representatives of the “inner occupation” as he called Israel, “advised and are in contact with the Palestinian Authority on a regular basis, on diplomatic issues and on the issue of Jerusalem and the mosques.”

Tibi was seen on the Temple Mount on Sunday together with Jerusalem’s Mufti Mohammed Hussein. They were both welcomed as heroes by the Muslims worshipers.

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They tried to silence Brigitte Gabriel – THIS is her response
By Leah Rosenberg -  August 14, 2019 4770 0
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The Bias
Can you believe this has been going on for so many years? Of course, not everyone who associates themselves as a Democrat would agree with the way many on The Left deal with Conservatives and the truth. But the fact is, when such big names and newspapers like The New York Times are being biased and pushing their own political agenda, it becomes the overarching sentiment. And it is completely wrong. It is anti-American. But, people do not seem to care anymore about standing up for America and her values.

Brigitte Gabriel Won’t be Silenced
Brigitte Gabriel will not allow anyone to silence the truth. People need to know the truth. It is humorous, as Gabriel points out, that the Left makes statements like saying Brigitte Gabriel is a white supremacist when in fact she is not even white. Those are the types of blatant lies that come from the Left.

And Gabriel brings attention to something important. She said, “Isn’t it a shame that we got to the point in our country where because they cannot argue with your facts they just throw labels at you?” Then those labels also lose their meaning. Being a real racist no longer holds as heavy of a label as it used to hold. So as Brigitte said, do not be silenced. Do not let those who try to cover up the truth silence you!

Iraq Warns Israel to Keep Out of Persian Gulf
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As a U.S.-led coalition comes together to protect shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Iraq tells Israel and other foreign nations to stay away.

By Associated Press

Iraq’s foreign minister says Iraq and Gulf Arab states don’t need foreign powers to secure navigation in the Persian Gulf as that would only increase regional tensions.

Mohammed al-Hakim tweeted Monday that regional states are capable of securing the strategic waterway themselves.

Al-Hakim stressed Israel’s participation in such a mission was unacceptable. Israel recently signaled its willingness to participate in the U.S.-led coalition, and specifically to provide intelligence support.

Al-Hakim’s tweet was in response to efforts by the Trump administration to set up a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s recent seizures of vessels has raised tensions with the West.

The U.S. wants an international coalition to monitor and potentially escort commercial ships there. Britain said last week it would join the mission; no other U.S. allies have committed themselves so far.

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US signs contract to purchase Iron Dome system from Israel
 August 13, 2019
US signs contract to purchase Iron Dome system from IsraelAn Iron Dome missile flies to intercept a volley of rockets from the Gaza Strip, November 20, 2012. (Flash90/Mendy Hechtman)
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The U.S. reportedly signed the contract to purchase Israel’s missile defense system, a deal first announced in February. 

By World Israel News Staff

It’s official. The U.S. Defense Department formally signed the contract to purchase two complete Iron Dome Systems from Israel, Defense News reported on Tuesday.

The contract was signed in the last few weeks, the site reports. Israel and the U.S. are currently in talks on transferring the systems to America.

“Now that the contract is set in stone, the Army will be able to figure out delivery schedules and details in terms of taking receipt of the systems,” Defense News reports.

Iron Dome is meant as an interim missile defense solution for the U.S., but Defense News says it could turn into a permanent solution depending on its performance in the field.

“While Iron Dome has been in operational use by the Israeli Air Force since 2011 and proven effective in combat, it should be noted that the U.S. Army will assess a variety of options for its long-term IFPC solution,” the U.S said in February when the deal was announced.

IFPC refers to the Indirect Fires Protection Capability program, which is developing missile defense against a variety of threats.

The deal has been described as historic, marking the first time Israel has sold a standalone weapons system to the U.S., which typically fields weapons that are superior to other countries.

The Iron Dome, which is built by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and co-developed with U.S. firm Raytheon, protects against incoming missiles by shooting them out of the sky.

Most recently, in May, facing a barrage of some 690 rockets from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the system achieved an 86 percent kill rate. Only 35 rockets and mortar shells got through to score hits, the IDF reported at the time. The rate may have been higher if Israel had more Iron Dome batteries at its disposal.

In February, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benjamin Netanyahu said: “A great achievement for Israel, this is yet another expression of the strengthening of our strong alliance with the U.S. and an expression of Israel’s rising status in the world.”

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BDS Fails to Sway US Lawmakers, Congress Sends Largest-ever Delegation to Israel
 Forty-oneRepublicans and 31 Democrats are in Israel on overlapping party tours, to get a firsthand view of the complex security challenges Israel faces and to express their unconditional, bi-partisan support for the Jewish State.

By JNS

The Congressional delegations are touring Israel’s borders and gaining insights into Israeli advances in areas of defense, agriculture, water desalination and conservation, and commercial technology. In addition, the groups met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, current opposition leader Benny Gantz, and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.

“This is the largest delegation that has ever visited Israel,” said House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), who led the Democratic delegation at a joint press conference of the two delegations Sunday at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. “We have 32 freshman members in our delegation of the 41. For many of them it is their first visit to Israel,” said Hoyer.

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that the U.S. relationship with Israel represents “an unwavering and undeniable bond, and the most important relationship we have in the Middle East. I want to emphasize that this is more than 15% of the entire U.S. House of Representatives with you right now.”

The concurrent trips come among growing political discord between the parties in the United States, as well as increasing calls from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, most notably “squad” members Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), to call into question America’s relationship with Israel while promoting calls for the boycott of Israeli products.

Tlaib, Omar and Ocasio-Cortez refused to attend the trip specifically designed for their fellow freshmen members of Congress by the American Israeli Education Foundation (AIEF), a division of the American Israeli Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

In response to the boycott-promoting members that refused to attend under the banner of #skipthetrip, Hoyer noted that Congress recently “passed the resolution in opposition to the BDS movement, which is a movement that seeks to undermine, we believe, Israel’s security and safety,” adding that the “resolution passed with 97.5% and that is a clear indication of united support, Democratic and Republican support together, on behalf of the same vision.”

He also said that “we believe in free speech, but we also believe that we ought not to be advocating either issues that could be perceived as, and are, anti-Semitic, or undermine Israel’s security.”

Regarding an Israeli Channel 13 report that President Donald Trump was upset that Israel was opting not invoke a law that prevents BDS supporters like Omar and Tlaib from entering Israel, McCarthy and Hoyer both denied the claims.

“I do not know of the president being disappointed,” McCarthy said. “I speak to the president daily. He knows there are people who have a difference of opinion.”

Hoyer noted that the president referred to the report as “fake news” and then drew comparisons between the political agreements currently taking hold in the United States and those that have been taking place for decades in Israel.

“We are like Israel and you are like us—a very vibrant democracy that welcomes and accepts different points of view,” Hoyer said. “We welcome different views because we believe the vibrancy of that debate makes us a better democracy and empowers us to make better decisions.”

Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), a veteran of congressional missions to Israel, told JNS that by going on the trip, new representatives are given the opportunity to better understand the threats Israel faces.

“This trip gives them the chance to understand the nuances, and appreciate the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” Schneider said.

Regarding media focus on the squad’s opposition to longstanding bipartisan support, Schneider said that “when you are looking through a camera lens, it is kind of like looking into a room through a keyhole. What you see is a very little piece of the whole. If you take a step back and look at the reality, again, last month 398 people voted against BDS and in support of Israel.”

He went on to explain that that is precisely why such congressional visits are necessary.

“Why this trip is so important is so people can see more than just the camera lens, they can see the entire perspective for themselves,” said Schneider.

Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.) told JNS that “this trip has been incredible. It is an eye-opening experience. We got an inside view nobody else gets,” adding that “getting a deep dive into the politics and talking to professors and heads of state has been incredibly instructive.”

Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), on his first trip to Israel, told JNS he hopes that members of the delegations see for themselves “how small Israel is geographically, and how that equates to a lot of the national security conversations that go on here.

“It’s surrounded by a whole lot of countries that wish this people significant ill will,” said Armstrong. “That plays into a lot of it.”

“Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East,” Armstrong continued. “They are our oldest and closest ally in this region. And strengthening that is constantly what we should be worried about.”

House Democrats in Israel say ‘Squad’ doesn’t speak for party
 August 11, 2019
House Democrats in Israel say ‘Squad’ doesn’t speak for partyL to R: Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. (AP /J. Scott Applewhite)
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A total of 41 House Democrats and 30 House Republicans are visiting Israel this summer to demonstrate their solidarity with the Jewish state.

By Dov Lipman, JNS

Since Democrats were swept into power in the U.S. House of Representatives in November—with some having more progressive views than in the past—questions have rattled many in the Jewish community over whether or not the party would continue its long-held support for Israel. In particular, “the Squad” of four incoming congresswomen—Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Rep Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)—who coined the term, have ruffled the waters and made significant headlines recently.

Three of them (Pressley not included) have advocated for the anti-Israel BDS movement and a change in U.S. policy towards the Jewish state.

Still, concerns over the demise of bipartisan support for Israel among this new wave of Democrats may be premature. The largest-ever delegation of Democratic members of Congress—some 41 in total—toured Israel this week. The group, led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), included 32 members of the Democratic freshman class.

“It pleases me to see so many House Democrats visiting Israel, “Hoyer told JNS. “This reaffirms our support for a critical U.S. ally. It is important for members to learn about the challenges and opportunities facing Israel and the Middle East.”

The visit by the Democratic congressional delegation, which was sponsored by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF), an AIPAC-affiliated foundation, included meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White Party leader Gen. Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas.

In his address to the delegation, Netanyahu emphasized that Israel’s role in the world is shifting and that the Jewish state is gaining partnerships throughout the world, many in places once unheard of, including Arab nations.

“There’s something that I want to put forward to you for a brief moment so that you can understand the broader story of Israel, which is not understood and seldom told,” Netanyahu said to the delegation. “There is an exceptional revolution taking place in Israel’s position in the world. And secondly is Israel’s place in the revolution that is happening in the world. We are living in revolutionary times.

“We’re forging new agreements—300 agreements in three years. Given that we have a lot of holidays here, that’s about one agreement every two days. Something very, very big is happening here.”

According to AIEF, the delegation also met with young Palestinian entrepreneurs, Israeli civil-society leaders, and peace activists. Members also saw historical and cultural sites, including the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, and traveled to Israel’s borders with Lebanon and Syria.

Among their many meetings, the delegation spoke with Oded Revivi, chief foreign envoy of the YESHA (Judea and Samaria) Council and the mayor of Efrat, a city in Gush Etzion. Revivi told JNS, “I am happy to see that the members came with a desire to learn and truly understand the issues. They all asked good questions, and I am happy that a forum was presented where I could answer their questions and explain how we see the conflict and possible resolutions.”

He added, “That’s all we can ask of leaders from around the world.”

‘Where the party really is,’ despite the opposition
Despite the large turnout, the congressional trip was not without its detractors on the far-left.

Anti-Israel groups Code Pink and IfNotNow initially tried to pressure members not to join the trip, including a campaign titled #SkiptheTrip. Code Pink announced on Twitter that “the purpose of the AIPAC-sponsored trips is to whitewash Israel’s human rights violations and continue unchecked U.S. financial and diplomatic support for Israel—all at the expense of Palestinian rights. The fewer Congress members that travel with AIPAC, the better odds for peace in Israel/Palestine and for avoiding a war with Iran.”

They also called on their supporters to try to pressure members not to attend the trip.

IfNotNow called the visit one that presents “a false picture of Israel” and started an online petition against the members who were joining it.

Additionally, the several outspoken critics of Israel—Omar, Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez—didn’t go. Omar and Tlaib have announced their own delegation to the region, though no plans for such a trip have been confirmed.

Hoyer dismissed these criticisms, saying the group specifically met with key Israeli and Palestinian leaders to ensure that they would hear from all sides in the conflict and be able to frame their own opinions.

He also downplayed the impact of the three congresswomen who refused the invitation, telling JNS that “they are three out of 63 freshmen Democrats and three out of the 239 Democrats in the House. There have always been members on both sides of the aisle who have been critical of Israel, but they have always been a very small minority, and I believe they will always continue to be.”

Similarly, Mark Mellman, CEO of the Democratic Majority for Israel, said that the purported rift within the Democratic Party over Israel is overplayed in the media.

“The overwhelming majority of Democrats supports Israel. That fact has not changed at all. There are a few members from the party who do not, but unfortunately, they are the ones who get 100 times more press coverage than the rest of the party,” he stated.

Mellman pointed to the anti-BDS vote, which passed by 396-17 in the House, as an indication of “where the party really is, as opposed to the media hype over a small group of lawmakers.”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leading a mission to Israel of 30 Republican members, who arrived in Israel on Aug. 9. They are all scheduled—Democrats and Republicans alike—for a joint press conference in Jerusalem at the beginning of next week, bringing together 16 percent of the entire U.S. House of Representative into one room in Israel.

Hoyer doesn’t see this occurrence as a simple get-together. He told JNS that “it’s important that the people of Israel and supporters of Israel hear that 90 percent of Congress supports Israel.”

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Muslims in New York desecrate American flag with shouts of “Allahu Akbar”
By Leah Rosenberg -  December 30, 2018 30607 0
Stepping on the American flag is like stepping on democracy and freedom. But is it so shocking that radical Muslims would do that?

Muslims in New York NOT Iran Desecrate U.S. Flag pic.twitter.com/d1QE470FAA

— American Bikers (@ABUAJ_US) December 28, 2018

Radical Muslims in New York
Radical Muslims are trying to destroy America from the Middle East. But they do not just exist in the Middle East or other “far off” places. Some like to remove themselves from issues that are not as “close to home.” But the frightening thing is that it IS home! In America, Muslims are trying to destroy the American flag.

Take a look at this video. Things like this are happening IN NEW YORK! Listen to what they are preaching to other Muslims. Hear the way they despise America and desecrate the American flag. These radicals hate democracy! They hate freedom! Are you going to let them belittle your country in such a public and serious way?

The American Flag is More Than a Flag
The American flag might seem like just a piece of cloth. But it represents greats things. And the moment these Muslims took it and defaced, they dishonored the entire country and the entire American people. They want to overthrow democracy. And we cannot let them! Radical Muslims are burning American flags and destroying a symbol of freedom not only in their own countries. We can’t ignore what is happening before our eyes!

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Foxes at Temple Mount: Prophetic Proof Jerusalem Returning to Glory
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz August 7, 2019 , 12:35 pm
Catch us the foxes, The little foxes That ruin the vineyards— For our vineyard is in blossom. (Song of Songs 2:15)

fox near Temple Mount
A fox (courtesy: Shutterstock)

In a graphic materialization of the prophecy in Zechariah as explained in the Talmud, foxes are now being seen playing at the Temple Mount.

It was reported in The Yeshiva World that visitors to the area have observed the group of about a dozen foxes in the southwestern area of the Western Wall for the last three days in the early hours of the day.

Wild foxes at the site of the destroyed Temple are described specifically in the Jewish Talmud.

This Talmud, which was written 2,000 years ago as a sign that Jerusalem will be rebuilt. This precise scenario was discussed in the Talmud (Makkot 24b). Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Akiva went up to Jerusalem.

When they reached the Temple Mount, they saw a fox emerging from the place of the Holy of Holies.

The others started weeping but Rabbi Akiva laughed. Rabbi Akiva asked the rabbis why they cried and they explained that to see a wild animal in such a holy place, a place which was forbidden to unfit men, was distressing. Rabbi Akiva noted that this was precisely the reason he laughed. He explained that the fact that the prophecy of Uriah related by the Prophet Micah had come to be was proof that the prophecy of Zechariah would also come to be.

The Prophet Micah described the total destruction of Jerusalem.

 Assuredly, because of you Tzion shall be plowed as a field, And Yerushalayim shall become heaps of ruins, And the Har Habayit A shrine in the woods. Micah 3:12

The Prophet Zechariah described the return of Jerusalem to its days of glory.

Thus said the lord of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and women in the squares of Yerushalayim, each with staff in hand because of their great age. And the squares of the city shall be crowded with boys and girls playing in the squares. Zechariah 4-5

As the focus of Jewish prayer and the site of the future Temple, the Temple Mount has frequently been the scene of prophetic images.

In July 2018, a large segment from one of the stones of the Wall suddenly fell, barely missing a woman.

Last year during the morning prayers of the last day Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), a strange mist rose from the ground and covered the Dome of the Rock.  Just a few weeks earlier, a snake crawled out from between the ancient stones. At around the same time, strange sinkholes appeared adjacent to the Shaar HaRachamim which the Palestinians later turned into a mosque.

ISIS jihadi from Israel begs to return, says Israel does “not discriminate between Arabs, Jews, and Druze”
AUG 6, 2019 8:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER 35 COMMENTS
“You do not discriminate between Arabs, Jews, and Druze”?
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Is Sayyaf Sharif Daoud aware that he just exploded the “Palestinian” oppression myth? Will Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez denounce him as a “Zionist” and a “right-wing Islamophobe”?

“Captured Israeli Arab ISIS Fighter Sayyaf Sharif Daoud Asks Netanyahu to Let Him Return to Israel, Says ISIS Is Stronger than It Was,” MEMRI, July 31, 2019:

Captured Israeli-Arab ISIS fighter Sayyaf Sharif Daoud said in a July 31, 2019 interview on Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that only God knows if ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was “created” by the Mossad, and he said that Al-Baghdadi was known for listening to those around him rather than having his own opinions. He also said that Al-Baghdadi enjoyed the luxuries of the material world, saying: “I saw how fat he was [in a video] while the people who left Baghuz weighed 50-60 kilograms. They would eat grass.” Daoud said that although the Islamic State is gone, ISIS’ cells still exist, and he said that ISIS is perhaps stronger today than it was in the past when there was a central command. Daoud then spoke to the camera in Hebrew, addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a request to allow him to return to Israel. Daoud said: “I am an Israeli citizen… You do not discriminate between Arabs, Jews, and Druze… I am having a very, very tough time in this prison… I will return as a better [person].” For a related interview with Sayyaf Sharif Daoud, see MEMRI TV Clip No. 7354.

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Palestinian who saved Jewish kids after terror attack gets Israeli residency
Man forced to flee West Bank after death threats for rescuing children of murdered Rabbi Miki Mark at scene of 2016 attack; has been homeless, living in limbo in Israel
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Interior Minister Aryeh Deri hugs a Palestinian man after presenting him with Israeli residency on August 6 2019. the man came to the aid of the Mark family after the July 1, 2016 terrorist attack in which Rabbi Miki Mark was killed (Screencapture/Channel 12)
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Tuesday awarded Israeli residency to a Palestinian man who saved the children of a West Bank rabbi in the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in which the father was killed.

Rabbi Miki Mark was murdered in a July 1, 2016, shooting. His wife, Chava, was seriously injured, and their two teenage children were also hurt. The Palestinian rescuer and his wife, residents of the Hebron area, helped the surviving members of the Mark family escape their overturned vehicle and administered first aid until first responders arrived at the scene.

The Palestinian man, who has not been named, received a temporary visa to live and work in Israel after receiving death threats in his hometown near the West Bank city of Hebron.

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However, the visa was not renewed in August 2018 and for the last year he was unable to work, becoming homeless and living in limbo in Israel.


Miki Mark, who was murdered in a terror attack near Hebron on July 1, 2016 (Courtesy)
After his plight was revealed recently in a Channel 12 report, and following a campaign by several Israelis, including settler leaders, he was awarded Israeli residency on Tuesday, along with his wife and son.

While presenting him his identity documents, Deri praised him for his “selfless, noble” actions and said he would now be able to begin a new life in Israel.

The residency entitles him to a work permit and social benefits, Deri said.

West Bank settler leader Yossi Dagan, the head of the Samaria Regional Council, who had campaigned for the Palestinian to be given residency, said it was the “moral and righteous thing to do for a man who risked his life to save Jews.”

Three years ago the Palestinian man described what happened at the scene of the terror attack.

After he managed to pry one of the doors open, the man said he pulled 14-year-old Tehila Mark from the wrecked car. He said his wife, who is a medical doctor, worked to stanch the bleeding from the teen’s abdominal wound while he called an ambulance.

“She was telling them in English, ‘Do not be afraid, we are here to help you,’” he recalled.


Israeli police look for evidence at the scene where Miki Mark was killed and three members of his family were wounded when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on their car, on July 1, 2016, south of Hebron. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
The man said he then removed 15-year-old Pedaya Mark from the car, and attempted to calm him.

“I took the boy and I hugged him. I gave him some water and applied iodine, and just kept telling him that everything was going to be fine,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me if it was an accident or a terror attack, it’s irrelevant. These are people, children, who need help, and if I can help, I will help them.

“The girl told me, ‘God sent an Arab to help us,’” he added.

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Report: Trump to unveil new healthcare plan for all Americans
August 6, 2019 by Jerry McCormick
From day one of his presidency, Trump has continually vowed to get rid of every aspect of Obamacare
Now, reports are surfacing that Trump will unveil a new healthcare plan, or at least the overall idea for such a plan, in the upcoming weeks.

The Obamacare Disaster
By virtually any measurement, Obamacare has been a disaster. The moment the new plan was introduced, health care costs rose significantly.
The forced coverage created panic in the insurance industry, which caused premiums and deductibles to go up while coverage benefits went down.

The individual mandate forced Americans to decide between coverage they could no longer afford or a significant fine for not signing up.
Even with the fine, many Americans chose to bankroll their own medical costs rather than pay premiums that were as much as double what they had paid before.

Mass Shootings Create Urgency
The shootings in El Paso and Dayton have created even more urgency for a better health care plan.
With Trump linking mental health to these shootings, it has become imperative that every American be assured coverage that will also cover pre-existing conditions.

This is something President Trump has always vowed to do, but he has met resistance on both sides of the aisle. Democrats are holding on to Obamacare like a life preserver in the middle of the ocean.
Most Republicans refuse to put the onus on Americans taxpayers of having to, in essence, pay for someone else’s coverage.

Trump now claims his package will offer better coverage options than Obamacare at better prices. He also stated it will cover pre-existing conditions, something liberals refuse to believe.

There is no official date for the announcement, but most believe it will happen in upcoming weeks, with the plan itself being rolled out after the 2020 presidential election.

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.Zarif: Iran Might Abandon Nuclear Deal Altogether
Aug 5, 2019
Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iran Nuclear Deal
US sanctions
The Iranian foreign minister’s threat is aimed at getting Europeans “to accelerate their efforts to shield Iran’s economy from US sanctions.”

By United With Israel Staff 

After already openly violating its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reportedly warned on Monday that Tehran is considering pulling out of the pact altogether if its interests are not protected by the remaining five parties to the agreement.

Washington withdrew from the deal last year and imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

“Iran will leave its 2015 nuclear deal with powers if necessary,” Zarif told a news conference broadcast live on state TV, according to Reuters, “calling on Europeans to accelerate their efforts to shield Iran’s economy from U.S. sanctions.”

Zarif criticized the American sanctions, saying Washington has closed the door to diplomacy on altering the nuclear deal, the news agency reported.

Aside from the US, the world powers with which Iran had negotiated include Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini played a key role alongside then-President Barack Obama’s secretary of state, John Kerry.

In June, in response to a lack of European willingness to defy sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Behrouz Kamalvandi, announced that the country was raising its uranium enrichment beyond the level permitted by the nuclear deal. The pact was said to be aimed at preventing Iran from building a nuclear bomb.

At the time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that if Tehran acted on its threats, “the international community must immediately impose the previously set sanctions mechanism, the snapback sanctions. In any case, Israel will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.”

The so-called snapback sanctions refer to the part of the nuclear deal stipulating that sanctions would be reimposed on Tehran if it violated the pact.
“Iran can never have nuclear weapons,” declared U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in June.

Does this look like an innocent protester armed only with a slingshot?
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Masoud may not have been carrying an AK-47 automatic rifle when he was shot by the IDF. These images, however, put into context that he was clearly a dangerous man with ill intent towards Israel and capable of deadly violence had he managed to do more than cut the fence “a small bit.”

There is no doubt as to the man’s identity. Joe Truzman supplied Masoud’s ‘martyrs poster,’ the Arabic on which we had translated by a native speaker.

 The Arabic reads:

The Higher National Commission for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege acknowledges its martyr Bilal Mohammed Masoud.

We Shall Meet in Paradise.

Sarah Helm and The Sunday Times want you to believe that “Bilal is one of thousands shot by Israeli soldiers since the Great March of Return protests began near the fence in March last year.”

They want you to believe that the majority of those who have been shot were ordinary men, teenagers, even journalists and press photographers.

Sarah Helm
Sarah Helm
Helm’s article has elevated Bilal Masoud to a status of martyrdom beyond that given by Palestinians to those of their number who lose their lives while committing acts of violence against Israel.

This is advocacy journalism in action. Whitewashing Palestinian violence turning all Palestinians into victims of Israel no matter the circumstances. Disguising Masoud’s background demonstrates a lack of transparency. Were Sunday Times editors made aware of this by Sarah Helm before the article was published?


Related reading: Defining Bias: Lack of Transparency

You can read the original critique of Sarah Helm’s article here to see how it presents Israel as being responsible for Gaza’s woes while virtually exonerating Hamas.

This new takeaway from Helm’s piece is yet further evidence that she should not be allowed to write for any mainstream media outlet, least of all The Sunday Times.


We will be lodging an official complaint with The Sunday Times. Please help us to expose the truth by sharing this HonestReporting post on social media.

WATCH: Pro-Jihad Janna Tamimi Interviews Rashida Tlaib
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What plans do Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have for their upcoming trip to “Palestine,’ where they’ll likely meet with their Palestinian pro-terror allies, including the notorious Tamimi family?

Janna Tamimi, who goes by the name Janna Jihad, is a cousin of IDF-slapping Palestinian celebrity Ahed Tamimi. “Like big cousin Ahed, Janna has been groomed as a young Palestinian propaganda star by serial child exploiters Bassem Tamimi and his wife,” Israellycool reports.

The Tamimi family is known for spreading anti-Israel propaganda around the world, promoting terror and indoctrinating children with hate. Born in the US and now based in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Janna, who is only 13 and very articulate, speaks fluent English and Arabic and is likely the world’s youngest journalist. She recently went on a speaking tour in the US, organized by anti-Israel groups.

In this video, she interviews anti-Israel, pro-BDS Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, who makes it clear what her agenda is.

Who will Tlaib and Ilhan Omar meet on their upcoming visit to “Palestine”?
Young Terror Promoter Janna Jihad Interviews Rep. Rashida Tlaib
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Music Icon Lionel Richie Snubs Pro-BDS Group, Will Perform in September
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Lionel Richie blocked CodePink’s Twitter account after it attacked him over his upcoming Israel concert.
By JNS
Music icon Lionel Richie snubbed the women’s anti-war group Code Pink after the organization, which is active in the anti-Israel boycott campaign, launched a petition urging the singer to cancel his upcoming show in Israel.

CodePink: Women for Peace penned an open letter claiming that Richie’s scheduled Sept. 12 concert in Tel Aviv, as part of his “Hello” tour, “will act as an endorsement of Israel’s brutal systems of military occupation and apartheid,” and asked the artist, “Please act now for freedom, dignity, and equality for all in Israel/Palestine. Please cancel your concert in Israel.”

Richie blocked CodePink’s Twitter account on Wednesday.

Not long afterwards, CodePink’s national co-director, Ariel Gold, attacked the singer, saying, “don’t be such a snowflake. You closing your eyes to what is happening to Palestinians won’t stop it from happening or you from being complicit if you perform in Israel.”

The September show will be Richie’s first performance in Israel. The “Hello” singer and songwriter has been a longtime supporter of Israel. In 2013, he entertained guests at a fundraiser in Los Angeles for the Friends of the IDF, according to The Jerusalem Post.

This is not the first time that CodePink has launched a campaign aimed at convincing artists to cancel their concerts in Israel. The group attempted to do the same with pop icon Jennifer Lopez, but to no avail; she performed on Thursday night in Tel Aviv to extremely supportive crowds.

If you think the Holocaust could never happen today, watch this and think again…
By Leah Rosenberg -  April 11, 2018 89874 0
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It seems too ridiculous to be true. But it’s not. It’s horrifying what the Students for Justice in Palestine say and do. It has been just over 70 years since the end of the Holocaust. What happened to “Never Again?”

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What is SJP?
SJP stands for Students for Justice in Palestine. They paint themselves as a harmless student organization. All 189 chapters around North America must be banned. Because what they really do is try to boycott Israel and falsely accuse the democratic state. They hate Jews. They hate Israel – all they stand for is hatred. Will anyone stop them? The silence is deafening.

SJP and the Holocaust
And what is SJP’s view on the Holocaust? Well, considering that the founder, Hatem Bazian, is a terrorist and all the members hate Jews, their views should not surprise you. The scary part is the extent to which they profess their beliefs. They deny the Holocaust while praising Hitler.

Here are some of their frightening Holocaust related comments:

Amal Tabel – SJP, U of Houston: “Hitler should have killed the Jews when he had the chance that dog.”

Rawan Qaddoura – SJP, McMaster U: “Every time I read about Hitler, I fall in love all over again.”

Heba Asi – SJP, UT Arlington: “I honestly don’t feel that sympathetic about the Holocaust..#SorryNotSorry”

Halima Eid – SJP, San Diego State U: “We need to put Zionists in concentration camps. Now that would be a life experience for them.”

Those are not things peaceful organizations say. Sadly, these students are allowed on campus. They want another genocide, and that is not something to take lightly.

Where is the outcry? Why does the media ignore this terrifying problem that is ever so present on campuses around North America? It makes you wonder. Who will stand up and cry “Never Again?”

How Palestinian Leaders ‘Guarantee’ Freedom of Expression
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The arrest of journalist and political activist Thaer al-Fakhoury exemplifies what a promise by the Palestinian prime minister is worth.

By Khaled Abu Toameh, The Gatestone Institute

During a meeting with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) delegation last week, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh promised that no Palestinian will be arrested or prosecuted for exercising his or her freedom of expression.

“Freedom of expression is a sacred right for every citizen,” Shtayyeh was quoted as saying. “The government has guaranteed citizens the right to express their opinion through constructive criticism, whether in terms of social media or websites.”

Only one day before Shtayyeh assured the HRW delegation that his government would not crack down on Palestinians for expressing their views, however, Palestinian security forces in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria)  arrested journalist and political activist Thaer al-Fakhoury, 30, for allegedly “vilifying the public authority.”

Fakhoury’s lawyer, Hijazi Obeido, said that his client had gone on a hunger strike after his incarceration. “The Palestinian Preventive Security Force summoned the journalist for an interview and arrested him immediately after his arrival,” Obeido said. “Last Wednesday, he his detention was extended for four days, and not 15 days as requested by the prosecutor-general, due to his health condition.”

‘A Clear Violation’
The lawyer continued that al-Fakhoury, a resident of Hebron, had remarked during a court hearing that he was being interrogated about a video he allegedly posted on social media. The video reportedly mentions the names of Palestinians who work with the Palestinian security forces, the lawyer added. The journalist has denied any connection to the video.

“The arrest of Thaer al-Fakhoury is a clear violation of the freedom of press work and the Palestinian law that protects the freedom of opinion and expression,” Skyline International, a Sweden-based human rights organization that focuses on social media and free speech, tweeted in a statement. “The arrest is a violation of promises made by [Palestinian Authority] Prime Minister Dr. Mohammed Shtayyeh not to arrest any journalist in his region. Skyline International calls for the immediate release of Fakhoury.”

The Palestinian Committee for Supporting Journalists also called for the immediate release of al-Fakhoury. The committee said it rejects the arrest of Palestinian journalists and appealed to Shtayyeh to instruct the judicial authorities to refrain from issuing orders to arrest Palestinians for expressing their opinion or because of their journalistic work.

The Committee revealed that there has been a “marked increase in violations against journalists by the Palestinian security forces in recent months” and said that it has documented more than 104 trespasses by the Palestinian security forces since the beginning of 2019.

The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHRP) said that its representatives visited al-Fakhoury on July 27 to check on the circumstances of his arrest and the legal measures taken against him.

According to ICHRP, al-Fakhoury called off his hunger strike ahead of the visit. “We hope he will be released as soon as his detention expires on Monday,” the group added. “The Hebron Magistrate’s Court decided on Thursday to extend his detention until next Monday, on charges that the Commission considers related to his journalistic work. The Commission calls upon the security services to stop summoning or arresting journalists for their journalistic work or because of it. We also call on the prosecution and Palestinian courts not to issue arrest warrants against citizens for freedom of expression or press work.”

The Palestinian Preventive Security Service, whose officers arrested al-Fakhoury, claimed that he was taken into custody on suspicion that he committed “acts outside the framework of freedom of expression, and not because of his journalistic work.”

The security service did not provide details about the alleged “acts” the journalist is said to have committed, but insisted that the proceedings against him were “in accordance with the provisions of the law.”

‘No Arrests or Persecution Will Happen’
The arrest of al-Fakhoury exemplifies what a promise by the Palestinian prime minister is worth. After the meeting with the HRW delegation in his office in Ramallah, Shtayyeh posted a statement on Twitter in which he said that he “confirmed my government’s commitment to/ guarantee of the right of Palestinian citizens to free speech through constructive criticism. In this regard I emphasized that no arrests or persecution will happen.”

Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist Muhanad Karajah said that freedom of expression under the Palestinian Authority is not consistent with the minimum of what is guaranteed by Palestinian law. He also accused the Palestinian security forces of failing to carry out court orders to release detainees.

He and other legal experts and human rights activists urged the Palestinian security forces to stop “politically-motivated” arrests and to honor court orders. The “politically motivated” arrests refers to Palestinians who are detained because of their political affiliations or for expressing views deemed critical of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank.

Palestinian sources said that despite Shtayyeh’s promise, the Palestinian security forces continue, almost every day, to arrest Palestinians for their purported affiliation with rival political groups.

As Shtayyeh was meeting with the HRW delegation, the Palestinian security forces released Yasser Mana’, a researcher and expert on Israeli affairs, after 45 days in detention. Mana’s family said that the Palestinian security forces had ignored a court order to release their son a week ago. The Palestinian security forces did not say why they arrested the researcher.

A committee representing families of Palestinian political detainees said that at least 118 Palestinians were arrested by various Palestinian security services during June.

The committee pointed out that dozens others have been summoned for interrogation by Shtayyeh’s security forces.

Among those targeted by the Palestinian security forces are four journalists, 28 university students, 24 political activists, eight merchants, seven teachers, six engineers, four mosque preachers, 99 former security prisoners (held by Israel) and 91 former “political detainees.”

Hopes for Change Dashed
Palestinian journalists and human rights activists were hoping that the Shtayyeh government, which took office only a few months ago, would take a fresh direction regarding human rights and freedom of expression and the media — turning away from the brutal censorship that has for so long characterized the Palestinian regimes.

Thus far, however, the new Palestinian government has dashed these hopes for basic journalistic freedom.

The continued crackdown on public freedoms under the Palestinian Authority means one of two things – both of which are bad news: either the prime minister has no real control over the Palestinian security forces, or he truly cares nothing about freedom of expression and unimpeded journalistic jurisdiction. Neither scenario bodes well for the future of human rights for Palestinians.

Sign the Declaration to Keep Jerusalem United
Ramadan Shalah sings Jerusalem Song

Jerusalem Must Remain the United Capital of Israel

I declare that Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish People and support all efforts to maintain and strengthen a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION.
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ACT NOW! Demand the European Parliament Stop Hosting Palestinian Terrorists!
Jul 28, 2019
Outrageous! Spanish lawmaker Manu Pineda, who invited terrorist Khaled Barakat to address the European parliament, has expressed support for the PFLP and knew about Barakat’s terror connections.

Terrorist Khaled Barakat of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) delivered an address at the European Parliament earlier this month at the invitation of Spanish lawmaker Manu Pineda, a fervent pro-BDS activist.

The event gave legitimacy to an individual who belongs to a terrorist organization that is banned throughout much of the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and, ironically, the European Union.

The terror attacks for which the PFLP has proudly claimed responsibility include a massacre in a Jerusalem synagogue in 2014, in which four rabbis and a policeman were brutally murdered, and a number of suicide bombings. Among them was an attack in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva in 2003, where four Israelis were murdered, and another at the popular Carmel market in Tel Aviv in 2004, claiming the lives of three innocent Israelis.

The PFLP has also been involved in hijackings in which passengers and crew members were killed.

Adding insult to injury, Barakat works with Samidoun, an anti-Israel organization that promotes BDS.

Barakat was joined at the European Parliament by Mohammed Khatib, the European coordinator for Samidoun. Both Barakat and Khatib were prominently featured in a report published by the Ministry of Strategic Affairs in February, called “Terrorists in Suits,” revealing the close ties shared between the anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement and the Hamas and PFLP terrorist groups.

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan accused the European Parliament of becoming “a platform for terrorists.”

In a letter sent to the President of the European Parliament David Maria Sassoli, Erdan urged Sassoli to consider condemning “the exploitation of the parliament’s platform by terror-linked operatives,” noting that Spanish MEP Manu Pineda, who invited Barakat, has expressed support in the past for the PFLP and knew about Barakat’s connections to the terrorist group.

This was not the first time that an EU-designated terrorist group member has addressed the European Parliament. In 2017, PFLP operative and former airplane hijacker Leila Khaled spoke at the plenum.

Condemn the European Parliament for giving a podium to terrorists!
Contact Kyriakos Klosidis, press officer to President of the European Parliament David Maria Sassoli:

Email: kyriakos.klosidis@europarl.europa.eu

Israeli-Arab ISIS fighter says Assad is worse than Israel
By Avi Abelow -  July 28, 2019 4400 0
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If an Israeli-Arab like this man is able to realize the good Israel has to offer, why can’t the rest of the world? What is so complicated?
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Israeli-Arab ISIS Fighter on Israel
Sayyaf Sharif Daoud is a captured Israeli-Arab ISIS fighter who also happens to have Israeli citizenship. In a July 16, 2019 interview on BBC Arabic (U.K.), he explained why he joined ISIS instead of the “Palestinian” resistance. Sayyaf Sharif Daoud lived through the Second Intifada. He lived in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Israel. He saw with his own eyes that Israel “has not done one percent of what Bashar Al-Assad has done.”

This Israeli-Arab said that despite the tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, Israel has never raped women or violently killed people like the Assad regime. Daoud claims he regrets joining ISIS. He is hoping that Israel will take him back so he can lead a normal life. And what he said about Israel is even something much of the world will not say! Israel is a democracy. Daoud has not seen injustice there. Arabs and Jews even live amongst each other and are treated equally.

World – Even an ISIS Fighter Sees
After hearing an interview like this, it really makes you wonder how so much of the world demonizes Israel when even a captured ISIS fighter does not condemn the Jewish state! He even can admit that Israel is a democracy that treats Arabs and Jews equally. He can even admit that Israel does not do injustice. So, why can’t you admit it, too?

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Arrow 3 Missile Tests ‘Successful Beyond Imagination,’ Netanyahu Says

“All of our enemies should know that we will overcome them in both defense and offense,” the Israeli leader declared.

By United With Israel Staff

Israel and the United States say they have successfully tested a jointly developed missile defense system in Alaska.

“In recent weeks we have carried out three pioneering secret experiments of the Arrow 3 missile. These experiments were held in the U.S., in Alaska, in full cooperation with our great ally the U.S.,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“They were successful beyond any imagination,” said the prime minister, adding that “the Arrow 3 – with complete success – intercepted ballistic missiles beyond the atmosphere at unprecedented altitudes and speeds. The execution was perfect – all precise hits.”

On Wednesday, Iran successfully test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile that flew more than 600 miles from the southern part of the country to an area outside the capital, Tehran, in the north, according to the Pentagon.

“Today Israel has the ability to act against ballistic missiles that could be launched against us from Iran or anywhere else. This is a great achievement for the security of Israel,” said Netanyahu.

“All of our enemies should know that we will overcome them in both defense and offense,” he declared.

Arrow 3, along with the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and the Arrow 2 systems, is part of the multi-layered shield Israel is developing to defend against rockets fired from Gaza and Lebanon, as well as Iran’s long-range missiles.

To mark the occasion, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attended the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting.

“On behalf of President Trump and the Trump administration, I just would like to tell you how delighted we were with the successful results of the test of the Arrow 3 missile system, a critical element of Israel’s missile defense,” said the ambassador.

“The results were extraordinary. We’re very proud of our partnership with the State of Israel, the funding that we provided for this, the technical expertise that we added, obviously making our airspace available for this test over Alaska,” Friedman told the Israeli cabinet,” calling it “an extraordinary and an unprecedented example of the cooperation between our two great countries.”
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WATCH: Terror Boss Sucks Up to Iran for Missiles, Calls Ayatollah ‘World’s Greatest Leader’
This Hamas honcho openly credits Iran for funding and arming his legions of terrorists.
This week, Saleh Al-Arouri, the Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, gushed over Iran’s support for his terror group on IRINN TV.

He claimed that “the Islamic resistance has advanced from throwing stones at [Israel] to launching precise missiles” thanks to Iran and its proxy Hezollah, according to a translation by MEMRI.
Al-Arouri also praised Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with whom he met while in Iran, calling him a leader who is “second to none” in the Islamic world.

MEMRI TV Videos
Published on 24 Jul 2019
Saleh Al-Arouri, the Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, said in a July 22, 2019 interview on IRINN TV (Iran) that the Islamic resistance has advanced from throwing stones at the Zionist occupation to launching precise missiles at it thanks to the support and assistance of Iran, 
Hamas Official on Iranian TV: Iran, Hizbullah Have Helped the Palestinian Resistance Advance
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Tlaib, Omar Fail: U.S. House Overwhelmingly Passes Anti-BDS Resolution
The bipartisan legislation includes a second resolution placing sanctions on those who support Palestinian terror groups.
By United With Israel Staff

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution opposing the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Tuesday.
House Resolution 246 received bipartisan support, with 398 members voting in favor and 17 against.
The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Bradley Schneider (D-Illinois-10), opposes the BDS movement, which seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel, as well as U.S. companies with commercial ties to Israel.
H. Res. 246 “affirms that the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement undermines the possibility for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by demanding concessions of one party alone and encouraging the Palestinians to reject negotiations in favor of international pressure.”
It “urges Israelis and Palestinians to return to direct negotiations as the only way to achieve an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
Brian Shankman, AIPAC’s director of Regional Affairs and Development, posted a statement of “great news,” saying that the legislation will help keep Israel safe, strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance and combat the global BDS campaign.
Passing of the resolution demonstrates recognition that BDS is “anti-Israel, anti-peace, and harmful to American interests,” Shankman said in a video that accompanied the statement.
The majority in both parties supported the bipartisan resolution, which was opposed by 16 Democrats – including, of course, pro-BDS activists Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib – and one Republican, Thomas Massie.
“Tonight’s vote puts the vast majority of Congress on record opposing the BDS campaign as anti-Israel, anti-peace, and damaging to U.S. interests,” Shankman said.
The House also passed H.Res. 1850, the Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act, which imposes sanctions on those who support Palestinian terror groups, as well as H.Res. 1837, the U.S.-Israel Cooperation Enhancement and Regional Security Act. This bill expands and deepens security and economic cooperation between the U.S. and Israel.

Minister Erdan: Bi-partisan Support for Israel ‘Stronger than Ever’
“The decision to denounce the boycott campaign is an important achievement in the struggle against the delegitimization and anti-Semitism within BDS,” Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs. “It proves that despite exceptional extremist voices currently heard in the public discourse in the United States, the support and cooperation with Israel on a bi-partisan level is stronger than ever.”

“The importance of this decision is that it publicly recognizes that key parts of BDS oppose Israel’s existence as a Jewish state, no matter the borders, and that BDS only harms the chances of achieving peace and coexistence in our region,” Erdan added. “We will work to implement this decision and turn it into practical policy against the efforts of the boycott campaign.”

Major Israeli Study Gives Hope to ALS Patients
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While “only a first step toward achieving a comprehensive understanding,” the findings suggest ways to develop new therapeutic options, says Prof. Eran Elinav of the Weizmann Institute.

By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c

A trailblazing study by Israeli researchers suggests that intestinal microbes may have a direct effect on the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the incurable, fatal neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease that affected physicist Stephen Hawking.

Published today in Nature, the study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science revealed that the progression of an ALS-like disease in lab mice was slowed after the mice received certain strains of gut microbes or substances known to be secreted by these microbes.

Mounting evidence of the gut microbiome’s effect on brain function and disease is what prompted the Weizmann study. Further research must be done to determine whether regulating the gut microbiome might have the same effect in humans with ALS as it did with the mice.

“Our long-standing scientific and medical goal is to elucidate the impact of the microbiome on human health and disease, with the brain being a fascinating new frontier,” said Prof. Eran Elinav of the Weizmann’s immunology department.

Scientists in Elinav’s lab, working with colleagues in the lab of Prof. Eran Segal of the computer science and applied mathematics department, first demonstrated that the symptoms of an ALS-like disease in engineered mice worsened after these mice were given antibiotics to wipe out a substantial portion of their microbiome.

In addition, the scientists found that ALS-prone mice had a hard time surviving when grown in germ-free conditions where they cannot develop a gut microbiome at all.

Using advanced computational methods, the scientists identified 11 microbial strains that became altered in ALS-prone mice as the disease progressed or even before the mice developed overt symptoms.

The scientists isolated these microbial strains and gave them one by one to the ALS-prone mice, following antibiotic treatment to wipe out their microbiome. One particular strain, Akkermansia muciniphila, significantly slowed disease progression in the mice and prolonged their survival.

To reveal the mechanism by which Akkermansia may be producing its effect, the scientists examined thousands of small molecules secreted by the gut microbes. They zeroed in on one molecule called nicotinamide (NAM) and found that its levels in the blood and in the cerebrospinal fluid of ALS-prone mice were reduced following antibiotic treatment and increased after these mice were supplemented with Akkermansia, which can secrete nicotinamide.

To confirm that nicotinamide was indeed a microbiome-secreted molecule that could hinder the course of ALS, the scientists continuously infused the ALS-prone mice with nicotinamide. The clinical condition of these mice improved significantly. Brain studies showed that the substance seems to have improved the functioning of their motor neurons.

A Step that Shows the Most Promise
Then came a step that shows the most promise in relation to human ALS patients.

The researchers examined the microbiome and metabolite profiles of 37 people with ALS and compared them to those of family members sharing the same household.

And not only did they find that the gut microbiomes of ALS patients were distinct from healthy family members in composition and functional features, but they also found that microbial genes involved in the synthesis of nicotinamide were significantly suppressed in ALS patients.

An analysis of thousands of small molecules in the blood also revealed a distinct pattern in ALS patients as compared to controls. Here too, many of the intermediary molecules involved in nicotinamide synthesis were altered in the blood of ALS patients.

The researchers also found the levels of nicotinamide itself to be significantly reduced in both the blood and the brain of 60 human ALS patients as compared to controls. Moreover, there was a correlation between reduced nicotinamide levels and the degree of muscle weakness in the patients.

“These findings are only a first step toward achieving a comprehensive understanding of the potential impact of the microbiome on ALS,” Elinav said, “but they suggest that in the future, various means of altering the microbiome may be harnessed for developing new therapeutic options for ALS.”

The study was led by postdoctoral fellows Eran Blacher and Stavros Bashiardes, and by staff scientist Hagit Shapiro from Elinav’s lab. They collaborated with postdoctoral fellow Daphna Rothschild from Segal’s lab and with Dr. Marc Gotkine, head of the Motor Neuron Disease Clinic at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, as well as with other scientists from Weizmann, Hebrew University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Pro-Israel Groups Slam Omar Comparing BDS to Boycotts of Nazi Germany, Soviet Union
Jul 19, 2019
https://unitedwithisrael.org/pro-israel-groups-slam-omar-comparing-bds-to-boycotts-of-nazi-germany-soviet-union/?
“Millions of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well refugees from Soviet oppression living in Israel, will find such comparisons unfathomable,” said Democratic Majority for Israel President and CEO Mark Mellman. 

By Jackson Richman, JNS

Pro-Israel groups denounced U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comparing the anti-Israel BDS movement to previous boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

On Thursday, Omar announced a resolution supporting the right to boycott Israel. Her resolution seeks to push back against U.S. laws that ban the boycott of Israel, while affirming the right of Americans to organize boycotts of foreign countries.

“Americans of conscience have a proud history of participating in boycotts to advocate for human rights abroad including … boycotting Nazi Germany from March 1933 to October 1941 in response to the dehumanization of the Jewish people in the lead-up to the Holocaust,” said Omar in the pro-BDS resolution, co-sponsored by Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.), introduced this week.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of the global social-action agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said that her comparison is “proof that Omar is not an accidental or incidental anti-Semite. Serves the founders and goals of BDS by slandering Jewish Democratic state and Zionism. She should be condemned, not coddled, by her colleagues Democratic and Republican.”

As far as the Israeli-American Coalition for Action goes, executive director Joseph Sabag said “it’s unconscionable that a member of Congress would so casually make use of cheap lies and delegitimizing propaganda. In her words and actions, Congresswoman Omar has expressed the most vile anti-Semitism. Her use of this resolution to slander Israel and intentionally promote the misrepresentation of laws enacted across the country to prevent national-origin discrimination are entirely illegitimate.”

Endowment for Middle East Truth founder and president Sarah Stern told JNS that the freshman congresswoman’s words “are patently ludicrous.”

“First of all, the boycott of Nazi Germany came about as a response to the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses,” she said. “Nazi Germany was a hate-infested, authoritarian regime that sought to exterminate every last remaining Jew from the face of the earth, and the Soviet Union was a despotic, repressive regime that also contained a heavy dosage of anti-Semitism.”

“Ironically, the [BDS] movement is based upon this very same ancient hatred—the anti-Semitism that laid at the heart of the heinous ideologies of her analogy,” continued Stern. “If the BDS movement was really about trying to help the lives of Palestinians, they would not shut down operations such as SodaStream, which employed scores of Palestinians in the West Bank.”

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee declined to comment.

“These comparisons tarnish the legacy of historical movements for justice by associating them with a campaign of hate. It is sad that someone who has been a target of bigotry herself is promoting a global boycott aimed at ending Israel’s existence,” StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, told JNS. “That said, we are encouraged by reports that this resolution will fail, due to overwhelming bipartisan opposition.”

“The resolution that Rep. Ilhan Omar has introduced defies American values and seeks to degrade the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel,” Club Z founder and executive director Masha Merkulova told JNS. “The anti-Semitic BDS movement is rooted in bigotry and hatred of Jews. It seeks to delegitimize the only Jewish State. While Rep. Omar is attempting to equate her actions to justified boycotts of Nazi Germany, in reality this resolution is reminiscent of the hateful Nazi boycotts of Jewish communities.”

She continued, “There is no place for anti-Semitic hate in Congress. We call on all members of Congress to come together and send a clear message to our next generation, which is watching them closely, that there is no place for anti-Semitism and bigotry in Congress.”

Mixed Reactions from Jewish Democratic Groups.
Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director Halie Soifer, without calling out Omar by name, simply told JNS that her organization “opposes the global BDS movement and supports anti-BDS legislation, while also defending the right of every American to free speech.”

However, Democratic Majority for Israel president and CEO Mark Mellman called such a comparison “unfathomable.”

“Millions of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well refugees from Soviet oppression living in Israel, will find such comparisons unfathomable,” he said. “I find them odious. In an effort led by parties of the left, the German Parliament officially labeled BDS as ‘anti-Semitism’—and they were right.”

“Moreover,” continued Mellman, “at a time when we need to be bringing Israelis and Palestinians together, BDS pulls them apart.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition, along with condemning the pro-BDS resolution, stated that there’s an issue beyond the measure.

“As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism,’ ” said RJC spokesperson Neil Strauss.

“To make her support of the anti-Semitic BDS movement even more reprehensible, Ilhan Omar is now comparing Israel to the pure evil, genocidal Nazi and Soviet regimes,” he continued. “This will only end when the Democrat Party stands up to Ilhan Omar and her friends’ hatred. Unfortunately, Rep. John Lewis has unbelievably chosen to join Omar, rather than stand for human dignity, a trait he has been known for his entire life. This does not bode well for the idea that the Democrats will find their moral bearings.”

Pro-Israel Groups Slam Omar Comparing BDS to Boycotts of Nazi Germany, Soviet Union
Jul 19, 2019
https://unitedwithisrael.org/pro-israel-groups-slam-omar-comparing-bds-to-boycotts-of-nazi-germany-soviet-union/?
“Millions of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well refugees from Soviet oppression living in Israel, will find such comparisons unfathomable,” said Democratic Majority for Israel President and CEO Mark Mellman. 

By Jackson Richman, JNS

Pro-Israel groups denounced U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comparing the anti-Israel BDS movement to previous boycotts of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

On Thursday, Omar announced a resolution supporting the right to boycott Israel. Her resolution seeks to push back against U.S. laws that ban the boycott of Israel, while affirming the right of Americans to organize boycotts of foreign countries.

“Americans of conscience have a proud history of participating in boycotts to advocate for human rights abroad including … boycotting Nazi Germany from March 1933 to October 1941 in response to the dehumanization of the Jewish people in the lead-up to the Holocaust,” said Omar in the pro-BDS resolution, co-sponsored by Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and John Lewis (D-Ga.), introduced this week.

Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of the global social-action agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said that her comparison is “proof that Omar is not an accidental or incidental anti-Semite. Serves the founders and goals of BDS by slandering Jewish Democratic state and Zionism. She should be condemned, not coddled, by her colleagues Democratic and Republican.”

As far as the Israeli-American Coalition for Action goes, executive director Joseph Sabag said “it’s unconscionable that a member of Congress would so casually make use of cheap lies and delegitimizing propaganda. In her words and actions, Congresswoman Omar has expressed the most vile anti-Semitism. Her use of this resolution to slander Israel and intentionally promote the misrepresentation of laws enacted across the country to prevent national-origin discrimination are entirely illegitimate.”

Endowment for Middle East Truth founder and president Sarah Stern told JNS that the freshman congresswoman’s words “are patently ludicrous.”

“First of all, the boycott of Nazi Germany came about as a response to the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses,” she said. “Nazi Germany was a hate-infested, authoritarian regime that sought to exterminate every last remaining Jew from the face of the earth, and the Soviet Union was a despotic, repressive regime that also contained a heavy dosage of anti-Semitism.”

“Ironically, the [BDS] movement is based upon this very same ancient hatred—the anti-Semitism that laid at the heart of the heinous ideologies of her analogy,” continued Stern. “If the BDS movement was really about trying to help the lives of Palestinians, they would not shut down operations such as SodaStream, which employed scores of Palestinians in the West Bank.”

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee declined to comment.

“These comparisons tarnish the legacy of historical movements for justice by associating them with a campaign of hate. It is sad that someone who has been a target of bigotry herself is promoting a global boycott aimed at ending Israel’s existence,” StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, told JNS. “That said, we are encouraged by reports that this resolution will fail, due to overwhelming bipartisan opposition.”

“The resolution that Rep. Ilhan Omar has introduced defies American values and seeks to degrade the unbreakable bond between the United States and Israel,” Club Z founder and executive director Masha Merkulova told JNS. “The anti-Semitic BDS movement is rooted in bigotry and hatred of Jews. It seeks to delegitimize the only Jewish State. While Rep. Omar is attempting to equate her actions to justified boycotts of Nazi Germany, in reality this resolution is reminiscent of the hateful Nazi boycotts of Jewish communities.”

She continued, “There is no place for anti-Semitic hate in Congress. We call on all members of Congress to come together and send a clear message to our next generation, which is watching them closely, that there is no place for anti-Semitism and bigotry in Congress.”

Mixed Reactions from Jewish Democratic Groups.
Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director Halie Soifer, without calling out Omar by name, simply told JNS that her organization “opposes the global BDS movement and supports anti-BDS legislation, while also defending the right of every American to free speech.”

However, Democratic Majority for Israel president and CEO Mark Mellman called such a comparison “unfathomable.”

“Millions of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, as well refugees from Soviet oppression living in Israel, will find such comparisons unfathomable,” he said. “I find them odious. In an effort led by parties of the left, the German Parliament officially labeled BDS as ‘anti-Semitism’—and they were right.”

“Moreover,” continued Mellman, “at a time when we need to be bringing Israelis and Palestinians together, BDS pulls them apart.”

The Republican Jewish Coalition, along with condemning the pro-BDS resolution, stated that there’s an issue beyond the measure.

“As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism,’ ” said RJC spokesperson Neil Strauss.

“To make her support of the anti-Semitic BDS movement even more reprehensible, Ilhan Omar is now comparing Israel to the pure evil, genocidal Nazi and Soviet regimes,” he continued. “This will only end when the Democrat Party stands up to Ilhan Omar and her friends’ hatred. Unfortunately, Rep. John Lewis has unbelievably chosen to join Omar, rather than stand for human dignity, a trait he has been known for his entire life. This does not bode well for the idea that the Democrats will find their moral bearings.”