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Hamas Operatives Tell All on Tunnels

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A 17-year-old Palestinian Arab who joined the Hamas military wing two years ago has provided invaluable information about Gaza’s terror-tunnel system after his arrest by Israeli security forces this past week. “Hamas is planning to operate inside of Israel in the next round of fighting,” the Israeli Security Agency, the Shin Bet, told Israeli media. “The investigation revealed a wide range of information regarding Hamas’ efforts to dig tunnels under the border for the purpose of sending Hama militants into Israel.” (Ynet)

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Rivlin Asks Holocaust Survivors for Forgiveness on Yom HaShoah

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At the Yad VaShem ceremony, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin promised that Israel will continue to fight anti-Semitism “by ensuring, first and foremost, a homeland and Jewish army that protects this surviving nation.” He asked Holocaust survivors for forgiveness for the state “not doing enough” on behalf of survivors living in Israel.

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Erez Crossing to Open After Eight Year Closure

On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon announced plans to open the Erez Crossing to Gaza. The crossing has been closed to commercial traffic for at least eight years. “It is in our interests that a significant amount of truckloads of food continues to go to Gaza,” said Ya'alon's spokesperson. “It is our interest that Gazans live in dignity, both from a humanitarian point of view and because this is a way to protect the peace, in addition to existing security deterrents.” The plans to open the Erez Crossing “will not happen tomorrow or the day after,” but soon, he stated.

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50 Holocaust Survivors Celebrate Their Bar Mitzvahs

A Jewish teen holds a Torah scroll covered by an ornately decorated Torah mantle that commemorates those who perished in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust.

During the Holocaust, many Jewish children were deprived of a normal, happy childhood and celebrating their coming of age ceremonies — their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. this past Monday, 50 Holocaust survivors participated in this Jewish “coming of age” ceremony at the Western Wall. Just two days before Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Reznik and a dozen other men danced with the Torah scroll at the end of the day’s Torah readings.

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Iranian Children Recruited to “Free” Syria, Iraq, and Jerusalem

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The Islamic Republic of Iran is encouraging Iranian children to fill its military ranks in order to “free” Iraq and Syria — with Jerusalem as the promised final target. According to Shahin Godabi, an official with the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), this is the first time Iran has sought child volunteers since its war with Iraq in the 1980s. (Washington Times)

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