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Jews Fleeing Ukraine for Israel

May 12, 2014 In response to escalating violence in the Ukraine, many Ukrainian Jews are now considering moving to Israel. Nineteen arrived last week. One of the arriving immigrants, 23-year-old Daria Gernovski said, “The situation in Ukraine is not good, I don’t see a future there because of the tensions and because of the financial crisis.” (YNet) The changes in government in the Ukraine seem to be leading to a rise in anti-Semitism, which has been reflected in the sentiments of certain extremist elements among those favoring a more politically right leaning society.

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Amazing New Shock Absorbing Wheel

May 12, 2014 Leave it to an Israeli to reinvent the wheel. SoftWheel has added an innovative suspension system to the wheel, which benefits those confined to wheelchairs by improving the comfort of the ride. While conventional wheelchairs lack suspension causing strain on the body and fatigued riders, the SoftWheel system responds selectively, coming into action as the terrain demands.

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Israeli Prime Minister Proposes Basic Law to Define Jewish State

May 12, 2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the Knesset (Israeli parliament) to pass a law that officially defines Israel as the Jewish state. Speaking from Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall, the same room where David Ben Gurion proclaimed the Jewish state in 1948, Netanyahu said, “One of my main missions as prime minister of Israel is to bolster the status of the State of Israel as the nation-state of our people.” The proposed bill, entitled Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, defines Israel as the “historic homeland of the Jewish People and the place where the State of Israel is founded.”

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Palestinians Planned to Foil Peace Process

May 12, 2014 The Palestinians were planning to torpedo the peace process long before its breakdown, according to a letter sent by Israel’s national security advisor Joseph Cohen to ambassadors to Israel from countries with diplomatic relations. Well before the official deterioration of the peace talks, Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat sent a letter to PA President Mahmoud Abbas proposing the PA acquire independent state status through international organizations, rather than negotiations.

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Hamas Children’s Program: Shoot All the Jews

May 12, 2014 Hamas media continue to brainwash children and incite violence against the Jewish People. The weekly Hamas children’s program Tomorrow's Pioneers is promoting killing Jews, according to Palwatch. In a recent show, an adult in a bee costume told children to take stones and “smash” Jewish neighbors. As well, the child host directed a young girl, who expressed a desire to be a police officer when she grows up, to see such a job as an opportunity to shoot all the Jews.

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Parasha Behar (On the Mount): The Year-Long Sabbath

May 9, 2014 The law of the Shmitah is related to the pattern or rhythm of seven in Scripture. Seven is the number that celebrates the sacred purpose of infusing holiness into the whole of Creation.

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Orthodox Children Heckled and Mobbed on Temple Mount

May 7, 2014 Recently, a group of Orthodox parents and their children were harassed by Muslim worshipers when they visited Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (where the First and Second Temples once stood) during the visiting hours allotted to non-Muslim visitors, which includes Jews. Although the group consisted of about 30 adults and 20 children, many of them infants, apparently the security forces had advised that the children be allowed inside the compound first, accompanied by four adults. The pursuing mob shouted angrily and heckled the group while the border police prevented the mob from seriously harming them. The intensity of the attack forced the security forces to escort the group off the compound.

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Canadian Wins International Bible Quiz in Jerusalem

May 7, 2014 Yesterday, on Israeli Independence Day, the annual Israeli government-sponsored International Youth Bible Contest was held in Jerusalem. Canadian Eitan Amos, 18, from Toronto, beat out 15 other finalists who answered tough questions posed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a panel of judges. Amos is the first Canadian ever to win the contest. During the awards presentation, Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized the Bible’s importance saying that it is a "compass and map that help us navigate our way in a changing and unchanging reality."

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IDF Doctor Rushes to Save Choking Palestinian Child

May 7, 2014 Recently, when a Palestinian mother noticed her month-old child was choking, she brought the child to the nearest Israel Defense Forces check post near her village of Beitin, which is in the area of the Palestinian Authority capital of Ramallah. An army officer on duty immediately called for the nearest IDF army doctor. “I got a phone call about a baby choking, and so I called up my medical team. My medical team and I were first on the scene,” Second Lieutenant Ben Tzanani said, who arrived within minutes.

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Hamas: The Real Winner in New Unity Deal

May 7, 2014 Just when it seemed that the future of Hamas, the officially designated terrorist group and offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, was uncertain due to pressures from Egypt, the Palestinian Authority has given it new hope. Hamas has been struggling with a severe economic crisis ever since Egypt embarked on a campaign to destroy hundreds of smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai. The recent shift on the part of the Palestinian Authority toward a unity deal with Hamas rather than a peace deal with Israel has given Hamas renewed legitimacy and strengthened its control over the Strip.

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