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Former Prime Minister Olmert Convicted on Bribery Charges

Bureau chief Zaken and former Jerusalem Mayor Lupolianski among nine others found guilty of taking bribes in infamous Holyland casee

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· Boycott the New York Times

Giulio Meotti

· Remember the Unique Goodness of Israel

Prof. George Jochnowitt

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Police Ban Former MK Ben-Ari From Temple Mount

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· Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

Amb. Alan Bake

· Re: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People.

Amb. Alan Baker

The writer is Director of the Insititute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, formerly ambassador to Canada and legal advisor to the Israeli Foreign Ministry

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The Hon. James Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State,

The State Department,

Washington D.C.

Dear Secretary Kerry,

I refer to your recent statement to House Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress, dated March 13, 2014[1], in which you defined "as a mistake" Israel's central and principled requirement in the negotiations with the Palestinians, calling for acknowledgement of Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People.

You justified your dismissing this requirement by claiming, and reiterating Palestinian propaganda statements, that the "Jewish State issue" had been "sufficiently addressed by UN General Assembly Resolution 181 of 1947, which recommended the establishment of independent Arab and Jewish states in Palestine."

You recalled in that respect "more than 30-40 mentions of a 'Jewish state'" in the 1947 General Assembly resolution, and added that the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had "confirmed that he agreed it [Israel] would be a Jewish state" in 1988 and in 2004.

Your attempt to represent these events, before Congress and to the world at large, as definitive proof that the Palestinian leadership has already recognized Israel as the Jewish state, and hence should not be required to acknowledge this in the present negotiating context, is both a distortion of the historic record and an unfortunate misreading of the issue.

· More@ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14769

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Well he should be the first to Campaign against pulling forces from Judea and Samaria. and he should be thankful that his deal with Arafat did not materialize. so how about getting realistic then Barak and Practice what you believe in. Start by Speaking out against this Perilous peace process since nothing makes what your saying more sure and reaitic than abandoning the territories over to Israel's enemies.

· Barak: Enemies will be able to choose which building to hit within 5 years

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

LAST UPDATED: 03/26/2014 18:38

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Ex-defense minister warns of "unprecedented" chemical, biological and terrorism threat in near future.

Ehud Barak at Gaza security evaluation.

Ehud Barak at Gaza security evaluation. Photo: IDF Spokesman

Israel's enemies will gain access in the coming years to precision guided missiles that will allow them to target individual buildings, former defense minister Ehud Barak warned on Wednesday.

Barak spoke in Tel Aviv at a conference held at the International Institute for National Security Studies to mark Israel Science Day, which was organized by the Science, Technology and Space Ministry.

· More@ http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Barak-Enemies-will-be-able-to-choose-which-building-to-hit-within-5-years-346569

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Iran Calls Obama 'Two-Faced' On Saudi Rights

Monday, March 31, 2014

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PA: More Prisoner Releases Beyond 'Fourth Phase'

Monday, March 31, 2014

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Report: Tel Aviv U Professor Against 'Jewish State'

Monday, March 31, 2014

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· The straw that broke the camel's back (or Kerry's latest blunder)

By ALAN BAKER

03/30/2014 22:05

No-one should doubt US Secretary of State John Kerry's seriousness and dedication in attempting to bring Israeli-Palestinian peace.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Photo: Reuters

No-one can or should doubt the deep, firm and everlasting friendship between Israel and the US, and the latter's genuine commitment to assisting Israel and the Palestinians in the process of achieving peace between them.

Similarly, no-one should doubt Secretary of State John Kerry's seriousness and dedication in attempting to bring the two sides to an agreement.

However, Secretary Kerry's recent one-sided statement to Congress in which he criticized as "a mistake" one of Israel's most fundamental negotiating premises, which calls for acknowledgment of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people, was ill-advised, went beyond his mandate as convener of the negotiations and, in fact, misrepresented the historic record.

Sometimes it is necessary to tell our friends that they are wrong.

· More@ http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-straw-that-broke-the-camels-back-or-Kerrys-latest-blunder-346975

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Preparing to Rebuild the Third Holy Temple in Jerusalem

Curated By

Mike Schultz

Nearly 2000 years ago, the Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, and Jews have been mourning ever since. But did you know that some have already started preparing the Temple vessels or even agitating for its reconstruction?

Last year's video went viral after it sparked a controvery in Egypt. In the video, two kids build a sand castle version of the Third Temple while their father sits and reads the paper. The page he's viewing has (now-deposed) President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi's photo on it. When he sees what the kids have done, he drops the paper in shock on the ground. Dropping Morsi's face on the ground was taken as a major sign of disrespect in Egypt.

In case it wasn't obvious already, anything to do with actually rebuilding the Temple on the Temple Mount would be tremendously, incredibly, explosively controversial.

Temple Institute Interview

Interesting interview with Rabbi Chaim Richman, describing the activities of the Temple Institute - and this way you also get to see a lot of the vessels they've prepared.

Finding a red heifer

One of the potential pitfalls in rebuilding the Temple is that everyone is ritually impure, and thus ineligible to enter the Temple. The ritual for purification, from the book of Numbers, requires sprinkling the ashes from a purely red heifer on one who is impure (such as by having been to a cemetary). But no unblemished, purely red heifer has been found in these last 2000 years.

Here's an interesting (though old) article about an effort in the '90s by a Christian red angus cattle breeder to produce an eligible red heifer in order to help bring about the End Time.

Where is the Temple actually meant to be located?

Some scholars have suggested that the Dome of the Rock, long thought to be built on the site of the First and Second Temples, is actually adjacent to the Temple site.

According to Asher Kaufman's research, the Temple site was actually to the north of the Dome, while according to Tuvia Sagiv, it was in between the Dome and the al-Aqsa mosque (see this learning for the full details).

Their research suggests an unusual potential solution that some have proposed - is there any way to imagine building the Temple alongside the two holy mosques? Turning the Temple Mount into a holy, multifaith site, serving both the Muslim and Jewish communities, as well as Christian pilgrims?

"Temple Mount Two Thousand: Holy to Three Faiths" design competition

It never happened, of course. And even if it would happen, it would only be theoretical and not practical. But in this Huff Post piece Robert Eisenman, brother of the architect who designed the Holocaust Museum in Berlin, proposes a utopian international architectural competition to design a way to host holy buildings for all three major monotheistic religions on the Temple Mount complex.

Reestablishing the Sanhedrin - the Rabbinic high court

Another piece that might be necessary to rebuilding the Temple is reestablishing the Rabbinic high court, the Sanhedrin, which is meant to sit in an alcove at the Temple.

Although there have been a number of attempts to reestablish the Sanhedrin over the centuries, covered in this Wikipedia article, the newest effort, in 2004, might remove this particular difficulty. This learning is all about the new Sanhedrin.

Tisha B'Av History

Tisha B'Av, the ninth of the Jewish month of Av, which this year falls out on July 16th, is a full day of fasting and mourning. A whole litany of tragic events befell the Jewish people on this day (and the world - WW I began on Tisha B'Av), from the Temple's destruction to the Expulsion from Spain in the Inquisition. This learning is all about the history of the day, and here is a page about the mourning customs and prayers of the day.

The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement

The goal of this extremist group is "the building of the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in our lifetime in accordance with the Word of G-d and all the Hebrew prophets and the liberation of the Temple Mount from Arab (Islamic) occupation so that it may be consecrated to the Name of G-d."

According to Wikipedia, although in the 70s and 80s they were the most visible pro-rebuilding group, at this point they are primarily a political advocacy group staging regular protests but staying within the limits of the law.

Tensions on the Temple Mount

To give some small sense of the tensions on the Temple Mount around Jewish prayer, here's a piece by Daniel ben Simon, former member of Knesset from the left-wing Labor party.

Previous Attempts to Build the Third Temple

This Wikipedia page has a nice section on previous attempts to rebuild the temple, from the early centuries of Christianity to the middle ages.

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· Stolen Jewish Art in Europe's Museums

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

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Never ending cycle

Kerry Makes Sudden Unannounced Israel Visit

News from America 2:32 PM

In an attempt to save failing peace talks, Kerry makes another visit to Israel to meet with Netanyahu.

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Bennett: Israel Hayom is Not a Newspaper, It's Pravda

'Something Bad is Happening to Bennett'

Yisrael Hayom pundit Eidar is disappointed with Jewish Home leader's position on acquisition of Makor Rishon.

By Shlomo Pitrikovsky

First Publish: 3/31/2014, 1:26 PM

Dror Eidar

Flash 90

Dror Eidar, senior opinion writer for Yisrael Hayom, attacked Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett Monday for comparing Yisrael Hayom to Pravda, the government-controlled party newspaper in Soviet Russia which was known for distorting the truth in the service of the government.

"Naftali is a friend of mine, and when he entered politics, I was glad," Eidar said on Galei Yisrael radio. "I feel that something bad has happened to Naftali Bennett – he has become too much of a politician and too little of an ideologue, his perspective has become a short one, not an historic one

More@ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/179091.

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Erdogan Declares Victory, Threatens to 'Make Rivals Pay'

Middle East 5:12 AM 3/31/2014

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Left vows: We'll pressure Livni to quit if talks fail
Likud's Erdan: Red lines are a necessity for the "negotiations monster."

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Medvedev Announces Sweeping Crimea Development Plan

Topic:Crimea's Fate

31/03/2014

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Crimea on Monday to announce an ambitious plan aimed at meeting the needs of the peninsula's citizens, just 10 days after its reunification with Russia.

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Russia Developing Security Plan for Crimea – Defense Minister

Topic:Crimea's Fate

31/03/2014

The Russian military is drafting a security plan for Crimea through 2020 in an effort to ensure the work of Russian servicemen in the former Ukrainian region, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.

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West Steps Up Disruptive Actions Inside Russia Over Crimea

MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has noted an increase in foreign disruptive actions since the souring of relations with the West over the situation in Crimea and appropriate measures are being taken to protect the country, a senior FSB official said Friday.

The fate of Crimea, a predominantly ethnic Russian region which seceded from Ukraine and joined Russia last week, has triggered the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.

More @ http://en.ria.ru/russia/20140328/188848068/West-Steps-Up-Disruptive-Actions-Inside-Russia-Over-Crimea--FSB.html

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