News Update - November 2

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http://www.centerpeace.org ** Israel and the Middle East News Update ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Monday, November 2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Click here for a printer-friendly version. (http://centerpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/November-2.pdf) Headlines: * 80 Year-Old Woman Stabbed in Rishon Lezion Terror Attack * Israel Faces Tough Dilemma Over Palestinian Terrorists’ Bodies * Israel Present Strategic Shopping List to US * Unilateral Building Freeze Implemented Throughout East Jerusalem * Diplomats to Learn to Defend ‘Legality of Settlements’ * Arab Rock Terror Reaches Haifa * Israel Relaxes Live-Fire Restrictions Against Rock-Throwing Rioters * IDF on Mount Hermon Preparing Iran-Backed Terrorism Commentary: * Times of Israel: “At Rabin Rally, Clinton Urges Israelis to Choose Peace” - By Times of Israel Staff * Times of Israel: “Obama: Peace Is Only Way to Ensure Israeli Security” - By Tamar Pileggi, News Editor, Times of Israel ** Times of Israel ------------------------------------------------------------ ** 80 Year-Old Woman Stabbed in Rishon Lezion Terror Attack (http://www.timesofisrael.com/3-hurt-2-seriously-in-rishon-lezion-stabbing-attack/) ------------------------------------------------------------ Three people were wounded Monday afternoon in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian in the central city of Rishon Lezion, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv. Two people — a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s — were in serious condition, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. The third victim, 26, was lightly hurt. The attacker, identified by authorities as a 19-year-old Palestinian man from Hebron, stabbed the 40-year-old man from behind on a bus on Tarmab Street, got off the bus and ran to the adjacent Herzl Street, where he stabbed the elderly woman and the young man. See also, “Palestinian Assailant Stabs 3 in Rishon Lezion Terror Attack” (Jerusalem Post) (http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Breaking-Suspected-terror-attack-in-Rishon-Lezion-3-wounded-431802) ** Ha'aretz ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Israel Faces Tough Dilemma Over Palestinian Terrorists’ Bodies (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.683695) ------------------------------------------------------------ The question of whether or not to return bodies of Palestinian terrorists to the PA, especially from the Hebron region, is dividing the defense establishment. Amid the panicked public atmosphere, the security cabinet decided to vary its standard practice and begin delaying the transfer of the bodies of terrorists killed while committing attacks to their families. The shift was led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, over the reservations of Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and senior army brass. See also, “Israel to Return More Terrorist Bodies” (Ynet News) (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4719462,00.html) ** Ynet News ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Israel Presents Strategic Shopping List to US (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4719743,00.html) ------------------------------------------------------------ A new squadron of F-15's, modern tanker aircraft, helicopters, the V-22 osprey tilt rotor, precision weaponry, and large-scale financial aid for the Arrow 3 missile program—those are just some of things Israel is demanding from the US in the framework of a security aid package. The aid package surpasses the typical annual aid package—which amounts to $3.1 billion. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said during Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon's visit that Israel would be the only country in the Middle East to receive the futuristic F-35 fighter, but Israeli officials also asked for a squadron of F-15's which are often considered the "work horse" of the air force. See also, “US Said to Have Approved Sale to Israel of Ospreys, Capable of Reaching Iran” (Times of Israel) (http://www.timesofisrael.com/f-35s-f-15s-ospreys-on-israeli-shopping-list-of-desired-us-military-materiel/) ** Jerusalem Post ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Unilateral Building Freeze Implemented Throughout East J’lem (http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Unilateral-building-freeze-reportedly-implemented-throughout-east-Jerusalem-431792) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Jerusalem Municipality has suspended all building activity in the eastern portion of the capital, which will impact the controversial residential construction plan in Ramat Shlomo. According to the Army Radio morning report, the construction freeze order, which will be submitted this week to the municipality’s Local Committee on Planning and Building, applies unilaterally to Palestinian and Jewish homes. The announcement comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to the US to repair badly frayed diplomatic ties, and against the backdrop of a city-wide terror wave. ** Times of Israel ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Diplomats to Learn to Defend ‘Legality of Settlements (http://www.timesofisrael.com/diplomats-to-learn-to-defend-legality-of-settlements/) ’ ------------------------------------------------------------ Foreign Ministry cadets will tour West Bank settlements and learn how to defend their legality, as well as hear lectures on Judaism and tour the City of David archaeological site in East Jerusalem, officials said Sunday, in a rightward shift for the country’s diplomatic corps. The new additions to the cadet course are a joint effort of Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovel and Foreign Ministry director Dore Gold, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Both ministry officials believe the modified cadet course will help fledgling diplomats “honestly represent the positions of the Israeli government,” Army Radio quoted unnamed Foreign Ministry sources as saying. See also, “Israel Training Diplomats to Defend Settlements is Nothing New” (Ha'aretz) (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.683570) ** Arutz Sheva ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Arab Rock Terror Reaches Haifa (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/202768#.VjdnOK6rTfY) ------------------------------------------------------------ Arabs in Haifa threw a rock that hit a Jewish youth in the head Saturday, and tension between Jews and Arabs in the northern port city has been growing, according to Rabbi Shmuel Sasson, who heads the Torah nucleus group in the city. Rabbi Sasson said police responses to Arab crimes sometimes tend to be "somewhat sleepy," and cited an incident in which an Israeli flag was burned. In another incident, Arabs threatened the local Jewish congregation and spilled garbage near the synagogue. In that case, police responded with alacrity, he said. "We hope they won't start raising their heads too high," the rabbi said of the local Muslim Arab population. "This is the feeling and atmosphere throughout the country. A feeling of uncertainty. Let's hope we remain on the quiet part of the scale.” ** Algemeiner ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Israel Relaxes Fire Restrictions Against Rock-Throwing Rioters (http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/11/01/israel-relaxes-live-fire-restrictions-against-rock-throwing-rioters/) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Israel Police has relaxed its restrictions on the use of live fire against rioters, Israeli news website Walla reported (http://news.walla.co.il/item/2902681) on Sunday. According to the new directives, if an officer is confronted with rioters shooting fireworks, tossing Molotov cocktails, or hurling stones or rocks at close range with slingshots, he or she is permitted to use live fire to neutralize the danger. This is only allowed, however, “when there is a real danger of harm, death, or injury to a person’s body.” Police sources told Walla that in spite of the fact that the use of live fire is still a last resort, the new directives are a necessary adaptation of the old rules due to the life-threatening situations Israeli personnel have faced during the current wave of Palestinian violence. ** Jerusalem Post ------------------------------------------------------------ ** IDF on Mount Hermon Preparing for Iran-Backed Terrorism (http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IDF-on-Mount-Hermon-preparing-for-Iran-backed-terrorism-431746) ------------------------------------------------------------ Since the start of Russian Air involvement, a more assertive Assad regime has retaken several posts in Syrian Golan. IDF units on Mount Hermon, which borders Syria, are preparing to encounter Iranian- backed terrorist attacks, a senior military source told The Jerusalem Poston Sunday. According to the source, units operating under the command of the Mount Hermon Territorial Brigade have been training to respond to a “combined terrorist attack” that could involve border bombs, rockets, an attempted kidnapping of soldiers, and possible anti-tank missile fire. ** Times of Israel – October 31, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** At Rabin Rally, Clinton Urges Israelis to Choose Peace (http://www.timesofisrael.com/at-rabin-rally-bill-clinton-urges-israelis-to-choose-peace/) ------------------------------------------------------------ At rally of 100,000 marking 20 years since assassination, former president says Israelis must decide how to complete Rabin’s legacy; Peres, not allowed to speak from stage, urges two-state solution. By Times of Israel Staff Former US president Bill Clinton addressed some 100,000 people in Tel Aviv on Saturday night at the memorial rally marking 20 years since the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, giving a rousing speech about Rabin’s legacy and Israel’s way forward. He urged Israelis to complete Rabin’s work by making peace with the Palestinians, saying Rabin knew that the risks of peace were less “severe” than the risks of walking away from peace. Current US President Barack Obama later addressed the rally, (http://www.timesofisrael.com/peace-is-only-way-to-ensure-security-for-israel-says-obama-at-rabin-memorial/) in pre-recorded remarks in which he told Israelis that peace was “necessary, just and possible.” Clinton was introduced to the crowd by Dalia Rabin, the daughter of the late prime minister. In heartfelt remarks recalling many personal moments with Rabin during the peace process that led to the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, Clinton urged Israeli society to choose peace and to pursue Rabin’s legacy. He said the day of Rabin’s assassination was probably the worst in his eight years as president. “Rabin’s legacy in one way is clear and untouchable,” Clinton said at the rally. “He risked his life to create and defend Israel. He spent his life serving Israel to advance your values and your interests. and he gave his life so that you could live in peace.” “What does it all amount to? Now that is up to you,” he said, adding that “all of you now must decide when your leave here tonight… how to finish the last chapter of his story.” He also said that Rabin did not want to “see Israel come to a democratic crossroads where it has to decide whether it is a Jewish state or a democratic state.” Rabin knew, Clinton said, that “the risks of peace are not as severe as the risks of walking away from it.” “Those who loved him and love your country are praying that you make that decision. May God bless this country,” he said. Speaking of the late prime minister’s leadership, Clinton compared Rabin to the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and to Mahatma Gandhi, who were both killed by their respective fellow countrymen for pursuing policies their assailants opposed. Rabin, said Clinton, knew the risks and he was aware that he could be killed by a fellow Israeli. At the same time, he added, Rabin “knew who he was, he knew what he believed, he knew why he loved Israel, he believed that democracy and freedom and peace were essential” to its people and to the people in this audience. “You must decide how to finish his legacy, the last chapter must be written by people he gave his life for,” Clinton charged. Former president and prime minister Shimon Peres, who was not allowed by the organizers to speak at the rally — which was aimed to be non-partisan politically — told Army Radio that his message would have been, “We must make peace on the basis of two states.” He said that goal “unifies” Israel’s right and left. It was crucial, he added, that Israel maintain both its Jewish majority and its democracy. Most speakers at the rally maintained a relatively non-political tone, but Rabin’s grandson Yonatan Ben-Artzi urged from the stage that “Israel must recognize a Palestinian state.” The speakers addressed the crowd from behind a bullet-proof glass screen, organizers said, days after Hagai Amir, brother of Rabin assassin Yigal Amir, had posted (http://www.timesofisrael.com/rabin-killers-brother-held-over-facebook-post-threatening-president/) on Facebook that Rivlin would soon “depart the world.” Hebrew media reports said the screen had been installed at the last moment, at the request of American security officials, and that Israel’s Shin Bet security agency had no objections. At the memorial site where Rabin was gunned down, behind the square, his Labour Party held a small ceremony of its own earlier in the evening. At that event, current Labor and Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog said “most of the Israeli public” now shared Rabin’s vision, including “separation from the Palestinians and greater social justice, and vowed to fight for the causes Rabin espoused. Clinton arrived in Israel on Friday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin. Earlier Saturday, Rivlin gave the opening speech at the event, (http://www.timesofisrael.com/rivlin-israel-will-not-become-sacrifice-on-altar-of-violence-fear/) warning that Israel would not be cowed by violence and extremism. He welcomed Clinton’s address, saying “welcome, chaver [friend],” a sort of homage to Clinton’s famous words at his eulogy for Rabin at the state funeral in Jerusalem following the assassination, during which Clinton memorably ended with the words “Shalom, chaver,” or “Goodbye, friend.” President Barack Obama later also addressed the 100,000 people gathered at the Saturday event in a pre-recorded speech. ** Times of Israel – October 31, 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Peace Is Only Way to Ensure Security for Israel, Says Obama (http://www.timesofisrael.com/peace-is-only-way-to-ensure-security-for-israel-says-obama-at-rabin-memorial/) ------------------------------------------------------------ In pre-recorded speech to Tel Aviv rally, US president pays tribute to PM, says ‘a bullet can take a man’s life, but his dream of peace will never die.’ By Tamar Pileggi US President Barack Obama paid tribute to slain Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on the 20th anniversary of his assassination via video message on Saturday night, declaring that Rabin’s vision of peace remains “necessary, just and possible.” In a pre-recorded message broadcast in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square where organizers said some 100,000 Israelis gathered for the memorial rally, Obama related the murdered prime minister’s legacy to the need to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Calling Rabin “a warrior for peace,” Obama recalled the night the late prime minister was gunned down. “One the night he was taken from us, he looked at the thousands gathered and said that the path of peace was preferable to the path of war, and he exhausted every opening, every possibility in the pursuit of a just peace,” Obama said. Rabin, Obama said, “understood the challenges and dangers Israel faced and defended his country like a general.” Rabin “also said the Palestinians could not be ruled over forever by force. And, like a true statesman, he was willing to exhaust every opening, every possibility, in pursuit of peace,” he said. “The Jewish people have the right to live in their homeland, and Palestinians have the right to be a free people in their own land. And peace is possible, if both parties are willing to truly compromise and take risks for the only real solution — two states for two people; a democratic Jewish state living side-by-side in peace and security with a viable, independent and sovereign Palestinian state,” Obama said. “And in these difficult times, for Israelis, Palestinians, the region, Yitzhak’s life and dream inspire us still,” Obama urged. He promised the US “commitment” to Israel and its security “will never waver.” Obama recalled a speech he gave on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his presidential visit to Israel in 2013, where he said that peace was “necessary, just and possible.” “Peace is necessary, because it is the only way to ensure true and lasting security for Israelis and Palestinians,” he said. “Peace is just,” he said, “because the Jewish people have the right to live in their homeland and Palestinians have the right to be a free people in their homeland.” It is possible, he said, “if both parties are willing to truly compromise and take risks for the only real solution: two states for two peoples.” “A bullet can take a man’s life, but his spirit and his dream of peace will never die,” Obama concluded, adding a blessing to all in the crowd and for all who seek peace and justice. 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