1. 'Child Kills Bush, White House Becomes Mosque' on Hamas TV

A chilling children's show was screened this week on Hamas Television in Gaza which portrays the depth of anti-West incitement and hatred among Moslem children, as well as the Moslem desire to take over the world.  The program, in the form of a puppet show, was circulated by MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute).

2. PA Terrorist Shot Dead By Quick-Thinking Civilian

A Palestinian Authority terrorist was shot dead late Monday afternoon as he attempted to stab two people at a bus stop near Shiloh, 20 miles north of Jerusalem. The armed civilian who put an end to the attack is a school principal from the town of Itamar.
The attacker suddenly pulled out a six-inch knife.

After 5:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, an Arab man approached the Shiloh Junction bus stop and began talking to two people, an adult and a teenager, who were waiting there. In an interview with Arutz Sheva, the teenager, Hillel Maeir, described the events which followed: After a short conversation in broken English and Hebrew, which aroused the suspicion of the two, the 16-year-old young man decided to move away, behind a concrete barrier at the bus stop while the older man placed his hand on his personal weapon.

At that point, the attacker suddenly pulled out a six-inch knife and tried to stab the adult Israeli. Because of his fear of getting entangled with the law for using his weapon, the would-be victim waited until the last second to draw his personal weapon. Hillel Maeir described that as the terrorist's knife was coming down toward the Jewish man, he managed to cock his pistol and shoot the terrorist all in the same motion of drawing his weapon.

The bullet knocked the Arab off his feet and wounded him. When the terrorist then reached into his shirt, the civilian interpreted the motion as a possible attempt to detonate an explosive vest, and he shot again, this time killing his attacker. It later turned out that the PA resident was reaching for a second, concealed knife.

Military and police forces alerted to the attack arrived at the junction and radioed for an emergency medical response unit. The responding Magen David Adom (MDA) team pronounced the terrorist dead at the scene.

3. Two Jews Wounded in PA Shelling North of Gaza

Two people were lightly wounded on Tuesday when Palestinian Authority terrorists fired two mortar shells from northern Gaza toward nearby Jewish towns. A building and an electric line were damaged in the attack as well.

The shells slammed into the community of Netiv HaAsarah, just north of the Gaza region. Two people suffering from shrapnel wounds were taken to Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital for treatment.

Earlier Tuesday morning, a barrage of mortar shells was fired by Arabs and landed near the Kissufim Crossing, the passage formerly used by residents of Gush Katif to reach their homes. No damage or injuries were reported in the attack.

IDF soldiers operating near the Gaza separation barrier early Tuesday morning killed two Hamas terrorists and wounded two others. The IDF was conducting a routine counter-terrorist operation when it encountered resistance and returned fire. Several terrorists were arrested, and the soldiers returned to their base without injuries.

4. 3/4 of Israelis See Transfer for Arabs

A survey carried out the Panels Research Institute finds that more than 75% of Israelis see partial or total transfer of Israeli-Arabs out of Israel in any final-status agreement that includes a Palestinian state.

The poll asked whether it would be justified, in the framework of an agreement for the establishment of a Palestinian state, to demand the transfer out of Israel of all Arabs.  Nearly 30% said yes with no reservations, while 28% said only Arabs who did not express loyalty to Israel should be expelled.  In addition, another 19% said that Arabs who lived in areas bordering the PA-controlled areas, such as Wadi Area and the southern Galilee, should be transferred out.

The remainder, just under 25%, said no Arabs should be transferred out.

The survey encompassed 668 respondents, taking part in a series of Panel4All internet surveys.  The Panels Institute says the respondents are a representative sampling of the adult population in Israel, and that the margin of error is 3.7%.

Another finding of the survey shows that 43% of Israelis feel Arabs in Israel are discriminated against.  In addition, 40% feel that Israeli-Arabs have an exclusively Palestinian national identity, while 50% feel they have both Palestinian and Israeli national identities, with the former taking precedence.

5. Legal Advocacy Forum Seeks Charges Against Arab Protesters

On Monday, the Land of Israel Legal Forum asked authorities to prosecute Israeli citizens who took part in Land Day demonstrations in Yafo (Jaffa) and the Galilee city of Arabeh. Many of the protesters flew PLO flags and some called on the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews in Israel.
Flying [the PLO] flag at such demonstrations is a clear violation of established anti-terror legislation.

In his letter to the Attorney-General, Yitzchak Bam, a lawyer representing the legal advocacy group, explained that the PLO flag waving and calls for attacks constituted support for terrorism and incitement. "As the Attorney-General and the Prosecutor's Office enforce the law against flying the flags of designated terrorist groups such as Kach and Kahane Hai," the Forum said in a press release, "there is no reason to be lenient in enforcing the law against those who flew PLO flags."

The PLO is still a designated terrorist group under Israeli law, Bam noted, adding that flying its flag at such demonstrations is a clear violation of established anti-terror legislation. The PLO's late leader Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo Accords with Israel in 1993, yet continued to orchestrate terrorism and other violence against Israel from his position as Chairman of the Palestinian Authority.

The Forum included photographic evidence of the large number of PLO flags raised at the Land Day demonstrations, including clear pictures of many of the flag-wavers.

Land Day marks the anniversary of demonstrations, road-blockings, stonings, firebombings and rioting by Israeli-Arabs throughout the country in March of 1976, during which six people were killed by security forces. The spark for the initial confrontation in 1976 was incitement by Arab-Israeli political leaders over the implementation of an Israeli law granting the state eminent domain over lands abandoned by their Arab residents.

Thousands took part in the Land Day marches and protests on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, which were organized throughout the country. The slogan for this year's Land Day was "This is Our Homeland, We Will Go Nowhere Else."
Many of the protesters also called for political autonomy for Arabs in the Galilee.

Among the Israeli protesters were dozens of Druze residents of Galilee towns and even a handful of Jewish participants active in far-left organizations. Arabs in PA-administered areas marked Land Day as well on Sunday. Arab sources reported that four Arabs were injured in the course of a demonstration in Bethlehem and Arabs clashed with Israeli security forces in Shechem.

'PFLP, We Want a Terrorist Attack!'
In Arabeh, members of the Sons of the Village organization chanted, "Popular Front of ours, we want an attack from you!" At many of the events, alongside the PLO flags, some participants flew flags of the Islamic Movement.

Arabeh Mayor Ali Aasaleh called for Fatah and Hamas to unite for the sake of  immediately establishing a new Arab state with Jerusalem as its capital. Many of the protesters also called for political autonomy for Arabs in the Galilee.

The spokesman for the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, Abed Antabtawi said at a Land Day demonstration: "This period is more dangerous [for Arabs] than the days of 1976. Today we are witnessing not only home demolition and ethnic cleansing in the mixed towns, but a wave of fascism. In 1976, the fascism was not institutionalized the way it is today. It was on the sidelines, but today it is in the center of society, in the government, and that is why this period is more dangerous."  

Large groups of Israeli Arabs protested on Saturday as part of Land Day events in Wadi Ara and the Negev. Protestors gathered in Kalansawa to rally against the planned destruction of an illegally built structure there. In the Negev, protesters were joined by Arab politicians in a show of support for illegal Bedouin villages.

In a Land Day rally on Friday in Yafo, adjacent to Tel Aviv, Knesset Member Jamal Zahalka accused the government of attempting to expel local Arabs. Government officials "are imposing on us a conflict that we do not want, but one which we will face and realize our right to defend our homes," he said.

6. Researchers Investigate Pre-‘Disengagement’ Mental Training

The Jabotinsky Heritage House in Tel Aviv recently completed a study on the psychological training given to IDF soldiers before the 2005 “Disengagement” and its effect on subsequent IDF operations.  The psychological training given to soldiers had a serious impact on soldiers’ performance in later conflicts, researchers found.

Dr. Gadi Eshel said the research team managed to collect a vast amount of material on the mental preparation for the eviction and the eviction itself.  The material showed that the army put a great deal of effort into creating terms that would help soldiers to feel that they were doing the right thing, said researcher Ruthie Isakovich.  Isakovich labeled the training given to soldiers to mentally prepare them to evict Jews “brainwashing.”

7. New Arab Town Planned Alongside Israeli Highway

Among the concessions Israel made to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and the Palestinian Authority during her just-concluded visit was something described as "permission to construct two new Arab neighborhoods in the Ramallah area." In actuality, this means at least one new Arab city striding the main Jerusalem-Binyamin-Samaria highway.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke about "new neighborhoods" in his talks with US Secretary of State Rice on Monday, but "top Israeli diplomatic circles say these are new towns for all purposes," Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman reports.  They are to include up to 8,000 new housing units.

The two new towns include one that will barely be felt by most Israelis, as it is to be situated in what the Oslo Accords designate as Area A - under full Palestinian civilian and military control.  The exact location is south of the city of Ariel and just north of Ateret.

The other promised Arab town, however, is much more problematic for Israelis. The "new neighborhood," as Barak called it when presenting the idea to Rice, is located alongside a main highway traveled by an estimated 15,000 Jews each day. 

Specifically, it is located to the east of the highway connecting Jerusalem with Migron, Psagot, Tel Tzion, Beit El, Ofrah, Michmas, Eli, Shilo, and many other Jewish communities in Binyamin and Samaria.  The new Arab city, in fact, is planned to be built just across the highway from Migron, and just a few kilometers from Beit El.

A New-Old Bear Trap
Correspondent Huberman said that this new town in the southern Binyamin area is said to be adjacent to the village of Dir Dibwan - but in fact is to be built in relatively open area.  Dir Dibwan, originally a Christian Arab village, means "lair of the bears" in Arabic, apparently a reference to the story of the bears and Elisha the Prophet, recounted in Kings II 2, 23-24, which occurred near Beit El.

Huberman further reports that IDF sources fear it will be difficult to enforce Israeli security in the new built-up area.

Israeli Cooperation
Since both new towns are to be built in area under PA administrative control, Israeli permission is not officially required.  However, the PA wants to ensure that Israel cooperates in granting permits for building access roads, providing electricity, water and sewage lines, and allowing construction materials to pass unhindered.  Barak's approval implies that this will occur.  
 
Jewish Response
Binyamin Regional Council head Avi Roeh told Arutz-7 that Barak's concession "is just another sign of the bankruptcy of this government - caving in to Rice and Bush at the end of their terms in office, at the expense of our own security and national interests."

Asked how he intends to act to counter the plan, Roeh said, "Our field of activity is in expanding Jewish presence and construction in the Land, and that's what we do."

Roeh said he was speaking from the site of the newly-removed army checkpoint along the Michmas-Rimonim highway: "The removal of the checkpoint is very grave, with dangerous implications for the security of the Jews who live and travel here. We are trying at this second to plan ways to deal with this problem, whether it be by increasing Jewish presence here and/or in other ways."

8. Shas MK Convicted of Accepting Bribes

Shas MK Shlomo Benizri has been convicted in a Jerusalem Magistrates Court of accepting bribes and other crimes, for which he faces up to 13 years in prison.

The main prosecution witness in the two-year-long trial was the briber himself, Moshe Sela, who turned state's witness and testified, "Benizri helped me and I helped him."  Benizri was convicted of receiving expensive gifts and services from Sela, a contractor who owns an employment agency, in exchange for transferring to him secret government information and decisions regarding foreign workers.

In addition, Benizri's spiritual mentor Rabbi Reuven Elbaz was convicted of mediating the bribes. Some of the bribe money found its way to Rabbi Elbaz's yeshiva, the court ruled.

Benizri has maintained his innocence throughout, refusing to entertain a plea bargain, and the court found him innocent of some of the charges against him.

Mild Calls for Benizri's Suspension
Two MKs - Ran Cohen of Meretz and Yuval Shteinitz of the Likud - said that Benizri should suspend himself from the Knesset.  In general, however, it was noted that MKs did not rush to comment on the conviction.

If the court rules that the conviction is one of "moral turpitude," as is likely, Benizri will find himself automatically suspended from the Knesset, according to a law legislated only last year.

Shas History
Benizri is the fifth Shas MK to have been convicted of a crime since the party's inception in the 1980's.  If his expected appeal is rejected, he will apparently be the third Shas MK to sit in prison. 

Married with eight children, Benizri served in the army, then became religiously observant and studied in Rabbi Elbaz's Or HaChaim yeshiva in Jerusalem.  This is his fifth term in the Knesset, in which he has served since 1992, and he has also served as Minister of Health and Minister of Labor and Social Welfare.

9. Arabs Destroy Structures Slated for Destruction

Arabs recently attacked and burned structures and equipment on the outskirts of the Samaria town of Kfar Tapuach.  The structures were used to house a yeshiva and dog-training program run by local resident Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov. 

10. High School Seniors Meet With Religious MKs

Thirty yeshiva high school seniors met in the Knesset with the religious-Zionist Knesset faction, the National Union-National Religious Party, on Monday afternoon, demanding unity for the next elections.

The students were pleased to note that the entire membership of the nine-MK party Knesset faction was present, except for organizer Uri Ariel, who had been called away for a family funeral. Each of the MKs spoke as well. 

The meeting was the result of a letter/petition circulated by the seniors of two prestigious yeshiva high schools: Kfar HaRoeh near Hadera, Israel's first yeshiva high school, and Ulpanat Tzviyah in Herzliya for girls.  The petition has only received word-of-mouth publicity, yet already has 700 student signatures.  It was born after a series of articles in the religious-Zionist press bemoaning the lack of unity among some of the religious MKs, and warning that the present technical unification between the National Religious Party and the National Union might not last for the next elections.

"Silent No More... We Demand that You Unite!"
"We could be silent no longer," the students' petition stated, "for the sake of the People of Israel... We demand that the [religious-Zionist] Knesset Members unite, or else we will seriously consider not voting for you in the next election."  The students are scheduled to vote for their first time in the next election.

"In light of the especially difficult situation facing our beloved and only country," the students wrote, "we see the MKs of the NU-NRP as the right ones to lead the country to better times.  But this objective will certainly not be reached with divisions, arguments, and fights. We therefore call upon them to unite immediately.  They must decide, in whatever manner they choose, to choose their representatives and leaders.  The key to success is simple and clear: Unity, mutual respect, and consensus."

The meeting lasted over an hour and a half. "It was frustrating that no major decisions were reached," one of the students, Michal Tabib from Herzliya, told Arutz-7 afterwards, "but in actuality, we feel that something big has started.  We plan to continue to be in touch with the MKs."

Michal said that the political situation in the religious-Zionist camp is "more complex than I had realized." On the other hand, she said she was pleased to see that the MKs appeared to be on friendly and positive terms with each other, "unlike what I had been led to believe."

What the MKs Said
MKs Effie Eitam, Eli Gabbai and Aryeh Eldad "were notably supportive in our efforts for unity," another participant said. "All of the MKs were attentive to our position, but some of them seemed to feel that unity was not the end-all goal. One even said that there was religious unity in the last election, yet we did not do as well as had been hoped in the actual election - to which we responded that perhaps the unity was not genuine.  Another MK said that politics was not the only way to achieve our goals for the Nation, Torah and Land of Israel."

The NU/NRP List
The NU/NRP list is actually a union of four parties - the NRP and the three of the National Union - and it is currently not clear if the list will remain united when the elections are next held. 

The four parties are:
• The NRP, the most senior member. Essentially the successor to the original Mizrachi party, it held a registration drive three years ago that garnered 70,000 members. Its three MKs are Chairman Zevulun Orlev, Eli Gabbai and Nissan Slomiansky.

• Tekumah, founded in 1998, a long-time member of the National Union.  Its policy is largely determined by a board of three leading religious-Zionist rabbis. Its MKs today are Tzvi Hendel (formerly of the NRP) and Uri Ariel.

• Moledet, founded by the late Rehavam Ze'evi in time for the 1992 elections.  Comprising both religious and not religious members, its MKs are party leader Rabbi Benny Elon and Aryeh Eldad.

• Achi, whose MKs are Effie Eitam and Yitzchak Levy, both formerly of the NRP.  Its goal is to hold an open national primaries for the entire religious-Zionist camp - so far without great enthusiasm among the public.

Further muddling the picture are two other nationalist movements: The Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction of the Likud, and HaTikvah. The former boasts roughly 10,000 members, a strong presence in the Likud Central Committee, and an expectation of 1-2 Knesset Members in the next Knesset.  HaTikvah was created just several months ago for what one of its founders, Dr. Ron Breiman, calls the "secular orange [right-wing] camp."  Among its supporters is MK Aryeh Eldad.

The union between the NRP and the National Union was achieved, after much toil and hard work to overcome significant differences between the various sides, just in time for the last national election, in early 2006.

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