Author: AFSI Staff

With Passover approaching, it is timely to revisit Zionist ideologue Zeev Jabotinsky’s Passover message, in an article “Four Sons” which speaks of his deep understanding of the meaning of the four sons’ story traditionally read on Passover. A profound understanding of the story of the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt at Passover is said to be adapted to the psychology of four typical children, four typical Jews.

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Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Passover message, by Ronn Torossian/Arutz Sheva, April 15, 2022

 

 

 

 

Deputy Attorney General Carmit Yulis on Tuesday approved the connection of the ‘young settlements’ in Judea and Samaria to the electrical grid.

The heads of the Knesset Land of Israel Lobby, MKs Yoav Kisch and Orit Struck, warned MK Nir Orbach, who made the connection of the communities to electricity a condition for his remaining in the government: “Under no circumstances should you lend a hand to the defense minister’s ‘territories for electricity’ deal.”

“Connecting the Abu Mazen outposts to electricity in exchange for connecting the young settlements is an active aid to the Palestinian Authority’s plan to take over the territories of Judea and Samaria, an unparalleled dangerous step. The young settlements, in whole and not just part of it, should have been connected to electricity as early as three and a half months ago, in parallel with the Electricity Law, and without any connection to the Abu Mazen outposts. We will not give up and we will continue to press until this just and elementary step is taken,” Struck and Kish said.

Residents in Area C having been needlessly waiting a long time to be connected to the basic service of electricity. While we would like to see this development become the start of a domino effect throughout all of Judea and Samaria, it should not be a bargaining chip in trying to negotiate a disastrous two-state solution.

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Connection of young settlements to electricity approved, by Israel National News, April 12, 2022

The Wiesenthal Centre has forwarded the content of a report from the Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research, to the European Commission and to Foreign Ministers of major donor countries to the UNRWA including, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

In this report, the Bedein Center explains it has had six meetings with the office of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, regarding “the fate of 5.3 million Palestinian refugee descendants”… “UN Secretary-General Staff made clear that donor nations to UNRWA are to be responsible for any indiscretions which occur in UNRWA.”

That’s a welcome statement from the United Nations and an acknowledgement of the truth. Will we hear more of the same? Only time will tell but we’re not holding our breath.

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European Donors to UNRWA are shown a 1 January Video of Fatah Armed Demonstration in UNRWA Camp, by Simon Wiesenthal Center, April 12, 2022

 

 

Last weekend, the chairman of the Knesset House Committee, MK Nir Orbach (Yamina), passed a list of demands to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and said that would he agree to remain in the coalition only if those demands are fulfilled. “Without a solution to these issues, I will not be able to remain in the coalition,” Orbach clarified to Bennett.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz confirmed that the Supreme Planning Council will meet immediately after Passover to approve housing units for construction in Judea and Samaria.

Following Idit Silman’s resignation from the coalition, Bennett-Lapid officials have asked lawyers to formulate agreements with the Joint Arab List, according to Channel 13 News correspondent Ayala Hasson. The Joint List would not join the government but would vote in favor of a number of legislative proposals and the next state budget, ensuring that the current 60-60 tie between the coalition and opposition does not kill the government’s legislative agenda and that a failure to pass the budget which would trigger new elections does not occur.

With that said, we have reason to be very concerned and can say with certainty that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is a threat to the State of Israel. MK Miki Zohar from the Likud responded on his Twitter account: “Coalition with the Joint List? Apparently Bennett has lost it.”

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Yamina officials to INN: Gantz will approve Judea and Samaria construction after Passover, by Hezki Baruch/Israel National News, April 11, 2022

Bennett’s new partners – The Joint List?, by Israel National News, April 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

Joseph’s Tomb, a holy place for the Jewish people, was vandalized over the weekend by Arab extremists.

An outpouring of condemnation by Israeli officials followed… shock, horror, and how this latest terror attack strikes at the very heart of “…deeply-held feelings of the Jewish people.” Jonathan Pollard in a statement zeroed in on the real problem as to why this happened: “I am absolutely disgusted at how our government first abandoned the Kever years ago and has left it vulnerable to repeated acts of vandalism by PA inspired mobs over the years. Enough!”

Pollard went on to say, “Both the Kever and a wide access route to it must be immediately secured by the IDF and formally annexed by Israel.” That means there is an urgent need to apply Sovereignty. Without it, Israel’s heritage remains threatened.

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Israel Condemns ‘Shocking’ Vandalism of Joseph’s Tomb as Palestinian Rioters Torch Holy Site, by Sharon Wrobel/The Algemeiner, April 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday, members of Israel’s high-level security cabinet unanimously approved a plan submitted by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to build the additional 25-mile segment of the security barrier.

However, not everyone approves of this. Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi stated, “Instead of addressing the problem that is developing in northern Samaria, they are trying to hide it behind a wall.” MK Bezalel Smotrich harshly criticized the plan and Bennett, saying Bennett is building the new border that he had so strongly fought against in the past, and returning Israel to the Oslo years.”

The gap in the security fence must be repaired to prevent unwanted entry into Israel. However, given that Bennett’s decision illustrates that he’s done another about face on his campaign promise, we remain concerned about what the true long-term goal is.

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Israel Adding 25 Miles to Separation Barrier Following Wave of Terror, by Hana Levi Julian/Jewish Press, April 10, 2022

Right warns Bennett reviving Oslo by rebuilding West Bank barrier, by Tovah Lazaroff/Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-wing lawmakers lauded former coalition whip, Idit Silman (Yamina) Wednesday morning, after her Tuesday night announcement of plans to resign from the Bennett government and push for the formation of a new coalition.

Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement, “I was excited to hear the news of Idit Silman’s decision, and I bless you in the name of many people in Israel who waited for this moment.”

According to reports, she is set to join Likud in the opposition, giving the Likud party two main potential paths to return to power. The first option would be for it to pass a law to dissolve the Knesset and this would require the support of at least 61 of the 120 members of Knesset. Recent polls done by Channel 14, Israel’s version of Fox News, show that in an election, the right wing would get 62 seats and Yamina would not pass the threshold. We hope this kind of news encourages more defections from the Yamina party, which has right wing origins.

Israel cannot afford another bout of governmental paralysis with the Israeli people paying the price. From our viewpoint a collapse of the government at some point was inevitable. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s tenure has been deeply troubled from the start with his flip-flop on campaign promises. He appeased the Islamist Arabs in his coalition, ignored the pressing needs of Jews in Judea and Samaria (i.e., increased construction, electricity via the national grid) and has done nothing to apply Sovereignty there. He’s dragged his feet on actions that could bolster Israel’s safety and security throughout the country and preserve its Jewish Zionist identity. With all the damage he and his coalition have done, we pray the outcome restores to Israel all that has been ignored, undermined and threatened under Bennett’s leadership. We are watching closely for developments.

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Bennett’s government in crisis as whip Silman quits, stripping coalition of majority, by TOI Staff, April 6, 2022

Rightist MKs laud coalition chair for bolting government, by Israel National News, April 6, 2022

 

This afternoon a Palestinian man broke into the Ramat Migron community in the Binyamin region of Samaria, and violently attacked a Jewish resident until a bystander managed to subdue him.

A Jewish member of the community noticed unfamiliar Arab man lingering near a residence where a woman and child were home alone. After being asked repeatedly to identify himself, the Arab jumped on the Jew, punching him repeatedly. He wrestled the Jewish man to the ground and then began to “strangle” him. Fortunately a bystander intervened and helped the victim subdue the attacker. The two Jewish men kept the attacker on the ground until security forces arrived and arrested him.

“This is an incident that could easily have ended in injury to a woman and children who are now at home during the Passover holiday,” attorney Haim Bleicher, who serves in the NGO Honenu’s Department of Victims of Terrorism, said in a statement.

This attack comes after a wave of deadly Arab terror attacks in Israel during the last week of March. As Ramadan observance approaches it is critical for the IDF, COGAT and other police and intelligence units to increase security to Jewish communities throughout the country.

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‘Mentally ill’ Arab attacks Jew in Samaria, subdued by bystander, by World Israel News Staff, April 7, 2022

Visiting the Shin Bet security agency’s northern headquarters, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday that Israel is entering a period of “vigilant routine” as security forces work to prevent further terror attacks.

Bennett stated, “Terrorists have all kinds of ideas, so we are on high alert, both the Shin Bet and the Israel Police, to identify any hint of an idea or plan for an attack, and thwart it in advance.” He also said the Israel Defense Forces are also on high alert along a security barrier, after a gap in the fence was utilized by a Palestinian who killed five people in a shooting attack in Bnei Brak last week.

As Israel now enters what Bennett calls “…a period of ‘vigilant routine,'” we pray that all of Israel’s security and defense agencies protect her people. May all of Israel’s law-abiding citizens, Jewish Christian and Muslim, soon feel confident returning to normalcy in their daily lives.

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Visiting West Bank, Bennett says Israel on lookout for any ‘hint’ of attack, by Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel, April 3, 2022