To provide greater exposure to primary Israeli news sources and opinions in order to become better informed on the issues, and to gain a better understanding of the wide range of perspectives that exist in Israeli society and politics. Issue 991 • January 29, 2016 • 18 Shevat 5776

ISRAEL SLAMS UN CHIEF'S HYPOCRISY (Israel Hayom 1/27/16) The Ministry of Health in Gaza spokesman denied the reports, claiming no Israeli officials in Jerusalem were infuriated on Tuesday by U.N. Secretary- bodies were brought to the hospital from the tunnel collapse. On Saturday, General Ban Ki-moon's criticism of settlement activities in Judea and the Ministry reported that a Hamas militant was killed in tunnel collapse in Samaria. Khan Yunis. Addressing the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Ban said, "As oppressed Hamas has been steadily rebuilding its military terrorist infrastructure since peoples have demonstrated throughout the ages, it is human nature to react since Operation Protective Edge last summer, including the restocking of its to occupation." The U.N. chief called Israeli settlement activities "an affront to rocket arsenal and the digging of attack tunnels, including some that reach the Palestinian people and to the international community. ... They rightly inside Israeli territory. raise questions about Israel's commitment to a two-state solution." It is estimated that since the end of Protective Edge, Hamas has dug dozens At the same Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. of tunnels of varying lengths. Samantha Power said the U.S. "strongly opposes settlement activity," but she 32 tunnels were dug by the summer of 2014, and according to a senior IDF added that "settlement activity can never in itself be an excuse for violence." source, they were all destroyed completely during the war to the extent that it Later on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stinging would be impossible to reconstruct them. response to Ban. Gaza and Israel's southern coastal areas have been especially rainy during "The U.N. secretary-general's remarks give a tailwind to terrorism," the winter storm system of the past days. The weather station at Kibbutz Netanyahu said. "There is no justification for terrorism. The Palestinian Be'eri near the Gaza border recorded 114 millimeters of rain this week. murderers do not want to build a state -- they want to destroy a state and they say this openly. They want to murder Jews simply because they are CIVILIANS APPREHEND STABBER IN GIVAT ZE'EV (YNet 1/27/16) Jews and they say this openly. They do not murder for peace and they do not Civilians apprehended a terrorist on Wednesday night after he seriously murder for human rights. wounded a man about 50 years old in the settlement of Givat Ze'ev near "The U.N. lost its neutrality and moral force a long time ago and the Jerusalem. The victim was taken to the trauma center at the Shaare Zedek secretary-general's remarks do not improve the situation." Medical Center in Jerusalem in serious and unstable condition. He was taken Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon accused the U.N. Security into the operation room. Council of hypocrisy, saying: "Once again, the State of Israel is singled out, The attacker, around 18 years old, opened the door to one of the restaurants and treated differently from all other nations in the world. During the past four at a gas station near the Giv'onim Junction on Route 436 and stabbed a man months, Israelis have been stabbed in their homes, shot at in the streets, and that was standing there in his upper body. run over by terrorists using cars as weapons. Over the course of this wave of He fled the scene, dropping his knife, and was caught some 200 meters violence, 30 people have been killed, and hundreds have been injured. south of the gas stop by civilians who pursued him. Another knife was found "During this period of time, the Council has adopted 12 resolutions, 12, on his person. against terrorism, and condemned terrorist attacks in France, Sinai, Lebanon, Mali, Tunisia, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Somalia, and Israel Report is a Student Publication of Sudan. "Not once were the lives of Israelis murdered by terrorists recognized by this Daniel Zolty, Editor-in-Chief Zev Jarashow, Yosef Segal, and Yonatan Kurtz, Editors Council. No condemnation, no expression of solidarity, not even a statement We are proud to be distributed by these institutions, though they do not necessarily support or condone of concern. any of the material published: "The facts don't lie. The Security Council has been hypocritical when it comes Anshei Chesed Cong., Boynton Beach, FL Hillel at California State University - Long Beach Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies Hillel at Columbia University to Israel." Boca Raton Synagogue, FL Hillel at Johns Hopkins University Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said, "Terrorism in Paris and terrorism Carmel School, Hong Kong Hillel at Yale University Chabad of Oak Park, CA Hillel High School, Deal NJ in Otniel is the same terrorism." Cong. Agudath Achim, Bradley Beach, NJ Jewish Center of Teaneck, NJ In a Facebook post, Construction Minister Yoav Gallant asked, "Will the U.N. Cong. Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, NJ Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, Cedarhurst, NY Cong. Ahavath Achim, Fairfield, CT Kemp Mill Synagogue, Silver Spring, MD secretary-general also justify the terrorists from France?" Cong. Anshe Shalom, Jamaica Estates, NY Mizrachi Shul, Johannesburg, SA Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid said: "Terrorism against innocent civilians cannot Cong. Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, NY Cong. Beth Shalom, Monroe Twp, NJ Suburban Torah Center, Livingston, NJ be justified, we must not provide explanations for it. It is inconceivable that Cong. Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ The Learning Shul, Columbia, SC anyone in the world -- certainly not the U.N. secretary-general -- says that Cong. Ohr Torah, Edison, NJ Woodsburgh, NY Minyan terror is the 'result' of something." Cong. Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel Bet Tefilah of Aberdeen, NJ Cong. Sons of Israel, Allentown, PA Young Israel of Brookline, MA Cong. Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, NJ Young Israel of East Brunswick, NJ REPORT: EIGHT HAMAS MILITANTS KILLED AFTER HEAVY RAINS Cong. Zichron R. M. Feinstein, Brooklyn, NY Young Israel of Fort Lee, NJ Delray Orthodox Synagogue, Delray Beach, FL Young Israel of Hancock Park, CA CAUSE TERROR TUNNEL TO COLLAPSE (JPost 1/27/16) East Denver Orthodox Synagogue, CO Young Israel of Holliswood, NY At least 8 Hamas militants were killed digging underground tunnels after Flatbush Park Jewish Center, Mill Basin, NY Young Israel of Houston, TX Harvard University Library Young Israel of New Hyde Park, NY heavy rains northeast of Gaza City caused the tunnel to collapse, according Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, NY Young Israel of North Woodmere, NY to a report by Israel Radio citing Palestinian sources. Hillel at Baruch College Young Israel of New Rochelle, NY Hillel at Brandeis University Young Israel of Sharon, MA Stormy weather led to the collapse of a tunnel in al-Tuffah, which is in YI Shomrai Emunah, Silver Spring, MD northern Gaza. According to the media reports, the militants were killed We encourage our readers to subscribe to our sources on the internet. For more information or to during the tunnel's collapse and were buried alive. subscribe by e-mail, reach us at [email protected] 2 When the terrorist threw his knife during his escape, it hit and injured Hillel against Iran’s nuclear program a central plank of his campaign, while his Hagar, who was chasing after him. rivals in the center-left would focus their message on the growing inequality The terrorist was lightly wounded when he was caught, but civilians at the in Israeli society and the struggles of the middle-class. scene blocked the path of an ambulance trying to take him to the hospital. He According to campaign insiders interviewed by Segal, they advised was eventually taken to the Hadassah Medical Center on Jerusalem's Mount Netanyahu not to try and fight his opponents on the economic battlefield, Scopus, suffering from minor bruising. though Netanyahu wanted to respond with figures on Israel’s growing exports Moshe, who works at a nearby bakery, described the attack: "I was at the and GDP. But they didn’t think that Iran would be a vote-winner either. bakery and we heard screams. We saw the terrorist running away. He threw Knowing that the key was winning back the reluctant Likudniks, they urged the knife and hit one of the guys. Two people tackled him to the ground and him to fight a much more visceral campaign. A skeptical Netanyahu was won then we jumped him - five or six of us - and beat him with stones to the head. over and in his public appearances and in the Likud’s propaganda, Herzog Then the police came and took him, and an ambulance evacuated him." and his partner Tzipi Livni were mercilessly portrayed as “the left” who Civilians gathered at the scene of the attack called out "Death to Arabs." One couldn’t stand up to Israel’s enemies. But it didn’t work. of them said, "Look what's happening here - and what the government cares Likud’s own polling in the last weeks of the campaign was even worse for about is demolishing a synagogue." Netanyahu than the four-seat gap predicted in the media – it had him trailing by six. Instead of changing tack, they doubled down. Likud had mapped out ISRAEL'S ELECTRICAL GRID ATTACKED IN MASSIVE CYBER ATTACK its potential support, over a million Israeli voters, eschewing other parts of the (JPost 1/26/16) electorate. As Israelis cranked up their heaters during the current cold snap, the Public The left-right divide was ratcheted up and an ethnical identity tone was Utility Authority was attacked by one of the largest cyber assaults that the added. The message was sent out, not through the press, distrusted by country has experienced, Minister of Infrastructure, Energy and Water Yuval Netanyahu and his advisers. Instead, they “tunneled under the media” using Steinitz said on Tuesday. millions of text and voice messages. The messages, including a recording of "Yesterday we identified one of the largest cyber attacks that we have Miri Regev, now the culture minister, reminded Likudniks of how the left had experienced," Steinitz said at the CyberTech 2016 conference at the Tel Aviv called them in the past “chachchachim” – literally Mizrahi riffraff – and how Trade Fair and Convention Center. the “superior” Herzog and Livni would continue dismiss those living in Israel’s Steinitz said that attack was dealt with by his ministry and the National Cyber peripheries and traditional Jews. Bureau and that it was under control. The next step was to use the Arab voters, especially the Joint List, which was The incident occurred during two consecutive days of record-breaking winter doing well in the polls. Anonymous text messages warned that Herzog had electricity consumption, with the Israel Electric Corporation reporting a promised to appoint and Arab minister (a false claim, Herzog had said he demand of 12,610 megawatts on Tuesday evening as temperatures dipped wouldn’t rule out an Arab MK serving on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and to below-freezing levels. Defense Committee). It worked – Likud’s pollsters detected a turnaround in "I can tell you that the virus was identified and software was activated to the last weekend of the campaign; they knew the gap was closing. neutralize it," Steinitz said. But instead of promising victory, they chose to broadcast panic. Netanyahu, "This is a fresh example of what we need to be prepared to face at any time," who began a blitz of interviews on every possible television and radio he added. channel, said “I’m definitely worried.” The message was that “the rule of the right is in danger” and it was relentlessly repeated. The million targeted HOW NETANYAHU BEAT ISRAEL'S POLLSTERS ON ELECTION DAY voters were bombarded – Likud sent out 18 million text and 8 million voice (Ha’aretz 1/27/16) messages in the last week of the campaign, five million of them on Election In the early hours of March 18, 2015, as the results of the elections began Day itself. The public saw a panic-stricken prime minister, but Netanyahu was coming in and it transpired that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud had won by a receiving polls nearly hourly and knew he was riding a wave of Likudniks margin of six Knesset seats over Zionist Union, the knives were out for the spooked into coming home. pollsters. For two months they had been predicting a small, but persistent The coup de grace began on the afternoon of Election Day. What the media and growing gap in favor of Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union. Even the normally knew about was the short video of Netanyahu on the Likud’s Facebook page more accurate Election Day exit polls had the two parties in a virtual tie, with warning of "Arab voters flowing in huge numbers to the polls.” But what the a tiny lead perhaps for Netanyahu. journalists weren’t getting (they hadn’t been targeted as Likud voters) was What had happened? Was it, as some suggested, the “Yom Kippur of the the salvos of text-messages telling Likudniks that “Arab turnout is three times pollsters,” or had they actually called it right and Likud had snatched victory in as high as usual” (false) and that Hamas had called upon Israeli Arabs to the last few days of the campaign, when Israeli law prohibits publication of vote for the Joint List (true). The message was rammed through to the most polls? If so, how? Ten months later, footage and interviews with the Likud recalcitrant Likudniks. campaign managers obtained by Channel 2’s correspondent Amit Segal The exit polls closed at 8 P.M., so results could be prepared for the television indicate that Netanyahu’s campaign team executed a well-planned operation elections broadcasts as the actual polls closed at 10 P.M. All three channels in the last week and on Election Day itself, which indeed turned the tide. had Likud and Zionist Union in a dead heat. What they didn’t know was that Segal’s feature, which was broadcast this week (below with English huge numbers flowing to polls in those last two hours were not Arabs but subtitles), shows focus groups conducted by Likud researchers in which the Likudniks. In the 2013 election, 230,000 voters turned up in the last two party’s potential voters describe their feeling that Netanyahu is “tired” and hours, and in 2015 no less than 584,000 arrived to vote between 8 P.M. and that they don’t feel motivated to vote for him. They did say, however, that 10 P.M. They were the six-seat majority for Likud of right-wingers, spooked in they would come back to his Likud if they felt that there was a danger of the to voting for Netanyahu by the fear of a leftist coalition supported by Arabs. left coming to power. The conclusion of Likud strategists was that their biggest threat was the other right-wing parties, particularly Naftali Bennett’s EICHMANN PARDON REQUEST UNCOVERED (YNet 1/27/16) Habayit Hayehudi. High-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann requested a pardon from Israel's president At the start of the campaign season, the expectation in both the media and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi two days before was hanged to death, rare documents the political establishment was that Netanyahu would try and make his battle released in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day showed on 3 Wednesday. start-ups that will help it design and manufacture a crash-free car. Eichmann made the request after being found guilty of 15 charges, including ISRAEL21c spoke to Nick Sugimoto, senior program director of the Honda crimes against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Silicon Valley Lab, who is visiting Israel. He said that by 2020, Honda will The document is one of several released ahead of an event scheduled for offer smart cars that have 50 percent fewer collisions. By 2030, he predicted, Wednesday at the President's Residence. Among the other artifacts are Ben- Honda’s cars will not just be able to avoid other vehicles, but also Zvi's letter rejecting Eichmann's request and the pages on which chief pedestrians, and by 2040, Honda’s vehicles will be collision-free. prosecutor Gideon Hausner wrote the famous line invoking "six million To achieve this, Honda needs smart technology – and it is looking for it in accusers" in the trial. Israel. "The judges made a critical mistake when assessing my personality, because “Traditional cars were big hardware products with a cabin, engine and tires, they cannot place themselves in the time and situation I was in during the but going forward the car is a big computer, and the connected car is war years," Eichmann wrote to Israel's second president. "It is untrue that I becoming a more and more intelligent machine,” Sugimoto told the website, was such an important personage that I could oversee or would which specializes in innovative Israeli technology. independently oversee the persecution of the Jews." Eichmann argued that “Honda has been very strong in our initial R&D with engines, but when it the judges ignored his claim that he "never served in such a high-ranking comes to that connectivity and intelligence, Honda needs help. We need position that would have involved such decisive and independent authorities." partners to work with. The product is changing, industry is changing, and The war criminal, who was among those most involved in carrying out the customer expectation is changing and that’s why we are now in Israel.” Holocaust, further wrote: "I also never gave any orders in my name, but Sugimoto was speaking Monday at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in always operated according to orders. Had I been, as the judges assume, the Jerusalem. fanatical driving force in the persecution of the Jews, this should have been The manufacturer announced at the event that it is looking for new reflected in a promotion and other rewards, but I was never granted any opportunities for collaboration, and has engaged crowdfunding equity benefit. A line must be drawn between the leaders who are responsible and platform company OurCrowd to reach its portfolio companies. “They will be people like me, who were forced to be tools by the leadership. I was not in our eyes and ears in Israel,” Sugimoto told ISRAEL21c. “They are already charge of things, and therefore I do not feel that I am guilty. And I ask of you, well networked within the tech community, and whenever they find an honorable president, to use your right of pardon and order that this death industry startup that might be interesting, they will make an introduction to sentence not be carried out." Honda.” Vera Eichmann, the notorious Nazi's wife, also wrote to Ben-Tzi with a Sugimoto added that Honda is already working with well-known Israeli request for a pardon "as a fire and mother to four children". A letter by company Waze and also with VocalZoom, which has developed a speech Eichmann's five brothers was attached to Adolf's letter, which argued that the interface for cars and motorbikes, and could be integrated into cars by 2018. trial exposed the horrors of the past to the world. "If people thus attain Honda is looking for startups developing vehicle intelligence technologies, tolerance and an understanding of brotherhood, the purpose of the trial was apps and software such as human-machine interfaces. It has also been achieved. As a conclusion to this worldwide rebuke, an act of mercy would holding talks with leading automotive cyber-security companies in Israel. emphasize the altruism of the Jewish people and help it by means of advancing friendship between peoples and races." SONY ACQUIRES ISRAELI CHIPMAKER ALTAIR FOR $212 MILLION Eichmann's German attorney, Dr. Robert Servatius, noted in the request that (Israel Hayom 1/27/16) his client was "an unimportant person who was thrust by fate into political The Israeli technology industry has notched its first mega-exit of 2016: events." The lawyer added that the court had not taken into account the Entertainment technology giant Sony has acquired Israeli chipmaker Altair for historical context of events, which he claimed were grounds for overturning 25 billion yen (about $212 million). the death sentence. "The condemned did not act out of a position of anti- Altair was founded in 2005 and employs 220 workers in Israel and worldwide. Semitism, but because he was bound by the bureaucratic coercion system." The company was a pioneer in modem chip technology and related software Ben-Zvi rejected the request in a concise letter. "After considering the parson for Long Term Evolution, a 4G cellular standard for mobile devices. requests submitted regarding the Adolf Eichmann case, and after I gave my Its technology is currently in widespread use for everything pertaining to attention to all the materials available to me, I reached the conclusion that exporting data from cellular phones. The purchase of Altair gives Sony a there is no justification for giving Eichmann a pardon or mitigate the technological foothold in the Internet of Things (IoT) field -- which refers to punishment passed down by the Jerusalem District Court on December 15, the installation of communications networks in various products and 1961, and which was approved by the Supreme Court on May 29, 1962," accessories -- and will serve as a springboard for Sony in that arena. wrote Ben-Zvi. "Thus, I am informing you that I have decided to refuse the IoT development appears to be a growing technological trend. Today, requests and not use my powers in this case." international giants such as Qualcomm and Intel are active in IoT, and Also revealed was the handwritten text of then-attorney general Gideon although Altair is one of the smaller players, it is considered one of the most Hausner's opening statement. "When I stand before you, judges of Israel, to important. Altair's chips stand out for their low power consumption, high lead the prosecution of Adolf Eichmann, I do not stand alone," Hausner said performance and competitive cost and will be integrated into Sony's Global in the memorable statement. |With me here are six million accusers. But they Navigation Satellite System sensing and image sensing technology. The cannot rise to their feet and point their finger at the man in the dock with the Gartner analyst firm expects that in 2016, some 6.8 billion Internet-enabled cry 'J'accuse!' on their lips. For they are now only ashes – ashes piled high "things" will be in use. on the hills of Auschwitz and the fields of Treblinka and strewn in the forests The acquisition marks Sony's first significant deal in Israel, and its first of Poland. Their graves are scattered throughout Europe. Their blood cries acquisition in Israel in the field of chips. out, but their voice is stilled. Therefore will I be their spokesman. In their When the deal was signed, Sony announced that it intended to keep Altair's name will I unfold this terrible indictment." business operations in Israel as a local center of innovation. The acquisition is expected to be finalized in early February 2016. HONDA SEEKS ISRAELI BRAINS FOR SMART CARS (Arutz-7 INN.com 1/27/16) THE UNBENDABLE DEFENSE MINISTER (Eitan Haber, YNet 1/24/16) Honda, the largest Japanese automaker, is scouting Israel for technological In politics generally, and in Israeli politics particularly, one must sleep with 4 their eyes open. Any time you fall asleep at the wheel, every blink of an eye, family, who for the rest of their lives will try to fill the bleeding, gaping, painful any momentary lack of attention, could cause a maelstrom for a politician, space that will never close. who couldn't even imagine one word, and certainly not one order or decision, There are no words to comfort, there are no words to express the regret, and bringing political disaster on them and the State of Israel. There are too many I am surrounded by many voices that want to stop for a moment and pay enemies lying in wait for the politician's every slip. attention to these people while they are still alive, while we can still learn from This is what Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon learned firsthand this week. He them. Without cynicism, without ego, in faith and in love. ordered that two buildings in Hebron, occupied by Jewish residents who We didn't notice, but a thin thread weaves the three victims of this past week claimed they legally bought the houses, were to be evacuated - igniting a together, the soft, gentle women, the brave heroes who were attacked. Two firestorm of scathing criticism. It's safe to assume that next time he will be are no longer with us. One is, and thank god for that. Each one of them lights that much more careful. So, what, he is a spitting distance away from the up with a painful spark a different stage of a full life of creation and activity, a most important job in the country, the prime minister’s, and now he's going to life of modesty and belief, courage and heroism: The late Shlomit Krigman, fall? with her young femininity at the start of life; the overflowing femininity of the To Ya'alon's credit it should be said that he will continue slipping, a little bit at late Dafna Meir that was committed both to the body and to Jewish law; and a time, until he eventually falls into the hands of those seeking to end his Michal Froman, who is currently growing life in her womb, almost had her political career. That's the kind of man he is. He's the kind of man we used to vitality cut short, but remains full of religious belief, gratefulness, and faith in describe as someone "with a stick up his butt." He's not a manipulator or a people. hustler, not a schemer or a trickster. The prime minister gave an instruction, The huge, screaming difference can be pointed out -- the attackers' burning the Supreme Court gave a ruling, Ya’alon himself made a decision and he’s desire to take life, from women who were entirely devoted to living. You going to follow it through. A direct order’s been issued, and he got used to cannot mistake the vitality of a pregnant woman, you cannot mistake the following orders during his IDF years. vitality of a mother in her own home, you cannot mistake the vitality of a There’s no need to feel sorry for him: The years he’s already spent in politics young woman who stopped by the market to do some shopping. The have taught him something about the habits of settlers, Judea and Samaria, murderers made a clear, threatening choice to enter safe spaces -- the and more. He’s no longer a small boy, but he doesn’t understand the lower home, the secondhand shop, the market -- to kill. levels of politics. His government is the world champion at making statements And maybe that's the reason why the wave of terrorism refuses to abate. that can’t be backed up. “If you said it – you did it” used to be a way Foreign Nothing has made it relent, not even when we adopted a different tactic and Ministry workers described the place’s atmosphere. Ya’alon probably decided not to call it by its name, neither an intifada nor a war. We tried to understands now that he should have settled for a few warnings, threats, call it "lone wolf terrorism," because words shape reality, but that didn't help, some harsh words. Why call in the IDF? Doesn’t he remember that “a Jew either. It didn't convince the hundreds of knife-wielding attackers or at the does not evict a Jew” (a popular slogan used by settlers opposing the 2005 wheels of cars, holding rocks or Molotov cocktails. The wave has claimed the Israeli disengagement from Gaza. -ed)? lives of 30 victims, and no one counts the dozens who have been lightly, And that’s the thing: Ya’alon is an outsider in the Likud party. The fact that he moderately or seriously wounded; or those who suffered from shock, or the is preceded by men and women for whom Jabotinsky is merely the name of a people who witnessed the murders or the attempts at murder; all those who street and Beitar is just a soccer team. The man was an instructor in a have been left with painful scars on their souls, a loss of faith and dreams. HaNo'ar HaOved Vehalomed (an Israeli youth movement. -ed) branch in one Over 300 lone terrorists have sprung up in this wave, and it doesn't matter of the northern Krayot (five small cities in Israel’s north, founded in the whether we are talking about a 13-year-old boy with a knife or a 12-year-old 1930s), a Red Haifa man – and a kibbutz member to boot. I’ll put my hand in girl with scissors, or a guy who is over 18 and holding a sharp knife. They the fire if he turns out to know even one line of the Beitar vow song, but he’s have the same exactly the example described in said song’s line that reads, “In a day of goal. service I am like a bar of copper.” He’s a copper bar, for better or worse. An We can keep old-school Mapai kind of man. burying our heads Ya’alon sees the Oslo accords as the root of all evil. As head of IDF in the sand, but intelligence at the time, he saw the avalanche of information regarding the when we shut our Palestinians’ hatred for the Jews of Israel. He thinks Arafat was the source of eyes, we are defilement, a liar and crook who deceived Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. committing an He’s convinced that incitement and wild Palestinian hatred are what’s injustice. That's causing knife-wielding children to stab Jews, and he seems to only believe in true about the long-term processes involving the Palestinians; processes that involve women from managing the conflict rather than ending it. whom we didn't But Ya’alon’s problems now aren’t limited to just the Palestinians. He has learn enough problems with the Jews as well. They don’t see him as the Hno’ar Haoved while they were guy who hasn’t memorized the lord’s highest orders and doesn’t know or with us, and it's understand the words “to your descendants I give this land.” He’s far from true about this being a man after their own hearts – and the worst thing is it seems as if he wave of terrorism. doesn’t care. He doesn’t bend, and not just because he’d have to bend quite It's time to call it far. by its name and 300 ATTACKERS ARE NOT 'LONE' (Yaara Yeshurun, Israel Hayom fight it, before it's 1/27/16) too late. Three The sight of Dafna's and Shlomit's fresh graves breaks the heart into pieces. hundred terrorists You can't breathe when terrorism strikes like this, in such a barbaric way, aren't "lone," and when children grasp a knife and steal hearts and souls -- entire lives that it's already too once were and are no longer -- when their keen knives rip through another late.