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06/27/2021 NEWS AM - Israel in 4K | The Vine Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tFXPbh3RC4 "Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish." -- Neil A. McDonald Source: Politics: A Study of Control Behavior, 1965 Read the Prophets & PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! That is the only hope for this nation! Please Pray that the world would WAKE UP! Time for a worldwide repentance! Remember ALL US soldiers fighting for our freedom around the world These Pray for those in our government to repent of their wicked corrupt ways. Folks Pray for EL – Had clot embolized to brain – successful ‘clot buster’ but long road to go. In Pray for BB – Severe West Nile Fever –still not mobile- improving! Prayer- Pray for RBH – cancer recurrence Check often Pray for DH – Mother going into hospice. They Pray for GB – bad reaction from Cancer drug Change! Pray for Ella – Child with serious problems NOTE: Our prayer list was getting very long and there will little follow up. If you have people you want to have on the list please resubmit since we are revising it now– rdb] Pray that The Holy One will lead you in Your preparations for handling the world problems. – Have YOU made any preparations? Genesis 32:7And Jacob was afraid, and he was very distressed. And he divided the people with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps. 8And he said, If Esau comes to the one company and strikes it, then it will be, the company that is left shall escape. 9And Jacob said, Oh God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who said to me, Go back to your land and to your kindred and I will deal well with you. Parents and teen daughter killed in drive-by shooting near northern Arab town Another 9-year-old girl also moderately wounded in attack on Ramle family who recently moved to Galilee region; separate overnight shooting targets Route 90 restaurant By Emanuel Fabian Today, 5:44 pmUpdated at 6:43 pm Yousef and Nawal Jaroushi were shot dead along with their 16-year-old daughter in northern Israel on June 26, 2021. (Courtesy) A man and a woman were killed along with their teenage daughter in a drive-by shooting in northern Israel near the Arab town of Ailabun on Saturday afternoon. A 9-year-old girl was also moderately wounded in the attack. Yousef Jaroushi, 58, his 46-year-old wife Nawal, and their 16- year-old daughter Rayan were found shot dead in a vehicle near the Ailabun Junction. A 9-year-old girl was found by medics nearby, suffering from gunshot wounds. Magen David Adom medics on the scene declared the deaths of the parents and the 16-year-old. The 9-year-old was taken to the Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias, where she was said to be in moderate condition. Security forces inspect the scene where Yousef and Nawal Jaroushi were shot dead along with their 16-year-old daughter Rayan, near the Arab town of Ailabun, on June 26, 2021. (Basel Awidat/Flash90 ) According to the Haaretz daily, the victims are all members of the same family from Ramle, who had moved to live in the northern town of Deir Hanna in the last month. Police said the motive was likely criminal-related. A burnt-out vehicle with a Kalashnikov rifle was found near the scene of the shooting, according to the Kan public broadcaster. The outlet, citing a source involved in the investigation, said the shooting was a planned ambush against the Ramle family. [The amount of violence in the Israeli Arab community is extraordinary. There is a great deal of criminal activity and ‘tribal’ type situations going on which creates the discord and conflict leading to the violence. – rdb] Public Security Minister Omer Barlev said “there is no time to waste,” and the government must formulate a plan to curb the violence in Israel’s Arab community. “The shootings and murders are just the tip of the iceberg, that to deal with, comprehensive solutions that pertain to many areas are required,” Barlev said. Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas said the shooting is “upsetting and embarrassing” since the “criminals don’t differentiate between their targets and family members.” “Unfortunately, this is the reality,” Abbas said in a Saturday interview with Channel 12 news. He added that the government, which he is part of, will move forward with implementing plans to curb the violence. Joint List leader MK Ayman Odeh described the killings as “heartbreaking.” “Three more lives were lost, another family was torn to pieces and another girl was orphaned. How much more is possible?” Odeh tweeted. “We cannot wait for the next victim. We need an immediate plan to eradicate crime.” The National Committee of the Heads of the Arab Local Authorities called on the government to take action on the matter of violence in Arab communities. [One of the real problems with the government taking action in these cases is that many of these people, even though they are living in or citizens of Israel are taught the incessant hatred of Israel and Jewish people in their schools and therefore many of the police actions end up being nearly battles with the population. It is tough to help people when they are taught to hate you. – rdb] “Again the lawlessness is rampant and, once again, weapons in the hands of criminals cost human lives. The new government must bring justice and stop the madness immediately,” the statement read. The killing of the family came hours after shots were fired toward a restaurant near Mahanayim Junction in northern Israel, causing substantial damage. View of bullet holes on a restaurant window, at the Mahanayim Junction in Northern Israel, on June 26, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90) Some 50 bullets, fired from an automatic weapon, hit the “Route 90” restaurant shattering its windows, during the early hours of Saturday morning. Employees who were present during the attack were unharmed. Police said it was investigating, but could not yet determine the motive. “There were still waiters and cooks in the restaurant who had finished cleaning. We don’t know what to think, no criminal has contacted us,” one of the owners told Channel 12 news, as police are said to be looking into the possibility of a local criminal gang demanding protection money from the restaurant owners. According to the Ynet news site, the deadly shooting of the family near Ailabun marks 53 Arabs who have died violently in Israel since the beginning of 2021. Najah Abu Ara’ar was shot dead in the southern Bedouin town of Arara, on June 24, 2021. (Courtesy) The most recent of which was on Thursday, when 49-year-old Najah Abu Ara’ar was shot dead amid an altercation in the southern Bedouin town of Arara. She was uninvolved in the dispute, according to local witnesses. Abu Ara’ar left her home after she heard shooting nearby, and was immediately struck by bullets as the skirmish escalated into gunfire. Her family took her to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, where doctors declared her dead. Ending the spread of violence and organized crime is a major priority for Arab Israelis. In 2020, 96 Arab Israelis were killed, by far the highest annual toll in recent memory. https://www.timesofisrael.com/parents-and-teen-daughter-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-near- northern-arab-town/ In final trip as president, Rivlin heads to US to meet Biden, Pelosi President’s visit will also include talks with executives of American Jewish groups, meetings at UN; before departing, he thanks US president for his support for Jewish state By TOI staff and Jacob Magid 27 June 2021, 2:01 am President Reuven Rivlin departed Saturday night for the United States where he’ll meet President Joe Biden along with senior figures in Congress and top officials at the United Nations in his final foreign visit as head of state. Before taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, Rivlin told reporters, “I am departing, for the last time as president and on behalf of the State of Israel, on a farewell visit to Israel’s closest ally and friend in the world — the United States of America.” [I am not so sure from what I have been reading concerning this current administration, just how good a friend and ally the US is with Israel today. When 75 demon-rat legislators write a letter to “Bi-dumb” the stop favoring Israel, I would say there is a problem and Israel needs to recognize that fact. The American Jewish community needs to have a major rethinking of who and what they are and where their support is supposed to be. Critical Race Theory and anti-Israel, anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism (which is what they really are) is not the way to look at the land of their inheritance from Their Creator. – rdb] “On my visit I will meet President Joe Biden, a true friend of the State of Israel for many years and I will thank him for his genuine concern for Israel’s security and its citizens,” he continued. “I will also hold meetings at the UN to discuss regional issues on our agenda and meet the American Jewish community which is so dear to our hearts.” Rivlin will land in New York on Sunday morning and will hold a meeting that evening with executives of major Jewish organizations in Manhattan along with Israel’s Ambassador to the US and UN Gilad Erdan.
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