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Jews in the United States suffered the largest number of antisemitic incidents last year since the Anti-Defamation League began collecting records 40 years ago, the racism watchdog said on Tuesday. The 2,107 antisemitic incidents recorded in 2019 in the United States included deadly attacks by gunmen at a California Synagogue and a New Jersey kosher grocery store, and a fatal stabbing at a rabbi’s home in New York. It marked a 12% rise from 1,879 incidents in 2018.

A Palestinian rioter runs away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Yabad, near Jenin, May 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Mohamad Torokman.

A picture of the scene the day after an hours-long gun battle around a kosher market in Jersey City, New Jersey, Dec. 11, BY REUTERS movements and, to a degree, “On behalf of myself and the 2019. Photo: Reuters / Lloyd Mitchell. cooperated on measures in citizens of Israel, I would like to & ALGEMEINER STAFF response to the coronavirus crisis. send sincere condolences to the Previously, the highest number was recorded in 1994, when An Israeli soldier died after The Israeli military said the family of Amit Ben-Yigal, who was the ADL reported multiple unsolved arsons, cross burnings being struck in the head by a rock soldier — identified as 21-year- killed by depraved individuals and a drive-by shooting. thrown from a rooftop during an old Amit Ben-Yigal of Ramat during an operation last night. As The group’s audit of anti-Semitic incidents from 2019 arrest raid in the West Bank on Gan — was hit in the head by a has occurred in all the cases in counted 1,127 cases of harassment, 61 cases of physical Tuesday, the military said. rock thrown from a rooftop in the recent years, the long arm of Israel assaults and 919 instances of vandalism. More than half of The incident was a depar- village of Yabad, near Jenin, as his will reach the terrorist and settle the assaults took place in New York City. ture from a relative lull in lethal unit withdrew after detaining four accounts with him.” “This was a year of unprecedented antisemitic activity, violence in the West Bank as Pales- Palestinians. The Palestinians detained Continued on Page A3 tinians and Israelis have curbed Israeli Prime Minister in Yabad are suspected of having Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted, Continued on Page A3

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was 64%; in the second, it climbed to 71%. The highest favorable results were regis- EYTAN GILBOA tered in 2018 and 2020. The PA’s scores were JERUSALEM exactly the opposite. Since 2000, about 70% of national samples held unfavorable views of the PA. In the first decade, the average was Gallup recently published the results of -17% to -70%, and the figures remained similar its 2020 world affairs survey, which included in the second decade at 21% to 71%. A -67% questions on Israel. The Pew Research Center negative ratio was registered in 2006 following the PA feud with Hamas in Gaza. published a similar report in 2019. Both Source: Justin McCarthy, Iran, North A worker on a crane hangs a US flag next to Long-term trends were mostly stable. an Israeli flag near the site of the US Embassy surveys received considerable attention in Korea Liked Least by Americans. The Gallup Israel went up from a 62% favorability rating in Jerusalem. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun. the American and Israeli media. Much of the Poll, March 3, 2020. in 2000 to 74% in 2020. The PA remained analysis, however, focused on the specific Sympathy with Israelis vs. Palestinians steady at just above 21%. surveys and ignored long-term trends and Since 1945, Gallup has been asking which Figure 1 shows that in 2020, 74% held critical events that may explain the results and side inspires more sympathy in the “Middle favorable views of Israel while only 23% held a place them in historical and strategic context. East situation”: Israelis or Arabs/Palestinians. similar view of the PA. It also shows that from Long-term trends on three issues require Figure 2 shows the results for the past 20 years. 2000 to 2020, Israel’s favorability went up by particular attention and analysis: views of From 2001 to 2009, sympathy with Israel went 12%, while that of the Palestinians remained Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority, sympathy over the 50% mark. It moved from 51% in 2001 almost constant at around 20%, with peaks for the two sides, and support for the estab- to 59% in 2006. Since 2010, it has increased in 2005, 2013, and 2019. In 2000, the gap lishment of an independent Palestinian state. further, passing 60%. Twice, in 2013 and 2018, between Israel and the PA was -41%. In 2010, Views of Israel vs. the Palestinian the figure matched the highest score ever of the gap widened to -47%. And in the most Source: Lydia Saad, Majority in US Again Authority 64%, which was first registered during the recent survey of 2020, it reached -51% in favor Support Palestinian Statehood. The Gallup Americans in general have always had 1990-91 first Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein of Israel. Poll, April 22, 2020. favorable views of Israel and unfavorable attacked Israel with ballistic missiles and the Figure 1: Views of Israel vs. the Pales- The 2001 low of 51% vs. 16% could views of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Figure Palestinians enthusiastically supported his tinian Authority, 2000-2020 have resulted from the failure of President 1 below compares the scores of Israel vs. the invasion and occupation of Kuwait. Question: I’d like your overall opinion of Bill Clinton’s effort to broker a peace agree- PA from 2000 to 2020. Substantial majorities, Figure 2: Sympathy with Israelis vs. the some foreign countries. Is your overall opinion ment and the subsequent violent eruption between two-thirds and three-quarters of Palestinians of [country] very favorable, mostly favorable, of Arafat’s war of terror (euphemized as the respondents, held favorable opinions of Israel. Question: In the Middle East situation, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (%) “al-Aqsa Intifada”). During the first decade of this century, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or the average favorable-to-Israel percentage the Palestinians? (%) Continued on Page A9 New York Times Claims Israeli Army Is Known for ‘Pioneering Cutting-Edge Ways to Kill People’

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BY BENJAMIN KERSTEIN Pointing out several EU regulations that explicitly forbid funding organizations with A group of members of the European Parlia- terror connections, the signatories asserted ment have sent a joint letter to the European that Burgsdorff’s statement “contravenes the Union’s top diplomat expressing outrage at spirit of the above-referenced general condi- the news that a top EU official had pledged to tions as well as basic EU values and raises continue supporting Palestinian NGOs that serious questions about this EU official’s employed members of terror organizations. compliance with those critical values and The promise was made in a missive sent regulations guiding our representatives’ by Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff — the head of conduct abroad.” the EU Office to the West Bank and Gaza Strip “The EU is funding Palestinian NGOs to — to the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO). help the Palestinians build a democratic and Von Burgsdorff affirmed the EU’s ongoing pluralistic society which is critical to facilitate a negotiated two-state solution,” they said. backing of Palestinian NGOs despite their Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan at a press conference for the foreign media in Bnei employment of members of terror organiza- “Ensuring that these NGOs are in no way Brak, Israel, on Feb. 3, 2019. Photo: Flash90. tions proscribed by the EU itself. connected to terrorists ought to be the very No Palestinian NGO, he said, would have to minimum our diplomats and officials must BY JACKSON RICHMAN/ from all the propaganda lies against it.” He added “change its political position toward any Pales- help ensure.” JNS.org that he “was a leader against the Israel-bashing tinian faction or to discriminate against a natural “We owe it to our taxpayers, particularly BDS movement and understands all the issues person based on his/her political affiliation.” in the midst of a deep economic crisis, that Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted in the Arab/Islamic war against Israel.” their money is spent to positively to Minister of Public Security, As strategic affairs minister, Erdan advance — not violate Strategic Affairs and Minister of Information carved out a high-profile role in combating — our values,” the letter Gilad Erdan’s appointment as the Jewish the BDS movement. Most notably, Erdan’s added. state’s next ambassador to the United States ministry was behind a two-year campaign The signato- and the United Nations, succeeding Ron aimed at exposing connections between anti- ries then made three Dermer and Danny Danon, respectively. Israel BDS groups and terrorist organizations. demands, including “an “I am proud and excited for the privi- Endowment for Middle East Truth investigation to shed lege of being able to fight on behalf of the (EMET) Founder and President Sarah light on this matter righteousness of our path in the international Stern said Dermer was “one of Israel’s most and to ensure that EU arena, and to defend Israel in light of the sagacious and skilled ambassadors in Israel’s taxpayer money is challenges ahead,” said Erdan in a statement. history,” such as challenging the Obama spent in line with EU AIPAC spokesperson Marshall Wittmann administration over the 2015 Iran nuclear values to advance EU told JNS, “We congratulate Minister Erdan, deal and UN Security Council Resolution The European Parliament’s debating chamber during a plenary session, in policies.” who brings impressive credentials to these 2334, which condemned Israeli neighbor- Strasbourg, France. Photo: David Iliff. They also asked for important posts. We look forward to working hoods in Judea and Samaria. The resolution “immediate clarifica- with him to further strengthen the relation- passed as the United States did not exercise its In letter to EU’s foreign policy chief Josep tion and reassurance from you that EU funds ship and cooperation between the two automatic veto power and instead abstained. Borrell, MEPs Lukas Mandl of Austria, Anna- are never knowingly spent to benefit NGOs countries at the United Nations.” Regarding Danon, she said he “has been Michelle Asimakopoulou of Greece, Petras linked to terrorists.” “[He] is a committed public servant with a searing voice of reason and of the truth in Auštrevicius of Lithuania, Carmen Avram of “We urge you to initiate a review of the deep connections to the American Jewish the United Nations, who has had to defend Romania, Dietmar Köster of Germany and standards and criteria for NGO funding in community,” said the Conference of Presidents Israel on an almost daily basis from unwar- Alexandr Vondra of the Czech Republic, all general and specifically to Palestinian groups, of Major American Jewish Organizations in a ranted and viscous attacks, that no one would chairs of the Transatlantic Friends of Israel some of whom are employing terrorists and statement. “His most recent postings provide dare to wage on another country, especially in organization, condemned Burgsdorff’s state- terror group sympathizers, propagate antisem- him with extraordinary credentials for repre- a similar situation.” ment a violation of EU policy and demanded itism, and promote the BDS movement against senting Israel in the diplomatic arena at the Nonetheless, she said, “What we have read an investigation. the Jewish state,” they concluded. United Nations, and with Israel’s greatest friend and heard about Minister Erdan leads us to and ally, the United States of America.”B’nai believe that he is every bit the man for the task.” Reports have circulated for some time Continued from Page A1 killed a worshiper and wounded three others B’rith International CEO Daniel Mariaschin that Danon would be stepping down at UN Record Number during Sabbath services in Poway, California, told JNS, “With bias and double standards ambassador. He was first appointed in 2015 for a a time when many Jewish communities near San Diego. Two gunmen killed a police the rule at the United Nations, Erdan’s unique three-year term and was extended multiple times. across the country had direct encounters with officer and three bystanders before storming experience in battling BDS and other issues hate,” ADL Chief Executive Officer Jonathan impacting Israel’s security make him a sound Like Danon, Dermer has also been a kosher supermarket in New Jersey. Five reported to be stepping down from his post as Greenblatt said. people were wounded, one of whom later choice for these positions. No question these In recent weeks, the ADL has issued particular assignments will clearly involve well. However, his tenure was also extended due died, when an attacker broke into a rabbi’s to Israel’s political deadlock. Dermer has served warnings of a continuing surge in incidents, multi-tasking, but that is the general rule in house and stabbed Hanukkah celebrants in as Israel’s envoy to the United States since 2013. saying conspiracy theories connected to the diplomatic assignments.” Rockland County, north of New York City. Erdan has served as a Likud Knesset coronavirus outbreak could worsen antisemi- “We have always enjoyed a close relation- In late 2018, a gunman killed 11 member since first being elected in 2003; tism in the United States. ship with Israel’s ambassadors in Washington worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in prior to that, he was an adviser to Netan- Greenblatt has also in the past partly Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack and at the United Nations. Ambassadors Dermer and Danon have served their country yahu and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel blamed President Donald Trump for the rise in US history. with distinction and honor,” Christians United Sharon. The longtime Likud lawmaker has in anti-Semitism, saying Trump should have “We plan to work with members of for Israel Founder and Chairman John Hagee served in a variety of ministerial roles over the done more to condemn incidents, including a Congress and other elected officials this year said. “Likewise, we know Minister Erdan well— past decade-and-a-half. far-right demonstration in Virginia in 2017 at to ensure that funding is in place and that all he, too, is a dedicated and passionate advocate According to Haaretz, Dermer will likely which protesters chanted anti-Jewish slogans. states mandate Holocaust education, which for Israel. We look forward to working with him step down as ambassador only after the US One counter-protester was killed. can serve as an effective deterrent for future presidential election in November. Among last year’s attacks, a gunman as he takes on his new and challenging roles.” acts of hate,” the ADL CEO said on Tuesday. Zionist Organization of America national Erdan will continue to serve as a minister president Mort Klein told JNS that Erdan is in the government until his official appointment as ambassador and take up the UN post once Continued from Page A1 “an inspired and brilliant choice.” according to the IDF. the new government approves his nomination. Soldier Killed Klein said Erdan is “a very hard-working, There were no immediate reports of Israel set to swear-in its new government previously thrown rocks at Israeli cars on smart, articulate Zionist who knows how to Palestinian casualties in Tuesday’s incident. on Thursday. a nearby road, and other security offenses, effectively present Israel’s case and defend Israel A4 | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 World News. Outrage in Ukraine as Letter Emerges From Top Police Offi- cial Demanding ‘List of Jews’ in Western City of Kolomyia

BY BEN COHEN and staff to the entire Jewish community for the situation.” While acknowledging Holubosh’s A demand by a senior police officer in apology, Fris asserted that the police letter western Ukraine for a list of the names, addresses had been dangerously inflammatory. and phone numbers of local Jewish commu- “I believe that the leadership of the nity members has been roundly condemned A photo taken during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Ministry of Internal Affairs should evaluate by Jewish leaders as reminiscent of the Nazi the actions of its subordinates, which not occupation of the former Soviet republic. only tarnish police uniforms, but also inflame The demand — from the Department 60 Years Later, Eichmann Capture ethnic conflict where it has never been in of Strategic Investigations of the Ukrainian modern Ukraine,” he was quoted as saying. national police, which combats organized Another parliamentarian urged the Remembered as Moment of crime — was received by Yakov Zalischiker, immediate dismissal of Bank from the Ukrai- the head of the Jewish community in the city of nian police force. Justice for Holocaust Victims Kolomyia, on Feb. 11. As quoted on Monday by “A policeman who decides to conduct a local news outlet Kolomyia Today, Zalischker census of the Jews of Ivano-Frankivsk must explained that he had initially interpreted the and will be fired,” Oleksander Dubinsky letter as a prank, as most of the members of his declared on his Facebook page. was brought to Israel — and made to stand community were elderly. BY ALGEMEINER STAFF The letter was also condemned by the trial for his crimes.” The letter was eventually revealed over Israeli ambassador in Kiev, Joel Lion. Monday was the 60th anniversary of the the weekend by Eduard Dolinksy, head of the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann Ukrainian Jewish Committee, who published in Argentina by the Mossad. it on his Facebook page. Eichmann — one of the masterminds Signed by Mykhailo Bank, a senior of the murder of six million Jews during the police official in the Ivano-Frankivsk region Holocaust — was subsequently brought to of Ukraine, the letter demanded a copy of Israel, where he was found guilty of war crimes the community’s charter, together with “a list and executed. of community members with addresses and mobile phones” and “a list of Jewish students in universities of Kolomyia and Ivano-Frankivsk.” Bank explained that he required the information because his department was “engaged in the fight against transnational and ethnic organized groups and criminal organizations.” A response from the community dated Feb. 25 informed Bank that its charter was available in the state registry, adding a Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon reminder that “religious communities are tweeted, “60 years ago today, Israel showed separate from the state” and pointing out the lengths it would go to seek justice for the that “personal data of community members Jewish people when it captured Nazi war can be provided only in the case of registered criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, and criminal cases.” brought him to Jerusalem to stand trial. Then, Dolinsky condemned the police letter #Holocaust survivors shared their stories. as echoing the roundup of Ukrainian Jews by Settled by Jews from the early part of Today, we #neverforget.” the Nazis and local collaborators following the Yad Vashem — Israel’s national Holocaust the sixteenth century, the present size of the German military invasion of June 1941. memorial — tweeted, “Today marks 60 years community in Kolomyia is less than 1,000. “Interestingly, in 1941, the Nazis and the since the capture of Adolf Eichmann in During World War II, most of the city’s Jews were Ukrainian auxiliary police also demanded a Argentina by Israeli agents. He was smuggled deported to the Belzec concentration camp. list of all Jews,” Dolinsky wrote. to Israel and put on trial for crimes against The region continues to be a flashpoint One Ukrainian parliamentarian humanity, the Jewish people, and more.” of concern regarding ultranationalist and announced on Monday that he would seek far-right activism. Just last month, local Jews a investigation into Bank’s letter, charging expressed outrage when a 95-year-old veteran that the Ukrainian police demand was itself a of the “Halychyna” division of the Waffen SS “violation of the law.” was honored in the neighboring city of Kalush. The parliamentarian, Igor Fris, told the Vasyl Nakonechny was pictured giving local WestNews agency that he had also a Nazi salute as he received the title of spoken with Volodymyr Holubosh — the “Honorary Citizen of Kalush” at the ceremony regional head of Ukraine’s Interior Ministry — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on April 20. tweeted, “60 years ago today, Adolf Eichmann, who “apologized on behalf of the leadership one of the Nazi organizers of the Shoah, was kidnapped in Argentina in a daring Mossad company EarlySense, the coronavirus (Covid- due to bureaucratic hurdles.” mission. It was 15 years after the Holocaust. 19) outbreak has had one positive impact on While previous partnerships with hospi- This time, Eichmann didn’t escape justice. He healthcare systems around the world: The tals in the US took years to sign, the coronavirus pandemic helped eliminate things that were outbreak meant EarlySense managed to secure blocking innovation in the medtech sector, a deal with the prestigious Mount Sinai Medical Covid-19 Gave Medtech a Push Meger said in a recent interview with 30 Center in New York in just 30 hours, Meger said. Minutes or Less, a podcast dedicated to the In the past, it was impossible to even get them Forward, Says Israel’s Israeli tech scene. on the phone, he added. The pandemic highlighted what happens Founded in 2004 and based in central when you let healthcare be left behind in terms Israeli town Ramat Gan, EarlySense develops EarlySense CTO of new technologies, Meger said. “Suddenly,” a patient monitoring system capable of he added, “no one could bear the thought of registering parameters such as heart and looking in the mirror a year from now and respiratory rates, motion, and quality of sleep. BY CTech STAFF If you ask Guy Meger, the chief technology knowing that there was a technology that The system uses an ultra-sensitive sensor officer and general manager of Israeli medtech could have saved lives that was not adopted Continued on Page A5 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 A5 U.S. News.

“generalizing against the whole population ‘The Mayor Says You Jews Are is outrageous especially when so many are scapegoating Jews.” Getting Us All Sick’: NYC Couple The Pinho couple combined their verbal abuse with a physical assault against the three men, with Clelia Pinho falling down and Cite de Blasio During Violent breaking her arm as she attempted to rip off their masks. The couple were held at the scene Assault on Brooklyn Hasidim by members of the Shomrim communal security agency until police arrived to take them into custody. While Clelia Pinho has no prior record, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. BY BEN COHEN her husband Paulo has been arrested four Photo: Reuters / Andrew Kelly. times in the past. Most recently, he was Pinhos would likely face hate crimes charges. A married couple who were arrested in Brooklyn after they attacked a group of Hasidic Jews detained in May 2019 after he brandished “Whether it is this horrible antisemitic act in a bid to rip off their coronavirus protection masks reportedly cited New York City Mayor Bill a screwdriver at a 61-year-old man before that we saw or the horrible anti-Asian acts we de Blasio as justification during the assault. punching him in the face in a dispute over a saw in previous weeks, none of these acts of The attack occurred on Sunday night in the Williamsburg section of the borough. Paulo parking spot. bias or discrimination are acceptable in New Pinho, 35, and wife, Clelia Pinho, 46, jumped out of their vehicle at Bedford Ave. and Ross St. Mayor de Blasio meanwhile strongly York City,” de Blasio declared on Monday. where they confronted the three male victims, police said. denounced Sunday’s attack, saying that the “You Jews are getting us all sick,” the couple yelled at a trio of men, according to police sources quoted by the New York Daily News on Monday, before adding: “The mayor says you Jews are the reason we’re getting sick.” New York Mayor de Blasio sparked anger among Jewish leaders at the end of April for singling out “the Jewish community” in a tweet condemning the alleged violation of coronavirus distancing restrictions at the public funeral of the late Rabbi Chaim Mertz. Jonathan Greenblatt — head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) — responded to the mayor by telling him that

Continued from Page A4 Covid-19 that is placed under the patient’s mattress and collects data in the background. The company’s products are approved for medical use in both the US and the European Union. The idea first came to EarlySense’s four co-founders when they were dealing with a common problem, Meger said. Each of them had a child suffering from asthma and they wanted to be able to make sure the child is able to breathe regularly while sleeping, without having to disturb them. This market, however, was too small, Meger said, and the team soon realized the technology can be used in hospitals for monitoring patients at night. A night nurse can only check on each patient once or twice during their shift, but EarlySense’s system can offer constant monitoring and alerts on any changes. With the vast amounts of data its system collects, Meger said, EarlySense uses artificial intelligence algorithms to predict when a patient’s condition is likely to deteriorate. According to him, the system can detect early signs of heart or respiratory failure hours before they become life-threatening. When it comes to Covid-19, EarlySense’s system lets doctors know exactly how their patients are doing and detect signs of deterioration without having to conduct a face-to-face examination and expose themselves to the virus, Meger said. In coronavirus departments that use Early- Sense’s technology, there have been no cases of medical staff contracting the virus, he added. According to Mager, EarlySense’s system is in use in 250 hospitals and medical institutions in the US and seven hospitals in Israel, including the Sheba Medical Center, which was the first to set up a coronavirus department in the country. Sheba contacted EarlySense when it was setting up the department and other hospitals in the country followed suit. EarlySense also has a partnership with Florida-based medical equipment company HERO Medical, and for the past two years, its latest model has come with the system pre-installed and activated, Meger said. EarlySense has 120 employees, 65 of whom are based in Israel, and has raised $160 million to date, according to Mager.

Israeli firefighters wearing protective clothes disinfect Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, on March 20, 2020, as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Photo: Flash90. A6 | FRIDAY, MAy 15, 2020 Opinion. The Financial Action Task Force Finally Acts on Iran — but Too Little, Too Late?

FATF for remaining “Grey” and government Iran has a long history in the global Demonstrators carry the Iranian flag as they agencies remain inextricably associated with orchestration of terror, and continues to wreak gather for a rally marking the 41st anniversary NOAH PHILLIPS regional terror commands. havoc in the Middle East, Asia, and other of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. NEW YORK 11, 2020. Photo: Nazanin Tabatabaee / WANA (West Asia Since at least the mid-1990s, Pakistan regions. Hezbollah, which is wholly funded by News Agency) via Reuters. has robustly sponsored the Taliban militia, Iran, dominates the sociopolitical landscape supplying arms and funds in a concerted of Lebanon and is estimated to maintain an to Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, Iran, and more. The The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), attempt to assert influence in Afghanistan, arsenal of well over 100,000 rockets that are Emir and his family have doled out billions in an intergovernmental organization founded and allowing corruption among military armed and pointed at Israeli urban centers. support of Hamas terror efforts in Gaza and in 1989 by members of that year’s G-7 officials and ISI (Pakistani intelligence) The regime likewise funds and trains Hamas millions to Al-Qaeda, and several members of Summit, convened not long ago to discuss operatives that is thought to have aided and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Gaza-based the royal family have been directly implicated global developments in illicit financial anti-Indian terror factions. Daniel Byman groups responsible for impoverished living in terror plots. terrorist dealings and money laundering. of the Brookings Institute wrote in 2008 that conditions for Gazans and nearly 500 terror The Palestinian Authority similarly Since 2000, the FATF has issued Black and “Pakistan is probably today’s most active attacks on Israel since 2015. Iranian govern- enjoys free rein to grow their Martyr’s Fund, Grey Lists of international bodies deemed, sponsor of terrorism,” and there’s little indica- ment officials routinely incite against and assail a government program to provide income to respectively, “non-cooperative” or in need of tion that much has changed.Yet the FATF America, Israel, Jews, and more — burning flags the families of terrorists, offering more cash regular monitoring. Member states are urged extends unending leniency to Pakistan and in town squares and condoning the plethora of according to length of prison sentence and a to issue sanctions and “counter-measures” on other states by choosing not to blacklist, terror attacks carried out at the behest of the maximum if the martyr dies in the act of killing. countries not supporting the eradication of de-incentivizing progress, and reducing Supreme Leader. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary This practice, like others that promote terror-financing/money laundering practices. FATF guidelines to mere suggestions, devoid Guard Corps (IRGC) is internationally recog- terror against Israel, warrants no mention by The group establishes and purports to enforce of repercussions for failure to comply. True, nized as a terror body, and its robust long-range the FATF. Neither Qatar nor the Palestinian international regulatory standards and policy its mission is essential to defunding terror missile and progressing nuclear programs pose Authority have ever been on a Grey List, recommendations for state-assisted terror- regimes and achieving maximum collabora- unprecedented global threats. which is intended to monitor countries with financing and money laundering. tion on an increasingly global threat. However, The decision to blacklist Iran is well and developing terror-financial ties, let alone a The prime question at the conference the soft-handedness with which the FATF good. However, Iran’s terror ties are so overt, Black List. As it blatantly ignores the efforts was whether or not to move Pakistan and Iran conducts itself in terms of applying pressure and have been for decades, that it should of a host of nations to facilitate terror funding, from the Grey List to the Black List, where they to foreign powers indicates a less-than- never have been off the list in the first place. the FATF’s scope is severely narrowed. Major would face maximum pressure campaigns in adequate effort at rooting out terror financing. Its status on the Grey rather than the Black terrorist havens are unaffected by its policies. an effort to cripple their terror infrastructures By extending the timeline within which List gave it breathing space to economically The FATF’s half-hearted attempts at and resources. At the end of 2019, the only non-cooperative countries such as Pakistan recuperate and further develop its vast terror addressing the problem of money laundering state on the Black List was North Korea. must comply with guidelines, not only does infrastructure. and terror financing reveal an unwillingness At the conclusion of the plenary, Pakistan FATF lose legitimacy, but terror organizations The FATF eases rather than increases on behalf of the international community to stayed on the Grey List on the condition that it are able to continuously reap benefits of state pressure on terror-sponsoring states — in combat the rise of terror in a serious way. The complete an action plan laid out by the FATF funding. For localized, smaller terror groups, fact, it never applies it to begin with. A host of FATF’s purported mission of ending global terror by June 2020. We’ve seen this before: Pakistan an additional four months of state sponsor- countries with immense capital and robust financing and money laundering will remain was fresh off an earlier four-month exten- ship could facilitate an additional three years terror affiliations have been blatantly disre- a non-starter until it devotes itself in earnest to sion from the FATF’s October 2019 plenary of terror. A meandering, toothless FATF keeps garded by the body, which looks aside as they cutting down the looming terror threat. at which the body concluded that should terror groups alive. stir up terror without fear of condemnation. Noah Phillips is a columnist who writes Islamabad fail to make significant progress A more positive outcome of the plenary Most prominent among them is the Qatari on matters pertaining to Israel and the Middle by February 2020, Pakistan would be black- was that Iran was put back on the Black List, regime. In true antisemitic fashion, Qatar East. Follow him on Twitter @noahaphilli. listed. As of October, Pakistan had met only entailing probable added pressure on the doesn’t allow Israelis within its borders, and it A version of this article was originally five of the 27 criteria previously laid out by the regime to divest from terror activities. maintains royal monetary and personnel ties published by The BESA Center.

other. For these self-styled progressives, the of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, its recognition very idea of nationalism has become abhor- of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, When It Comes to rent (except Palestinian nationalism), and and Israel’s obvious preparations to announce the Zionist project, no matter what it does, is its sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. Israel’s Sovereignty, Daniel Pipes therefore distasteful. This mindset minimizes growing self-respect and military activities Israel’s accomplishments — military victories, against Iran and its proxies are driving the impressive national economy, scientific and Sunni states to improve their ties. Annexation Is Wrong technological innovations. For progressives, is a manifestation of that same principle. It the real heroes are perceived victims, not does not sabotage it. people who actually bring progress, liberty, Fear #4: Palestinian fury and freedom. For the fourth point, Pipes warns of president is in Trump’s very own “deal of the At the United Nations, Israel, the most “Palestinian fury that could well destabilize century” plan. Moreover, President Trump’s liberal country in the Middle East, is regularly Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza” in which YISHAI FLEISHER/ constituency supports Israel, and his admin- maligned as the world’s leading “human rights “residents of the West Bank could start a new JNS.org istration is filled with officials who have abuser.” There is no way for Israel to please the intifada — uprising — costing Israeli lives.” openly backed Israeli sovereignty in Judea radical progressives in Western Europe and Hamas and Fatah have been feeding us and Samaria, as they did in the Golan Heights the Democratic Party. this Palestinian intifada rhetoric for decades and in Jerusalem. So while Pipes is right that Israel is losing the and (strangely) Pipes seems to have bought In a recent New York Times article, noted And with regard to the commander-in- progressives, it has little to do with annexation. right in. The sad truth is that those Pales- Middle East scholar and pro-Israel pundit Dr. chief’s fury, it is clear that Trump respects Fear #3: Provoking Sunni Arab states tinians who engage in violence don’t need Daniel Pipes warns that Israeli application of strong leaders, not fearful weaklings. Third, Pipes warns that “the Israeli justifications. And violence has increased as sovereignty in parts of the “West Bank,” known So what is the basis for this terrified government has successfully managed to Israel has made concessions. Israel fought as Judea and Samaria, would be a grave speculation that President Trump will “erupt expand ties with the Sunni Arab states” and three wars with Hamas-controlled Gaza after mistake for the Jewish state, and backs up his in fury”? All indications are that the only “this working relationship has been premised surrendering land to them. thesis with six reasons. “erupting” America’s president will do is on the Arab governments de-emphasizing the Instead of recoiling in fear of possible However, while Pipes sees himself as the laughter he emits when he reads Pipes’ Palestinian issue.” Palestinian violence, Israel should tell the pragmatic, the article is riddled with one assessment. The truth is that for many Arab states, Palestinians the simple and clear truth: This is consistent flaw: It’s entirely founded on Fear #2: Alienating Europe and the the Palestinian leadership and their endless our land. We intend to hold on to it forever. If needlessly fearful conjecture. Democrats whining, corruption, and support of terrorism you start an intifada, we will end it. Fear #1: President Trump’s fury For his second point, Pipes warns that are a source of instability in the region and a Fear #5: Israel’s vicious infighting Right off the bat, Pipes reveals his phobic “annexation would alienate and weaken financial bottomless pit. The Palestinians are But if you’re not afraid of Arabs, maybe perspective: “First, President Trump could Israel’s diminishing number of friends in the seen as a hurdle to overcome on the road to you will fear the Jews. So, Pipes turns to well erupt in fury at Israel for unilaterally Democratic Party and in Europe.” regional realignment with Israel, which the Gulf internal Israeli politics: taking that step.” But “annexation” is just the latest excuse States view as a key security and stability force. “Fifth, annexation is sure to alienate Israel’s What is the basis for this concern? for the distance between Israel on the one Moreover, the progress Pipes warns that Left, which would lead at a minimum to a vicious The annexation Pipes thinks will set off the hand and some Western European countries Israel stands to lose occurred precisely in the political battle and probably to a contingent of and much of the Democratic Party on the environment of America’s official recognition Continued on Page A7 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, MAy 15, 2020 A7 Opinion.

that now, given today’s circumstances, the enjoyed self-rule had they stopped murdering trade-off looks unfavorable compared to Israelis. Contrarily, I do encourage Israeli From Daniel Pipes: the status quo. I evaluated the topic from a steps that signal the Palestinians that the mainstream friend-of-Israel vantage point. conflict is over, and they lost. … A Response to My Critics I did not instruct Israelis what to do, but Annexation would likely make more addressed fellow Americans. Palestinians eligible to become citizens of Maybe I am right, maybe I am wrong, but Israel. That would be a profound mistake, let’s stay calm. since its Arab citizens constitute what I six reasons why the Jewish state should Show me how annexation now is in fact a believe is the ultimate enemy of Israel’s not extend its sovereignty to a Palestinian- good idea, and then we can get a beer together, status as a Jewish state. … DANIEL PIPES/ majority territory. (Confusingly, The New friendship intact. Indeed, several colleagues at Israel must assert itself against the PHILADELPHIA York Times titled the May 7 online version the Middle East Forum (Efraim Inbar, Gregg Palestinians; but any moves must align with “Annexing the West Bank Would Hurt Israel” Roman, Matt Mainen, Nave Dromi) argue the larger campaign to compel Palestin- and the slightly different May 8 print version for annexation, which is fine with me. Some ians to give up their goal of eliminating the as “Annexation Would Hurt Israel.”) responses, such as those by Jonathan Tobin Jewish state. Annexing the West Bank is a As Aristotle long ago recognized, virtue is I hardly expected the article to arouse and Yishai Fleisher respectfully disagree; I am self-indulgence that has the opposite result. the midpoint between extremes. And I found high emotions. It deals with a tactical issue grateful for their constructive sobriety. It buoys the anti-Zionist cause and hinders a myself smack at that midpoint in recent days. distant from philosophical foundations, But mostly, my analysis prompted wild resolution of the conflict. I published a modest article suggesting principles, or ideology. I did not condemn attacks, starting with a deranged Twitter mob I believe in a smart Israel “victory” that annexation in principle — but only argued of Leftists (like Bernie Sanders’ foreign-policy goes for the jugular, and I see annexation of advisor), Islamists (CAIR), and Israel-haters the West Bank at this time as dumb, as going (Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow). Extrem- for the extremities. As I wrote in the article, it Continued from Page A6 Sovereignty ists slithered from their holes to bay at the “would probably damage Israel’s relations with moon with long, boring, incoherent refuta- the Trump administration, the Democrats, Israeli Zionists turning anti-Zionist, with some tions. The anti-Israel Electronic Intifada Europeans, and Arab leaders, as well as desta- Israelis leaving the country in disgust.” The “vicious political battle” is called decried my “anti-Palestinian racism.” bilize the region, radicalize the Israeli left, and the ballot box. The Israeli right has achieved The pro-Israel Zionist Organization of harm the Zionist goal of a Jewish state.” victory after victory for almost 20 years. The America also denounced my “absurd false- I appeal for cool tempers, clear goals, and coalition that is about to be formed — the one hoods.” smart tactics. which is about to apply Israeli sovereignty in And I happily perch at Aristotle’s In this case, that means carefully consid- View of Ma’aleh Adumim in Judea and Sa- midpoint, ignoring their howls. ering what steps will most advance the goal parts of Judea and Samaria — is going to be maria on Jan. 1, 2017. Photo: Yaniv Nadav/Flash90. one of the biggest and most politically diverse Some critics note that dire predictions of breaking the Palestinian will to eliminate ever. And Israeli sovereignty in the Jordan that problem. about moving the US embassy to Jerusalem Israel, while simultaneously doing the least Valley has long enjoyed consensus support. Bonus Fear #7: Israeli sovereignty will (a step I heartily supported) proved wrong, damage to Israel’s internal harmony and In short, Pipes’ apocalyptic prophecy of achieve nothing therefore my predictions about annexation external standing. One possibility would be, Israeli civil war is misguided. And Israeli Jews While not numbering it, Pipes sneaks in a must also be wrong. To which, I reply: 1) That as I have argued before: “When official [Pales- are not about to increase emigration. In the seventh fear: that Israeli sovereignty in Judea was an American action. 2) It had wide Israeli tinian Authority] guns are turned against wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel is and Samaria is merely “a symbolic move, a support, contrary to annexation. 3) It created Israelis, seize these and prohibit new ones, seen as one of the safest places on earth, with gesture towards Israelis living on the West no potential Israeli citizens. In short, there’s no and if this happens repeatedly, dismantle the Israeli scientists making progress on creating Bank in legal limbo,” and will achieve nothing comparison. PA’s security infrastructure. Should violence a vaccine. The economy is also expected except trouble. As founder of the Israel Victory Project, continue, reduce and then shut off the water to make a strong recovery. Israeli start-up But Pipes forgets that symbolism is a I defer to no one in seeking to compel the and electricity that Israel supplies.” Moovit was bought by Intel for $900 million powerful force in the ancient Middle East. Palestinians truly and permanently to accept Again, let’s debate calmly and stay Sending a signal that Israel intends to stay in just as the quarantine was ending. And on the Israel as the Jewish state. The New York Times focused. Only that way — and not via legalistic its historic heartland forever will do much to eve of Israel’s 72nd year of independence, the article makes that point repeatedly — and to a distractions or tactical enthusiasms — can deflate jihadist intentions. Israeli sovereignty population stands at over 9.1 million, with newspaper audience that almost never hears Israeli victory be achieved. in Judea and Samaria will also broadcast a Israelis consistently polled as enjoying high such arguments: Daniel Pipes (DanielPipes.org, @ message of Jewish historic rights to all those levels of happiness and life satisfaction. I am not someone who frets over the DanielPipes) is president of the Middle East Nobody is thinking of leaving Israel who claim that Israel is merely a European colonizer. Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank: in my Forum. because of annexation. Indeed, a recent view, the Palestinians long ago would have survey of Israeli opinion found that “the Far from achieving nothing, Israeli sover- Israeli-Palestinian conflict was low on the list eignty in the ancestral homeland and the of issues that the Israeli public cares about.” annexation of strategic positions will have a In other words, Pipes’ theory of civil unrest much-needed positive impact for both Israeli Annexation Wouldn’t and flight is pure imagination; there is no identity and Israeli security. Daniel Pipes’ indication that Israelis are poised to abandon latest article serves as a boon to enemies who the country if their representatives apply wish to weaken Israel through exaggerating Hurt Israel sovereignty to communities in the West Bank the very fears he mentions. To be fair, he has which are already filled with Israelis. written many strong articles in favor of a Fear #6: The threat of Arab citizens robust Israeli policy; this one seems to be a Then there is the demographic argument. departure. It was in June 1981. Ignoring the danger Pipe’s final warning is that “annexation would The real Israel, thankfully, is not afraid that many people around the world would be likely to make more Palestinians eligible because it shouldn’t be. There is a buoyant become angry, the Israelis bombed Iraq’s STEPHEN M.FLATOW/ to become citizens of Israel. That would be sense of prosperity in the air, and a healthy nuclear weapons facilities. The pro-Israel a profound mistake, since its Arab citizens embrace of tradition is permeating Israel’s JNS.ORG Republican president, Ronald Reagan, constitute … the ultimate enemy of Israel’s consciousness. Thousands of new housing condemned the Israeli action and even status as a Jewish state.” units were just green-lighted in the Etzion suspended the delivery of F-16 fighter aircraft On the simple technical level, the block in Judea. Israel’s birth rate continues as punishment.Undersecretary of State proposed “deal of the century” annexation is to be high, and the GDP per capita is above Annexation Would Hurt Israel” declared Walter Stoessel Jr. testified before the House meant to bring Jewish communities in Judea even that of the United Kingdom. Now is not the headline of a May 8 op-ed in The New of Representatives that the Reagan adminis- and Samaria, and the Jordan Valley, into a the time to be gripped by fear. Now is the time York Times by Mideast scholar Daniel Pipes. tration was “dismayed by the damage which for Israelis to gather strength and confidence normalized Israeli status. The mapping that is According to Pipes, the incorporation of any has been done to the search for peace in the from all we have been through and all we are being done is precisely meant to assert sover- part of the Judea-Samaria territories into the Middle East” by the Israeli action. He accused becoming, and to take control of our land eignty over Jews and not Arabs. While Pipes is State of Israel is a bad idea because it will Israel of “embarrassing” Egyptian President through sovereignty and of our future. right about the dangers of possibly seditious anger a lot of people. But the historical record Anwar Sadat. In fact, the Israel-Egypt peace Yishai Fleisher is the international Arab citizens, the application of Israeli sover- shows that such fears are not well founded. treaty proceeded without interruption. eignty to Jewish communities will not add to spokesman of the Jewish community of Donald Trump will “erupt in fury,” Hebron and an Israeli broadcaster. Some Democrats defended the Israeli writes Pipes. Democrats will be “alienated” strike, but many did not. The chairman of from Israel. “Major European states” will be the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. sides. That is true here, too, as an editor of a Continued from Page A2 outraged. The hope for improving relations Clement Zablocki (D-WI), condemned Cutting-Edge stridently anti-Israel website asked, accus- with moderate Arab regimes will “quickly Israel and praised Reagan for withholding ingly, “Has the #NYTimes Jerusalem bureau better off just acknowledging the truth, which blow up.” And it could “incite” Palestinian the planes. Senator John Glenn (D-OH) chief left the paper to join #Israel’s military is that it was an inelegantly-worded phrase in Arabs to violence. denounced Israel for “taking the law in its own as a publicist? Today’s article sounds like it.” what was overall an article that depicted the There’s no need to speculate about what hands.” Rep. David Brown (D-MS) blasted Sorry, not quite. Israel Defense Forces as contributing to life- might happen if the whole world becomes the Israelis for failing to wait “until they had Ira Stoll was managing editor of The saving efforts to combat disease. angry at Israel… because it’s happened exhausted diplomatic efforts.” He said Israel The Times tends to point out in its Forward and North American editor of The before. Let’s recall that episode and examine own defense that it gets criticized from both Jerusalem Post the consequences. Continued on Page A10 A8 | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 Impressions.

Jerry Stiller’s Last New Book Reveals a Gripping Performance True Story From Auschwitz Opens in Heaven BY STEVEN WENICK and their European accomplices prowled the countryside hunting down their fleeing prey. In his gripping new book, The Boy Who The Kleinmanns, like millions of their fellow BY ARYEH KALTMANN Followed His Father Into Auschwitz, Jeremy Jews, had both their property and dignity confis- Dronfield relates the true story of the Kleinmann cated before being tossed into the jaws of the baying family of Vienna. Like much of Europe, Austria was hounds of the Third Reich. And the steady refrain Maybe you knew him as Frank Costanza. Or as caught in the winds of the gathering Nazi storm. of clanging, banging wheels of steel trains carting Arthur Spooner from The King of Queens. Or as half of Early on, its citizenry became the newfound weath- victims of tyranny across Europe was callously Stiller and Meara. I knew him as Latke Larry. ercock friends of the Third Reich. There had been a ignored by those who “knew nothing.” Fifteen years ago, I created the singing action time when people could sit and discuss — and even In time, the Kleinmann family was cast figure Latke Larry as a fundraiser to benefit Friendship Circle — an outgrowth of the Chabad movement that pairs teen volunteers with children who have special needs. Needing a well-known voice, I searched for the most endearing, down-to-earth celebrity I could find to inhabit that character, and realized Jerry Stiller was my man. Not only did he accept, but he also readily agreed to donate his time. He was struck by the opportunity to give thousands of deserving families a lift. Jerry, in his sweet way, was all about making us happy. When he and I were together, walking down the street or eating in a restaurant, we often were stopped by fans who wanted to chat with him. He gladly signed autographs and made them laugh. When he was born, Jerry’s parents seemed to envision the impact he would make in brightening our lives, for they named him Yosef Yitzchak, which trans- lates to “he will add in laughter.” A story in the Talmud, the compendium of the oral tradition of the Torah, tells

The main gate at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Photo: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. debate — their differences over a cup of coffee. But that was before the Anschluss of March 12-13, asunder, some to England, others to the United 1938, when the barbarians breached the gates of States, and the remaining hapless ones to the civility. And Austria opened her doors warmly to camps. Fritz, ever resourceful, managed to secure the invading horde. a job as a skillful brick layer in one of the camps, In the early years of the Nazi terror campaign but when he learned his father had been sent to against the Jews, escape by emigration was still Auschwitz, he did the unthinkable; he requested to possible if you managed to obtain an affidavit from be transferred there to be with his father. two people to sponsor you and a guarantee of Since Jews were forbidden to hold supervisory Jerry Stiller, a cast member in “The Heartbreak Kid,” positions inside or outside the camps, the Nazis had arrives with his wife Anne Meara at the premiere of financial support. Failing that, the hapless victims the film in Los Angeles, September 27, 2007. Photo: were imprisoned in their apartments, prior to their a work management problem. They needed Jews REUTERS/Chris Pizzello/. transfer to a death camp. with language and construction skills to fill some Gustav and Fritz Kleinmann, father and son, positions of authority, like a foreman. To solve that of the prophet Elijah presenting two men to a great were inseparable. Together, they endured what dilemma, they designated the supervisory Jews sage and saying they were destined for the World to neither man nor beast should suffer. Their story has as Aryans, thus proving the idiocy of Nazi racial Come. Curious about their ticket to the afterlife, the been told a million-fold, but it is Gustav’s meticu- ideology. Dronfield accurately opines, “The mind of sage asked the men, “What do you do?” lously kept diary that bears witness to the greatest a Nazi was beyond fathoming, let alone reasoning.” “We are comedians,” they said, “and we cheer up crime against humanity in history: The Holocaust. As the Allies closed in on the Third Reich those who are depressed.” That was Jerry. Dronfield’s prose, at times gruesome and and defeat was deemed inevitable, the genocidal On Seinfeld, Jerry Stiller’s character Frank grotesque, accurately and meticulously details Nazis tried to bury their crimes along with their Costanza was instructed by his doctor to say “Serenity the conditions of Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and victims. Murders accelerated at a feverish rate, and now!” when he felt his blood pressure rise. As Latke Mauthausen — places paradoxically shared by it seemed only a matter of time before Gustav and Larry, Jerry ended his song the same way: “Serenity perpetrators and victims, tethered to a destiny Fritz would join the millions of victims. now!” One thing I know: Jerry “Yosef Yitzchak” Stiller, bound on divergent paths. Their condition was This is a story of family loyalty, courage, and as he ascended to heaven and met a host of paparazzi as different as the uniforms they wore, black and determination to survive in the face of the most angels asking him for autographs, said, “I want to talk white-striped tattered rags as opposed to neatly inhumane of conditions. The lesson father and son to the boss.” His message to the King of Kings? “Enough pressed SS uniforms sporting highly polished learned during their years of being transported with suffering. Enough with the coronavirus. We get hobnail boots. The systematic dehumanization of from work camp to concentration camp to death the point. Serenity now!” Jews by their tormentors, transformed the victims camp was this one incontrovertible fact — the key Areyah Kaltmann is the Executive Director of into livestock, while the savage beasts of Germany to survival in the camps was not good luck, not fate, Chabad of Columbus, Ohio. nor God’s blessings. It was the kindness of others. www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 A9 Legals. Opinion.

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there were no downside to doing so. effective law, and without law there these people were mad at Israel The reason the curses are so is no society. The more powerfully in 1981? Not really. The United The Power of a Curse dramatic is not because God seeks one can present the bad, the more States remained pro-Israel, despite to punish, but the precise opposite. likely people are to choose the the occasional disagreement. The The Talmud tells us that God weeps good. That is why the tochachah Europeans continued trading with when He allows disaster to strike is so powerful, dramatic and fear- Israel, because it benefits their spite of this.” The word keri, key to His people: “Woe to Me, that due inducing. The fear of bad is the most economies, regardless of political the whole passage, is repeated JONATHAN SACKS to their sins I destroyed My house, powerful motivator of good. disagreements. Egypt went ahead seven times. It appears nowhere burned My Temple and exiled them I believe that being warned with its peace treaty with Israel LONDON else in the whole of Tanach. Its [My children] among the nations of of the bad helps us to choose the because it was in Egypt’s interest. meaning is uncertain. It may mean the world.” The curses were meant good. Too often we make the wrong That’s more or less what would rebelliousness, obstinacy, indiffer- as a warning. They were intended choices because we don’t think happen today. Various governments ence, hard-heartedness, reluctance The book of Vayikra draws to deter, scare, discourage. They are of the consequences. That’s how will condemn Israel if it annexes or being-left-to-chance. But the to a close by outlining the bless- like a parent warning a young child global warming happened. That’s part of Judea and Samaria. But they basic principle is clear. If you act ings that will follow if the people not to play with electricity. The how financial crashes happen. That’s will continue to have relations with toward Me with keri, says God, I are faithful to their covenant with parent may deliberately intend to how societies lose their solidarity. Israel because it’s in their interest to will turn that same attribute against God. Then it describes the curses scare the child, but he or she does Too often, people think of today, not do so. Their bark is much worse than you, and you will be devastated. that will befall them if they are so out of love, not severity. the day after tomorrow. The Torah, their bite. It has long been a custom to not. The general principle is clear. The classic instance is the painting in the most graphic detail The Palestinian Arabs certainly read the tochachah, the curses, In biblical times, the fate of the book of Jonah. God tells Jonah the what can happen to a nation when it will object. Perhaps they will stage both here and in the parallel nation mirrored the conduct of Prophet to go to Nineveh and warn loses its moral and spiritual bearings, a few riots. But how different would passage in Devarim 28, in a low the nation. If people behaved well, the people, “In forty days Nineveh is speaking to us in every generation, that be from the current situation, voice in the synagogue, which has the nation would prosper. If they will be destroyed.” He does so. The saying: Beware. Take note. Don’t in which Palestinian Arabs periodi- the effect of robbing them of their behaved badly, eventually bad people take him seriously. They function on autopilot. Once a society cally fire rockets from Gaza or terrifying power if said out loud. But things would happen. That is what repent. God then relents from His begins to fall apart, it is already too stab Israelis at random? I have full they are fearful enough however the Prophets knew. As Martin threat to destroy the city. Jonah late. Avoid the bad. Choose the good. confidence in the ability of Israel’s they are read. And both here and Luther King paraphrased it, “The arc complains to God that He has made Think long and choose the road that security services to deal with such in Devarim, the section on curses of the moral universe is long, but it him look ridiculous. His prophecy leads to blessings. eruptions, as they always have. has not come true. Jonah has Shabbat Shalom Annexation will serve several failed to understand the difference important purposes. First, it will between a prophecy and a predic- affirm the Jews’ right to their national tion. If a prediction comes true, it Continued from Page A7 homeland. Judea and Samaria have has succeeded. If a prophecy comes Annexation been the heart of the Land of Israel true, it has failed. The Prophet tells for 3,000 years. “Annexation” is not the people what will happen if “acted in a way which endangered the correct word — that term implies they fail to change. A prophecy is the peace process.” taking over some foreign territory. not a prediction but a warning. It Yet most Democrats continued “Reunification” is the accurate word. describes a fearful future in order to to be pro-Israel. The changes in their Second, it will abolish a persuade the people to avert it. That party regarding Israel were decades grievous double standard. The is what the tochachah is. away. hundreds of thousands of Israelis In their new book, The Power Daniel Pipes is worried about who reside in the territories have a is longer and far more graphic than bends towards justice.” Not always of Bad, John Tierney and Roy “major European states” criticizing right to be governed by Israeli law, the section on blessings. immediately but ultimately, good is Baumeister argue on the basis of Israel. Well, they criticized Israel in just as 98% of the Arabs living in This seems to contradict a basic rewarded with good, bad with bad. substantial scientific evidence, that 1981 too. So what? The British called Judea and Samaria are governed by principle of Judaism, that God’s Our parsha starkly sets out bad has far more impact on us than the Israeli bombing “unprovoked.” the laws of the Palestinian Authority. generosity to those who are faithful the terms of that equation: if you good. We pay more attention to bad The French, who had built the Iraqi Third, it will put an end to the to Him vastly exceeds His punish- obey God, there will be rain in its news than good news. Bad health nuclear reactor that Israel bombed, threat of “Nine Miles Wide.” Israel ment of those who are not. “The season, the ground will yield its makes more difference to us than demanded that Israel pay repara- requires permanent control of the Lord, the Lord, the compassionate crops and the trees their fruit; there good health. Criticism affects us tions for the damage caused. (“Did Jordan Valley, the Etzion bloc, and and gracious God, slow to anger, will be peace. The curses, though, more than praise. A bad reputation the Allies pay reparations after they the other areas under discussion in abounding in love and faithfulness, are almost three times as long is easier to acquire and harder to destroyed the Nazis’ atomic plant at order to have defensible borders. maintaining love to thousands … and much more dramatic in the lose than a good one. Peenemünde and elsewhere during Giving those areas to the Arabs He punishes the children and their language they use: Humans are designed – World War II,” Israel’s ambassador would mean a retreat to the pre-1967 children for the sin of the parents “But if you will not listen “hardwired” – to take notice of and to the United Nations responded.) armistice lines, when Israel was just to the third and fourth generation” to Me and carry out all these rapidly react to threat. Failing to Antisemitic Austrians were nine miles wide and could be cut in (Ex. 34:6-7). Rashi does the arith- commands … then I will do this notice a lion is more dangerous up in arms. The Nazi war criminal two in a matter of minutes. metic: “It follows, therefore, that to you: I will bring on you sudden than failing to notice a ripened fruit Kurt Waldheim, then serving as It’s one or the other. “Annexa- the measure of reward is greater terror, wasting diseases and fever on a tree. Recognising the kindness secretary-general of the United tion” and some international than the measure of punishment by that will destroy your sight and sap of a friend is good and virtuous, but Nations, vehemently denounced whining — or nine miles wide and a five hundred to one, for in respect your strength… not as significant as ignoring the the Israelis. So did Prime Minister daily threat to Israel’s very existence. of the measure of good it says: I will break your stubborn pride animosity of an enemy. One traitor Bruno Kreisky, who accused Israel That’s the choice Israel really faces. “maintaining love to thousands” and make the sky above you like iron can betray an entire nation. of acting “according to the law of the Stephen M. Flatow, an (meaning at least two thousand and the ground beneath you like It follows that the stick is a jungle.” Kreisky said the problem attorney in New Jersey, is the generations), while punishment bronze… I will send wild animals more powerful motivator than the with the policies of those like father of Alisa Flatow, who was lasts for at most four generations. against you, and they will rob you carrot. Fear of the curse is more Polish-born Israeli Prime Minister murdered in an Iranian-sponsored The whole idea contained in of your children, destroy your cattle likely to affect behaviour than Menachem Begin was that “they Palestinian terrorist attack in the 13 Attributes of Compassion and make you so few in number that desire for the blessing. Threat of think in such a warped way, these 1995. He is the author of A Father’s is that God’s love and forgiveness your roads will be deserted… Your punishment is more effective than Eastern Jews, because they have Story: My Fight for Justice Against are stronger than His justice and land will be laid waste, and your promise of reward. Tierney and never had political responsibilities.” Iranian Terrorism, now available punishment. Why, therefore, are cities will lie in ruins… Baumeister document this over a Was it so terrible that all on Kindle. the curses in this week’s parsha so As for those of you who are left, wide range of cases from education much longer and stronger than the I will make their hearts so fearful to crime rates. Where there is a clear in the lands of their enemies that blessings? Continued from Page A9 of this latest crisis. threat of punishment for bad behav- From Israel the sound of a windblown leaf will The answer is that God I am proud of some of the activi- iour, people behave better. daughter is a health-care profes- put them to flight. They will run as loves and forgives, but with the ties that I have witnessed among the Judaism is a religion of love sional in New York City, and we have though fleeing from the sword, and proviso that, when we do wrong, Israeli community in an effort to help and forgiveness. But it is also a yet to personally hug a new grand- they will fall, even though no one we acknowledge the fact, express Diaspora Jewry. World Mizrachi, religion of justice. The punish- daughter born to us in Connecticut. is pursuing them.” (Lev. 26: 14-37) remorse, make restitution to those based in Israel, has put together ments in the Torah are there not Jewish tradition and practice There is a savage eloquence we have harmed, and repent. In a plethora of programs to inspire because God loves to punish, but are predicated upon the concept here. The images are vivid. There is a the middle of the Thirteen Attri- thousands in the Diaspora during because He wants us to act well. of unity, that wherever our people pulsing rhythm to the verses, as if the butes of Mercy is the statement, this difficult time, and convened a Imagine a country that had laws find themselves in the world, we harsh fate that would overtake the “Yet He does not leave the guilty WhatsApp group that has engaged but no punishments. Would people thrive on the recognition that we nation is inexorable, cumulative and unpunished” (Ex. 34:7). God does hundreds of community rabbis keep the law? No. Everyone would are “one people with one heart.” It is accelerating. The effect is intensified not forgive the unrepentant sinner, throughout North America and choose to be a free-rider, taking that understanding that has always by the repeated hammer blows: “If because were He to do so, it would Israel so we can share in real time advantage of the efforts of others inspired Diaspora Jewish support for after all this … if you remain hostile make the world a worse place, not a best practices during this time of without contributing oneself. Israel and must therefore be the one … if in spite of these things … if in better one. More people would sin if Without punishment, there is no that motivates our actions in the face Continued on Page A11 www.algemeiner.com | FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 A11 Social.

always so kind to me. Condolences Ben.” Seth Rogen wrote, “He made me laugh till I cried on many many occasions.” “He was one of a kind,” wrote “Princess Bride” star Cary Elwes. “So grateful for all the joy he brought into my life. Our sincere condolences, to you and your family.” “Today” show host Al Roker shared photos of Jerry, including one from when Roker made a cameo on “Seinfeld,” while Josh Gad wrote, “Thank you Jerry for your brilliant comedic prowess. There was nobody who quite turned a phrase like #JerryStiller & few who got to create a holiday iconically linked to them. Happy eternal Festivus.” “General Hospital” actor Parry Shen shared a touching story from when he worked with Jerry in an episode of “The King of Queens” in 1998. Shen tweeted to Ben, “After the table read, I was canned & your father talked to the producers & got me my Actor Jerry Stiller arrives at the American Museum of Natural History for the premiere of the movie ‘Night at the Mu- job back. When I thanked him, he said, ‘Hey, it’s not seum,’ in New York City, Dec. 17, 2006. Photo: Reuters / Eric Thayer. Shakespeare!’ A class act & a legend. What a gift to the world. Deepest condolences.” On Monday’s episode of “Live with Kelly Tributes Pour in for Legendary and Ryan,” co-host Kelly Ripa recalled a personal memory of working alongside Jerry on “All My Jewish Actor and Comedian Children.” She said about the late actor, “He was the kindest, loveliest person. But his acting was like, in another dimension. He could go into a far off place Jerry Stiller: ‘His Comedy Will and bring out things in a scene that would never occur to you.” Actress Morgan Fairchild said to Ben, “He was Live Forever’ always a joy to be around, as was your wonderful mother. Sending love and condolences to you and your family.”

BY SHIRYN GHERMEZIAN this happened all the time with Jerry Stiller. He was so funny and such a dear human being. We loved him. RIP A number of Hollywood stars have paid tribute on Jerry Stiller.” social media to Jerry Stiller, best known for his roles on Jason Alexander — who played Stiller’s son, George the sitcoms “Seinfeld” and “The King of Queens,” after the Costanza, in “Seinfeld” — wrote on Twitter, “Such sad legendary Jewish actor and comedian died on Monday news that my beloved friend, Jerry Stiller, has passed. Continued from Page A10 of natural causes at the age of 92. He was perhaps the kindest man I ever had the honor to From Israel Jerry Seinfeld tweeted, “Jerry Stiller’s comedy will work beside. He made me laugh when I was a child and emergency. live forever,” and shared a photo of himself holding one every day I was with him. A great actor, a great man, a Israeli musicians like Ishay Ribo and media of Stiller’s albums with his late wife, Anne Meara, called lovely friend. #RIPJerryStiller I Love you.” personalities like Sivan Rahav Meir have engaged tens “Ed Sullivan Presents the Last Two People in the World.” He then shared a photo of him with Stiller and of thousands throughout the Diaspora. Our hospi- captioned the shot, “Yeah. I adored this man.” tals and research institutes are in constant dialogue Kevin James, who starred alongside Stiller on “The with those around the world in order to leverage our King of Queens” for nine seasons, took to Instagram to experiences for the betterment of the global commu- share his sorrow over his costar’s passing. He called nity. Furthermore, I take great pride in Ohr Torah the late actor, “One of the most kind, loving, and funny Stone’s 300 rabbinic and educational emissaries people to ever grace this earth” and added, “Thank you around the world. for so many incredible memories. I love you and miss Nevertheless, I fully recognize that Diaspora you. Requiescat in pace.” Jewry feels alone, and we need to do better. Leah Remini, who played Stiller’s daughter on “The The situation demands a reevaluation of what King of Queens,” also mourned his death on Instagram. it means to be “one Jewish community.” Help and “I was lucky enough to work with Jerry Stiller, solidarity cannot — and must not — be a one-way playing his daughter for 9 years on The King Of Queens, street. We are no longer the poor cousin. Israel has but even luckier to know him, the man, the husband, succeeded in countless ways; it would be ignorant the father, the grandfather,” she captioned a collage of and irresponsible to minimize the contribution of pictures of them together. Jewish communities abroad in that achievement. “I am only comforted knowing that Anne & Jerry, Just like our pain has been your pain in decades the great comedy duo of Stiller & Meara are back past, you deserve to know that today your pain is ours. together,” Remini added. “I will be forever grateful for Until we are all blessed with a return to a far the memories, the fatherly talks off screen and for the healthier world very speedily in our days, every Jew many years of laughter, the kindness he had shown to — and particularly the people of Israel — must open me and my family…You will be so very missed Jerry. Our their hearts to Diaspora Jewry and say, “We are with thoughts and prayers are with you Amy & Ben.” you and without you we are incomplete.” Ben announced his father’s passing on Twitter on Rabbi Kenneth Brander is president and Rosh Monday morning. In replies to Ben’s tweet, Hamilton HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone, an Israel-based star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, “Sending network of 27 educational and social action programs you love, Ben. What a giant. So grateful for him, and transforming Jewish life, living, and leadership in Fellow “Seinfeld” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus shared Anne, and you.” Israel and across the world. a video of bloopers between her character, Elaine, and “So sorry for your loss, Ben,” wrote Ricky Gervais, Stiller’s, Frank Costanza. She wrote, “The truth is that with Hank Azaria adding: “He was a lovely man — www.algemeiner.com Attention Not-For-Proﬁt Organizations

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