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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
As Europe takes in migrants, Israel tries to keep them out
TEL AVIV (JTA) — With hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring across the borders of the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a landmark change in policy last month: Germany would begin to accept Syrian refugees, no matter how they got there.
Four days later, Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom made a statement on the same topic, but with a different tone: Israel would do everything possible, he said, to remove migrants from its borders.
“I continue to fight, with all my effort, against the phenomenon of illegal infiltration, in light of the hundreds of thousands of infiltrators to Europe in these days and hours,” Shalom wrote Aug. 28 on Facebook, using the government’s term for migrants. “I will not relent until we reach a framework that will allow the removal of the infiltrators from Israel.”
As Europe struggles to handle the influx of migrants on its shores, the issue of illegal migrants again has risen in Israel, which has been grappling with the issue for nearly a decade. While EU policy is now being directed toward finding a way to absorb the migrants, the Israeli government is still focused on getting them out.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Senior IDF officer: Duma attack was definitely Jewish terrorism
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A senior Israeli army officer said there is no doubt that Jews firebombed a West Bank Palestinian home that left an 18-month baby and his parents dead.
“We know unequivocally that this is an act of Jewish terror,” the officer told reporters Tuesday in a briefing, the Israeli media reported. “All the rumor and speculation being spread on this issue lack any basis in reality.”
Reham Dawabsheh, 27, died late Sunday night, five weeks after the July 31 attack on the home in the village of Duma. Her infant son Ali was killed in the attack and her husband, Saad, died more than a week later of his injuries. Another son, Ahmed, 4, was seriously burned but is reported to be recovering. He has not been told about the loss of his family.
Several Jewish extremists were arrested and remain held in administrative detention in the wake of the attack, but no one has been charged in the incident.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
With backing of 2 more Jews, Senate can block Iran deal rejection
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two Jewish senators announced their backing for the Iran nuclear deal, bringing the total of senators supporting to 41 — enough to block Republicans from advancing a vote against it.
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., among the 28 Jewish lawmakers in Congress closely watched in the lead-up to a Sept. 17 deadline on the deal, were joined Tuesday by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., in announcing their support for the deal.
“My two paramount goals have been to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and to do so by peaceful means,” Blumenthal said in a statement. “I believe the proposed agreement, using diplomacy, not military force, is the best path now available to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.”
In a post on medium.com, Wyden explained his stance on the deal.
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From PressTV
Israel forces make incursion into Gaza Strip, level fields
Israeli military vehicles have carried out a cross-border military incursion into the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to witnesses and local residents, four bulldozers escorted by military vehicles on Tuesday morning crossed into the Palestinian side of the border fence in the east of the city of Khan Younis and leveled fields belonging to local Palestinians, Ma’an News Agency reported.
Sources say Israeli soldiers used smoke grenades to conceal the movement of bulldozers. Palestinian farmers also left their fields, fearing possible shooting by the Israeli soldiers.
The Israeli regime repeatedly launches cross-border raids into Gaza on security pretexts, often razing land near the border in the so-called buffer zone it maintains on the Gaza side of the border.
Israeli forces have also frequently opened fire on Palestinians who approach the so-called buffer zone.
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From PressTV
Israel resonsible in refugee crisis: PLO
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has accused Israel of having a hand in the creation of the refugee crisis facing Europe.
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi Ashrawi made the comments during a meeting with United Nations officials in the city of Ramallah on Monday.
Israel “bears a moral responsibility for the plight of the Palestinian refugees and the grave injustices of the past,” the PLO official said, adding that Israel “is in the business of creating refugees and ethnic cleansing.”
She also thanked Germany and Austria for accepting asylum seekers amid an ongoing refugee crisis, which has seen thousands of people from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan flee their countries for Europe.
“It is our hope that other countries will follow suit in light of this devastating situation,” said the PLO official.
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From The Times of Israel
Jewish WWII refugees to UK: Let in fleeing Syrians
Kindertransport survivors tell British prime minister it is time to again demonstrate ‘humanitarian compassion’
Former Jewish refugees from the Nazi regime who found safety after fleeing as children to the UK have called for the British government to allow more Syrian refugees into the country.
Sir Erich Reich, chairman of the Association of Jewish Refugees’ Kindertransport group, made an impassioned plea to Prime Minister David Cameron in a letter that recalled how the UK’s compassion 70 years ago saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children, the Jewish News reported on Friday.
“Without the intervention and determination of many people who are of many faiths, I – along with some 10,000 others – would have perished,” he wrote. “I strongly believe that we must not stand by, while the oppressed need our help. We cannot ignore the sight of desperate people and in such a crisis we must act to save the most vulnerable refugees: the children, and provide them with the same sanctuary I, along with others, was fortunate to receive.”
The Kinderstransport saw the last-minute rescue of nearly 10,000 Jewish children evacuated from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the-then semi-autonomous Free City of Danzig during the nine months preceding the start of World War II. During 1938-1939 batches of children were transported to Britain where they were housed in schools, farms, hostels, and foster homes. Many were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust.
“I urge you to commit the United Kingdom to once again demonstrate its humanitarian compassion by providing a safe haven to many more of the children fleeing persecution in war-torn Syria,” wrote Reich.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New tests negate possibility of Nisman suicide
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — The results of new tests on the gun believed to have killed Alberto Nisman appear to negate the possibility that the AMIA special prosecutor committed suicide.
Experts confirmed that three laboratory analyses performed on the gun tested positive for traces of gunpowder residue, according to new information released Monday. The .22 caliber Bersa that killed Nisman detected antimony, barium and lead in the electronic scans performed at the Scientific Laboratory of Tax Investigation, in the northern province of Salta.
A test performed in February on the prosecutor’s hands had detected no gunpowder residue.
The new tests seem to support the theory that someone else shot Nisman or cleaned the prosecutor’s hand. Some experts also said Monday that if the environmental conditions of the tests had slight changes, the results could be different.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Fla. Jewish congresswoman opposes Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Lois Frankel, a Jewish congresswoman from South Florida, came out against the Iran nuclear deal.
Frankel, a Democrat whose district includes West Palm Beach, said in a statement that the sanctions relief for nuclear restrictions deal reached in July between Iran and six major powers “legitimizes Iran’s nuclear program after 15 years and gives Iran access to billions of dollars without a commitment to cease its terrorist activity.”
“It’s too high a price to pay,” she said.
Most if not all Republicans oppose the deal, which Congress has until Sept. 17 to accept or reject, so the battleground is among Democrats, with a particular focus on Jewish Democrats.
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From Russia Today
Bulgaria denies airspace use for Russian supply flights to Syria
The move has been confirmed by the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.
Bulgaria “refused to issue permits for flights through Bulgarian airspace of Russian military transport aircraft en route from the Russian Federation to Syria in the period between September 1 and 24, 2015,” Sofia’s statement said.
From Russia Today
Russia has always supplied equipment to Syria to help fight terrorism – Foreign Ministry
“We have always supplied equipment to them for their struggle against terrorists,” Zakharova told New York Times, “We are supporting them, we were supporting them and we will be supporting them” in that fight.
According to Zakharova, Russia’s proposal to resolve the conflict in war-torn Syria is “to gather all the efforts together — all the international players, all Syria’s neighbors, all members of the opposition coalition, all of those who are involved.”
From The Times of Israel
Putin jockeying for deal with US on Syria
As Russia boosts forces in Arab nation, it may seek to enter coalition against Islamic State, while also bolstering its ally Assad
MOSCOW (AP) — Signs of an ongoing Russian military buildup in Syria have drawn US concerns and raised questions of whether Moscow plans to enter the conflict. President Vladimir Putin has been coy on the subject, saying Russia is weighing various options, a statement that has fueled suspicions about the Kremlin’s intentions.
Observers in Moscow say the Russian maneuvering could be part of a plan to send troops to Syria to fight the Islamic State group in the hope of fixing fractured ties with the West. They warn, however, that Putin would likely find it hard to sell his idea to a skeptical US and risks potentially catastrophic repercussions if he opts for unilateral military action in Syria.
By playing with the possibility of joining the anti-IS coalition, Putin may hope to win a few key concessions. His main goal: the lifting of Western sanctions and the normalization of relations with the United States and the European Union, which have sunk to their lowest point since the Cold War amid the Ukrainian crisis. In addition, the Russian leader may be angling to make the West more receptive to Moscow’s involvement in Ukraine, while retaining influence in Syria.
Early this summer, the Kremlin put forward a peace plan for Syria that envisions enlisting Syrian government forces and Iran in the anti-IS coalition. A few rounds of negotiations with the Americans and Saudis have brought no visible results, and now Moscow appears to be testing the water for a new move: beefing up its military presence in Syria.
While Putin said Friday there is no talk “just yet” about Russian troops joining the fight against the Islamic State, he seemed to keep the door open for the possibility, saying “we are looking at various options.” The Russian leader is set to attend the United Nations General Assembly later this month, and some analysts say a proposal to deploy troops to Syria could be the focal point of his visit.
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From The Times of Israel
Former Mossad chief calls for end to Iran deal criticism
Meir Dagan says it’s time to leave behind the very public clash with Washington over its agreement with Tehran
Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan says it is time for Israel to stop criticizing the United States over the nuclear deal it and world powers struck with Iran.
Speaking Monday at the International Institute for Counterterrorism’s annual conference in the coastal city of Herzliya, Dagan said: “The problem is Iran, not President Obama.”
Dagan has been a fierce critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line policies regarding Iran. He vocally opposed the prospect of an Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities that Netanyahu is said to have supported.
Dagan said Israel made a “strategic decision” to adopt a policy against the United States and “it is time to end it.”
Dagan is a retired military general who headed Israel’s secretive Mossad agency from 2002-2011.
READ MORE: Putin: People flee from Syria because of ISIS, not Assad regime
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From The Times of Israel
As Congress convenes to debate Iran, here’s what to expect
Even by Washington standards, the logic of the upcoming vote on the nuclear accord may be baffling
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress returns from recess on Tuesday, it faces several days of fierce debate over the nuclear deal with Iran that Republicans insist makes too many concessions to Tehran.
Democrats have rallied behind President Barack Obama and have already demonstrated they have the votes to sustain a promised Obama veto of a resolution disapproving the hard-won agreement.
Congressional proceedings are routinely convoluted, often inscrutable and sometimes bizarre. Even by those standards, the upcoming vote on the Iran nuclear deal stands out as particularly bewildering.
It’s a situation, by design, where the Democratic minority will rule the Republican majority. The winners of the initial vote will end up the losers.
And Obama stands to be repudiated by at least one chamber of Congress on his top foreign policy priority — yet will emerge triumphant in the end.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hungarian Jews collect money, food for Middle East refugees
(JTA) — Hungarian Jews have collected about $5,000 and half a ton of food and nonperishables for refugees from the Middle East.
In the collection drive on Friday, the Mazsihisz umbrella group of Hungarian Jewish communities and its youth department gathered food and nonperishables at three depots in Budapest, including a synagogue and Jewish community center.
“There are currently between 100 and 150 Hungarian Jews that I know of involved in the relief effort,” said Zoltan Radnoti, chairman of the Mazsihisz rabbinical council.
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From Ynet News
Israel saw 35% increase in aliyah last year, stats reveal
On eve of Rosh HaShana, Israel’s population numbers at 8.4 million – 6.3 million of them Jewish, 1.7 million Arab.
On the eve of the Jewish New Year 5776, Israel’s population numbers at 8,412,000 people, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.
Since last year, Israel’s population has increased in about 158,000 people – a 1.9 percent increase, similar to previous years.
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From The Times of Israel
UK activists denounce Netanyahu visit, urge Israel sanctions
Union leaders and anti-Israel advocates plan rallies against PM during visit this week, call for arms embargo on Jewish state
Prominent far-left activists and union leaders in Britain, along with three members of Parliament, are calling for the disinvitation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to visit the United Kingdom this week, and to impose immediate sanctions on Israel.
The activists urged the action in a letter published in The Guardian newspaper on Monday and signed by the heads of a handful of unions – Unite, RMT, Aslef and TSSA; three MPs — Labour’s Jo Stevens, Cat Smith and the Scottish National Party’s Tommy Sheppard; and longtime anti-Israel activists such as film director Ken Loach, Israel-born historian Ilan Pappé, union leader Len McCluskey, Palestine Solidarity Campaign chair Hugh Lanning, and the poet Benjamin Zephaniah.
Netanyahu “must bear responsibility for war crimes identified by the UN human rights council in its investigation into Israel’s 2014 assault on Gaza,” the letter urged. “Our prime minister should not be welcoming the man who presides over Israel’s occupation and its siege on Gaza.”
It added, “While [British Prime Minister David] Cameron continues to impose limits on the number of refugees who can take shelter in the UK, he is willing to welcome Netanyahu to our shores… We call on him to instead impose immediate sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel until it complies with international law and ends the blockade and the occupation.”
Demonstrations against the Israeli leader are planned in London on Wednesday.
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From The Times of Israel
Clinton: Arab Gulf states should fund resettlement of refugees
Democratic presidential nominee says ‘global effort’ needed to address crisis
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton called Monday for a “concerted global effort” to assist the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia seeking refuge in Europe.
In an interview with AP, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination said that “everyone should be asked to do more” to help the migrants, many of whom are fleeing the civil war in Syria, including from areas in that country and in Iraq under the control of Islamic State fighters.
“I think we need to have a broad-based global response,” Clinton said before spending the Labor Day holiday campaigning in eastern Iowa and parts of Illinois. “The United States certainly should be at the table, but so should everybody else.”
“And if countries are not able to do more physically in taking in these refugees, they should do more financially,” she said.
Clinton, the former secretary of state, said she was speaking most particularly about the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf.
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From The Times of Israel
As crisis grows, US faces pressure to take in more refugees
White House says it’s considering a ‘range of approaches’; Washington has only resettled 1,500 Syrians since 2011
The Obama administration is working on ways to assist refugees fleeing persecution in their home countries, a White House spokesman said Monday, following criticism in the US and abroad over Washington’s perceived unwillingness to resettle a significant number of displaced Syrians and Iraqis within the country.
The US is “considering a range of approaches to be more responsive to the global refugee crisis, including with regard to refugee resettlement,” spokesman Peter Boogaard stated. According to Boogaard, the US has provided billions of dollars in humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees. “The US is the single largest donor to the Syrian crisis,” he further said, according to Reuters.
Boogaard’s statements came as close to 1,300 Americans signed an online petition on the MoveOn.org website urging the US to let in more refugees. Reuters quoted the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Michelle Brané claiming that Washington “could and should be doing more. The silence of the White House on this is unacceptable.”
Meanwhile, Britain and France joined Germany on Monday in pledging to accept tens of thousands of refugees. Germany is preparing to receive by far the largest number of immigrants, an estimated 800,000 by the end of the year, and British Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK would resettle up to 20,000 Syrians from camps in Turkey, Jordan and Syria over the next five years. French President Francois Hollande announced his country would welcome 24,000 refugees.
The US, in contrast, has so far accepted only 1,500 Syrian refugees, most of them this year, since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011.
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From The Times of Israel
Israel develops palm-sized flying nuclear detectors
US-funded micro-copters, invented in classified Dimona site, can distinguish natural and artificial radiation
READ MORE: Putin: People flee from Syria because of ISIS, not Assad regimeIsraeli nuclear researchers have developed a micro-copter capable of tracking nuclear radiation in difficult terrain.
The palm-sized drones, developed with funding from the US Department of Energy, were invented in Israel’s Negev Nuclear Research Center, better known as the Dimona nuclear facility, where foreign governments believe Israel developed and may house a nuclear arsenal, Haaretz reported Tuesday.
The micro-copters are essentially undetectable and can collect data on radioactivity emanating from underground sites, even in rugged terrain that can be difficult to reach on the ground or view from space.
While the miniature drones were developed to track radiation levels at radioactive sites without risking the lives of human technicians, and Israeli officials say they were developed purely for defensive purposes, the applications for Western enforcement of Iran’s nuclear program are clear.
The current model’s built-in travel range is limited. The Israeli drone can travel up to 55 kilometers per hour (34 miles per hour) for up to 20 minutes. But Dimona officials are reportedly working on additional models that could offer greater range.
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