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 ROSH HASHANA 5776 BEGINS AT SUNDOWN TODAY:

ISRAELSTREET WISHES YOU A SHANA TOVAH!

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9:00 am Israel time, Sunday, September 13 2015

**The daily Palestinian terror report . . .

An IDF soldier has been found shot to death at an IDF memorial site in the Jordan Valley. The military censor has put a gag order on the incident, but the soldier was apparently shot multiple times.

As of this moment, there is severe rioting on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as Palestinian terrorists make their usual efforts to stop Jews from ascending the Mount on a Jewish holiday. Already the police have been hit with two IEDs.

Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem: Palestinian terrorists carried out 41 terror attacks yesterday involving “rocks”, Molotov cocktails, IEDs, hand grenades, and arson.

Where did the terrorists strike?

Abu Dis, Al Fawwar, A-Tur, Bethany, Dotan, Mevo Dotan, Mt. of Olives, Nabi Salah, Ni’lin, Ras Al-Amud, Silwan, Singil . . . and numerous other places.

In addition, Palestinian terrorists attacked police in Issawiya (11:42 pm) and Hebron 3:44 am). Near Mt. Hebron, Palestinians set fire to a dog that in turn set fire to an agricultural field around the Jewish community. Attempts made to save the dog’s life were futile.

One Border Guard was wounded near Herod’s Gate in Jerusalem as he attempted to provide cover for a couple with a baby that was being attacked by “rock” throwers.

Two more Hamas infiltrators from Gaza were captured as they came across the border early this morning.

**Wasn’t part of the Democratic Iranian Nuclear Appeasement Agreement supposed to deal with uranium imports into Iran?

You can now throw that part out the window.

Yesterday, Ali Akbar Salehi, Chief of Iran’s Atomic Energy Ageny, announced that “huge quantities” of uranium have been discovered in Iran. Salehi went on to say that the discovery means that Iran will never again have to depend on any external source of nuclear bomb making material.
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**Speaking of the Democratic Iranian Nuclear Appeasement Agreement . . .

It turns out that one of the most vocal supporters of the agreement, much to the dismay of Jordanian government officials, is Jordanian “Queen Noor” who has taken to the social media to convey her message:

Another blithering idiot. Global zero? What a joke–the Agreement is already leading to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

By the way, “Queen Noor” (originally an American named Lisa Halaby–she renounced her American citizenship) is not the mother of current King Abdullah. That person is “Princess Muna al-Hussein” (originally a British citizen named Antionette Avril Gardiner). Princess Muna was the second wife of King Hussein whom he divorced in 1972 but not before the couple had a son, the current king.

Actually, because King Hussein married 4 times, Jordan has an embarrassment of queens and princesses, princess mothers, queen stepmothers, etc.

TODAY’S BLOG 

As regular readers of this blog know, your humble servant is a proud citizen of the United States and Israel. Following up on yesterday’s blog in which we described how a leading Israeli leftist wrote an article on Friday about why he is ashamed of Israel, I would like to proclaim this morning that I love Israel more than ever. From the time that I became a citizen back in 1986 until today, that love has steadily grown. Let me explain a few reasons why I am so unabashedly proud of this country.

I am immensely proud at how Israel remains a place of refuge–a place where Jews from all over the world can come home and openly be Jews. Massive anti-Semitism in Europe is now bringing Jews in ever greater numbers from the Ukraine, France, and Russia in a movement that will only accelerate in the coming years. Some French friends of mine here in Ashdod who arrived in Israel last year have told me that it is the little things that make all the difference such as the ability to wear a kipa or a star of David in public without fear of being assaulted.

I am immensely proud at how Israel fiercely defends its ethnic and religious minorities. Where is the only place in the Middle East where Christians and Bahai have complete freedom to practice their faith? And what about Muslims? When the Muslims had control of Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem from 1948-1967, they destroyed every synagogue they could find. From the time that Israel took over the territory until today, Israel has defended every mosque and Muslim place of importance. And what about Israeli-Arabs? Despite all of their complaints, when asked whether they would rather live in Israel or in another Arab country, they unhesitatingly say “Israel.”

I am immensely proud at how Israelis are able to get on with their lives day after day. Sure, Israelis famously have no patience, are notoriously brusque, are arrogant to a fault, but it’s the way they have to be in order to survive. Try living in a pressure cooker in which you never know when a missile alarm is going to go off, where you pass missile interceptors on the morning commute, where your children’s school must be guarded continuously by security personnel, in which you have to pass through metal detectors at every shopping mall and train station, and where you are searched for guns and weapons at the entrance to virtually every public and private building–then you might begin to understand Israelis better and admire how they get on with life.

I am immensely proud of the way that Israelis continue to lead the world in innovations and medical discoveries that benefit the people of the world in a myriad of ways.  We have reached a point in the year 2015 that virtually every electronic communication you make has been made possible in some part by Israeli engineers. We have also reached a point at which if you need to have surgery, you had better hope that your surgeon and medical team has access to the latest Israeli medical discoveries and innovations.

I am immensely proud that Israelis are the first on the scene at every international disaster–in Nepal, in Haiti, and elsewhere–to set up medical clinics and assist victims. And not only first on the scene, but first on the scene with the largest contingent of volunteers to help. It is no surprise that Israel is now recognized around the world as the “go to” country in terms of disaster relief.

I am immensely proud of the way that Israel stands tall and proud in face of withering criticism from the international community. Is the world violently anti-Semitic? Of course it is. There is simply no other way to explain the egregiously disproportionate castigation that Israel receives from the U.N., E.U., and a thousand NGOs everyday. At least the Palestinians and their Arab friends make no pretense about not being anti-Semitic, all of their “criticism” is directed at “the Jews.”

I am immensely proud of the way we Israelis rally together to face crises. When the war with Hamas came last summer, Israeli flags suddenly appeared everywhere–on buildings, on cars, in businesses. People lived and died with each newscast as we learned of what was happening to our brave soldiers. With each barrage of missiles that was fired at us, we only grew stronger and more resolute.

I am immensely proud that Israel “works”. In many ways, Israel is a country that should never be able to hold itself together. So many people pulling in so many different directions: Israeli-Arabs, Bedouins, Druze, Circassians, Ashkenazis, Sephardics, 35 sects of ultra-orthodox, secular, and on and on and on. What holds us all together? Honestly, I don’t know except that we all know that we all share the same little patch of land, we all know that there are enemies who would like to take it from us, and we all realize that at the end of the day our main goal is to work together to survive.

I am immensely proud of the soldiers of the IDF. It was amazing to see how reservists took the initiative and rushed to the Gaza border last summer. It is amazing to see young Israelis guarding every border–ever vigilant against the next threat. It is amazing  to watch our IDF forces operate in Judea and Samaria. And is refreshing to know that our forces have maintained such a high esprit de corps especially in face of bizarre decisions by the IDF general command–and attempts by others to undermine our fighting forces.

Finally, and most importantly, I am proud of the way that we Israelis have maintained our humanity despite all of the security threats and terrorism that we face everyday. Hundreds of Palestinian terror attacks each month, constant attempts to infiltrate our borders, unending threats of “We will destroy you” from Iran and elsewhere: despite all of these, we are still what we always were–a shining light to the nations.

One only has to look again at the video of what happened to our Golani soldier at Nabi Saleh two weeks ago to see the face of Israeli humanity. Pounded by “rocks”, choked and bitten by Palestinians, spit on by all those around him, that soldier withstood it all and did not strike out as he could have. He remained what IDF soldiers have always been, a member of the most humane army in the world.

In a very real way, that Golani soldier is Israel. 

Is Israel perfect? Far from it. But on this Rosh Hashana 5776, I have just one thing to say:

SHANA TOVAH ISRAEL!