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July 23, 2017 at 6:10 pm
First graders deal with loss of beloved teacher murdered by Arab terrorist at the Shabbat table Friday night.
Haya Salomon, one of the victims of the barbaric terrorist attack in the town of Neve Tzuf-Halamish, served as a teacher at the Noam Hameiri school in Lod. Arutz Sheva spoke with one of the parents at the school about the loss of the beloved teacher.
Three of Lilach Zederboim's daughters had Salomon as their official teacher, and her fourth daughter studied with Salomon for one of her required subjects. Zederboim said that it was extremely difficult to inform her children about their teacher's murder.
"Immediately after Shabbat I was informed of the murder," Zederboim said. "Luckily the children weren't at home, so my husband and I could take...
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July 23, 2017 at 6:09 pm
Pope Francis prays for end to violence since terror attack on Temple Mount.
JTA - Expressing trepidation and urging prayers for peace, Pope Francis appealed for “moderation and dialogue” in the wake of recent violence in Jerusalem centering on the Temple Mount.
Addressing crowds who braved fierce heat to gather for his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said he was “following with trepidation the grave tensions and violence of the last days in Jerusalem.”
On Friday, a 19-year-old Palestinian Arab stabbed to death three members of one family as they sat at their Shabbat table in the Samaria town of Halamish. On July 14, Arab gunmen at the Temple Mount shot dead two Israeli policemen. The Muslim Waqf and the Palestinian Aut...
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July 23, 2017 at 6:09 pm
Samaria Regional Council reveals government has failed to provide adequate funding to maintain security arrangements in Samaria.
An internal document from the Samaria Regional Council's security division revealed the existence of serious security failures in many Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
The document presents a series of significant gaps in the security systems of dozens of communities, the cost of which would total tens of millions of shekels.
On Friday night an Arab terrorist broke into the Samaria town of Halamish and murdered three members of the same family as they sat at the Shabbat table.
"In some of the council's communities, the security aפparatus is in bad shape and continues to deteriorate, due to the lack of a budget," the document...
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July 23, 2017 at 6:08 pm
MK Oren Hazan demands Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein suspend Arab MK from position as his deputy over incitement to terrorism.
MK Oren Hazan (Likud) demanded Sunday that MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint Arab List) be suspended from his position as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset for "incitement to violence and a call for terror."
In a letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Hazan wrote that "Ahmed Tibi, one of your deputies, has been trying for years to walk the thin line between legitimate parliamentary conduct and illegal activity - incitement to violence and calls for terror."
"This 'dance' is what has allowed him to be perceived by at least some of the public as a full member of the Knesset and to enjoy the respect and honor involved in the position, including serving as deputy ...
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July 23, 2017 at 6:00 pm
Father of woman who survived brutal terror attack: 'They threatened her life and the lives of her children.'
Yosef Salomon and his children, Haya and Elad, were laid to rest in the Modiin cemeterySunday afternoon. They were murdered in a barbaric terrorist attack as they sat down for Shabbat dinner in the Samaria town of Halamish Friday night.
Elad's wife, Michal, managed to hide her five children in one of the rooms on the top floor of the house, preventing the terrorist from finding them and massacring the children along with the other members of the family.
"Michal suffered a very serious trauma," her father, Dan Landa, told Channel 10.
"The terrorist threatened her life and the lives of her children. And she is also traumatized from hearing the ...
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July 23, 2017 at 5:25 pm
Right-wing activists demonstrate in front of Prime Minister's Office, demand harsh response to massacre in Halamish.
Dozens of right-wing activists demonstrated in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem Sunday evening, demanding the government take more serious measures to confront the recent wave of Arab terrorism.
The protest, led by the Otzma Yehudit party, included Lehava founder Bentzi Gopstein, attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Hevron activist Baruch Marzel.
Activists called on Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) to resign, claiming he had failed to confront the surge in Arab terrorism.
“Jewish blood isn’t cheap,” chanted demonstrators.
“If the government ministers would read the Torah,” said Marzel, “th...
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July 23, 2017 at 5:19 pm
Arabs rioted in the Old City. Firebombs and rocks thrown at several locations in Judea and Samaria.
Two Border Police officers were lightly hurt on Sunday evening in a rock-throwing attack in the Qalqiliya area.
They were treated by a military medical force and evacuated to the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
In addition, there were several incidents in Judea and Samaria on Sunday evening. Arabs hurled firebombs near the Giti Avisar junction and near Givat Assaf in Binyamin.
Rocks were also thrown towards Israeli vehicles on the Husan Bypass Road. There were no injuries in any of the attacks, but some of the vehicles sustained damage.
In Jerusalem, dozens of Arabs rioted in the Maale Motta Gur Street in the Old City of Jerusalem, and threw rocks at police forces. The offices dispers...
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July 23, 2017 at 5:16 pm
President, PM address deadly Shabbat stabbing attack during memorial for Ze'ev Jabotinsky. 'Our hearts are with the Salomon family.'
President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attended the memorial ceremony for Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky on the 77th anniversary of his death Sunday evening.
The ceremony took place on Mt. Herzl, where Jabotinsky is buried.
In his opening remarks, President Rivlin spoke about the deadly terrorist attack in Halamish on Friday night and said, "At this very moment, the beloved Salomon family, Yossi, Elad and Haya are being laid to rest. Yossi, Elad, and Haya who were marking the arrival of another child to their family, and were brutally murdered at their Sabbath table. Our hearts, the hearts...
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July 23, 2017 at 5:12 pm
A Jordanian man was shot to death and an Israeli man was wounded in a violent incident at the Israeli embassy in Amman on Sunday evening, a security official and a news site linked to Jordan’s military reported.
The Hala Akhbar site said the violent incident also included a stabbing.
It said the Israeli man was in an “unstable” condition and that the Jordanian died after suffering critical gunshot injuries.
A security official confirmed a Jordanian had been killed and an Israeli wounded, but would not provide further details. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the incident with the media.
The site says one of the wounded was in critical and the other in an “unstable” condition.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry had n...
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July 23, 2017 at 4:45 pm
Baltimore, MD - July 23, 2017 - HaRav HaGaon Yerucham Olshin, shlita, having breakfast at the home of Yonah Zahler...
Baltimore, MD - July 22, 2017 - HaRav HaGaon Yerucham Olshin, shlita, makes Havdallah at the Katz residence
Baltimore, MD - July 21, 2017 - HaRav HaGaon Yisrael Newman, shlita...
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July 23, 2017 at 3:00 pm
Ashkenazim and Sefardim recite very different kinos on Tisha B’Av and different piyutim on most other occasions. This provides an opportunity to discuss:
Poetic Controversies
Question #1: How many machzorim?
“I am a Sefardiyah by birth, and recently became engaged to a wonderful Ashkenazi man who gave me a beautiful, five-volume set of machzorim. I looked at my new set of machzorim and could not find the selichot recited in Elul anywhere in the Rosh Hashanah machzor, nor in any of the other volumes. Where will I find them? I also could not find any volume for Tisha B’Av, but I also could not find those prayers in the Ashkenazi siddur my chatan bought me.”
Question #2: The Italian connection
“Why are so many of our piyutim written by Italian authors?&rdquo...
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July 23, 2017 at 10:49 am
ISTANBUL – Turkey's president has condemned Israeli security precautions at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site saying the Islamic world would not remain silent.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed reporters Sunday in Istanbul before departing on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar.
He says: "No one can expect the Islamic world to remain unresponsive after the humiliation Muslims suffered with the restrictions at the Noble Sanctuary."
Earlier this week, Israel installed metal detectors at the shrine in response to a deadly attack by Arab gunmen there which killed two Israeli policemen. The metal detectors are perceived by the Palestinians as an encroachment on Muslim rights and have led to protests in the Muslim world.
Erdogan called on Israel to remove the detectors in a...
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July 23, 2017 at 10:43 am
Jerusalem, Israel - Israel said on Sunday it would not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest clashes with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce their use.
Fueling fears of an escalation, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would halt security ties with Israel until it scraps the walk-through gates installed at entrances to Al-Aqsa mosque plaza after two police guards were shot dead on July 14.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to convene his security cabinet at 7.30 p.m. (12.30 p.m. ET) to weigh alternatives.
However, his right-wing government is wary of being seen to yield to Palestinian pressure over the site, which Jews revere as the vestige of their two ancient temples and which was amo...
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July 23, 2017 at 10:41 am
Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef Shlita in his motzei Shabbos shiur addressed the horrific terror attack in N’vei Tzuf on Friday night, the slaughter that took place during a Shalom Zachor. The rav stated that any Arab who comes to murder should be killed and not left injured, as was the case in this attack. “Unfortunately, the terrorist was not killed. This terrorist should have been killed” stated the rav.
As he continued the shiur, Rav Yosef stated any terrorist who comes to kill, it is prohibited that he remains alive. “We know that he came to harm Jews and we must kill him”.
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July 23, 2017 at 10:39 am
Three members of Salomon family brought to Modiin cemetery Sunday, less than 48 hours after Friday night massacre in Halamish.
Thousands of people came to the Modiin cemetery Sunday afternoon to pay their last respects to the three members of the Salomon family who were murdered by an Arab terrorist Friday night in the town of Halamish (Neve Tzuf) in western Samaria.
The victims included Yosef Salomon, 70, his daughter, Haya, 46, and his son Elad, 35. The family had gathered in Halamish to celebrate the birth of a new grandchild, when an Arab terrorist broke into the house and stabbed four members of the Salomon family, leaving three dead and one wounded.
Elad Salomon, a resident of the town of Elad in central Israel, is survived by his wife and five children. His sister...
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July 23, 2017 at 10:25 am
Wife of Elad Salomon describes Halamish terror attack: 'I took the children and ran upstairs. I held the door with all my strength.'
Michal Salomon, the wife of Elad Salomon, one of those murdered in the horrific terror attackin Neve Tzuf (Halamish) on Friday night, recounted the terrifying moments when her husband, his sister Haya, and their father, Yosef, were murdered.
Michal and Elad had come with their 5 children to Neve Tzuf to spend Shabbat (the Sabbath) with Elad’s parents, Tova and Yosef, who were celebrating the birth of a new grandson with family and friends from the community.
While most of the people remained in the kitchen at the end of the Shabbat meal, Michal had moved to the living room to prepare for the “Shalom Zachor” celebratio...
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July 23, 2017 at 10:19 am
Arutz Sheva speaks with Miri Maoz-Ovadia, spokeswoman for town ravaged by barbarous terror attack Friday night.
The spokeswoman for the Neve Tzuf-Halamish community where Friday night's barbaric terror attack took place, Miri Maoz-Ovadia, spoke with Arutz Sheva and said that it had been an "extremely traumatizing Shabbat for everyone here, and for all those who are following what happened."
"We have known difficult times, intifadas, terror attacks on the roads where residents were murdered, but never anything like this: a terrorist entering a house and butchering a family, so feelings are very hard."
It was your brother who neutralized the terrorist. Have you spoken to him since?
My brother and father heard the screaming and ran quickly, when they realized that it wa...
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July 23, 2017 at 9:40 am
Halamish community organizer tells Arutz Sheva local youth have already begun work on new neighborhood of residents murdered by terrorists.
Less than 48 hours after the slaughter of three Halamish residents by an Arab terrorist sent shockwaves across Israel, local youth have already begun a new building project to memorialize the victims of Friday’s attack.
Assaf Arzi, the youth organizer for Halamish (also known as Neve Tzuf) spoke with Arutz Sheva Sunday about the efforts of local teens to build something constructive out of their shared pain.
Last Friday evening, an Arab terrorist armed with a knife broke into a home in Halamish and murdered three members of the Salomon family in cold blood. A fourth member of the Salomon family was wounded.
Since the Sabbath e...
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July 23, 2017 at 9:36 am
Police say lack of anti-Semitic graffiti suggests vandalism was random, not anti-Semitic.
JTA - Some 60 headstones were toppled in a Jewish cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut.
The damage at the Ateres Knesseth Israel Cemetery was discovered on Friday, when a relative of someone buried there visited the gravesite.
The woman who made the discovery told police that when she visited the cemetery on Monday, five days earlier, she had not seen any such damage, according to reports.
Most of the 60 gravestones reportedly can be reset on their bases, but at least two were shattered.
The cost to repair the damage is estimated at up to $10,000.
Hartford Police told the daily newspaper, the Hartford Courant, that there is no evidence that the vandalism is a hate crime since no ant...
