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26 caust’s presence in global school curricula notes that the UAE at least mentions “context,” unlike Bahrain, also a signee of the The Jewish Home | NOVEMBER 24, 2022 Abraham Accords and the only Gulf state to have an indigenous Jewish community, which mentions “neither the Holocaust as a term… or an event” in its curricula. Ali Al Nuaimi, one of the Emirati brokers of the accords and one of the country’s educational leaders, said that acknowledging the horrors of the Holocaust is vital in a region in which Jews have centuries of history. “Memorializing the victims of the Holocaust is crucial. In the Arab world, the older generation operated in an environment where speaking about the Holocaust was tantamount to betraying Arabs and Palestinians,” he said, speaking on a Washington Institute panel. “Public figures failed to speak the truth because a political agenda hijacked their narrative, yet a tragedy on the scale of the Holocaust targets not only Jews, but humanity as a whole. Therefore, public figures and scholars should be encouraged to discuss the Holocaust and protect common human values while leaving political differences aside,” he added. Emirati Ahmed Al Mansouri set up the Middle East’s first dedicated Holocaust memorial exhibit as an attempt to overcome Holocaust denial and has been collecting historical Judaica from around the region since the museum opened in 2013. “In the region, there is big denial [of the Holocaust] and the Holocaust is seen as something that has been politicized,” said Mansouri. “I believed the Holocaust would never happen again, but when I saw the recent rise in antisemitism, I knew I was wrong,” he said. “Even in the most civilized countries, humans are humans, and this horrific event in human history can be repeated. The Holocaust was the biggest crime against humanity and this message is for all of humanity.”

Deadly Bombings Rip Through Jerusalem

On Wednesday morning, two high quality explosive devices – designed to inflict massive casualties – detonated at two bus stops in Jerusalem, one at the entrance to Givat Shaul and the other at Ramot junction. One person, 16-year-old Aryeh Schupak, Hy”d, was killed in the attacks. At least 22 others were wounded in the bombings.

The explosives were hidden behind the bus stop and in a bush. The first explosion occurred close to the main entrance of Jerusalem in Givat Shaul, shortly after 7 a.m., peak commuter hour. The second blast occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m., at Ramot junction, another entrance to Jerusalem. Aryeh, who was killed in the first bombing, was a Canadian national as well as an Israeli citizen, according to Canada’s ambassador to Israel. His family lived in Har Nof. Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi noted that the attacks were composed of two almost identical bombs and exploded within a half-hour of each other at bus stops, prompting officials to surmise that an organized terror cell was behind the explosions. “I believe we will capture the terror cell,” she said. There were no immediate claims of responsibility, but the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups hailed the attacks. The father of one injured teen said his son had saw a man taking pictures of the bus stop shortly before the explosion. “He took pictures of the people at the bus stop and disappeared,” said Avi Biton. “My son was injured by a lot of shrapnel. He has one piece of shrapnel that is right in the skull, which cannot be removed, near a blood vessel. He has fractures in his vertebrae and pelvis, and bleeding in his stomach,” Biton said. Visiting the scene, Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai observed that it was a “framework of attack that we haven’t seen for many years.” Bombings on buses and in public places were a hallmark of the Second Intifada from 2000 to 2005, but mostly

28 subsided over the last 17 years. In 2016, the Hamas terror group was accused of bombing a bus in Jerusalem, leaving The Jewish Home | NOVEMBER 24, 2022 21 people injured. In 2011, a bomb hidden in a backpack exploded at a bus stop outside the Jerusalem International Convention Center, killing two and injuring dozens more. “A boy who did nothing wrong to anyone in the world was murdered only because he was Jewish,” said Prime Minister Yair Lapid. “An extensive intelligence effort is now underway that will lead to the discovery of the despicable terrorists, who are behind them and who supplied them with weapons.” “I want to tell the citizens of Israel that we will get to them,” he continued. “They can run, they can hide, but it won’t help them. Security forces will get to them. If they resist, they will be taken out. If not, we will deal with them to the full extent of the law.” On Wednesday, hundreds of people gathered at Aryeh’s levaya. He had been on the way to yeshiva when he was killed. Rabbi Naftali Schreiber, the principal of Aryeh’s yeshiva, told the crowd at the funeral, “The mashgiach told him [this morning], ‘Don’t come. I see you don’t feel well, rest a little. He overcame it and got up and decided to go [to yeshiva]. To go to what? To place tefillin, to prayers at the yeshiva, to learn. He didn’t have an easy life, he dealt [with things].” He added, “There were witnesses to his greatness. There is no one, in his whole year, his whole class, who can say that during the years he was with him that there was ever anger in Aryeh. He didn’t know what anger is. He would walk on the street helping every person he could.” Moshe Schupak, Aryeh’s father, eulogized his son, who was taken from him so tragically. “I want to say goodbye to my son, to say goodbye to Aryeh. I’m sorry to you. G-d gave, and G-d took away,” Moshe said. “He was a boy who taught us a lesson. I appreciate every moment that he was with us as a child in our family.”

Palestinians Steal Israeli’s Body

The body of an Israeli man who died after a car crash in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday morning was snatched by Palestinian gunmen from a hospital in the city while the boy was still on life support. Tiran Fero, an 18-year-old from the Druze-majority town of Daliyat al-Karmel, was critically injured along with his friend who was seriously hurt in the crash. He was taken to the hospital in Jenin because his situation was so critical.

Fero’s uncle said his nephew was still alive and connected to a ventilator when he was taken. “They disconnected him from the machines and tossed him into a car,” he told the Kan public radio on Wednesday morning. Palestinians had thought that Fero was an Israeli soldier; he was actually a 12th grader in a school in a Druze town. On Wednesday morning, the military’s liaison to the Palestinians announced that the Jalamah and Salem crossings in the northern West Bank would be shuttered until further notice following the incident. The body is being held in the Jenin Refugee Camp, Haaretz reported, citing several Palestinian sources, although there has been no claim by any group to have taken Fero. Israeli and Palestinian Authority officials are involved in the efforts to return Fero’s body to his family along with Fero’s family, the mayor of Daliyat al-Karmel, the Druze community’s spiritual leader and the mayor of Jenin. The Jenin area has been seen as a major hotspot for terror in recent months. Palestinian gunmen, mostly in the northern West Bank, have repeatedly targeted troops conducting arrest raids, as well as military posts, soldiers operating along the West Bank security barrier, Israeli settlements, and civilians on the roads.

Bibi Wins in Olmert Trial

Even by the often toxic standards of Israeli political discourse there are limits, a judge ruled Monday, awarding damages to the newly designated prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanya-

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30 hu, and members of his family in a libel suit they brought against another former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who The Jewish Home | NOVEMBER 24, 2022 had described them as being “mentally ill.” The ruling brought an end to a lurid and at times circuslike courtroom drama during which Olmert brought witnesses to testify about disturbing goings-on in the Netanyahu household, including accusations of afflictions such as eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive behavior, narcissism, and paranoia. But, according to the judge, Amit Yariv, despite all the hours of testimony, Olmert failed to establish or produce any professional medical diagnosis to back up his assertions and had gone beyond the bounds of expressing an opinion in good faith that would be protected by the principles of free speech. The judge ruled that Olmert had defamed Netanyahu; Netanyahu’s wife, Sara; and their eldest son, Yair, in a television interview that Olmert gave around the time of a bitter and inconclusive election in the spring of 2021. “Another mendacious plot against Prime Minister Netanyahu, his wife and family has been shattered,” Yossi Cohen, the Netanyahus’ lawyer, said in a statement after the ruling, which was broadcast live. The Netanyahus had demanded about $250,000 in damages but were awarded $18,000 in total. “The final result is that by serving the suit, the harsh statements made by Mr. Olmert received wide exposure and were brought to the attention of the entire public,” Olmert’s lawyer, Amir Tytunovich said in a statement. “The Netanyahu family, who turned to the court in the hope of receiving a ‘certificate of sanity,’ came out without one,” he added. The two sides have up to 60 days to appeal the outcome. (© The New York Times)

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The Azerbaijani parliament on Friday approved a proposal to open an embassy in Israel. It will be the first Shi’ite Muslim country to do so. Prime Minister Yair Lapid welcomed the move. “Azerbaijan is an important partner of Israel and home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the Muslim world,” he said. “The decision to open an embassy reflects the depth of the relationship between our countries. This move is the result of the Israeli government’s efforts to build strong diplomatic bridges with the Muslim world,” he said. Israel has had an embassy in Baku since 1992. The Azeri decision reflects its close ties with Israel — particularly in the fields of security and trade — and its increasingly strained ties with Iran. Earlier this week, Azerbaijan said it arrested five of its nationals for spying for Iran after a rise in tensions between the neighbors. The arrests came a week after Baku and Tehran accused each other of hostile rhetoric. Iran, home to millions of ethnic Azeris, has long accused its smaller northern neighbor of fueling separatist sentiment on its territory. Last month, Defense Minister Benny Gantz held an official visit to Azerbaijan, where he met with his Azeri counterpart, Zakir Hasanov, and the country’s President Ilham Aliyev.

Smotrich Will Get Finance Post

Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a compromise with Religious Zionist party leader Bezalel Smotrich in their stalled coalition talks, with Smotrich agreeing to give up his demand to be defense minister and instead take over the Treasury. The defense portfolio will remain

with Netanyahu’s Likud party. Under the proposed compromise, which has yet to be confirmed by the parties, Smotrich would gain control of the Finance Ministry, while the other main contender for that job —Aryeh Deri of Shas — will get the Interior Ministry. A report by the Kan public broadcaster suggests that Deri would receive a “super ministry” that would effectively combine the Interior Ministry and Transportation Ministry into one office — to make up for losing out on the finance minister job. Shas would also receive the Negev and Galilee Ministry. According to Kan, Shas is also set to control the Health Ministry and the Diaspora Affairs Ministry; Channel 12 said instead that it would receive the Religious Services Ministry and a position in the Prime Minister’s Office. According to Channel 12, Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, will be named public security minister, giving him control over the police. His party will also take the Agriculture Ministry. If Deri will receive the Interior Ministry, certain laws will have to be kept in mind. Current law bars individuals sentenced to prison time from serving as a minister for seven years. Deri was convicted of several tax offenses earlier this year and received a 12-month suspended sentence, ostensibly barring him from receiving another cabinet post. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has clarified the Basic Law referred to both suspended sentences and jail time. Shas MK Moshe Arbel has in the meantime drafted a bill to change clause six of Basic Law: Government, which would allow those who were given suspended sentences to receive ministerial appointments.

In addition, the post of acting prime minister is by law only available to those who are in the same party as the prime minister, requiring more legislation to open the position for Deri, Channel 12 said. Deri previously served 22 months in prison from 2000 to 2002. That verdict carried a conviction of moral turpitude, keeping him out of politics for seven years after his release. In 2013, he returned to politics, reclaiming the leadership of Shas and ultimately returning to serve as interior minister from 2016 until last year, when his party entered the opposition. A court had ruled that his prior conviction did not disqualify him from the position.

Most Russian Immigrants Not Jewish

According to a study released by the Knesset’s research department last week, nearly three out of every four new immigrants from the former Soviet Union in 2020 were not Jewish. The survey, which was ordered by Knesset member Yoav Ben Tzur of the Shas party, was held up as a justification for those who oppose the “grandchild