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BRIEFS sample the Defense Ministry ran on
238 of those prisoners, 114 were con-
firmed to have gone back to terrorism.
Half or more of the 7,000 terrorists
deep inside enemy territory and evade continued from previous page released following the Oslo Accords
advanced missile defense systems. including three women, got their wings took part in the Second Intifada. (Na-
The plane operates a massive ar- on Thursday, June 25. dav Shragai, Israel Hayom)
ray of sensors and the most advanced Of the 600 cadets who pass the
electronic warfare capabilities ever put preliminary tests, only 30-40 will suc- ISRAEL LAUNCHES OFEK 16
on an aircraft, and it is capable of inter- cessfully complete the course. Course RECONNAISSANCE
cepting airborne threats such as cruise graduates receive a bachelor’s degree SATELLITE
missiles. (Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem from Ben-Gurion University and the A new advanced Israeli reconnaissance
Post) rank of lieutenant. satellite took off, reached earth orbit

The graduation ceremony will take
JERUSALEM’S CHANGING place on the 100 anniversary of the and sent its first data transmissions on
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DEMOGRAPHICS: establishment of the Jewish Defense Monday, July 6, Israel’s Defense Min-
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– of whom 96% were Muslims and 4% future I dreamed of was the establish- LABELS, STOP CALLING
Christians). ment of the state. Now, my grand- IT ANTI-SEMITISM – ADULTS
The birthrate among the Jewish daughter will receive her pilot’s wings, IT’S JEW-HATRED CULTURE
population in Jerusalem at 29.2 (births and I feel that my heart cannot contain CHARITY
per thousand residents) was higher than my joy and pride,” Raflowitz said of As hundreds of publications across the
that of the Arab population at 24.9. his granddaughter, Lt. Y. (Anna Ahron- country capitalize the “b” in Black, KIDS
For many years (1967-2011), the heim, Jerusalem Post) arguing that this reflects a common JEWISH
birthrate of the Arab population in Je- identity and heritage, it is time for a CALENDAR
rusalem was higher, but beginning in FREEING TERRORISTS similarly introspective debate about OF EVENTS Your Hub
2012 the trend was reversed. LEADS TO MORE VICTIMS the language we use to describe dis- IN SARASOTA for Jewish Events
The decline in the birthrate among According to estimates from Israel’s crimination against Jews. Whether AND MANATEE
the Arab population is associated with defense and security establishment, spelled anti-Semitism or antisemitism,
an increase in the level of education about half of the 14,000 terrorists we should retire the term entirely and
and increased participation of women whom Israel granted early release over begin calling it what it really is: Jew-
in the labor force. the past 35 years resumed their terrorist hatred.
The overall fertility rate of Jewish activity. Many of the 1,027 who were German journalist Wilhelm Marr LEARN
women in Jerusalem was 4.4 children, freed in exchange for captive soldier coined the term “anti-Semitism” in
compared with 3.1 children among Gilad Shalit also went on to commit 1879 to give an air of modernity to FAMILY
Arab women. (Nadav Shragai, Institute more attacks. Hundreds of Israelis long-embraced animosity toward the
for Contemporary Affairs - Jerusalem have been murdered and 3,500 wound- Jewish people. Earlier Germans were
Center for Public Affairs) ed in attacks committed by these for- blunter. They called it “Judenhaas,”
mer prisoners. literally Jew-hatred. Wilhelm, himself JFEDSRQ.org/JewishEvents
U.S. ARMY TO RECEIVE Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, a deeply anti-Jewish political agitator,
FIRST ISRAELI-MADE who until four years ago served as the founded in 1880 the League of Anti-
AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IDF’s chief military prosecutor for semites, the first organization commit-
ted to combating the alleged Jewish
IN DECEMBER Judea and Samaria, said, “The terror- takeover of Germany and German
Two Israeli-made Iron Dome air de- ists you release today will sooner or culture. In other words, the term “anti-
fense batteries are scheduled to arrive later return to murdering Jews. A lot Semitism” was coined to mainstream
in December 2020 and February 2021 of the freed terrorists are out there in Jew-hatred.
at the White Sands Missile Range in Gaza or the world, committing terror- Anti-Jewish sentiment is the ca-
New Mexico to undergo an equipment ism, leading terrorist activity and up nary in the coal mine of societal vio-
fielding and training program, said to their necks in terrorism. The entire lence. Once Jews are scapegoated, that
Brig.-Gen. Brian Gibson. chain of command of Hamas in Gaza, antagonism almost always spreads
The rigorous testing of each sys- and this is well known, is comprised to others. (Dr. Stephen D. Smith, Ex-
tem will end with a live-fire engage- of terrorists released in the Shalit ecutive Director of the USC Shoah
ment to shoot down a surrogate cruise deal.” Foundation and UNESCO Chair on
missile target. The Jibril Deal of 1985 freed 1,150 Genocide Education, Forward)
After this, the Iron Dome batteries terrorists who became the backbone
will be available for operational de- of the First Intifada. According to a
ployment.
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them throughout our two-
campus and by bringing Federation to
county area.” formation about the needs and wants of
the new president of the board.
other Jewish organizations valuable in-
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Past President Michael
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