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BRIEFS Hebrew study program for Arab adults Jews and Arabs.... Ariel University,

which has 16,000 students, will have a
opened its first class in 2018 and has

new medical center that, once finished,
expanded to 10 more classes for 200
people. (Ruth Eglash, Washington will serve both Israelis and Palestin-
AL JAZEERA HOST says, “The long-awaited release of Post) ians. The Ariel Industrial Park employs
CALLS ISRAEL MOST the UN settlement business database about 6,000 Palestinians along with
SUCCESSFUL PROJECT should put all companies on notice: ARIEL MAYOR DESCRIBES 2,000 Israelis. There, Palestinians have
IN 120 YEARS to do business with illegal settlements COEXISTENCE IN SAMARIA real jobs, including managerial and
is to aid in the commission of war
“For most Arabs, if they want to curse crimes.” War crimes? Hiring talented Eliyahu Shaviro is the mayor of Ariel, engineering jobs. Israelis and Palestin-
you, they will describe you as a ‘Zion- Palestinians for software-engineer jobs a city in Samaria with about 20,000 ians work side by side, and Palestin-
ist,’ even though they know that the at tech startups is aiding in the com- people. He said in an interview: “At ians make the same wages as Israelis.”
most successful project in the current mission of war crimes? (David Har- a municipal level, Ariel strives to cre- (Steve Postal, American Spectator)
and last century is the Zionist proj- sanyi, National Review) ate steps for true coexistence between
ect,” Faisal al-Qassem, the host of Al
Jazeera’s The Opposite Direction, a AN ISRAELI COMBAT
well-known debate show, tweeted re- MEDIC RISKS HIS LIFE TO COMMUNITY PESACH ה"ב
SEDERER
SED
cently. SAVE LIVES
“All of the Arabs’ projects, espe-

cially that of Arab nationalism, failed. Guy M., 24, served for five years as SED ER
So...before you use the term ‘Zionist’ a combat soldier and paramedic in
as a curse, you must first come some- IDF Unit 669, the Combat Rescue

what closer to what Zionism has ac- and Evacuation Unit of the Israel Air
complished and then we will talk.” Force, and carefully documented his Relive the exodus, discover the eternal meaning of the
Haggadah, and enjoy a community Seder complete with
Qassem hosted Arabic-language experiences. hand-baked matzah, wine, and a wonderful gourmet dinner
IDF spokesman Avichai Adraee on his The result was the Hebrew best- spiced with unique traditional customs
program in 2018. His Twitter account seller From Zero to One Hundred, de-
has 5.5 million followers. (Times of scribing “the ability of the unit to go
Israel) from zero to one hundred in minutes.”
Guy, today a medical student at Tel
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT Aviv University, said, “The most active
AND SECURITY WEBSITES branch of the IDF is the Air Force. For
UNDER CONSTANT every Air Force mission across Israel’s
CYBERATTACK border, no matter where it is, the IDF
will not send a pilot out without the
Ten major websites of Israeli security ability to bring him or her back home
forces have been the target for more in an emergency. This is our mission.”
than 10,000 cyberattacks each dur- (Itay Ilnai, Ynet News) Wednesday, april 8, 7:30 p.m.
ing the past three months, the Hebrew
website Ynet reported recently, citing THE PEOPLE BEHIND chabad of venice
data from the Israeli-U.S. cybersecu- ISRAEL’S AIR DEFENSE 21560 angela lane, venice

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ernment websites were cyberattacked of the IDF’s air defense program, said (After April 3 $65/Adult)
more than a thousand times each. Israel’s “air defenses have racked up No one will be turned away due to lack of funds
The Israel National Cyber Direc- some 2,000 interceptions. Imagine
torate said government websites are what would have happened if those WWW.CHABADOFVENICE.COM/SEDER
protected by highly advanced defense missiles had fallen and each one of OR 941-493-2770
systems and the attacks had no impact. them had killed someone. We would A project of Chabad of Venice 941.493.2770
Are you alone for the seder?
(Xinhua - China) ask us about the seder to go home kits.
have been at war long ago.” The in-
IDF STRIVES TO SHORTEN terception rate in 2019 was an unprec-
FUTURE WARS edented 94%. “The other side...should
decide whether, given these rates of
The Israel Defense Forces rolled out interception, it’s worthwhile for him to
its five-year plan to restructure and re- start a war, knowing that most of the

focus the military for the threats it be- rockets he fires won’t hit their targets.”

lieves it will face in the near future. The Kochav gives credit to the person-
guiding principle of the plan is to take nel first, and then to the systems. “My

full advantage of the areas in which the mom is sure that the Color Red siren is
IDF has superiority – air power, intelli- automatic, and so is Iron Dome.... I go
gence and technology – in order to en- nuts when I hear on the radio that Iron

sure that Israel maintains a significant Dome intercepted something. What is
edge over its foes. Iron Dome? There are soldiers behind
The IDF plans to use this superior- it. It’s not automatic.”
ity to win any future war as quickly as “I need intelligence, most of which
possible. To do so, the IDF must sig- we collect ourselves, but the Ameri-
nificantly improve its ability to iden- cans help with some. Air defense is the

tify enemy targets and strike as many only field in which there is a signed

as possible as quickly as possible. IDF operational directive with the Ameri-

Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi cans. Nothing else like it exists.” That
said the plan is based on “the highly means “that there is intelligence and
increased ability to discover the en- operational cooperation in the field of

emy, on the highly increased ability to defense.”
destroy the enemy, on integration that Kochav notes that over 50% of
allows us to be very, very effective.” the recent recruits to the program have

(Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel) been women. “Everything here is 50-
THE UN ONCE AGAIN 50. I have the most integrated battal-
PROVES ITS ANTI- ions.... A woman can serve in any air
SEMITISM defense position.” (Yoav Limor, Israel
Hayom)
Those who run the UN recently set up
a new “database” to help anti-Semites ISRAEL AIMS TO
target Jewish businesses in the disputed STRENGTHEN UNITED
territories of Judea and Samaria – busi- JERUSALEM WITH BETTER

nesses that offer economic opportuni- CITY SERVICES
ties for Palestinians that pay higher than

most other jobs in the West Bank. In no A recent effort by Israel seeks to im-
other international dispute does the UN prove living conditions in eastern Je-
target peaceful civilians or institutions. rusalem and better integrate the Arab
In no place do they work to destroy the population. In the past three years,
businesses of noncombatants based on the Israeli government has designated
their ethnicity or religion. nearly $50 million to upgrade waste
The “boycott, divestment and and sewage systems as well as enhanc-
sanctions” (BDS) campaign, now sup- ing transportation and adding class-
ported by the UN, is a coordinated rooms. There has also been a push for

international effort committed to the more Arab schools to adopt the Israeli
elimination of the Jewish state, target- curriculum, including Hebrew instruc-
ing Jews under the guise of anti-Zion- tion.
ism. No other country that oversees a Meanwhile, there has been an in-

minority population is afforded even a crease in eastern Jerusalem residents
slither of the attention of the world. obtaining Israeli citizenship, includ-
The UN deputy executive director ing 1,200 last year, the most ever, ac-
for advocacy, Bruno Stagno Ugarte, cording to Israel’s Interior Ministry. A

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