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Jewish Herald-Voice
May 19, 2011
White House upholds Israel’s right to defend borders
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Blaming
Syria for “inciting” violence, the
White House said that Israel has
a right to defend itself from
unauthorized border crossings.
White House spokesman
Jay Carney on May 16 addressed
incidents along Israel’s Lebanon,
Syria and Gaza Strip borders on
the previous day, during which
Palestinians marking Israel’s 1948
founding attempted to cross over.
“Israel, like all countries, has
the right to prevent unauthorized
crossings at its borders,” Carney said.
“Its neighbors have a responsibility
to prevent such activity. We urge
maximum restraint on all sides.”
Israel opened fire on the rioters,
killing as many as four on the border
with the Golan Heights, captured by
Israel from Syria in 1967.
As many as 10 protesters were
killed on the border with Lebanon,
although Israel says most of them
likely were killed by Lebanese
troops.
Carney echoed Israel’s charge
that Syria’s Bashar Assad regime was
to blame for allowing the protesters
to approach the Israeli border.
“We’re also strongly opposed to
the Syrian government’s involvement
in inciting yesterday’s protests
in the Golan Heights,” he said.
“Such behavior is unacceptable
and does not serve as a distraction
from the Syrian government’s ongoing
repression of demonstrators in its
own country.” □
HAMAD ALMAKT/FLASH90
Arab demonstrators marking the 63rd anniversary of Israel independence, hold
Palestinian flags as they approached the village of Majdal Shams in the Golan
Heights, between Syria and Israel, May 15.
NATI SHOHAT/FLASH90
Stone-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops near the Kalandiya
checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem on May 15.
Israel files complaint with U.N. over border infiltrations
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel filed a complaint with the United
Nations Security Council against Syria and Lebanon over the breach of
its border by protesters.
The delegation said Monday, May 16, it filed the complaint in the
Security Council and with the U.N. Secretary General’s office for
violation of international law.
The complaint comes after demonstrations on Sunday, May 15, for
“Nakba Day,” or Catastrophe Day, marking Israel’s achieving statehood.
Israeli troops fired on protesters from Syria, Lebanon and Gaza who
tried, and in some cases succeeded, in breaching Israel’s border.
Up to four Syrian protesters and up to 10 Lebanese protesters were
killed during the infiltration attempts.
Also Monday, Lebanon’s delegation filed a complaint against Israel
over the Lebanese deaths, citing “Israel’s disregard for Lebanese
sovereignty and U.N. resolutions.” □
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protested to mark Nakba Day.
The number of Arabs from Syria
who breached the border on the Golan
Heights was estimated at up to 400. The
Israel Defense Forces declared the area
of Majdal Shams, a Druze town near
Mount Hermon, a closed military zone
as Israeli troops tried to round up those
who had infiltrated the border.
Israeli troops also fired on
Palestinian protesters who approached
Israel’s border with Gaza, wounding
several teens, according to reports.
In Lebanon, thousands of Arabs
reportedly converged on Israel’s
border to demonstrate, but they were
pushed back when the Lebanese
army fired warning shots into the air.
Israeli soldiers also reportedly shot in
the air and at the feet of Lebanese
demonstrators.
Up to 10 Lebanese demonstrators
were killed in the incident, with most
believed to have been killed by the
Lebanese army, according to reports.
At least 10 Israeli troops were
injured in the incidents on the Syrian
and Lebanese borders.
In Tel Aviv, Israeli law enforcement
officials said Sunday morning’s truck
rampage appeared to be a terrorist
attack. The 22-year-old man from the
Israeli Arab village of Kafr Kassem,
who drove into cars and pedestrians
on a busy thoroughfare, reportedly
told police that his tire had exploded,
causing him to lose control of his truck.
In Jerusalem, Palestinian
demonstrators also reportedly threw
firebombs at Hadassah Hospital on
Mount Scopus.
Hamas’ prime minister in the Gaza
Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, told thousands of
Muslim worshipers in a mosque Sunday
morning that Nakba Day should be
observed this year “with great hope of
bringing to an end the Zionist project in
Palestine.”
Haniyeh made the remarks less than
a week after his Islamist party and the
Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas reconciled
and announced plans to form a unity
government in the coming weeks.
In a nationally televised address,
Abbas said of the killed protestors,
“Their blood will not go to waste. Their
blood was spilled for the freedom of our
Palestinian people and for its rights.”
Netanyahu, speaking at the
beginning of the weekly Cabinet
meeting Sunday morning, said, “I regret
that there are extremists among Israeli
Arabs and in neighboring countries
who have turned the day on which the
State of Israel was established, the day
on which the Israeli democracy was
established, into a day of incitement,
violence and rage. There is no place for
this, for denying the existence of the
State of Israel. No to extremism and no
to violence. The opposite is true.” □
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leadership of Torah Letzion is aged
20-24 years.
Totally run by current or former
Yeshiva University students, TLZ
believes every person who desires
to spend the year in Israel should
have the opportunity to do so, even
if finances prevent it. So, TLZ is in
the fundraising business. In a little
over three years, TLZ has raised about
$130,000 and has assisted in sending
39 students to Israel, including this
year’s September class.
Additionally, TLZ monitors its
recipients while the students are
studying in yeshiva/seminary. TLZ
requires students to write divrei
Torah and reflections of what they are
experiencing while at yeshiva. Thus,
when they come back to America,
these students really can see and
appreciate how much growth they
have made, both as religious Jews and
as people.
Michael Adler is TLZ’s director of
communications. After high school in
2005-’06, Adler spent a year studying at
Lev Hatorah in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
“I had gone to a Jewish high
school,” said Adler, “but there you
have tests, and you have to balance
religious studies with other secular
classes. Being in an Israeli yeshiva,
totally immersed in religious study,
gives you the time and balance to
focus on elevating your spiritual life.
The study, combined with the rabbis
in these institutions and being in
Israel, gives you a different outlook
than study in secular places like New
York and Houston.
“The experience helped me realize
how I could be the best Jewish person
I could be in my life.”
As a product of a Jewish high
school and a graduate of Yeshiva
University, Adler does not argue
that Israeli yeshivot and seminaries
are better than their American
counterparts, per se. He does believe
that most of the yeshivot in America
are not necessarily geared to young
people coming out of high school.
“American yeshivot are serious
places, but they are geared for people
who already know their way. Israel, in
contrast, is the perfect place to get that
start - especially if you’re uncertain of
your spiritual direction. You don’t have
the opportunity in America that you
do in Israel in terms of inspiring you
to lead a more spiritual life. It’s also
inspiring to be able to walk around in
a Jewish country,” said Adler.
To date, TLZ has not sent any
Texas Jews to study in Israel, although
the program has received applicants
from Dallas and El Paso.
“We’d love to get the word out to
more people in Texas to apply and
also to donate,” said Adler. “We’re
seeking to assist people whose need
is financially based and who have a
strong desire for religious growth. The
main thing we try to determine during
the application review process is how
motivated this boy or girl is, and the
direness of their financial situation.
We try to find the most motivated
individuals because we know they will
make the most of their time in Israel.
These are the types of individuals that
donors want to assist most.
“Our key message is the year in
Israel is not a luxury. It is essential
for the growth of each individual and
the entire people of Israel. We’re here
to facilitate that and we’d like help in
facilitating that.”
A TLZ scholarship typically
ranges from $1,000 to $4,500. A year
of yeshiva/seminary study in Israel
can cost about $20,000. That’s because
most of these programs provide
housing, three meals a day, and have a
high student/faculty ratio.
Part of the TLZ program requires
recipients to keep a journal.
“Reading these accounts,”
said Adler, “we see that at some
point people wake up and write in
these journals: ‘This is the greatest
investment anybody has ever put in
me.’”
It’s an investment, Adler noted,
which pays dividends for individuals
and for the Jewish people.
For information, to donate or
to apply for a scholarship, visit
torahletzion.org. □
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