Court: Jews allowed to say "Am Yisrel Chai" on Temple mount

Can't see images? Click here... Yehuda Lave, Spiritual Advisor and Counselor Have the World in your Pocket Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Parshischo said that every person should have two slips of paper in his pocket. On one should be written: "The world was created for me." On the other should be written: "I am but dust and ashes." The trick is to have the wisdom to know which slip of paper to read at the right time. Love Yehuda Lave Court: Jews Allowed to Cry 'Am Yisrael Chai' on Temple Mount By David Israel The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Monday issued a precedent-setting ruling that crying "Am Yisrael Chai" (the nation of Israel is alive) on the Temple Mount is not considered prayer and thus may be performed publicly in the holy compound. Judge Mordechai Burstein ruled that the plaintiff, attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, was detained illegally after calling out the popular slogan on the Temple Mount and that he is entitled to compensation from the police to the tune of 6,000 shekel ($1,700). "This is a beautiful gift from the court for Independence Day," Ben-Gvir said outside the court room, but added: "The time has come to allow the Jews to pray in the place the cherish the most."   About two and a half years ago, Ben-Gvir entered the Temple Mount after waiting an hour and a half in a segregated queue for non-Muslims. When he entered, Waqf employees began to call out at his group of Jewish visitors, "Allahhu Akbar." Ben Gvir called back at them, "Am Yisrael Chai." A police officer standing nearby detained Gvir for questioning claiming that he had violated the law. Ben Gvir was detained for three hours, following which he filed a suit against the Waqf and Israel Police on the grounds that he was segregated against at the entrance to the Temple Mount and then detained illegally by the officer. A year and a half ago, the court ruled against the Waqf, which did not file a defense and was ordered to pay plaintiff 50,000 shekel ($14,200). The judge ruled that "an examination of the plaintiff's conduct shows that there was no reason to detain him and that the detention was unlawful. Plaintiff was entitled to appeal to the police and complain against the Waqf. In the course of the tour and afterwards the cries of "Allahu Akbar" were heard, and there was nothing wrong with calling out [in return] "The nation of Israel is alive" and no offense involved." The judge added that Ben-Gvir had not been warned before his detention and that in any case there was no cause for it, especially after "one of the Muslim female visitors had cursed a Jew in Arabic and told 'Go away, dog,' and when the Jew asked police for her information, the police refused to take down her information and did not bother to detain the woman." At the same time, the judge rejected plaintiff's claim of discrimination at the entrance to the Temple Mount via the separate queue for Jews and tourists, ruling plaintiff had failed to prove arbitrariness in the exercise of discretion and abuse of the Jewish visitors. The Maccabeats - Megillat Ha'atzmaut - מגילת העצמאות - Yom Ha'atzmaut Music video for "Megillat Ha'atzmaut" an original song with lyrics drawn from Israel's Proclamation of Independence. His deeds are glory and beauty, and His righteousness remains forever (Psalms 111:3).   The Hebrew phrase, His righteousness remains forever, can also be read as "His tzedakah remains forever." The Talmud relates that Rabbi Akiva was once collecting funds for a worthy cause. As he approached the home of a regular contributor, he heard him tell his son, "Go to the market and buy leftover vegetables because they are cheaper." Rabbi Akiva then turned away and returned only after most of the needed money had been collected. "Why did you not come to me first?" the man asked. Rabbi Akiva told him of the conversation he had overheard, and that he did not wish to impose upon him for a larger donation when he was in financial straits. "You heard only the communication with my son, but you were not privy to my communication with God," the man said. "When I economize, I do so on my household expenses. The tzedakah remains unchanged." When budget cuts must be made, everyone has their particular priorities. Some people may cut their tzedakah while retaining the scheduled trade-in for a new-model car. Some people will bargain hard for a reduction in their children's tuition, while they accept other prices without bickering. The Psalmist tells us that the measure of a person's action is that his or her tzedakah remains forever; i.e. tzedakah is the last budget item to be cut. Today I shall ... rethink my priorities. The values I place on things may be reflected by which items I am willing to do without. Jackie Mason: 'Mueller's sex problem should be investigated' https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/04/17/jackie-mason-muellers-sex-problem-should-be-investigated-624793?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=BPR%20Email&utm_campaign=DMS Comedian Jackie Mason thinks he knows just why special counsel Robert Mueller can't let go of his investigation of President Trump. Mason contends Mueller's own "sex problem" is the reason why the probe of alleged Russian collusion never seems to end and the many plot twists along the way seek to prolong the investigation. The 86 year-old actor and stand-up comic unpacked his theory in the latest exclusive clip for Breitbart News "The story is supposed to be that Donald Trump was involved with a certain girl, who's a sexy type of girl, with big boobs and a hot body, and she was supposedly paid off $130,000… what does this got to do with Russia? The story was supposed to be about Russia," Mason began, referring to porn star Stormy Daniels who is suing Trump over an alleged affair. "So Robert Mueller, who couldn't find anything about Russian collusion," Mason continued, "because that was an invented story that went on for a year and accomplished nothing — he said to himself, 'Since I can't accomplish nothing because I'm too stupid to keep investigating the Russia problem, what am I gonna do for a living?'" "Now he was out of work, so he decided a porn star was the main problem," he added, suggesting Mueller's jealousy of Trump is at the core of the issue. "Now can you tell me what a porn star has to do with Russia?" "You know what I think? We should figure out why Mueller has such a sex problem," Mason said. "That's the real problem here. His sex problem should be investigated. I know what to do. We should have a special counsel investigating Mueller's sex problem." The political establishment is still "sick to their stomachs" that Trump is president, Mason contends, noting that the problem is bigger than Mueller. He even took a jab at Attorney General Jeff Sessions whom he called "impotent" because he "accomplishes nothing and does nothing for a living."   An Israeli's message to Mark Zuckerberg Every time I posted a comment in favor of Israel, your automated response said i was violating Facebook community standards, yet a group calling for the death of the Jews remains.   Abraham Chicheportiche The writer, born in Paris France, began writing articles in response to the exponential rise in anti-Semitism and hostility to Israel in the wake of 9/11 and is a contributor on Dreuz and other sites. He studied in the US, then made Alyah in 2012 and lives in Southern Israel.   I have used Facebook for years as a platform to share my thoughts, comments and articles. I value that platform because of its global reach.  It connected me to some of my friends in France, the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and many other countries. It is a window to the world to differing opinions by allowing me to see what my friends think and share on their walls. It gives me an outlet to speak my mind and to share my thoughts on topics ranging from domestic politics to the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, I have observed that your social media has reached a point of violent anti-Semitism, at least for me, and I guess many other people too. I am appalled by Facebook's insistence to allow this on social media.  I cannot believe that a group that calls for the death of the Jews, your own people for that matter, does not violate Facebook's "Community Standards." Do you realize how dangerous your media has become allowing the anti-Semites of the world to vomit their hate on Israel? I am disgusted that Facebook not only calls this group socially acceptable, but it endangers the lives of our brothers, our families, our children, and more importantly, our people as a whole. Free Speech should not be Hate Speech. We all know too well that allowing such a negative behavior only encourages the killing of Jews as we have seen it lately when Facebook users that were anti-Zionists and posting anti-Jewish posts assassinated innocent people in France, Israel or elsewhere. You were quoted coming to the defense of Muslims after the November 2015 Paris attacks "As a Jew, my parents taught me that we must stand up against attacks on all communities. Even if an attack isn't against you today, in time attacks on freedom for anyone will hurt everyone.  So I wonder Mr.Zuckerberg have you forgotten or ignored your statement that all of us should "stand up against attacks on all communities?" Maybe you do not even know about the double standards applied to Jews and Palestinians on Facebook? The latest violence in Gaza sponsored by Hamas has launched a virulent anti-Israel campaign on Facebook against Israel and therefore the Jews in general.  I remember you said last year on your Facebook page: "For me, the most important tradition is to remember that we will not be truly free until every person is free". I am asking you a simple question, are you really free?  If you do not support your people. I believe you are still in Egypt and you have not yet escaped it morally. Why I am saying this is because my account has been suspended 3 times (30 days each time) in the lat 4 months. Every comment I posted in favor of Israel, your automated response said i was violating Facebook community standards. In France, rumors abound that Facebook's moderators are located in Muslim countries such as Tunisia, Algeria,Morocco and Pakistan and that explains why most critics of hamas, Islam and political Islam are censored by Muslim moderators who support Hamas. My comments were not offensive but true but based on facts. Some examples: Hamas is using children as Human shields, 14 of the 16 killed in Gaza were Hamas terrorists, Israel has the right to defend itself…and so on And every time, I get the same answer: "Your behavior is not allowed on Facebook by violating Facebook Community Standards" Facebook  is dealing with some serious contradictions of promoting free speech while running the world's biggest social network, after being called out on the gap between words and Facebook policy. I reported hundreds of times the violent and anti-Semitic hate speech posted on Facebook that should be considered against your Community Standards. The anti-Semites who abound on Facebook post the same hatred that led the Jewish people to the gas chambers. This group spews the same hateful propaganda that targeted a minority population to carry out a systematic genocide against the Jews in Europe. Are you conscious of that? No Hate Speech on Facebook, unless it's against the Jews, of course! This is not the first time that Facebook chooses to take sides. I have reported several pages over the last five years only to get the same answer from Facebook staff. This group produces the same vile hatred that has persecuted your people for millennia under the false premises that the Jewish people are the cause of all of the world's problems. I think Facebook has a moral obligation to stop giving anti-Semites a voice and an outlet to call for murdering Jews and comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. It is unacceptable for a social media as important as yours to allow such blatant Jew-hatred, or any hatred for that matter. As a Jew, you can't ignore the hateful rhetoric against Jews that has been rampant on Facebook for decades.  Or perhaps it just doesn't matter to you? If you read this letter, I hope that you take my words to heart and do the courageous thing. Do the humane thing. Do the right thing. · Remove all Facebook pages that call for the death of Jews, Israelis (or Zionists). · Remove all articles from biased media like Al-Jazeera, TeleSUR, RT, MintPress News, Middle East Eye, Sydney Morning Herald, BBC, The Guardian, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Courrier international, Le Nouvelobs, Le Parisien and others if they promote hatred against Israel and the Jews. Remove this comment posted (april 2016) on your page with 475 likes  We all know too well that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism.  Dr Martin Luther King Jr put it this way when he was approached by a student who attacked Zionism, when people criticize Zionists, King said, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism. I urge you, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook to respond the call and stand as a proud Jew against the blatant Jew-hatred that has plagued us for millennia and has only gotten stronger in the last few weeks. The time has come where our people need to be united as one. Our people need to come together and support one another,  but you just have to be a proponent of truth, justice, fairness and accountability for all mankind. If we don't say anything, we have no right to complain when Israelis are getting stabbed to death on the streets of Israel or French Jews machine gunned in a kosher supermarket or Mireille Knoll, the 85-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor who was murdered in her apartment. Mark Zuckerberg, we recently celebrated Pesach Give yourself a chance to leave Egypt. The Volunteers: Answering the Call of History Toldot Yisrael (http://www.toldotyisrael.org) presents the stories of volunteers from around the world who came in 1948 to help build and defend the State of Israel. "You came to us when we needed you most, during those difficult, uncertain days in our War of Independence. You gave us not only your experience, but your lives as well. The people of Israel and the State of Israel will never forget, and will always cherish, this unique contribution made by you -- the volunteers of Machal." - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 1993 This movie is the third episode in the "Eyewitness 1948" short film series produced by Toldot Yisrael and the History Channel. It is the centerpiece of an educational pilot program developed with The iCenter and made possible through the generous support of the Jim Joseph Foundation and others. Producer Eric Halivni (Weisberg) Director and Editor Tal Ella Production and Research Peleg Levy Cinematography Promo Films Natasha Dudinski Peleg Levy Bridget Dungan Yuval Shousterman George Wise Narrator: Troy De Lowe   Editor Nahum Grinberg    Original Score and Sound Editor Uri Kalian A clever wise person will understand his way (Proverbs 14:8).   This verse can be applied to understanding the ways and tactics of the yetzer hara. The yetzer hara has one mission: to cause a person to self-destruct. However, the yetzer hara is very wily. Realizing that a person will defend against his evil seductions, it seeks first to disarm the person. Suppose that I was your sworn enemy, determined to destroy you. It would be foolish for me to make a frontal attack, since you would undoubtedly defend yourself. I must therefore seek to first disarm you. Each time I meet you, I greet you pleasantly and inquire as to your welfare. I try to find occasions where I may be of actual help to you. Although you may have initially been wary that I might be hostile to you, my repeated benevolent behavior eventually leads you not only to drop your suspicions, but even to believe that I am your friend and have your best interests at heart. Once I have achieved this, I am then free to do whatever I wish to destroy you, since your assumption of my good intentions has caused you to relinquish your guard. The yetzer hara operates in the exact same way. It may tell you to do things for yourself that seem innocent enough. "How can you go to shul in such a snowstorm? You may catch cold. You can pray at home, because God is everywhere." Strange, this same argument does not keep you from going to the office. A truly wise person will think, "If I were the yetzer hara, what measures might I use to mislead someone?" And then use the very same cleverness to outwit the yetzer hara. Today I shall ... be on the alert for any suggestions that might be the work of the yetzer hara. 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