ISRAEL (IINO)
Ben-Gvir demands police explain ‘collective punishment’ of Ateret
Israeli security forces locked down the Samaria community after dozens of Jewish rioters rampaged through several Palestinian towns.
June 25, 2023 / JNS) – Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday instructed police to investigate what he called the collective punishment imposed on the Jewish community of Ateret in Samaria the day before.
“It is forbidden to punish an entire public. Given that it wasn’t permissible to seal off Issawiya [a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem], it’s not clear why it was possible to seal off the settlement of Ateret,” said a statement released by Ben-Gvir’s office.
He demanded an explanation of why police blocked the entry to the community and carried out inspections of all those entering and leaving.
The police apparently sealed the community in connection with the burning by Jews of at least two homes and two cars in the nearby Arab village of Umm Safa on Saturday. Clashes between the two sides resumed later on nearby Highway 60.
[Ed.: PLO musloids in IINO are treated with kid gloves, but Jews living in Judea-Samaria are treated with brass knuckles. Nice!” A Jewish State” it isn’t…]
Netanyahu calls Ben-Gvir’s Evyatar statement ‘unacceptable’
During a visit to the unauthorized outpost, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for Israelis to “run to the hills, settle there.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reprimanded National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday for encouraging Jews to come and settle the unauthorized outpost of Evyatar in Samaria.
Hundreds of Israeli Jews flocked to the outpost immediately following the deadly terrorist attack near Eli on June 20. During a visit to the site on Friday, Ben-Gvir said, “Run to the hills, settle there, we love you.”
The outpost had his “full and complete backing,” he said, “but I want much more from the settlement here. There should be a full settlement here—not only here, but in all the hills around us.”
Site near Haifa was Phoenician factory for producing Biblical blue dye ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ
“Speak to B’nei Yisrael and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner.” NUMBERS 15:38 (THE ISRAEL BIBLE)
JUNE 25, 2023 – A recently published article solved a mystery that has been puzzling researchers for 50 years. The research now suggests that an isolated site north of Haifa was the source of the precious indigo dye used in the Temple and was the product of cooperation between the Israelites and Phoenicians.
The article, titled “Between Israel and Phoenicia: The Iron IIA–B Fortified Purple-dye Production Centre at Tel Shiqmona,” was published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University. The ancient Phoenician archaeological site on the coast near Haifa was first excavated about fifty years ago. Researchers discovered artifacts dating back to the Late Bronze Age (11th Century BCE). The site is the only location on the Mediterranean that produced techelet dye from Murex snails, and the rocky reefs adjacent to Tel Shikmona were the ideal habitat for the snails.
The dye was highly prized in the ancient world. The purple dye is often referred to as “Tyrian Purple” because it is thought to have originated in the Phoenician seaside city of Tyre, about 30 miles north of Haifa in modern-day Lebanon. Its production was one of the major industries for the Phoenicians.
“This color of purple never fades, and the technology that enables the dyeing of fibers was probably invented in the Levant, though people usually ascribe it to Lebanese Phoenicians,” said Prof. Ayelet Gilboa of the University of Haifa, who led the study with Dr. Golan Shalvi, a research fellow in the Zinman Institute of Archaeology in the University of Haifa.
“This is the best place along the Israeli coast with the best habitat for the snails that produce the dye,” said Gilboa. “Here, the Carmel Ridge continues into the sea, so the surface of the rocks underwater is quite high, and it’s very easy to access the shells.”
Safed Chief Rabbi: 2-tiered justice system treats Jews more harshly than Arabs
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu asks why measures taken against Jewish rioters are not being taken against Arabs who commit the same crimes.
Jun 25, 2023, 1:40 PM (GMT+3) – Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu accused the judicial system of treating Jewish rioters more harshly than non-Jewish rioters following the terrorist shooting attack near Eli in which four civilians were murdered last Tuesday.
“In the Galilee, there is a phenomenon that is not seen everywhere, but it is seen in the south and sometimes even in Tel Aviv – protection. Criminals want to extort money from business owners. They burn buses, burn trucks and burn businesses. They turn to the police and the police say, ‘We know who it is, but we have no proof.’ So is the Shin Bet brought in, are administrative detentions used? No, it’s business as usual. No week passes here without buses or trucks being burned, so the insurance no longer want to provide insurance,” Rabbi Eliyahu said.
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Rabbi Eliyahu continued: “Suddenly you hear that there was an attack and four Jews were murdered and people got angry – they burned cars, and burned houses, suddenly there are administrative arrests. Why? Against Jews it is allowed and against Arabs from the Galilee it is forbidden? Are there two sets of laws in this country? Is this acceptable to you? Acceptable to anyone? In the UN human rights law there is a passage, which is written in the Jewish Halacha from thousands of years ago, ‘You shall have one law’. A country that doesn’t have a single law for everyone, it’s not called a judicial system – it’s an anti-justice. system. May we have a real justice system.”
[Ed.: There is a well-known and true expression that says “It’s hard to be a Jew!” But, it’s even harder if you’re a Jew in IINO!!]
