Israeli Hit by Syrian Gunfire; IDF Prepares to Enter Bloody Civil War - Israel Today

Israeli Hit by Syrian Gunfire; IDF Prepares to Enter Bloody Civil War

Friday, November 03, 2017 |  Israel Today Staff

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Israel has in recent years carried out numerous targeted strikes against Hezbollah targets in the context of Syria's ongoing civil war.

But the Jewish state has been careful to avoid actually being pulled into the conflagration.

Until now.

Israeli military leaders on Friday vowed to intervene in defense of the Syrian Druze village of Hader, which lies a short distance over the border in the Golan Heights.

Hader has been aligned with the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad (the Druze are typically loyal to whichever party is in power), making it a target for all of the various rebel and Islamist groups participating in Syria's civil war.

Earlier in the day, Hader was attacked by a suicide bomber from the jihadist group Al Nusra. Nine people were killed and another 23 injured.

IDF Brigadier General Ronen Manelis announced that the Israeli army was prepared to "prevent Hader from being harmed or occupied as part of our commitment to the Druze population."

Such a commitment could very quickly bring Israeli forces into direct conflict with Al Nusra and other rebel groups.

The decision came just hours after a Druze resident of northern Israel was hit by stray gunfire from Syria. The victim is in stable condition.

The Druze residents of Israel consider themselves blood-brothers of the Jewish majority.

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Jews Openly Pray Atop Temple Mount For First Time in Decades - Israel Today

Jews Openly Pray Atop Temple Mount For First Time in Decades

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 |  Israel Today Staff

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Jewish visitors to Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Monday did something that many are calling a prophetic breakthrough–they prayed, openly and without harassment.

Typically, non-Muslim visitors to Judaism's holiest site are accompanied by officials from the Islamic Trust (Waqf) to ensure they don't engage in acts of Christian or Jewish worship, which in the eyes of Muslims would desecrate the sacred compound that is today occupied by several mosques.

But this week, the Waqf was boycotting the Temple Mount over Israel's decision to reinstall metal detectors at its entrances.

Previously, Israel had removed the metal detectors at the behest of the Waqf and its Jordanian overseers. That ill-advised move enabled three Israeli Arab Muslim terrorists to enter the Temple Mount with guns last week. Following Friday prayers, they proceeded to murder two Israeli police officers there.

So Israel reinstalled the metal detectors. And the Waqf stayed away (and urged other Muslims to do the same). And Jews flocked to the Temple Mount unhindered for the first time in many years.

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The first thing one of the Jewish groups did was go to the very point where the police officers were killed last week and recite prayers for the deceased and their families.

What made this action particularly poignant was that the officers themselves weren't Jewish. They were both members of Israel's Druze minority.

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Druze Lawmaker Fulfills Promise to 'Bring Jews Home' - Israel Today

Druze Lawmaker Fulfills Promise to 'Bring Jews Home'

Monday, March 21, 2016 |  Israel Today Staff

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Israel on Monday completed its final rescue of Yemenite Jews, a goal that had been central to the campaign promises of Member of Knesset Ayoub Kara (Likud), a leading member of the Arabic-speaking Druze community.

The mission, accomplished in coordination with the Jewish Agency and the US State Department, saw 19 of the remaining members of Yemen’s Jewish community “come home” to the Jewish state.

A further 50 Jews chose to stay in Yemen, where they all live in a protected compound adjacent to the US Embassy in Sana’a.

“This is a highly significant moment in the history of Israel and of Aliyah,” stated Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky. “This chapter in the history of one of the world’s oldest Jewish communities is coming to an end, but Yemenite Jewry’s unique, 2,000-year-old contribution to the Jewish people will continue in the State of Israel.”

Kara, who serves as Deputy Minister for Regional Cooperation, was particularly pleased by the accomplishment.

“I am happy to have achieved this very important goal for my Jewish brothers in Yemen to come to Israel,” said the Druze lawmaker. “We successfully brought Jewish families that were threatened by death and assimilation.”

The Houthi jihadists that are currently in control of much of Yemen had threatened the country’s Jews to either convert to Islam or face execution.

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