Fireworks and rocks wound police as Jews enter holiest site in Judaism mere hours before Rosh Hashana; one Jew arrested.

The irony of it. The US started out creating a coalition centered on the Muslim Brotherhood to bring down Assad. Then there were problems of how to distinguish between the moderate opposition and the radical opposition. Obama declared the MB was part of the former. Now ISIS has become strong enough to bring down Assad and Obama decided to try to create a coalition to do so. The coalition is in name only. No meaningful help is coming from anyone. Obviously his present intention is to bring down ISIS rather that Assad. Not only that he notified Iran and Syria that he will not attack them while doing so. In other words, he is now protecting their regime. Furthermore he now has the support of the US government to arm the moderate opposition to Assad and the problem of who they are is no longer of concern. What an about face. Ted Belman

Nasrallah: Hezbollah opposes U.S.-led air strikes in Syria; Syria’s Assad expresses support for anti-ISIS coalition; Five Arab states participate in air strikes.

HAARETZ

00:14 P.M. The U.S. informed Iran in advance of its intention to strike Islamic State militants in Syria and told Tehran that it would not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, a senior Iranian official told Reuters.

“This issue was first discussed in Geneva and then was discussed thoroughly in New York where Iran was assured that Assad and his government will not be targeted in case of any military action against Daesh (Islamic State) in Syria,” the official said on condition of anonymity. He added that Iran was informed separately in advance of the airstrike.
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Councilman Arieh King exposes ‘de facto division’ of the capital, with all the figures behind his prediction of an Arab majority by 2030.

By Ari Yashar and Tamar Yonah

Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King spoke to Arutz Sheva on Sunday, revealing the governmental policies from the highest echelons down to the grittiest building and population figures that lead him to reach one shocking conclusion: by 2030, Jerusalem will be an Arab capital.

King began by discussing the Sunday morning rock attack on a bus filled with 65 children making their way to school from Ma’aleh Hazeitim, a Jewish neighborhood on the Mount of Olives where King lives. He revealed that the attack by Arab terrorists is in fact a routine for Jews in the neighborhood, happening three times last week and dozens of times last month at the same exact spot. “The question is: where are the Israeli police?” asked King rhetorically. The councilman answered his own question, noting there is “no doubt that the problem is from the top, from the government.”
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It is extremely important that the Knesset pass legislation that allows it to override decisions of the Court. The court is fixated on human rights and not on Zionist rights. By that I mean that sometimes human rights need to take a back seat to things like security and Zionism. The latter has to do with keeping Israel as a Jewish state first and foremost. Ted Belman

Residents of southern Tel Aviv set up a “mourning tent” in reaction to the High Court’s decision to strike down the Infiltrators Law.

The IDF say aircraft did not fall in Israeli territory but did enter Israel’s airspace before interception.

Ahiya Raved, YNET
Published: 09.23.14, 10:02 / Israel News

The IDF confirmed Tuesday morning that a Syrian fighter jet was shot down by an Israeli patriot missile over the Golan Heights.

“A jet was successfully intercepted by our aerial defense system along the Syrian border,” the IDF said in a statement.

A senior military source added that “the discovery, identification and interception was quickly and professionally executed and the IAF stood its guard. The interception was done with a surface to air Patriot missile.”

A patriot missile was fired in the Golan Tuesday morning, shooting down a suspicious aircraft that infiltrated Israel’s airspace from Syria. It was initially unclear if the aircraft was an UAV. The IDF said the aircraft did not fall in Israeli territory but did enter Israel’s airspace.
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Despite Chancellor Merkel’s recent high-profile call to fight rising anti-Semitism, the German tax payer remains one of the leading sponsors of hate groups targeting Israel and the Jewish people. It’s got to stop
THE COMMENTATOR

A week after Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed her government’s commitment to fight anti-Semitism at a landmark rally in Berlin, a lot needs to be done on the ground to stop the rising tide of anti-Semitism.

At home, German Law enforcement authorities have not only shown apathy and inaction, as in the case of the Muslim Imam in Berlin who called for the extermination of Jews, or against demonstrators in many German cities blaring anti-Semitic slogans. Police have sometimes seemed to go out of their way, allowing demonstrators to use police-megaphones and vehicles to spread the hate – as in Frankfurt and Hagen recently.

Internationally, the German tax payer remains a leading sponsor of NGOs and groups that target Israel and the Jewish people.
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JPOST

The Saudi Peace Initiative of 2002 is no longer relevant in the much-altered Middle East of 2014, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu indicated this week, in a Rosh Hashana interview with The Jerusalem Post that will appear in full in Wednesday’s paper.

“The question is not the Saudi peace initiative,” Netanyahu said, asked if he would accept the proposal now.

“If you read it carefully, you’ll see it was set up in another period, before the rise of Hamas; before Hamas took over Gaza; before ISIS [Islamic State] took over chunks of Syria and Iraq, effectively dismantling those countries; before Iran’s accelerated nuclear program,” he said.
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By Shalom Bear, JEWISH PRESS

It has been released for publication that the two Hamas terrorists, Marwan Kawasme (29) and Amar Abu Aisha (32) have been killed in a complex intelligence operation by the Shabak, IDF and SWAT teams in an operation overnight. The two were the terrorists who had had kidnapped and murdered the three Israeli teenagers, Gilad Shaar (16), Naftali Frankel (16), and Eyal Yifrach (19).

The three were kidnapped in Gush Etzion on June 12, 2014, near a hitchhiking post.

The IDF had attempted to arrest the two terrorists, when the terrorists began to shoot back. The terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire.

In addition, Bashar Kawasme, Muhammad Kawasme and Taar Kawasme, the sons of Arafart Kawasme were arrested. Arafat Kawasme was arrested on July 14, charged with helping the killers after they murdered the boys.

You will have to excuse me for posting an article by Amira Haas but I thought it was good reporting rather than propaganda. It is clear from this report that all the organizations involved are angling to remove the blockade entirely and liberate Area C for Arab development. Ted Belman

The Strip now has two governments, one run by Hamas and the other by the Palestinian Authority.

By Amira Haas, HAARETZ

[..] Four main reports were sent to participants in advance of Monday’s (donor’s) meeting, one each from the PA, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. While they differ in wording and emphasis, all contain two predictable conclusions: Massive international aid will be needed to rebuild the Gaza Strip, and the effort must be carried out by PA institutions only, in coordination with international organizations and private contractors. In their reports, the IMF and the World Bank stress that donor states must continue to contribute to the PA’s budget.

All the reports say Gaza cannot be rebuilt without ending the blockade on the territory, or at least (in the IMF report) easing restrictions on movement. The UN, PA and World Bank reports all say that rehabilitating the Palestinian economy will require Israel to remove its restrictions on development in Area C, the part of the West Bank under full Israeli control. They also deem the continuation of the Palestinian unity government an essential precondition for reconstruction.
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By Uri Savir, AL MONITOR

“US President Barack Obama shakes hands before speaking after a military briefing at US Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, Sept. 17, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Larry Downing)

Between beheadings, they’ll help train the “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Posted by: Brian of London in Brian of London September 22, 2014

After WWII people were transferred and borders redrawn so that the new states would be homogenous. Separation was in vogue. Then in the seventies unification was in vogue and the EU was born. The same push and pull has been going on in the ME including Israel. The separatists are now on the rise again because integration doesn’t work especially when groups have so many extreme differences in culture and religion.

See: Two-state solution moving further from reality.

People in the right and in the left are trying to force one big Jewish-Arab state on us. If it’s not working in the united continent, it definitely won’t work in the split Middle East.

By Ben DrOr Yemini, YNET

Europe is not falling apart, and neither is the European Union. But something is happening there.

A majority of 55% in Scotland voted against splitting from Great Britain. The kingdom will remain united. But the growing national feelings, after hundreds of years of unity, point to the direction the continent is heading in.

Since World War II, and as a result of the lessons of that war, there have been two contradicting trends in Europe. On the one hand, a huge wave of population exchange, for the purpose of creating nation states that would be as homogenous as possible.

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By Arlene Kushner

Then, I want to share a level-headed and informed assessment of Mahmoud Abbas’s recent threats. You’ve heard much of this from me, but better still to hear it from an international lawyer.

Alan Baker – director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and director of the International Action Division of the Legal Forum for Israel – says, in his piece – “Is Abbas Serious?” – that (emphasis added):

“The Palestinian Authority leadership’s fixation on ‘internationalizing the conflict’ by ‘going back to the UN,’ joining various international conventions and taking Israeli political and military leaders to the International Criminal Court sounds dramatic and even threatening. But it involves a large degree of self-delusion…
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I think these Bedouin are already living in Area C. What this plan hopes to do is congregate them in one area rather than to have them live lawlessly throughout the Jordan valley, i.e., they squat anywhere they want and don’t pay for services or pay real estate tax. See,
Defense minister greenlights new Palestinian Bedouin town near Jericho
The new town, to be called Rashaida, is located on lands in Area C — those under full Israeli civil and security control • The goal is to gather together hundreds of families scattered throughout the area

ICA’s plans to build Bedouin town near Jericho on Jewish areas of Judea-Samaria ‘steal state lands,’ Regional Council head fumes.

By Benny Toker, Tova Dvorin, INN

Chairman of the Jordan Valley Regional Council David Elhayani slammed the Civil Administration Sunday, attributing an agenda to the government office for promoting Bedouin building on Jewish land in Judea and Samaria.

“The Civil Administration promotes this plan on its own initiative, and it will affect our future,” Elhayani warned, in a special interview with Arutz Sheva. “I spoke with a number of ministers and the Secretary of the Cabinet, and no one seems to know about this plan; this is outrageous and cannot be explained.”

Elhayani stated that the new town, dubbed “Tlat Nu’ima,” is due to be built north of Yeriho (Jericho) in Samaria – and be populated mostly by Bedouin east of Jerusalem.  Read more…

I have set up a chat box in Right Column.

Please stop making comments that have nothing to do with the post.

If you want to address other commenters, do it in this chat box.

I am not sure how it works and will be adjusting it during the next few days.

Bill de Blasio says ads, which aim to ‘tell the truth about Islam,’ are ‘outrageous and inflammatory.’

By The Associated Press and Haaretz

New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday that an anti-Islamic ad campaign on the city’s buses was “outrageous, inflammatory and wrong.”

The ads, which will appear on 100 New York City buses and two subway entrances next week, have “no place in New York City, or anywhere,” he said in a statement to the Daily News.

The ads are paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative run by blogger Pamela Geller. She says the campaign highlights points about Islam ignored by government and media.

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Kurds fear impending massacre in strategic Syrian border town of Kobani; more than 300 Kurdish fighters cross into Syria from Turkey to help push back Islamic State, observatory leader says.