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Shackled Warrior – Israel and the Global Jihad

{image_1} While our Dispatch commentaries normally are written by our own staff, occasionally, we use commentary written by guest writers. We are pleased that Caroline Glick gave us permission to publish the preface of her new book (same as the title of this article). Caroline Glick is an American Jew, who immigrated to Israel in 1991 with a degree in political science from Columbia University. She served in the IDF for five and a half years, as Assistant Foreign Policy Advisor to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1997–1998, and has been working as Deputy Managing Editor of The Jerusalem Post since 2002. To access her articles, go to www.carolineglick.com.

“No Terrorist Country alongside Israel”

{image_1} Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni threatened a stalemate in the peace process if a Palestinian unity government is formed that does not recognize the right of Israel to exist. The comments came after Yemen attempted to restart dialogue between the Gazan government of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority led by Fatah.

Valley of Elah – Park Opens

{image_1} The Valley of Elah, the site of the biblical epic battle between David and Goliath is the site of a new park with some very old features. Situated between modern-day Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in a picturesque valley, visitors in the spring are greeted by a carpet of red anemones and multicolored lupins. Vineyards and viticulture are one of the main valley industries, adding to the beauty. Tour groups often stop to imagine the battle between David and Goliath and to visit the hand-carved underground city of Beit Guvrin, which dates back at least 3,000 years.

Latest City of David Find – A First Temple Period Inscription

{image_1} An inscription from the First Temple Period was found recently by Professor Ronny Reich of Haifa University and Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in their excavations near the Siloam Pool at the southern tip of the City of David. According to Reich, “We can date it to the eighth century BC through the shape of the letters and the pottery with which it was found.” Reich said that the inscription consisted of only six Hebrew letters found on several 2 to 3-inch (5 to 7.6-centimeter) fragments of white stone that was “broken from all sides.” He also said that it was still too early to know exactly what the inscription is and that more fragments would need to be found. However, Reich did agree that inscriptions from this period are indeed rare.

“We Will Eliminate Israel”

{image_1} “The time has come to see the weakness and collapse of the Zionist regime and its supporters. They are doing everything in order to save it, but they will not succeed.

Dollar’s Decline Hurting Israeli Economy

{image_1} The American dollar’s value against the Israeli shekel has dropped more than 20% since last summer, at around 3.5 shekels to the dollar. On March 18, the exchange rate hit its lowest point since 1997 at 3.38 shekels. In response to the decline, the Bank of Israel took the unusual move of buying American dollars for the first time since 1997.

Globetrotting with Cellular Translation

{image_1}Most of us have been at a business conference or traveling when we meet a great person, but run into a language barrier. We can share no more than a simple “Hello,” “Shalom,” or “Bonjour” before parting ways. Israel’s CelloTrip plans to change that and open the world to multilingual “street talk,” by letting people send a one-line text message and receive a translation seconds later with its phonetic pronunciation.

New Early-warning System for Israel

{image_1} Israel has expanded her missile defense capabilities with an agreement from the United States to connect to the US Early-Warning Radar System. The worldwide system can be used to detect ballistic missile launches. In an e-mail to Bridges for Peace on the subject, the Israeli Ministry of Defense spokesperson would only say that “the subject is in negotiation with the Americans.”

Growing (without) Pains

{image_1} There’s nothing good about a broken leg, or, maybe there is. A technology for resetting fractures and lengthening limbs is being adapted to treat not only severe bone injuries, but disproportionate limbs due to congenital defects, accident, or illness. The new treatment, developed by Israel’s Orthogon, enables limb lengthening without suffering.

Fast Airline Security Checks

{image_1}In a post 9/11 world, the term “airport security” is synonymous with long lines, delays, and random suitcase inspections. Now there is a possibility that the notorious delays will be cut shorter. So hopes Ze’ev Harel, CEO of Israeli company Xurity. Founded in 2003, it is part of an incubator run by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. Harel has an extensive background in X-ray technology, with Xurity being the latest in a series of projects.

The Hurva Rises Again

{image_1}The Hurva Synagogue, in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, was Israel’s largest and central synagogue for 84 years. In 1948, it—along with 28 others—was destroyed by the Jordanians. Now, its famous dome is rising above the city’s skyline to once again become a prominent piece of Jerusalem’s landscape. This house of prayer, as Jewish people call it, has a glorious history that matches its former glorious interior.

Russian Pamphlets: Jews Use Children’s Blood in Matzot

{image_1} Hundreds of anti-Semitic pamphlets were distributed in the Russian city of Novosibirsk warning residents of a supposed Jewish practice of kidnapping children to use their blood for Passover matzot [unleavened bread plural]. “Beware Russian parents. Keep watch over your children before the coming of April 2008, the Jewish holiday of Passover. These disgusting people still engage in ritual practice to their gods. They kidnap small children and remove some of their blood and use it to prepare their holy food [matzah]. They throw the bodies [of the children] out in garbage dumps,” the notices read.

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