Jeremy Gimpel, co-host of“Tuesday Night Live,” joins Tovia Live on air answering listener’s probing questions.

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And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day...

All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three-score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men...

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In an eye-opening interview, Knesset member Tzipi Hotovely insists that Israel must be proactive instead of allowing the world to force a two-state solution on the Jewish state. She argues that Israel must annex all of Judea and Samaria and gradually offer citizenship to Arabs loyal to the Jewish State. Show opens with award-winning TV producer Lorelai Kude who is promoting Temple Mount awareness day with an assent to Judaism’s holiest site March 16th.

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Yishai interview Rabbi Etan Tokayer about his mission to save the yet-unborn Jewish baby and thereby to build the Jewish State, one healthy baby at a time. Then: two groups visit Yishai at the studios - a gentile group with a love for Israel and the exuberant young men's yeshiva, Lev HaTorah.

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Yishai and Malkah tell Joe Biden to go find another lot for his used car business. Joe is selling Israel a raw deal by trying to thwart the building of Jerusalem, but we're not 'Biden'! Israel's economy is booming, and Yishai and Malkah are laughing all the way to bank.

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Hour 1
Website Dapei Katom's goal is to help businesses in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley, as well as the budding ventures of former Gush Katif residents. The fledgling on-line directory is the brainchild of Gedaliah Blum; his wife Elisheva joins Eve (her mother...) to explain how important this new effort is in helping Yesha community residents earn a living despite boycotts and other difficulties.www.dkatom.com

Laibl Wolf has devoted his life to providing a 'wholistic' approach for clarity of mind, balance of emotions, and strength of body, by drawing on ancient Jewish wisdoms and contemporary insights. He travels constantly around the world from his native Australia, teaching a blend of Chassidut, Kabbalah and modern understandings that can be applied to enhance every day life. Many Jews search other places for what is in our own heritage, not aware of the treasures that lie in our Torah and history, and that were almost lost. The Center in Melbourne is a paradigm for a creative and complete Jewish life- down to the food we eat. www.spiritgrow.org

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Harold Rhode recently retired from the US Defense Department, where he was an expert specializing in Iran and Turkey. From his days as an American Jewish university student in Masha'ad during the Iranian Revolution till now, he has immersed himself in understanding and interpreting the history, culture, religion and mores of the Iranian people. He shares some of his vast insights and intellectual reasoning and thoughts with Eve. This man is a fabulous resource on a topic that is all too current- and all too misunderstood- by those of us in the West, who cannot afford to do so. The days of MAD are over. Listen and learn.

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Alex Safian, Associate Director and Research Director at CAMERA, exposes the fraudulent claims, factual errors, false analogies and outright hypocrisy of“Israel Apartheid Week.” Moreover, Safian explains that extreme, leftist Israeli Haaretz writers, fuel the slander against the Jewish state. CAMERA is the Boston-based Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in Americawww.camera.org. (http://www.israeliapartheidweek.com/default.asp)

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Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet Saturday night, March 12, to discuss the spiraling crisis with Washington and his first response.
debkafile's military andWashingtonsources report: The Obama administration is considering withholding fromIsraelmilitary items urgently needed in case of a flare-up of hostilities withIranand its allies. This would further ratchet up the row over the added 1,600 homes inE. Jerusalem.

 

The crisis in US-Israeli relations took a sharp turn for the worse Friday night, March 12, with a phone call fromUSSecretary of State Hillary Clinton warning Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu that the relationship was at risk.debkafilereports: He was given to understand thatIsraelmust make sweeping concessions to prove its interest in renewed talks with the Palestinians, including inJerusalem, and accept the Obama administration's line onIran.

 

In view of the Revolutionary Guards' apparent disenchantment with Ahmadinejad, White House Iran strategists believe they may play ball with Washington for reducing him to a lame-duck president while preparing his successor.

Gen. Petraeus reveals some Gulf rulers are worried enough about a nuclear-armed Iran to accept a US or even an Israeli military operation to abort it. Arabs, Israelis and even some US generals frown on the secret Obama dialogue with Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Tehran is fearful of US troop concentrations in western Afghanistan when the main thrust of the coalition's campaign against Taliban is in the south. Iran does not believe US curbs on an Israeli attack are for real.

In a cool message to Washington through Paris, Syria insists its ties with Iran are strategic and dictated by the need for"resistance" to Israel. Heavy Syrian missiles supplies will continue to cross the border to Hizballah, except for the sophisticated Russia anti-air Gecko - for now.

Hizballah ran to Tehran for a bailout after its funding sources were hit by three disasters: Imad Mughniyeh's fund-raising contacts dried up with his death, the organization fell victim to a pyramid fraud and its overseas financial agents died in the Ethiopian Airline crash near Beirut.

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US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived inRiyadhWednesday, March 10, flying in unexpectedly fromKabulinAfghanistan, after the Saudis demanded urgent clarifications of the Obama administration'sIranpolicy.debkafile's military sources report the demand followed the failure of US Vice President Joe Biden's talks with Israeli leaders to resolve their differences onIran.

 

DEBKA-Net-Weekly's latest issue, out this Friday, reveals US officials are immersed in hush-hush contacts with Iranian regime elements marking the Obama administration's fourth and most dramatic zigzag on Tehran. US military chiefs, moderate Arab governments and Israel are deeply concerned about possible regional repercussions from this radical turnabout.
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"our rifles must unite, against the enemy who steals our land, and not
against one another..."

Bulletin
March 13, 2010
Palestinian Media Watch
Click here to view PMW's new web site

PA TV interviews terrorist's sister
on anniversary of terror attack
www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=1764
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
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March 11, 1978 is the date of the worst terror attack in Israel's history,
when 37 people were murdered in a bus hijacking known as the "Coastal Road
Massacre". Palestinian Authority TV opened its broadcasting last week on the
32nd anniversary of the terror attack praising it as:

"A glorious chapter in the history of the Palestinian people... [near Tel
Aviv] in the heart of the occupation state. The operation shocked the
occupation entity."

PA TV's praise of the attack was part of the introduction to an interview
with Rashida Mughrabi, sister of terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who commanded the
attack.

She also praised the attack and called for further terror against Israel,
who she referred to as "the Zionist enemy":

"This is a day of glory and pride for our Palestinian people and a blow to
the Zionists... we must unite, and our rifles must unite, against the enemy
who steals our land."

The following is from the PA TV interview with Rashida Mughrabi:

Host: "Now, dear viewers, we move on to a glorious chapter in the history of
the Palestinian people. On this day in 1978, the Shahida (Martyr) Dalal
Mughrabi prepared to meet her God by carrying out a self-sacrifice operation
of Martyrdom-seeking [near Tel Aviv] in the heart of the occupation state.
The operation shocked the occupation entity at the time and has left its
mark until today and for years to come. Dalal Mughrabi, the Palestinian
Shahida (Martyr), has become a symbol and model of resistance, sacrifice,
and Martyrdom-seeking; a model of giving and of redemption of the homeland."

Rashida Mughrabi, sister of terrorist Dalal Mughrabi: "This is a day of
glory and pride for our Palestinian people and a blow to the Zionists, who
view it as a day of blood for them. It is a day of pride for us, just as the
day which they see as [Israeli] Independence Day, is our day of
catastrophe...

Before she set out for the operation and fell as a Shahida, Dalal left a
message for our father, a will to all of our brother fighters, to point the
rifles - all the rifles - at the Zionist enemy... And if people have not
taken note of her will, let them now take note that we must unite, and our
rifles must unite, against the enemy who steals our land, and not against
one another...

Of course, the Fatah movement - or most of the Fatah members, who believe in
[its] line, have kept her will; they have not turned their weapons against
Palestinians, and the rifles have remained [pointed] at the Zionist enemy...
Whoever is not aware of this issue should take note: we are in danger; our
issue is in danger, and the rifles - all the rifles - must be pointed at the
Zionist enemy, as Dalal willed it thirty years ago...

[Responding to the pressure to cancel the inauguration of the public square
named after her sister:]

I believe that it is our right, that many of our people view [the
anniversary of the attack] as a day of pride for the Palestinian people and
for the Palestinian woman, who has carried out battles throughout history.
Dalal is a source of pride for the Palestinian woman. It is our right to
honor her. There is an Israeli demand not to celebrate in honor of Dalal.
There are high school students and members of the Shabiba [Fatah] youth
movement who are adamant about their right to honor Dalal today. They want
to assemble at 1:00 in the afternoon around the square, which will be named
after Dalal this afternoon, and, Allah willing, we will see you there, so
that we can all show our pride in our fighters, in the Palestinian woman -
in Dalal Mughrabi."

IDF Spokesperson
March 13th, 2010

General Closure of the Judea and Samaria Region Extended Until Tuesday

In accordance with the directives of the Minister of Defense, Mr. Ehud
Barak, and following additional situation assessments adopted by the defense
establishment, the general closure implemented in the Judea and Samaria
region as of Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 23:59 will be extended. It is now
expected to be lifted on the night of Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at 23:59, in
accordance with security assessments.

For the duration of the closure, persons who will need to pass for
humanitarian reasons, including medical patients on way to care, 1500
medical workers, 1100 religious workers, 550 teachers and other professional
groups will be permitted to cross subject to the authorization of the Civil
Administration. The transfer of merchandise will operate regularly.

The passage of journalists will also be permitted. As always, the IDF
Spokesperson Unit strongly suggests that passage into the Judea and Samaria
region be coordinated in advance.

The IDF will continue to operate in order to protect the citizens of Israel
while maintaining the quality of life of the Palestinian population in the
area.

Excerpts: No to weapons outside Lebanese State control. Indonesia uneasy
about Obama visit.Egypt arrests unusual number of Muslim Brotherhood
members.Muslim/Christian clashes in Egypt March 13, 2010

+++SOURCE: NAHARNET(Lebanon) 13 Mar.'10:"Geagea: Weapons Outside State
Control
Sign of Abnormality"
QUote: "Geagea:'the state cannot coexist with revolution'

FULL TEXT:Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Saturday(13 Mar)that
weapons outside the control of the state either in Palestinian camps or in
bases outside the shantytowns or with Hizbullah are a sign of abnormality.
In any place in the world, "the state cannot coexist with revolution,"
Geagea told al-Sharq radio. The suggestion of the state, its army and
resistance should defend Lebanon "is nonexistence in any other place and
could not be found in the history of humanity."

On all-party talks at Baabda palace, the LF leader said: "It would be better
to continue with dialogue even if practical results were not achieved."

The situation could reflect negatively on the country's stability if
dialogue comes to a standstill, he said.

He warned from the fragile security situation in the Middle East, saying the
Lebanese government should come up with a plan to protect the country.

"The dangerous situation compels us to look for what unites us and not what
divides us. Only state institutions could unite us," Geagea told his
interviewer.

About the March 14 general conference that will be held at the Bristol hotel
on Sunday, the LF leader said the meeting will be a step forward in
implementing the coalition's political project.

Beirut, 13 Mar 10, 11:47

+++SOURCE: SAUDI GAZETTE 13 Mar.'10:"Indonesia police see risks over Obama
visit":, Associated Press
EXCERPT:JAKARTA - Indonesia's police chief said Friday he could not rule out
a potential security risk for US President Barack Obama's planned visit this
month, as more suspected militant violence hit the province of Aceh.
Police killed two suspected militants and detained eight others in a
shootout in Aceh on Sumatra island, just three days after police shot dead
Dulmatin, a top fugitive militant wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, near
Jakarta.. . .

+++SOURCE: Egypt Daily News 13 Mar.'10:"Egyptian police arrest members of
Muslim Brotherhood", by Sapa-dpa

QUOTE:" 'Those arrested are leaders whose activity during the election
period security forces fear' "
FULL TEXT:Egyptian security forces arrested 42 members of the outlawed
Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest opposition group, the group's
lawyer said.
Egyptian security forces routinely arrest members of the Brotherhood, which
has been banned in Egypt for more than 50 years, but arrests of this scale
are unusual.
The predawn detentions took place in at least five northern provinces. Those
held included would-be candidates in campaigning for legislative elections
scheduled to begin in April, Brotherhood lawyer Abdel-Menem Abdel-Maqsud
said in a statement on the group's website.
Among them was former Brotherhood lawmaker al-Sayid Abdel-Hamid, sources in
Egypt's domestic intelligence agency, State Security Investigations, told
the Cairo daily al-Masry al-Youm.
The arrests followed the detention of 30 Brotherhood members after Friday
prayers for protesting recent Israeli-Palestinian clashes at the al-Aqsa
mosque in Jerusalem, al-Masry al-Youm reported.
Brotherhood member Sabri Khalafallah, who occupies his seat in Egypt's
parliament as an independent, was among those held at the Friday protest,
but was released an hour later, the group said.
The arrest of a lawmaker, who should have parliamentary immunity, represents
a "strange escalation" in the government's campaign against the Brotherhood,
Abdel-Maqsud said.
"Those arrested are leaders whose activity during the election period
security forces fear," the lawyer said.

+++SOURCE:HINDUSTANI TIMES(14 Mar) via Egypt Daily News "30 Hurt in
Muslim-Christian Clashes in Egypt"

FULL TEXT:Thirty people were injured when clashes broke out between
Christians and Muslims in a rural area in northern Egypt, media reports
said.
Fighting erupted late Friday in the north-western governorate of Mersa
Matrouh over a fence Muslims said had been built to take over a piece of
land to build a church, the BBC reported.
The al-Bashayer news website said 18 of the injured were Coptic Christians.
Police cordoned the area after arresting suspects, and angry people from
both sides were throwing stones at cars and nearby shops, it said.
Clashes between Egypt's Christian and Muslim populations are rare, but
tensions do periodically erupt over disputes about women's issues or the
construction of houses of worship.
The Mersa Matrouh unrest was the first time such clashes had erupted in
northern Egypt. Fighting previously had taken place in southern Egypt, where
a large number of Christians live.
In the worst sectarian attack in years, eight Christians and one Muslim
police officer were shot to death Jan 6 when gunmen opened fire on
Christians leaving a Coptic Christmas Eve Mass in the town of Nagaa Hamadi,
650 kilometres south of Cairo.
According to government figures, Christians account for roughly 10 percent
of Egypt's population, but many Egyptian Christians said they believe the
real figure is higher.
========================================================
Sue Lerner - Associate, IMRA

Administration's Dressing Down of Israel is a 'Gross Overraction'
www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/5717_62.htm

New York, NY, March 12, 2010 . The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said
it was shocked and stunned by the Administration's public dressing down of
Israel by saying it had "undermined trust and confidence in the peace
process, and in America's interests," as related by Assistant Secretary of
State Philip J. Crowley in his daily briefing. Crowley was referring to the
announcement about future building in Jerusalem made during Vice President
Joe Biden's Israel visit.
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:

We are shocked and stunned at the Administration's tone and public dressing
down of Israel on the issue of future building in Jerusalem. We cannot
remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and
ally of the United States. One can only wonder how far the U.S. is prepared
to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the Palestinians
in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the negotiating
table.

It is especially troubling that this harsh statement came after Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and privately explained to Vice
President Biden the bureaucratic nature in making the announcement of
proposed new building in Jerusalem, and Biden accepted the prime minister's
apology for it. Therefore, to raise the issue again in this way is a gross
overreaction to a point of policy difference among friends.

The Administration should have confidence and trust in Israel whose tireless
pursuit for peace is repeatedly rebuffed by the Palestinians and whose
interests remain in line with the United States.

=================

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading
organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that
counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

United States to Assist Palestinian Refugees

Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
March 12, 2010
www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/03/138291.htm

Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric P.
Schwartz welcomed Filippo Grandi, recently appointed Commissioner-General of
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East (UNRWA), to Washington DC on March 11, 2010, and announced that
the U.S. will make an additional planned contribution of $55 million to
UNRWA.

The United States is UNRWA's largest donor. The announced contribution of
$55 million includes $30 million to UNRWA's General Fund, which provides
core services to Palestinian refugees across the region, and $25 million to
UNRWA's Emergency Appeal for the West Bank and Gaza. This additional funding
will bring total U.S contributions to UNRWA thus far in Fiscal Year 2010 to
$95 million. In 2009, the United States provided more than $267 million to
UNRWA.

UNRWA provides emergency food assistance, critical health, education, job
creation programs and humanitarian services to 4.7 million Palestinian
refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza. Assistant
Secretary Schwartz and Commissioner-General Grandi discussed UNRWA program
requirements and the quantity and scope of essential materials entering
Gaza.

Commissioner-General Grandi will also meet in Washington with Deputy
Secretary of State Jacob J. Lew, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern
Affairs Jeffrey D. Feltman, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights
and Labor Michael H. Posner, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Organizations Gerald C. Anderson.

PRN: 2010/295

PM convenes ministers amidst crisis with US
By JPOST.COM STAFF
13/03/2010 20:57
www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=170896

ADL slams Obama administration: We cannot remember an instance when such
harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his top ministers for a meeting
Saturday evening to discuss the fallout of an announcement on construction
in Jerusalem made during the visit of US Vice President Joe Biden.

During Biden's visit, the Interior Ministry announced that 1,600 housing
units will be built in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood.

Biden initially condemned the move but on Thursday said that after Netanyahu
apologized to him the crisis was behind them.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, however, called Netanyahu on
Friday and scolded him over the incident.

Saturday evening, the Anti-Defamation League took the administration to task
saying in a statement it was "shocked and stunned" by Washington's "public
dressing down" of Israel.

The ADL said a daily briefing by Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley
was especially harsh when Crowley said Israel "undermined trust and
confidence in the peace process, and in America's interests" when it
announced the housing in Ramat Shlomo.

"We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a
friend and ally of the United States. One can only wonder how far the U.S.
is prepared to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the
Palestinians in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the
negotiating table," ADL National Director Abraham L. Foxman said.

"It is especially troubling that this harsh statement came after Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly and privately explained to Vice
President Biden the bureaucratic nature in making the announcement of
proposed new building in Jerusalem, and Biden accepted the prime minister's
apology for it. Therefore, to raise the issue again in this way is a gross
overreaction to a point of policy difference among friends.

"The Administration should have confidence and trust in Israel whose
tireless pursuit for peace is repeatedly rebuffed by the Palestinians and
whose interests remain in line with the United States," Foxman said.