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The day after IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Yair Golan said he was frightened to recognize that "the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016," the IDF Spokesman released a statement that General Golan "did not intend to compare the IDF and Israel to what happened in Germany 70 years ago. Such a comparison would be absurd and baseless."**

"If there's something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it's the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016."
--IDF Deputy Chief of Staff General Yair Golan said in a speech at a Holocaust Remembrance ceremony last night - and sparked a storm.*

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A small Spanish town that changed it’s name from ‘Killer of the Jews’ to ‘Little Hill Fort of Jews’ has begun experiencing a rash of anti-Semitic vandalism.

“Nice doesn’t cut it anymore.”
--Millionaire venture capitalist-turned-politician Erel Margalit, who is positioning himself to challenge the leadership of, and to try and take the helm of, Israel’s Labor Party, says the party needs to take a more assertive approach - and he demonstrates that with his YouTube clip.*

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“Before the whole mess, we made a clip together from a love song he wrote and he hosted us in his refugee camp with open arms. This case has shaken up my life.”
-- Jenia Borkatovsky, a fellow participant in the Jewish-Arab ‘Just Singing’ group of musicians, is one of many Jewish friends supporting Sami Araj by attending his court hearings. Araj was detained after being falsely identified as a terrorist in Beersheva but then kept in detention and accused of throwing stones in E. Jerusalem.**

"In Jerusalem, they think the whole world is stupid...It's time for you (Israelis) to understand that (your) allies are losing patience."
--Unnamed senior European diplomat told Maariv after report published that Germany wants to end its unconditional support for Israel due to Israeli policies expanding settlements and not advancing peace.**

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"In the videos he posts online depicting the terror attacks, Ohana always sounds like the dominant voice. He’s often seen giving instructions to soldiers or police, warning them about threats, managing the rescue teams and interrogating Palestinians. In some cases, he seems to be taking charge of events and telling the security forces what to do. In most of the videos, he can also be heard cursing wounded and subdued assailants. He is not seen giving them medical aid in any of the footage."
--A Haaretz+ investigation reveals the controversial behavior of an Israeli ambulance driver named Ofer Ohana, who lives in a Hebron settlement, arrives at every attack, but does not treat the wounded Palestinians and "at every available opportunity, he is seen inflaming the atmosphere."***

"We hope that when they go back to Gaza they will talk about the positive sides of Israeli society. There are no politics in a hospital, only people. Just yesterday we treated a girl from Ramallah. Everyone here is equal."
-- Dr. Joshua Schroeder, senior orthopedic surgeon at Hadassah Hospital after successfully completing a rare procedure that prevented a 3-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip from becoming paralyzed.

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"The Oslo peace process and the subsequent failed Camp David negotiations both contributed to putting the Temple Mount/Haram Al Sharif at the heart of Israeli-Palestinian confrontations, by raising fears among Israel's national religious Jews and among Palestinian Muslims that the process would deny their respective claims to the site."
-- Daniel Seidemann, from APN's new publication: Tough Questions, Expert Answers: The Temple Mount.

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"No doubt, defining the Jewish terror squads as illegal organizations following the Duma affair was a watershed moment."
--Alex Fishman, Op-ed Titled "What happens when you let the Shin Bet do its work" in YNET, 4.23.16.

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"I have expressed my mind critically to the Israeli Prime Minister many times that ... these settlement activities are counterproductive,"
--Angela Merkel at a press conference (with Palestinian President Abbas) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 19, 2016.

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