IDF Orders Eilat Airport Closed to Landings
A security assessment led to the immediate shutdown of the southern airport.
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The assessment is most likely linked to terrorist activity in the Sinai desert, which borders on the southern port city.Takeoffs of flights headed north are still allowed to take place.The IDF may open the airfield at Uvda as an alternate landing spot for incoming flights diverted from Eilat.The Egyptian military has been conducting a large scale offensive against terror cells that operate in Sinai, in the last few weeks. The IDF has assessed that terrorists will try to launch rockets at Eilat.In April, it was reported that Israeli planes taking off from Eilat will be armed with anti-missile systems due to the threat of shoulder-carried anti-aircraft missiles that could be fired from the Sinai desert.The security establishment is aware that terrorists in Sinai have armed themselves with man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS. The initial thought was to intermittently close down the Eilat airport, but the decision eventually reached was to arm planes taking off from the airport with anti-missile systems.
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Thousands of Young Jews United at Yom NCSY
The NCSY organization brought thousands of teens this summer to their 'homeland.'
Mini Israel in Latrun held the venue for this year’s Yom NCSY (National Congress of Synagogue Youth).
The summer program’s trip involved many hikes
and tours throughout the Holy Land and in summation an extravagant party
that included all of the NCSY groups that came.One of the participants said, “When people usually go away from their home they tend to get homesick. But when I’m back in Canada, I’m definitely going to be homesick for Israel.”
PA Film Shows Arabs Beating Jewish 'Settlers'
The PA's official television is continuing to incite against Israelis, even as efforts to achieve peace continue.
First Publish: 8/8/2013, 4:14 AM-israelnationalnews
The Palestinian Authority’s official television is continuing its campaign of incitement against Israelis, even as American efforts to achieve peace are ongoing.On July 29, PA TV aired a film in which PA Arabs are seen as they unite to beat Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. The film was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).The film shows a group of Jewish residents who are
depicted as bullying a PA shepherd, beating him and threatening him with
weapons.A group of PA Arabs then get together to hit back at the Jewish residents, beating them up and cutting off their side-locks.A few weeks ago, a cartoon aired on PA TV and translated by MEMRI showed an anti-Semitic depiction of the battle between the Jews of Medina and Muhammad.In the cartoon, the Jews are shown conspiring with the devil, and portrayed in various negative stereotypes.Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported Tuesday on an official Fatah Facebook page that is celebrating murderous terror attacks on Jews, in a list encompassing decades.
Fatah is headed by Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the PA with which Israel is currently conducting talks.
Among the celebrated attacks was the most lethal
terror attack in Israel's history: a 1978 bus hijacking in which 37
civilians were murdered.The page's administrator also praised the infamous "Munich Massacre" during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, in which 11 Israeli athletes were murdered. 
