"#Syrian-#American #Jew, #JosephJajati, told The Media Line that a historic chair stolen from a #synagogue in #Damascus' Old City's #JewishQuarter has been recovered, crediting local residents with helping secure the return of what he described as one of the Syrian #Jewish community's most significant heritage artifacts.

Speaking exclusively to The Media Line, #Jajati said he felt "immense gratitude, relief, and joy" following the chair's recovery, describing the outcome as "a great success" for both the local community and those committed to preserving #Syria's Jewish heritage.

According to Jajati, the recovered object is not merely a piece of furniture but the Chair of #Elijah (“Kisse shel #Eliyahu”), a ceremonial chair that holds deep religious significance in Jewish tradition. The chair is traditionally used during circumcision ceremonies, symbolizing the presence of the Prophet Elijah."

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-900805

Syrian Jews track down, recover stolen heritage artifact from Damascus' Old City synagogue

The chair's recovery would not have been possible without the cooperation of residents of the Jewish Quarter in Old Damascus, who helped track it down and facilitate its return to the synagogue.

The Jerusalem Post
" #Eliyahu currently serves as a member of the #Knesset for #OtzmaYehudit, an office he briefly served in following the 2022 Israeli legislative election In 2023, Eliyahu received international attention for his suggestion that nuclear weapons be used in the #GazaStrip in the #GazaWar. "

#Israeli Minister Amichai #Eliyahu dismissed reports of starvation in #Gaza, claiming that there is no hunger in the strip and framing such reports as anti-Israeli propaganda. He stated that Israel is not concerned about hunger in Gaza and that it is "not our problem, let the world worry". #paywall

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/world/middleeast/israel-minister-gaza-driving-out.html

No worries the world is watching… 👁️ And the world is worried… 

As Starvation Rises, Israeli Minister Says Israel Is ‘Driving Out’ Gazans

Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.

The New York Times

#China, #Iran, #ArabLeague condemn #Israeli minister AmiHai #Eliyahu’s statement about dropping a #nuclear bomb on #Gaza

#Netanyahu reprimanded & suspended the extreme #Jewish #nationalist from cabinet meetings, but did not sack him

#Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its nuclear capability. A former employee at its nuclear reactor served 18 years in Israeli prison for leaking details of Israel’s alleged nuclear arsenal program to a British newspaper in 1986

https://apnews.com/article/israel-nuclear-weapons-gaza-iran-china-1e18f34dcec40582166796b0ade65768

Nations condemn Israeli minister's statement about dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza

China, Iran and a multitude of Arab nations condemned an Israeli minister’s statement that a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was an option in the Israel-Hamas war, calling it a threat to the world. At Monday’s long-planned opening of a United Nations conference whose goal is to establish a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, many ambassadors added sharp criticisms of comments by Israel’s Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu on the possible use of nuclear weapons in Gaza. His remarks in a radio interview on Sunday were quickly disavowed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who suspended Eliyahu from cabinet meetings. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its nuclear capability.

AP News

Nicht authorisierte und korrigierte Übersetzung:

Leitartikel | Israels extreme Rechte feuern

Die Äußerung des Ministers für #Kulturerbe, Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), vom Sonntag, wonach der Abwurf einer #Atombombe auf den #Gazastreifen eine Option sei, ist kein Problem der israelischen öffentlichen #Diplomatie, sondern der israelischen Realität.

Das Problem ist nicht eine bestimmte Äußerung, sondern die Macht und #Legitimität, die heute in #Israel insgesamt und in der Regierung von der kahanistischen, messianischen jüdischen extremen Rechten genossen wird, die #Annexion und #Besatzung und das jüdische Gebet auf dem #Tempelberg unterstützt, den gegenwärtigen #Krieg als Chance sieht und die internationale Gemeinschaft, die internationalen Institutionen und das #Kriegsrecht verachtet.

Dies war kein Versprecher. In einem Interview mit Radio Kol Barama sagte Eliyahu, dass es im Gazastreifen "keine unbeteiligten [Zivilisten]" gebe. Auf die Frage seines Gesprächspartners, ob das bedeute, dass Israel eine Atombombe auf den Gazastreifen abwerfen solle, antwortete er: "Das ist eine Möglichkeit". Und seine anschließende "Klarstellung" - "Es ist jedem vernünftigen Menschen klar, dass die Bemerkung über die Atombombe eine Metapher war" - ist lächerlich. Eine #Metapher für was?

Er ist auch keine einsame Ausnahme. Eliyahus Parteikollege, der #Gesetzgeber Yitzhak #Kroizer, sagte am Sonntag im #Armeeradio, dass "der Gazastreifen platt gemacht werden sollte und dass es für jeden dort eine Strafe geben sollte - den Tod. Wir müssen den #Gaza-Streifen von der Landkarte tilgen. Es gibt dort keine Unschuldigen". Ganze Teile der Regierung gehören der gefährlichen extremen Rechten an: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi S#ukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech und ihre Verbündeten.

Die Antwort von Premierminister Benjamin #Netanjahu war lahm. Eliyahus Erklärung sei "realitätsfern", und der Minister werde bis auf weiteres von den #Kabinettssitzungen ausgeschlossen. Netanjahu hätte Eliyahu entlassen müssen, aber er hat es nicht getan; er hat den Erhalt seiner Regierung über den Erhalt Israels gestellt.

Netanjahu ist nicht die Lösung, sondern das Problem. Er hat den #Kahanismus und die extreme Rechte legitimiert. In den Jahren seiner #Regierungszeit ist Israel extremer geworden, und Leute, die früher verabscheuungswürdige #Parias waren, sind heute hochrangige #Kabinettsmitglieder. Ideen und Werte, die früher außerhalb des Konsenses lagen, wie die "#Umsiedlung" von #Araber​n aus Israel, eine zweite #Nakba und das jüdische Gebet auf dem Tempelberg, sind unter Netanjahus unverantwortlicher Führung normalisiert worden.

Er ist derjenige, der politische Bündnisse mit Bewunderern von Rabbi Meir #Kahane, dem Massenmörder Baruch #Goldstein und dem Mörder der Familie #Dawabsheh legitimiert hat. Unter seiner Führung haben die #Siedler begonnen, das Gebiet B im #Westjordanland ins Visier zu nehmen, das gemäß den #Oslo​er Vereinbarungen unter israelischer Sicherheitskontrolle und palästinensischer #Zivilkontrolle steht. Und die radikale "#Bergjugend" der Siedler ist von der Zielscheibe des #Sicherheitsdienst​es Shin Bet zu #Minister​n, #Knessetmitglieder​n, Helfern und Beratern geworden.

Die Mitgliedschaft der ​#Rechtsextremen in der Regierung hat die gesamte #Regierung und ganz Israel in rechtsextremen Farben erscheinen lassen. Die einzige Möglichkeit, das Problem zu lösen, besteht darin, die Rechtsextremen aus der Regierung und aus den Grenzen der israelischen Legitimität zu entfernen. Die einzige Möglichkeit, Eliyahus Äußerung zu widerlegen, besteht darin, ihn und seinesgleichen zu widerlegen. Die Parteien Otzma #Yehudit und Religiöser #Zionismus müssen sofort aus dem Kabinett entlassen werden.

Der obige Artikel ist der Leitartikel von #Haaretz, wie er in den hebräischen und englischen #Zeitungen in #Israel veröffentlicht wurde.

Original: https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-11-06/ty-article/.premium/fire-israels-far-right/0000018b-a11c-dc0b-a1cb-e5de69890000

#Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right

Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.

The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.

This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?

Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.

Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.

Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.

He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.

The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.

The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2023-11-06/ty-article/.premium/fire-israels-far-right/0000018b-a11c-dc0b-a1cb-e5de69890000

After #Eliyahu ("Israeli Heritage" minister) suggested the murder of every person in the world who waves a Palestinian flag, #Netanyahu did not remove him from his position, merely suspend him from government meetings temporarily ("until further notice") & mildly say his word were "disconnected from reality"

Later, Eliyahu claimed his talk about nuking #Gaza was "metaphorical."

Yair Lapid said it was shocking & crazy & that having extremists in the govt endangers Israel & its invasion of Gaza.

It seems like that for some in the #Netanyahu Cabinet #genocide is not enough. I call it exemplary for the Israeli regime and the suspension being damage control for the Israeli allies. A nuclear bomb on #Gaza will also have their effect on other countries, incl. #Israel, by the way. But I guess the hatred against #Palestinians is so great that this minister didn't even 'think' about that.

TheJournal.ie/AFP: *Israeli minister suspended from govt meetings after suggesting dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza*

"AN ISRAELI MINISTER has been suspended from government meetings “until further notice”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said, after suggesting in an interview dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza.

The comments by Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu advocating a fierce military response to Hamas’s 7 October attacks even at the cost of the lives of hostages believed to be held in Gaza also drew rebuke from families of the captives.

Eliyahu, an ultranationalist politician part of Netnayahu’s ruling coalition, told Israel’s Kol Barama radio he was not entirely satisfied with the scale of Israel’s retaliation in the Palestinian territory after Hamas fighters carried out their deadly attacks inside southern Israel. …"

https://www.thejournal.ie/israel-minister-suspended-nuclear-bomb-gaza-6215353-Nov2023/

#Eliyahu #Palestine

Israeli minister suspended from govt meetings after suggesting dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quickly responded in a statement, describing Eliyahu’s remarks as “disconnected from reality”.

TheJournal.ie
Le ministre israélien Amichay #Eliyahu a déclaré que l’une des options était de larguer une bombe nucléaire sur #Gaza et a affirmé que le nord de la bande de Gaza n’a pas le droit d’exister, et que toute personne brandissant un drapeau palestinien "ne devrait pas continuer à vivre sur la surface de la terre" "nous ne donnerions pas d’aide humanitaire aux nazis, il n’y a pas de civils non impliqués dans la bande de Gaza. Ils peuvent aller en #Irlande ou dans le désert".
Le ministre israélien Amichay #Eliyahu a déclaré que l’une des options était de larguer une bombe nucléaire sur #Gaza et a affirmé que le nord de la bande de Gaza n’a pas le droit d’exister, et que toute personne brandissant un drapeau palestinien "ne devrait pas continuer à vivre sur la surface de la terre" "nous ne donnerions pas d’aide humanitaire aux nazis, il n’y a pas de civils non impliqués dans la bande de Gaza. Ils peuvent aller en #Irlande ou dans le désert".
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 FLASH | Le ministre israélien Amichay #Eliyahu a déclaré que l’une des options était de larguer une bombe nucléaire sur #Gaza et a affirmé que le nord de la bande de Gaza n’a pas le droit d’exister, et que toute personne brandissant un drapeau palestinien "ne devrait pas…

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