Email story #2, about the drone. Israel was being spied on. If the drone were on a pre-programmed course the IAF would not have been able to divert its course. Someone who is familiar with the location of Israel's nuclear reactors was piloting the drone. Check to see if the drone is American made.
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1. Chag Sameach! Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Starts Sunday Night by Arutz Sheva Staff 
The eight day festival that consists of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah comes to an end Monday night, bringing an end to the month long holiday season and starting the regular year.
In Israel, a popular expression is "Acharei Hachagim" - lets' wait till after the holidays - as the entire country seems to put off whatever it can from Rosh Hashannah, sometimes even from the preceding month of Elul, until the day after Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah.
The Sukkot holiday marks the last of three yearly pilgrimage festivals to Jerusalem and the Holy Temple - preceded by Pesach and Shavuot - and also the end of the Tishrei holidays, Shmini Atzeret, which begins Sunday evening and is mandated in the Torah as a final "encore" holiday.
It is an additional day, celebrated on the day immediately following Hoshanna Raba, the solemn last and seventh day of Sukkot which is observed with mystical prayers for salvation in which the congregation marches around the bimah (table for reading the Torah, in the center of the synagogue, ed.) seven times holding the Four Species and then slams five willow branches on the floor to sympbolize the destruction of our sins but also that awaiting Israel's enemies - the latter reason not made public knowledge for obvious reasons, as the Maharsha says, positing it as the real meaning of the willow beating.
Hoshanna Raba is also the day on which the Sages said that one's year is finalized by the Almighty and Jews greet one another with the words "Pitka Tava" - hope the Heavenly note with your future is a positive one.
As Sukkot ends, G-d feels for the Jewish people, who want just one more day of joy before returning home from Jerusalem for the winter season and grants it to them. Jewish sages said that G-d, too, says: "It is hard for Me to see you leaving [for home]" and added the "encore" day.
In Israel, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are combined in a one-day holiday. Outside of israel, they are separate and celebrated for two days - Shmini Atzeret on the first day, and Simchat Torah on the second.
On Shmini Atzeret, the solemn prayer for winter rains is said, as well as the Yizkor prayer for deceased parents.
The Simchat Torah final holiday marks the conclusion - and starting again - of the annual public weekly readings of the Five Books of Moses, and commemorates the supreme Jewish idea of Torah study in general. Hours-long dancing with the Torah (known as hakafot) in synagogues, yeshivot, and even in the streets marks the day in Jewish communities around the world.
Every male in the synagogue gets called to the Torah, necessitating, in large congregations, using several scrolls and repeating the reading several times. The young children are called up together at the end of the reading, standing - or held - under a prayer shawl while the congregation recites Jacob's blessing to his grandsons.
It has become customary of late for large groups of youths to spend the holiday in towns where the Jewish community is in need of "strengthening," to extend the Simchat Torah joy as far and wide as possible.
In Israel, once the holiday is over, tens of thousands of people attend Hakafot Shniyot, another round of dancing and singing, at celebrations with live music in honor of the Torah that take place all over the country, indoors and outdoors.
Two of the most well known are the outdoor Hakafot Shniyot honoring the different Jewish "edot" [customs of Jews in different parts of the Diaspora] in Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Park sponsored by philanthropist Eugen Gluck and the Hakafot Shniyot at Beit HaRav, the Jerusalem home of Israel's first Cheif Rabbi , Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook.
Chag Sameach from Arutz Sheva!
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2. Route of Drone Hints It May Have Been Aimed at Nuclear Reactor by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu 
The enemy drone downed by the Air Force, Saturday, took a strange route that did not cover strategic sites, indicating Israel may have diverted it from a route over the nuclear reactor in Dimona, located due east of Gaza.
The UAV entered Israeli air space from the Mediterranean Sea along the Gaza Coast and then made a U-turn, flying over the southern Hevron Hills before an F-16 plane destroyed it over a non-populated area.
The route raises questions because there are no army or air force bases or any other strategic sites along the route.
Officials estimate that it was guided by a pre-programmed GPS inside the drone and not from a control center at its origin, apparently Hizbullah-dominated southern Lebanon, DEBKA File reported. Israel may have carried out a cyber attack to scramble the GPS and change its route.
It is widely assumed that the drone was transmitting pictures. If the drone had continued on its eastern course from Gaza, it would have flown near or directly over the nuclear reactor. Israeli officials have been concerned since earlier this year that the nuclear facility would be vulnerable to an attack from Iran.
If the drone was not headed for Dimona, its strange route could mean the enemy simply was testing Israel's response system.
The IDF said it scrambled several F-16 jets within minutes after the UAV was detected, and the IDF said, "This drone was spotted over the Mediterranean in a sector near Gaza, before entering Israeli airspace, where the air force followed it."
The fact that Israel allowed the UAV to fly over Israel for more than 20 minutes also indicates that the IAF may have diverted its route until it could safely bring it down a relatively unpopulated area. Otherwise, there would be no reason to allow an enemy craft to presumably transmit pictures.
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3. Rabbi Arrested on Temple Mount for Praying by Chana Ya'ar 
On the eve of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, at least three Jews and one Arab were arrested on the Temple Mount before noon on Sunday.
A man with three children was arrested, on suspicion of praying in violation of police instructions "aimed at avoiding confrontations with Muslims" on the holy site.
A spokesperson for the Jerusalem District Police announced also that two Jews were arrested on suspicion of prostrating themselves on the site.
Aviad Shapira, son of Rabbi Moshe Shapira, and brother of Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira of Ramat Gan and Rabbi Yitzchak Shapira, head of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, was one of those arrested. The second detainee was Moshe Spitz of the Jewish community of Neria.
Both were suspected of praying on the Temple Mount, police said, and were arrested despite the apology and assurance of a local police commander, Avi Biton, who noted that one prayer on the site is permitted in accordance with a decision by the Supreme Court.
In general, praying on the Temple Mount is forbidden by law, police have said. Prostrating one's self is considered to be part of prayer, and treated as such by police when spotted.
Police also said that an Arab was arrested as well, on suspicion of being involved in organizing the disturbances that took place at the site on Friday.
All three detainees were taken to the David District police station for questioning. Authorities continued to allow visits to the Temple Mount by non-Muslims as usual.
Hundreds of Muslim worshipers hurled rocks at police officers stationed at the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount on Friday, after prayers ended at the Al Aqsa mosque on the site. No one was physically injured, but police had to force their way on to the holy ground and use stun grenades in order to repel the attackers.
It is not clear how the worshipers were able to suddenly access their abundant arsenal of stony missiles, since they had poured out of the mosque, allegedly after "prayers."
One day earlier, Muslim violence at the mosque had succeeded in preventing Jews from not only reaching the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site – but also managed to block Jews from accessing even the Western Wall, the Kotel, which is adjacent and also considered holy and a part of the area. Police barricaded the area and stopped people from entering the Western Wall plaza even though large crowds had streamed in from around the country, and some from abroad, in order to pray at the Wall during the holiday of Sukkot.
The seven-day holiday is one of the three festivals in the Jewish calendar during which Jews are commanded to "go up to Jerusalem to pray" at the Holy Temple – the sole remnant of which is the Western Wall that surrounded it.
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4. Israeli Planes in 'Mock Raids' over Lebanon by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu 
The Air Force carried out "mock raids" at medium altitude over southern Lebanon Sunday, hours after Israel said all indications are that Hizbullah launched a drone that was downed inside Israel on Saturday, according to the Arabic language Nahar newspaper.
Israel previously has carried out surveillance flights over southern Lebanon, which is under control of the Hizbullah terrorist organization. Sunday's flights, which have not been confirmed by Israel, apparently were a response to the drone.
A Lebanese television station stated that Hizbullah was responsible for the drone infiltration into Israel's air space, while Iran's propaganda machine tried to divert attention from Hizbullah and claim the drone Israel downed was mistakenly launched by the United States.
Hizbullah has not officially commented on the drone, which was destroyed by Israeli Air Force F-16 jets Saturday morning over a relatively unpopulated area.
However, Al-Mayadeen television, linked with Hizbullah, said the terrorist group launched the drone, which "traveled 100 kilometers deep inside Israel and sparked tensions."
Iran's government-controlled Press TV told Iranians that a former Lebanese general said that drone actually was mistakenly fired by the United States. The Ahmadinejad regime frequently tried to take the focus off accusations against Iran or its allies by blaming others for terrorist attacks.
"[The drone must have come] from an American aircraft carrier or from [air force and military bases in] Saudi Arabia, also American bases. That's the only possibility so far until we know after investigation," said retired Lebanese major general Hisham Jaber in an interview with the Iranian media outlet.
"Jaber maintained that although the Tel Aviv regime might accuse an Arab state, it was unlikely that the drone belonged to an Arab country," Press TV reported.
"Considering the good relationship between the Israeli regime and Jordan, the analyst went on to say that he did not think the drone could have been operated from Jordan, adding that it is 'impossible' that the drone came from Lebanon," it added.
"If Israel after investigation will remain silent and will close the file that means like we said it came from friendly side (mistakenly sent by the Americans) and it is not in their interest to talk about it," Jaber concluded.
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5. Leading Anti-Nationalist: Settlements are Irreversible by Baruch Gordon 
A leading scholar who once was solidly against a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria now says a two-state solution is a falsehood. "Settlements are here to stay."
For decades, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Meron Benvenisti was a leading scholar in Israel's pro-Arab camp, working diligently to curtail development of Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria.
He founded the West Bank Database Project in 1984 which documented social, economic, and political developments in the region, and reported on growth of the Jewish towns to Western powers which sought to halt the influx of Jews to their ancient towns.
In an interview last week, Benvenisti told Haaretz that a division of the land into a two-state solution is not practical and that the settlements are irreversible.
His comments demonstrate a growing trend among Israeli opponents of the Jewish return to Judea and Samaria. Many of the very same leaders of the struggle for "Palestinian Statehood" now recognize that it is too late – the Jewish towns of Yesha cannot be uprooted.
"Today, we are talking about 350,000 settlers. If you take into account (the Jewish neighborhoods of eastern) Jerusalem, then there are 550,000 settlers," he said. "Therefore, everyone understands now what I said 30 years ago: it's irreversible. Nothing will help Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert or Tzipi Livni – it's irreversible. You can't get out of this mess...
"Israel's Right is correct. Look what happened in Gaza. The Disengagement [from Gaza in 2005] didn't solve anything and put Hamas in power. Therefore, division is not a solution to the problem, but rather an escalation of the problem… At one time, it would have been possible to divide the land, but not today."
He called the 1949 Temporary Armistice Lines, now known as the Green Line, "the left's great alibi [that] no longer exists."
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6. Neo-Nazi Party Welcomed Into European Anti-Discrimination Body by Rachel Hirshfeld 
A representative of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has been accepted as a new member of a leading European body aimed at combating discrimination.
Golden Dawn party member Eleni Zaroulia joined the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on October 1, in what the Anti-Defamation League has described as "an affront to concepts of equality and non-discrimination."
The body, which is based in Strasbourg, is comprised of members from 47 European nations and was established to promote democracy, and to protect human rights and the rule of law in Europe.
The Golden Dawn party has become notorious for its blatant anti-Semitic and xenophobic rhetoric and has been responsible for perpetrating attacks against Jews and foreigners.
Its doctrine echoes Nazi principles by proposing that, "only men and women of Greek descent and consciousness should have full political rights." Copies of "Mein Kampf," as well as other works on Greek racial superiority, are openly displayed at party headquarters.
Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos has denied that ovens and gas chambers were used in Nazi concentration camps to exterminate Jews during the Holocaust.
The party campaigned under the slogan "So we can rid the land of filth" and recently held a blood drive to collect blood "only for Hellenes," i.e. ethnic Greeks.
"The despicable ideology of Golden Dawn stands in the most stark contrast imaginable to the goals of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "Given the party's rhetoric, it is an affront to concepts of equality and non-discrimination that one of its representatives now serves as a member on this Committee."
In a letter to Committee Chairperson Tina Acketoft, the ADL urged the Committee to ensure that Golden Dawn's representative is immediately, clearly and publicly rebuked for any statements that promote Golden Dawn's neo-Nazi ideology, and that Zaroulia be prevented from assuming any leadership responsibilities.
"If a procedure is available to remove her from the Committee, such action would demonstrate that commitment to the Committee's mandate starts at home," Foxman wrote. "We urge you to take this step before any further harm is caused by the presence of a Golden Dawn representative on your Committee."
The party recently set up an office in New York City, in an effort to reach out to Greek citizens living abroad and widen its sphere of influence.
The new branch's website features the party's logo, which very closely resembles a swastika, across the New York skyline and reads:
"The Golden Dawn is the only political party in Greece that unapologetically stands for the sovereignty, security, and dignity of the Greek people. The party intends to reverse decades of unlimited third world immigration which has brought crime, unemployment, disease and possibly terrorism to the once peaceful Greek cities."
"Our goals are to promote and support the Golden Dawn's nationalist ideals and vision for Greece among the Greek diaspora. We must resist and overcome the genocidal multi-culturalist, and anti-Hellenic agenda of the New World Order," the website states.
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7. UAV Fragments Similar to Iranian Drones by Gil Ronen 
The IDF suspects that the small UAV intercepted Saturday morning by IAF jets over the northern Sinai was launched by Iranian proxy militia Hizbullah. The drone may have been searching for targets for Iranian attacks.
The defense establishment has been looking at the fragments of the UAV, which fell in the area of southern Mount Hevron. According to reports, Israel initially suspected that it was launched from Sinai, but by Saturday evening, military sources said the military investigation showed the UAV had flown southward along Israel's Mediterranean coast before turning east over Gaza and heading into Israeli airspace. It is believed to have been launched from Lebanon.
If this becomes the final conclusion of the investigation, the apparent culprit behind the launch would be Hizbullah. The drone could have been collecting and transmitting information on possible targets for a missile hit by Hizbullah, Iran, or both.
The initial investigation indicated that the UAV is similar to UAVs used by Iran.
Hizbullah uses both Iranian-made and Russian-made UAVs.
The IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, has convened a special session of top officers to discuss the proper retaliation for the UAV infiltration.
The IAF's Aerial Monitoring Unit identified the UAV, which was not armed and probably served only for intelligence purposes – collecting data about IDF bases and the IAF's operational abilities.
The UAV is believed to have been equipped with cameras that transmitted the images they captured onward to receivers located outside of Israel
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8. Drone Attack: 'I Left Synagogue and Heard a Boom' by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
"Ear-witnesses" said that after they left synagogue services on the Sabbath around 10 a.m., they heard a loud boom, not knowing an enemy drone had been downed.
Israel's Air Force took down the drone in an isolated area in the Southern Hevron Hills, located between Hevron-Kiryat Arba and Be'er Sheva. Arutz Sheva has pinpointed the exact location, based on reports from residents in Jewish communities in the area.
"I left Sabbath 'Musaf prayers" [the 'additional' prayers recited on the Sabbath and holidays] and heard a loud boom, said "E," who lives in a community located less than five miles from the site where the drone was downed."
Another resident, who is a rabbi, told Arutz Sheva he also heard the blast, which he thought was a sonic boom.
Moments later, it was clear that something more dramatic had taken place. Helicopters hovered over the area and highways, used mostly by local Arabs and Bedouin, were barricaded by soldiers, while other troops combed the forest for traces of the drone.
IAF F-16 jets downed the enemy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) at the Judea and Samaria security fence between the headquarters of the Southern Hevron Regional Council and the Yatir Forest, the largest planted forest in Israel.
The Council's offices were closed for the Sabbath, and virtually no one lives in the immediate area in the direction of the forest. However, less than one mile to the east of the Regional Council Center and north of the fence, approximately a dozen families live in the small Jewish community of Asahael. Most of the residents were away for the Sabbath, which falls within the seven-day holiday of Sukkot.
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