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Egyptians kill Darfur refugee within sight of Israel
News in Brief
By ICEJ News
07 Aug 2008
 Egyptians kill Darfur refugee within sight of freedom in Israel
Egyptian border guards shot and killed a Sudanese refugee who was trying to enter Israel from the Sinai on Wednesday, according Egyptian medical officials. The 24-year old man, who was fleeing to Israel from the genocide in Darfur, was shot in the back of the head as he climbed across a barbered wire fence from Egypt into Israel on Wednesday. Three other Sudanese refugees with the man were arrested and two lightly injured from the attack. Over the course of the past two years, thousands of African refugees, many of them Christians, have fled genocide at home and persecution in Egypt by entering Israel illegally. The ICEJ continues to assist many of these refugees in Israel through Operation Hope – the Embassy's refugee aid program. Learn more about helping Sudanese refugees in Israel.
 Jerusalem cancer center saved by Christian donations
Jerusalem-based Christian organizations have donated $15,000 to a cancer treatment center in the capital city allowing it to remain open for at least six more months. The cancer center has treated over 500 patients since it opened ten months ago in honor of the late MK Yuri Shtern, who founded the Knesset's Christian Allies Caucus and helped bridge Israel's relations with international Christian supporters. But the center almost shut down due to a lack of funds, said Director-General Marik Shtern of the Yuri Shtern Foundation. "It was very moving for me to know that the Christian organizations which were in very close contact with my father are at our side and are helping us perpetuate his memory," said Shtern on Tuesday. The three evangelical Christian organizations that gave $5,000 each to help save the center are the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Bridges for Peace, and Christian Friends of Israel. "It is a privilege and joy to honor the memory of a wonderful man who was a patriot and loved his people dearly," said ICEJ Executive Director Rev. Malcolm Hedding. "His premature death when he succumbed to cancer was a great loss to the country, and of course to the Christian community."
 Israeli Arab student recruited by Hizballah in Germany
An Israeli Arab medical student was indicted on Wednesday for joining the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah while completing his studies in Frankfurt, Germany. Israeli police and security services worked together in arresting Khaled Kashkush on July 16 at Ben-Gurion Airport following intelligence that suggested he had been offered 13,000 Euros in order to recruit fellow Israeli Arabs to work for the Iranian and Syrian backed militia. Kashkush was also allegedly asked to apply for a position at an Israeli hospital after finishing medical school, so that he could collect personal information on hospitalized soldiers and security employees. The indictment also said that Kashkush was taught how to live as an undercover agent without being detected.
 Israeli-Syrian negotiations to continue without Olmert
Indirect negotiations between Israel and Syria over the future of the Golan Heights will continue, a top Syrian official said on Wednesday, despite the fact that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced his intention to resign. "We are not concerned with whether Olmert resigns or not. We are not a party to internal Israeli issues," said Buthaina Shaaban, an adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Wednesday. The Turkish-mediated negotiations have not advanced enough to become direct talks but an agreement is anticipated soon, Shaaban continued. "If the talks had not progressed then they would have been stopped."
 IDF: Israel able to counter all known missile threats
Following Iran's latest long-range missile tests last month, Israeli Air Force Commander Daniel Milo confirmed on Tuesday that the IDF is in a position to counter all known ballistic missile threats in the Middle East following an extensive nationwide missile defense drill earlier in the day. But Milo added that although Iran's latest missile drills are not believed to have demonstrated any major technological breakthroughs, "we are in a period during which the enemy is accelerating the ballistic missile threat in all the various fronts," he cautioned.
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