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The Chabad House is a unique blend of love and hatred towards the people of Israel, the country&#39;s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said today.

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A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas.

Netanyahu meets Moshe at Chabad House, calls it 'a unique blend of love and hatred' The Chabad House is a unique blend of love and hatred towards the people of Israel, the country's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said today. When Bandit Queen can release, why not Padmaavat, says Supreme Court The Supreme Court said Thursday that the movie Padmaavat would have to be released across the country. Four states -- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh -- had banned the release of the film. Lucknow: Schoolgirl who attacked class 1 boy with knife had wanted a holiday Police said Thursday that the 11-year-old girl who attacked the Class 1 boy with a sharp-edged weapon in the toilet of his Lucknow school had wanted a holiday. Virat Kohli named ICC Cricketer of the Year Indian captain Virat Kohli has been awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year, besides bagging the top honour for ODI players in the ICC annual awards, announced in Dubai. In world first, drone rescues 2 swimmers off Australian beach A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped a safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas.

WION Evening News brief, 18 January, 2018

The Chabad House is a unique blend of love and hatred towards the people of Israel, the country&#39;s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said today.

He was addressing people at the Chabad House, or the Nariman House, after meeting 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg whose father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed along with six others there during the 26/11 terror attacks.

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Moshe, then a toddler of two years, was miraculously saved by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel, who now lives in Israel.

The Jewish couple ran a cultural outreach centre of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at the five-storey building in south Mumbai&#39;s Colaba.

Moshe, who now lives in Israel with his grandparents, came to Mumbai on Tuesday, returning to the place where he was orphaned nine years ago.

&quot;This place is a unique merge between love for Israeli people and the hatred towards the people of Israel. The nation of Israel is known for salvation,&quot; Netanyahu told the gathering in Hebrew.

The Israeli prime minister thanked Moshe for hosting him and showing him his room in the Chabad House.

&quot;Your parents showed love to the people and welcomed all to this house. They provided for every Jew a home. This is loving Israel but terrorists showed hatred towards Israel,&quot; he said.

Netanyahu said the terrorists could not harm Moshe because of the love shown by his nanny.

&quot;In the past, the Jewish people have witnessed a lot of challenges but with the help of God they overcame everything. The people of Israel are living and will live forever,&quot; he said.&nbsp;

The Israeli prime minister thanked Moshe for hosting him and showing him his room at the Chabad House

The Chabad House is a unique blend of love and hatred towards the people of Israel, the country's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said today. He was addressing people at the Chabad House, or the Nariman House, after meeting 11-year-old Moshe Holtzberg whose father Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and mother Rivka were killed along with six others there during the 26/11 terror attacks. #Mumbai: Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets 26/11 survivor Moshe Holtzberg at Nariman House. pic.twitter.com/PRjj2NZZlF — ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018 × Moshe, then a toddler of two years, was miraculously saved by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel, who now lives in Israel. The Jewish couple ran a cultural outreach centre of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at the five-storey building in south Mumbai's Colaba. Moshe, who now lives in Israel with his grandparents, came to Mumbai on Tuesday, returning to the place where he was orphaned nine years ago. "This place is a unique merge between love for Israeli people and the hatred towards the people of Israel. The nation of Israel is known for salvation," Netanyahu told the gathering in Hebrew. The Israeli prime minister thanked Moshe for hosting him and showing him his room in the Chabad House. "Your parents showed love to the people and welcomed all to this house. They provided for every Jew a home. This is loving Israel but terrorists showed hatred towards Israel," he said. Netanyahu said the terrorists could not harm Moshe because of the love shown by his nanny. "In the past, the Jewish people have witnessed a lot of challenges but with the help of God they overcame everything. The people of Israel are living and will live forever," he said.

Netanyahu meets Moshe at Chabad House, calls it 'a unique blend of love and hatred'

Baby Moshe returned to Mumbai&#39;s Chabad House Tuesday nine years after the 26/11 attacks.&nbsp;

Moshe Holtzberg&#39;s -- he is now 11 -- were killed at Chabad House in the attacks.&nbsp;

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&quot;Finally, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabyMoshe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Baby Moshe</a> is back home. This visit is very emotional for him. He is here to see the living memorial project,&quot; Chabad House director Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky said.&nbsp;

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<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/baby-moshe-who-survived-2611-attacks-arrives-in-mumbai-29651">Moshe </a>and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will unveil a memorial to the victims of the 26/11 attacks at Chabad House on Thursday.

Moshe&nbsp;was two years old when his parents, Rabbi Gabriel and Rivka Holtzberg, were killed&nbsp;in the attacks.&nbsp;

Moshe was saved by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel and was later handed over to his maternal grandparents, who had rushed to Mumbai even as the attack was unfolding.

164 peope&nbsp;died in the Mumbai attacks and over 300 were injured. Nine of the attackers&nbsp;were killed while Ajmal Kasab, the sole attacker to be capture, was hanged in 2012.&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also met Moshe during his visit to Israel last year.

Baby Moshe returned to Mumbai's Chabad House Tuesday nine years after the 26/11 attacks. Moshe Holtzberg's -- he is now 11 -- were killed at Chabad House in the attacks. Moshe Holtzberg (Baby Moshe) arrives at Chabad House in #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/QbDCBuwEui — ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2018 × "Finally, Baby Moshe is back home. This visit is very emotional for him. He is here to see the living memorial project," Chabad House director Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky said. Finally, #BabyMoshe is back home. This visit is very emotional for him. He is here to see the living memorial project: Rabbi Israel Kozlovsky, Chabad Mumbai Director #Baby pic.twitter.com/GZnA0KIHyC — ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2018 × Moshe and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will unveil a memorial to the victims of the 26/11 attacks at Chabad House on Thursday. Moshe was two years old when his parents, Rabbi Gabriel and Rivka Holtzberg, were killed in the attacks. Moshe was saved by his Indian nanny Sandra Samuel and was later handed over to his maternal grandparents, who had rushed to Mumbai even as the attack was unfolding. 164 peope died in the Mumbai attacks and over 300 were injured. Nine of the attackers were killed while Ajmal Kasab, the sole attacker to be capture, was hanged in 2012. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also met Moshe during his visit to Israel last year.

After nine years, 'Baby' Moshe returns to Mumbai's Chabad House

Mention the words &ldquo;Chabad House&rdquo; in India and chances are that many Indians wouldn&#39;t know the way to one. Those who do, would probably connect the name to terror: the 26/11 terror attacks that saw Mumbai&#39;s Chabad House becoming one of the targets.

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Welcome to Paharganj in the heart of Delhi. Here, everyone knows what the Chabad House is and someone will actually escort you to the three-storeyed building hidden in a maze of streets and bylanes. The Chabad House in Paharganj is the first semblance of a home away from home for hundreds of Israelis landing in India. Conservative estimates put the number of Israelis visiting Delhi&#39;s Chabad House at 50,000 per year.

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The presence of a Delhi Police constable right at the entrance of Delhi&#39;s Chabad House is a signal enough: that from the security point of view, this is an important venue.

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The scene on the first floor is baffling. With backpacks and luggage littered across the entire floor, a clutch of young Israelis hang out: &mdash;some relaxing on the floor, others downing a cold drink, yet others charging their phones and laptops.

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Chaya Mushka, the wife of Rabbi Akiva, who&#39;s incharge of this Chabad House, is busy attending to droves of Israelis walking in and out of the building. She takes out time to explain what a Chabad House is and what it means for those visiting it. &ldquo;Chabad House is an open Jewish House that is like an open home where every Jew can come and feel at home. Our mission in life is to love every Jew, irrespective of how they look or where they come from,&rdquo; she says.

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The Chabad House is probably the first point of contact with their own people for Israelis visiting India. It&#39;s a comfort zone that allows them some familiarity, before venturing out to explore exotic, bewildering India.

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Ask any of these Israeli youngsters as to why they chose India and the answer is unsurprising. A long holiday in India has almost become a formal ritual, after the rigorous and compulsory military training that all Israeli youth undergo after completing their studies.

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&ldquo;Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I will complete my military training and will then go to India for a vacation,&rdquo; says a young backpacker heading out of Chabad House. Many others acknowledge that doing military training and heading to India afterwards are almost synonymous.

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But it&#39;s not that only Israeli youth visit Iidia. Pensioners like Shaikey too, are among those who like to come. &ldquo;I think India is a very interesting country, There is so much of variety here...the south has something to offer, the north has something completely different. The people here are very kind. They like to help and take good care of us,&rdquo; he says.

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The Israelis swarm Paharganj and the area around Chabad house - that shows just how comfortable they feel here. Here, there are shops with signs in Hebrew and what&#39;s more, many shopkeepers address them quite fluently in their own tongue. Expectedly, business is booming here.

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&ldquo;I&#39;ve been dealing with them for 12 years. Yes, I speak a little bit of Hebrew. They come, they have heard about my shop. When they are here and I speak to them in Hebrew it creates a friendly environment and makes them feel comfortable and at home,&rdquo; says Waseem, who runs a leather goods shop just meters away from Chabad House. He then goes on to have a conversation with a young Israeli customer in fluent Hebrew.

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Rabbi Akiva, the man in charge of Delhi&#39;s Chabad House, has been here for six years now and is very upbeat about the ties Israel shares with india and why so many Israeli&#39;s come to India.

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&ldquo;I am happy about the Indian Prime Minister&#39;s visit to Israel. I am a Jew, and an Israeli. But i am living in India. And everything that makes India a better place makes me happy. I think it&#39;s a great thing. It&#39;ll help both countries. What can be wrong in this?&rdquo; he says, adding that he plans to stay on in India for good.

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The symbolism of Prime Minister Modi&#39;s meeting with 10-year-old Moshe is not lost on Rabbi Akiva. Moshe was but a baby when his parents were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and his Indian nanny, Sandra, fled with him in her arms.

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&ldquo;We won over the terrorists and Moshe who was just a toddler is now ten years old and will be growing up. As as it is being said, he&#39;s going to be a Rabbi in Mumbai,&rdquo; says Rabbi Akiva.

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The Rabbi adds that though Moshe&#39;s is a sad story, but the fact that PM Modi will be meeting him goes on to show that India is really interested in Israel&mdash;and not just because of technology and other things Israel has to offer. &ldquo;As we can see, the Indian government helps us with security and the fact Prime Minister Modi is going to visit and meet Moshe shows that India and Israel are very much connected and both nations want to help each other,&rdquo;&nbsp;the Rabbi says.

?I am happy about the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Israel. I am a Jew, and an Israeli. But i am living in India", says Rabbi Akiva of Chabad House

Mention the words “Chabad House” in India and chances are that many Indians wouldn't know the way to one. Those who do, would probably connect the name to terror: the 26/11 terror attacks that saw Mumbai's Chabad House becoming one of the targets. Welcome to Paharganj in the heart of Delhi. Here, everyone knows what the Chabad House is and someone will actually escort you to the three-storeyed building hidden in a maze of streets and bylanes. The Chabad House in Paharganj is the first semblance of a home away from home for hundreds of Israelis landing in India. Conservative estimates put the number of Israelis visiting Delhi's Chabad House at 50,000 per year. The presence of a Delhi Police constable right at the entrance of Delhi's Chabad House is a signal enough: that from the security point of view, this is an important venue. The scene on the first floor is baffling. With backpacks and luggage littered across the entire floor, a clutch of young Israelis hang out: —some relaxing on the floor, others downing a cold drink, yet others charging their phones and laptops. Chaya Mushka, the wife of Rabbi Akiva, who's incharge of this Chabad House, is busy attending to droves of Israelis walking in and out of the building. She takes out time to explain what a Chabad House is and what it means for those visiting it. “Chabad House is an open Jewish House that is like an open home where every Jew can come and feel at home. Our mission in life is to love every Jew, irrespective of how they look or where they come from,” she says. The Chabad House is probably the first point of contact with their own people for Israelis visiting India. It's a comfort zone that allows them some familiarity, before venturing out to explore exotic, bewildering India. Ask any of these Israeli youngsters as to why they chose India and the answer is unsurprising. A long holiday in India has almost become a formal ritual, after the rigorous and compulsory military training that all Israeli youth undergo after completing their studies. “Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I will complete my military training and will then go to India for a vacation,” says a young backpacker heading out of Chabad House. Many others acknowledge that doing military training and heading to India afterwards are almost synonymous. But it's not that only Israeli youth visit Iidia. Pensioners like Shaikey too, are among those who like to come. “I think India is a very interesting country, There is so much of variety here...the south has something to offer, the north has something completely different. The people here are very kind. They like to help and take good care of us,” he says. The Israelis swarm Paharganj and the area around Chabad house - that shows just how comfortable they feel here. Here, there are shops with signs in Hebrew and what's more, many shopkeepers address them quite fluently in their own tongue. Expectedly, business is booming here. “I've been dealing with them for 12 years. Yes, I speak a little bit of Hebrew. They come, they have heard about my shop. When they are here and I speak to them in Hebrew it creates a friendly environment and makes them feel comfortable and at home,” says Waseem, who runs a leather goods shop just meters away from Chabad House. He then goes on to have a conversation with a young Israeli customer in fluent Hebrew. Rabbi Akiva, the man in charge of Delhi's Chabad House, has been here for six years now and is very upbeat about the ties Israel shares with india and why so many Israeli's come to India. “I am happy about the Indian Prime Minister's visit to Israel. I am a Jew, and an Israeli. But i am living in India. And everything that makes India a better place makes me happy. I think it's a great thing. It'll help both countries. What can be wrong in this?” he says, adding that he plans to stay on in India for good. The symbolism of Prime Minister Modi's meeting with 10-year-old Moshe is not lost on Rabbi Akiva. Moshe was but a baby when his parents were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and his Indian nanny, Sandra, fled with him in her arms. “We won over the terrorists and Moshe who was just a toddler is now ten years old and will be growing up. As as it is being said, he's going to be a Rabbi in Mumbai,” says Rabbi Akiva. The Rabbi adds that though Moshe's is a sad story, but the fact that PM Modi will be meeting him goes on to show that India is really interested in Israel—and not just because of technology and other things Israel has to offer. “As we can see, the Indian government helps us with security and the fact Prime Minister Modi is going to visit and meet Moshe shows that India and Israel are very much connected and both nations want to help each other,” the Rabbi says.

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WION Evening News brief, 18 January, 2018

Netanyahu meets Moshe at Chabad House, calls it 'a unique blend of love and hatred'

After nine years, 'Baby' Moshe returns to Mumbai's Chabad House

The Chabad House: Home away from home for Israelis in India