Archive for October 28, 2012

Grad Missile Hits Be’er Sheva After IAF kills Hamas Terrorist

Direct hit on terrorist as final preparations to launch a rocket into southern Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

Gaza-based terrorists fired two Grad missiles at the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva early Sunday morning.

The missiles exploded in an open area near the city and did not cause any physical injuries or damages. The city announced that schools would be closed Sunday because of the attack.

Overnight Saturday, IAF aircraft struck a terrorist cell in Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced.

According to the announcement, the terrorists were making final preparations to launch a rocket into southern Israel. Direct hits at the target were scored, and secondary explosions were heard, said the IDF. Continue Reading »

New Israeli Device Offers Unique Alzheimer’s Treatment

The non-invasive device is already approved for use in Europe, Israel & several Asian countries such as Singapore.
Neuronix expects the system to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in late 2014.

By Tova Cohen, Reuters

 

Israel-based Neuronix, which has developed a non-invasive medical device to help to treat Alzheimer’s disease, expects the system to be approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in late 2014.

Neuronix CEO Eyal Baror poses for a photo next to a newly-developed device to treat Alzheimer's disease at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv October 24, 2012. REUTERS-Nir Elias

Neuronix CEO Eyal Baror poses for a photo next to a newly-developed device to treat Alzheimer’s disease at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv – REUTERS-Nir Elias

The device, which combines electromagnetic stimulation with computer-based cognitive training, is already approved for use in Europe, Israel and several Asian countries such as Singapore. Continue Reading »

Panicking cow kills Palestinian for Muslim feast

Man trying to slaughter beast for Muslim holiday killed instead

Associated Press

 

A Gaza health official says that a panicking cow has killed a Palestinian man who was trying slaughter the beast during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha.

Panicking Beast Archive photo: Reuters

Panicking Beast Archive – Photo: Reuters

Muslims around the world slaughter sheep, cows and goats during the four-day holiday to commemorate the sacrifice by their forefather Abraham. But accidents are comment as people frequently buy animals to slaughter at home instead of relying on professional butchers.

Official Ashraf al-Kidra said Saturday that another 150 more people were hospitalized in Gaza with knife wounds or other injuries caused by animals attacking butchers or bystanders. Continue Reading »

Satellite images suggest Sudan site destroyed by airstrike

Sudan blames Israel for bombing Khartoum military complex & killing 2 people

Sudan’s Minister of Information: Israeli interests are now ‘legitimate targets’ after alleged strike.

 

A U.S. monitoring group says satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory suggest that the site was hit by an airstrike.

The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on Oct. 25 2012.

The Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum, Sudan seen in a satellite image made on Oct. 25 2012, following the alleged attack. – Photo: AP

The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military complex in Khartoum last week, killing two people and leaving the factory in ruins. Continue Reading »

Call to ‘Free Al Aqsa’ Sounded at News Conference in Cairo

News conference participants at Diplomatic Committee of the Egyptian Bar Association promise that Muslim liberation of Jerusalem will come in this generation.

By Gil Ronen

 

Egyptian jurists and politicians have issued calls to “liberate” the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, and to restore Egypt’s leading role in the Arab world.

Participants in a news conference in Cairo on October 25 said that the “liberation” of Jerusalem by Muslims will be accomplished “without a doubt” by the present generation, which brought about the change in Arab regimes, and that the peace treaty with Israel was just an act of deception that led to the “loss of the homeland.” Continue Reading »

Israel, the U.S. & Canada calls for removal of anti-Israel UN official Richard Falk

UN rapporteur and anti-Zionist alleges that companies dealing with settlers are in violation of int’l human rights laws.

By SDAMatt2a

 

Canada joined the United States and Israel late Thursday night in calling for the resignation of a United Nations official charged with monitoring and reporting on human rights in the Palestinian territories.

The Source with Ezra Levant
That official, Richard Falk, the UN’s special rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, called for a worldwide boycott earlier Thursday of companies tied to Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

That recommendation was immediately condemned by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who called Falk’s call to action “irresponsible and unacceptable,” and said it would “poison the environment for peace.” Continue Reading »

Apparently The New York Times Whitewashes Everyone Except Israel

The New York Times’ silence in regard to Morsi’s disgraceful behavior merely serves to underscore the fact that the NYT is simply incapable of fair or balanced reporting.

By Ari Lieberman

Last week, Jimmy Carter accompanied by ex-has-been and irrelevant leftist politicians from Norway and Ireland — the so-called “Elders” — visited Israel.  Quite predictably, Carter, whose anti-Israel vitriol knows no bounds, condemned Israel for the lack of progress with the Palestinians and blamed “Israeli settlements” for the impasse.  Never mind the incessant rocket attacks from Gaza, the daily incitement coming across Palestinian airwaves, and the Palestinian Authority’s irrational refusal to negotiate with Israel without preconditions — in the myopic world of Jimmy Carter and his radical leftist (and openly anti-Semitic) friends, Arab Muslims can do no wrong, and Israel is to blame for the world’s evils.

Continue Reading »

Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to wage Jihad against U.S. & Israel

Ayman al-Zawahri praises demonstrators who stormed U.S. consulate in Benghazi & U.S. embassy in Cairo

By Reuters

 

Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said a film made in the United States mocking the Prophet Mohammed showed Washington was waging a “crusader Zionist war” against Muslims and he called for more protests outside American embassies.

Ayman al-Zawahri

Ayman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida leader. – Photo by Reuters

Like in other messages released by al-Qaida’s Yemeni and North African branches last month, Zawahiri praised last month’s assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed four diplomats but stopped short of claiming responsibility.

In the recording, posted on Islamist websites on Friday, he called on “free and distinguished zealots for Islam” who attacked the consulate and protested outside other American embassies to “continue their opposition to American crusader Zionist aggression against Islam and Muslims”. Continue Reading »

Haim Ramon Calls for ‘Center-Left’ Unity Coalition

Former MK Haim Ramon says that in response to the unity between the Likud & Yisrael Beytenu parties, Israel’s ‘center-left’ parties must unite.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Former MK Haim Ramon, one of the founders of Kadima, on Friday called on Israel’s center-left parties to unite in response to the unity between the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties.

“Given the sense of emergency (because of the unity in the right –ed.), the center and the left should unite and place at the head the man or woman who is the best suited to be prime minister,” Ramon told Channel 2 News. Continue Reading »

Morning rain brings flooding to Israel’s North

Eleven scuba divers are rescued off the Jaffa coast.

Firefighters are called to flooded retirement home in Haifa

By JPOST.COM STAFF
A burst of late-morning rain brought minor flooding to a number of cities in the North on Friday as an unusually resilient summer was suddenly relegated to sweat-filled memories of months past.
A storm touches down on water off Atlit coast

A storm touches down on water off Atlit coast – Photo: Baz Ratner / Reuters

In Haifa, the rains flooded at least one retirement home and local media reported water filling a number of local streets, Army Radio reported. Firefighters dispatched to the retirement home helped evacuate the elderly residents. Continue Reading »

Three Amazing IDF Gadgets

Here are 3 brilliant gadgets 007 only wishes the Q Branch could supply him.

 

With the newest James Bond movie premiering in theaters today, the legendary agent once again makes headlines. But despite his infamous high-tech gadgets, Agent 007 is still no match for the Israel Defense Forces. Here are three brilliant gadgets Agent Bond only wishes the Q Branch could give him.

 

1. The VIPER (Versatile, Intelligent, Portable Robot)

This portable, lightweight robot was designed specifically for urban guerrilla warfare. Its special wheel system can literally change shape, so VIPER knows how to climb stairs, scale rocky terrain, or crawl into tiny spaces. Continue Reading »

Bahrain Initiates Dialogue with the European Jewish Parliament

A delegation from the European Jewish Parliament (EJP), representing 47 countries, made its historic visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

By Elad Benari

 

For the first, time a delegation from the European Jewish Parliament (EJP) made a landmark visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, one of the most dynamic economies in the Middle East, earlier this week.

European Jewish Parliament

European Jewish Parliament – Screenshot

A statement by the EJP noted that the delegation was led by Vadim Rabinovych and Joël Rubinfeld, Co-Chairmen of the European Jewish Parliament (EJP), together with MEJP’s from Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Turkey and Ukraine.

The visit was at the invitation of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the framework of an intercultural and interreligious dialogue that started earlier this year in Brussels during the European Jewish Parliament (EJP) General Assembly. Continue Reading »

Italian PM Monti: Europe’s security tied up with Israel’s security

Prime Minister Mario Monti on his diplomatic visit to Israel: “any threat to Israel is unacceptable,” in reference to Iran’s nuclear program.

 

Italy views “Europe’s security in Israel’s security,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Thursday at a joint press conference in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

PM Netanyahu with Italian counterpart Mario Monti - Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

PM Netanyahu with Italian counterpart Mario Monti – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

“We absolutely reject threats to regional stability and denial of the Holocaust,” Monti said in reference to Iran. “Any threat to Israel is unacceptable.”

Monti said that the sanctions against Iran were effective and undoubtedly had an influence in disrupting the Iranian economy, and were likely to bring about a change in Tehran’s nuclear program. Continue Reading »

Report: Israel selling drones to Azerbaijan in Violation of Int’l Embargo

Global Post magazine reports Iran, Israel & Russia are violating UN-imposed embargo by selling weapons to Azerbaijan & Armenia.

Observers: Border skirmishes may escalate into broader regional conflict

By Ynet Staff

 

Israel, Russia and Iran are violating an international embargo by supplying weapons to Azerbaijan and Armenia in the framework of their dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a number of media outlets reported Wednesday night.

Israel’s Air Force, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) ‘Eitan’ – Photo: IAF facebook page

An article published by the American Global Post news magazine quoted international observers as saying that the region’s strategic oil and gas pipelines and a tangled web of alliances and precious resources threaten to quickly escalate the border skirmishes and airspace violations to a wider regional conflict triggered by Armenia and Azerbaijan that could potentially pull in Israel, Russia and Iran. Continue Reading »

Report: IDF Drone Destroyed Weapons Convoy in Sudan Last Month

Foreign intelligence sources report that Israel carried out a drone raid on a munitions convoy south of the Sudanese capital in September.

By Elad Benari

 

Israel carried out an unmanned drone raid on a convoy south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month, foreign intelligence sources told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum – Reuters

The sources claimed the strike destroyed 200 tons of munitions, including rockets, that were intended for Gaza.

The report comes one day after a huge fire broke out at an arms factory in Khartoum. Sudan said the fire was a result of an attack by four military planes. Continue Reading »