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| November 30, 2012
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Hungary far-right MP attacks Israeli presence in Hungarian parliament

MP Elod Novak demands resignation of MP with (dual) Israeli citizenship, says ‘Israel has more deputies in Hungarian parliament than in the Knesset’

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VIDEO – A storm over apparent anti-Semitic remarks in Hungary’s parliament continued unabated Thursday, as a far-right Jobbik deputy called publicly for the resignation of a fellow MP who claimed to have an Israeli citizenship.

תומכי "יוביק" האנטישמית מפגינים בבודפשט, ארכיון (צילום: AP)

Jobbik supporters march in Budapest – Photo: AP

At a press conference, Jobbik deputy Elod Novak said it was unacceptable that Katalin Ertsey, a deputy of the small opposition party LMP, had kept her dual Hungarian-Israeli citizenship secret and called for her resignation. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Israel fares better than many European countries, to be born in

Israel ranks surprisingly well on list of ‘Best countries to be born in’, ranked 20th, ahead of many European countries 

Switzerland comes in 1st & Nigeria came in last.

 

Switzerland is the best country in which to be born in 2013, but Israel ranks surprisingly highly, coming in above many European countries in 20th place, according to a new study of some 90 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Swiss bliss: Switzerland is ranked as the best country to be born in. – Photo: GettyImages

The study, which aimed to measure the opportunities in each country for citizens born in 2013, took into account 11 statistically significant indicators, including: per capita gross domestic product, life expect­ancy at birth, the state of political freedoms, faith in government, unemployment and crime rates, divorce rates, gender equality and climate. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Canadian FM: ‘Canada won’t let the Jews or Israel stand alone’

Abbas & the PA should have used the support  received in the UN to reach out to Israel for peace talks, said Canadian foreign minister.

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, who delivered a supportive speech of Israel at the UN before its vote Thursday on the Palestinian statehood, said Friday “the bottom line is we will not let the Jewish people and the State of Israel stand alone when the going gets tough.”

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird - Photo: Courtesy of Herzliya Conference

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird – Photo: Courtesy of Herzliya Conference

Baird, in a phone interview from New York, said he had “absolutely no hesitation” about taking the podium and opposing the Palestinian bid, something he knew was not a popular position in the hall.

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Doctor euthanizes daughter then takes his own life

Police Report: Father in Nir Yisrael a community in Southern Israel, takes own life after rendering euthanasia to daughter suffering from terminal cancer.

 

Tragedy befell the southern Israel moshav of Nir Yisrael on Friday morning, when a local doctor killed his daughter, who was suffering from terminal cancer, before taking his own life, Lachish subdistrict police reported.

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MDA Ambulance – Photo: WIkicommons

Lachish District Spokeswoman Shlomit Zachariya said that the father was a doctor in his 60s, who decided to euthanize his daughter, either with an injection or an overdose of some sort, rather than see her suffer a slow death from cancer. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Approved! 3,000 more homes beyond Green Line to be built.

Less than 24 hrs after the UN General Assembly recognizes Palestine as non-member state, gov’t’s top 9 ministers respond by approving construction of new housing units in Jerusalem & West Bank.

Canada says they will review its whole relationship with the Palestinian Authority

Itamar Eichner

 

Israel responds to Palestinian move at UN:Israel decided Thursday to approve the construction of an additional 3,000 housing units in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

In addition, the planning procedures of thousands of additional housing units in Jerusalem and the settlement blocs will be furthered, including in the segment connecting Ma’ale Adumim with Jerusalem, known as the E1 project. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Mysterious Ultra-Secret ‘Site 911’ in Israel Raises Eyebrows in U.S.

The US Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a 5-story underground secret facility for an IDF complex, simply named “Site 911.”

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to supervise construction of a five-story underground facility for an Israel Defense Forces complex, oddly named “Site 911,” at an Israeli Air Force base near Tel Aviv.

“Expected to take more than two years to build, at a cost of up to $100 million, the facility is to have classrooms on Level 1, an auditorium on Level 3, a laboratory, shock-resistant doors, protection from nonionizing radiation and very tight security. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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AIPAC ‘MEMO’ calls to review U.S.- Palestinian agreements

PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rebuffed a direct request by Israel and President Obama not to seek upgraded status at the United Nations, which was in direct violations of the signed Oslo Peace Accords.

 

Palestinian U.N. Upgrade Undermines Peace Efforts

The U.N. General Assembly’s (UNGA) passage today (29 Nov. 2012) of a resolution granting the Palestinians non-member observer state status is a direct blow to Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. An actual Palestinian state can only be achieved by direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. UNGA recognition of a virtual state of Palestine does nothing to advance that process and hinders resumption of real peace talks. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Israel’s Anti-Terror Campaign Nets Private Weapons Caché

The latest IDF anti-terror arrest in the Hevron region unveiled a sizable weapons & munitions storehouse in someone’s home.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The IDF has been stepping up its fight against Hamas in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) in wake of the recent open battle with Hamas in Gaza. Earlier this week troops went to arrest a terror suspect in Hevron and ended up finding a weapons warehouse in a private home.

First Lieutenant Erez Korach told Arutz Sheva about the mission. “We got an order about a house where a suspect was hiding… We got to the house, closed him in, and burst in.” Continue Reading »

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Abbas to visit Gaza to end Hamas-Fatah rift

PA President Abbas’ visit is to be the 1st of its kind since Hamas seized control of Gaza in bloody coup d’état in 2007, PLO says move aimed at ending Hamas-Fatah rift.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to visit the Gaza Strip after the UN General Assembly vote in favor of upgrading the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state, a senior PLO official announced Thursday.

Mahmoud Abbas - Photo: Marc Israël Sellem

Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: Marc Israël Sellem

The announcement came shortly before Abbas was asked the GA in New York to vote in favor of the statehood bid.

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The US quantifies: This UN Resolution did not create a Palestinian state

 

U.S. Amb. Susan Rice says UN resolution ‘does not establish that Palestine is a state’

Attila Somfalvi

 

US Ambassador to the UN Sudan Rice said Thursday after the General Assembly vote that recognized Palestine as an observer state that the resolution “does not establish that Palestine is a state.”

סוזן רייס, אמש בעצרת האו"ם (צילום: AFP)

Susan Rice at General Assembly – Photo: AFP

“Today’s grand pronouncements will soon fade. And the Palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed, save that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded,” she remarked

Rice stressed that the only way to achieve a two-state solution is through direct negotiations. Continue Reading »

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Vatican praises UN Palestine vote, but seeks guarantees for Jerusalem

Official Vatican statement: ‘The Holy See welcomes with favor the decision of the General Assembly by which Palestine has become a Non-member Observer State of the United Nations,’

By Reuters

 

The Vatican hailed the United Nations’ implicit recognition of a Palestinian state on Thursday and called for an internationally guaranteed special status for Jerusalem, something bound to irritate Israel.

Abbas at the UN General Assembly

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. – Photo by AP

The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s observer status at the United Nations from “entity” to “non-member state,” the same status as the Vatican. Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2012
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Washington gives Iran ‘Red Line’ of March to cooperate with IAEA

The White House warns Iran, it will bring Iranian nuclear program issue to the UN Security Council if Tehran fails to cooperate with UN atomic watchdog

By Reuters

 

The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a UN nuclear agency investigation, warning Tehran the issue may otherwise be referred to the UN Security Council.

Barack Obama Photo: AP

Barack Obama – Photo: AP

The comments by US diplomat Robert Wood to the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency signaled Washington’s growing frustration at a lack of progress in the IAEA’s inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran’s nuclear program. Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2012
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Amb. Michael Oren: Why Fall for Hamas’s media manipulation

If Hamas cannot win the war, it wants to win the story of the war.

By Michael Oren,

Michael Oren is Israel’s ambassador to the United States.

 

What makes better headlines? Is it numbing figures such as the 8,000 Palestinian rockets fired at Israel since it unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and the 42.5 percent of Israeli children living near the Gaza border who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder? Or is it high-resolution images of bombed-out buildings in Gaza and emotional stories of bereaved Palestinians? The last, obviously, as demonstrated by much of the media coverage of Israel’s recent operation against Hamas.

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| November 29, 2012
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UN vote turns terrorists into ‘freedom fighters’ & disputed territory into ‘occupied land’

Rhetoric aside, here are the legal ramifications of the status change with the Palestinian Authority: UN vote turns terrorists into ‘freedom fighters’ and disputed land into ‘occupied land’.

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

 

Two Palestinian goals at UN:
Have all disputed land declared “occupied”
and have terrorists declared legitimate freedom fighters

The Palestinian Authority wishes to achieve a number of political gains by having the UN vote today, recognizing “Palestine” as a non-member observer state. First, all lands that are disputed and whose future must be negotiated according to the Oslo Accords, the PA wants declared Palestinian “occupied territory.” Continue Reading »

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| November 29, 2012
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With UN Bid on 29th Nov, Arabs Once Again Take Premeditated Steps to Steal Israel’s Heritage

November 29th is a day that belongs to Israel, says one historian, it’s when the UN  recognized Mandatory Palestine as a “national home” for the Jewish people – and like Rachel’s Tomb and other examples – the PA is once again trying to ‘steal’ it for themselves.

By David Lev

 

It’s no accident that the Palestinian Authority is bringing its “case” to the United Nations on November 29 – a day that has for 65 years been identified with the State of Israel.

Historical Reenactment of the 29th of November

Historical Reenactment of the 29th of November – Amir Lusky

“It’s very typical of the PA to choose the day that Israel was recognized as a state by the UN as the date for their state’s recognition,” said one historian. Continue Reading »

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