Archive for August 20, 2013

Arab Slaps Random Jew in Attack on Jerusalem’s Light Rail

Jewish man in Jerusalem becomes target to random attack in what seems to be anti-Jewish motivated incident.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

A Jewish man from the Binyamin region was assaulted Monday in a random attack on the light rail train in Jerusalem. The young man told Arutz Sheva that he was targeted by a group of Arab youths, apparently due to his recognizably Jewish appearance.

The Jerusalem Light Rail – Photo IsraelandStuff/PP

He was part of a group traveling to a birthday party in Jerusalem, he recalled. The group sat toward the front of the train.

As the train passed by the Beit Hanina neighborhood, three Arab youths approached their group, he said. Continue Reading »

Women from Samaria : Arab Men Accost & Harass Us on Buses

In a letter written to Israel’s Transport Minister, women describe how riding the bus home from work has become a nightmare.

By Arutz Sheva

 

A group of women who live in Samaria have sent letters to Minister of Transport, Yisrael Katz, in which they complain that using public transportation has become a nightmarish experience, because of harassment by Arabs.

Afikim bus – Photo: Hillel Meir

Arutz Sheva has obtained copies of letters sent to the Transport Minister and to the mayor of Ariel, in which women complain of sexual harassment on bus lines that go from central Israel to Samaria destinations

One woman, whom we will identify as Ayin, wrote: “Last Sunday, I rode the 186 bus from Petach Tikva to Ariel as I always do, on my way back from work. Continue Reading »

Erdogan says he has ‘evidence’ Israel behind Egypt coup

 

Turkish daily quotes its PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday saying he has proof from a Jewish intellectual that the Israel gov’t was involved in the Egyptian Army’s overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood regime.

By Israel Hayom staff

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused Israel of being behind the July 3 military coup in Egypt, saying he had evidence of the Jewish state’s involvement in the overthrow of Egypt’s Islamist former President Mohammed Morsi.

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Roger Waters’ Open letter calls on all musicians to boycott Israel

Pink Floyd member urges musicians to refrain from performing in Israel “until such time as Israel complies with universal principles of human rights.”

By JTA

 

 

 

British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel.

Roger Waters playing at a concert in Quebec

Roger Waters playing at a concert in Quebec – Photo: REUTERS

The letter, which condemns Israel for apartheid and ethnic cleansing, has been expected for several months, according to the Electronic Intifada, which first reported on its existence.

“I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and Roll, to ask you to join with me, and thousands of other artists around the world, to declare a cultural boycott on Israel,” Waters wrote in the letter dated August 18.

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UN rights chief seeks legality of US & Israel drone use

 

UN wishes to examine the legal terms of US and Israeli drone use, which asks to clarify basis of counter-terrorism or military strikes in areas of armed conflict.

Associated Press

 

The UN human rights chief is urging the United States and Israel to clarify the legal basis for the use of armed drones in Pakistan, Yemen and Gaza.

Israel Air Force Drone – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

Navi Pillay told a UN Security Council meeting Monday on protection of civilians that “the current lack of transparency surrounding their use creates an accountability vacuum and affects the ability of victims to seek redress.” Continue Reading »

Attacking Arab Shot Dead While Apprehending Terrorist During IDF Operation

When Security forces came under attack, live fire was ordered to guarantee the safety of the soldiers during an operation to arrest Islamic Jihad terrorist Bassam Saadi in Jenin.

By Ari Soffer

 

 

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian Authority Arab and wounded two others during an operation early Tuesday in the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Jenin in Samaria (Shomron)

Security forces were attempting to apprehend a member of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization when they came under attack.

“During the activity, shots were fired at the forces and improvised explosive devices and rocks were hurled at the security personnel, injuring two soldiers,” a military spokeswoman told AFP. Continue Reading »

Israel tells the US: Stopping aid to Egyptian army could end peace talks

 

Israeli Official: Egyptian support of great importance in keeping Palestinians at peace talks and influencing Hamas in Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

Israel has urged the US to back the Egyptian military, saying losing Egypt to Islamists could pose a risk the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Egyptian troops en route to Sinai

Egyptian troops en route to Sinai – Photo: REUTERS

According to an Israeli official quoted by the paper, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have traditionally played an important role in providing the Palestinians the support to stay in the negotiations and to make concessions, and without them there is a chance the talks will fail.

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Tel Aviv has no plans to enforce Sabbath closure directive

Israel’s High Court deadline on decision – Tel Aviv must either enforce or repeal local Sabbath closure laws.

Decision looms, but so does local elections.

By Ido Efrati

 

 

Tel Aviv seems to be in no rush to begin strictly enforcing its own Sabbath closure regulations, and will likely ask for an extension on imposing the bylaw on businesses in the city that remain open between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday.

A branch of AM:PM in Tel Aviv.

The AM:PM chain of convenience stores in Tel Aviv will have to close on Shabbat following Supreme Court ruling. – Photo: Ofer Vaknin

On June 25, in response to a petition by seven Tel Aviv grocers, the High Court of Justice ordered the municipality to decide between fully enforcing the rule or rescinding it. Continue Reading »

US Naval Analyst: Mideast Gas a Chance for US to Break from Turkey

The newly drilled natural gas fields in the Mediterranean provide the U.S. with an opportunity to break with Turkey, whose adoption of a hostile neo-Ottoman ideology to guide it in the 21st century, worries them.

By Elad Benari

 

The natural gas fields in the Mediterranean provide the United States with an opportunity to break with Turkey, according to Seth Cropsey, formerly the deputy undersecretary of the Navy in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

“Politics and alliances in the eastern Mediterranean are shifting, and the region’s security framework is splintering,” Cropsey wrote Monday in PJ Media. “The region is now divided as much within the Muslim world as between it and the non-Muslim states.” Continue Reading »

Ban Ki-moon: Backsteps, Now saying no discrimination against Israel at UN

 

Now in New York, the Secretary-general denies saying this to students in Israel: “Unfortunately because of the conflict, Israel has been weighed down by criticism and suffered from bias – sometimes even discrimination,”

Not very Diplomatic.

By MAYA SHWAYDER
 

 

NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon denied on Monday there is any bias in the UN against Israel.

Ban (center) with the students in Jerusalem Photo: Reuters

Ban (center) with the students in Jerusalem – Photo: Reuters

At a press “encounter” at the UN Headquarters in New York, a reporter for Israel Radio pressed Ban about his comments last Friday while meeting with students at the UN headquarters in Jerusalem.

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Released for publication: IDF prevented stabing attack

 

IDF troop catch would-be-terrorist at Nablus internet-café, where he was allegedly ordered by Gaza terror group to travel to central Israel & stab passerby, in bid to derail Israel-PA peace talks.

By Yoav Zitun

The IDF and the Shin Bet arrested some two weeks ago in Nablus a Palestinian man in his 20s, most likely just as he was about to travel to a city in central Israel, where he was planning to perpetrate attacks with a knife. 

Illustration Photo: Index Open

The arrest was made by an IDF Givati unit in an internet-café in Nablus, where the suspect allegedly received orders from his handlers who are members of a Gaza Strip terror group. Continue Reading »

Gaza’s ‘Tamarod’ Youth Renew Call for Overthrow of Tyrannical Hamas

Gaza’s “Tamarod” youth group uploaded a YouTube video calling on all Gazans to oust Hamas, which it calls out as “corrupt” & “tyrannical” in the name of religion.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

As reported last month by Arutz Sheva, the Tamarod Movement in Gaza, recently inspired by the success of the Egyptian Tamarod Movement, is preparing for mass-demonstrations to oust the Islamic Gazan leaders of Hamas this coming November 11th.

“Tamarod” (“Rebel”) is the name of the popular anti-Islamist youth movement which led popular protests against Mohammed Morsi in the run up to his removal by the military.

Now, in a recently uploaded video, four youth Tamarod members have issued a video statement urging Gazans to take to the streets. Continue Reading »

Due to possible terror threat in Turkey, gov’t warns Israelis to stay away

 

Morocco & Turkey,  popular destinations where tens of thousands of Israelis have visited,  appears on Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau’s semi-annual travel advisory. Gov’t asks Israelis to mix up their routines while abroad.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

The Israeli government issued an unequivocal travel advisory on Monday warning Israelis to avoid visiting Turkey, a popular vacation destination for Israelis over the summer and during the coming Jewish holidays.

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Mubarak to be released as Egypt’s army on high alert in Sinai, Gaza border crossing closed

 

 

Report:  State of emergency in Sinai after at least 24 Egyptian policemen were killed in ambush by militants.

Egyptian prosecutor expects Egypt’s former President Mubarak to be released from jail this week.

By REUTERS

 

 

Egyptian authorities on Monday were on high alert after suspected Islamist militants killed at least 24 Egyptian policemen in the Sinai peninsula, where attacks on security forces have multiplied since the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Morsi on July 3.

Trucks carrying Egyptian army tanks arriving in Rafah city [file].

Trucks carrying Egyptian army tanks arriving in Rafah city [file]. – Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian daily Al-Ahram quoted security officials as saying that military and police have declared a state of emergency in northern Sinai, deploying roadblocks in the area in an effort to combat terrorists.The

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IDF Soldier hospitalized in serious condition after collapsing during training

 

American born Nachal soldier, 20, who made aliyah to enlist in IDF admitted to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center ICU after collapsing during running exercise.

By Ynet reporters

 

A 20-year-old IDF soldier collapsed during training at a base in central Israel on Sunday. He was rushed to the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in very serious condition.

Emergency Entrance - Illustrative Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg

Emergency Entrance – Illustrative Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg

The IDF said the family was notified and that the Medical Corps is checking whether medical officials had cleared him for running. The mother’s soldier, who lives in the United States, is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday. Continue Reading »