Archive for September 30, 2013

Alert Troops Prevented Terror Attack From Gaza

IDF troops foiled an apparent terrorist attempt to infiltrate Monday night near the Gaza border fence.

By Kochava Rozenbaum & David Lev

 

Alert IDF soldiers on Monday night prevented a terror attack at the Gaza border fence. The incident occurred near Kibbutz Nachal Oz, Channel Two reported.

Lt.-Col. Yitzhak Goetz – IDF Spokesman

Several Gaza Arabs approached the border fence, the report said. IDF soldiers patrolling in the area identified suspicious figures near the fence, and ordered them to halt. When they refuse, soldiers opened fired against them. One terrorist was reportedly killed in the gunfire, with the others escaping. Continue Reading »

Frustration as Netanyahu tries to convince Obama about Iran

 

With the US & Europe being taken in by the ‘Iranian charm offensive’, some say Israel should unilaterally make its own viable threat of military force known.

By  Ryan Jones

 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet with US President Barack Obama on Monday in what many Israelis saw as the “moment of truth” in the ongoing Iran nuclear saga.

Frustration as Netanyahu pleads with Obama over Iran

The Obama Administration, like much of the West, has been largely taken in by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent charm offensive, and that has Israel worried.

While US officials have struck cautious tone, US Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t succeed in hiding his excitement over the prospect of a “quick deal” to resolve the nuclear crisis. Continue Reading »

Female IDF soldier recites blessings over Torah in IDF synagogue

 

For the 1st time on a Simchat Torah holiday in an IDF synagogue, a Female soldier was called to recite blessings over Torah portion.

Will this be the beginning of a new tradition in the IDF?

By Yehuda Shlezinger

 

A religiously observant female soldier was called to the Torah last week during Simchat Torah services, setting a precedent for the IDF. The soldier received what is known as an aliyah to the Torah, during which she recited a blessing over a Torah portion — a custom that is typically reserved for men in mainstream Orthodox synagogues. The incident sparked a firestorm on a base where many Orthodox soldiers were serving.

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Top Israeli official gave instruction to lift gag order on Iranian spy

 

The timing of news about the spy appears to coincide with Netanyahu’s trip to the US where he will attempt to combat Obama’s recent softening & the Western world’s stance on Iran.

By JTA

 

JERUSALEM – The instruction to lift a gag order on the arrest of a spy for Iran came from top Israeli government officials and could be an attempt to combat a softening on Iran.

Ali Mansouri

Ali Mansouri, 58, arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on suspicion of espionage, sits in between guards at the Petah Tikva court – Photo: AFP

The Petah Tikvah Magistrates’ Court on Monday agreed to extend the remand of Iranian-born Ali Mansouri, who traveled throughout Israel as Belgian businessman Alex Mans, for another eight days.

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Haifa’s Technion gets $130m. grant for China joint venture

 

The grant to the Technion comes from the profits of the Chinese foundation’s 2011 investment in the Israeli mobile application ‘Waze’, which was recently acquired by Google at about $1 Billion.

 

 

The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology on Sunday received a $130 million grant to build an academy called the Technion Guangdong Institute of Technology as a joint venture with China’s Shantou University.

The site was used for many years as government buildings and army space.

The site was used for many years as government buildings and army space.- Photo: Courtesy

The grant, from the Li Ka Shing Foundation, includes profits from the foundation’s 2011 investment in Israeli mobile app Waze.

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Video: Israel Navy to receive 3 Super Dvora advanced patrol boats

 

 

Within upcoming 2 years, IAI will provide the Navy with 3 Super Dvora patrol boats, which are expected to secure coasts of northern Israel, including gas rigs, and the Gaza & Red Sea coasts.

By Yoav Zitun

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Sunday that the Beersheba Ramta plant signed a contract with the defense establishment to provide three Super Dvora fast patrol boats to the Israeli Navy. The Super Dvora is an advanced medium-sized vessel used for security operations.

Dvora Mark III – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia

The supply of the boats will be completed within two years. They will take part in Navy operations along the coasts of Israel, Lebanon, Gaza and the Red Sea. Continue Reading »

Peres: ‘All options open on Iran’ just hrs before Netanyahu-Obama meeting

At his visit to the ICJ in The Hague, Israel’s President Peres reported that economic sanctions may have impact but threat of force could be necessary.

 

 

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Monday “all options” are being kept open in forcing Iran to give up its nuclear program.

Peres in The Hague

Israel’s President Peres delivers a statement at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday Sept. 30, 2013. – Photo: AP

Speaking at The Hague, Peres said the economic sanctions against Iran now have not dissuaded the country from enriching uranium or building long-range missiles, although it may have affected Tehran’s public statements. Continue Reading »

Lebanon Encroaches Into Israel’s Natural Gas Fields

The Lebanese gov’t is about to award offshore drilling licenses in areas that violates Israel’s exclusive economic zone.

By Gil Ronen

 

Lebanon is homing in on Israel’s territorial waters, according to a report in Globes.

Official Israeli sources told the newspaper that Lebanon is about to award offshore oil and gas exploration licenses in areas that encroach on Israel’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Israel’s “Tamar” oil rig – Reuters

Lebanon published tenders for offshore oil and gas exploration licenses in early September, in five blocks in its EEZ.

It is a highly provocative act which has the potential to greatly inflame hostilities between the two nations. Continue Reading »

Christians slaughtered in Kenya, Pakistan but UN eyes are only on Israel

And where was the int’l community that loves to condemn Israel for doing far less, or even nothing at all?

By  Raymond Ibrahim

 

 

The following by contributor Raymond Ibrahim is again telling of how the world has an obsession with picking out every perceived flaw with Israel, while ignoring the very real persecution of Christians and other minorities around the world.

church

 

Muslim slaughter of non-Muslim “infidels,” while a habitual thing, saw an especially dramatic weekend in the nations of Pakistan and Kenya. Even so, these are simply the latest in a long list of jihadi attacks on the Christians of both nations. Continue Reading »

Syrian refugees in Turkey blame Hezbollah for their plight

 

Syrian refugee calls the Shi’ite terrorist group the “party of Satan.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 
ON THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER – Syrian refugees, who have gone to great lengths to escape President Bashar Assad’s bombing campaign, attribute a large part of the violence in their country to the regime’s allies.
Syrian refugees fill buckets with water.

Syrian refugees fill buckets with water. – Photo: REUTERS

In interviews at refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border over the past week, the displaced persons accused the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia of enabling Assad’s regime to persevere and to inflict violence on innocent Syrians.

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Iranian FM: Israel can’t assassinate all our nuclear scientists

 

Iranian Foreign Minister said in an interview with ABC, the US is ‘allowing terrorists to kill innocent Iranian scientists’.

Zarif went on to claim Teheran believes nuclear weapons are ‘detrimental’ to the country’s security.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – A day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled address before the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting in New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attacked Israel, saying it “cannot kill all of our scientists. They have unfortunately assassinated some of them and nobody has raised an eyebrow about it, which is a source of great concern for us about the world. Continue Reading »

Micron plant in Kiryat Gat sold to Intel

Having built the plant 15 years ago, this purchase marks a full circle for Intel, who later developed a much larger facility next door that today serves as the basis for its Israeli manufacturing operations.

 

 

The U.S. semiconductor company Intel said Sunday it had signed an agreement to take over the chip-making plant owned by Micron in Kiryat Gat and would retain most of its staff.

Micron

The Micron plant in Kiryat Gat, adjacent to the Intel plant. – Photo: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

The acquisition marks a full circle for Intel, which built the plant 15 years ago, but later developed a much larger facility next door that today serves as the basis for its Israeli manufacturing operations. Continue Reading »

India Arrests Terrorist Planning New Mumbai Attack

Israel TV-2 reports Global Jihad terrorist has been arrested by Indian authorities. India has Heightened security alert around possible Jewish targets.

By Gil Ronen

 

Channel 2‘s website says that Indian security forces have arrested a Global Jihad terrorist who they believe planned to carry out terror attacks against Jewish targets in India. The investigation revealed that he is part of a cell that planned terror attacks in Mumbai and other locations. Chabad houses were reportedly on the list of planned targets.

The report has not been corroborated by other news sources.

According to the report, there are terror alerts regarding two possible targets on the island of Goa, which is very popular with Israelis, especially in the October “party season”: a beach town named Anjuna and a nearby resort village named Arambul. Continue Reading »

Iran shows off new attack drone called Shahed-129

The Shahed-129, is Iran’s newest UAV with a range of 1,700 km (1,060 miles), 24-hr non-stop flight capability with the ability to carry up to 8 missiles or bombs.

Tehran is also developing a kamikaze drone.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Iran unveiled two new locally produced unmanned aerial drones over the weekend, one of which it described as its most sophisticated drone to date that can reach much of the Middle East, including Israel.

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US Holocaust museum agrees to return barracks to Poland

The barracks were borrowed by the Holocaust Museum in 1989. In 2003, Poland passed a law that historical artifacts cannot be loaned for more than 5 years.

 

WARSAW, Poland — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington will return a section of wooden barracks which was given on long-term loan by the Auschwitz Museum 24 years ago.

Auschwitz Barracks - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Auschwitz Barracks – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The barracks, the centerpiece of the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s permanent collection, will be replaced by another set from Birkenau, which will be owned by the museum.

The exhibition containing the barracks, half of a wooden building in which Jewish prisoners slept while imprisoned in the death camp, will be closed for five months beginning on Tuesday to allow for the removal of the old barracks and the installation of the new ones.

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