Archive for September 23, 2013

IHH Flotilla Group Condemns Egypt for Gaza Suffering

Turkey’s IHH, sponsors of the infamous & deadly 2010 Gaza flotilla, has a new enemy – Egypt.

By David Lev

 

An international anti-Israel group that has sponsored several flotillas to Gaza is now taking aim at Egypt, accusing the new government there of imposing a blockade on the area.

flotilla ship – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

Since the deposing of President Mohammed Morsi by the Egyptian army, Egyptian soldiers have cracked down hard on the Muslim Brotherhood – arresting scores, including most of the movement’s leadership, routing Islamists in Egypt’s large cities and pursuing them into the Sinai Peninsula.  Continue Reading »

French town unveils Torah scroll from 1592 & other Jewish treasures

The French town Dambach-la-Ville unveiled dozens of Judaica items hidden before the Holocaust & discovered during the renovation of a former synagogue.

By JTA

 

A town near Strasbourg unveiled dozens of Judaica items hidden before the Holocaust and discovered during the renovation of a former synagogue.

Jean-Camille Bloch showing the ceiling of the old synagogue in Dambach-la-Ville, that became theater  The discovery   was up there. - Photo Jean-Marc Loos

Jean-Camille Bloch showing the ceiling of the old synagogue in Dambach-la-Ville, that became theater, “The discovery was up there.” – Photo: Jean-Marc Loos/L’Alsace

The recently discovered items were presented to the public on Sunday. They had been hidden at what is now the new cultural center of Dambach-la-Ville, a town of 2,000 in eastern France, the L’Alsace daily reported Saturday.

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Bennett to Christian Leaders: ‘Stop the lies, Jerusalem isn’t occupied’

 

Bayit Yehudi leader tells visiting legislators, “Whoever thinks our capital of 3,000 years is occupied doesn’t understand anything.”

 

 

“Succot is a very Israeli holiday. When we sit in temporary huts, we can appreciate the fact that we have a permanent country,” Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett told a group of Christian legislators on Sunday.

Naftali Bennett at a Bayit Yehudi faction meeting, February 18, 2013.

Naftali Bennett at a Bayit Yehudi faction meeting. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

The lawmakers, from the US, European Union, Canada, Brazil, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Macedonia, Poland, South Africa, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay, are attending the Israel Allies Foundation Jerusalem Chairman’s Conference.

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Netanyahu allows Jews to return to Machpelah house

 

Just hours after Hebron shooting of IDF soldier, PM Netanyahu issues order that authorizes Jews to return to Machpelah house, following fierce criticism from Right over upcoming terrorists’ release.

By Attila Somfalvi

Following a string of terrorist attacks and political pressure from the Right, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a directive to allow Jews to move into Hebron’s Machpelah house. The move has already been sanctioned by the Judea and Samaria Military Court which ruled that the house was lawfully purchased last summer.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Photo: AP

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: AP

Earlier on Sunday, ministers Naftali Bennett and Yisrael Katz expressed fierce criticism of the plan to release a second round of terrorists as part of peace talks with the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

Palestinian sniper kills Israeli soldier in near Hebron

IDF imposes closure on West Bank town in wake of terrorist attack. Shooting occurs one day after another IDF soldier was murdered by Palestinian coworker from Bat Yam restaurant.

Minister Bennett demands gov’t rethink commitment to prisoner release.

By and Gili Cohen 

 

An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday in a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron.

A Magen David Adom Ambulance.

A Magen David Adom ambulance. – Photo: Yaron Kaminsky

The victim was named as Staff Sergeant Gal (Gabriel) Kobi, 20, of Tirat Hacarmel. He was evacuated to the Hadassah Hospital Ein Karem for treatment, and died of his wounds. Continue Reading »

Mortar Shell Fired from Gaza Hits Southern Israel, No Casualties

Once again, terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza attack civilians by firing a mortar shell on the Eshkol Regional in southern Israel, Sunday night.

By Elad Benari

 

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a mortar shell that hit the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel on Sunday night, causing no casualties or damage.

exploded shell - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

exploded shell (archives) – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

“A mortar shell fired from Gaza exploded in an open area near the southern part of the Strip,” an IDF spokeswoman told AFP.

Last Wednesday, a projectile fired from Gaza hit southern Israel, also causing no injuries or damage, in the first attack from the Hamas-controlled territory since August 18. Continue Reading »

View clip: Palestinians walk into Israel in broad daylight with impunity

 

Just days after the brutal murder of an IDF soldier by his Palestinian ‘friend’ working in Israel without permit, Ynet films dozens of Palestinians crossing into Israel illegally from same area murderer entered Israel from.

Security establishment aware of issue, but unable….unwilling to properly respond.

By Yoav Zitun & Attila Somfalvi

Sergeant Tomer Hazan was murdered Friday at the hands of his friend Nidal Amar – an illegal alien who unlawfully entered Israel. However, even this tragic event has failed to stop the endless flow of Palestinians infiltrating into Israel from the West Bank.

hole in fence

Palestinians cross into Israel – Photo: Uri Davidovich, Asi Cohen, Yogev Atias

Ynet’s cameras captured dozens of Palestinians crossing into Israel without hindrance through the border fence in the exact same area from which Hazan’s murderer originated. Continue Reading »

Anti-Semitic Professors Promote anti-Israel Agenda at Northeastern University

Northeastern University’s professors promote anti-Jewish, anti-Israel agendas under academic banner. Tenured professors indoctrinate students, encourage meetings with anti-Semites.

 

 Northeastern University

If they find out I’m Jewish, they’ll target me.

Proudly antiSemitic

Proudly anti-Semitic – Shahid Alam

This is one of a litany of chilling claims by Jewish students at Northeastern University in Boston MA about the anti-Semitic hostility they have been forced to deal with on campus, as quoted in a letter recently sent by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) to Northeastern’s President Joseph Aoun. First alerted by our organization’s exposés of the university’s hostile climate for Jews, the ZOA’s own investigation has gone much further to lift the curtain on what Jewish students can expect to face if they enroll at Northeastern.

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Israeli forces in Kenya to end deadly siege by Al-Qaida group in Mall

BREAKING REPORT FROM KENYA:

Kenya terrorist attack has death toll at 59, as standoff continues while Israeli forces are rescuing the hostages .

Israeli Foreign Ministry says Israelis were not target of attack by Al-Qaida-linked group.

By Reuters and

 

 

Israeli forces have reportedly joined efforts to end a deadly siege by Somali militants at a Kenyan shopping mall, a security source told AFP Sunday.

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. – Photo: AP

“The Israelis have just entered and they are rescuing the hostages and the injured,” AFP quoted the sourec as saying on condition he not be named. Continue Reading »

Lebanon Gov’t: Hezbollah’s Reign to end as Army Steps In

BREAKING NEWS IN LEBANON:

Lebanon sends national troops into Hezbollah dominated suburbs in southern Lebanon, taking control over checkpoints and halting Hezbollah activities in Christian areas.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Lebanon’s government has announced that it will send the national army to secure Hezbollah-dominated suburbs in the south of the country, including the terrorist movement’s stronghold in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut.

Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon – AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat

The decision to send soldiers into Lebanese cities comes in the wake of multiple recent bombing attacks. The attacks have left more than 70 people dead and over 1,000 wounded.

The attackers appear to have targeted Hezbollah-dominated areas, possibly in revenge for Hezbollah’s heavy involvement in fighting in Syria. Continue Reading »

Egypt to Hamas: PA forces in place is key to reopening Rafah crossing

 

Cairo says without Abbas’ PA forces, Rafah border crossing will remain closed.

Hamas officials furious, calling the decision a “conspiracy”.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

 

Egypt won’t reopen the Rafah border crossing unless forces loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are allowed to return to the terminal, the PLO ambassador in Cairo, Barakat al-Farra, announced on Saturday.

A member of Hamas security forces rides a motorcycle on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza.

A member of Hamas security forces rides a motorcycle on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza. – Photo: REUTERS

Hamas said the announcement proved that the Gaza Strip was facing a “conspiracy.”

Abbas’s presidential guard was in control of the border crossing between 2005 and 2007, when Hamas expelled the PA from the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli app acquired for Google Glass

 

Users will now be able to record a reminder on Any.Do by speaking to Google Glass & watch reminders from the application on the glasses’ screen.

By Sagi Cohen

Google has chosen an Israeli application as one of the first in the world to work with Google Glass – the search engine giant’s new wearable technology.

google glass

Users will be able to record a reminder on Any.Do by speaking to Google Glass (archives)

Any.do, considered one of the most popular Israeli applications, has won quite a lot of praise in the past. The application is available for Android phones and iPhones and allows users to write tasks and reminders and organize them easily. Continue Reading »

EU demands Israel to explain seizure of Palestinian aid & abuse to diplomats

EU diplomats accuse IDF soldiers of manhandling them while attempting to deliver aid to Palestinians.

Foreign Ministry official calls EU’s actions a ‘provocation’, illegal & IDF responded to physical attack.

By and Reuters

 

The EU ambassador in Israel called the Foreign Ministry Deputy Director-General for Europe Rafi Shutz on Saturday, to express concern over an altercation that took place between EU diplomats and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday.

Khirbet al-Makhul

Israeli soldiers pull a Palestinian off a truck loaded with items European diplomats wanted to deliver to locals in the West Bank herding community of Khirbet al-Makhul, September 20, 2013.

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Israeli Minister Tells NYT: Time to “Annul the Oslo Accords”

In NYT op-ed, Danny Danon, a Likud MK & Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister says “2-State Solution” is dead, calls for an alternative “3-State Solution.”

By Ari Soffer

 

Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister has called on the Israeli government to “annul the Oslo Accords,” and adopt an alternative to the much-touted “Two State Solution” which would see the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.

In an op-ed for the New York Times, MK Danny Danon insists that, twenty years after the signing of the Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, “The government of Israel must admit that we made a mistake and declare that the Oslo process has failed.” Continue Reading »

View Jerusalem – Just Unbelievably Stunning

New ‘Jerusalem’ IMAX Movie By National Geographic Is Just Unbelievably Stunning

(EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO from The Huffington Post)

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Jerusalem is one of the world’s most important cities, held sacred by three religious traditions, and it’s now possible to virtually visit its holy places in an unprecedented way thanks to the vision and daring of the team behind “Jerusalem,” a new giant screen film presented by National Geographic Entertainment.

Producers Taran Davies, George Duffield, and Daniel Ferguson faced huge challenges to gain access to sacred spaces as well as the airspace above the holy city, which is usually a no-fly zone. Continue Reading »