Archive for January 6, 2014

Nabbed Israeli Arab Charged in Bus Bomb Attack

Using his Israeli ID, Mahmoud Abu Anza, 24, picked up and drove the terrorist from Judea & Samaria to Bat Yam.

By Gil Ronen

 

 

A Bedouin Muslim with Israeli citizenship was charged Monday in the Tel Aviv Magistrates’ Court for his part in a failed bus bombing in the city of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv. The bomb was successfully planted in a bus and detonated, but serious casualties were avoided thanks to the passengers’ and driver’s alertness, and swift action by police.

The Tel Aviv State Attorney’s Office filed charges against Mahmoud Abu Anza, 24, of Tel Sheva, for transporting the terrorist who planted the bomb. Continue Reading »

Retired navy chief: Israel has defenses against anti-ship missiles smuggled by Hezbollah

 

Describing the Russian Yakhont as the most advanced missile of its kind, Vice-Admiral (res.) Marom told the Post Israel has counter measures for this type of missile.

 

Israel has defenses in place against the supersonic Russian- made Yakhont anti-ship missile, ex-navy chief Vice-Admiral (res.) Eliezer Marom told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Hezbollah has been smuggling the weapon to Lebanon in pieces to evade Israeli strikes.
The Russian-made Yakhont missile

The Russian-made Yakhont missile – Wikimedia Commons

Describing the Yakhont as the most advanced missile of its kind in the world, Marom said the West does not know very much about the weapon, which flies at low altitude “right over the sea,” reaching speeds of between Mach 2 and Mach 3 (up to three times the speed of sound).

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UNHCR criticizes Israel’s terminology: They’re Not Illegal Aliens, They’re Refugees

UN blasts Israel’s policy towards the illegal infiltrators, complaining that they shouldn’t be detained & their refugee requests need to be considered.

By Elad Benari

 

The United Nations on Sunday night criticized Israel’s policy towards illegal immigrants, as thousands of them protested in Tel Aviv, demanding that Israel recognize them as refugees and grant them asylum.

The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) released a statement in which it accused Israel of “sowing fear and chaos” among the illegal aliens who, it said, should be referred to as “asylum seekers” and not “infiltrators”.

“We demand that the government examine the asylum requests of the foreigners, and stop the large-scale arrests in south Tel Aviv,” said the UN agency, adding that while it supported the holding facility for infiltrators in southern Israel, it was not acceptable in its present form as the agency deemed it to be a long-term detention center. Continue Reading »

Leviathan gas partners sign 1st gas export agreement with Palestinian power company

 

The partners managing Israel’s large natural gas reservoir have signed a $1.2 billion agreement to supply the Palestine Power Generation Company.

 

 

 

The drilling partners behind Israel’s large Leviathan gas reservoir have sealed their first export deal for the basin – a $1.2 billion sales agreement with the Palestine Power Generation Company.

 Officials from Delek and the Palestinian Authority - Photo: Chen Galili

Officials from Delek and the Palestinian Authority – Photo: Chen Galili

According to the agreement, signed at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday, PPGC will buy around 4.75 billion cubic meters of gas for a period of 20 years, to fuel a future power plant in Jenin with a 200-megawatt capacity. Continue Reading »

ex-Soldier wins claim over Insurance Institute in court, receives her grant plus

 

After working her 150 days over the course of 2 years at a gas station & hotel – jobs worthy of the NIS 10,000 grant awarded to soldiers following discharge – allowance board denied her the financial benefits…but a Judge then awards gratuity.

By Yoram Yarkoni

Female IDF combat soldiers – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

An honorably discharged soldier, who filed a damages claim against the National Insurance Institute arguing she did not receive a discharge grant awarded to soldiers who work for specific fields of industry immediately after military service, despite the fact that she did pursue employment in several of the specified industries. Continue Reading »

Pope Francis visits Israel on May 24-26

 

Pontiff’s May Visit will include Jerusalem, Bethlehem & Amman.

By , Reuters and

 

 

Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan in May, his first trip to the region as pontiff.

Pope Francis

A handout picture released by the Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis (L) holding a mass to celebrate the sainthood of Pierre Favre at the Chiesa Del Gesu’ in Rome on January 3, 2014. – Photo: AFP

The May 24-26 trip to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Amman will mark the 50th anniversary of a landmark trip there by Pope Paul VI in 1964, the first by a pope in modern times. Continue Reading »

Technion Preparatory Program Prepares Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox for Hi-Tech

Newly opened university preparatory program is designed to open the hi-tech workforce for the hareidi.

By Ari Yashar

 

Amid high tensions over the integration of hareidi-religious Jews into the IDF and the workforce, Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology has inaugurated a mechina (university preparatory) program specifically designed to attract more hareidim into its hi-tech programs.

Technion program for hareidi – Screenshot

While hareidi schools are supposed to teach 55%-75% “core studies,” including science and math, the website No Camels reports that many hareidi schools do not follow the guidelines, teaching a curriculum that emphasizes Torah study to the omission of secular studies. Continue Reading »

Video clip validates Palestinian Leadership Supported Nazis ‘Enthusiastically’

 

During an interview, a senior Palestinian official admits what most Jews already knew: The Arabs were huge supporters of Hitler’s Nazi regime.

By Israel Today Staff

 

A senior Palestinian official last month confirmed for Russian television that the Palestinian Arab leadership at the time of World War II “enthusiastically” supported Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, especially its war against the hated “Zionists.”

VIDEO: Palestinian Leadership 'Enthusiastically' Supported Nazis

Mufti of Jerusalem inspects Muslim Nazi soldiers

During an interview with Russia Today TV, former PLO political bureau chief Farouk Kaddoumi was asked if the Palestinian leadership was “sympathetic with Nazi Germany in WWII?”

Without batting an eye, Kaddoumi answered: “I don’t think it would be wrong to say that we were enthusiastic supporters of Germany.” Continue Reading »

Israeli security forces foiled 2 Arab terror attacks over weekend

 

IDF soldiers arrest 4 Palestinian Arabs near Migdal Oz concealing 3 knives & improvised weapon in their vehicle.

Border Guard policeman wounded when 16 yr-old attempts to stab security personnel near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.

By Lilach Shoval and Efrat Forsher

 

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FM Liberman: No agreement with Palestinians without land & population swaps

 

Israel’s Foreign Minister says, “Nobody will be expelled from their homes or dispossessed of his possessions.”

 

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday that the only agreement with the Palestinians he will support will be one where there is an exchange of populations, and not only territory.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Speaking at an annual meeting of Israel’s ambassadors abroad at the Foreign Ministry, Liberman said he was referring specifically to re-routing the border so that Wadi Ara and the Little Triangle will be a part of a future Palestinian state. Continue Reading »

Mahmoud Abbas had ‘tough talks’ with Kerry in Ramallah

 

 

U.S. Sec. of State Kerry tells reporters in Jerusalem that White House’s Mideast plan will be ‘fair & balanced’ and that the US is committed to equitable peace deal that improves security for all.

By AFP

Tough words were exchanged between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry this weekend, as the two met to discuss the peace process, an Abbas aide said Sunday morning.

Kerry in Jerusalem Photo: Matti Stern, US embassy

Speaking to the Arab world media, Yasser Abed Rabbo said their conversation Friday in Ramallah “was very tough indeed”, in particular when it came to the American wish for the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Continue Reading »

Thousands of illegal African migrants protest at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv

Hundreds of asylum seekers, out of an estimated 49,000 migrants from Sudan or Eritrea who are illegally living in Israel, have been detained or ordered to report to a detention center over the past 2 weeks.

 

 

Tens of thousands of African migrants held a protest in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square on Sunday morning, against efforts to round them up and send them to a detention center.

African migrants hold a sign during a protest at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv January 5, 2014.


African migrants hold a sign during a protest at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv January 5, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

“Yes to freedom, no to jail,” protesters chanted at the Tel Aviv rally, which also included several dozen Israelis. Continue Reading »

Liberman: Israel’s Future Border with Palestine to be ‘Near Highway 6’

FM Liberman supports agreement, but asks how the future Palestinian state will accommodate it’s 3 million new Arab residents from the refugee camps.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman spoke in favor of Israel-Palestinian Authority diplomacy on Sunday, while rejecting some of the PA’s key demands.

Liberman began by thanking United States Secretary of State John Kerry for his efforts to push a deal. “I want to express genuine appreciation for Kerry’s efforts, and for his stance regarding security in particular,” he said.

“Any alternative proposal that Israel gets from the international community will be worse than what Kerry offered,” he argued. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem denies ex-envoy’s claim Israel killed most of the AMIA bombers

 

Former Israeli envoy to Argentina had claimed Israel killed most of those responsible for the terrorist attack on the bombing in 1994 at Jewish cultural center in Argentina.

By Reuters

 

 

Israel is denying a claim by its former ambassador to Argentina that Israelis killed most of those responsible for the South American county’s worst terrorist attack.

Mourners attend a ten year anniversary ceremony of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.

Mourners attend a ten year anniversary ceremony of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina.- Photo: AP

Itzhak Aviran said “the great majority of the guilty ones are already in the other world, and it was we who did this.” Continue Reading »

Palestinians Shot Friday While Trying to Destroy Gaza Border Fence

Security forces shot & wounded 2 Palestinians as they were throwing rocks at IDF soldiers & rolling burning tires at the Gaza border fence.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

IDF soldiers shot and wounded two Arab men from Gaza, one seriously and one moderately, in separate incidents Friday afternoon, AFP reported.

The military said soldiers opened fire to break up a violent demonstration by several Gazans who were throwing rocks at soldiers and rolling burning tires at the border fence.

“During continuous attempts to disperse the riot soldiers fired toward the main instigators’ lower extremities,” an IDF spokeswoman told AFP. Continue Reading »