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| February 3, 2014
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Palestinian Authority Report: Palestinians Prefer Purchasing ‘Made in Israel’

BDS steaming after a Palestinian Authority report showed 70% of the Authority’s imports were from Israel, with total imports worth $3.5 billion entering the West Bank from Israel.

By David Lev

 

Last month, BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) activists slammed Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for not joining in with them to boycott Israel – and on Monday, the PA revealed just how uninvolved it was in the BDS movement. According to a PA report, 70% of the PA’s imports were from Israel, with imports worth $3.5 billion entering the Authority from Israel.

It should be noted that Israel generally does not restrict imports of consumer goods to the PA, and that Israeli goods compete on Palestinian store shelves with goods from Arab countries and Europe as well as from the PA. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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‘Boycotting harms everyone – both Israelis and Palestinians’

 

Europeans warning that a boycott against Israel may become a ‘tsunami’ are influenced by those with an agenda that prefers demonizing Israel.

‘The world doesn’t understand the situation, they want to aid the Palestinians and end up hurting us,’ says Palestinian worker at SodaStream factory.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

The topic of boycott has been widely discussed recently against the backdrop of the peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

' It's not a humanitarian boycott, it is a political one' (Photo: Gil Yochanan)

‘ It’s not a humanitarian boycott, it is a political one’ – Photo: Gil Yochanan

While the debate was fueled up by severe warnings made by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, a long line of commercial firms have also taken part in the discussion. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Israel’s PM calls on gov’ts to pressure Abbas for refusing to recognize Jewish state

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu slams Abbas for his refusal to recognize Israel as Jewish state.

Bennett rejects Abbas’s suggestion to place NATO forces in Palestinian state saying, “Only the IDF will guard our kids.”

By GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday attacked Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for his refusal to recognize Israel as the Jewish state.

Netanyahu and Abbas - Photo: REUTERS

Netanyahu and Abbas – Photo: REUTERS

“The chairman of the PA was quoted today as saying that he is not prepared to recognize the Jewish state. And this comes with him knowing that there will not be an agreement without recognition of the nation state of the Jews,” Netanyahu said at the Likud faction meeting. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Israel’s Defense Minister takes front row seat for Iranian Foreign Minister’s panel

 

Israeli and Jewish officials have traditionally walked out so as not to hear speeches by Iranian leaders in all int’l forums.

Surprisingly and contrary to the previous Iranian gov’t, Zarif used his panel debate to condemn the Holocaust.

By Ynet

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon raised a few eyebrows on Sunday when he chose to remain in his seat for a debate at the international security conference in Munich, for on the panel was Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif.

Ya'alon (top left) and Zarif (bottom right) at the conference in Munich (Photo: Ariel Hermoni)

Ya’alon (top left) and Zarif (bottom right) at the conference in Munich – Photo: Ariel Hermoni

Israeli officials have traditionally walked out of a forum when Iranian leaders have spoken, and vice versa.
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| February 3, 2014
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Israeli columnist & professor, Barry Rubin, dies aged 64

Prolific writer & academic, Barry Rubin, succumbed to his 18-month battle with cancer.

 

 

Professor, political analyst and writer Barry Rubin passed away on Monday at the age of 64.

Barry Rubin

Barry Rubin. – Screenshot from YouTube video by DemoCast.

Rubin’s death was announced on his Facebook page: “To our great sadness, Barry Rubin passed away this morning. He was surrounded by his wife and children. Your love, support, and prayers have been greatly appreciated. There will be shiva and a funeral, details to follow soon.”

According to posts on social media, Rubin had been battling cancer for the past 18 months and had fallen into a coma on Sunday night. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Jerusalem Offers Turkey $20 Million Compensation for Mavi Marmara Incident

Compensation negotiations advancing over 2010 incident in which IHH sponsored flotilla attempted to illegally break Israel’s blockade on Gaza’s terror group Hamas.

By Ari Yashar

 

Israel has offered to pay $20 million in “compensation” to the families of Turkish citizens killed during the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla, which tried to illegally break the IDF blockade on the terror group Hamas in Gaza. Nine Turkish Islamists were killed as they violently attacked IDF soldiers who boarded their ship.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu formally apologized to Turkey last March for the soldiers‘ use of force in saving their own lives. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Fatah wants Kerry prosecuted at ICC for ‘threatening’ Palestinian President’s life

Palestinian media reports U.S. Sec. of State Kerry told President Abbas that he would meet the same fate as predecessor Yasser Arafat if he refuses to accept US peace proposals.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry recently threatened Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, if he turned down Washington’s proposals for peace with Israel, a Palestinian source was quoted Sunday as saying.

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. - Photo: Reuters

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. – Photo: Reuters

Jamal Muhaissen, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, said that if the report about Kerry’s threat to Abbas is true, “this shows that Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat after receiving a green light from the US Administration.” Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Abbas suggests a NATO presence instead of IDF in future Palestine

Palestinian Authority president extends transitional period of complete IDF withdrawal & Jewish settlement residents from 3 to 5 years.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an American-led NATO presence in a future Palestinian state, according to a New York Times interview published Sunday.

Abbas speaks at the UN General Assembly.

Abbas speaks at the UN General Assembly. – Photo: AFP

The NATO mission Abbas proposed in talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry would last indefinitely and include troop patrols throughout the West Bank and Gaza, at all checkpoints and within Jerusalem, according to the Times.

Abbas said Israeli military presence and settlements in the West bank could be gradually removed for up to five years after a peace agreement is signed – a departure from the three years he previously proposed. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Egypt Will Try 5 Suspected Mossad ‘Spies’ in Absentia

5 alleged Israeli officers from the spy agency & 3 Egyptians will stand trial in an Egyptian court, but all in absentia.

By AFP and Gil Ronen

 

Five alleged officers from Israel’s Mossad spy agency and three Egyptians will stand trial in absentia on Wednesday in an Egyptian court, on charges of spying for the Jewish state, judicial sources said.

Mossad - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Mossad – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Egyptian prosecutors have accused the eight of espionage and supplying Israel with information impacting Egypt’s national security, the sources said on Sunday.

The trial is expected to open with none of the defendants present, the sources said, because the alleged Mossad officers are “on the run” while it is not clear if the three Egyptians had been arrested. Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2014
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IDF Field Hospital Serving Syria’s Wounded Operates 24/7

 

 

Defense Ministry allows the IDF to publicize it’s efforts about its Golan field hospital established over a year ago to aid the victims of the Syrian civil war.

By Israel Today Staff

 

It sounds odd, and Israel is likely completely unique in this regard, but the Jewish state has established a field hospital in service to the citizens of an enemy state involved in a war that Israel has nothing to do with.

IDF Field Hospital Serving Syria - Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

IDF Field Hospital Serving Syria – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

It is already common knowledge that for the past year or so Israel has been taking in Syrians wounded in their own nation’s ongoing civil war. Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2014
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Chief PA negotiator: Palestinians were here before the Jews

 

Abbas’ chief negotiator Saeb Erekat claims ancestry from the Canaanites.

U.S. Sec. of State Kerry praises the Palestinians & the Israelis for their efforts in the negotiations and warns them of the fallout should they fail.

By Daniel Siryoti, Shlomo Cesana and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Palestinians cannot accept Israel as the Jewish state because they lived in the region long before the Jews, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said over the weekend.

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat – Photo: AP

Speaking with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni at the Munich Security Conference, Erekat rejected the Israeli demand that the Palestinians recognize it as the Jewish homeland. Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2014
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Saudi Prince compliments Israeli Minister at German conference

 

Justice Minister Livni engages in constructive dialogue with Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal during panel discussion at Munich Security Conference.

By LAHAV HARKOV
 

 

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is the right person to lead Israel’s negotiating team, Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal said at the Munich Security Conference Friday.

Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud is seen here in Bahrain - Photo: REUTERS

Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud is seen here in Bahrain – Photo: REUTERS

Livni’s office confirmed Sunday that during a question and answer session at the end of a panel on the peace process, featuring Livni, Chief PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat and American Envoy Martin Indyk, the Saudi prince asked Livni about the Arab Peace Initiative. Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2014
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Israel’s Interactive Live Real Holography – Amazing! – From Science Fiction to Fact

Introducing live medical holography – the world’s first 3D holographic display and interface system, initially for medical imaging applications.

To learn more visit: http://www.realviewimaging.com/
See example Holographic clips at: http://www.realviewimaging.com

medical imaging - YouTube screenshot Continue Reading »

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| February 2, 2014
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Jews who were exiled from Arab nations see compensation as historic justice

 

Echoing the claims requested by many Sephardic Jews attempting to find balance between past grievances & future prospects, Minister Silvan Shalom said the matter of paying compensation to Jews from Arab countries who were forced to leave behind homes, lands, and businesses in 1948, ‘We should get what we deserve’.

By Itay Blumenthal

 

A prominent minister and senior politician of Sephardic descent praised Israel’s bid to achieve refugee status for Jews who fled their Arab nation homes on the eve of the State’s foundation, calling it a “rectification of an historic injustice,” echoing claims made other Sephardic Jews.

Cohen family on vacation in Ras al Bar, Egypt (Phot courtesy of the family)

Cohen family on vacation in Ras al Bar, Egypt – Photo: courtesy of the family

The Cohen family left behind a residential building in Cairo while the Kalif family were forced to abandon a number of apartments and stores which were later nationalized by the Iraqi government.

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| February 2, 2014
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Palestinian workers praise Scarlett Johansson & SodaStream – Glad Boycott Unsuccessful

‘It’s time to stop blaming Israel for all our problems,’ a Palestinian employee at SodaStream remarks.

By , and Nathan Jeffay

 

MISHOR ADUMIM – WEST BANK — “I can bring a million people who want to work here,” boasted Ahmed Nasser, taking a break from his job as a SodaStream assembly line worker.

A Palestinian woman works at a SodaStream factory on January 30, 2014 in the Mishor Adumim

A Palestinian woman works at a SodaStream factory on January 30, 2014 in the Mishor Adumim industrial park, next to the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim. – Photo: AFP

Nasser spoke to the Forward from SodaStream’s main production plant, which is located in the Mishor Adumim industrial park within the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

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