November 2014 Archives

New Israeli-Indian defense cooperation passes first test

Indian gov’t describes test of IAI’s Barak 8 system, designed to shoot down incoming aircraft or missiles from land or sea platforms as, “a milestone in the cooperation between 2 countries in developing advanced weapon systems.”

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

An aerial defense system developed jointly by Israel and India passed its first trial simulating combat conditions on Monday, Israel Aerospace Industries said.

An illustration of the Barak 8’s multi-platformed capabilities – Photo: Israel Aerospace Industries website

The Barak 8 system is designed to shoot down incoming aircraft or missiles from land or sea platforms. Defense industry sources have said the value of the project is $1.4 billion and highlights burgeoning Israeli-Indian defense ties.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Barak 8 missile, IAI, Israel India, missiles

Hezbollah accuses Israel of assassinating 5 nuclear engineers in Syria

Hezbollah believes that Syrian rebels, acting on behalf of Israel, were behind the killing of the 5 nuclear scientists, of which one was Iranian.

By Haaretz

Hezbollah is blaming Israel for the deaths of five nuclear engineers, four Syrians and one Iranian, on Monday in Damascus.

This file photo shows Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, right. February 25, 2010. – Photo: AP

Initial Syrian reports said that four Syrians were killed in an ambush, but later Syrian state television admitted that a fifth scientist, an Iranian, was also among the victims.

The five were killed after gunmen opened fire on their bus in an area not affected by the fighting between rebel groups and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Hezbollah, Iran Nuclear threat, Lebanon, Syria

Peru: Lebanese man, admitted Hezbollah membership, arrested after found with explosives

In possible terror plot, Mohammed Amadar, found in possession of explosive materials admitted to police in Lima to being a member of the Hezbollah terror group.

By Ari Soffer

Police in Peru will press charges against a Lebanese man arrested in Lima last month, after he was found with traces of explosives and admitted to being a member of the Hezbollah terrorist group.

Hezbollah terrorists – Reuters

According to a Reuters report, the precise charges against the man, identified as Mohammed Amadar, have not been revealed, but Israeli intelligence figures have repeatedly warned that Hezbollah has been actively seeking out Israeli and Jewish targets for attacks outside of the Middle East. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Hezbollah terrorism, Israel Peru

Israel Population registry recognizes ‘Aramaics’ as authentic ethnic Christian group

Muslims that refer to themselves as ‘Palestinians’ accuse Israel gov’t of trying to split Arab population by no longer classifying the Aramaic Christian group as ‘Arabs’.

By Reuters

In the green hills of the Galilee, where Jesus is said to have preached two thousand years ago, a group of Aramaic speakers looking to revive the language of Christ are celebrating a victory in their quest to safeguard their heritage.

Shadi Khalloul, head of Aramaic Society in Israel. – Photo: Uri Davidovich, Assi Cohen

In a place where tensions run high on issues of ethnicity, faith and citizenship, members of the Christian sect have won the right to change their designation in the population registry from “Arab” to a newly-created ethnic classification: “Aramaic.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Aramaic, Israeli Christians

Israel introduces a hand-held molecular scanner that analyzes chemical makeup

WATCH: New Israeli hand-held scanner lets consumers check the ingredients & chemical makeup of any product by just pointing the beam at the object.

By Haaretz

A new Israeli high-tech development might just revolutionize the consumer experience.

The hand-held Scio molecular scanner. – Photo: Scio

The Scio, developed by Consumer Physics, is the world’s first molecular sensor that fits in the palm of a hand. Using it, a consumer can scan any product and get instant information about its full chemical make-up.

Consumer Physics CEO Dror Sharon says that the Scio will pave the way to intelligent consumerism. Using the sensor, consumers will be able to avoid unsafe ingredients in products and will no longer be dependent on the supplier’s word that a cheese is low fat, say.

Category: Innovations & Discoveries | Tags: Buisness, innovations, Israel high-tech, Israel start-up

PA President: Arafat will be reinterred in Jerusalem – ‘capital of Palestine’

After Arafat’s memorial ceremony in Gaza was cancelled when bombs targeted Fatah leaders there, Mahmoud Abbas made the announcement at Arafat Museum commemoration in Ramallah.

By Ynet

President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Monday that the shrine of late president Yasser Arafat will be moved to Jerusalem “the capital of Palestine” at the earliest opportunity, the Ma’an News Agency reported.

Arafat’s mausoleum in his former government compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah – Screenshot/Fox News

The announcement was made by Abbas during the opening of the Arafat museum in Ramallah. Abbas said that Arafat deserves to “remain immortal in the hearts of our people.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Yasser Arafat

Breaking: Young Woman Murdered By Arab With Knife – 2 Others Stabbed

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Photo Essay: Terrorist shot in chest after killing one and wounding two others, one is in serious condition.

By Tova Dvorin

A young woman was stabbed to death at a hitchhiking station in Gush Etzion, according to Channel 2. She was stabbed in the neck. There are conflicting reports about her age, ranging from 14 to 26. A 26-year-old man who was also stabbed is in light to moderate condition and a 50-year-old was hurt in the jaw and is in light condition.

The scene of the attack. – Photo: MOSHE MIZRAHI/NEWS 24

According to the report, the terrorist tried to run down his victims with a car at first, but failed, and then got out of the car and began stabbing. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian terrorist, Stabbing Attack

Israel Navy Destroys Weapons-Smuggling Vessel on Gaza Coast

4 Palestinian ‘fishermen’ are missing with a ship destroyed, in latest example of Hamas’s ‘marine intifada’ as IDF continues its blockade on weapons smuggling.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

Gaza’s “marine intifada” has escalated further, AFP reports Monday, after the Israeli navy apprehended six fishermen who were smuggling weapons into Gaza from Egypt.

The Israeli navy fired on two boats off the coast, officials from the Hamas run security services told the news agency, leaving two fishermen wounded and four missing. It was not immediately clear whether the four had been arrested, the officials added.

The Israeli military confirmed that naval fire had destroyed one boat it said had been involved in smuggling, but had no information about the four fishermen reported missing. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza blockade, Israel Gaza, Israel Navy, weapons smuggling

Analysis: Neither new Iranian leader or Arab revolts ushered Israel-style rights for LGBTs

Possibly the most omitted major human-rights story developing in the Middle East are the systematic executions, brutalization & repression of the region’s gay community.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

For the Middle East’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, the grassroots upheavals in many Arab countries – and promised reforms in the Islamic Republic of Iran – have not produced a sexual liberation movement. Meanwhile, rollbacks in Turkey’s limited freedoms to LGBTs also are on the rise.

Celebrants march in the gay pride parade. – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

Perhaps the most neglected major news story unfolding in the Middle East is the systematic repression of the region’s LGBT community.

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: gays, human rights, LGBT

Arab Stabs IDF Soldier in Tel Aviv Terrorist Attack

Unnamed soldier with multiple stab wounds was evacuated to Sheba Medical Center in critical condition. Israel police capture assailant, 18 yr-old Arab male from Nablus.

By Yaniv Kubovich

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was stabbed near a train station in the city of Tel Aviv on Monday in what police say was a terror attack.

Magen David Adom paramedics evacuate the victim of a stabbing at Haganah train station, Tel Aviv, Nov. 10, 2014. – Photo: Magen David Adom

Emergency rescue services treated him at the site before evacuating him to Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, in critical condition. According to Magen David Adom spokesman Zaki Heller, the soldier, aged about 20, was found with a number of stab wounds. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel crime, Palestinian terrorism, Stabbing Attack, Tel Aviv

Complaint Filed Against Palestinian President Abbas in ICC for War Crimes

Israeli civil rights firm accuses PA of multiple war crimes at ICC by exploiting Abbas’s Jordanian citizenship – and using evidence Fatah boasted about being involved in Gaza war.

By Tova Dvorin

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the International Criminal Court (ICC) have made headlines again Monday – but this time, it is Israel who is being vindicated on the global scale.

Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center, an Israeli based civil rights organization announced today that they filed an unprecedented war crimes complaint against Abbas in the ICC.

The complaint states that the Fatah faction was responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israeli cities during this past summer’s Gaza war, making Abbas personally liable for the terrorist groups’ criminal acts. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: ICC, Mahmoud Abbas, Shurat HaDin, war crimes

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EU Chief: Divide Jerusalem – Israel’s PM: Not a Chance

EU’s new Foreign Policy Chief, insists that the Palestinians must have a state with Jerusalem as its capital, and that is ‘a necessity for the world at large.’

By Ryan Jones

The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini, visited the region over the weekend and insisted on the urgent need for a Palestinian state with the eastern half of Jerusalem as its capital.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. – Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO

“We need a Palestinian state – that is the ultimate goal and this is the position of all the European Union,” said Mogherini while in the Gaza Strip, adding later during her stop in Ramallah that “Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: EU, Federica Mogherini, Jerusalem