Archive for December 31, 2015

| December 31, 2015
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Female MKs oppose rabbinical ruling requiring women pay child support

 

OPPOSES: MK Zehava Galon: “The decision will harm women and could be used by men as a bargaining chip against them.”
SUPPORTS: Rabbi Eliyahu Heishrik of the Chief Rabbinate: “We need to also consider the situation in which the man makes less money than the woman.”

By Gideon Allon

 

Female MKs from the opposition and coalition alike expressed outrage on Wednesday following a decision by the Chief Rabbinate to require some women to pay child support when couple divorce. Until now, only men have been required to pay child support.

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In a heated debate during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) said, “The man holds the ‘whip’ of providing a ‘get’ [religious divorce document] in his hands, and women are prepared to pay everything they have to buy their freedom.”

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| December 31, 2015
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Samir Kuntar: Hezbollah’s ‘Resistance Hero’ or Beirut’s ‘Sex Monster’?

 

After Kuntar’s  release from Israeli prison in 2008, he had a series of sexual encounters with women being pressured and intimidated, with source asking, “How can he be refereed to as a hero?”

By NOAM ROTENBERG

 

Some disturbing facts are emerging about the character of Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar who was assassinated in an airstrike attributed to Israel earlier this month.

Lebanese mourners hold portraits of Lebanese militant Samir Kantar during his funeral procession. – Photo: AFP

Sources that were were familiar with Kuntar have described him to Lebanese daily newspaper, The Beirut Observer as no less than a “sex monster.” Continue Reading »

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| December 31, 2015
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Hamas says sleeper-cells in West Bank to be activated for suicide attacks against Israelis

 

For the first time, Hamas admits publicly that the Islamic terror organization is planning suicide attacks within the Green Line, that will be carried out by sleeper cells from Abbas’ PA controlled areas.

By Elior Levy

 

Hamas has decided to up the ante in the wave of ongoing violence and terror attacks and start launching suicide bombings against Israeli targets, sources in the terror organization told Arab media on Thursday.

Hamas militants during a parade in the Gaza Strip – Photo: EPA

Ynet has already reported in October that Hamas had instructed its operatives in the West Bank to commit suicide bombings against Israel, but this is the first time the organization publicly admits to it. Continue Reading »

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| December 31, 2015
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Israel’s offshore gas-fields to be protected by ‘Barak-8 Dome’

 

Following third & final series of successful tests, Israel’s offshore gas interests will shortly receive the advanced Barak 8 missile defense system to counter all foreign threats.

By Raphael Poch

 

Head of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) told Israeli press Wednesday that the newly developed ‘Barak 8’ system which will be installed on Israeli naval ships will be able to protect Israel’s offshore gas assets.

Test of Barak 8 Missile system

Test of Barak 8 Missile system – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Following the successful tests of the new system in India, Yossi Weiss, CEO of the IAI, said that part of the mission of the project is to protect the Israeli offshore gas assets. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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Hezbollah Humiliated: Son of assassinated Hezbollah general may be Israeli mole

 

In potentially devastating news for Lebanon’s Shiite terrorist group, Syrian & Lebanese media outlets report that Mustafa Mughniyeh, the youngest son of assassinated operations commander Imad Mughniyeh, is being held & questioned by Hezbollah’s counterintelligence agents.

Daniel Siryoti and Israel Hayom Staff

 

In potentially humiliating news for Hezbollah, Lebanese and Syrian news outlets reported on Tuesday that the Shiite terrorist organization’s counterintelligence apparatus was investigating whether Mustafa Mughniyeh, the youngest son of the group’s former operations commander Imad Mughniyeh, worked as a mole for the CIA and Israeli intelligence.

Jihad Moughniyah’s funeral in Beirut January 19, 2015. The son of Hezbollah’s late military leader Imad Moughniyah (also killed by Israel) – Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Tahe

Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated in Damascus in 2008. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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Hamas: Christian Celebration of New Year’s Eve is Totally Forbidden in Gaza Strip

 

In another blow to the dwindling Christian population in Gaza, a Hamas spokesman says New Year’s Eve celebrations (a.k.a. Saint Sylvester’s Day to the Catholic Church in many countries) will not be allowed because it is “contrary to our traditions and an imitation of the West.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Hamas has banned New Year’s Eve celebrations throughout the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

Hamas against new years eve celebrations. – Photo: J’POST STAFF,REUTERS

The sources said that owners of restaurants and hotels in the Gaza Strip have been warned not to hold parties on this occasion.

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Ayman Al-Batniji, spokesman for the Hamas police, expressed astonishment over the intention of some hotels and venues to hold parties on New Year’s Eve. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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India successfully tests jointly developed IAI’s Barak 8 missile

 

view videoWATCH TEST: The Israel Aerospace Industries long range surface-to-air Barak 8 missile system, jointly developed with India, is said to have cost $1.4 billion to develop, can intercept and eliminate aerial threats at extended ranges.

By Yoav Zitun, Reuters

 

India successfully test-fired on Wednesday the Barak 8, a new long range surface-to-air missile capable of countering aerial threats at extended ranges, which was jointly developed with Israel.

The Israeli Navy testing the Barak 8 system last month

The Israel Aerospace Industries, which held a successful test of the Barak 8 missile last month, said that the two tests held by the Indian Navy on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning complete a series of three consecutive tests which “reinforces the impressive operational capabilities of the system,” said IAI director Yossi Weiss. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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Jordanian authorities arrested shop owner for defiling Israeli flag

 

The Jordanian shop owner was charged with ‘insulting & injuring relations with a friendly country’ after painting an Israeli flag outside his store for customers to wipe their shoes on.

By Cynthia Blank

 

Jordanian authorities have arrested a shop owner from the northern city of Irbid after he painted an Israeli flag outside his store for customers to purposely step on upon entering.

Jordanians burn Israeli flag – Reuters

The purported idea behind the flag was to express hostility toward the Jewish state in solidarity with the the recent wave of Arab terror attacks against Israelis.

The owner of the shop, Abed al-Fattah Ja’roun, 60, was charged with disrupting relations with a friendly country. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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WSJ reports: Obama orders NSA to spy on Netanyahu

 

WSJ reports that under Obama’s direction NSA’s “targeting of Israeli leaders & officials also swept up the contents of some of their private conversations with US lawmakers & American-Jewish groups.”

By i24news

 

Fearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to derail the nuclear deal with Iran, the White House has authorized the National Security Agency to monitor the leader’s communications, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Obama & Netanyahu – Photo : REUTERS

The report detailing the minutiae of NSA’s snooping and once more propelling into the spotlight Washington’s mistrust of the hawkish Israeli premier could usher in a new crisis in the already tense relations between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama’s administration. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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Radical Islamic Palestinians have always been the greatest threat to Palestinian Christians

 

After credible threats to target Christians & their holy sites by Muslim extremists within the Palestinian territories, Abbas’ PA decided to cancel the Christmas celebrations, which, as many were led to believe, had nothing to do with Israel or the recent violence against Jews.

By Bassam Tawil

 

This was not a happy Christmas for our Palestinian brothers in the West Bank who happen to be Christian. The Palestinian Christians have now become a tiny minority in Bethlehem. This year, they were just lucky that Christmas passed without a major terrorist attack or serious outbreaks of violence.

A Palestinian protester wearing Santa Claus costume stands in front of a section of the Israeli security barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 18, 2015.

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| December 30, 2015
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Jerusalem District Court Rejects Police Restrictions On Jews Raising Hands On Temple Mount

 

After Yehuda Etzion, a Temple Mount activist was barred from Judaism’s holiest site by local police because he happened to raise his hands as if ‘in prayer’, Jerusalem Court ruled that prohibiting such innocent gestures will lead to ‘slippery slope.’

By Roi Yanovsky

 

The Jerusalem District Court accepted Monday the appeal of the Temple Mount activist Yehuda Etzion, and in canceling his expulsion from the holy site ruled that it was permitted to raise one’s hands while visiting there.

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Etzion on the Temple Mount – Photo: Honenu

Etzion was barred from entering the Temple Mount last week on suspicion of violating the rules as he raised his hands as if in prayer. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2015
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Fatah, headed by Mahmoud Abbas urges Arab children to ‘water the ground with (Jewish) blood’

 

No condemnations from the EU, UN or US as a new Palestinian initiative of incitement saturates social media via Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, PA Security Force spokesperson (who’s also under the authority of Abbas), and from other Palestinians demanding more violence & bloodshed.

By Ari Yashar

 

Leading a new wave of incitement, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction has called on Palestinian children to “water (the ground) with blood” to destroy Israel.

Security Forces official spokesperson Adnan Al-Damiri put a post on Facebook last week from the Fatah Shabiba youth movement addressed to Palestinian children, as translated and revealed by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2015
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IDF Chief warns Nasrallah: ‘We’re ready’

 

view videoWATCH: IDF forms new elite brigade for northern border. Eizenkot, “We will change & evolve so the IDF can meet the challenges of the future.”

By Kobi Finkler

 

IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot sent a forceful message to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday during the Chief of Staff Prize of Excellence ceremony.

Certificates of merit were presented at the ceremony to the winning military units in various categories, including: brigades, battalions, reserve units, training units, combat support units and technology units.

“The importance of integration and unity within the IDF is reinforced these days, when we stand before a complex security reality,” Eizenkot asserted. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2015
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Peace Now: Israel planning over 55,000 new homes around Jerusalem, E-1 areas

 

The Israeli organization claims one section of development east of Jerusalem would divide Arab continuity of the West Bank for a future Palestinian state.

By i24news

 

Israel is working to revive and extend plans for new Jewish settler homes in the E1 area of the West Bank, the Peace Now organization said Monday.

Jewish settlements in east Jerusalem — such as Har Homa which was originally built in the 1990s — are considered to be in breach of the Oslo accords by the Palestinians but not by Israel, which does not see east Jerusalem as occupied territory. – Photo: AHMAD GHARABLI /AFP/FILE

Peace Now is an Israeli organization that actively campaigns for a two-state agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue Reading »

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| December 29, 2015
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German journalist reports ISIS fears only Israeli soldiers

 

After spending 10 days in Islamic State-dominated areas, German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer says ISIS doesn’t fear Western soldiers because of their lack of experience in guerrilla warfare, but definitely fears the IDF.

By Daniel Siryoti, Eli Leon, Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

“The only country ISIS [Islamic State] fears is Israel,” German journalist Jurgen Todenhofer said in an interview with the British Jewish News after spending 10 days in Islamic State territories in Iraq and Syria.

A member of the Iraqi security forces holds an Iraqi flag in the city of Ramadi, Dec. 27 – Photo: Reuters

The German reporter and former member of the German parliament is the only Western journalist to have been granted access to areas ruled by the extremist group.
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