December 2015 Archives

IAEA report: Israel was right – Iran tried to build a nuke

Report presented yesterday to the IAEA proved what Israel had been saying all along: Iran had been working in a very organized manner on developing a nuclear explosive device.

By Raphael Poch

On Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna received a report from the IAEA Director General bringing evidence that Iran had indeed been working towards building a nuclear explosive device up until 2009.

Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA Reza Najafi – Reuters

“This was one of the most important days in the nuclear Iran affair, and the IAEA board of governors did nothing” said a distraught Dr. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: IAEA, Iran Nuclear Program

US Congress votes unanimously to impose sanctions on banks financing Hezbollah

The US House Representatives adopted Bill targeting the Lebanon-based Shiite movement in a vote of 422 to 0, following a unanimous vote in the Senate on November 17.

By i24news

The US House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday to impose tough new sanctions on banks that knowingly do business with the Lebanon-based Shiite movement Hezbollah.

The bill targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organization by Washington, passed the Senate last month. It now goes to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature.

The legislation also targets Hezbollah’s television channel Al-Manar by aiming to cut the broadcast of satellite operators that air the channel’s programming. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Banks, Hezbollah, U.S. Congress

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Former editor-in-chief of largest Italian newspaper spills truth about Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Foreign journalist, having served 15 years in Mid-East, says West has very distorted picture of the Israeli-Arab conflict, saying, “Before it (ISIS) struck Israel & the Jews, ISIS would first annihilate the Palestinians.”

By Aviel Schneider

“The Palestinians feel the rising threat of ISIS and understand that despite the [negative feelings toward] the Israeli occupation they are more secure under Israeli rule than anywhere else in the region.”

Italian journalist Mourizio Molinari spills all to Israel’s daily, Yediot Ahronot

That was one of the conclusions drawn in the new book “Jihad” by Italian journalist Mourizio Molinari, who for the past 15 years served as a Middle East correspondent. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, La Stampa, media bias

Foreign Policy reports: 40% of West Bank Arab women have illegal abortions

By Arutz Sheva News Brief

A new report has found that about 40 percent of Arab women in Judea and Samaria have had abortions, even though the procedure is illegal.

Abortion clinic exam room. – Photo: OlgaKhazan

Foreign Policy reports that, in order to avoid going to a doctor for the abortion, many women try improvised methods such as inserting sharp objects into their bodies or jumping off of buildings.

Many of the women who seek abortions are married but say that they are afraid of their husbands, giving them even less incentive to search for help.

View original Arutz Sheva publication at:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/345758#.VnHpn_l966o Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: abortions, West Bank

Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot dismissed for refusing to visit Israel

Pilot Majdi al-Samdi is reported to have said to his commanders,”I was trained as a pilot not to cooperate with Israel, but to fight it.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

A Jordanian pilot reportedly been discharged from the Hashemite kingdom’s air force after he refused to visit Israel as part of a joint military venture between the two neighboring countries.

An honor guard marches at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan. – Photo: REUTERS

Social media users on the east bank of the Jordan were outraged on Wednesday after hearing the news that Majdi al-Samdi, a pilot in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, was dismissed from active duty by his commanders after notifying them that he would not be participating in a military delegation to Israel. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Jordan, Jordanian Air Force, Military

Israel’s MK Lieberman initiates offensive to remove Haneen Zoabi from Knesset

MK Lieberman’s proposal seeks to restrain the Supreme Court from interfering in the Knesset’s Central Elections Committee decisions to ban a candidate, or a political party, from participating in Israel’s elections for parliament.

By Attila Somfalvi

Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman launched a campaign on Wednesday morning calling to remove Joint Arab List MK Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset.

Lieberman holding a sign calling to ‘Kick Haneen Zoabi from the Knesset – for good!’

“Together, we will kick out terror supporters from the Knesset,” Lieberman said in a Facebook post.

In a video posted on his official Facebook page, the Yisrael Beytenu leader calls on the Israeli public to pressure MKs to support his new bill proposal that seeks to remove both Zoabi and her party Balad, currently a part of the Joint Arab List, from the Knesset. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Avigdor Lieberman, Haneen Zoabi, Israel Supreme Court, Israeli politics, Knesset

Israel not engaging Egyptian warplanes flying through Israeli airspace

Egyptian Air Force fighter-bombers en route to strike at Islamic State targets in the Sinai, make unprecedented use of Israeli airspace, likely with permission from Jerusalem.

By Yoav Zitun

Egyptian Air Force planes have in recent months crossed into Israeli airspaces part of Egypt’s military campaign against the local Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State terror group, Ynet learned on Tuesday.

Egyptian military planes over the Suez area – Archive photo: Reuters

The unprecedented flights, apparently conducted in coordination with the IDF, were conducted mostly in the triangular border area between Israeli territory, Egyptian land, and the southern Gaza Strip.

Category: Israel News, Mid-East News | Tags: Islamic State, Israel Egypt, Sinai

Report: WATCH Policeman who shot neutralized ‘scissor terrorist’ cleared of ‘wrongful death’

Israel’s TV2 reported that the policeman questioned over shooting dead of the scissor terrorist will most likely not face criminal prosecution.

By Gil Ronen

The policeman who was questioned by Justice Department’s Department for Investigations of Policemen over the killing of a terrorist will apparently not face criminal prosecution, according to Channel 2.

The investigation was launched following the so-called “scissors terror attack” last month near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, by two teenage Arab girls. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein and State Attorney Shai Nitzan decided to launch the investigation based on suspicion that the policeman shot one of the terrorists when she was already on the ground after having been “neutralized.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: Arab terror, Israel Police, Stabbing Attack

Israeli cancer treatment company raises $12m for lymphoma trials

The Jerusalem-based cancer treatment company, KAHR Medical, recently received regulatory approval to initiate a Phase-I/IIa trial in lymphoma treatment.

By Globes Staff

Drug development company KAHR Medical Ltd has raised $12 million in a Series B financing round. The entire financing round will total $15 million, and it is anticipated that the remaining $3 million will be raised February 15th. The Jerusalem-based developer of cancer and auto-immune treatments was founded by Hadasit – the Technology Transfer Company of Hadassah Medical Organization unit Hadasit Bio Holdings Ltd. (TASE:HDST; Bulletin Board: HADSY).

cancer – illustrative

Proceeds of the new financing will be used primarily to fund the clinical development of KAHR’s lead product, KAHR-102, which recently received regulatory approval in Israel to initiate a Phase-I/IIa trial in lymphoma, as well as pre-clinical development of KAHR-101 and new pipeline programs.Korea

Category: Innovations & Discoveries | Tags: cancer, lymphoma, medical technology

US District Judge: Restrictions placed for Jonathan Pollard’s parole appear superfluous

Less than a month since being paroled from federal prison, Jonathan Pollard achieves court victory when Judge admits electronic bracelet & computer monitoring may not be needed since former Israeli spy no longer has access to secrets.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

The U.S. government must reassess the threat posed by former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard and adjust his parole conditions accordingly, a U.S. judge said on Monday.

Former Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, last month, shortly after his release from federal prison. – Photo: AP

U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest said the U.S. Parole Commission had provided little basis to justify why Pollard must wear an electronic bracelet and submit to monitoring of his work computer despite not being exposed to classified material during his 30-year incarceration. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags: Jonathan Pollard, parole, US District Court

Israeli firm opens America’s largest desalination plant in southern California

The Israeli IDE water desalination facility, the Western Hemisphere’s largest plant, will produce some 190 million liters of water daily for the residents of San Diego country.

By SHARON UDASIN

Israeli water sector giant IDE Technologies dedicated the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere on Monday – a facility that will produce some 190 million liters of water daily for the residents of southern California.

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in California. – Photo: IDE TECHNOLOGIES

Providing a new source of water in a state that has long suffered severe droughts, the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant will be quenching the thirst of roughly 10 percent of San Diego country, according to IDE. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, The Diaspora | Tags: Israel US, San Diego, water desalination, water technology

BDS, pro-Palestinian groups lie when calling IDF soldiers “war criminals”, according to int’l military experts

BDS, Breaking the Silence organization, and pro-Hamas advocates lie through their teeth when articulating the IDF’s conduct during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, whereas the 14 international senior military officers wouldn’t.

By Barry Shaw

The BDS and Breaking the Silence LIE when they call our brave soldiers “war criminals” and accuse the IDF of “war crimes.” So let me introduce non-Israel, non-Jewish neutral experts to give their opinion.

14 international former chiefs of staff and senior military officers reviewed the 2014 Gaza conflict from both the IDF and Hamas operations.

They visited Israel both during and after the conflict. They interviewed soldiers from the regular foot-soldiers to unit commanders all the way up to the highest ranks of the IDF. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, Barry Shaw, BDS, Breaking the Silence, IDF, Operation Protective Edge

Palestinian Survey: 67% of respondents support knife-attacks against Jews

65% of the Palestinian public are in favor of Mahmoud Abbas resigning as President of the Palestinian Authority with only 35% saying that they’re satisfied with his performance.

By i24news

Two thirds of the Palestinian public want Abbas to resign and another two thirds support an armed intifada and the current wave of stabbing attacks across Israel and the West bank, a new survey has revealed.

Palestinian mourners carry the body of Mahmud Shalaldeh, 18, who was shot by Israeli troops during clashes the previous day in Hebron, during his funeral on November 13, 2015 – Photos : HAZEM BADER (AFP)

The survey conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in cooperation with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Ramallah, asked Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank a number of questions relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, their level of confidence in their leaders, the future of the Oslo accords and their opinion on the Islamic State. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinians, poll, survey