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| December 15, 2015
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Jordanians calls to fight terror by eliminating curricula of ideas that ‘denigrate life, aggrandize death’

 

One Jordanian educator wrote, “Our schools spread extremism, as do our universities. Sometimes, a child or youth returns from school or university with horrid ideas that shock even his parents.” 

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

According to unofficial statistics, about 4,000 young Jordanians have so far joined the armed organizations in Syria and Iraq, a figure that places Jordan second only to Tunisia in the number of citizens who have joined these organizations, MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute) has reported. The media watchdog group has published an in depth report focusing on calls in Jordan’s media on the Education Ministry to reform school curricula in light of the problem of youth gravitating toward extremist Islamic ideology. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2015
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After continued vehicular terror-attacks on crowds by Arabs, bus stops in Jerusalem to be fortified

 

After the initiative proved effective in the West Bank, PM Netanyahu instructs officials to fortify 300 bus-stops in the Jewish capital with concrete barriers, following latest vehicular terror-attack that left 11 Jewish Israelis wounded in Jerusalem.
* Arab driver was shot dead before exiting car with meat-cleaver.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday decided to fortify 300 bus stations in Jerusalem after a terrorist from East Jerusalem rammed his car into people waiting at a bus stop at the western entrance to the capital, wounding 11 people.

The prime minister held a consultation with Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in the wake of the attack, in which he instructed them to place concrete barriers in front of hundreds of Jerusalem bus stations.

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| December 14, 2015
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European Union policy chief says EU ‘united’ in labeling only Jewish products

 

Despite Jerusalem freezing diplomatic ties with the EU, its foreign policy chief said after a meeting with the Union’s FMs that the EU is adamant in maintaining product labeling from only the Israeli disputed areas, and claims it isn’t a boycott.

By Ari Yashar

 

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini led a meeting with EU foreign ministers on Monday, in which the officials reiterated they will not drop their plan to label Jewish products from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini – Photo: Reuters

The EU is “united on these technical guidelines on the indication of origin, which is in no way a boycott,” Mogherini said after the meeting according to Associated Press.
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| December 14, 2015
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IDF hits 2 Hamas military targets in retaliation for Gaza rocket fire on Israeli town

 

Israel Air Force scores two successful retaliatory hits on Hamas targets – one in the center of the strip & second in the northern part of the terrorist enclave.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Israel Air Force (IAF) struck two Hamas terrorist sites overnight between Sunday and Monday, hitting targets in central and northern Gaza, following a Gazan rocket attack on Southern Israel  that occurred on Sunday night. There were no injuries reported in the rocket strike.

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An IDF F-16

The IDF Spokesman Unit said the airstrikes were a response to the rocket attack a few hours earlier

On Sunday night, a projectile fired from Gaza exploded in an open area in the Sha’ar Hanegev Council, triggering warning sirens in Sderot and in the surrounding areas. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2015
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Israeli warships armed with Iron Dome anti-missile system will protect gas reserves at sea

Israel’s “Sa’ar 5” warships already equipped with the Barak 1 missile defense system, will incorporate the Iron Dome as well, until new warships reached in a deal with Germany arrive in 2019.

By i24news

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) will install its successful Iron Dome missile defence system on warships protecting Israel’s off-shore gas drilling platforms, a temporary measure until new warships acquired in a deal with Germany arrive.

The Iron Dome missile defense system, protecting Israel’s cities from Palestinian rocket attacks. – Photo: Twitter

Israel has huge and mostly untapped gas fields that cover some 23,000 square km (9,000 square miles) of sea, more than Israel’s territory on land.

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| December 13, 2015
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IDF Shoot & Neutralize Female Arab Terrorist While Attempting To Stab Israeli

 

view videoExcept for the shot Palestinian terrorist, there were no other reported injuries during the knife-attack in Kiryat Arba.

By BEN HARTMAN

 

A female attacker was shot and wounded by IDF soldiers near Kiryat Arba on Sunday, after she tried and failed to stab an Israeli civilian, the IDF reported Sunday.

The incident took place on the road leading from Kiryat Arba to the Jewish settlement in Hebron. The IDF spokesperson’s office said that soldiers saw a Palestinian woman with a knife try to attack an Israeli civilian and opened fire, wounding and subduing the attacker.

The woman was evacuated to Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem in moderate to serious condition. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2015
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UK apologizes after detaining IDF reserve officer for war crimes

 

view videoIDF soldiers & officers who participated in Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, are now liable to be detained upon entry into European countries after members of pro-Palestinian organizations filed complaints against them.

By Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner

 

An IDF officer in reserves who fought in Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014 was detained upon landing in the UK a few weeks ago due to a complaint made against him that he was involved in war crimes, Ynet has learned.

Any soldier who fought in the 50-day war, whose details or photos were posted online, may find himself on the blacklist of pro-Palestinian organizations who filed and are still filing complaints at European police stations. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2015
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Netanyahu applauds Argentina’s new gov’t decision to ignore previous Iran deal

 

Israel’s PM thinks the new Argentinian government’s decision not to abide by deal made on Iran’s behalf may improve Israel’s relations with Argentina, as well as all of South America.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed at his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday Argentina’s decision not to appeal a court’s ruling to strike down a deal with Iran over investigating the 1994 deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center.

Netanyahu addresses Masa Israel participants – Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed at his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday Argentina’s decision not to appeal a court’s ruling to strike down a deal with Iran over investigating the 1994 deadly bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center.
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| December 12, 2015
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Switzerland arrested 2 Syrian nationals planning chemical terror attack

 

Two men with Syrian passports nabbed on suspicions of transporting ‘explosives & toxic gases’ in Geneva, possibly for an attack on the UN headquarters.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Swiss authorities said Saturday that two people of Syrian origin had been arrested on suspicion of transporting “explosives and toxic gases” as part of a probe into a terror threat.

United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (file) – Thinkstock

The two suspects arrested Friday are accused of the “manufacture, concealment and transport of explosives and toxic gases,” the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

They are also under suspicion of violating Swiss law prohibiting “groups like Al Qaeda, Islamic State and similar organisations,” it added. Continue Reading »

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| December 12, 2015
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Egyptian media lists Facebook’s Top 5 “most dangerous” Arabic pro-Israel pages

 

Egypt’s Alwatan newspaper quotes Dr. Mansour Abd al-Wahab, “Israel is using modern means to carry out plots to reach the hearts of Arab youth”

By i24news

 

Egypt’s Alwatan newspaper published an article about the ‘most dangerous’ Arab-language Israeli Facebook pages, warning its young readers of the pages’ “Israeli pursuits”.

The article, titled “Five Arabic language Israeli pages that you should stay away from”, begins by describing the history of “Zionist plots” dating back to the 19th century, particularly “the takeover of Palestinian lands using religious justification” to create a political entity, Israel’s Ynet News reports.

The article continues by naming the top five most “dangerous Facebook page list”. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2015
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Vatican releases landmark document: Catholics should not endeavor to convert Jews

 

Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews decrees Judaism & Christianity are intertwined, and God never annulled his covenant with the Jewish people, adding that there is a “principled rejection of an institutional Jewish mission.”

By JEREMY SHARON, REUTERS

 

Catholics should not try and convert Jews and should work with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said Thursday in a major new document that drew the Church further from the strained relations with Judaism of the past.

Pope Francis talks as he leads the weekly audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican. – Photo: REUTERS

The document, “A Reflection on Theological Questions Pertaining to Catholic-Jewish Relations,” was issued by the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, and approved by Pope Francis. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2015
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Shi’ite preacher incites: Sunnis are ‘mercenaries of Americans & the Jews’

 

view videoWATCH: Iran-backed Iraqi Shi’ite militia of Hizbullah al-Nujaba, was filmed inciting against Bedouins, Jews, Americans, & Sunni Muslims in latest propaganda video.

By Tova Dvorin

 

A preacher for the Iraqi Shi’ite militia of Hizbullah al-Nujaba was filmed inciting against Jews, Bedouins, Americans, and Sunni Muslims in a fiery speech to its forces fighting in Syria last week.

Hezbollah rally (illustration) – Reuters

Sheikh Akram Al-Kabi, al-Nujaba’s leader, riled up the audience at a Friday sermon at Khaled Ibn Al-Walid mosque south of Aleppo, the Middle Eastern Research Media Institute (MEMRI) reports.

The video was uploaded to the internet.

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| December 11, 2015
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Birthright: To Fight BDS, One Must Know Israel

 

The intimate encounter American students have with Israelis their age & the strong bonds that are created help these youngsters return to their campuses with the tools to effectively & correctly confront hostile attacks, armed with their positive and powerful experience in Israel.

By Gidi Mark

 

Delegates of the American Anthropological Association recently passed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions at their annual conference in Denver, Colorado. Now the association’s 12,000 members worldwide will be asked to approve or reject the decision. If approved, the boycott will focus only on Israel’s academic institutions at first, but it could snowball into legitimizing additional boycotts that will hurt Israel’s image and undermine its social, industrial and economic fortitude.

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| December 11, 2015
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Former ICC prosecutor: Israel’s High Court decision could save settlements from war crime status

 

At the Hebrew University Law School in Jerusalem, former ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says Israel should present its case to the world. 

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Where the Israeli High Court of Justice has approved specific settlements as legal, this could provide a complete defense to any allegations that they are war crimes, former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

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A girl holds an Israeli flag on a hilltop near the Maaleh Adumim settlement. – Photo: REUTERS

Moreno-Ocampo is in Jerusalem lecturing at the The Fried-Gal Transitional Justice Initiative at the Hebrew University Law School. Continue Reading »

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| December 11, 2015
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NGO Monitor Informed Danish Parliament It’s Inadvertently Funding Israel’s Destruction

 

NGO Monitor addressed a special parliament session, warning them that huge amount of funds are covertly going to NGOs that acts against explicit Danish policies.

By Ari Yashar

 

The NGO Monitor research institution on Wednesday took part in a special session of the Danish Parliament, and told Danish lawmakers the supposedly humanitarian funds their country is handing over to local NGOs is actually advancing anti-peace agendas.

Copenhagen, Denmark (illustration) – Reuters

Shaun Sacks, a researcher at the independent Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, addressed the Foreign Affairs Committee and Foreign Policy Committee in Copenhagen.

He revealed that Danish taxpayers’ money being sent through third party NGOs for the goal of stopping the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in fact end up funding projects that contradict the Danish government’s stated objectives. Continue Reading »

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