December 2015 Archives

Hanukkah miracle saved lives of Jewish couple shot at by Arabs in ‘Drive-by’

Returning home from a visit with their daughter, who lost her husband in a terrorist attack 13 years ago, Rachel & Shaul Nir were attacked by terrorist gun-fire.

By Efrat Forsher, Yair Altman & Shlomi Diaz

As terrorist violence continues to wash over Israel, a couple was wounded while driving in north Samaria on Wednesday when terrorists opened fire on them from a passing vehicle. The attack resulted in a crash in which Shaul Nir was seriously hurt. His wife Rachel sustained minor gunshot wounds to the extremities.

The 10 shekel coin that stopped a bullet in a terrorist shooting attack in northern Samaria on Wednesday evening – Photo: Roni Schutzer

The couple, residents of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City, were treated by emergency medical personnel at the scene and then transferred to separate hospitals for further treatment. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian terrorism, terror attack

Israel’s Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptor kills ‘enemy’ ICBM in space

In Thursday’s critical test, the Arrow 3 missile defense system, that travels at twice the speed of a tank shell to leave the atmosphere, operates in space where it’s designed to seek & destroy Iran’s Shihab 3 ICBM missiles.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

The Defense Minister with the US Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency carried out a critical test of the Arrow 3 anti ballistic missile defense system on Thursday morning.

The Arrow 3 missile defense system operates in space, traveling at twice the speed of a tank shell to leave the atmosphere. It is designed to seek and destroy Iranian Shihab 3 missiles, as well as other long-range projectiles. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Arrow 3, Elbit, Golden Citron, Pentagon

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Trump Tweets Trip To Israel Postponed To “After I Become President”

Republican front-runner Tweets his decision to push back the planned Dec 28 visit to the Jewish State; scheduled meeting with Netanyahu to be after “I become President of the U.S.”

By Ynetnews

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that he has decided to postpone his trip to Israel, initially scheduled for December 28.

Trump at a campaign rally in southern California – Photo: AP

I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with (Prime Minister) Netanyahu at a later date after I become President of the US,” Trump said on Twitter.

Netanyahu, widely seen as a supporter of the Republican Party, shares much in common with Trump. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Donald Trump, politics, twitter

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ZOA president: Donald Trump is woefully misinformed about Israel’s attempts at making peace

President of the Zionist Organization of America, “His comments about Jewish money don’t bother me, what bothers me are his inane comments about Israel’s commitment to peace.”

By Raphael Poch

National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) Morton Klein spoke to Arutz Sheva about his concerns regarding the comment made by Republican Presidential candidate hopeful Donald Trump last week to the Associated Press and to the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC).

ZOA head Morton Klein – Arutz Sheva

The ZOA put out a press release earlier in the week strongly criticizing Trump for making the absurd statement that Israel has not made concessions for peace.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Donald Trump, Morton Klein, ZOA

First time since 1948: King of Bahrain invites Rabbi to light Hanukkah candles in Manama synagogue

WATCH: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa invites French Rabbi and French Imam to royal palace for interfaith meeting before lighting Hanukkah candles for the first time since the founding of the Jewish State.

By i24news

Hannukah candles were lit Monday night in the Jewish synagogue in Bahrain’s capital for the first time since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948, Israel’sArutz 7 reported.

Rabbi Levin and Imam Hassan Chalghoumi light Hanukkah candles at the Manama synagogue in Bahrain – Screenshot

French Rabbi Moshe Levin of the Conference of European Rabbis (CER) along with French Imam Hassan Chalghoumi traveled to Bahrain under invitation from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to join a special interfaith conference hosted at the the palace in Manama. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags: Bahrain, Hanukkah, Interfaith

Benjamin Netanyahu: Multiple offshore natural gas rigs vital to Israel’s national security

Israeli PM, “We must have several offshore gas rigs as one of the fundamentals of our national security.”
• Energy & Water Resources Minister Yuval Steinitz, “The only way to create energy security, especially when considering potential hostilities, is to have 2 or 3 separate fields.”

By Hezi Sternlicht

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared Tuesday before the Knesset’s Economics Committee, which discussed the natural gas industry framework, and explained the importance and contribution multiple production sites would have to Israel’s energy and national security.

Israel’s Tamar natural gas field – Photo: Albatross Aerial PerspectiveAP

The proposed outline seeks to regulate the development, harvesting, and royalties pertaining to the Leviathan, Tamar, Tanin and Karish offshore fields, as well as any future natural gas finds. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Politics, natural gas, Yuval Steinitz

German court fines Danish imam for seeking murder of ‘Zionist Jews’ in videotaped sermon

The Berlin court ruled Abu Bilal Ismail was guilty of incitement to hatred by preaching Jews are “criminals who kill prophets & children,” and that “Allah should kill Jews.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

A German criminal court has fined Danish imam Sheikh Abu Bilal Ismail for incitement to hatred after convicting him of calling at a Berlin mosque for the extermination of Jews during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge.

A SCENE from Berlin, with the Oberbaum Bridge in the foreground. – Photo: REUTERS

The Jerusalem Post obtained a copy of the 16-page court verdict on Tuesday.

It said that Ismail had been fined €1,300 for delivering a fiery anti-Western and anti-Jewish sermon in July 2014 in which he said it was necessary to “destroy the Zionist Jews…,” and to “count them and kill them to the very last one. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Semitic propaganda, anti-Semitism, German court, incitement

Jewish Pride: Photo Gallery of Hollywood Stars Brandishing Their Star of David

WATCH trailer of Seth Rogan wearing a knitted sweater featuring a big Star of David in a new comedy, ‘The Night Before.’
•Kate Winslet is a brutal mafiosa who wears a Star of David in the thriller ‘Triple 9.’
• Christian Bale, Vin Diesel, & even Miley Cyrus have also been photographed sporting the Jewish symbol, turning it into a ‘must’ Hollywood accessory.

By Amir Bogen

The Star of David is the ultimate Jewish symbol. It has followed our tribe through the ages, and ended up on the flag of the State of Israel. Every time we see it we feel a sense of belonging and familiarity. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: Hollywood, Jewish Culture, Star of David

US Federal grant of $100,000 goes to Hamas fundraising front

USAID, an American taxpayer-funded organization, gives a substantial grant to a known Hamas linked fundraising group banned in Israel and the UAE for channeling financial assistance to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

By Ari Yashar

The US Agency for International Development (USAID), a taxpayer-funded aid organization, is giving a $100,000 federal grant to an Islamic charity banned in Israel for giving aid to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.

Grant information on the USAID endowment reveals the massive allotment to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) will be given in 2016 for various foreign projects.

IRW was banned in Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2014, after investigations revealed it was a fundraising front for Hamas, channeling its donations to funding attacks and paying terrorists. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: hamas, USAID

Egypt’s army destroyed 20 more smuggling tunnels under Gaza border in November

The 20 tunnels that were found & destroyed in November are part of Egypt’s policy, after it cleared a buffer zone along the Gaza border last year, in its attempt to eliminate the cross-border network of tunnels used for terrorism in the Sinai, & smuggling weapons to Hamas and other terror organizations in Gaza.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

The Egyptian military says it has destroyed 20 recently discovered underground tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian worker repairs a smuggling tunnel after it was flooded by Egyptian security forces – Photo: Reuters

The army says the tunnels were found and destroyed in November. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: buffer zone, Egypt Army, Egypt-Gaza, smuggler tunnels, Terror tunnels

Israel’s Shin Bet arrests 5 suspected ISIS followers from Nazareth

After an intelligence search & investigation by the IDF’s Northern Command, joined by the Shin Bet, Israel’s Northern District prosecutors charged 5 men from Nazareth with severe security offenses at the Northern District Court on Tuesday.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

Security forces arrested five Arab Israeli youths from Nazareth on suspicion of training with weapons and holding secret meetings after coming under the influence of ISIS ideology, the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency announced on Tuesday.

Suspected ISIS members arrested by Shin Bet. – Photo: SHIN BET,JPOST STAFF

In a joint Shin Bet – Israel Police Northern District announcement, security forces said arrests were made throughout October and November, of men aged 18, 18, 22, 23, and 27, all from the Suleiman clan in the northern part of the city. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: District Court, IDF-Shin Bet, ISIS, Nazareth

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Keffiyeh clad terror-dolls brandishing rock in hand seized by customs at Haifa port

4,000 PA bound terrorist-dolls were discovered in a shipment from the United Arab Emirates that raised custom’s officials suspicion.

By Ahiya Raved

“Inciting dolls,” that is the terminology used by Tax Authority officials to describe boxed dolls which were seized in Haifa as part of a shipment from the UAE.

terrorist doll – Haifa customs

Boxes within the shipment contained about 4,000 dolls. The dolls feature a scarf bearing an image of the Al Aqsa mosque, and they were adorned with nationalist phrases like, “Jerusalem, we are coming,” and Jerusalem for us.” All the dolls – which were painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag, feature a cocked arm holding a rock. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Customs agents, incitement, Israel UAE

Report: ISIS captured weapons cache in Sinai meant for Hamas

Having attacked the Egyptian army last summer after they intercepted an arms cache in route to the Gaza smuggling-tunnels, ISIS took the illegal weapons – but told Hamas the supply had been destroyed in their attack on the Egyptian Army.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

An Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated group may have taken the upper hand in the ongoing struggle for power in the Sinai desert and Gaza, a report revealed Monday.

The Sinai has recently witnessed some of the heaviest fighting between security forces and Islamists since the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza, hamas, ISIS, weapons cache, weapons smuggling