February 2016 Archives

IDF joins US European Command in joint missile defense exercise

Juniper Cobra, a joint exercise which takes place every other year, enhances the interoperability between the IDF & U.S. European Command designed to improve integrated defensive capabilities.

By Alexander J. Apfel /TPS

The IDF and the United States European Command (US EUCOM) began their eighth ballistic missile defense exercise on Sunday.

Joint US-Israeli exercise – Photo: TPS

The joint exercise, known as Juniper Cobra, has taken place every two years since 2001. Its primary purpose is to enhance interoperability between the two militaries and improve joint defensive capabilities. The drills are not undertaken in preparation for any specific or potential scenario. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF exercise, Israel US, Juniper Cobra, Military exercises, US military

israelandstuffcom | February 22, 2016

First Nations’ Tribe from Canada seeks inspiration for its youth in Israel

Chief Evans explains, “Those of us from First Nations communities can appreciate the fascinating balance between modern & ancient that we see in Israel, & especially the sense of connection to the land of one’s ancestors.”

By Raphael Poch

Ron Evans aboriginal Chief and leader of the Norway House Cree Nation which hails from Northern Manitoba, believes that by exposing First Nations (aboriginal) youth to Israeli entrepreneurship it can help motivate them and enable them to succeed and achieve more in their own lives.

That’s why Evans is running a First Nations’ youth trip for members of his community to come to Israel and see how Israeli entrepreneurs operate. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: cooperation, Israel Canada, Norway House Cree Nation, tourism in Israel

#BDSfail: Facebook Protest Forces Anti-Israel Billboard in Chicago Taken Down

Due to the collective response from Israel supporters, the billboard company relented and agreed on Friday to remove the discriminatory ad.

By Ari Yashar, Tova Dvorin

A massive online campaign demanding that a Chicago advertisement agency remove an offensive pro-BDS billboard calling on motorists boycott the Jewish state has borne fruits, as the agency eventually relented and agreed to take down the offensive sign.

Posted on the major highway I-294 by the Lamar Advertising agency, the huge billboard directed motorists to visit stopfundingapartheid.org, a rabid anti-Israeli organization. It read in massive letters: “Boycott Israel Until Palestinians Have Equal Rights.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: #BDSfail, anti-Israel Propaganda, Israel boycott

Globes report: Israel ranks 7th worldwide on defense spending

Globes reported Sunday that in 2014 Israel spent 5.2% of its GDP (gross domestic product) on defense.

By i24news

Israel is ranked 7th in world for defense spending and 17th when it comes to total military spending, Globes reported Sunday.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (L) in the cockpit of an F-35 – Photo: LOCKHEED MARTIN

The report on the 25 countries with the most defense spending, Global Aerospace and Defense Outlook 2016, was conducted by the Deloitte consulting firm.

It showed that in 2014, Israel spent 5.2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defense, said Globes.

Category: Israel News | Tags: GDP, Globes

Austria’s Parliament cancels Holocaust event honoring anti-Israel Jewess who fled to UK in 1939

Zuroff said the choice of Epstein is “absurd” and they “should disinvite her because they are making a mockery of their event… If they [Austria’s parliament] want to talk about the Holocaust, they chose the wrong person. If they want to bash Israel, they chose the right person.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

The spokeswoman for the president of the Austrian parliament informed The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that an event slated to honor Hedy Epstein – an anti-Zionist Jew and defender of Hamas – has been canceled.

Hedy Epstein. – Photo: REUTERS

“In consideration for the concerns against some of the participants, the Austrian Parliament has cancelled the event ‘In Grandmother’s Words…The Fate of Women in the Second World War,'” Marianne Lackner said. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News | Tags: anti-Israel, Austria, Holocaust

Canadian parliament to condemn BDS on Monday

Stephane Dion, Canada’s Foreign Minister, “We must oppose the boycott, divest, & sanctions campaign in our communities & continue to speak out forcefully against them.”

By Erez Linn & News Agencies

The Canadian parliament is set to pass a bipartisan bill that would condemn any efforts to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the House of Commons – Photo: Reuters

“We must fight anti-Semitism in all its forms,” said Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion. “We must oppose the boycott, divest, sanctions campaign in our communities and continue to speak out forcefully against them.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: #BDSfail, anti, Israel Canada

3 stabbing attacks thwarted by alert security personnel, 2 terrorists captured unharmed, 1 shot dead

Palestinian terrorists continue to attack Israeli Jews in Hevron & Samaria, with alert troop successful in thwarting knife-attacks, capturing 2 and shooting dead the 3rd assailant just before he reached his intended victims.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

A spate of attempted stabbing attacks were thwarted by alert IDF soldiers Sunday morning.

The first attack occurred early Sunday morning, when a knife-wielding female teenage terrorist was arrested after an attempted terror attack at the Tapuach Junction checkpoint.

Armed with a knife, the 17 year old terrorist, a resident of the Arab village of Qusra in Samaria, had positioned herself near a bus stop at the junction, but was discovered and arrested before carrying out any attacks. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: knife attack, Palestinian terrorism, terrorist neutralized

Barcelona telecom expo to host 150 Israeli companies

The Israel Export & Int’l Cooperation Institute’s pavilion will feature 140 of the 150 Israeli companies, and overall, one of every 13 booths will be represented by an Israeli telecom concern.

By Ilan Gattegno

Some 150 Israeli companies will be featured in the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, one of the world’s top telecom exhibitions. The Israeli companies make up the conference’s fourth-largest delegation, after the U.S., Britain and France.

One of every 13 booths in the Mobile World Congress will be hosted by an Israeli company [Illustrative] – Photo: Reuters

Scheduled to be held Feb. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Barcelona, GSMA, Israel high-tech

Swiss investigating clandestine 1970 diplomatic-PLO deal

Switzerland to probe whether a pact between a former Swiss gov’t minister & the PLO interfered with an investigation into a terrorist attack that killed 47 people on a Swissair plane in 1970.

By REUTERS

Switzerland is looking into whether a former government minister struck a secret deal offering diplomatic assistance to the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1970 in exchange for the Arab group stopping attacks on Swiss targets.

Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat waves as he is briefly lifted on the shoulders of Palestinian police moments after entering the Gaza Strip in 1994. – Photo: REUTERS

The allegation emerged this year in a book, Swiss Terror Years, which has also raised questions whether a pact between the PLO and Switzerland interfered with an investigation into a bomb attack on a Swissair plane in 1970 that killed 47 people. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Palestinian terrorism, PLO, Switzerland

Syrian refugees thank Israel on dedicated website

Having been targeted by Hezbollah, Iranians & the Syria army, Aboud Dandachi, dedicate a website to stories of Israelis who help Syrian refugees & on his belief that Syrians have no reason to see Israelis as enemies.

By Roi Kais

Syrians will mark the fifth anniversary of their brutal civil war next month. Aboud Dandachi is one of millions whose lives have been completely overturned by the bloody conflict.

Dandashi in Homs, a decade ago

Speaking from Istanbul, the 39-year-old high-tech professional tells Ynet about his experiences during the Syrian crisis, and about one important lesson about the country he was always taught to hate and fear. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: IDF Emergency Medical, refugees, Syrian patients, Syrian rebels, Tikon Olam

Hamas reports to have found Israeli surveillance robot in a Gaza terror-tunnel

Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh announced that his Islamic group found an underground IDF vehicle equipped with sensors & cameras that monitored their tunnels.

By Elad Benari, Canada

Hamas claimed on Friday it has captured an Israeli vehicle for monitoring tunnels under the border with Gaza, AFP reports.

IDF surveillance robot – Photo: Meir Azulay

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s leader in Gaza, said that 10 days ago the group’s armed wing “discovered an underground vehicle on which were installed cameras and sensors to monitor tunnels and fighters.”

Speaking in a sermon at Muslim prayers in the Shati refugee camp where he lives, Haniyeh said the find gave the movement an “advantage.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: hamas, Terror tunnels

israelandstuffcom | February 19, 2016

2nd Palestinian terrorist permanently neutralized after attempts to run over IDF soldiers

In 2nd attack of the day, a Palestinian terrorist fails to wound Israelis but is shot dead mere hours after earlier stabbing attack that wounded 2 Border Policemen in Jerusalem, before that terrorist was also killed.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

A Palestinian terrorist attempted to run Israeli reserves soldiers over with his car on Friday in Silwad, not far from Ramallah.

Scene of the attempted attack in Silwad

A woman was lightly wounded, apparently by shrapnel, but no one was struck by the terrorist’s car.

The attacker was shot and succumbed to his wounds after receiving emergency medical assistance.The Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian terrorist, terrorist neutralized, vehicular terrorism

israelandstuffcom | February 19, 2016

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UN envoy: Israeli ‘settlements’ are impediment to peace – Glick in rebuttal: Absurd & anti-Semitic

While ignoring a request to condemn Hezbollah, UN’s Mid-East envoy Nickolay Mladenov singles out Israel to blame.
• WATCH: Caroline Glick shuts down anti semitic & bias argument that Israeli ‘settlements’ are an impediment to peace with the Palestinians.

By Ben Ariel

The UN envoy for the Middle East peace process on Thursday blasted Israeli “settlements” as being an obstacle to peace.

The envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, made the comments in an address to the Security Council today in which he urged both Israel and the PA to end the long-standing conflict.

According to a UN statement, Mladenov painted a troubling picture of the situation in the region and said that the conflict has now arrived at “a pivotal point.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Israel settlements, Nickolay Mladenov, UN Anti-Semitism, UN bias

israelandstuffcom | February 19, 2016