February 2016 Archives

Israel security kills 5 Palestinian terrorists, 1 critically wounded in 4 brutal attacks on Sunday

No Israelis injured as country’s security forces thwart spate of barbaric Palestinian attacks on Sunday.

By Efrat Forsher, Lilach Shoval, Israel Hayom Staff & Associated Press

Four separate Palestinian terrorist attacks were thwarted on Sunday in Judea and Samaria and Jerusalem. No Israelis were injured in the attempted attacks, while five Palestinian attackers were killed and another was critically wounded.

Police officers at the scene of Sunday night’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem – Photo: AFP

Late Sunday night, two Palestinian terrorists were shot dead after they opened fire with automatic weapons at Israeli security personnel near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Arab attacks, Palestinian attack, Palestinian violence

israelandstuffcom | February 15, 2016

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Palestinian clip promotes shootings, stabbings and car ramming of Israelis

Inflammatory Palestinian cartoon being circulated on social media incites Palestinians to use meat cleavers, guns, & cars in order to take revenge on Israelis by ‘becoming martyrs’ for the cause.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Palestinians on social media are circulating an animated video that shows terrorists taking up arms and killing Israeli soldiers and civilians in attacks that mimic those which have been committed in Israel and the Palestinian territories in recent months.

The graphic clip depicts Palestinians angered by images of their brethren being victimized by Israel, only to respond by using knives, guns, and cars in order to take revenge and “become martyrs.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: incitement to violence, ‘Palestinian’ incitement

israelandstuffcom | February 15, 2016

National Embarrassment: Former Israeli PM Olmert Heads to Jail Over Bribery Conviction

Just prior of reporting for 19-month jail sentence, ex-PM Ehud Olmert, the first Israeli (former) premier to be incarcerated, releases a video rejecting criminal wrongdoing.

By Ynet reporters

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday headed to prison to begin a 19-month sentence for bribery. Olmert released a video before heading to prison in which he denied criminal wrongdoing.

Translation below

“No one is above the law,” Olmert said in the video. “I made mistakes, but they were not criminal in nature. I reject outright the charges related to bribery.”

Olmert, who was originally sentenced to six months before the Supreme Court partly overturned his sentence in December, said in the video: “This morning I will enter prison to serve my sentence. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Ehud Olmert, Israel Prison Service, prison

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2 Palestinian Terrorists Permanently Neutralized After Opening Fire in Jerusalem

Shooting attack by two Palestinian terrorists thwarted outside the Damascus Gate when Border Police officers responded, killing both before hurting anyone.

By Uzi Baruch

Two Arab terrorists on Sunday night opened fire on Border Police officers at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Site of Damascus Gate attack (file) – Photo: Heiki Ezra

The two were eliminated by the security forces, and fortunately were unable to inflict any wounds.

Police officers are searching the area and are looking into suspicions that the terrorists hid explosives nearby before the attack.

Earlier on Sunday evening, terrorists from the village of Jilazun opened fire at homes in the nearby town of Beit El in Binyamin.

Category: Israel News | Tags: ambush, Border Police, Damascus Gate, fire-fight, Palestinian terrorists

EU reverses Israeli settlement product-labeling decision

Under the new agreement, the EU said it will leave product-labeling decisions up to each individual member country and promised to oppose any boycott or isolation campaigns against Israel.

By Shlomo Cesana, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

The Foreign Ministry reported that relations with the European Union are “close and friendly” again after tensions arose last year over the bloc’s decision to label Israeli exports manufactured beyond the Green Line.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said the sides had “overcome the crisis” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini spoke by phone Friday.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Dore Gold, EU, EU labeling, Israel EU

#BDSfail: UK to ban public institutions from boycotting Israel

British gov’t taking steps to prevent discriminatory boycotts saying it stoked anti-Semitism & harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.
•New law will enable boycotters to be prosecuted in court.

By Ari Soffer

The British government is to announce measures aimed at preventing local councils, unions and other public institutions from launching boycotts against the State of Israel this week.

BDS activists (file) – Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock told The Times the new guidelines were important to prevent discriminatory boycotts against the Jewish state, which he said both stoked anti-Semitism and harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.

Category: Israel News | Tags: #BDSfail, boycott, Israel UK

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Hezbollah has ‘locked-on’ to Israeli jets over Lebanon using Russian radar

The Lebanese militant group’s newest threat against Israel is shooting down IAF fighter jets using sophisticated radar acquired from Russia in Syria.

By i24news

Amid ongoing tension on Israel’s northern borders, a new threat has emerged for Israeli fighter pilots conducting spying missions in Lebanon, Walla reports.

Hezbollah fighters during a rally in Lebanon – Photo: Twitter

Using radar technology it has acquired since Russia’s entry into the Syrian civil war, Hezbollah has started using sophisticated radars to “lock on” to Israeli spy jets on reconnaissance flights over its northern neighbor.

The new technology can identify all Israeli fighter jets, according to sources within Israel’s security establishment. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hezbollah

Survivor of French anti-Semitic stabbing qualified for elite IDF brigade

Last week, Jonathan Weinberg, who was 13 when a group of youths attacked him for being Jewish, earned his purple beret as a Givati fighter in the IDF. “I realized that if Jews are brutalized for being Jews, France is no place for me.” he said.

By Danny Brenner

Jonathan Weinberg was only 13 when he fell victim of a violent anti-Semitic attack by a group of French youths. Today, Weinberg is 24, an Israeli citizen, and last Thursday he received the purple beret reserved for new members of the Israel Defense Forces’ Givati combat infantry brigade.

Jonathan Weinberg: I’m happy about what I’m doing – Photo: Courtesy of the Weinberg family

Eleven years ago, Weinberg was living in Versailles with his father.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Jewish attacks, antisemitism, France, French Jews, Givati Brigade

2 Palestinian 15yr-old terrorists shot dead after ambush of IDF soldiers

Firefight ends with 2 Palestinian terrorists shot dead by IDF reserve soldiers who came under fire with teenaged terrorists just after their unit arrived to respond to a rock-throwing incident near Jenin.

By Ari Soffer

IDF forces killed two terrorists in Samaria on Sunday morning, after coming under fire while on patrol.

According to the army, IDF forces were fired upon while patrolling near the Jewish village of Hinanit, close to Jenin in northern Samaria, as they went to respond to reports of a rock-throwing attack.

When forces reached the site of the incident one of the terrorists ambushed them and opened fire.

Category: Israel News | Tags: ambush, fire-fight, Jenin, Palestinian terrorists

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After Attempt to Stab IDF Soldier, Palestinian Terrorist Shot Dead While Stabbing Arab

On Saturday, a female Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab an IDF infantryman in Hebron, who pushed her away, and was then immediately shot dead by his fellow soldiers as she was stabbing an unfortunate nearby Arab civilian.

By Yoav Zitun and Roi Yanovsky

A Palestinian woman attempted to stab an IDF soldier in Hebron on Saturday afternoon, near the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The scene of the attack

Reports indicate that the soldiers from the IDF Kfir Brigade approached the woman, who seemed suspicious, and asked to search her belongings. She then pulled out a knife and attempted, unsuccessfully, to stab one of them. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hebron, Kfir brigade, Stabbing Attack, terrorists killed

Israel, Russia negotiating free trade agreement

Russia plans to increase the amount of eggs, meat, and wheat it currently sells to the Jewish State, while Israel, in turn, will expands its technical know-how & expertise with Russia.

By DANA SOMBERG

Russia and Israel are planning to ink a free trade agreement in the very near future, a Kremlin official is quoted as telling the Russian news agency TASS on Friday.

Russian servicemen, dressed in historical uniforms, take part in a military parade rehearsal in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square in central Moscow. – Photo: REUTERS

According to Russia’s deputy agriculture minister, Sergey Levin, discussions on the matter with his Israeli counterparts have progressed to the point where an agreement is expected to be reached.

Category: Israel News | Tags: free trade agreement, Israel Russia

Israel demolishes illegal Palestinian structures

Among the illegal structures demolished, were 14 funded by the EU, including houses, storage spaces & several temporary structures.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

Israel’s Civil Administration has demolished dozens of illegal Palestinian structures in the West Bank since the beginning of 2016, at least 14 of which were funded by the European Union.

Illegal EU funded Palestinian structures in the area of Kfar Adumim.

The demolitions were done in the area between Mount Hebron and the Jordan Valley as well as in E1, an area near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim.

Among the structures demolished were houses, storage spaces and several temporary structures, leaving some of the residents there homeless. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Area C, COGAT, demolish, EU Israel, Illegal Arab Construction, illegal construction

Dutch parliamentarians fail at blocking export of canines to Israel

Stymied by EU regulations, the Dutch government failed in attempts to ban sale of dogs to Israel, claiming the IDF uses them as ‘weapons.’

By Matt Wanderman

The government in the Netherlands attempted to ban the export of dogs to Israel, claiming that the IDF uses them as “weapons,” but was unable to find a legal means to do so.

An injured IDF soldier with his unit K-9, who is allowed to stay with him. – Facebook

EU Observer reports that Minister for Foreign Trade Lilianne Ploumen investigated the possibility through the European Commission and other supervisory organizations.

EU countries can only restrict exports in certain cases, and such cases are typically decided by the EU as a whole. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel, anti-Israel bias, K-9, Netherlands, Oketz

israelandstuffcom | February 12, 2016