Archive for March 8, 2016

Saudi paper reports Nasrallah’s threats countered by IDF promise to “put Lebanon back 300 years” if attacked

 

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

A senior IDF officer told a Saudi newspaper on Monday that “the IDF could put Lebanon back 300 years and in parallel conquer the Gaza Strip and destroy all of its infrastructure.” The officer told journalist Majdi Halbi of the Elaph news site that despite the IDF capability, the army is subject to the political echelon that in the officer’s estimation will not order such action.

An IDF artillery gun fires a shell into Lebanon, after a roadside bomb exploded next to an IDF military border patrol near the Sheba Farms area near Kiryat Shmona, Israel, January 4, 2016.

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WSJ Report: Obama considers initiating UN resolution to restart peace process

 

Although the White House has repeatedly vetoed such resolutions in the past, the US president is mulling using the UN Security Council to apply pressure to restart negotiations.
• White House ‘surprised’ at Netanyahu’s decision to cancel Washington trip later this month, after have been invited to meeting with Obama.

By Ynetnews and Reuters

 

US President Barack Obama’s administration is considering a United Nations Security Council resolution to serve as a blueprint for Israeli-Palestinian talks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The US has repeatedly vetoed such resolutions in the past.

PM Netanyahu and President Obama in the Oval Office – Photo:Avi Ohayon

That move would be just one element of a plan to receive the peace process, according to the Journal. Continue Reading »

Without elucidating decision, Supreme Court sides with Bedouin landgrabbers over Jewish landowners

 

Israel’s Supreme Court rejected, without giving explanation, an appeal by Jewish landowners against a Bedouin tribe that’s squatting on their land in illegally built homes.

By Reut Hadar

 

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the organization Regavim dealing with the Negev village Bir Hadaj, hundreds of whose residents entered the nearby plot that was privately owned by Jews and built dozens of illegal buildings.

An illegal Arab house

An illegal Arab house – Regavim: Oved Arad

In 1995, after the government decided to create the Ramat Hovev industrial area, members of the ‘Azazme tribe from Ramat Hovev moved to Ramat Negev council fields, and created illegal structures next to Kibbutz Revivim. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Gaza professor blames US & Israel for excessive pornography & drug use in Arab world

 

view videoA University of Palestine professor in Gaza claims the U.S. is covertly spreading drugs across the Arab world, and that former President Bush used Iraqi invasion to distribute pornography.

By David Rosenberg

 

A Gaza professor has been using his program on Palestinian Authority (PA) television to claim that the United States and Israel have conspired to flood the Arab world with drugs and pornography, according to a report by Palestinian Media Watch.

Dr. Imad Hamato, a professor at the University of Palestine in Gaza and host of a PA television program, told viewers that the US and Israel were intentionally corrupting Arab societies with sexually explicit materials and drawing young Arabs into drug addiction. Continue Reading »

Israel opens yearlong exhibition celebrating its ingenuity & innovation at Ben-Gurion Int’l Airport

 

Ben-Gurion Int’l Airport begins to showcase 60 Israeli achievements in medicine, agriculture, science & technology to millions of travelers visiting the Jewish State.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

A year-long wall exhibition featuring 60 celebrated Israeli innovations was to be launched on Monday at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis and Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz were expected to attend the opening ceremony.

Israeli innovations are showcased in a new exhibition at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Pictured: an Israeli device to help the disabled walk – Photo: Kerim Okten

The exhibition will be displayed along a large wall just after passport control, with the goal of introducing Israeli science and leading innovators to the 8 million travelers who pass through the airport annually. Continue Reading »

2,500 yr-old seal from 1st Temple period found in Jerusalem

 

Israel Antiquities Authority admits “Finding seals that bear names from the time of the 1st Temple is hardly a commonplace occurrence, & finding a seal that belonged to a woman is an even rarer phenomenon.”

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Who was Elihana bat Gael?

An exceptional woman during Jerusalem’s First Temple period, some 2,500 years ago, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).

A view from the Jerusalem excavation site in the City of David

A rare seal bearing her name was recently unearthed in a large ancient building during excavations carried out in the Giv’ati parking lot at the City of David, in the Jerusalem Walls National Park, the IAA announced on Sunday. Continue Reading »

Hospitalized Japanese Tourist Wounded By Palestinian Terrorist Still Happy She’s Visiting Israel

 

The 69yr-old Japanese woman who’s visiting as part of pro-Israel group from Japan, was praying in Jerusalem when hit by a rock said, “I still am happy that I came to Israel.”

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

A 69-year-old Japanese tourist visiting Israel was lightly wounded on Monday by rocks thrown at her by Arab assailants.

Wounded Japanese tourist – Photo courtesy Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital spokesperson

The attack took place at the Lion’s Gate of the Old City in Jerusalem, which leads to the Temple Mount from the east.

Magen David Adom (MDA) medical teams provided her treatment before evacuating her to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in the capital. Continue Reading »

Hezbollah chief says Mossad killed fugitive hiding inside Bulgaria’s Palestinian Embassy

 

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says the Mossad, with Saudi Arabia’s collaboration, successfully assassinated PFLP fugitive inside the Palestinian Embassy in Bulgaria, and “the Arab regimes don’t raise a finger.”

By Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday accused Israel and its foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, of killing fugitive terrorist Omar Nayef Zayed in the Palestinian Embassy in Bulgaria in late February.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd via video on Sunday – Photo: AFP

“The Mossad assassinated him and the Arab regimes don’t raise a finger,” Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast via video link by Al-Manar, the Hezbollah-affiliated satellite television station. Continue Reading »

How could a genocide happen in the 21st century while the world is watching?

 

Kurdish and Yazidi delegation in Jerusalem visits Yad Vashem and sees the horrible parallels with persecution by ISIS.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

 

The black-and-white images at one display at Yad Vashem’s Holocaust museum in Jerusalem show women survivors of the Volary death march who married and raised families.

The guide emphasized the desire to continue living that survivors had in the wake of the Nazi genocide, even as they lived crammed into displaced persons’ camps after the war.

Some of the members of the Yazidi and Kurdish delegation at Yad Vashem -photo: SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Some of the members of the Yazidi and Kurdish delegation at Yad Vashem on Sunday unfurl a Kurdish flag at the entrance.

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Israel’s ‘Namer’ APCs with Trophy system rolling into service

 

view videoWATCH: Since the Trophy system uses radar to detect & track threats before destroying them in mid-air, the new ‘Namers’ will be able to enter battlegrounds with anti-tank & RPG threats, and safely transport infantry or evacuate the wounded.

 

A number of Namer armored personnel carriers made over the past two months have been equipped with the Trophy HV active protection system, which destroys anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades in mid-air, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

At the end of January, the Defense Ministry revealed that the first Namer armored personnel carrier equipped with the system, made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, had come off the production line. Continue Reading »

Sisters in Arms: Photo journal of IDF’s female fighters throughout the years

 

Photo Album: Earmarked in honor of Int’l Women’s Day, the IDF releases photographs of its women warriors in uniform spanning Israel’s history.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Armored Corps instructor course, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Armored Corps instructor course, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Infantry instructor course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan/IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Infantry instructor course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan/IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Armored Corp instructor, 1993 (Photo: Michael Chai/Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Armored Corp instructor, 1993 (Photo: Michael Chai/Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters reading a map during training, January 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters reading a map during training, January 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Hike to receive supplies parachuted from a plane, 1954 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Rabin comes for a visit, 1959 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Deputy IDF Chief of Staff Rabin comes for a visit, 1959 (Photo: Assaf Kutin, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Soldier carries a rifle with a sniper scope, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Soldier carries a rifle with a sniper scope, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighter hurls a grenade during infantry commanders course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan, IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighter hurls a grenade during infantry commanders course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan, IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Infantry commanders course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan, IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Infantry commanders course, 2000 (Photo: Abir Sultan, IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters during pushups during training, 2000 Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters during pushups during training, 2000 Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training with an Uzi, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training with an Uzi, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighters training, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
An Armored Corps instructor directing an APC, 1993 (Photo: Michael Chai, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
An Armored Corps instructor directing an APC, 1993 (Photo: Michael Chai, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Anti-tank instructors practicing the firing of Tau missiles (Photo: Eran-Yofi Cohen, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Anti-tank instructors practicing the firing of Tau missiles (Photo: Eran-Yofi Cohen, Bamahane, courtesy of the IDF Archive)

 

Fighter with a sniper rifle, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
Fighter with a sniper rifle, 2000 (Photo: IDF Spokesman, courtesy of the IDF Archive)
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Jordanian diplomat nabbed smuggling into Israel month after EU diplomat caught

 

Jordanian diplomat caught ‘red-handed’ sneaking smartphones and gold bars through border with Israel, just a month after EU diplomat caught with near identical contraband.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Customs inspectors caught a Jordanian diplomat red handed trying to sneak dozens of kilograms of gold and hundreds of smartphones into Israel, in a near identical incident to a smuggling attempt in the car of a European Union (EU) representative just a month ago.

Smuggled smartphones – Photo: Courtesy Israel Tax Authority

In the thwarted smuggling on Sunday, Israeli inspectors at the Allenby Bridge Crossing on the Jordan border near Jericho found the illegal goods in the private car of a Jordanian diplomat who serves at the Jordanian embassy, as he crossed in to Israel.
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IDF Muslim Officer admits only one mid-East country could produce a person like him

 

“I do not serve in the army to kill people – I serve in it to save people. When Hamas fires rockets, or Fatah encourages stabbings, we are here to protect the lives of all Israeli citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish.”

By Israel Today Staff

 

Like most local Arab Muslims, Alaa Waheeb was brought up to believe the Jews living around him were his implacable foes, a blood-thirsty enemy that desired nothing but ruin for his own people.

Major Alaa Waheeb

“I was raised to believe the worst things about Jews, and, had I not eventually met and worked alongside them, I might still believe those things today,” Waheeb wrote in an op-ed for the UK’s Jewish News. Continue Reading »

YouTube closes account of NGO that exposes Palestinian incitement

 

In a huge blow to the war on terror, exposing the Palestinians’ lies, deceptions and incitement to violence, YouTube has made hundreds of PMW’s videos inaccessible.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

An NGO media watchdog that monitors Palestinian incitement claimed on Sunday that the video-sharing website YouTube has “terminated” their account after they released a Palestinian Authority broadcast featuring a little girl reciting a provocative anti-Zionist  poem.

Palestinian Media Watch

Palestinian Media Watch shows Palestinian girl reciting poem that calls for a “war that will smash the oppressor and destroy the Zionist’s soul,” . – Photo: PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH

The NGO Palestinian Media Watch said in a press release that after they had uploaded a video on Thursday showing a Palestinian girl recite a poem on PA TV which calls for a “war that will smash the oppressor and destroy the Zionist’s soul,” YouTube terminated the NGO’s account for violating their “terms of service.” Continue Reading »

CCTV cameras to be installed for surveillance of Temple Mount

 

Although no cameras will be installed inside the Al-Aqsa mosque, live-streaming footage from a CCTV grid across the holy site will be monitored by both Israeli & Jordanian officials, to help maintain order on the Temple Mount, says a Jerusalem official.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Israel and Jordan agreed over the weekend to install surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount, which would enable both parties to monitor security incidents at the Jerusalem holy site. The closed-circuit TV grid is expected to become operational before the Passover holiday, in mid-April.

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