Archive for June 30, 2016

2nd Palestinian Terror Attack of the Day: 2 Israelis Wounded, Arab Attacker Dead

 

40 yr-old male Palestinian resident of Tulkarem area committed the unprovoked knife-attack, leaving both of the unarmed Natanya victims stabbed, but stable, as they were sent to hospital.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A Palestinian terror attack on Israeli civilians, the second of the day, was carried out in the vicinity of Netanya’s central market, on the corner of Milkhemet Sheshet ha-Yamim Street (Six Day War Street) and Shoham Street.

Netanya terrorist. – Photo: MEDIA/GENERAL IN WHATSAPP

The assailant, a 40-year old Palestinian male, stabbed and wounded two Israelis before being shot and killed by an armed civilian present at the scene, with security forces arriving in the minutes following the attack. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Terrorist Butchers 13 yr-old Jewish Girl While Sleeping in Her Bed

 

view video19 yr-old male Palestinian broke into victim’s home in Kiryat Arba, repeatedly stabbed young girl in her bedroom before being shot dead by local security guard.
UPDATED w/VIDEO: Prime Minister Netanyahu responds.

By i24news

 

A 13-year-old Israeli girl was killed and at least one other moderately injured in a stabbing attack in the West Bank town of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron on Thursday morning.

Blood soaked bedroom of butchered 13 yr-old girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, by a Palestinian terrorist – Photo: Facebook

The girl, identified as Halel Yaffa Ariel, was initially described by MDA as being in “very serious” condition with penetrating wounds to her upper body and was taken to hospital, where she succumbed to her wounds. Continue Reading »

Quartet drops ‘settlements’ legality’ rhetoric from peace talks report

 

Top political source says new Quartet report on stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process blasts Abbas’ PA over its active incitement to to kill Jews, poor governance over its people, and Fatah-Hamas strife.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

A new Quartet report on the issues plaguing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process will not address controversial legalities concerning the settlement enterprise, a senior Israeli source said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome – Photo: Reuters

The Quartet on the Middle East comprises the U.N., U.S., EU and Russia, seeks to mediate peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

Outraged Congress acts to shut loophole on stipends paid to jailed Palestinian murders

 

US Congress outraged that for decades, PA President Abbas has continued to pay millions of dollars each month, in regular monthly stipends, to the families of men & women convicted of murder or terrorism.

By MICHAEL WILNER

 

WASHINGTON — The Senate is acting to fully shut a loophole that allows Palestinian leadership to provide monthly stipends to individuals convicted of murder or terrorism by Israel with US aid dollars, US Sen. Dan Coats (R-Indiana) told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.

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Berlin gov’t: Display of Hezbollah flag is incitement to genocide

 

Berlin state interior minister Frank Henkel, “Anyone who calls for the destruction of an entire people and promotes war and violence is abusing the right” of free speech and assembly.

By JTA

 

The Berlin State Senate has agreed to ban Hezbollah flags, with their image of an upraised assault weapon, from an anti-Israel Al Quds march, likening the symbol to a call for genocide.

Hezbollah

Anti-Israel Hezbollah parade in Lebanon

The announcement came following a request by the American Jewish Committee in Berlin. The march is scheduled for Saturday.
Berlin state interior minister Frank Henkel, on the advice of the Berlin police, said that the flags would be added to the propaganda material that is not permitted to be displayed publicly. Continue Reading »

Western nations boycott UNHRC’s anti-Israel ‘Agenda Item 7’

 

Pakistan’s Deputy Representative requested Western nations participate in the anti-Israel Agenda Item 7, noting their absence undermines the credibility of the council.

 

Western states on Monday boycotted the Agenda 7 debate at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, in which over 35 countries attacked Israeli human rights abuses against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

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US Army looks at Israel’s short-range missile interceptor for European defense

 

The US Army has its eyes on purchasing the Tamir missile, used in the Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System, to incorporate it into Europe’s air defenses against any possible future Russian expansion.

By Reuters

The United States has tested the short-range interceptor missile used by Israel’s Iron Dome system with a view to incorporating it or a future American counterpart in European-based air defense against Russia, a US Army general said on Monday.

Iron Dome in action – Photo: AP

Developed with funding help from Washington, Iron Dome has had a 90 percent shoot-down rate against Palestinian rockets, Israeli and US officials say. Continue Reading »

Morning jogger finds 900 yr-old lamp on Ashkelon shore

 

“To find an artifact like this, it’s really exciting.” said the morning jogger, “You can touch what was here long ago. I feel like I’m a part of the chain.”

By Rachel Kaplan

 

Tuesday morning started normally for Meir Amshik, a ranger (lifeguard) for the Nature and Parks Authority.900 year-old lamp900 year-old lamp – Photo: Yuli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority

As he jogged along the coast, however, “I saw a few pottery shards had been washed up by the waves, and I stopped to pick them up. To my surprise, I saw that a new part of the cliff had crumbled.
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PMW Report: How Abbas’ PA creates & propagates anti-Semitic propaganda

 

view videoPalestinian Media Watch exposes how Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority operates a Goebbels-style propaganda machine that creates, inflates, and broadcasts locally and internationally, outrageous anti-Jewish canards.

By Itamar Marcus

 

(The following is a redaction of a report by Itamar Marcus. The report in its original form can be found here.)

The Palestinian Authority has revived the medieval blood libel that Jews are poisoning the wells of non-Jews. The PA even named a nonexistent rabbi and rabbinical council as being responsible for this call to poison all Palestinian water sources.

While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas publicized this canard during his recent speech at the European Union parliament last week, the notion that Jews are poisoning Arab water supplies has become a prominent feature in local PA media outlets. Continue Reading »

Israel’s 8-point reconciliation agreement with Turkey revealed

 

The signing of the new Israel-Turkey agreement will only come after President Racep Tayyip Erdoğan’s gov’t makes legislative changes that guarantee the cessation of ongoing lawsuits brought against IDF officers in the Turkish courts.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Israeli and Turkish negotiation teams were set to meet Sunday in Rome, in order to finalize the two countries’ reconciliation deal, six years after their relationship soured due to the Mavi Marmara incident.

Turkey to build a new power plant, desalination plant (in cooperation with Germany), and hospital in Gaza.

Most of the deal’s details have already been agreed upon, but a number of adjustments are expected to be made.

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Arab vandals in Hevron desecrate the Cave of Patriarchs’ mezuzah, steal equipment

 

Not only was the mezuzah that adorned the main door of the Tomb desecrated by the vandals, but thousands of shekels worth of equipment was stolen from the holy site’s maintenance staff.

By Hezki Baruch

 

Arab vandals removed a mezuzah from the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron on Friday, while the holy site was used by local Muslims for Ramadan prayers.

The mezuzah, which adorned the main door of the Tomb, is believed to have been desecrated by the vandals

A storage shed used by the Tomb’s maintenance staff was also broken into, with thousands of shekels worth of equipment stolen. Continue Reading »

Senator seeks to end Palestinian aid used as stipends for convicted murderers

 

US Senator outraged that for decades, PA President Abbas has continued to pay millions of dollars each month, in regular monthly stipends, to the families of men & women convicted of murder or terrorism.

By MICHAEL WILNER

 

WASHINGTON — US Senator Dan Coats, Republican of Indiana, called for an end to US aid to the Palestinian Authority this week until the body ceases its program of providing stipends to convicted murderers.

Price list for terrorism

Delivering remarks from the Senate floor, the senator said he is increasingly concerned that US taxpayer dollars go to funding programs that incite further Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians. Continue Reading »

Palestinians were ‘invented’ to cause trouble for Jews

 

view videoWild Bill For America: “By far the most creative invention of Islam is the Palestinian: a person who has never been seen before in the modern world who supposedly lived in a nation that never existed… And the Palestinian came into existence with the express purpose of causing trouble for Israel.”

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A man calling himself Wild Bill described his support for Israel in a video that’s been seen about 280,000 times on YouTube.

“We all know that Islam is giving the world a lot of things that will be long remembered. They invented the fine art of skyjacking, suicide bombers and taqiya – the art of lying to infidels,” he began. Continue Reading »

European Parliament Applauds Blood-libel Spewed By Palestinian President

 

While French peace initiative and Saudi peace-plan make headlines. Mahmoud Abbas scrambles to maintain ongoing level of terror by spreading his insane lies once again, in order to maintain status quo, that keeps him alive, and billions in financial aid flowing.

By Ruthie Blum

 

How dare Europe applaud a blood-libeler?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lies about Israel not only as a matter of course but as one of policy. It was no surprise, then, when he stood up at the European Parliament on Thursday and regurgitated a claim made this week that rabbinical figures in the Jewish state had urged the government to poison Palestinian wells.

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WATCH: IDF Neutralize Palestinian Terrorist During Car-Ramming Attack

 

view videoSecurity cameras capture car-attack near Kiryat Arba where 2 Israelis who were waiting at a bus-stop were lightly injured, and the Palestinian driver was killed by security forces.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

Two Israelis in their 50s were lightly injured in a vehicular terror attack in the West Bank, just outside of the Kiryat Arba settlement on Friday afternoon.

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