Archive for June 13, 2016

Israel’s Legislative Architects on the ‘War on Terror’

 

In recent years, mainly due to the increase in Europe’s radical Islamic terrorism, Israeli jurists have become the world’s most in-demand lecturers in dealing with counter-terrorism legislation.

By Tova Tzimuki

 

Of all of Israel’s specialties, one field of exports is matchless, and global demand for it only continues to grow: the war on terror.

Last week, Deputy Attorney General Raz Nazari completed the drafting of a bill to combat terrorism. This task was remarkably complex, as the facts did not cease changing, the challenges and requirements kept being modified, and time and time again, Nazari had to update the wording to adapt to the current situation and the recent wave of terrorism. Continue Reading »

In Dutch Report: Palestinian Official says ‘Terrorists who kill civilian Israelis are heroes’

 

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WATCH: In a blatant example of incitement/encouragement to murder Israelis, Fatah official Qadura Fares, who is responsible for paying monthly pensions to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jail, is recorded saying in an interview that terrorists are heroes regardless of whom they kill…even unarmed Israeli civilians.

By Ari Soffer

 

The head of the Palestinian Authority’s “Prisoners’ Society” has said that terrorists who murder Israeli civilians are “heroes,” underscoring the ongoing culture of incitement within the PA.

Qadura Fares is a senior member of Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah Party, and has served as a minister in the PA government. Continue Reading »

Palestinian News Report: Arab League head slams Israel’s nomination to chair UN committee

 

Arab League Secretary General singles out Israel as regularly violating int’l law and should not be eligible as chair of the UN General Assembly 6th Committee.

By i24news

 

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby said Sunday that he rejected the nomination of Israel as chair of the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee, which is the primary forum for the consideration of legal questions in the General Assembly, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported Sunday.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby – Photo: AFP /YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Elaraby told representatives of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) that it was unreasonable for Israel to head the committee, arguing that the country has regularly committed illegal acts, including construction of the border fence, violations of Palestinian human rights, and daily arrest of children and women, as well as the practice of administrative detention. Continue Reading »

Obama redirects Radical Islamic Terrorism to ‘Gun Control’ & LGBT issues

 

The President stressed that the massacre was an act of hate that was specifically perpetrated against the LGBT community by those who can easily obtain weapons to shoot people, neglecting the obvious religious conflict with radical Islam.
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President Obama’s statement

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

US President Barak Obama responded on Sunday night to the horrific attack on an Orlando nightclub that claimed the lives of 50 people and wounded 53 more, saying that “this act of terror was an act of hate.”

US President Barack Obama gestures during a meeting with American Jewish leaders. – Photo: OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO / PETE SOUZA

“This could have been any one of our community and the people of Orlando will receive whatever help and support they need.” Continue Reading »

‘Future Weapons’ tested by IDF for likely Third Lebanon War with Hezbollah

 

Israel Defense Forces held its largest war simulation against Hezbollah in Lebanon using its newest, most cutting edge weapons systems.

By Yoav Zitun

 

An IDF report has come out following a recent exercise carried out at the battle laboratory of the Land Forces Weapons Department located in the Tel Hashomer base outside of Tel Aviv.

Drilling on the digital battlefield – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

As opposed to other, smaller, platoon-sized drills, this exercise was carried out at the brigade level, and included soldiers from the Golani Brigade, the IDF 7th Tank Brigade, a tactical drone unit, IDF combat engineers and more – all under florescent lighting and in air-conditioned offices. Continue Reading »

Palestinian terrorist neutralized in attempted knife-attack on IDF soldiers

 

IDF soldiers neutralized a Palestinian terrorist, avoiding injury to themselves but seriously injuring the attacker after he dismounted his bike and ran towards the soldiers with his knife drawn.

By Elisha Ben Kimon & Itay Blumental

 

On Friday night, an attacker attempted to stab IDF soldiers outside the Shomron Regional Brigade. The soldiers prevented the attack by shooting the perpetrator, and no IDF injuries were reported.

The attacker’s knife – Photo: Hatzalah Yehuda and Shomron

The attacker arrived riding a bicycle. He approached the guard post, dismounted his bike, and rushed at the Nahal soldiers present. They shot him and succeeded in neutralizing the threat. Continue Reading »

Open letter to Facebook after repeated violations of anti-Israel bias

 

Again Facebook has one standard for those who support the land being called Israel, and another for those who prefer the Jewish State to be called Palestine.

 

I have been trying to reach a live human being at Facebook via email and telephone but have not been successful. Therefore, I write this open letter in the hope that it will reach the proper authorities in your company.

Facebook anti-Israel Bias

Social media Facebook posts – Posters courtesy: DOV LIPMAN

Facebook is, no doubt, in a difficult position – trying to balance free speech while also preventing incitement to violence and other negative results that can arise from people’s posts. Continue Reading »

UN exploits murder of innocent Israelis in backhanded attack on Israel

Israel’s UN Embassy accused the UNHRC Commission chief of breaking a new record of cynicism and double standards by “using the murder of Israelis to attack Israel.”

By Ari Soffer

 

Israel has slammed the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) for “using the murder of Israelis to attack Israel,” accusing it of “cynicism and double standards” in its response to Wednesday night’s deadly Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

United Nations rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein – Photo: Reuters

In a message given during a press briefing earlier Friday, United Nations rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s office issued a mild condemnation of the attack itself, but then went on to say that he was “deeply concerned” by Israel’s response. Continue Reading »

CNN deletes tweet, apologizes for ‘questionable reporting’ but FOX got it right

 

By HANNAH BROAD

 

Following Wednesday night’s terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona market that left four people dead and 16 wounded CNN inspired outrage with its headline when it put the word “terrorists” in quotations on its Facebook page.

The CNN building in Dubai Media City Park – Photo: REUTERS/RUSSELL BOYCE

Additionally, the news agency failed to mention terrorism even once in the article reporting the ordeal.

Similarly, the British news network SKY also neglected to use the word “terror” or “terrorism” in their report of the attack at Sarona. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Israeli dental implant technology accelerates & ameliorates bone growth

 

view videoThe Israeli firm’s miniature electrostimulation device causes the bone to grow three times faster and more densely, helping dental implant candidates who have poor bone quality.

By Abigail Klein Leichman

 

In ancient Egypt, missing teeth were sometimes replaced with carved seashells or pebbles anchored in the jawbone. Modern implant dentistry is a lot more sophisticated, but the basic idea is the same: placing an artificial root into the jawbone to hold a replacement tooth (crown).

Image via Shutterstock.com

The two-part procedure begins with screwing a titanium “root” into the jawbone and waiting three to six months until the bone grows firmly around it – called “osseointegration.” Continue Reading »

Def. Minister Liberman pledges to close gaps in West Bank security barrier

Following numerous gov’t promises in the past of closing the gap in the security barrier, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman promised on Thursday to take action and not just issue statements.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

Government pledges to fix the gap in the security barrier will do little to stop future attacks like the one that occurred in Tel Aviv on Wednesday night.

Palestinians walk near an opening in Israel’s security fence in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of A-tur. – Photo: REUTERS

That is because what’s missing is 320 kilometers out of a 790-kilometer route. Although work on the barrier began in 2002, during the height of the second intifada, the project had ground almost to halt by 2007 based on shifting defense needs in the aftermath of the Second Lebanon War. Continue Reading »

Canada Post instructed to quit delivery of anti-Semitic paper

 

Canada’s Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote, ordered Canada Post to stop delivering an anti-Semitic, Toronto newspaper that publishes “misogynist, racist, anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and homophobic hate propaganda.”

By Ben Ariel

 

Canada’s federal government has ordered Canada Post to stop delivering an anti-Semitic Toronto newspaper which repeatedly denied the Holocaust, praised Adolf Hitler and derided Jews as well as Muslims, The National Post reports.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote, who oversees Canada Post, made the decision less than two months after a human rights complaint accused the government and the postal service of “regularly and knowingly delivering misogynist, racist, anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and homophobic hate propaganda.” Continue Reading »

Trump condemns Tel Aviv terrorist attack, denounces “uncivilized world”

 

Trump characterized the American commitment to Israel’s security as “of paramount importance,” after condemning the actions of the “uncivilized world.”

By MICHAEL WILNER

 

Washington – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday condemned an attack on civilians in Tel Aviv as an act of terror backed by the “uncivilized world,” warning that as president, extremist militant organizations such as Hamas will find “no refuge” on his watch.

In a statement, Trump said he awaits details of the event, which involved at least three Palestinian perpetrators shooting nine Israeli civilians in a popular Tel Aviv market. Four victims have died. Continue Reading »

Israeli elementary school near Gaza generates its own electricity

 

Nitzanei Eshkol elementary school near the Gaza border has completed construction of a solar power network that completely meets all the school’s needs.

By Matan Tzuri

 

This week, Nitzanei Eshkol, an elementary school in the Eshkol Regional Council near the Gaza Strip, began operating an electrical system powered entirely from solar energy. This system is expected to meet the school’s energy demands in their entirety.

View of the school’s solar panels

After long months of planning and installing solar panels, the construction ceased this week, and connecting the new system was successfully completed. The environmentally conscious school’s pupils led the excitement: the first through sixth grades had been observing the process and learning about the environmental benefits of using solar energy for electricity. Continue Reading »

Liberman’s 1st New Policy: Terrorists’ bodies not to be returned to families

 

Defense Minister Liberman tells IDF to stop handing over dead terrorists to the PA for burial, while the National Security Council is to submit plans for creating a cemetery for terrorists.

By Hezki Baruch

 

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman instructed the IDF Thursday to desist from its policy of handing over terrorists’ bodies to the Palestinian Authority for burial.

Celebratory funeral in eastern Jerusalem – Photo: Reuters

His instruction was given despite the recommendation of the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) to return terrorists’ bodies, because not doing so could cause Arab anger and violence.
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