Archive for June 9, 2016

WATCH: Israel’s new helmet allows troops to see through their armored vehicles

 

view videoIsrael’s Elbit Systems unveils new helmet deigned to allow tank & APC personnel to see 360° through their armor.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Elbit Systems unveiled a helmet-mounted system on Wednesday designed to allow armored personnel carrier and tank crews to see straight through their armor.

The helmets give soldiers a 360-degree, real-time view of their surroundings while in the vehicle.

Called IronVision, the system has attracted the interest of the IDF, which may choose to acquire it. If it does, the product would represent a significant leap in the capability of personnel in closedhatched armored fighting vehicles to identify threats, as well as friendly forces. Continue Reading »

Added Ramadan entry permits into Israel cancelled, IDF deploys more troops to West Bank

 

Entry permits for 83,000 Palestinians, (including the permits for 204 relatives of the captured terrorists) to visit Israel have been revoked, as IDF deploys 2 additional battalions to the West Bank after deadly Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv.

By News agencies

 

Israel on Thursday imposed a series of sweeping restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to a terror attack that killed four Israelis and wounded 16 others in Tel Aviv.

The shooting, carried out by two West Bank Palestinians, targeted a crowded tourist and restaurant district in the heart of Tel Aviv and was among the deadliest and most brazen attacks in a nine-month wave of violence. Continue Reading »

Analysis: 10 years of global BDS movement has had zero economic impact

#BDSfail: Even before US, Canada & European courts have illegalized BDS for being racist/anti-Semitic, foreign investments in Israel are 3 times greater since the Jewish State was 1st targeted by a coalition of Palestinian groups a decade ago, proving that efforts to isolate Israel have failed.

By Brian Schrauger

 

Foreign capital flow to Israeli assets hit a record high of $285.12 billion last year, nearly triple of what this figure was in 2005, Bloomberg News reported last week. And while the Israeli economy has been slowing as of late, it is still performing better than that of the United States and other Western nations. Continue Reading »

Palestinian terrorist still held in US lock-down 2 years after prison ‘release’

Because U.S. gov’t says Jordanian-born Mohammed Rashed is still a threat & should remain in custody, he’s been remanded to immigration’s custody since finishing his prison sentence in 2013, for the 1982 airliner bombing.

By the Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The U.S. has a “concrete plan” to deport a Jordanian-born Palestinian who put a bomb on a passenger flight in 1982, a government lawyer said Tuesday, arguing that the man should stay in custody until his deportation because he remains a terrorist threat.

Mohammed Rashed during an appeals court hearing in Athens in 1991 [Archive] – Photo: AP

However, an attorney for Mohammed Rashed called the claim “another in a long line of delay tactics” by the government and argued for Rashed’s immediate release from immigration custody, where he has been held finishing a prison sentence in early 2013. Continue Reading »

UPDATED: Palestinian Terrorist Attack leaves 4 Israelis dead, 7 injured, 4 seriously in Tel Aviv

view videoIsrael Police confirmed that both Palestinian terrorists, cousins, were arrested, one shot after killing four Israelis with multiple casualties at Tel Aviv’s Sarona complex.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, BEN HARTMAN

 

At least four people were killed and multiple others wounded in a suspected terrorist shooting Wednesday night in central Tel Aviv’s popular Sarona complex.

Scene of Tel Aviv terrorist attack – Twitter

Police confirmed that two attackers were arrested and one was shot and wounded. Footage from the scene showed an armed civilian firing shots at one of the suspected perpetrators.

According to unconfirmed reports by police sources, two assailants had dressed up as ultra-Orthodox Jews. Continue Reading »

Russia’s Red Army returns captured IDF tank to Netanyahu

 

PM Netanyahu: “For the past 34 years we have been looking for our fighters and we will not cease until we can bring them to graves in the State of Israel. For these 34 years, the Katz, Feldman and Baumel families have not had a grave to visit. But now they will have this tank, a remnant from the battle of Sultan Ya’akov, that they can visit and touch, and which will let them feel their common memory.”

By Nitsan Keider

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara took part in an official ceremony for the return of a tank that had been captured by Syria during the 1982 war in Lebanon. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Ex-Shin Bet Chief Tells Danish Parliament Speaker: Stop Funding BDS

 

Former Shin Bet Chief and current MK, Yaakov Perry of Yesh Atid, points out that the Danish government is defying the EU’s policies against boycotting Israel by clandestinely funding the BDS through proxy NGOs.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

MK Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid), presented Danish Parliament Speaker Pia Kjærsgaard with a list of organizations her country funds that promote boycotts of Israel, calling on her to fight the anti-Semitic boycott, divestment and sanctions movement during her visit to the Knesset Wednesday.

Ynet lego #stopBDS

“Denmark is part of the European Union, and it cannot be that it’s government funds anti-Israel organizations. These actions defy the EU’s policies against boycotting Israel,” Peri, the head of the Knesset’s delegation to the European Parliament, said. Continue Reading »

Watch: Israel Aerospace Industries Drone Guard disrupts flight of enemy drones

view videoIsrael’s solution for enemy drone detection, identification & flight disruption was developed to counter the increase in recent years of Hezbollah’s small drones which theoretically, could pose a threat to sensitive areas.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) revealed the Drone Guard- a new system for drone detection, identification and flight disruption on Tuesday .

The IAI said that it has recently begun to sell this system to some customers, after it was also successfully tested in scenarios of simultaneous drone attacks.

visit to border as defense minister, Lieberman briefed by IDF chief Eisenkot and says priority is to ‘maintain the calm.’ Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: Austrian bank latest European firm to close BDS account

Austrian bank closes pro-BDS account belonging to OKAZ, which hosted a convicted Palestinian terrorist in Vienna.

 

Berlin – The Austrian financial giant Bawag closed the bank account of the pro-BDS Austrian-Arab cultural center (OKAZ), which hosted a Palestinian terrorist in Vienna in April.

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa. – Photo: AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

A spokesman for New York-based investment firm Cerberus – the principal owner of the Bawag bank – told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the account was closed. OKAZ is part of the BDS (Boycott,Divestment, Sanctions) movement targeting the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Begins Historic Renovation

 

The Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches put aside their differences to engage in a $3.3 million project that will reinforce & preserve the Edicule, the ancient chamber housing Jesus’ tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

By the Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A team of experts began a historic renovation on Monday at the spot where Christians believe Jesus was buried, overcoming long-standing religious rivalries to carry out the first repairs at the site in more than 200 years.

Christian nuns watch as experts begin renovation of Jesus’ tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, Monday – Photo: AP

The project is focused on reinforcing and preserving the Edicule — the ancient chamber housing Jesus’ tomb in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Continue Reading »

UPDATE: IAF Reportedly Destroyed Hezbollah Weapons Caches in Syria

 

Israel’s newly appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman goes right to it, if Syrian newspaper claims that Israel launched an airstrike against Hezbollah targets are credible.
• Lebanese army discovers camouflaged surveillance device on mountain, but unclear whether it was planted by Israel or not.

By Roi Kais and Liad Osmo

 

The Syrian website ‘Zaman Al Wasl,’ which identifies with the opposition forces, quoted a military official from the Syrian regime who claimed that the Israel Air Force had carried out an airstrike against military targets close to a village 13 kilometers north of Homs.

According to the claims, the attack took place two days ago after midnight during which the IAF took out Hezbollah weapons caches in areas also containing antennas for Syrian radar systems, in addition to an air defense battalion that secures the area. Continue Reading »

Syrian media: Israeli jets attacked Syrian targets over weekend

 

Uncorroborated media reports originating in Syria have IAF jets attacking targets near the embattled city of Homs.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israeli jets attacked a target in Syria over the past weekend, Syrian media reported Tuesday.

F15 I,’Ra’am’ (‘Thunder’) A multi-purpose long-range fighter jet, mainly used for attack and interception strikes. – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The attack took place near the embattled city of Homs, the report continued.

The report added that Syrian defense systems identified the Israeli aircraft within their airspace but refrained from firing.

 

View original The Jerusalem Post publication at:
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Report-Israel-attacked-a-Syrian-targets-over-weekend-456173 Continue Reading »

Israel’s ‘Lone Soldiers’, exploited then abandoned, a squandered resource

 

MK Itzik Shmuli seeks solutions so others like Seth, who served 3 years in the IDF then left Israel due to an inability to adjust to a foreign culture, are assisted in their assimilation instead of being abandoned.

By Talam Yahav

 

“I thought my calling was to live in Israel. I left everything, my family, friends and college and I made aliyah. After a few months I joined the army. I was assigned to Givati and was chosen to be in Sayeret Rimon (Special Operations Unit – Desert Commando – ed). The only words I knew in Hebrew were ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘thanks’. Continue Reading »

Netanyahu visits opening of Judea and Samaria produce expo in Moscow

 

In a total #BDSfail, PM Netanyahu attended the start of the “Opening Doors to Israel” project in Moscow, which highlights produce from Judea and Samaria.

By Eliran Aharon

 

A delegation of the Yesha Council in Judea and Samaria has arrived in Moscow for the first time, in a joint project with the Strategic Affairs Ministry to present produce from the Biblical heartland of Israel to Russian consumers.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who arrived with his wife Sarah Netanyahu in Moscow on Monday night, attended the opening of the “Opening Doors to Israel” project in Moscow, which included produce from Judea and Samaria brought by the delegation. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Rare cache of silver coins from 135–126 BCE found in central Israel

view videoThe found cache of silver coins from the Hasmonean period, comprised of shekels and half-shekels, were minted in the city of Tyre and bear images of King Antiochus VII & his brother Demetrius II.

By i24news

 

A rare cache of silver coins dating back to the Hasmonean period has been discovered in the central Israeli city of Modi‘in alongside the wall of an agricultural estate during an archaeological excavation, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Monday.

IAA archaeologist Shahar Krispin during the discovery of the silver coin hoard that was found in the estate house. – Photo: Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority

The treasure was hidden in a rock crevice, up against a wall of an impressive agricultural estate that was discovered during the excavation. Continue Reading »