Archive for July 4, 2016

Israeli Ministers okays 800 new homes for construction in greater Jerusalem area

 

The approval of 800 new homes in Jewish towns comes in the wake of the recent surge in Palestinian terrorist activity, but at a delicate time, since the recent Quartet report lambasted Jewish home-building in Judea & Samaria as, ‘undermining the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.’

By Shlomo Cesana & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday approved the construction of 800 new homes in the greater Jerusalem area.

Archive photo of construction in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa. -Photo: AP

The plan includes the construction of 560 homes in the eastern Jerusalem suburb of Maaleh Adumim, 140 homes in the northeastern neighborhood of Ramot, 50 homes in the southeastern neighborhood of Har Homa, and 50 homes in the Pisgat Zeev neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

New rules of engagement for Israel Police allow live fire against some rock-throwers

 

In response to an NGO petition to the Lod District Court, it has been revealed that new security rules were put into place to combat the current 9-month long wave of deadly Palestinian violence directed against Israelis.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Portions of the police’s classified new intifada rules of engagement approved by then-attorney-general Yehuda Weinstein in September 2015 to combat a wave of violence have been publicized, the NGO Adalah announced on Monday.

A Palestinian throws a stone at a Border Police vehicle during a protest near Ramallah. – Photo: REUTERS

The parts of the rules which were made public came under pressure from a petition by Adalah to the Lod District Court in its administrative court capacity. Continue Reading »

IDF: Israeli forces attacked two Syrian army targets after being fired on

 

Rocket fire at Israel’s security fence on its northern border prompted a strong reaction from IDF against 2 Syrian army targets: ‘We are not involved in the fighting in Syria but will defend ourselves against any unusual incidents.’

By Yoav Zitun

 

In an unusual move, the IDF announced on Monday morning that it attacked two Syrian army targets overnight Sunday in retaliation for unusual shots fired at the security fence on the northern border.

IAF airstrike in Syria

On Sunday morning, security forces identified a rocket which had fallen in open territory on the Israeli side of the fence but had not caused any damage or injuries.
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NY Post blasts US for paying Palestinian terror attackers on Israelis

 

The New York paper calls on the U.S. Congress to halt Palestinian Authority funding, which is used to pay monthly stipends to families of the terrorists, that actually reward & encourage deadly terror attacks on Israeli civilians.

By David Rosenberg

 

An op-ed piece by the editorial board was published Friday night sharply condemning American funding for the Palestinian Authority, calling it an “outrage”.

Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: Reuters

Noting the ongoing terror wave that’s left dozens dead and hundreds wounded, the New York Post highlighted the Palestinian Authority’s continuing funding for terrorists and their families, what the paper described as a “hefty reward from Abbas’ PA”.
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Palestinian Mother Ecstatic Son Murdered Sleeping Jewish Child

 

Mother of Palestinian youth who slaughtered Israeli-American child thanks Allah, urges more Jewish children murdered.

By Israel Today Staff

 

“My son is a hero. He made me proud. My son died as a Martyr defending Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. …Allah willing, all of them will follow this path, all the youth of Palestine. Allah be praised.”

Those were the words of Mohammed Taraireh’s mother to Palestinian media hours after he butchered a 13-year-old Israeli girl, Hallel Yaffe Ariel (pictured). Mohammed was shot and killed by security officials responding to Hallel’s screams.

While Mrs. Taraireh proudly owned her son’s savagery, official Palestinian Authority media suggested the attack might not have taken place, and that Israeli forces killed Mohammed for no reason.

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Israel retaliates after rocket fired into Sderot by hitting 4 Hamas targets in Gaza

 

Israel Air Force destroys Hamas targets that served as terror infrastructure in central & northern Gaza in retaliation after rocket fired at southern Israeli town. 

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Smoke rises following what witnesses said was an IAF air strike in the east of Gaza City. – Photo: REUTERS

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Direct Hit on Sderot Kindergarten by Gaza Rocket Fired Friday Night

– SECURITY REPORT –

Israel Police Report: After “Color Red” warning siren was activated in Southern Israel, an explosion was heard by the residents in the city of Sderot, of the rocket fired by Palestinian terrorist from Gaza, that caused damage to a building, but no injuries.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

The “Red Alert” rocket siren was heard on Friday night in the Sderot and the Shaar Hanegev area of southern Israel.

Damage caused to building in Sderot by rocket. – Photo: POLICE SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT

A rocket fired by Gaza terrorists exploded a short time later in an empty kindergarten in the city of Sderot. Continue Reading »

Hebron under closure, Palestinian neutralized, drive-by kills Israeli civilian, injures family

 

view videoSenior security source: No one in Abbas’ Palestinian Authority is condemning the butchering of a 13 yr-old while she slept, as more Palestinians are seeking martyrdom by killing Jews before Ramadan comes to an end.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The IDF has placed greater Hebron under general closure on Friday afternoon, in an effort to disrupt a series of deadly terror attacks on Israelis in the past 48 hours. Only humanitarian journeys will be allowed out of the city and its suburbs for the duration of the closure. The area is home to 700,000 Palestinians, and security forces have launched a massive hunt there for the shooting cell behind an attack on a family on Route 60. Continue Reading »

Lunatic Moon Fixated on Israeli Madness, Ignores Palestinian Savagery 

 

UN’s secretary-general Moon suggests Israel’s leaders are insane, but who’s really suffering from lunacy?

By David Lazarus

 

The definition of insanity is when you keep repeating the same action over and over again, compulsively, obsessively, while thinking that somehow you will get a different result. 

That is what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said about Israeli leaders this week during his brief visit to the country. “You must stop repeating the same platitudes and expecting a different result. It is maddening,” he blustered during a speech to dignitaries at Tel Aviv University.

Israelis left scratching their heads, wondering, “Who’s insane?

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Scanning technology locate Jewish escape tunnel at Nazi massacre site

 

In Lithuania’s Ponar forest, an int’l research team using ground scanning equipment locate the tunnel which Jewish prisoners secretly dug out with spoons to escape their Nazi captors.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

In a Lithuanian forest, an international research team has pinpointed the location of a legendary tunnel that Jewish prisoners secretly dug out with spoons to try to escape their Nazi captors during World War II, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.

Preparation for electrical resistivity tomography scan of the pit used to hold the victims before their execution at Ponar massacre site near the town of Vilnius, Lithuania – Photo: Ezra Wolfinger

The tunnel in the Ponar forest, known today as Paneriai, outside the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, is the site where some 100,000 people, including 70,000 Jews, were killed and thrown into pits during Nazi occupation. Continue Reading »