Archive for February 4, 2016

| February 4, 2016
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As EU demands labeling settlement products, Israeli wines expand to Asia & South America

 

Israeli wine & spirits exports grew to $39 million in 2015, a 6% increase compared to 2014, with new int’l markets opening up, the buyers keen on Israel’s variety & high quality.

By Michael Zeff, TPS

 

As the Israeli wine industry continues to expand, more international markets are opening up to the variety of wines that Israel’s winemakers have to offer.

The 2016 Sommelier Wine Exhibition, organized by the Israel Export Institute (IEI) featured 80 different Israeli wineries that displayed their goods in Tel Aviv’s Culture Palace on Wednesday, January 27. The exhibition drew representatives from around the world who attended the event, with several signing contracts with Israeli wineries. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2016
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3rd Gaza terror-tunnel collapses, Hamas asks Israel if they are cause

 

IDF’s General Yoav Mordecai evades question when asked by PA news agency, if IDF is responsible for the collapse of 3 of Hamas’s attack-tunnels that killed many Palestinian terrorists, by answering, ‘God knows’.

By Ben Ariel

 

Major General Yoav Mordechai, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), on Wednesday night gave an interview to the Palestinian Arab Ma’an news agency, in which he discussed Hamas’s terror tunnels.

The interview took place in the wake of the recent collapses of several of Hamas’s tunnels. On Wednesday night, a tunnel collapsed in the Zeitoun neighborhood – the third time a tunnel collapsed in a week and the second time in as many days. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2016
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Photo Essay: IDF photographed digging for Hamas terror-tunnels into Israel

 

Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas member claimed the terror-tunnels that IDF troops have been scouring the Gaza border to find & destroy, have already crossed the border into Israel, but afterwords, he recanted.

By Elior Levy

 

IDF Combat Engineering Corps troops have been filmed scouring the Gaza border area in an attempt to discover possible tunneling activity by Hamas, in a video shared among Gazans on Wednesday.

The issue of tunnels has been at the top of the Israeli and Gazan agendas in the past two weeks, following the collapse of three tunnels in the last fortnight. A number of Hamas militants were killed and wounded in the collapses.  Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2016
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US Congress Seeks to Fund Israeli Anti-Tunnel Tech For Use On Mexican Border

 

US gov’t sees partnership in the new Israeli-made tunnel detection technology a solution to halt illegal immigration from Mexico.

Israel Today Staff

 

Israel’s defense establishment is soon expecting an influx of US funds to complete work on an advanced anti-tunnel system that will hopefully prevent future terrorist incursions from the Gaza Strip.

IDF soldier surveys Hamas terror tunnel constructed to invade Israel with Palestinian terrorists. – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The American Congress approved involvement in the Israeli project already last summer, and Washington has now agreed to match the Israeli government’s financial contribution by transferring $120 million, according to Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2016
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eBay ignores serious security flaw exposed by Israeli cybersecurity firm

 

Despite being alerted by Israeli firm of flaw leaving 160 million worldwide  users vulnerable to malware & phishing attacks, eBay says it “has no plans to fix” the problem.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

 

Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed Tuesday that is has discovered a serious flaw in online e-commerce giant eBay’s security, allowing hackers and cyber criminals to use malicious code to target users and steal their online information.

Photo: Reuters

According to Channel 2 News, eBay currently has 160 million registered users worldwide, all of which are at risk.

Check Point, which posted its discovery on the company blog, believes that unless eBay acts to rectify this vulnerability immediately, “eBay’s customers will continue to be exposed to potential phishing attacks and data theft.”

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| February 3, 2016
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After protest by Israel CBS changes ‘biased & dishonest’ Palestinian terror headline

 

Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says American media headline is an example of CBS’s “unparalleled chutzpa.”

By HERB KEINON, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israel’s Foreign Ministry reacted to what it called a “horrible headline” that the American CBS news outlet composed following a Jerusalem terror attack on Wednesday.

Aka team carries the dead bodies of Palestinian terrorists, who were shot dead by Israeli police after carrying out shooting and stabbing attack outside Damascus gate to Jerusalem’s Old City, February 3, 2016. – Photo: REUTERS

“3 Palestinians killed as daily violence grinds on,” read the CBS headline.  At around 5:30 p.m. Israel time, CBS changed the headline to: “Israeli police kill 3 alleged Palestinian attackers.” Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2016
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1 killed, 2 wounded in J’lem attack before 3 Palestinian terrorists permanently neutralized

 

The 3 Palestinian terrorists committed a combined knife & gun attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, killing a Border Police officer and wounding two people.
• All 3 Palestinian terrorists were shot dead at the scene.

Roy Yanovsky, Elior Levy and Yoav Zitun

 

One of the guards, Hadar Cohen, 19, was critically wounded and later died from her injuries while hospitalized in Hadassah Medical Center.

The scene of a combined shooting and stabbing attack in Jerusalem.

The scene of a combined shooting and stabbing attack in Jerusalem by 3 Palestinian terrorists.

Cohen, a resident of Or Yehuda, was a recent recruit to the Border Police, and leaves behind her parents, brother and sister. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2016
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DEA bust Hezbollah network using drug money to acquire Syrian weapons

 

One of those arrested & taken into custody by the DEA is a Lebanese money launderer for Hezbollah’s financial arm, and the US Treasury added two Lebanese men to its sanctions blacklist, saying they also laundered money for the Shiite terrorist organization.

By i24news

 

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Monday that members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah had been arrested on charges they used millions of dollars from the sale of cocaine in the United States and Europe to purchase weapons in Syria.

Hezbollah fighters during a rally – Photo: TWITTER

Hezbollah has sent thousands of fighters to support the Syrian army’s ground offensives in the country’s center, north, and northwest, recently bolstered by Russian air strikes. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2016
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Eighth Terrorist Dead After Another Hamas Terror-Tunnel Collapses in Gaza

 

Only a week after 7 Palestinian terrorists were killed digging a Gaza terror-tunnel when it collapsed due to heavy rainfall, another incident yesterday killed yet another Hamas terrorist.

By Ari Soffer

 

A member of Hamas’s “military arm,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, has died after an underground tunnel collapsed in the Gaza Strip Tuesday.

The terrorist was identified by Hamas’s Al Aqsa TV station as 23-year-old Khaider a-Zahar.

His death was formally announced after numerous Palestinian media outlets reported that one person was missing and eight others injured after the tunnel collapsed earlier this evening.

It comes just one week after seven other Hamas terrorists were killed under similar circumstances, when the tunnel they were in collapsed as a result of heavy rainfall. Continue Reading »

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| February 1, 2016
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Historic victory for non-Orthodox praying Jews at Western Wall

 

Natan Sharansky, the Jewish Agency chairman, hailed the cabinet’s decision to approve a non-Orthodox prayer section at the Kotel (Western Wall) as an “unprecedented” decision for Israel and world Jewry.

By JEREMY SHARON,  STEVE LINDE

 

The Women of the Wall organization, the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel and North America as well as political leaders in Israel and the Diaspora hailed the agreement approved on Sunday to formally designate a prayer area for non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall.

IDF’s Nachal brigade ‘swearing-in’ ceremony at the Kotel – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The Orthodox political establishment, in particular the haredi leadership, was, however, greatly angered by the recognition of the rights of non-Orthodox Jews inherent in the change, although they realized they were essentially powerless to avert it. Continue Reading »

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