Archive for January 22, 2017

Palestinians fuming new US Ambassador to Israel plans to reside in Jerusalem

 

Although furious that the new US Ambassador plans to live in Jerusalem, the Palestinians hint at global terrorism should President Trump keep his promise to relocate American Embassy to Israel’s capital.

By Israel Today Staff

 

The new US Ambassador to Israel under President Donald Trump will reside and work in Jerusalem, even if the embassy is still officially in Tel Aviv.

David Friedman is yet to receive Senate approval for his new posting, but has already confirmed that he’ll spend most of his time in Israel’s real capital.

Contrary to previous US administration’s opinion, Jerusalem is not a ‘settlement’…but the eternal capital of Israel.

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Jordan’s King Abdullah & Abbas strategize to prevent Trump from moving embassy to Israel’s capital

 

Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Amman Jordan to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday to coordinate a strategy against Trump’s decision to relocate the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.

BY ADAM RASGON

 

“Abbas and King Abdullah II discussed the possible ramifications of moving the American Embassy to occupied Jerusalem and agreed to take a number of measures if the embassy is relocated,” Wafa, the official PA news site, reported Sunday afternoon.

King Abdullah II of Jordan (L), and Abbas, self-proclaimed President for Life of the Palestinian Authority (R)

The Palestinian leadership launched a campaign two weeks ago to appeal to the world against the possible relocation of the US Embassy. Continue Reading »

Hugo Boss model leaves his career to volunteer for the IDF

 

31 yr-old James Hirshfield dismissed the army’s decision that he was too old and his family’s advice not to give up a successful career, he still emigrated to Israel and started his service as ‘the best soldier I can be’ in April…and is loving it!

By Isaac Dabush

 

A 31-year-old British-born immigrant to Israel who previously modeled for international fashion house Hugo Boss immigrated to Israel and enlisted in the IDF a fortnight ago and is to begin his service in April.

From a young age living with his Jewish family in London, James Hirshfield was used to receiving compliments on his look. Continue Reading »

Israel approves 671 new homes in Jerusalem, will American displeasure be forthcoming?

 

Netanyahu’s government approves 671 new homes for Jewish families in Jerusalem and its mayor says he hopes the public denunciations from the White House have ended.

By Yedidya Ben-Or

 

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approved on Sunday 671 new housing units in various Jerusalem neighborhoods.

Jerusalem, the old & the new – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Previous discussions regarding the approval of new Jerusalem housing units were canceled in late December, reportedly at the request of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

324 new housing units will be built in Ramot, and 174 in Ramat Shlomo. In Pisgat Ze’ev, 68 new housing units will be built. Continue Reading »

PM Netanyahu reaches out to Iranian public: ‘You’re shackled by theocratic tyranny’

 

WATCH: The Israeli Prime Minister reached out in a video with Persian subtitles to the Iran’s civilian population the day after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, saying we know you “want to be able to speak freely, to love who you want without the fear of being tortured or hung from a crane.”

By i24news

 

Acknowledging he has addressed the Iranian leadership countless times, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reached out to ordinary Iranians, calling them to break away from the shackles of Islamic authoritarianism via a video message posted to social media.

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Gaza terror-tunnel collapses killing Hamas terrorist

 

The collapse of a “resistance tunnel”, the type dug for terror operations against Israel, killed yet another Hamas terrorist, this time in Khan Yunis.

By Elad Benari

 

A Hamas terrorist was killed on Friday as a tunnel collapsed in southern Gaza, the terrorist group which controls Gaza said, according to the AFP news agency.

The group said Yussef al-Agha died in Khan Yunis in the collapse of a “resistance tunnel”, the type dug for terror operations against Israel.

Hamas has been busily reconstructing its terror tunnel network breaching into Israeli territory and which was targeted by Israel during the 2014 counterterror operation. Continue Reading »

Analysis of Israeli media’s unbalanced reporting of Israel’s PM Netanyahu

 

Night after night in Israel, Channel 2 viewers have been subjected to saturation coverage of ‘Affair 2000’ that distorts more than it reveals and Israeli readers are bombarded with what seems daily negative articles related to Netanyahu and his family that run in the Hebrew daily, Yediot Aharonot.

Netanyahu’s Shameless Opponents By Caroline B. Glick

 

Over the past week, Israel was subjected to the diplomatic equivalent of a lynch mob in Paris. It received unexpected assistance from Britain, which twice in two days departed from its traditional anti-Israel stance and blocked the Paris conference’s anti-Israel declaration from being adopted as the official position of the European Union. Continue Reading »

Obama commutes sentences of 330 prisoners, mostly drug offenders, on last day

 

The commutations by outgoing President Obama, the most done in a single day, brought the total number of sentences reduced to 1,715, more than any other U.S. president in history.
– Obama also scurried to releases 4 more terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay, flying 3 to the United Arab Emirates and 1 to Saudi Arabia.

By Ynet & Reuters

 

President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 330 federal inmates, particularly drug offenders, on Thursday, making his quest to reduce what he viewed as overly harsh punishments one of his final acts in office. He also called German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has had a warm relationship over their years. Continue Reading »

Israel completes heightening Egyptian border fence to 8 meters

 

Israel’s border fence was extended from 5 meters to 8 meters high along a 17-kilometer stretch is meant to squash the trickle of illegal African migration, and drug & weapons trafficking from the Sinai.

BY ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Israel has finished raising the height of the electronic “smart” fence along part of the border with Egypt to stop infiltration into the country by migrants, the Defense Ministry reported.

Construction of the original barrier, equipped with information collection centers and warning systems and known as the Hourglass Project, was completed in 2014 at a height of five meters along 242 kilometers, from the Gaza Strip to Eilat on the Red Sea. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Israel Police ignite 10 tons of confiscated fireworks in one colorful explosion

 

Israel Police find more that just drugs during a raid on a suspected drug lab, leading them to explode 10 tons of illegal fireworks in a quarry in the center of the country.

By Roi Yanovsky

 

A raid on a drug lab in the center of the country yielded a storage container packed with roughly 10 tons of fireworks and other dangerous devices. Police decided to destroy the cache of illegal explosives and have now opened an investigation into the property owner.

Policeman tells of court order to destroy fireworks because of the danger from their improper storage in populated area. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Israel’s Magen David Adom makes Gaza girl with cancer’s wish come true

 

This is the real Israel:
In the mist of all the knife-attacks and terrorism directed at the Jewish State, Israel isn’t afraid to fight, or render medical attention & humanitarian aid to those who hate them.

By Israel Today Staff

 

This story happened a couple months back, but we are quite certain that amidst all the bashing of Israel, the mainstream Western media ignored it completely.

Little Aya is suffering from advanced leukemia. Back in August of last year, she was given a permit, along with her mother, to travel from Gaza to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem to receive the care she needs. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Defense Minister Liberman promises to rehabilitate Gaza if Hamas overthrown

 

The Gazan’s high taxes “are not going to benefit those residents, not to the health system or the education system, or the electricity grid, but to make missiles, weapons & tunnels.”
– Liberman questions motive of outgoing Obama’s pardon of Chelsea Manning, who leaked U.S. classified documents to the world, but had no mercy for Polard who leaked only to Israel.

BY JEREMY SHARON

 

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman called on the citizens of Gaza to overthrow the Hamas regime and promised that Israeli support and assistance for the Palestinian population in the territory will be forthcoming if such an uprising takes place. Continue Reading »

CIA releases 45 yr-old psychic experiments on Uri Geller proving his abilities

 

CIA report concluded: “As a result of Geller’s success in this experimental period, we consider that he has demonstrated his paranormal perception ability in a convincing and unambiguous manner.”
– WATCH Stanford Research Institute video clip

Gary Willig

 

The CIA conducted psychic experiments on famed Israeli magician Uri Geller in the 1970s in an attempt to weaponize psychic abilities, newly declassified documents reveal.

About 13 million pages of documents and videos were released Wednesday.

Geller was brought to the Stanford Research Institute in 1972 as part of the “Stargate program,” where he was placed in a sealed and monitored room, where his alleged psychic abilities were tested. Continue Reading »

Israel Air Force unveils joint Israel-US ballistic missile interceptors

 

WATCH: The Arrow system, developed and produced by Israeli Aerospace Industries in partnership with Boeing, was transferred to an undisclosed air force bases in Israel to become operational after successful testing by both Israel and the United States.

By i24news – AFP

 

The Israeli army on Wednesday received new ballistic missile interceptors that significantly upgrade the Jewish state’s aerial defense systems in the face of “emerging threats,” the defense ministry said.

The Arrow 3 interceptor, designed to shoot down missiles above the atmosphere, was handed to air force bases in Israel after successful testing by Israel and the United States at the end of 2015. Continue Reading »

Trump’s UN nominee to rebuke world body over built-in anti-Israel bias

 

Gov. Nikki Haley is planning to admonish the UN during her Senate confirmation, for too often being at odds with American national interests and its ‘consistent’ & ‘outrageous…bias against our close ally Israel.’
– Haley asked, “Are we getting what we pay for?”

By Reuters

 

US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be US ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Then S. Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley joined U.S. military service members for the launch of Operation Palmetto Employment – Photo: Wikimedia Commons/US Air Force

“Nowhere has the UN’s failure been more consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally Israel,” Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said in the opening remarks for her appearance on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Continue Reading »