Archive for June 12, 2017

Palestinian cinema bans ‘Wonder Woman’ because Gal Gadot is Israeli

 

Palestinians are upset with past Facebook comment when Gadot said she was sending her “love and prayers to my fellow Israeli citizens. Especially to all the boys and girls who are risking their lives protecting my country against the horrific acts conducted by Hamas, who are hiding like cowards behind women and children.”

By i24NEWS

 

A movie theater in the Palestinian city of Ramallah has reportedly banned screenings of the new “Wonder Woman” film because it’s leading actress, Gal Gadot, is Israeli.

Gal Gadot – Selfie:Facebook

According to the local al-Hadath newspaper, Palestine Towers Cinema has made the decision not to screen the Hollywood blockbuster due to “political reasons related to the Israeli occupation and the Israeli actress starring in the film.” Continue Reading »

After discovery of Hamas tunnel beneath UN schools, Netanyahu seeks UNRWA dissolution

 

PM Netanyahu accuses Hamas of committing double war crimes, nothing that “UNRWA, by its very existence …perpetuates the Palestinian refugee problem rather than resolving it. That is why the time has come to dissolve UNRWA and incorporate parts of it into the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.”
• Hamas denies claims terror-tunnels are theirs; “baseless accusations.”

By The Associated Press and Daniel Siryoti

 

“In recent days, a Hamas tunnel was discovered under two schools in Gaza,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. “Hamas is using schoolchildren as human shields, and this is the enemy that we have been fighting for many years — an enemy committing a double war crime.” Continue Reading »

IDF contradicts UNIFIL General as Amb. Nikki Haley visits Israel’s border w/Lebanon

 

When Head of UN Interim Force in Lebanon explained to Amb. Nikki Haley how southern Lebanon was relatively calm, IDF chief pointed out UN’s restrictions & ‘blinders’ lead them into false security about Lebanon and Hezbollah, exposing shortcomings and disagreements about UNIFIL’s role & responsibilities.

By JOY BERNARD

 

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley was exposed to an unusual dispute between the IDF and the UN regarding the security state at Israel’s northern border while she visited the area during her stay in the Jewish state last week, Channel 2 reported on Sunday evening.

While the US envoy received an official briefing at Israel’s border with Hezbollah, Maj-Gen. Continue Reading »

WARNING! Graphic video of psychotic woman streaking the Western Wall

 

When the 23 yr-old woman entered the men’s section of the Kotel, she was forceable covered and taken to a rest-room until she was escorted out of the Western Wall Plaza by police, for removing her clothes.

By David Rosenberg

 

Jerusalem police escorted a 23-year old woman out of the Western Wall Plaza Sunday morning after she removed her clothes.

Police and Western Wall Plaza guards covered the young woman up as she was removed from the area and taken in for questioning.

Witnesses say the woman suddenly began stripping in front of the Western Wall, prompting worshippers to notify plaza guards. Continue Reading »

US, Israel to conduct advanced Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile test in Alaska

 

Kodiak testing site in Alaska to host an Israeli missile test of their new Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile defense system, in response to Iranian & North Korean development & testings of their long-range ballistic missiles.

By Liz Ruskin

 

 

Israel is working on a better missile to counter the threat of an Iranian launch. But Israel lives in a crowded neighborhood, so the plan is to test the interceptor in Kodiak.

A missile launched in Alaska – Photo: Israel’s TV2 News

That’s the word from Adm. James Syring, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Syring told a congressional committee Wednesday the U.S. Continue Reading »

Israeli firm to train Chinese in aircraft maintenance

 

With 60 years of aircraft experience, Israel Aerospace Industries is further expanding by establishing for the first time in its history, an aviation academy for professional aircraft technicians in China.

By Udi Etsion

 

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province on Thursday to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.

IAI has 60 years experience providing a full spectrum of maintenance, overhaul services & handling of both wide and narrow-body aircraft. – Israel Aerospace Industries website

The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province. Continue Reading »

Paranoid Palestinians Scramble to Arab League to Neutralize Warming Israel-Africa Ties

 

Israel’s reconnection to African countries, in counter-terrorism, clean-water technology, green-energy, internet-connections, medicine and agriculture has the Palestinians enlisting the Arab League to ‘warn them.’
• “Israel is trying to enlist African support for its policies at the Palestinians’ expense,” says representative.

By Daniel Siryoti

 

Concerned by the increasingly warm relations between Israel and African nations and Israel’s bid to rejoin the African Union as an observer state, the Palestinians have asked the Arab League to hold an emergency session.

The league is set to meet in Cairo next Monday to discuss the matter.

Former Foreign Ministry Chairman Dore Gold with President of the Republic of Guinea, Prof.

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Saudi Op-ED: Hamas commits double betrayal, ‘murders Gazans slowly’

 

In one of the most critical exposés ever written in an Arab country against Hamas, a Saudi journalist writes, the “Islamic State kills quickly, whereas Hamas are murdering slowly… Hamas uses all the aid that the Palestinians receive, to support their interests… it digs tunnels beneath schools, houses and hospitals and thereby poses a danger to the lives of Palestinian civilians.”

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

You might have to pinch yourself to believe a Saudi Arabian newspaper’s criticism of Gaza-based terrorist organization Hamas. The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) could just copy and paste the article on their Arabic-speaking website. Continue Reading »

UNRWA school in Gaza connected to Hamas terror-tunnel to fight Israel

 

‘The Hamas terrorist tunnel discovered beneath the UNRWA school in Gaza verifies what Israel has always known, Hamas exploits the UN schools as terror bases for attacks on Israel, while the terrorists use the children of Gaza as human shields.’

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

A Hamas terrorist tunnel was discovered under a school in Gaza run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), Israeli media reported on Friday.

The tunnel was discovered a week and a half ago, according to the reports.

Ann Dismorr, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, with a map that shows all of Israel as “Palestine”.-

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Zion Oil & Gas officially began drilling for oil in northern Israel

 

Drilling has officially begun at Zion Oil & Gas new well in the Levant Basin in northern Israel, an area that experts estimate up to 6.6 billion barrels of oil.

Israel Today Staff

 

After years of planning, preparation and fighting for the relevant permits, Texas-based, Christian-owned Zion Oil & Gas officially began drilling in northern Israel this week.

For years, Israel Today has been covering the progress of Zion Oil, a company that exists solely to bless Israel (and, by extension, those who bless her – Gen. 12:3) by discovering the natural resources the Bible suggests lie below the surface of the Promised Land. Continue Reading »

ALL TIME RECORD: May 2017 saw highest number of tourists entering Israel

 

A total of 303,000 tourists flew into Israel, with another 44,000 that entered from Egypt or Jordan in May 2017, an increase of 16.7% over May 2016
• Tourism Minister Yariv Levin: It’s no coincidence; it’s policy.

By Ilan Gattegno

 

May 2017 marked a record monthly high in the number of incoming tourists arriving in Israel, thanks in part to increased funding for the tourism market and a change in how Israel tourism is marketed internationally. Since the start of 2017, tourism has brought Israel a revenue of $2.18 billion, figures published by the Tourism Ministry on Thursday show. Continue Reading »

WATCH: St Dept Spokeswoman omits superfluous condemnation of planned Jewish construction

 

Breaking away from 50 years of the same ineffectual response to Jewish homes being built in Israel, the current State Department had no condemnation for Jerusalem’s approval of 2,600 new homes planned in Judea and Samaria – effectually ending a redundant White House policy.

By David Rosenberg

 

The Trump administration refrained from condemning Israel’s approval for 2,600 new housing units in Judea and Samaria this week, signaling a significant policy shift in Washington.

While every administration over the past half a century, from Lyndon Johnson through Barack Obama, has chastised Israel for the construction of civilian housing units in Judea and Samaria, the Trump White House made no comment as the first housing permits issued since the January 20th inauguration were approved. Continue Reading »

Israel tech company displays its drone/UAV interception technology

ORAD’s DROM system is the “most capable and cost-effective” system to counter the threat posed by taking control over device’s piloting from hostile UAV operator.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

With weaponized drones bringing a whole new assortment of security threats, several companies at the Israel Defense Exhibition in Tel Aviv this week, showcased the latest technology in neutralization and interception of the devices.

ORAD, an Israeli company based in Holon, presented the latest version of its DROM Drone Defense System, which it says can detect approaching drones at more than 3.5 kilometers away and take over the unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV’s, piloting abilities, neutralize them and land them far from the operator. Continue Reading »

FBI arrest 2 Hezbollah trained terrorists planning attack on Israeli targets

 

The US Department of Justice announced arrests and indictments against two Hezbollah agents, one a resident of New York and another, a resident of Michigan, who sought out venues for terror-attacks in New York and in Panama.

By AP, Ynet

 

US federal authorities said they’ve interrupted efforts to identify potential terrorism targets in New York City and Panama, including US and Israeli embassies, by arresting a man in Michigan and another in New York.Court papers unsealed Thursday charge the two men with providing support to a terrorist organization.

One of the suspects, Ali Kourani, conducted surveillance of potential targets in America, including military and law enforcement facilities in New York City.-

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Wanted Hamas Militant Leader Killed in Gaza in ‘Accidental’ Explosion

 

51 yr-old Ibrahim Hussein Abu al-Naja, wanted by the IDF for being a leader of Hamas’s armed wing, was finally ‘done in’ by an “accidental” explosion in Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A prominent leader of Hamas’ Izzadin Kassam brigade was killed Wednesday in an “accidental” explosion in southern Gaza, according to PA news outlet Ma’an.

The explosion occurred at a Hamas post near Rafah, injuring three other militants, according to the Palestinian news agency.

51 yr-old Ibrahim Hussein Abu Al-Naja, a prominent leader of the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an explosion on 7 June 2017. – Arab media

Hamas described Ibrahim Hussein Abu al-Naja as a prominent leader and said the source of the explosion was not clear. Continue Reading »