Archive for May 31, 2019

UPDATED: Palestinian terrorist shot dead running to stab another Jew

WATCH: Israel Police video catches the Palestinian terrorist running, jumping to stab a 16 yr-old on his bicycle, then neutralized running to stab his brother who had walked with him.

By ILANIT CHERNICK

 

A harrowing video of Friday’s terrorist attack in the Old City of Jerusalem has been released by the Israel Police, showing the terrorist jumping a 16-year-old boy, and stabbing him in the back.

The incident takes place over mere seconds.

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Uber cans Arab driver for kicking Jewish women from car

An Uber driver in Los Angeles claiming to be a Palestinian Arab kicked two Jewish women out of his car after they told him they had just come from a pro-Israel celebration.

By Marcy Oster/JTA

 

An Uber driver in Los Angeles who said he was Palestinian kicked two Jewish women out of his car after learning they were coming from an Israel Independence Day celebration.

The incident occurred on May 19, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported.

The Celebrate Israel Festival — the self-described largest Jewish happening in Los Angeles — marks “70 Years of Zionism, Innovation and Entrepreneurship” – Photo: The Jewish Journal [unattributed]

The driver, named Mustafa, asked the women where they were coming from after they sat in the back seat. Continue Reading »

For 50 years, Trumps remain generous donors to Jewish, Israeli causes

From father Fred, who donated the land for the Beach Haven Jewish Center in Flatbush, NY, to son Donald, who donated generously to resettle the exiled Jews of Gush Katif, Gaza, the Trumps have given generously to Jewish, Israeli causes for well over 50 years.

By JNi.Media

 

Israeli media have reported several important donations made in years past by both the late Fred Trump and his son, now President Elect Donald Trump.

Some 50 years ago, real estate developer Fredrick Trump donated the land for the Talmud Torah of the Beach Haven Jewish Center at 723 Ave. Z in Flatbush, NY, as can be seen from a promotional image released by that institution. Continue Reading »

IDF Destroys Hezbollah’s last, most advanced & largest attack-tunnel

While the IDF has now destroyed all of Hezbollah’s cross-border attack-tunnels, some by explosives and others by flooding them with fresh concrete, there are still several others known to the military, but are in Lebanese territory, close to the border with Israel.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Six months after the Israeli military declared an end to Operation Northern Shield, the IDF has begun destroying the final and largest cross-border tunnel dug by Hezbollah into Israeli territory.

The tunnel began in the Lebanese village of Ramiyeh and stretched one kilometer before infiltrating several meters into northern Israel, close to the communities of Zarit and Shtula. Continue Reading »

Israeli Women Arrive in Puerto Rico in Hurricane Aftermath

Young Israeli women join up with college students from the United States and Puerto Rican in joint effort to help rehabilitate communities still suffering from the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
– One of the Israeli volunteers, “I wanted to use this time in my life to do something meaningful.” 

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

The first delegation of Israeli young adults have arrived in Puerto Rico this week to begin a three-month volunteering project as part of the Jewish Agency’s Project TEN program and the PR4PR organization.

The young Israeli women have been joined by college students from the United States and Puerto Rican locals. Continue Reading »

UPDATED: Meet the Billionaires of Hamas Leadership

What’s common among all the Palestinian leaders past & present is the saying, ‘We have to get rich quick,’ and this is how the present regime sees it. Palestinian leaders have no shame. Shortly after Hamas took power, they kicked out Fatah, then took control of fuel, communications, & all other profitable sectors in the Strip.

By Ella Levy-Weinrib

 

 

In recent days, various media have been publishing photographs of Hamas leaders in luxurious homes with fitness equipment, at luxury hotels around the world, etc. On the other hand, distressing pictures are being shown of the suffering of the Palestinian people in their rundown houses, whom Hamas says it represents. Continue Reading »

Resignation of Austria’s far right Freedom Party chief blamed on Mossad

A former German intelligence official is accusing Israel’s Mossad of leaking the video that shook up Austrian politics, opining how only the Mossad has the capability and interest in bringing down far-right European politicians.
– Conference of European Rabbis says claim stinks of anti-Semitism.

By Itamar Eichner

 

According to a German Intelligence official, the Israeli Intelligence service Mossad was behind the leak of a damning video, which led to the resignation of Austria’s far right Freedom Party chief Heinz-Christian Strache.

The video, prompting the resignation and the subsequent dissolvement of Austria’s coalition government, allegedly shows Strache offering a Russian woman government contracts in exchange for financial benefit for his party. Continue Reading »

PLO chief berates states participating in US led economic conference

PLO leader Saeb Erekat, who’s also Palestinian lead negotiator, goes on media frenzy lambasting delegations planing to attend the June economic conference hosted in Bahrain, meant to serve as prelude to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’.

By Mohammad Al-Kassim from The Media Line

 

The Palestinian leadership has lashed out at members of the international community who have agreed to attend the U.S.-led economic conference set for Bahrain in late June, which the Palestinian Authority is boycotting.

Saeb Erekat, executive secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization, told a number of Arab news outlets he expected the summit to fail.

In an interview with Almayadeen, a Lebanese news channel, he said: “If I’m not going, do you know what’s best for me better than I do?” Continue Reading »

Following Syrian missile fire on IDF jet, Israel destroys launcher

— SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —

After Syrian anti-aircraft missile missed an IAF aircraft while conducting a routine flight over northern Israel, Israeli jets responded forceable by destroying the missile launcher, maintaining its zero-tolerance for aggression against the Jewish State.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, SETH J. FRANTZMAN, HERB KEINON

 

The IAF destroyed a Syrian launcher that fired an anti-aircraft missile at an Israeli plane, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday night, stressing that Israel will not tolerate any aggression against it.

“A short time ago, the Syrian army tried to hit an Israeli plane, it did not succeed,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, ‘BDS has no place in Florida’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a memorandum of understanding between Ariel University, located in the center of Israel’s ancient heartland, and Florida State University, to establish academic and research collaborations.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and American Jewish businessman Sheldon Adelson and his wife Dr. Miriam Adelson were hosted at Ariel University Monday on the occasion of the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the University of Ariel and Florida State University.

Governor DeSantis received an honorary degree from the university in recognition of his efforts to strengthen the relationship between Florida State University and Ariel University. Continue Reading »

Germany capitulates to anti-Semitism – AGAIN!

Following the German commissioner on anti-Semitism’s remark that he “cannot advise Jews to wear the kippah everywhere all the time in Germany,” Israeli President Rivlin says that’s a “capitulation to anti-Semitism” reflecting the danger to Jews being in Germany.

By AFP

 

President Reuven Rivlin said Sunday that Germany’s warning to Jews on the dangers of wearing kippot was a “capitulation to anti-Semitism” and evidence Jews were unsafe there.

Germany’s government commissioner on anti-Semitism, Felix Klein, said in an interview published Saturday he “cannot advise Jews to wear the kippah everywhere all the time in Germany,” due to increasing anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish attacks there. Continue Reading »

Ukrainian parliamentarians urge President to recognize Jerusalem

86 Ukrainian lawmakers submit a bill calling on President Zelenskiy, the country’s newly elected Jewish head of state to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and follow in President Trump’s decision by relocating their ambassador and embassy to Jerusalem.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Ukraine might soon follow in the footsteps of the United States and move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, after dozens of Ukrainian lawmakers co-authored a draft calling on the country’s new president to recognize the holy city as Israel’s capital.

Some 86 – out of 450 – members of the Ukrainian parliament (The Verkhovna Rada) already submitted the bill for a vote, according to reports in the country’s media on Friday. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Minister seeks to indict Trump on crimes against Palestinians

In the World of the Absurd:

Palestinian Culture Minister called on President Trump and a few prominent American politicians to be prosecuted for their crimes against the Palestinian people: Failing to support their victimhood, ending ransom payments, ignoring ‘Palestinian history’ and emboldening the Zionists.

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

Palestinian Culture Minister called on President Donald Trump and several prominent American politicians to be prosecuted for their crimes against the Palestinian people In an article published this week.

President Trump’s Mid-East team: Senior Adviser to the President Jared Kushner, Mideast Envoy Jason Greenblatt and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. – Wikimedia

The article, “America and its Collusion in Crime,” was published in the Palestinian Al-Ayyam newspaper.

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By foot from Ethiopia via Sudan, Vered is inspired by parents’ sacrifice

Incredible story of sacrifice and the inspiration of a child, Vered Achihon, now 39, who walked to Israel with her parents from Ethiopia via Sudan, on a perilous journey spanning months.
– Today, Vered oversees the assimilation of new immigrants to Israel from 80 countries.

By Koby Lieberman

 

Thirty-five years ago, Vered Achihon made an exhausting journey. Along with her parents and five brothers, she left Ethiopia, passed through Sudan on foot, and arrived in Israel. Today, as the Director of Social Integration for all residents of Jewish Agency Absorption Centers, she shares her story with them and models the values that lead to smoother absorption into Israeli society. Continue Reading »

Saudi journalist tweets advice to PA: Don’t blow another opportunity

Mohammed Al Shaikh, a Saudi writer with al-Jazirah newspaper points to Abbas’ blunders, “You missed a lot of opportunities from 1948 to the annexation of Jerusalem, and excelled only in hatred, insults, curses and blaming others for neglecting your cause.”

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Saudi Arabian journalist Muhammad al-Sheikh wrote two days ago in his Twitter account his “advice” to the Palestinian Authority in light of their invitation to an economic workshop in Bahrain as part of the Trump Administration’s ‘Deal of the Century.’

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