Archive for August 30, 2019

Another mysterious accident takes out 3rd Iranian launch this year

Satellite photos show black plume of smoke from explosion on Iran Space Center launch pad, in what appears to be a result of their third satellite launch failure this year alone.
– Iranian officials didn’t immediately acknowledge the catastrophic event.

By Associated Press

 

A rocket at an Iranian space center that was to conduct a satellite launch criticized by the U.S. apparently exploded on its launch pad Thursday, satellite images show, suggesting the Islamic Republic suffered its third failed launch this year alone.State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Hezbollah threatens to kill 2-3 Israelis within 72 hours

A Kuwaiti newspaper reported that the Hezbollah kingpin, Hassan Nasrallah, who has promised to retaliate for alleged ‘Israeli’ attacks, aims to kill 2-3 Israelis within the next 3 days.
– WATCH: 
Naftali Bennett explains necessity of pre-empting steps taken to destroy Israel.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Hezbollah plans to retaliate for attacks it believes were perpetrated by Israel within 72 hours, Kuwait’s Al Rai newspaper reported.

According to the “Opposition Force” sources, Hezbollah is aiming to exact a price similar to the one it paid, by taking the lives of two or three Israelis.

Quoting Al Rai‘s report, Walla! Continue Reading »

South Pacific island of Nauru recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

The South Pacific nation of Nauru becomes the latest country recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital, just a few days after Honduras, following the lead of US President Trump, who ‘broke the ice’ standing against the Arab world.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The tiny Pacific island of Nauru has become the latest country to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, following in the footsteps of a number of countries, with the U.S. at their head.

The declaration came after diplomatic negotiations by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz and the Nauruan embassy in Israel, with the help of the honorary consul of Nauru in Israel, David Ben Basat. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Sagi Muki wins gold at Judo World Championships in Japan

This was Israel’s judoka, Sagi Muki’s first world title after having won two gold medals at the European Championships in 2015 and in 2018.
– Egyptian competitor refuses to shake his hand after their quarter-final match.
– “Congratulations on your gold medal and thank you for the pride you bring us all as Israelis,” Tweets Israel’s President Rivlin.

By Oren Aharoni

 

TOKYO – Israeli judoka Sagi Muki, who competes in the under 81kg weight category, bested his Belgian opponent Matthias Casse in the final to win the gold medal at the Judo World Championship on Wednesday.

Muki got a fifth Ippon in six fights with a minute and 21 seconds left to end the match, and burst into tears as the referee declared him the winner. Continue Reading »

Honduras recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s eternal capital

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez is scheduled to arrive in Israel to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, and formally recognizing the holy city as Israel’s capital.

By AFP

 

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez will travel to Israel on Friday to inaugurate a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, recognizing the holy city as Israel’s capital.

The diplomatic office in the city will be an extension of Honduras’ Tel Aviv-based embassy.

Netanyahu meets with President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández – Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO

“For me it’s the recognition that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel,” Hernandez said on Tuesday.

The foreign ministry said in a statement Israel had proposed that Honduras move its embassy to Jerusalem, which is being “analyzed and evaluated in the international and national context.” Continue Reading »

HBO joins #FakeNews media bias by misinforming viewers for ratings

In a new HBO series focusing on the Israeli-Arab conflict, producers draw moral equivalence with the Palestinian kidnapping\murder of 3 young Jewish teenagers, then Arab celebration of the act of political terrorism, to the revenge killing of Arab youth that disgusted and angered the Jewish State.

By David Lazarus

 

A new HBO series titled “Our Boys” compares the kidnapping and murder of three young Jewish teenagers (Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah) in 2014 with the murder of a Palestinian youth, Muhammad Abu Khder.

Muhammad Abu Khder – Twitter

Khder was killed by a young Jewish man who pleaded guilty to taking the life of the Palestinian in an act of vengeance for what had happened to the three Israeli teens. Continue Reading »

‘Gaza Spring’? – Suicide Bombers in Gaza killed 3 Hamas Policemen

Gaza ruling Islamist group declared a state of emergency, mobilizing forces Tuesday night to apprehend suspected son of an Islamic Jihad leader, presumed behind the midnight suicide attacks at separate checkpoints that killed 3 Hamas policemen.

By i24NEWS

 

The son of a leader of the Islamic Jihad movement is believed to be behind the bombings that killed three Hamas policeman in Gaza City on Tuesday, Palestinian sources told i24NEWS Arabic.

The Gaza Strip’s ruling Islamist group Hamas has declared a state of emergency and mobilized forces on a manhunt to apprehend suspects behind the midnight attack at separate police checkpoints inside the enclave. Continue Reading »

Linda Sarsour tweets ‘Disgusting’ Zionists protested her

In Sarsour’s hate-mongering tweet claiming “disgusting” racists Zionists and Confederates were protesting her, evidence shows that there were peaceful conservatives and pro-Israel protesters, but not a single Confederate flag was to be seen.

By TAMAR BEERI

 

Political Activist Linda Sarsour took to Twitter on Saturday to call Zionists who protested her speech in North Carolina “disgusting.”

The post was in response to North Carolina Representative Graig Meyer, who photographed Ku Klux Klan members protesting in Hillsborough, NC.

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Facebook exec donates EMS ambulance to Israel

While visiting Israel with her family, Facebook COO donated an ambucycle to the Israeli EMS organization, saying how she was “in awe of these brave women and all of the United Hatzalah volunteers, who race toward people when they need help most.”

By JNS , Israel Hayom Staff

 

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and her family dedicated a new ambulance to Israeli EMS organization United Hatzalah during a visit to the organization’s national headquarters in Jerusalem last week.

The ambulance will be stationed in the southern city of Sderot, servicing the city and surrounding area that is often victim to Hamas rocket fire from Gaza. Continue Reading »

New Zealand suspends funding UNRWA after Belgium, Dutch & Swiss

The IINZ report cites examples of UNRWA staff promoting terror & being affiliated with terror groups; gross incitement in school textbooks; ongoing allegations of corruption and inefficiency; and UNRWA perpetuating a “right of return” that Switzerland’s foreign minister, Ignazio Cassis, has deemed an “unrealistic dream” and a key reason UNRWA is “part of the problem.”

 

By IINZ Staff

 

New Zealand has now joined the Swiss, Dutch, and Belgium governments in suspending donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following an internal report that found “credible and corroborated” allegations of serious ethical abuses including “sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority, for personal gain, to suppress legitimate dissent, and to otherwise achieve their personal objectives.” Continue Reading »

Photos reveal Beirut attacked by Iranian drones, not Israeli

Despite videos made at the crash scenes in Beirut revealing the drones were Iranian made, ostensibly, Lebanese PM Saad Hariri still goes on the offensive, accusing Israel of ‘posing a serious threat to regional stability.’

By Ron Ben-Yishai

 

Images from the scene of the two drones that crashed in Beirut on Sunday reveal the unmanned aerial devices were manufactured in Iran and not in Israel, as was reported in Arab media earlier.

Lebanese terror group Hezbollah claimed earlier on Sunday that two Israeli drones came down over Beirut, with one of the pair being rigged with explosives and causing serious damage to a building housing Hezbollah’s media office. Continue Reading »

IDF fighter jets thwart Iranian armed drone attack from Syria

— SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —

BREAKING: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirms multiple strikes against Iranian targets southeast of Damascus based on Israeli intelligence reports of impending planned attack on northern Israel.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

IDF fighter jets recently targeted a number of terror targets in Aqraba, Syria, southeast of Damascus.

The IDF has confirmed multiple strikes against Iranian targets outside Damascus following Intelligence that Iran was planning to launch armed drones at northern Israel.

The strike targeted Iranian Quds Force operatives and Shiite militias which were preparing to advance attack plans targeting sites in Israel from within Syria over the last few days. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Trump and the battle to end Iran’s cash flow to Hezbollah

With Hezbollah’s annual budget of nearly $1 billion, the sanctions that the Trump administration issued this year against the Shite organization’s money men, as well as Iran, have caused such a devastating economic crisis it forced Nasrallah to declare “economic jihad” about six months ago.
– Since Hezbollah is the 2nd-largest employer in Lebanon, after the government, can Hezbollah’s funds be cut off without affecting the entire Lebanese economy?

By Yoav Limor

 

In a picture that could have been taken from a PR notice for the series “Narcos,” a man who knows the good life is sitting on a pile of dollar bills, a cigar in hand, looking like he’s enjoying himself. Continue Reading »

Israeli satellite images reveal destruction of Iran’s land bridge to Syria

Israeli satellite imaging firm contends Iran’s ‘land bridge’ is under attack, assessing how Iran’s strategic route from Tehran to the Mediterranean for the transfer of Iranian weapons to groups like Hezbollah in Syria or Lebanon can no longer be completed with impunity.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

One day after another mysterious explosion rocked arms depots belonging to Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq, Israeli satellite imaging firm ImageSat International (ISI) claimed that Iran’s land bridge to Syria and Lebanon is under attack.

Iran’s land bridge to Syria and Lebanon is under attack by Israel – Google Maps, isi

According to the assessment released on Thursday, three sites with storage hangers in the Baghdad area have been attacked in the last month. Continue Reading »

PA President Abbas forced to demand return of hushed bonuses

Amid possible bankruptcy, the PA documents that were leaked exposing how Abbas secretly rewarded his Cabinet members and associates with a 67% pay raise retroactive to 2014, has forced him to fire all his advisors in move to recoup millions he ‘undemocratically’ divvied out.

BY ROSSELLA TERCATIN

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas fired all his advisers “regardless of their title or ranking,” the Palestinian News Agency Wafa reported on Monday.

Furthermore, Abbas also abolished “the decisions and contracts related to them,” and suspended “the rights and privileges they received in their capacity.”

Palestinian officials told the Associated Press that this move was part of an effort to cut costs after Israel decided to deduct the amount of money that the PA gives to terrorists and their families from the taxes and tariffs Israel collects for the authority. Continue Reading »