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Abandoning Israelis kept hostage, ICRC demands Israel reinstate visits to Hamas prisoners

In effort to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages, and the bodies of kidnaped killed soldiers, Israel suspended visitation rights to their terrorist prisoners.
• Israel’s Public Security Ministry rejected the ICRC’s request outright.
• Father of Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose body is held by Hamas, says demand demonstrates the Red Cross’ “hypocrisy and inhumanity”

By Itsik Saban

The International Committee of the Red Cross has demanded that Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan reinstate visitation rights for Hamas prisoners from Gaza who are serving time in Israeli prisons. According to the committee, Israel’s decision to prevent family members from visiting security prisoners is a “violation of the Geneva Convention.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hadar Goldin, hamas, ICRC, Jacques De Maio, Oron Shaul, Palestinian prisoners, Red Cross

Warner Bros investing to make Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman an Oscar nomination

According to the Variety trade magazine, Warner Bros executives are seeking a historical first: To have Gal Gadot’s comic-book movie Wonder Woman and its director Patty Jenkins, nominated for Oscars.

By JACOB GOFF KLEIN

Big bucks are being spent to push Patty Jenkins’ and Israeli star Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman for an Oscar nomination, according to Variety.

According to Variety, executives have been raising funds for the campaign to make Wonder Woman the first comic book film to gain a nomination for best picture and a campaign for Patty Jenkins to be nominated as best director. The money is being spent on advertisement and small documentaries to remind voters of the hard work in the film. Continue Reading »

Category: Jewish News, The Diaspora | Tags: Gal Gadot, Oscar, Wonder Woman

Iranian media group claims Israel destroyed ‘entertainment equipment’ at Syria airport

An Iranian media NGO named ‘Owj’ claims equipment sent to an ‘entertainment event’ was attacked at the Damascus International Airport by Israel.
– No media outlet in Syria reported any such incident.

By Roi Kais

Iranian news agencies Fars and Mehr quoted Owj—a non-governmental organization—on Sunday accused Israel of attacking its shipment on Saturday in the Damascus International Airport.

The reports did not clarify how the alleged attack was carried out and what the contents of the shipment were, although it was defined as equipment intended for an entertainment event in the city of Aleppo.

IAFs new “Adir” F-35i Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Owj Arts and Media Organization is a media non-governmental organization in Iran, active in launching propaganda campaigns, film production and distribution. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IAF strike, IAF Syria

Watch: IDF’s new upgraded ‘Namer’ APC for counter-terrorism urban warfare

The IDF announced the new upgraded ‘Namer’ APC, has Merkava Tank armor, is outfitted with the Trophy anti-tank missile protection system and now with a 30 mm cannon to improve its urban warfare capabilities.

By Tzvi Lev

The IDF’s Ground Forces Command and the Merkava Tank Division of the Defense Ministry announced that the ‘Namer’ Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) will be getting a 30 mm cannon, and has now reached the experimental stage. The move is part of an IDF’s effort to upgrade its urban warfare capabilities.

Israel’s ‘Namer’ APC, has Merkava Tank armor, is outfitted with the Trophy anti-tank missile protection system and now with a 30 mm cannon. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: APC, IDF Armored Corps, Namer APC, Raphael's Trophy

REPORT: Palestinian Authority now allocates 50% of all foreign aid to promote terror

The Institute for Contemporary Affairs reports $344 million, equaling 49.6% of all foreign aid to the PA, funds a monthly stipend to each Palestinian imprisoned for attacking Israelis, to families of “martyrs” killed in the act, or bonuses, such as the $25 million just allocated to East Jerusalem residents who rioted against security precautions placed on the Temple Mount.

By Post Editorial Board

Your tax dollars at work: The Palestinian Authority is now using half of its foreign aid to reward terrorism.

Family of Palestinian terrorist who butchered American veteran Taylor Force, while he toured Israel, is receiving a generous monthly stipend, subsidized by American taxpayers.

Category: Israel News, Mid-East News | Tags: Foreign Aid, Institute for Contemporary Affairs., Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian terrorism, Pay for Slay, stipends for murderers

Abbas rewards East Jerusalem hooligans with $25 million for week of violence

Israel Police reports the Palestinian government’s generous subsidies that were announced last week at peak of violent clashes between Palestinians and the Israelis, are to be distributed among East Jerusalem residents to use at their discretion.

By i24NEWS

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has allocated some $25 million in government subsidies to support Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem in the wake of a violent standoff with Israel over a flashpoint holy site in the city.

Israel’s Channel Two television reported Sunday that the money will be distributed as grants for Palestinian residents to be used in a variety of ways, including to fund University studies, pay off municipal debts, assist private businesses, and subsidize electricity costs for residents of the Old City. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: PA, PA corruption, Palestinian violence, Pay for Slay

Bipartisan anti-BDS Bill rallies free speech battle in U.S. Congress

In a rare moment of bipartisanship since President Trump took office, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act was jointly introduced by a House Republican and a Senate Democrat, with cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, yet free speech advocates are lining up to fight it.

By MICHAEL WILNER

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, one of America’s largest civil liberties organizations announced opposition to a congressional bill that would target international efforts to boycott, divest and sanction Israel, setting up an uncomfortable fight between US-based Israel lobbies and free speech advocates.

The ACLU– a union at the forefront of several battles against the Trump administration over the rights of immigrants, refugees and minority groups facing systemic discrimination– said the bill would make worse a 1970s-era law that had already stymied the ability of individuals and companies to exercise their constitutional right to boycott. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, The Diaspora | Tags: ACLU, BDS, U.S. Congress, US Israel

An Israeli First: Israel launches 2 satellites together this week

This coming Wednesday, the Israel Space Agency will launch two satellites into space from the French launch center in Koro, New Guinea, one a spy satellite, the other for research.
– Israel Space Agency chief, Avi Blasberger: ‘Several countries are interested in our observation satellites.’

By Udi Etsion<

In 1984, Avi Blasberger was one of the first engineers at the Elop company, now owned by Elbit Systems, transferred to working on a top secret project: developing the camera for Israel’s forthcoming spy satellite, a capability only possessed by the US and the USSR at the time.

Illustration of the VENµS satellite – Image credit- CNES, IAI

“Years later, a South Korean delegation visited us and asked who taught us to build satellites,” recounts Blasberger, now the director of the Israel Space Agency. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Israel Space Agency, satellite, Science and Technology, Venus

Palestinian plot to circumvent Trump and Congress at the UN for additional funding

With bad press exposing extrajudicial killings in Gaza and Abbas’ ‘Pay for Slay’ to reward those who murder Israelis, Trump and congress are debating funding cuts, but the Arabs have a found a way to do an end-run around Congress and get even more than the $380,593,116 it got in 2015 – by having the UN decide how much.
– BTW, next in line, the EU gave less than half of that to the Palestinians, with a ‘mere’ $136,751,943.

By Benny Avni

On Friday, the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a resolution to change the way a Palestinian-centered agency is financed. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Palestinians, terror funding, United Nations, UNRWA, US Congress

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Palestinian terrorist kills 1, injures 6 in stabbing attack in German supermarket

In aftermath of latest German terror attack perpetrated by an “asylum seeker” on Friday, the authorities admit the apprehended terrorist was a known Palestinian Islamist, but didn’t think he was violent.

By Orly Harari

A Palestinian Arab “asylum seeker” on Friday stabbed to death a 50-year-old man and injured six others in a Hamburg, Germany supermarket.

Hamburg supermarket after Palestinian terrorist attack – Twitter

The 26-year-old terrorist grabbed a 20 centimeter (7.87 inches) knife off one of the supermarket’s shelves and stabbed three people in the building, then left and stabbed another four people in the street.

Passersby threw chairs and other objects at the terrorist until local police arrived and managed to control him. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Germany, Palestinian Islamists, Palestinian terrorist

israelandstuffcom | July 29, 2017

Israel moves to deduct uncollectible Palestinian debts from PA’s tax revenue

Israel’s Justice Minister is exploring methods to seize Palestinians’ debts to Israelis that currently stands $140 million, which the Palestinian Authority has been unsuccessful in collecting from 20,716 individuals/businesses who own money.
• Leading suggestion: Have it deducted from the $100 million in taxes Israel collects on behalf of the PA each month.

By Shlomo Cesana

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is exploring the possibility of using the Palestinian Authority’s tax revenue, which Israel collects on the PA’s behalf, to pay off debts owed by Palestinian individuals to Israelis, her office said Thursday.

Israel’s Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked

Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, a mechanism was set up by which Israel collects taxes — value added tax and customs fees — on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, to the tune of about $100 million a month. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Ayelet Shaked, economic cooperation, PA debt

israelandstuffcom | July 28, 2017

Top German Daily: “German media: [Palestinian] Perpetrators turned into victims.”

Denouncing Germany’s ‘Fake News’ in the 2nd most read article on the popular website, Bild’s online editor-in-chief warned that by “routinely interchanging perpetrator and victim” the German media attacks on Israel reveal its withdrawal from historical responsibility.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

The online editor-in-chief of the mass-circulation Bild published Sunday a column filled with blistering criticism over the anti-Israel media in Germany during the Temple Mount clashes.

It was never about ‘metal-detectors’ – More online Incitement to kill Jews – Facebook

“No other country, which suffers under permanent terror, is reported on in Germany in the cynical, ice-cold and heartless manner like Israel is,” wrote Julian Reichelt. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, anti-Semitic propaganda, Bild, incitement to violence, media bias, Palestinian terrorism, Temple Mount

israelandstuffcom | July 28, 2017