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Descendants of Bronze Age Canaanites from the Levant are not ‘Palestinian’

 

Contrary to arbitrary declarations from Palestinian leaders who claim Canaanite ancestry, a proper DNA report solves the mystery of the Canaanites, revealing the biblical people’s fate.

By Ben Guarino

 

In the Bronze Age, between 4,000 and 3,000 years ago, a diverse group of people called the Canaanites lived in the Middle East. Despite their culture and influence — one of the only golden calf idols discovered was found in the Canaan seaport of Ashqelon — they left behind little information about themselves. Other civilizations made records of them, such as the Greeks, Egyptians and the authors of the Hebrew Bible. Continue Reading »

Israeli agriculture center wins UNESCO global prize for innovation

 

A first for the UN body to award Israel’s Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center the life sciences award.
• Volcani Center director said, This is a ‘great achievement for the state and underscores our contribution not just to science but to international cooperation for ensuring food security for future generations.’

By Danielle Roth-Avneri

 

The Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center, a government-run institute in central Israel known for its groundbreaking discoveries, is among the three winners of the UNESCO Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for 2017.

The Cohen family, Dr. Dai and Uri Ariel at presentation of the “Hadar strawberry,” named after Hadar Cohen kill by a terrorist in Jerusalem.  

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Netanyahu supports Death-Penalty for terrorist who slaughtered Solomon Family

 

Israel’s Prime Minister supports his ministers that advocated for capital punishment for the Palestinian terrorist who reveled in his murder of the Solomon family from Halamish.

By J’POST.COM STAFF, HERB KEINON

 

The terrorist who killed Yosef, Chaya and Elad Solomon in Halamish last Shabbat “should simply never smile again,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, advocating the death penalty in this case.

“It is time for the death penalty for terrorists,” Netanyahu said during a bereavement call he made with his wife Sara to the Solomon home in Elad.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the family members of the three people killed by a Palestinian terrorist in Halamish.

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A Palestinian State appears attainable, with only one obstacle: PA autocrat Mahmoud Abbas

 

The New State Solution: The “ultimate deal” for peace, may be feasible: The White House with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Israel have a plan that would see Gaza’s population, alongside millions of Palestinian refugees, in a sovereign, thriving Palestinian state of ‘Greater Gaza’, that includes increasing its size 5 fold into the Sinai.

 

Israel and Stuff would ordinarily not use Al Jazeera as a news source, due to
its saturation of propaganda embedded into its reports. This article however,
appears to be genuine as the theme is an accumulation of already published
material in Israel and abroad. 

 

By Jonathan Cook

 

Gaza has been the focus of intense talks behind closed doors in recent weeks as disquiet has risen among Arab states at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the coastal enclave. Continue Reading »

It’s Over: Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti calls to resume prayer at Al-Aqsa

 

After the Waqf, the Jordanian body that oversees the Muslim religious site in Jerusalem spoke with Muslim leaders, Jerusalem’s Grand Mufti encouraged worshipers to return to pray atop the Temple Mount.

By Reuters and Elior Levy

 

Jerusalem Grand Mufti Mohammed Hussein and Muslim elders encouraged worshipers to return to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday after deeming that Israel had removed all security measures installed after a deadly terror attack in the Old City earlier this month that sparked a prolonged period of violence.

Temple Mount Complex – Illustrated by IsraelandStuff

The elders announced their decision after a report from the Waqf, a Jordaninan-backed body that oversees the Muslim religious sites in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

PM Netanyahu pledges to exile Al-Jazeera from Israel

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to facilitate the necessary laws in the Knesset to remove the Qatari network from Israel while rallying the government press office, foreign ministry, and defense establishment to began working on it.

By Elad Benari

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sharply criticized the Al-Jazeera network on Wednesday evening, and declared that he would work to remove it from Israel.

“The Al-Jazeera network does not cease to incite to violence around the Temple Mount. I have appealed to law enforcement agencies several times to close the Al-Jazeera office in Jerusalem. If this is not done due to legal interpretation, I will work to enact the necessary laws to remove Al-Jazeera from Israel,” declared Netanyahu. Continue Reading »

Jordan’s King Abdullah calls Abbas, who joined Hamas in calls for anti-Israel protests

 

REPORT: King Abdullah of Jordan urged Abbas in a phone conversation Wednesday, to seek calm amid Israel’s reversal on the Temple Mount, and to stop calling for West Bank anti-Israel demonstrations along with Hamas.

By i24NEWS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for mass protests on Friday, ordering leaders of Fatah’s militia to organize public demonstrations in response to conflict over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported.

Not long after Abbas’ call, Jordan’s King Abdullah spoke on the phone to Abbas and urged him to calm tensions on the Mount, known to Muslims as Haram Al-Sharif, various Hebrew media outlets reported. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Iranian cyber spying group targets US, Israel, Saudi Arabia & Germany

ClearSky of Israel and the Tokyo-based Trend Micro say malicious hackers are using social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to dupe targeted victims in Saudi Arabia, Germany, the U.S. and Israel.

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

A cyber spying group with links to Iran is targeting countries including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the United States, security researchers said on Tuesday.

A new report by Tokyo-based Trend Micro and ClearSky of Israel detailed incidents as recently as April of this year involving a group known as “CopyKittens,” which has been active for the past four years. Continue Reading »

Turks remind uppity Jews to appreciate Ottoman Empire, forgetting Jews paid jizya to stay alive

 

In a tit for tat spat originating from Turkey, their Foreign Ministry spokesman now decrees that life was better for the Jews during the Ottoman Empire (before the Jewish state), ignoring the genocides, or the abuses perpetrated on those who couldn’t pay their ‘jizyah’, the infidel tax.

BY HERB KEINON

 

The Jews should appreciate how good they had it under the Ottoman Empire, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday after Israel responded to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments on the Temple Mount crisis by reminding him that the days of the Ottoman Empire are over.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan desperately seeking the prestige once awarded the Ottoman Empire.

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Israeli archaeologists confirm Babylonian assault on Jerusalem from latest discovery

 

The latest archaeological findings unearthed at the City of David, an excavation site in Jerusalem, help prove the destruction of the ancient Jewish city at the hands of the Babylonians.

By i24NEWS

 

New archaeological findings at a controversial excavation site in Jerusalem help prove the destruction of the ancient city at the hands of the Babylonians.

Less than a week before Tisha B’Av, the Jewish holiday which mourns the destruction of the Jewish temple, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced the latest research from its painstaking excavation.

Other artifacts which attest to Jerusalem’s affluence prior to the Babylonian assault on the city 2,600 years ago.

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Muslim couple from northern Israel graduate with MA in Jewish Studies

 

For the Muslim couple from the village of Sulam in northern Israel, Muhammad and Aida Masarwa, the study of Kabbalah, Torah, Jewish thought, and liturgical poetry came easy, noting, ‘We were surprised to discovered that our Jewish classmates didn’t know more about Judaism than we did!’

By Shahar Hay

 

Last month, a diverse class of 36 graduate students from the Ono Academic College received an MA in Jewish Studies, among them ‎Muhammad and Aida Masarwa, a Muslim couple from the village of Sulam in the north.

Their classmates—a group dominated by ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews—warmly embraced them throughout their years of study together. Continue Reading »

Austrian court gives released Palestinian terrorist life sentence for inciting to kill Jews

 

Palestinian Arab who once served a 9-year sentence in Israel for terrorist acts, was found guilty in Austria of belonging to Hamas, a terrorist group, and his unlawful use of social media by urging fellow Palestinians to kill Jews in Jerusalem.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A Palestinian man in Austria has been sentenced to life imprisonment after an Austrian jury convicted him on terrorism-related charges for inciting fellow radicals to kill Jews in Jerusalem.

Palestinian incitement in ‘car intifada’ against Israelis – [illustrative]

The 27-year-old man, unnamed due to Austrian privacy laws, was also found guilty on Monday of belonging to a terrorist organization due to his affiliation with Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since seizing it in 2007. Continue Reading »

European Court of Justice considers removing Hamas from terrorist organization blacklist

 

UNBELIEVABLE: The European Court of Justice’s advocate-general recommends that the court uphold the lower court’s ruling, and remove Hamas from being listed as a terror group.
– Will the EU ignore #PalestinianDeathCulture?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

The European Court of Justice is due to decide on Wednesday whether to keep Hamas listed as a terror organization.

The listing is important because it keeps various Hamas funds frozen, limits Hamas from openly doing business in the EU and limits the mobility of Hamas-affiliated persons.

Although the US lists Hamas as a terror organization, the idea of the EU listing Hamas as a terror group has already received two major blows in recent years. Continue Reading »

Turkey’s Despot Erdogan Spewing ‘Conspiracy Theories’ to Incite Muslims Against Israel

 

Even though Erdogan knew Israel’s security on the Temple Mount was enhanced after armed Muslim terrorists opened fire murdering 2 Israeli Policemen, he told the Turkish parliament that Israel “is using the fight against terrorism as a pretext to take al-Aqsa Mosque from the hands of Muslims.”
– Netanyahu’s office said Erdogan claims are “absurd, unfounded and distorted.”

By Itamar Eichner and AP

 

Israel dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s accusation Tuesday that it was trying taking over holy sites in Jerusalem from Muslims.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry called Erdogan’s remarks “absurd, unfounded and distorted.”

“The days of the Ottoman Empire have passed,” it continued. Continue Reading »

US State Dept. Report Places Blame on Israel for Terrorism, Praised Autocrat Abbas, PA

While the lopsided report was based in part on work done during the Obama administration, much was added by department officials since Sec. of State Tillerson took charge.
– The ZOA lambasted Secretary Tillerson over the report, demanding his resignation.
– Illinois congressman slam State Department report for whitewashing, ignoring PA incitement.

By David Rosenberg

 

A new report published by the US State Department criticizing Israel and largely ignoring the Palestinian Authority’s financial support for terrorists sparked a bitter backlash, with some characterizing the document as “anti-Semitic”.

The State Department’s annual Country Reports on Terrorism for 2016, published last Wednesday, laid the blame for violence against Israelis at the feet of the Jewish state, while praising the Palestinian Authority for rarely making “explicit calls for violence against Israelis”. Continue Reading »