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Palestinian Terrorist Enters Home, Murders 3, Injures 1 in Brutal Knife-Attack in Halamish

A 68 yr-old woman is in critical condition at Shaare Tzedek hospital after Palestinian terrorist breaks into family home, killing a 70 yr-old grandfather and his son & daughter, in the town of Halamish, north west of Ramallah.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Three Israelis were killed and one severely wounded in a stabbing attack in the West Bank town of Halamish on Friday evening.

Site of terror attack in Halamish, July 2017.- Photo: COURTESY OF IDFWO

A terrorist infiltrated a house in the West Bank settlement of Halamish (Neve Tzuf) Friday evening and stabbed four people before being neutralized. Three of the victims died of their wounds, while a fourth is in serious condition. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: knife attack, Palestinian attack, Palestinian terrorist, Shaare Tzedek Medical Center

Israel’s Security Fence Derails Tractor Theft

Having curtailed car-theft, now Israel’s security fence apparently foiled the plans of Palestinian thieves trying to drive their stolen tractor into the West Bank.

By Orly Harari

A tractor stolen from the central town of Karmei Yosef was found on Friday morning near the Ramallah-area Arab town of Budrus.

After receiving reports of the missing tractor, IDF and Border Police personnel began searching the area, finally finding the tractor near the security fence.

Initial investigations show that the thieves attempted to breach the security fence while traveling towards Judea and Samaria, but security forces and the fence apparently caused the thieves to abandon their loot. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: car theft

Intel Israel boon to local techies with added recruitment of 1,500 employees by 12/ 2018

Intel Israel CEO, Yaniv Garty says along with the expected recruitment of 1,500 new employees, currently 6,900 development workers and 3,300 production workers are employed.

By Tzahi Sade

Speaking at a tour of the technology company Intel’s factory in Kiryat Gat on Thursday, Intel Israel CEO Yaniv Garty noted that production of Intel’s newest generation of chips is scheduled to start by the beginning of 2018 and possibly earlier, and that by the end of 2018 about 1,500 new employees will be recruited.

Intel’s factory in Kiryat Gat – Photo: Globes.co.il

Garty also said that “Intel Israel employs 6,900 development workers and 3,300 production workers and that the company “exports $ 3.35 billion annually. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Intel, Israel high-tech

President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins welcomes founder of BDS movement

Irish President Michael Higgins welcomed Omar Barghouti at a trade Union conference in Belfast, where the anti-Israel, BDS founder was the guest of honor.

By i24NEWS

Irish President Michael d. Higgins met on Thursday with the founder the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, Omar Barghouti, Ynet reported.

The meeting occurred at a trade Union conference in Belfast, where Barghouti was a guest of honor.

BDS victory against Israel….at the expense of the Palestinians

Barghouti was also received warmly in the city of Derry, which, earlier this year, adopted a BDS resolution.

Higgins has a long history of criticizing Israel.

Category: Innovations & Discoveries | Tags: BDS, Ireland, Omar Barghouti

Palestinian shot dead attempting to stab IDF soldiers in West Bank

Spurred by incitement from Palestinian leadership after Israel placed metal detectors to Temple Mount’s entrance, would-be Arab assassin was neutralized, unsuccessful in harming any of the soldiers.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

A Palestinian assailant attempted to stab an IDF soldier stationed near the West Bank settlement of Tekoa on Thursday afternoon, the military confirmed.

Security forces shot and killed the would-be terrorist in response to the attempted attack.

Knife from the scene of an attempted stabbing attack by a Palestinian assailant in the West Bank, July 20, 2017. – Photo: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT

There were no injuries to the Israeli troops. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: knife attack, Palestinian terrorism, terrorist neutralized

Israel’s PM Netanyahu and President Rivlin feud over planned phone call with Erdogan

Following Erdoğan’s effort to reach out to Israel’s President Rivlin, the Prime Minister’s Office knowing of the Turkish leader’s position conveyed Netanyahu’s opposition to the planned conversation by objecting strenuously to any Turkish involvement in the current Temple Mount crisis.

By Itamar Eichner

President Reuven Rivlin joined efforts to calm tensions at the Temple Mount Thursday afternoon by announcing his intention to speak with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following a request made by the Turkish leader.

Rivlin attacked those who “preferred to blacken his face instead of acting for the good of the country” following criticism of the planned conversation. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Reuven Rivlin, Temple Mount

Gag order dropped: Watch Israel Police security video of Temple Mount attackers

Just released video shows how terrorists entered the Old City, met with accomplice who smuggled in the weapons and subsequently transferred them to the three killers inside the Mosque on the Temple Mount to commit deadly terror attack.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

The gag order on last week’s deadly terrorist attack on the Temple Mount was partially lifted Thursday, allowing the publication of more security videos of the attack.

Two Druze police officers were murdered in the attack.

The joint investigation by the Israel Police and the Shin Bet revealed the route by which the three terrorists entered Jerusalem and reached the Old City and the Temple Mount. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Police, Temple Mount, terror attack, terrorist attack

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Israeli art student obstinately justifies stealing Holocaust artifacts from Auschwitz

After removing the materials from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, an Israeli art student tells a local newspaper she can “act according to her own laws,” having no qualms about stealing assorted items for an exhibition in her graduation show.

By i24NEWS

An Israeli woman facing potential charges in Poland after she snatched artifacts from the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp for use in her college art project has insisted that she can “act according to her own laws.”

Removing items from the site, where more than one million people are estimated to have been murdered during the Holocaust, is strictly prohibited, a rule made clear by numerous signs dotted around the compound.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Auschwitz, Holocaust

IDF posts videos documenting illegal Hezbollah activities, UN Resolution 1701 violations

WATCH IDF Video expose an ostensible ‘environmental group’ as civilian facade for Hezbollah intelligence-gathering activities against Israel in Southern Lebanon.
• IDF General: Lebanon turns blind eye, allows Hezbollah use its Lebanese Army infrastructure against Israel.

By Lilach Shoval

The IDF on Tuesday released two videos documenting Hezbollah operatives violating a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at preventing the Shiite terrorist organization from maintaining a presence on the Lebanon-Israel border.

Security Council Resolution 1701, drawn up to resolve the 2006 Second Lebanon War, stipulated that only armed U.N. peacekeepers and the Lebanese army would be deployed in southern Lebanon.

In the first video, Hezbollah operatives can be seen gathering intelligence along the Lebanon-Israel border after evading UNIFIL inspectors with the help of warnings from the Lebanese army. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Hezbollah, IDF, Resolution 1701

Jerusalem Court Grants Palestinians Right to Sue Abbas’ Palestinian Authority

Landmark ruling involves Palestinian plaintiffs coming before the Jerusalem District Court seeking justice from PA law enforcement who were “beating them on all parts of the body, hitting them with lead pipes, extinguishing cigarettes on their bodies, hanging them in torture positions for hours and starving them.”

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Fifty-one Palestinians tortured by the Palestinian Authority for cooperating with Israel can sue the PA in Israeli courts for damages, the Jerusalem District Court ruled Wednesday in a blockbuster judgement.

The 1,860-page ruling based on dozens of witness accounts over several years is one of the most bizarre in years as it involves Palestinian citizens coming before the courts of the Israeli “occupation” seeking justice for their mistreatment by their own PA law enforcement. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jerusalem District Court, PA police, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Authority Police, Palestinian violence

israelandstuffcom | July 19, 2017

Israel admits to sending tons of food, clothing, fuel and aid to Syrian refugees

The IDF revealed that it has been providing humanitarian aid, including half a million liters of diesel fuel and dozens of generators to about 200,000 Syrian citizens living in 80 villages and towns in the Syrian Golan Heights that is controlled by ‘friendly’ rebel groups, not affiliated with ISIS.

By Yoav Zitun & AFP

The IDF revealed Wednesday the scope of humanitarian aid that it helps provide the victims of the civil war in Syria. These efforts included transporting about half a million liters of diesel fuel, 360 tons of food, 77 tons of clothing and shoes, as well as dozens of generators and water delivery systems. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Mid-East News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Golan Heights, humanitarian aid, IDF, IDF Emergency Medical, Israel Syria, Syrian patients, Syrian refugees, Tikon Olam

israelandstuffcom | July 19, 2017

Netanyahu caught on ‘hot-mike’ when speaking to European leaders

Politicly Incorrect Netanyahu: “I think Europe has to decide if it wants to live and thrive or if it wants to shrivel and disappear. I am not very politically correct. I know that’s a shock to some of you…..But the truth is the truth, both about Europe’s security and Europe’s economic future. Both of these concerns mandate a different policy toward Israel.”
– MUST WATCH VIDEO: Netanyahu address the Visegrad Group – Leaders of Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

By David Rosenberg

A private conversation between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and four central and eastern European leaders was accidentally transmitted to journalists outside of the meeting, when Netanyahu forgot to remove a microphone he was wearing. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Binyamin Netanyahu, EU, EU bias, Visegrad Summit

israelandstuffcom | July 18, 2017

Assyrian Christians visit Israel, inspired by Jewish history they hope to emulate Israel’s resilience

Iraqi Christian youth leaders from North America are in Israel to witness its diversity, discuss the folly of BDS and harness the inspiration of a shared history in the rebuilding of their homeland after ISIS.

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

The terrorist attack on Friday in Jerusalem brought back memories of terror in Iraq for Diana, a member of a group of Assyrian youth leaders touring the country. “You go out and you don’t know if you are going to come back safely,” she recalls. “I saw people acting normally as if nothing happened, life goes on, memories came back.”

Her family of Chaldean Catholics left Kirkuk in Iraq in 2008 and moved to Canada, part of a wave of immigration of Christians who have left Iraq since the 1990s. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Assyrian Christians, BDS

israelandstuffcom | July 18, 2017