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| June 21, 2017
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Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo open’s door to capital’s first huge aquarium

 

Zoo director Shai Doron hopes the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo’s new aquarium, which took 8 years to build, will educate visitors with their 33 tanks housing hundreds of species, on the need to preserve marine life and its habitats.

Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo has inaugurated the city’s first aquarium, which displays hundreds of species of marine life from the Mediterranean and the Red seas.

The 7,000 square-meter aquarium, which took eight years to build and cost 100 million shekels ($284 million), opened to the media on Monday and is due to open to the public soon. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2017
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Palestinians conniving to acquire Cave of the Patriarchs as theirs from UNESCO

 

Cave of the Patriarchs, the sacred burial tomb of the Jewish Patriarchs Abraham & Sarah, Isaac & Rebecca & Jacob & Leah, Rabbi Hai Gaon and Eve, the first woman is being hijacked at UNESCO by the PA as a Palestinian Heritage Site to sever all Jewish connections to Hevron.

By Mordechai Sones

 

The Palestinian Authority is asking the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO to meet in two weeks to recognize the Old City of Hevron and the Tomb of the Patriarchs as Palestinian Heritage Sites.

There are currently 1,052 World Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO, of which 9 are Israeli and 2 are in areas currently administered by the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2017
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Armed Palestinian neutralized during attempt to stab IDF soldier

As the Palestinian pulls out his kitchen-knife at a checkpoint in the West Bank in an attempt to kill a soldier during a routine check, the alert soldiers watching immediately react shooting him dead before he can butcher anyone.

By Elisha Ben Kimon & Yoav Zeitun

 

A Palestinian pulled out a knife and attempted to stab soldiers from the Home Front Command on Tuesday afternoon in the West Bank, the IDF has reported.

An Israel Police officer over the body of the Palestinian attacker – Israel Police

The soldiers were carrying out a routine check near Adam Square in Benjamin, north of Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2017
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Kushner’s arrival in Israel Wednesday meant to advance Jason Greenblatt’s peace efforts

 

Jason Greenblatt, who arrived in Israel on Monday is scheduled to hold meetings in Jerusalem & Ramallah until the arrival on Wednesday of Trump’s son-in-law adviser and all-around trouble-shooter, Jared Kushner, “in trying to achieve the ultimate deal,” said former US ambassador Dan Shapiro, in a conference call on Monday.

By HERB KEINON

 

US President Donald Trump, in the thick of all kinds of investigations at home, has managed to create leverage in the Middle East. But it is the type of leverage that needs to be used quickly before it dissolves.

That at least is how former US ambassador Dan Shapiro looks at the Trump administration’s continuing diplomatic push in the region – one that will be reinforced Wednesday with the arrival of Trump’s son-in-law, adviser and all-around trouble-shooter, Jared Kushner. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2017
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PM Netanyahu tells Iran after missile strike on Syria, “Don’t threaten Israel”

 

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Israel was not worried by the Iranian strike, being their first strike outside its own territory in nearly 30 years. “Israel is prepared for every development, we have no concerns or worries.”

By i24NEWS

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran not to threaten Israel on Monday, hours after the Iranian army fired ballistic missiles at a Syrian base of the Islamic State.

“I have one message for Iran: Don’t threaten Israel,” Netanyahu said, reported AFP.

A picture provided by the Iran’s state TV official website shows Iranian Revolutionary Guards launching a missile from an undisclosed location in western Iran, towards Islamic State bases in Syria – IRIB TV/AFP

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it fired six missiles targeting “terror bases” of the Islamic State in eastern Syria on Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2017
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UN Watchdog: UNHRC’s attacks on Israel prove corrupt, entrenched political bias

According to NGO Monitor, “The UN Human Rights Council is singling out Israel through the misuse of int’l law and the employment of double standards…The attacks on Israel prove that the entrenched political bias of the council requires immediate action.”
• NGO Monitor plans to confront UNHRC in Geneva.

By Lital Shemesh

 

Jerusalem-based watchdog group NGO Monitor is accusing the U.N. Human Rights Council of deception and bias for its decision to compile a “blacklist” of companies from or with ties to Israel that operate beyond the Green Line, with the aim of declaring them illegal.

UN Human Rights Council – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Commons

At the council’s headquarters in Geneva on Monday, members of the watchdog group were set to argue the move by the UNHRC unfairly singles out Israel, while ignoring other conflict zones around the world where international companies are free to do business. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2017
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British Police protect pro-Hezbollah, Iranian supporters at Al-Quds Day March in London

 

Among the chants by the pro-terrorist groups protected by the Metropolitan Police at London’s anti-Israel demonstration included: “Zionists/ISIS are the same. Only difference is the name,”  “Zionist are to blame for the apartment fire” and “We are all Hezbollah.”

By JTA

 

Marchers in the annual Al-Quds Day parade in London blamed a fire in a low-income apartment complex that left at least 58 dead on “Zionists.”

Hundreds marched Sunday afternoon behind the Palestinian flag and behind a flag of Hezbollah, which has been named in Britain as an illegal terror organization. Many marchers also carried paper versions of the Hezbollah flag. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2017
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The USS George H.W. Bush to dock in Haifa

 

The USS George H.W. Bush nuclear aircraft carrier will be anchored off Haifa port for the first time in 17 years, as the ship takes part in air operations against ISIS.
– The ship’s personnel will be provided with dozens of buses to tour Haifa and other parts of Israel.

By Ahiya Ravad and TPS

 

The USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier will dock in Haifa Bay for the first time in 17 years as it heads back to the Syrian coast to take part in the air campaign against ISIS, the United States Navy said.

USS George H.W.

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| June 19, 2017
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Tel Aviv University plans Center for Israel Studies at Mumbai University

 

A conference in New Delhi to mark 25 years since the start of diplomatic relations between Israel & India was originally scheduled to be a one-time event, but was so successful, it will now be held annually.

By Tel Aviv University- Global TAU

 

To mark 25 years since the beginning of diplomatic relations between Israel and India, Tel Aviv University held two joint academic conferences with Indian institutions this year. The first was held at Mumbai University in Mumbai, and the second with Jindal University, held in the capital of New Delhi.

At the conference in Mumbai a new joint center was announced: the Center for Israel Studies. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2017
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Wall Street Journal: Israel secretly supplies Syrian rebel groups

 

The WSJ reports that Israel’s policy is to ensure that Iranian-allied militant groups operating in Syria, most notably Hezbollah, are kept away from Israeli territory, including the Golan Heights.

By i24NEWS

 

Israel has been supplying Syrian rebel groups in the Golan Heights with funding, medical supplies, food and hard cash in an effort to create a security buffer to protect the country’s border from the maelstrom of the Syrian civil war, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) set up a military unit that is specifically tasked with supporting certain independent rebel groups who are not currently backed by Western powers, the Journal reported, adding that Israel provides money which the groups use to pay fighters and buy weapons. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2017
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Jerusalem setting up conditions to draw Hollywood productions to Israel

 

MK Michael Oren moves to realize formation of “Holy-wood” film authority, with special grants of up to 35% of investment value, paving the way for Israel to host big-budget productions for Hollywood.

By Mati Tuchfled

 

 

A new initiative by the Finance Ministry aims to turn Israel into a desirable location for the biggest Hollywood producers, Israel Hayom learned over the weekend.

Formulated by MK Michael Oren, deputy minister for foreign policy in the Prime Minister’s Office, the plan would have Israel establish a new government body to attract big-budget productions by wooing them with sizable grants.

Oren came up with the plan after commissioning a professional survey from international consulting firm KPMG. Continue Reading »

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| June 18, 2017
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PLO official threatens to charge Israel at ICC in the Hague over ‘piracy’

 

Executive Committee member of the PLO says he will charge Israel of ‘piracy’ at the ICC should Jerusalem enforce a new Knesset bill to withhold funds from the PA that’s equal to their monthly stipends paid to families of dead terrorists, and murderers in prison.

By Gary Willig

 

The Palestinian Authority will take Israel to the International Criminal Court over recent steps to punish the PA for its continuing payments to terrorists in Israeli prisons and to the families of terrorists, a senior PA official claimed.

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| June 18, 2017
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Donald Trump Jr. calls out BBC on Twitter for blatant anti-Israel bias in Jerusalem terror-attack

 

BBC’s headline “Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem” omitted they were killed for shooting sub-machine gun & knife attack on Israelis

By i24NEWS

 

The son of US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to criticize the BBC’s reporting of a recent terrorist attack in Jerusalem.

Donald Trump Jr. said the BBC‘s headline, “Three Palestinians killed after deadly stabbing in Jerusalem” failed to describe how the Palestinian assailants were killed as they attacked civilians and Israeli soldiers.

“You mean after they stabbed a female Israeli police officer to death… right? This is as close to being misleading as possible,” Trump Jr. Continue Reading »

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| June 18, 2017
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REPORT: Israel, Saudi Arabia discuss rapprochement

 

Although denied by Saudi leadership the British Times reports possibility of Israeli airline El Al being allowed to fly over Saudi airspace and Israeli businesses being allowed to operate in the Persian Gulf.

By Ynet

 

Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly been holding talks to establish economic ties, according to British newspaper The Times, which cited American and Arab sources in its report.

Former Saudi general Dr. Anwar Eshki (center, in striped tie) and other members of his delegation, meet with Israeli Knesset members and others during a visit to Israel on July 22, 2016. – Photo: Twitter

According to the report, the historic move, if implemented, could be the first step toward normalizing relations and would begin with Israeli businesses being allowed to operate in the Persian Gulf. Continue Reading »

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| June 17, 2017
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UN envoy: Palestinian terrorists should not be extolled as ‘Heroes’

 

UN official Nickolay Mladenov says he is appalled how Palestinian groups praised the terrorists’ attack as ‘heroic’ and that the reaction should instead have been explicit condemnation of such violence.

By JOY BERNARD

 

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov condemned Friday’s brutal terror attack that resulted in the death of 23-year-old border policewoman Hadas Malka.

“My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, and I wish a speedy recovery to the injured,” Mladenov said in an official statement released on Saturday afternoon. Continue Reading »

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