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3 terrorists neutralized in Jerusalem attack, stabbed Border Policewoman in critical condition

In ongoing Palestinian terrorist attack, a female Magav police officer was evacuated to hospital in serious condition, with 4 other injured in light to moderate conditions, with police searching Jerusalem to see if forth terrorist was involved.
– Attack in Jerusalem was in 2 places, using knives and automatic rifle.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Authorities said Friday that a police officer was critically wounded following a stabbing attack near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israel Border Police officer stabbed outside Damascus Gate – Screenshot: J’lemPost

The female police officer, 20, was evacuated to nearby Hadassah University Medical Center for treatment. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Damascus Gate, terrorist attack

Netanyahu allows 5 Palestinian cities to expand into Israeli controlled territory

Right-wing politicians are up in arms over allowed expansion from ‘Area A’ into ‘Area C’ for 5 Palestinian cities as Jewish construction in ‘Area C’ remains stifled.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF, GIL HOFFMAN, HERB KEINON

Israel notified the Palestinian Authority that five Palestinian cities – Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem, Jenin and Kalkilya – would be allowed to expand from Area A into Area C, MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) told Army Radio on Thursday night.

Tibi spoke prior to the anticipated return of US envoy Jason Greenblatt to the region, who was last here two weeks ago to speak with Israelis and Palestinians about US President Donald Trump’s peace efforts.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Area A, Area C, new construction

Autocrat Mahmoud Abbas censors news websites critical to his rule

Human Rights Watch has accused Abbas’ gov’t of arresting and abusing local journalists and activists critical of PA policies, seen as a violation of media freedom and freedom of speech.

By i24NEWS

The Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank has blocked 11 news websites associated with their Gaza-based rivals Hamas and other political adversaries critical of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to Arabic media reports.

Autocrat of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas – AP

The shutdowns were ordered by the Palestinian Attorney General’s office, with Palestinian media outlets quoting one anonymous official as saying that the sites blocked were in “violation of the rules of publications” which bars the dissemination of alleged fake news and defamation. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Abbas Hamas, Fatah-Hamas, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press

Tel Aviv University reveal unseen inscription from First Temple era with new technology

Researchers at Tel Aviv University use multispectral imaging technology were able to read additional letters and words in the existing inscription dating back almost 3,000 years, on one side of the clay, and to their surprise, three “new” lines appeared.

By Ilan Gattegno

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have uncovered a Hebrew inscription on a shard of pottery dating back to the First Temple era (the 11th to 5th centuries BCE) using new multispectral imaging technology, the “Plos One” multidisciplinary scientific journal reported Wednesday.

The inscription discovered on the pottery – Photo Courtesy Tel Aviv University

The shard, discovered decades ago, was believed to have been inscription-free on one side, but the multispectral imaging technology revealed it was used as part of a delivery of supplies to a military unit sent to Tel Arad, west of the Dead Sea. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Dr. Anat Mendel Geberovich, First Temple, Israel archaeology, Tel Aviv University

500 IDF Special Forces commandos participate in extensive military drill in Cyprus

WATCH: The first of its kind and one of the largest exercises by Israeli commandos held on foreign territory, it involved close to 500 combat soldiers from the Egoz special forces unit as well as 3 Super Hercules transport planes and 10 Black Hawk helicopters.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

Israeli commandos wrapped up a large scale drill in Cyprus on Thursday, returning to Israel after an intensive three-day drill on the island nation.

500 combat soldiers from the Egoz special forces unit during-a-large scale drill in Cyprus June 2017 – IDF Spokespersons-Unit

The advanced drill involved close to 500 combat soldiers from the Egoz special forces unit as well as Super Hercules transport planes, 10 Black Hawk helicopters, and around 100 Cypriots. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, IDF's Egoz, Israel Cyprus, Military cooperation, Military exercises

UN agency accuses Israel of extrajudicial executions omitting they were armed terrorists

A United Nations group has charged Israel in their report of using “force that has at times been deemed excessive” against the Palestinians, “which may have amounted to extrajudicial executions.”

By Itamar Eichner

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accused Israel in a report Wednesday of using “force that has at times been deemed excessive” against the Palestinians, “which may have amounted to extrajudicial executions.”According to ECOSOC, from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017, Israeli security forces killed 63 Palestinians, including 19 children, and wounded 2,276 others, including 562 children.

Nov 25, 2015 – As daily Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis continue, and while most int’l media outlets choose to downplay or ignore the Israeli suffering – Israel Hayom journalist Lital Shemesh decided to do something to raise awareness of the 22 Israelis murdered so far in shootings, stabbings and car-ramming terror attacks by murderous Palestinians.

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel Propaganda, anti-Israel resolution, Danny Danon, ECOSOC), UN, UN bias

Jerusalem to expel UN official from Israel

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands UN staffer Robert Piper be replaced after his improper public critique of Israeli military policies in Judea and Samaria.

By Mordechai Sones

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is demanding that Robert Piper, a United Nations staffer be replaced after learning of comments he made that were critical of Israel, Walla news site reported.

Israel is also threatening to revoke the residency permit of the staffer, who works as the United Nations Humanitarian Aid and Development Coordinator.

Official (extremely biased) logos to six different UNRWA financed schools that include the UN logos, but with map of Israel replaced by Palestine.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel Propaganda, UN bias

Amb. Nikki Haley threatens US exit from UNHRC if Israel charged at Int’l Court

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is unhappy the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is taking steps outside the purview of its mandate in turning Israel to the International Court of Justice saying, “It’s actions like these that are forcing us to evaluate the United States’ future on the Human Rights Council.”

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

The United States warned that it would leave the United Nations Human Rights Council if it turns to the International Court of Justice at The Hague for a broad advisory opinion on Israeli actions in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley issued a statement on the matter after learning that the UN might ask the International Court of Justice to comment on the failure of both Israelis and Palestinians to comply with humanitarian law. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Israel US, Nikki Haley, UNHRC, United Nations

Palestinian official refutes US Sec. Tillerson: ‘Pay to Slay’ for imprisoned killers won’t stop

Issa Karaka, the head of Prisoner Affairs at the Palestinian Authority denies halting payments to terrorists’ families, saying Tillerson’s statement was ‘a declaration of war against Abbas and the PA’.
MEANWHILE: A bill in Israel’s Knesset to deduct the amount of funds the PA pays prisoners and their families from money Israel transfers to the Palestinians, is advancing through committees.

By Elior Levy

The head of Prisoner Affairs at the Palestinian Authority, Issa Karaka, denied on Wednesday a claim by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the PA has stopped paying salaries to families of terrorists.In a hearing at the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Tillerson said both he and Trump had directly discussed this with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and that he had received a report saying the Palestinians “have changed that policy and their intent is to cease the payments to the families of those who have committed murder or violence against others.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Issa Karaka, Palestinian Pay to Slay, Rex Tillerson, stipends for murderers

US Envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley: Latest UNHRC report also ‘reeks of anti-Israel bias’

In the statement issued to the UNHRC, Haley wrote, “This report is just the latest example of the Human Rights Council singling out Israel rather than focusing on the world’s actual human rights abusers. Not only does it undermine the credibility of the Human Rights Council on human rights issues, but it once again highlights the unfair bias of the UN when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
• MUST VIEW: latest UN Watch video exposing the UN’s anti-Israel bias.

By Elad Benari

Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the UN, on Tuesday expressed concern about an anti-Israel report released by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which offered to “advise and support” efforts to create a “blacklist” database of companies operating in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights, and eastern Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: anti-Israel bias, Danny Danon, Nikki Haley, UN bias, UN Watch, UNHRC

Israeli firm files patent application for 3-D “biological ink” for organ printing

CollPlant’s bio-ink enables the 3-D printing of tissue and organs, with the aim of providing a solution to the significant need of life saving organs.

By SHARON UDASIN

The Israeli regenerative medicine company CollPlant has filed a US to be used in the three-dimensional printing of tissues and organs.

CollPlant’s patent application refers to formulations of bio-ink based on the firm’s rhCollagen (recombinant type 1 human collage), a plant-based technology that mimics human collagen – the main structural protein in connective tissues. By filing the patent, the Ness Ziona-based company expressed hopes of establishing its position as a leader in three-dimensional biological printing and of forming partnerships in the field of organ printing. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: 3D printing, Israeli Technology, medical technology

Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand returns to Wellington, ending diplomatic dispute

After the two leaders spoke on the phone earlier this week, New Zealand’s PM wrote in a letter to Netanyahu, “I regret the damage done to Israel-New Zealand relations as a result of New Zealand proposing Resolution 2334 at the Security Council.”

By Reuters

Israel said on Tuesday its ambassador to New Zealand will return to his post, ending a six-month rift in relations over a United Nations resolution against Israeli settlements on territory which Palestinians seek for a state.Israel recalled the ambassador in December after New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal sponsored a UN Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement activity .

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: diplomacy, diplomatic ties, Israel New Zealand

U.S. Secretary of State: Palestinian leader will stop paying terrorists & their families

Secretary of State Tillerson reported in testimony during a Senate hearing that the PA, led by Mahmoud Abbas, has changed its policy of paying monthly stipends to families of convicted terrorists following pressure from President Trump.

By Elad Benari

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has changed its policy of paying families of convicted terrorists, and intends to stop supporting them as a result of pressure from the Trump administration, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.

Tillerson’s comments came during a public hearing in the Senate on the State Department’s budget. He was quoted in a report in Haaretz. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian Authority, Rex Tillerson, stipends for murderers

israelandstuffcom | June 13, 2017