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| May 23, 2017
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Egypt learns from Israel, initiating legislation against noisy Muezzin loudspeakers

 

Egypt’s new legislation to ban the use of loudspeakers by mosques, has led to widespread national anger as the country is already outraged over a Christian student who was accepted to study Dentistry at an Islamic University.

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

The Egyptians have a ‘muezzin bill’ debate of their very own: a dispute has broken out over the past day after Egypt’s Minister of Religious Endowments legislated to ban the use of loudspeakers by mosques during Taraweeh prayers – a special prayer only recited during the Muslim festival of Ramadan that is read following the fifth prayer of the day. Continue Reading »

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| May 23, 2017
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Sinai terrorists fire rocket at southern Israel, no injuries or damage reported

 

IDF & Israel Police are still searching for rocket debris to verify that it fell inside Israel, while examining the possibility it may have exploded in midair.
– No reports of injury or damage caused from the incident.

By Yoav Zitun & Matan Tzuri

 

A rocket was launched from the Sinai Peninsula at Israel early Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

The IDF is searching for the rocket to see if it fell inside Israel. It is examining the possibility the rocket exploded in midair. The Code Red rocket alert siren was not sounded when the rocket was launched as it was projected to land in an open, uninhabited area. Continue Reading »

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| May 23, 2017
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President Trump’s Israel visit included THREE historical firsts

 

If President Trump’s first foreign diplomatic trip to Israel seems short, or less ‘presidential’ than previous visits, you need to take a closer look.

By Phillip Pasmanick

 

U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Israel on Monday afternoon, and immediately made history. Air Force One’s flight to the Jewish State was the first flight to have a publicized flight plan to successfully fly directly from Saudi Arabia to Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.

Air Force One lands in Israel – Screenshot from Israel TV Channel 1

On board were two Jewish passengers, of whom one was known to Saudi authorities to have most likely visited Israel in the past. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2017
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Abbas willing to offer significant land swap with Israel in tomorrow’s Trump talks

 

A plan first proposed by Olmert in 2008 where Arabs renounce 6.5% of lands with Jewish presence, but under their political control, is now acceptable for land swaps according to a Palestinian source. 

By Mordechai Sones

 

PA President Mahmoud Abbas will present a plan by which the Arabs renounce 6.5 percent of the lands under their political control to Israel, three times as much as previously offered, during US President Donald Trump’s visit to Israel tomorrow (Tuesday), Middle East Eyereported.

The MEE quoted a PA official close to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as saying that the proposal excludes Jerusalem and appears to cement the vision of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2017
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Netanyahu: “Fifty years ago, we didn’t occupy, we liberated” Jerusalem

 

PM Netanyahu vows Israel ‘will continue to build in our capital’ Jerusalem, and reiterate positions on several key issues, just a day prior to US President Trump’s visit to Israel’s reunited capital.

By i24NEWS

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday that Israel would continue to build in “our capital” Jerusalem, declaring his country’s unquestionable sovereignty over the entirety of the city, including east Jerusalem and its holy sites such as the Western Wall and Temple Mount.

Jerusalem celebrates 50 years of reunification – Photo: Nir Barkat/Twitter

Netanyahu was speaking at a ceremony ahead of Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the re-unification of the city following the 1967 Six Day War in which Israel annexed east Jerusalem in a move not recognized by the international community. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2017
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Report: Lebanon arrests Iraqi suspected of spying for Israel

 

Since Lebanon and Israel are technically ‘at war’, over 100 people in Lebanon have been arrested since 2009 on suspicion of collaborating with the Jewish State, including Mansour Diab, a Lebanese officer who was convicted & sentenced to 20 years in prison for spying for Israel.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Lebanon’s state-run news agency is reporting that security forces have detained an Iraqi citizen who was allegedly spying for Israel.

The National News Agency said in the Saturday report that the Iraqi citizen confessed that he was recruited by an arm of the Israeli Defense Ministry to gather information about the Lebanese army and certain personalities in Lebanon. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2017
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WATCH: Israeli Air Force /USAF joint 2017 Juniper Falcon air exercise

 

While the new F-35i “Adir” stealth fighter didn’t participate in the drill, 30 IAF planes from the 69 Squadron which flies the F-15i Ram took part in the south of Israel out of the Air Force’s Uvda airbase near Eilat, flying alongside USAF F-15 jets.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

American and Israeli pilots successfully completed a two-week long joint drill in Israeli skies this past week with an emphasis on destroying mobile enemy targets, a senior Air Force official said on Sunday.

“It is important that in a changing and complex environment, especially due to the challenging and dynamic environment we find ourselves in, to know to to react quickly,” the senior officer told reporters, emphasizing that this sort of exercise is significant response to these challenges. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2017
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Hamas: “The statement describing Hamas as a terror group is rejected and is a distortion”

 

The Islamist Palestinian terrorist group that controls Gaza is steaming over being lumped together with ISIS & Hezbollah by President Trump in his Riyadh speech.
– WATCH President Trump’s speech.

By Ynetnews & Reuters

 

The Islamist Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump’s linking it to terrorism and said his description of the group showed his “complete bias” towards Israel.

Trump addressed the leaders of 55 Muslim (majority) countries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and said they must take the lead in combating radicalization.

“The true toll of ISIS, al-Qaida, Hezbollah, Hamas, and so many others, must be counted not only in the number of dead. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2017
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Mother of American teen murdered in Palestinian attack to address UN on PA terrorism

Abbas incites further by honoring those killed trying to kill Jews. - PMW screenshot

 

Ruth Schwartz, whose unarmed son Ezra (ז”ל) was murdered in a terror attack by a Palestinian in 2015, will plead to the UN to force an end, once & for all, to the PA’s incitement to murder via their generous monthly payments to terrorists and their families.

By David Rosenberg

 

Eighteen months ago, Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub, a Palestinian Authority terrorist, shot and murdered 18-year old Ezra Schwartz, 51-year old Yaakov Don, and 24-year old Shadi Arafa at the Etzion Junction south of Jerusalem.

The aftermath of Palestinian terrorist stabbing attack at the Etzion Junction south of Jerusalem. – Photo: MOSHE MIZRAHI/NEWS 24

Schwartz, a yeshiva student from Sharon, Massachusetts, was studying in Beit Shemesh for a year after completing high school. Continue Reading »

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| May 20, 2017
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Israel’s military & economic cooperation with India is booming

 

With India becoming one of Israel’s largest clients seeking military hardware, with annual deals worth over $1 billion, both sides acknowledge a win-win situation for both Israel and India.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Twenty-five years after Jerusalem and New Delhi established diplomatic relations, India has become one of the largest buyers of Israeli military hardware with annual defense deals worth over $1 billion. Prime Minister Narenda Modi is expected to undertake the historic first visit by an Indian PM to visit Jerusalem in early July, to highlight the growing bilateral relationship between the countries.

INS Trishul entering Jubail, Saudi Arabia – Indian Navy

On Tuesday, India’s Western Naval Command successfully conducted a trial firing of a medium-range surface-to-air missile from the INS Kochi stealth guided-missile destroyer. Continue Reading »

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| May 20, 2017
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Russia invites IDF to participate in International Army Games competition

 

IDF delegations in the fields of military medicine and logistics will be sent to Russia to compete against the military forces of 27 other countries in the annual International Army Games.

Alex Fishman

 

For the first time, the IDF has been invited to participate in the International Army Games against 27 other countries, including the Syrian Army.In the past three years, the Russians have been conducting an annual “military Olympics” in which various armies from the world compete in professional fields such as armor, paratroopers, military police, medicine, and more. The 2017 games will also include drone usage for the first time. Continue Reading »

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| May 20, 2017
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Israeli rights group to appeal Facebook’s nonintervention in Palestinian incitement case

 

After a New York court dismissed case over Facebook’s inaction against Palestinian incitement to violence and murder, Israeli rights center Shurat Hadin, laments ‘fatal mistake,’ accusing decision for ignoring ‘blood being spilled in the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.’

By The Associated Press

 

An Israeli rights group suing Facebook on behalf of families of victims killed by Palestinian attackers said on Thursday that it will appeal after the case was dismissed by a New York court.

Protesting Anti-Semitism and Incitement to violence, that flourishes on Facebook in Palo Alto. – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner said the court dismissed the lawsuit on grounds of immunity, according to the communications decency act.

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| May 19, 2017
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French President Macron vows NOT to recognize ‘Palestine’

 

France’s new liberal president said he would rather maintain a good relationship with the State of Israel than “undermine stability” and recognize ‘Palestine.’

By Israel Today Staff

 

Palestinian Arabs probably celebrated the victory of Emmanuel Macron in France’s presidential election last week.

After all, his opponent, Marine Le Pen, made abundantly clear her frustration with, if not outright disdain for, the Islamic world.

Supporters of Macron celebrating his victory at the Louvre on 7 May – Photo: Lorie Shaull/Wikimedia

But there was another aspect to the election for Palestinians, who have in recent years tried to get France to take a central role in the Middle East peace process, confident that the liberal European power would be among the first to openly embrace a Palestinian state. Continue Reading »

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| May 19, 2017
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Trump interview: Peace may “come about much sooner than anybody has ever projected.”

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said in an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom, “I love the people of Israel, I am working very hard to finally have peace for Israel and the Palestinians”
• Trump admitted he hasn’t yet ruled out visiting the Western Wall with PM Netanyahu.

By Boaz Bismuth

 

U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet decided who will accompany him to the Western Wall during his upcoming visit to Israel, but he told Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview Thursday: “We have great respect and friendship for [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.”

Israel Hayom Editor-in-Chief Boaz Bismuth and U.S.

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| May 19, 2017
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Israeli Minister protests US map of Israel in White House video, now deleted

 

Coincidence?
White House video displaying map of Israel omitting the West Bank and Golan Heights went missing from official White House YouTube account shortly after receiving angry response from Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, saying, ‘I hope this is just ignorance and not policy.’

By Moran Azulay

 

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) voiced her disapproval Friday of a map of Israel recently circulated by the White House ahead of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit which failed to include the West Bank and the Golan Heights. “I hope this is just ignorance and not policy,” Shaked said.

Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked

Speaking at an event in Ramat Gan, Shaked reminded her audience that her party was given a mandate to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state. Continue Reading »

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