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| April 27, 2017
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Germany’s Choice: Foreign Minister meets anti-Israel NGOs, not Netanyahu

After consultations with his gov’t, having traveled to Israel to participate in Holocaust Memorial Day, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel chose to meet with two blatantly anti-Israel NGOs over a meeting with Israel’s elected Prime Minister.

By Tsvi Sadan

 

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel made a choice during his visit to Israel. He chosen to meet with two subversive NGOs rather than sit with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Gabriel’s choice would be akin to a visit to Germany by Israel’s Foreign Minister during which he met with German NGOs investigating German soldiers for war crimes in Afghanistan rather than meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2017
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Police discover trove of illegally held artifacts among weapons during raid on Palestinian home

 

Items dating from Hasmonean, Bar Kokhba, Second Temple, Assyrian, Roman and other periods are seized, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
• Suspect, accused of illegal commerce, says he bought the artifacts for his own private collection.

By Efrat Forsher & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Hundreds of archaeological artifacts, including items believed to be from the Bar Kokhba, Hasmonean, Second Temple, Assyrian, Roman and other periods, were confiscated early Tuesday in a joint raid by the police and Israel Defense Forces on a home belonging to a Palestinian man in the village of Huwara near Nablus.

Security forces found hundreds of rings, vases, statuettes, ceramic weights, rare jewelry, basalt stones for grinding wheat, lead tools, and water and oil jugs, along with a handgun and makeshift rifle – Photo: Israel Police

The overnight raid, carried out by the Samaria and Shai District police departments and the IDF’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit, came on the heels of intelligence information about an unusual, and illegal, inventory the man was keeping in the home. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2017
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Just like his cousin yesterday: Palestinian shot attempting to stab IDF soldier

 

Would-be murderer shot, neutralized at the scene near Huwara by soldier, with no injuries to Israeli side in 2nd such incident in the area in 2 days.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A knife-wielding Palestinian assailant attempted to stab Israeli security forces stationed near Huwara in the West Bank on Wednesday, the IDF said.

The would-be attacker was shot and wounded before being apprehended by Israeli forces. There was no injury to the Israeli side in the second such incident in the area in the past two days.
It was reported that the attackers of both incidents are cousins. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2017
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ICRC official corrects Palestinian assertions: ‘Israel is not an apartheid state’

 

Jacques De Maio, who heads the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation to Israel and the PA, clears up inaccuracies expressed to the ICRC about Israel: ‘There are no IDF orders to shoot suspects to kill, as political officials have tried to convince us’.
– De Maio also rejects claims of apartheid: ‘There isn’t a regime here that is based on the superiority of one race over another; there is no disenfranchisement of basic human rights based on so-called racial inferiority.’

By Sever Plocker

 

With an annual budget of about $2 billion and 16,000 staff, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the biggest humanitarian organization in the world. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2017
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REPORT: European gov’s, UN bodies financing Palestinian terror group PFLP

 

In its report, NGO Monitor exposes financial links between UN agencies and European governments with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, designated a terrorist organization by the US, EU & Israel.

By Amit Mizrahi

 

European governments finance civilian Palestinian organizations with clear ties terrorist groups to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a new NGO Monitor report said Monday.

Leila Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking in one of four simultaneous airline hijackings by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists.

NGO Monitor, is a watchdog group that promoted greater transparency among foreign-funded Israeli nongovernmental organization. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2017
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Arab MK blasts Israeli Minister for saying Negev is being taken over by Bedouin

 

As gov’t bulldozers level the illegal, unlicensed structures in the village of al-Arakib near Beersheba, for the 112th time, on grounds that they were unlawfully erected on state land, Arab MK says Construction Minister Yoav Gallant wants to imprison the desert populace in ghettos.

By BEN LYNFIELD

 

Construction Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday sharply criticized an alleged Beduin “takeover” of swaths of the Negev and called for increased settlement of Jews in its eastern part to stem perceived Beduin encroachment there.

The remarks, which raised the specter of intensified home demolitions against the Beduin, were condemned as racist and a false depiction of the situation in the Negev by Balad MK Goumha Azbarga. Continue Reading »

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| April 25, 2017
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WATCH: More F-35 stealths arrive in Israel for ‘Jewish conversion’ of ‘Made in Israel’ electronics

 

Upon arrival of the three F-35 jets, still plagued with original glitches, each aircraft will be immediately fitted with ‘Made in Israel’ electronic systems transferring the stealth fighter to a F-35i ‘Adir’, the most advanced jet-fighter in the world.

By Itay Blumental

 

Three F-35 stealth fighter jets landed on Sunday in Nevatim Airbase in the Negev, joining two others that arrived about four months ago.

The three planes will undergo a thorough testing and implementation procedure lasting about a year.

Israel became the first country after the US to receive the American-built jets, which will increase its ability to attack distant targets. Continue Reading »

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| April 25, 2017
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Palestinian terrorist neutralized in attempted stabbing-attack attempt in Samaria

 

Quick reaction by IDF soldier prevented Palestinian terrorist from  successfully hurting soldiers at a military intelligence base.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

An Arab terrorist attempted Tuesday afternoon to carry out a stabbing attack against IDF soldiers near the headquarters of the Military Intelligence in Samaria.

 

IDF soldiers stand guard – YouTube screenshot

The terrorist was shot by IDF forces while carrying out the attack. His condition is defined as critical. No further injuries were reported.

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, said: “Once again, we again witness attempts to disrupt our daily lives, and we thank the Golani soldiers for their vigilance and for their daily activities on behalf of the people of Israel. Continue Reading »

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| April 23, 2017
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18yr-old Palestinian goes on stabbing rampage near Tel Aviv promenade

 

Israel Police arrest an 18yr-old Palestinian male from the West Bank after lightly wounding three men and a woman in a horrific stabbing rampage near Tel Aviv’s Leonardo Beach Hotel on Hayarkon Street.

By Eli Senyor, Itay Blumental and Yoav Zitun

 

An 18-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank stabbed and lightly wounded three men and a woman in Tel Aviv near Leonardo Beach Hotel on Hayarkon Street Sunday afternoon.

Policemen and MDA teams were immediately called to the scene, where the assailant was arrested.

Scene of stabbing in Tel Aviv – Photo- MDA spokesperson

While the exact circumstances of the attack were not immediately known, initial police assessments indicated nationalistic motivation. Continue Reading »

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| April 23, 2017
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WATCH: Fox News’ Sean Hannity interviews Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel

 

Prime Minister Netanyahu asks Fox News’ Sean Hannity, ‘How can we make peace, when Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says the nice, fluffy things to western leaders, but to his people, he promises guaranteed payments to those who kill Israelis…and Americans, with money that originally comes from American & European taxpayers?’

By Chana Roberts

 

In an exclusive interview, Fox News‘ Sean Hannity interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Israel.

The two spoke about the Iran deal and the Iranian nuclear threat, the Israeli-Arab conflict, Netanyahu’s relationships with US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and more. Continue Reading »

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| April 22, 2017
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IDF retaliates, hitting Syrian targets after 3 mortars land in Israel’s Golan Heights

 

IDF unit opened fire on a position where 3 mortars were fire on Friday afternoon that landed & exploded in the Golan Heights. –  No physical injuries or damage were reported.

By i24NEWS

 

The Israeli military said on Friday that it had hit targets in Syria in response to three projectiles that landed in the Israeli Golan Heights earlier, in what the army said was likely stray fire from Syria’s civil war. There were no injuries or damage.

A mortar landed in an open area in the northern area of Israel, followed about an hour later by two additional projectiles, which triggered rocket alert sirens. Continue Reading »

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| April 22, 2017
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U.S. Amb. Haley: Iran, Hezbollah seeking to destabilize Middle East

 

WATCH U.S. envoy to the UN Nikki Haley tells Security Council, “The incredibly destructive nature of Iranian and Hezbollah activities throughout the Middle East demands much more of our attention. It should become this council’s priority in the region,” instead of engaging in what she called “routine Israel-bashing.”

By News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Iran and its ally Hezbollah on Thursday of conspiring to destabilize the Middle East — a charge “categorically” rejected by Iran’s U.N. envoy as a “misleading propaganda campaign” perpetrated by Israel and others in the region. Continue Reading »

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| April 21, 2017
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Lebanon PM Hariri asks UN to mediate end to “continuous violations” by Israel

 

PM Hariri, “I urge the UN secretary general to support efforts to secure, as soon as possible, a state of permanent ceasefire. This is long overdue and my government is committed to move this agenda forward.”

By REUTERS

 

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri asked the United Nations on Friday to help Lebanon and Israel move towards a permanent ceasefire and end what he called Israel’s “continuous violations” of Lebanese territory.

Israel and Lebanon’s Shi’ite Hezbollah group fought a month-long war in 2006 that concluded with a cessation of hostilities but without a formal peace deal.

From top to bottom: Snow capped Mt Herman, the Golan Heights, with Har Dov (center) and Shabba farms on its left (Underneath the snow capped mountain tops) with Kfar Ghjar village below.

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| April 21, 2017
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3 more F-35 stealth fighters to arrive in Israel Sunday

 

Upon delivery of the 3 new F-35s to the IAF, Israel’s fleet of the advanced stealth fighter-jets are to be modified with uniquely Israeli electronics, designating the further advanced aircraft as the F-35i.

By AFP

 

Israel is to take delivery of three more F-35 stealth fighters from the United States on Sunday, adding to two which arrived in December, an army statement said.

They are among 50 that Israel has agreed to buy from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin.

Israel’s first F-35i “Adir” on its ‘Maiden Flight’ – IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

US President Donald Trump has publicly upbraided Lockheed over “out of control” costs of the plane, the most expensive in history. Continue Reading »

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| April 21, 2017
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Hezbollah officer tells reporters Israel boosting its border defenses

 

As tensions rise along the Lebanese border with Israel, the Shiite terrorist group claims the IDF is fortifying its border for the next conflict.

By AFP

 

Lebanon’s Hezbollah sought Thursday to show that Israel is building up defences in anticipation of another conflict, after a string of statements from Israeli officials warning of a potential confrontation.

The powerful Shiite group, which fought a devastating war with the Jewish state in 2006, brought dozens of journalists on a rare and highly-choreographed trip to the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel.

“This tour is to show the defensive measures that the enemy is taking,” said Hezbollah spokesman Mohamed Afif, on a hilltop along the so-called Blue Line. Continue Reading »

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