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| March 7, 2017
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Israel’s gov’t passes marijuana reform towards decriminalization

 

Vote favors decriminalizing recreational use, with PM Netanyahu saying the move needs to be done in a careful and controlled method.
• New law imposes only fines for 1st & 2nd-time offenders, but growing & selling marijuana will remain criminal offenses.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.S. states and European countries that have adopted a similar approach.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet at its weekly meeting Sunday that a team of experts had studied the matter and that “this obviously needs to be done in a careful and controlled manner.” Continue Reading »

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| March 7, 2017
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REPORT: Switzerland funds NGOs that promotes killing Jews and Israel’s annihilation

 

According to a Basler Zeitung report, Switzerland finances NGOs in the Palestinian territories and in Israel, that calls for the murder of Jews and works for the destruction of Israel.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 

A February article in the Swiss daily Basler Zeitung reported that some of the nearly $60 million its government has sent in support of Middle East projects also funds initiatives that call for the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews.

“Switzerland finances in different ways organizations in Israel and the Palestinian territories that call for the annihilation of Israel and for the death of Jews,” wrote Dominik Feusi, senior editor of Basler Zeitung. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2017
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Israel Border Police terminate terrorist during shoutout, recover illegal automatic weapons

 

A YAMAM SWAT team returned fire killing the terror suspect after coming under automatic fire while attempting to detain the 31yr-old Palestinian near Ramallah.
– Subsequent search of the premises revealed two illegal M-16 assault rifles & a submachine gun.

By Yoav Zitun and Elior Levy

 

A wanted Palestinian terror suspect was killed during a shootout with the Border Police’s elite YAMAM unit after opening fire at officers who were attempting to apprehend him early Monday morning.

The Carl Gustav submachine gun seized at the scene after the shootout.- Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Basel Al-Araj, 31, was killed in Al-Bireh, near Ramallah.

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| March 6, 2017
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WATCH: New York Governor visits Jerusalem and proclaims ‘Shimon Peres Day’

 

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced while visiting Jerusalem, “The first Sunday in June is also the day historically of the Israeli Parade in New York. That day will now be dedicated to Shimon Peres, and I think the president would appreciate that,” he added.

By Ido Ben Porat

 

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is on a visit to Israel, on Sunday proclaimed the first Sunday in June as “Shimon Peres Day” after Israel’s former Prime Minister and President, who passed away in September.

“Shimon Peres was an asset to the world. He was one of the more gifted leaders that this world has seen. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2017
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REVEALED: How Obama’s administration covertly supported Hamas against Israel

 

Had PM Netanyahu informed the public of the betrayals & the knowledge that the US was covertly backing Hamas, it would have caused more embargoes, abandonment of Israel at the UN and other int’l forums and even more funding to Hamas, so Netanyahu had to fight the diplomatic fight of his life secretly.

REVEALED: The Obama administration’s support for Hamas was not passive
– By Caroline B. Glick

 

Israel’s State Comptroller’s Report on Operation Protective Edge, the Jewish state’s war with Hamas in the summer of 2014, is exceedingly detailed. The problem is that it addresses the wrong details. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2017
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REPORT: Abbas rejected Egyptian led peace summit including regional Arab leaders

 

Causing friction with Egyptian President al-Sissi, the PA autocrat Abbas rejected the Arab led regional peace summit, using Israel as an excuse, spouting, ‘Israel wasn’t serious about peace’.

By i24NEWS

 

Some Arab Quartet states stopped their donations in mid-2016 in order to pressure PA President Mahmoud Abbas to initiate political reforms that will lead to peace with Israel. – IsraelandStuff/PP

Palestinian President Mahmuod Abbas opposed attempts made last year to hold a regional peace summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi with the participation of other Arab leaders, Haaretz reported Sunday.

Palestinian sources told Haaretz that an offer made by President Sissi to host a summit in Egypt angered President Abbas as he thought the Israeli government would not be serious about the peace initiative in negotiations. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2017
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PM Netanyahu thunderstruck to hear street named after Yasser Arafat

 

After learning that WAZE displayed a street named after the late PLO chief in the northern Arab town of Jatt, PM Netanyahu vowed to have the street renamed.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

“I heard about the IDF veterans’ efforts to combat the decision to name a street in the Jatt local council after [former PLO leader] Yasser Arafat,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday. “I spoke to Interior Minister Aryeh Deri about it, and he told me that his ministry never approved such a move. No street in the State of Israel shall be named after Arafat — we will take action to have the sign removed. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2017
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IDF Radio reports: Aleppo family claiming to be Jewish asks Israel to extricate them

 

Jewish Agency spokesperson: “We are looking into the matter in order to determine whether the information can be verified and will act accordingly.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF, TAMARA ZIEVE

 

A family from Syria’s war-torn Aleppo is appealing to the state of Israel for refuge, citing their Jewish heritage, Amy Radio reported Sunday.

Courtyard of Aleppo’s Central Synagogue – Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Govorkov

“There is nobody who can help us to get out of this place,” said 30-year-old Aleppo resident Razan (real name withheld) in an audio recording aired on the radio station. “We are asking that the Israeli government does not abandon us, but helps us get out of here to another country. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2017
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PLO demands UK compensate Palestinians for Balfour Declaration

 

PLO official in Gaza calls on British PM Theresa May’s gov’t accept a Palestinian State as compensation for the Balfour Declaration.

By Dalit Halevi

 

Palestine Liberation Organization-Executive Committee Head and leader of Fatah’s Gaza branch Zakaria_al-Agha called on Britain to immediately recognize a Palestinian state.

During a visit to the Al-Shati “refugee camp” in northern Gaza on March 2, al-Agha emphasized the importance of the Arabs putting aside differences and joining forces to end the “occupation” in Judea and Samaria. He also said the Arabs need to fight Israel’s attempt to “Judaize” Jerusalem.

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

PA autocrat Abbas incites further by honoring those killed trying to kill Jews. 

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| March 5, 2017
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US Congressional delegation in Israel to assess Embassy relocation to Jerusalem

 

Previous threats of violence from Palestinian and Jordanian leaders have not stopped moving the embassy, but could spark violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, as a way the Palestinian leadership maintains the status quo.

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An official United States delegation led by Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is briefly visiting Israel on Saturday and Sunday to study the possibility of relocating the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“The delegation is in Jerusalem to learn first hand what it will mean to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” said Ruth Lieberman, a friend of DeSantis and a political advisor in Israel. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2017
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Arrest made in U.S. Jewish Community Centers bomb-threats

 

Law enforcement officials reported Juan Thompson, a disgraced former journalist, was arrested after the FBI traced multiple bomb threats against Jewish community centers & the Anti-Defamation League to the St. Louis native.

Elad Benari, Canada

 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a man in St Louis, Missouri, who is suspected of making bomb threats to Jewish community centers and schools around the United States, AFP reports.

The Justice Department said Juan Thompson, 31, was thought to be behind at least eight of more than 105 threats made in recent weeks to Jewish schools, community centers and other institutions.

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| March 3, 2017
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Facebook Reinstates the Fatah Movement Page with Apologies to Palestinian Terrorists

Fatah Facebook Page - Screenshot: Facebook/IsraelandStuff/PP

 

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement had its Facebook page shut down with the page’s 12 administrators receiving 30 day bans for promoting violence, a violation of its community standards. After protest, the page was returned, administrators reinstated, and apologies given to Fatah movement.

By Israel Today Staff

 

To the stunned approval of Israel and its supporters Facebook earlier this week shut down the official account of the ruling Palestinian faction, Fatah.

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

Someone apparently felt Fatah had violated Facebook community standards by posting an old photo of its former leader, Yasser Arafat, posing with a rifle next to the group’s current leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2017
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Air India begins direct Israel-New Delhi flights in May

 

India’s largest airline, Air India, announces three weekly direct flights between New Delhi, Tel Aviv to begin in May, to augment the only current direct Israel-New Delhi flights that are via El Al.
• Also, Tus Airways of Cyprus launches its new direct flights from Athens to Haifa.

By Ilan Gattegno, Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

India’s largest airline, Air India, on Thursday announced plans to launch direct flights between Tel Aviv and New Delhi, saying that it plans to have three weekly flights on the route, which is expected to become operational in May.

The route is expected to serve the increasing number of Indian tourists visiting Israel and Israelis traveling to India as a result of the strong ties developed between the two countries. Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2017
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New Israel-US partnership opens cannabis production lab in New Mexico

 

The manufacture of smokeless, accurately dosed cannabis medication, “with an equal THC – CBD ratio,” is now being produced to treat a wide variety of illnesses, according to the 2 partners’ ‘joint’ statement (no pun intended).

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An Israeli and New Mexican company have joined forces to launch the first-ever pharmaceutical cannabis production lab in the United States.

The Lod-based Panaxia Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Ultra Health have opened a facility in Bernalillo, New Mexico, that will manufacture smokeless, accurately dosed cannabis medication in a variety of delivery methods, the companies announced this week in a joint statement. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2017
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Israeli Jets & Tanks Respond to Two Days of Unprovoked Attacks From Gaza

 

Even though Israel didn’t respond to last night’s rocket fired on Israel, today shots were fired at IDF troops carrying out routine security activities near the security fence along the Gaza border.
– IDF jets & tanks destroy 3 Hamas posts in Gaza in retaliation, leaving Defense Minister Liberman saying, “We will respond to every firing to our territory. That is what we did today and that is what we will also do in the future.”

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The IDF carried out an airstrike and artillery shelling against multiple Hamas targets in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip following gunfire shot toward IDF troops, the army stated on Thursday. Continue Reading »

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