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Gaza rocket lands in open area near Ashkelon, IDF response imminent

Tonights attack, still without reports of injuries or damage, follows a similar unprovoked rocket-attack earlier this week, causing Israeli jets to strike 5 Hamas targets in retaliation.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

A rocket exploded in an open area near the southern Ashkelon coastline Wednesday evening. There were no initial reports or injuries or damage.

Security forces were sweeping the area. Red alert sirens were not sounded as the rocket fell in an open area.

There has been no official claim of responsibility for the projectile’s launch, but Israel holds Hamas responsible for all fire coming from the Gaza Strip.

The incident comes just days after IDF jets struck five Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip earlier this week in retaliation for a rocket that landed in southern Israel overnight Sunday, the army confirmed on Monday. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Ashkelon, Gaza rockets, rocket attack

Trump’s gov’t tells UNHRC to end ‘obsession with Israel’ (VIDEO)

WATCH: US deputy assistant secretary of state tells UN Human Rights Council that, ‘to have any credibility, let alone success,’ it must end its biased agenda against Israel and that the U.S. will oppose all ‘attempts to delegitimize or isolate Israel, not just in the HRC, but wherever it occurs.’

By Reuters

The US Trump administration is reviewing its participation in the top United Nations human rights body, with an eye to reform and a balanced agenda that ends the forum’s “obsession with Israel”, a senior US official said on Wednesday.

“The United States also remains deeply troubled by the council’s consistent, unfair and unbalanced focus on one democratic country: Israel,” Erin Barclay, US deputy assistant secretary of state, told the UN Human Rights Council. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Israel bias, Erin Barclay, UN bias, United Nations Human Rights Council

Palestinian terrorist shot dead after stabbing civilian in home-invasion

MDA paramedics treat a 33 yr-old man wounded in the Har Hevron community after a knife-yielding Arab terrorist breaks into his home, stabbing him.

By Gary Willig

An Israeli civilian was lightly wounded when an Arab terrorist broke into his home in the Har Hevron region and stabbed him.

Magen David Adom EMTs and paramedics reported that they were treating a 33 year old man for stab wounds to his limbs.

Senior MDA EMT Shmuel Koren said: “When we arrived at the scene we saw a fully conscious injured man walking around. We provided medical treatment and stopped his bleeding, while he was in light and stable condition.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: knife attack, Palestinian terrorist, Stabbing Attack, terrorist neutralized

Taylor Force Bill would stop US funding to Palestinians if they continue stipends for terrorists

The Taylor Force Act is named after the former US Army officer who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian during a knifing rampage in Jaffa.
– Senator Lindsey Graham, “The Palestinians need to decide – do they condemn these horrible acts or do they reward them? You can’t be a partner in peace when you are paying people to commit terrorist acts.”

By MICHAEL WILNER

WASHINGTON – Republican lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Tuesday that would eliminate US funding for the Palestinian Authority critical to the organization’s ability to operate if it continues providing stipends to terrorists and their families. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Israel US, knife attack, Lindsey Graham, Palestinian propaganda, Palestinian terrorism, stipends for murderers, Taylor Force, ‘Palestinian’ incitement

REPORT: While Israel was fighting Hamas in Gaza, Obama was backing the enemy

J’lem Post managing editor said the 2014 Gaza conflict against Hamas’ missiles & terror-tunnels was an ‘unparalleled’ political success, as Israel sagaciously resisted a meretricious White House and turned to the Egyptians & Saudis to foster a ceasefire.

By Gary Willig

Jerusalem Post managing editor Caroline Glick called Operation Cast Lead “the most successful operation” in Israeli history in response to the State Comptroller’s report blasting the government for its handling of the tunnel threat.

Glick wrote on her Facebook page that Israel was facing not only Hamas during the 2014 Gaza conflict, but a hostile Obama Administration. “When talking about the political questions regarding Operation Protective Edge, we somehow ignore two important points. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Caroline Glick, Obama vs Netanyahu, Operation Cast Lead

Top FATAH official denied entry into Egypt, deported to Jordan

Jibril al Rajoub, a confidant of Palestinian antocrat Mahmoud Abbas - PMW

Jibril al Rajoub, an official in autocrat Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority, was not allowed entry into Egypt and detained at Cairo Int’l Airport until deported on first flight to Jordan.

By REUTERS

CAIRO – Egyptian airport security denied entry to a senior Palestinian official on Monday and deported him, sources at Cairo airport said.

Fatah official Jibril al Rajoub (L), at event commemorating Arafat awards plaques with map of “Palestine” erasing Israel – Photo source: PMW

Jibril al Rajoub, a confidant of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a high-ranking member of the central committee of Abbas’s Fatah movement, was told he was on a no-entry list and put on a flight to Jordan, the sources said. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Egypt, Fatah, Jibril Rajoub

3rd Palestinian garbage-truck confiscated for illegal dumping of solid-waste/garbage

Judea and Samaria Civil Administration officials confiscated the third PA garbage truck after being caught dumping trash at improper, illegal site.

By Yoel Domb

The Supervisory Unit of the IDF Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria confiscated a Palestinian Authority truck Monday after the truck was caught dumping garbage at an illegal waste disposal site between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. In the last two weeks two other PA trucks were impounded for similar offenses.

Confiscated Palestinian Authority garbage-trunk for illegal garbage/waste dumping – IDF Civil Administration

The illegal site began to be used for dumping recently after the Civil Administration closed another illegal site next to Qalqilya. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Civil Administration, Environment, garbage, PA

Egyptian army continues to destroy Hamas terror-tunnels on its Gaza border

Egypt continues to deal with chaos in the Sinai, destroying Hamas smuggler tunnels connecting to Gaza and now the Coptic Church says Christians are fleeing northern Sinai for their safety.

By Daniel Siryoti

The Egyptian military says it has discovered and destroyed weapons smuggling tunnels in the northern Sinai Peninsula, next to the Gaza border.

A military spokesperson told Egyptian media outlets that one tunnel, dug some 20 meters (66 feet) underground, branched out into three different tunnels.

Oxygen tanks and communication technology cables were found in the tunnels.

Missiles from Libya seized by Egyptian authorities before entering tunnels to Gaza

Meanwhile, the Coptic Church in Egypt said that dozens of Christian families living in the northern Sinai had been forced to flee their homes due to violence from Salafist radicals against Christians. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Egypt, Egyptian Coptic Christians, Sinai, smuggler tunnels

Facebook terminates FATAH movement page, blocks all 12 admins to 30 days each

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement had its Facebook page shut down, blocks the page’s 12 administrators for promoting violence, a violation of its community standards.

By i24NEWS – AFP

Facebook has shut down the page of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s party Fatah, apparently over a picture of late leader Yasser Arafat with a weapon, the movement said on Monday.

“We received a message that our page violated Facebook’s regulations,” Munir al-Jaghub, a media officer with Fatah and one of the page’s administrators, told AFP.

All 12 administers of the Fatah Movement page have received a 30 day-ban from posting on Facebook – Illustration: IsraelandStuff/PP

The accounts of the 12 administrators of the page, which according to Jaghub had 70,000 followers, were also suspended for 30 days. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Arafat, Facebook, Fatah

israelandstuffcom | February 27, 2017

IDF artillery hits Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fired at Israel early Monday morning

The rocket which caused no damage or injuries, was the 7th fired at Israel in the 30 days, did not activate the Iron Dome or the ‘Code Red’ siren having been tracked to land in an open field in Sha’ar HaNegev area.

By Yoav Zitun, Matan Tzuri, Elior Levy

The IDF attacked targets the Gaza Strip on Monday afternoon in response to a rocket fired from the strip that exploded in open area in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council in the early morning hours.

Among the targets of Monday’s IDF attacks was a military post near the Nuseirat Camp in the center of the Strip. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza rockets, IDF Artillery Corps, IDF response, Shaar Hanegev

israelandstuffcom | February 27, 2017

Israeli diplomatic official reports Australia to work to keep ICC off of Israel

A senior diplomatic official said Sunday that Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will defend Israel in hostile international forums against biased and unwarranted politicly motivated charges, designed to castigate Israel.

By HERB KEINON

SYDNEY – Australia is willing to be an “important player” in keeping pressure on the International Criminal Court so it is not used as a vehicle to attack Israel, a senior diplomatic official said Sunday, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, September 4, 2016 in Jerusalem – Photo: Israel’s GPO

Bishop, according to the official, committed Australia to continue defending Israel in hostile international forums, as it has done until now. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Australia, Julie Bishop

israelandstuffcom | February 26, 2017

Israel Hospitals threaten to end Syrian refugee treatment over lack of gov’t funding

Although the gov’t has partially paid, Israel’s Health Minister has ordered hospitals to stop treating Syrian refugees [if not life-threatening] starting next week, if Jerusalem doesn’t allocate funds to allay the financial burden.

By Rotem Elizera

Hospitals are warning that they will cease to admit wounded Syrian refugees for treatment starting next week, if the government does not help to provide assistance to allay the financial costs involved.

Director of the Government’s Medical Centers Division Dr. Orly Weinstein said in a letter sent Sunday to PMO Deputy Director Ehud Prawer that “as we know, public medical centers up north have been admitting Syrian refugees transferred by the defense establishment for the past four years now. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Health Ministry, medical attention, Syrian patients, Syrian refugees, Tikon Olam, Yaakov Litzman

israelandstuffcom | February 26, 2017

Western Wall security call police after discovering what’s inside cane of 60 yr-old tourist

Police are summoned after 60-year-old tourist arrived at the Western Wall entrance with an innocent-looking cane that security personnel found extremely perplexing.

By Ido Ben-Porat

Israeli police operating in the Western Wall plaza were called on Friday to the security post at the entrance to the Wall after a suspicious object was found in the possession of a 60-year-old tourist.

Cane sword – Photo: Israel Police Spokesman

Examining police officers found the tourist’s walking stick to contain a sword.

Police interrogated the tourist and heard from her that since she has trouble walking in the alleys of the Old City, she acquired in one of the shops a walking stick to get around with, which she used until arriving at the security post at the Western Wall’s entrance. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Police, Kotel, security, Western Wall

israelandstuffcom | February 25, 2017