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REPORT: Trump’s State Dept thwart Obama’s devious attempt to transfer $221 million to Palestinians

The State Department is reviewing a last-minute decision by former Sec. of State John Kerry to send $221 million to the Palestinians, funds Obama had for some time been pressing to release, and was to be sent directly to the West Bank & Gaza.

By Alex Lockie and Associated Press

The State Department is reviewing a last-minute decision by former Secretary of State John Kerry to send $221 million dollars to the Palestinians late last week over the objections of congressional Republicans.

The department said Tuesday it would look at the payment, one of the Obama administration’s final acts in office, and might make adjustments to ensure it comports with the Trump administration’s priorities. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, Palestinain Authority, Palestinian aid, stipends for murderers, U.S. Congress, U.S. State Department

israelandstuffcom | January 27, 2017

Chile Supreme Court rejects Palestinian lawsuit against three Israeli Judges

Chile’s Supreme Court rejected a Palestinian appeal to indict Israeli judges because there wasn’t any evidence to charge them as criminals, let alone war criminals or for crimes against humanity.

By Tovah Tzimuki

A complaint against three Israeli Supreme Court justices has been rejected in Chile for a second time.

Former Israeli Judge Asher Grunis – By Oyoyoy:Wikimedia Commons

The three – Former Judge Asher Grunis, Judge Uzi Feldman, and Judge Nil Handel – had complaints against them for their part in permitting the construction of the West Bank security barrier in the Beit Jala area.

The complaint was issued by the Palestinian Federation of Chile in November to the Supreme Court of Chile. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel bias, Ayelet Shaked, Palestinian propaganda, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Chile

Israel moves to decriminalize cannabis for personal use

Minister Erdan explained that under the new policy, police would focus enforcement of laws against marijuana use in public spaces, not people’s homes, saying, “The goal of the plan is to prevent significant harm to regular people who have no criminal past.”

By i24news

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Thursday announced that he would move to decriminalize the personal use of cannabis – which would make Israel, already at the forefront of medical marijuana research, the first country in the Middle East or Africa to decriminalize the substance.

Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan – Photo: Facebook

Erdan said people caught possessing up to 15 grams of cannabis would receive a fine, with criminal charges being brought only as a “last resort”. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: cannabis, Gilad Erdan, Israel law, marijuana, medical marijuana

Israel scheduled to be 4th country to land vehicle on the moon

Following the U.S., China & the U.S.S.R., Israel’s SpaceIL team for Google’s Lunar XPRIZE competition plans to land a dishwasher-sized vehicle in late 2017, to hop across moon’s surface (rather than rove like others) for a $20 million prize.

By Ilan Gattegno and Israel Hayom Staff

Israel is scheduled to become the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the moon, with a launch planned for the end of 2017 by billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.

The scheduled launch is also set to send several satellites into space, but the Israeli spacecraft is the only one designed to continue to the moon. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Elon Musk, Google's Lunar XPRIZE, moon, SpaceIL, SpaceX

IDF Cyber Unit expose 6 additional spurious Hamas ‘women’ on social media

The IDF reports Thursday it’s cyber unit revealed it uncovered 6 more Hamas ‘sock-puppets’, false online identities of young attractive ‘girls’, who are trying to obtain sensitive logistical information from Israeli soldiers on Facebook.

By Yoel Domb

The IDF reported Thursday that they had revealed six more fictitious identities of Hamas operatives posing as young ladies who tried to seduce soldiers in order to obtain sensitive intelligence information.

“We have opened a hotline for soldiers who believe that somebody is trying to seduce them, or if they have received Facebook requests and we are investigating all of these complaints, said Aleph, a senior member of the information security department of the IDF. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hamas sock-puppets, IDF cyber-defense, sock-puppets

Trump signs Exec Order: UN orgs that recognize Palestinian state lose US funding

NYT reports Trump’s executive order would halt all US funding to any UN body or agency that recognize the Palestinian Authority or PLO as a full member state.

BY MICHAEL WILNER, TOVAH LAZAROFF

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order that would halt all US funding to UN agencies that recognize the Palestinian Authority or Palestine Liberation Organization as a full member.

The move, first reported in the New York Times, would create a committee tasked with reviewing US aid to the international bodies and programs. The order specifically calls for a review of aid to UN peacekeeping efforts. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Donald Trump, pro-Israel, UN

Video: Israel’s David’s Sling anti-missile missile test concludes successfully

WATCH: Israel’s Defense Ministry announced Wednesday’s trial testing concluded successfully in its entirety, managing to intercept every single simulated target in the air, and at a high altitudes far from the Israeli coastline.

By Yoav Zitun and Reuters

The Israeli security apparatus completed an experiment stretching over a number of days of the new advance David’s Sling system capable of defending against mid-range missiles.

The system is being developed and manufactured jointly by Israel’s state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd and Raytheon Co, a top US arms maker.

During the experiment that took place on Wednesday, a number of precision missiles were launched from Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets above the Mediterranean, at which the advanced system dully fired interception rockets upon detection

According to the director of the Ministry of Defense and the head of the project’s designers Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: David's Sling, Ministry of Defense, Rafael

Palestinian neutralized in West Bank trying to run over Israelis at bus stop

No-one injured except the killed Palestinian terrorist, in the attempted car-ramming attack.

By i24news

A suspected terror attack was thwarted at a bus stop near the town of Kochav Ya’akov in the Binyamin region in the Binyamin region.

A terrorist veered from the main road and crashed into a bus stop where soldiers and civilians were standing. The terrorist was holding a knife but did not get out of the car. No injuries were reported during the attack. The terrorist was neutralized by two soldiers waiting at the bus stop.

Following the incident the IDF closed the highway leading to the site of the attack. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF response, terrorist neutralized, vehicular attack, vehicular terrorism

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‘WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON’ organized by proud antisemitic BDS advocate

It’s not often that the world got to see hundreds of thousands of people come together to ‘denounce hatred’, at an event organized & orchestrated by one of the most anti-Semitic & unrepentant haters in the U.S. today. – It truly was a historic event!

By John Perazzo

It would be interesting to know how many of the useful idiots donning “pussy hats” at Saturday’s massive “Women’s March on Washington” had any idea—or even cared to know—who the principal organizers of the event were. The answer is undoubtedly close to zero, since the purpose of the entire charade—like all leftist charades—was merely to give the participants an opportunity to publicly signal their own moral superiority while smearing—as racists and fascists—anyone who doesn’t accept socialism, identity politics, and perpetual grievance mongering as the ultimate expressions of the American Dream. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Semitism, hamas, Linda Sarsour, Washington DC, WOMEN'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Giuliani: Trump still backs Jerusalem Embassy move, final decision upcoming

Former NY mayor notes Trump administration finds embassy move far more complex, needing more counsel before making final decision.
– Giuliani said POTUS’ no-comment on Israel’s settlement construction announcements demonstrate a stark ideological difference to Obama’s immediate public condemnations.

BY HERB KEINON

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has long supported moving the US embassy to Jerusalem and is an advisor to US President Donald Trump, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that he believes the issue “is under active consideration.”

He stepped back, however, from saying whether or not it will happen. “That is something that the president will have to decide. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel settlements, Israel US, Rudy Giuliani, US Embassy

Eitan, the IDF’s wheeled APC finishes 1st testing with Nahal Infantry Brigade

WATCH: The IDF’s ‘Eitan’, the world’s most modern & protected APC is set to replace the aging American made M113 and comes complete with air conditioning, touch-screen monitors, a 30mm cannon, Trophy active protection system, and with top speed at 56mph.

By Yoav Zitun

The Ministry of Defense’s new wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC), known as the ‘Eitan,’ has finished its first round of operational testing with the Nahal Infantry Brigade, which will be the first IDF combat unit to make use of the new vehicle.

The Eitan is slated to replace the aging M113 APC, which has been in service since the 1970s. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: APC, Eitan, IDF, Nachal Brigade, Namer

IDF tanks shells Hamas outpost in retaliation after two shooting incidents on Tuesday

An IDF tank retaliates and fires at a Hamas position in Gaza; no IDF forces injured after reporting shots fired at them along the border with Gaza.
– Gun fire was also reported on Tuesday by IDF forces along the Lebanese border near Metula in the Upper Galilee; no injuries or damage were reported.

By Ynet reporters

An IDF tank shelled a Hamas outpost in the center of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in retaliation for two incidents of shooting at IDF forces earlier in the day.

No soldiers were injured and no damage was reported in the shooting, which took place towards soldiers along the border of the strip with Re’im, a nearby kibbutz. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hezbollah, IDF response, IDF. Gaza, Israel Lebanon, Metula, tank

israelandstuffcom | January 24, 2017

“Abu Mazen is an illegitimate leader.” – The Palestinians don’t support him.

Israel’s Defense Minister said at a National Security conference Tuesday that “The PA does not exist,” it is split between Fatah & Hamas, and only “a comprehensive regional settlement with the moderate Sunni world,” can make peace.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman spoke this evening (Tuesday) at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from Tel Aviv.

In his speech, Lieberman explained that he does not believe that it is possible to reach a settlement with the Palestinian Authority in a bilateral agreement, but that a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict can only be reached through a regional agreement. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: Avigdor Lieberman, Mahmoud Abbas, PA corruption

israelandstuffcom | January 24, 2017