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Analysis: Moscow accepts Jerusalem’s justifications to defend Israel in Syria

Israel’s alleged airstrike that took place in the Damascus area on Friday prompted a Russian official to admit that ‘Israel is naturally fighting organizations jeopardizing its security.’ In other words, even Moscow understands that Jerusalem will not allow weapons in Syria to be used against the Jewish State.

By Alex Fishman

In recent weeks, Israel has been intensifying its dialogue with the Russians, both on the diplomatic level and on the practical level, on Syrian soil. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often talks to Russian President Putin, but at the same time Israel was accused over the weekend of striking near the Mezzeh Military Airport in the Damascus area. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: airstrike, F-35 Adir, IAF Syria, Israel Russia

israelandstuffcom | January 16, 2017

Brits snubbed yesterday’s untimely Paris conference, sending low level diplomats

The Foreign Office spokesman said that Britain attended the conference only as an observer due to the lack of representatives from Israel or the PA and it taking place “just days before the transition to a new American president.”

By Gary Willig

Ambassadors and high-ranking diplomats from over 70 countries descended on Paris Sunday to participate in the peace conference supporting the two-state solution, except from nearby Britain, which only sent a delegation of junior diplomats, The Guardian reported.

(Click on ‘gear’, click on ‘captions’ to get English subtitles)

According to The Guardian, Britain’s ‘snub’ of the Paris conference signaled its desire to maintain close relations with the incoming Trump Administration. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: French Conference, Israel UK, Theresa May

REPORT: Israel’s new US-made F–35 fighter jets suspected in Syrian missile assault

A Syrian military source reported to Russian media that the Israel Air Force had used their newly acquired F–35, Adir fighter jets, in the Friday missile attack.

By Israel Today Staff

Over the weekend, the Al-Mezzeh military airport in Damascus was heavily bombed. The Syrian regime immediately pointed an accusatory finger at Israel.

The Syrian army accused the Jewish state of support rebel groups, and said that the “Israeli enemy” had fired several missiles from the skies over the Sea of Galilee, without violating Syrian airspace.

Flames and smoke from the Mazzah military airport outside Damascus, following an explosion at an ammunition and weapons stockpile.

Category: Israel News | Tags: airstrike, F-35 Adir, IAF Syria

IDF tanks respond to shots fired at IDF vehicle on Gaza border

The IDF Spokesperson’s Office reported that although there were no injuries to Israeli soldiers working near the Gaza border fence, Israel will respond to all acts of violence directed at its citizens, from Hamas controlled Gaza.

BY ANNA AHRONHEIM, JPOST.COM STAFF

The IDF fired towards Hamas positions in the southern Gaza Strip in response to shots that were fired towards the IDF vehicle earlier Sunday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Office said.

According to the IDF, the rounds, fired by a tank, was in retaliation to gunfire which damaged an IDF vehicle working near the border fence earlier.

IDF soldiers hold large-scale exercise Dec.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza border, IDF response, Shooting Attack

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Israelis donate winter cloths & blankets to Syrian refugees

Numerous Israeli youth movements opened 15 collection centers around the country where Israelis can donate winter clothes. The centers, that began their second winter clothes drive this season to assist Syrian refugees struggling to survive the winter, are in Druze, Arab, and Jewish communities.

By Reut Rimmerman

The crisis in Syria hasn’t been ignored by Israel. Various Israeli youth movements, including the Youth Federation for Working and Studying, The Dror Movement, and the committed for the fight against genocide are leading a wide scale operation to collect winter clothes for Syrian refugees.

Israeli youth movements collecting winter clothes for Syrian refugees – Photo: Youth Federation for Working and Studying

The operation, codenamed “Human Warmth,” has opened up 15 collection centers around the country where Israelis can go and donate winter clothes. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Syria, Syrian refugees, Tikun Olam

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French MP Meyer Habib: “The Paris conference proves we have lost all shame”

“The drafts of this conference’s conclusion, which were leaked by the media, leave no room to doubt the organizers’ intentions… There’s not a word mentioned about the Palestinian Authority’s resistance to peace, or about Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish country with any kind of borders. Not a word is mentioned about Hamas’ intent to destroy Israel, and not a word is mentioned about the PA and Hamas’ constant incitement to terror or glorification of terrorists.”

By Nitsan Keidar

French Member of Parliament (MP) Meyer Habib spoke about Sunday’s scheduled Paris conference.

“We’re talking about a pitiful and unproductive initiative.

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Israel bias, French Conference

Syria attributes ordinance explosions at military airbase to missile from Israel

Syria accuses Israel of firing rockets early Friday morning, hitting a major military airport that triggered a fire and the subsequent explosions of munitions.
– Israel has yet to confirm or deny the allegations.

By The Associated Press and Ynet

Syria on Friday accused Israel of firing rockets that hit near a major military airport west of Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Tel Aviv of repercussions without specifying whether it would retaliate for the attack, the third such incident recently according to the Syrian government. In a statement carried on the official news agency SANA, the military said several missiles were launched just after midnight from an area near Lake Tiberias that fell in the vicinity of the Mezzeh military airport on the western edge of the capital. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: airstrike, IAF Syria

Hamas police fire live rounds to scatter thousands protesting electricity blackouts

An AFP photographer in Jabalya said that Hamas police fired live rounds and used batons to strike protesters & journalists (himself included) demonstrating against massive power cuts from the Hamas-run electricity company.

By i24news – AFP

Hamas police on Thursday fired live rounds into the air to disperse a mass demonstration against the electricity crisis in the coastal enclave.

Thousands took to the streets in the Jabalya refugee camp to protest power outages that have occurred repeatedly in recent weeks, and marched towards the headquarters of Hamas-run electricity company in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

An AFP photographer in Jabalya said that police also used batons to control the protesters, and the photographer was hit in the head. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: electricity Gaza, Gaza, Hamas Police, protesters

Members threaten ‘Jewish’ Country Club with lawsuit to keep Obama out

Members of the Woodmont Country Club are threatening litigation & lawsuits against the mostly Jewish golf club if it waives its bylaws to accommodate Obama membership in light of the U.S.’s anti-Israel vote at the UN.

By The JPOST.COM STAFF

An upscale country club is debating whether to grant outgoing President of the United States Barack Obama membership due to his contentious relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The New York Post, citing a confidential source reported Wednesday.

A number of members of the mostly Jewish Woodmont Country Club in Maryland are demanding that Obama be rejected from joining, according to The Post, citing his decision not to veto an anti-settlement resolution in the UN Security Council late last year

‘Lame Duck’ Barack Obama – Photo credit: REUTERS

On December 23, UNSC resolution 2334 was adopted after the US abstained from vetoing the decision, which condemned settlement construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, outraging officials in Jerusalem.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Barack Obama, Resolution 2334

Trump’s replacement of John Kerry tells Senate: “Israel is our most important ally”

WATCH: Trump’s Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson, blasts the Obama administration’s attitude towards Israel, telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Kerry’s speech criticizing Israel was “quite troubling.”

By Elad Benari

Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, on Wednesday stressed the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and condemned the outgoing Obama administration’s decision not to veto UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which criticized Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.

Speaking at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tillerson said the resolution was “not helpful” and “undermines” the conditions for peace talks to continue, reported The Washington Post. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: pro-Israel, Rex Tillerson

A story unknown: Israel’s ‘Afro-Palestinians’

Having come to the area as pilgrims & servants from Africa during the British Mandate, now the descendants of those Muslims who migrated to Jerusalem claim to be ‘more Palestinian than the Palestinians.’

By The Associated Press

In the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City lies the “African Quarter” -home to a little-known community of nearly 50 Arab families of African descent.

Descended from Muslim pilgrims from a variety of African countries, they now consider themselves Palestinians, despite widespread poverty and occasional discrimination. Several have even participated in terror attacks against Israel.

Afro-Palestinians claim Palestinian ancestry after 3 generations in the Middle East – Photo: AP

“We regard ourselves to be Afro-Palestinian,” said community leader Ali Jiddah. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Palestinians

Jewish groups upset over Trump’s ‘Inappropriate’ comparison to the Nazis

The leader of Britain’s Jewish community denounced Trump’s choice of words. “The Board of Deputies of British Jews constantly condemns the misuse of Nazi and Holocaust language, and the president-elect’s references to Nazi Germany are completely inappropriate.”

By Tamara Zieve

The Anti-Defamation League said a remark made Wednesday by US President-elect Donald Trump comparing media reports about him to Nazi-era propaganda calls for an apology.

“No one should cavalierly draw analogies to Nazi Germany, especially the next leader of the free world,” ADL national director and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. “It is not only a ridiculous comparison on the merits, but it also coarsens our discourse and diminishes the horror of the Holocaust. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Donald Trump, Nazi

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Hamas hacks IDF cell phones by suckering soldiers with phony accounts

After posing as beautiful young women, Hamas operatives successfully hacked IDF soldiers’ cell phones to acquire intelligence by photographing and listening in on IDF forces near the Gaza border.

By Yoav Zitun

As part of the Hamas’ internet espionage activities, the terrorist organization’s cyber collections unit managed to hack dozens of cell phones belonging to IDF combat soldiers in an attempt to gather intelligence for military operations and preparations on the Gaza border.

Investigations by the Shin Bet and the IDF’s Information Security Department and Cyber Defense Unit discovered that dozens of cell phones belonging to soldiers and officers in both active and reserve duty had been hacked by Hamas.

Category: Israel News | Tags: cellphone, hackers, hamas, IDF, IDF cyber-defense