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6,000 Chinese construction laborers to arrive in Israel by June

Israel’s Finance minister says bilateral construction labor deal with China will help address housing shortage by bolstering undermanned construction sector, facilitating shorter construction time that translates into lower prices.

By Israel Hayom Staff

Israel’s construction sector, which has long suffered from a lack of sufficient manpower, received a boost on Wednesday after an Israeli delegation signed a bilateral agreement with the Chinese government to bring more than 6,000 Chinese laborers to Israel in the next half year.

The agreement, which was signed following protracted negotiations, is slated to be made official in late February, the Israeli news portal Walla reported. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: cooperation, housing, Israel China, new construction

As Lame Duck Obama Causes Chaos Democrats Finally Expressing Disagreement

Some Democrat lawmakers are relieved to bid the POTUS farewell, especially after Obama’s decision to abstain from a UN Security Council veto, that passed Resolution 2334, disavowing Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem, Judea & Samaria and condemning a Jewish presence there.

By MICHAEL WILNER

WASHINGTON – For years, Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill managed to keep relatively quiet their frustration with Barack Obama’s approach to the Middle East, careful to navigate his brokerage of a nuclear deal with Iran, his absence in Syria and his antagonistic relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by offering respectful criticism couched in commitments to party loyalty. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel bias, Barack Obama, Iran nuclear deal, US politics

Israeli Arab politician MK Ghattas, indicted for terrorist activities

Indictment charges brought against the Arab Knesset Member are: unlawfully bringing communication devices into a prison, fraud, breach of trust, use of property for purposes of terrorism and fraudulently obtaining benefits.

By Tova Tzimuki

Indictment charges brought against the Arab Knesset Member are: unlawfully bringing communication devices into a prison, fraud, breach of trust, use of property for purposes of terrorism and fraudulently obtaining benefits.

MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) was indicted on Thursday for smuggling cellphones to Palestinian security prisoners in Israel jails.

The offenses Ghattas will be charged with are: Bringing in documents not through the prison administration, bringing in communication devices, use of property for purposes of terrorism, fraud and breach of trust by a public worker, fraudulently obtaining benefits under aggravated circumstances. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Basel Ghattas, Israeli Arab, Knesset Member

Haim Saban, staunch Democrat loyalist ‘deeply disturbed’ by Obama’s actions against Israel

Israel-American billionaire, mega-donor to the Democratic Party and Chairman of the Saban Forum, Haim Saban, issues a strong condemnation of the Obama administration’s recent anti-Israel actions.

By Ben Ariel

Israel-American billionaire and media mogul Haim Saban, one of the Democratic Party’s biggest donors, on Wednesday issued a scathing criticism of the Obama administration’s recent anti-Israel actions.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for a photo with Saban Forum chairman Haim Saban – Photo: US St Dept/Public Domain

In a harshly worded statement quoted by Breitbart, Saban said he is “deeply disturbed” by the Obama administration’s allowing of the anti-Israel resolution to pass in the United Nations Security Council, as well as Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech last week, in which he said Israeli “settlements” are an obstacle to peace. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel resolution, Barack Obama, Breitbart, Haim Saban

Republican senators present bill to move U.S Embassy to Jerusalem

Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Dean Heller sponsor new legislation, the “Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act” to relocate US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital.
• Sen. Marco Rubio: “Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish State of Israel, and that’s where America’s Embassy belongs.”

By Yoni Hersch, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

Three Republican senators on Tuesday introduced legislation that would move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a break from previous U.S. policy that would effectively recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Senators (l-r) Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Dean Heller – Wikimedia Commons

The U.S. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Jerusalem, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Dean Heller, US Embassy

With only 50% of promised foreign funding in 2016, PA still pays full terrorists’ pensions

Abbas’ Palestinian Authority set to adopt austerity policies for state workers after deficit of over $1 billion due to unfulfilled pledges of foreign funding.

By Gary Willig

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is facing a budget crisis after receiving only one half of the foreign donations it expected in 2016, Reuters reported.

“We had expected to get $1.2 billion in [foreign] support and offers but we have only received $640 million so far,” PA Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah told the Al-Quds newspaper Tuesday.

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

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.

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Palestinian Authority, prisoner payments

Esteemed Israeli archeologist admonished on Temple Mount by Jordanian Wakf

Abruptly interrupting Dr. Gabriel Barkay as he lectured US college students, a Palestinian guard warned him to stop referring to the holy site as “Temple Mount”.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

One of the nation’s most vaunted archeologists said he was rebuked by a Wakf Muslim religious trust guard and police officer over the weekend for referring to Judaism’s holiest site as the “Temple Mount” during a tour on the compound with US college students.

Jerusalem Prize winner and Temple Mount Sifting Project co-founder, Dr. Gabriel Barkay, on Tuesday said he was guiding an interfaith group of 22 undergraduates from UCLA Sunday morning when he was interrupted by an Arab guard for making the seemingly innocuous reference. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Jewish News | Tags: anti-Semitic propaganda, anti-Semitism, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, UNESCO, Wakf

With Abbas the least popular in the West Bank, Hamas’ no-State Solution wins

Since Abbas’ party is deeply fragmented and his leadership undermined with most Fatah members in Gaza defecting to Hamas and the majority of West Bank Palestinians wanting him out of office, there is no functional gov’t to lead an independent Palestinian state regardless of the antisemitic support given by the US (Obama’s gov’t), the UN and the EU.

Hamas’s Fatah and the No-State Solution by Khaled Abu Toameh

During a celebration in Ramallah marking the 52^nd anniversary of the founding of his Fatah faction, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas declared that 2017 will be the “year of international recognition of the State of Palestine.” Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: 2-state solution, Gaza, hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, PA, Palestinians, West Bank

UN Deletes Israel From Textbooks Used in UN Financed Palestinian Schools

UN-financed schools in Gaza & the West Bank use textbooks which ignore the existence of Israel and teach the Western Wall & the Cave of the Patriarchs are exclusively Muslim holy sites, which the Jews strive to occupy.

By Elior Levy & Eitan Goldstein

An Israeli investigation into school books used by United Nations-run schools in the West Bank were found to consistently delegitimize and demonize the State of Israel.

Picture of the countries of the Middle East in one of the textbooks. “Palestine” is superimposed on the whole of Israel.

These textbooks—written by the Palestinian Ministry of Education—are used in schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in both Gaza and the West Bank. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel Propaganda, arab school, UN bias, United Nations, UNRWA, ‘Palestinian’ incitement

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WANTED: Mossad seeking to recruit women

Israel’s top intelligence agency, Mossad publishes recruitment ad specifically targeting “powerful women” to apply.

By i24news

Israel’s intelligence agency known as the Mossad has launched a recruitment campaign specifically targeting women for the first time since its establishment in 1949.

Mossad – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

A series of advertisements published in national newspapers is aimed at drawing female recruits to the agency, whose staff is comprised of about 40 percent women – with 24 percent of those women occupying key top-level roles, according to Israeli news site Ynet.

One ad shows the face of a woman whose features are obscured in darkness, featuring the statement “powerful women needed”. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Mossad

Palestinian martyr-themed Christmas terrorist-tree for 2016 displayed in Jerusalem

Unlike the Arab Archbishop’s boss, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III, who openly praised Israel’s protection of Christians, Atallah Hanna reveled around ‘hijacked’ Palestinian Christmas tree in East Jerusalem.

Israel Today Staff

A Christmas tree featuring photos of dozens of Palestinian terrorists killed while attacking Israeli Jews has been erected in eastern Jerusalem.

Until the past weekend, the tree had attracted many visitors, both Muslims and Christians. Among them was Archbishop of Sebastia Theodosios, better known as Atallah Hanna.

Theophilos & visitors with the 2016 martyr's Christmas tree in eastern Jerusalem. - Screenshot Israel TV2 News

Theophilos with visitors by the 2016 martyr’s Christmas tree in eastern Jerusalem. – Screenshot Israel TV2 News

Channel 2 News reported that Hanna told those gathered at the tree that it constituted a “Christmas message [from] the heart of Palestine – we are one nation defending one issue…standing firm and remaining in the Holy Land.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Border Police, Christians, Christmas, East Jerusalem, Greek Orthodox Christians, Palestinian Christians

Chinese invest $20 million in Israeli ‘smart clothing’ startup

Kfar Saba-based cardiac monitoring clothing HealthWatch, raises $20 million from Chinese company Yiling, who will also market HealthWatch’s product in China.

By Israel Hayom Staff

Israeli startup HealthWatch Technologies, which develops cardiac monitoring garments, announced Monday a $20 million investment by Chinese company Yiling, which specializes in Chinese medicine and is now in the process of branching out into conventional medicine.

According to the financial daily Globes, the investment puts HealthWatch’s value at $65 million.

HealthWatch describes itself as “a pioneer in harnessing textile technology to produce fashionable, smart-digital garments with interwoven sensors unobtrusively measuring vital signs of hospital-grade quality.” Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: China, innovations, Israel start-up, Israel technology, medical technology, Startup

israelandstuffcom | January 3, 2017

Intel launches 7th generation processors designed & developed in Israel

As well as being energy-saving, Intel’s latest Israel developed processor provides record-breaking performance rates and are the strongest, fastest processors available to the public.

By MICHAEL ZEFF

Intel announced on Tuesday the official launch of its full line of advanced seventh generation computer processors. According to Intel’s Israel division, the majority of development and design for the new high-performance processors came from the company’s Haifa development center.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the new Intel production line in Kiryat Gat, Monday – Photo: Kobi Gideon, Israel’s GPO

“Today, many of Intel’s core products are being developed through Intel Israel’s development branch, specifically the sixth generation processors that were announced last year and the seventh generation that was just announced today,” Ran Sanderovitz, vice president and general manager of Intel Israel’s development centers, told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: innovations, Intel, Intel Israel, Israel technology

israelandstuffcom | January 2, 2017

CAUGHT: Crashed EU drone exposes espionage near Mt. Hevron

WATCH: After recovering crashed drone, shocking footage reveals EU spying on Jewish towns and the illegal surveillance of IDF posts in Judea & Samaria.

by Gary Willig

A drone with a video camera which crashed in a forest on Mount Hevron revealed a European Union (EU) operation to spy on and gather intelligence on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

The footage from the drone was retrieved after it crashed in view of residents of the town of Ma’on in Judea, Channel 2 reported. The footage shows the drone flying low over residents before crashing next to a car. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: EU spying, Regavim, spying on Israel

israelandstuffcom | January 2, 2017