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| December 25, 2016
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VIDEO: PM Netanyahu tells cabinet, contrary to denials, UNSC resolution originated with Obama Administration

 

view videoWATCH: Netanyahu briefs cabinet members with Jerusalem’s initial plan to deal with UN Security Council vote, tells ministers to “behave with discernment, responsibility, and also with composure.”

By Nitzan Keidar

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened this morning’s (Sunday) weekly government meeting with the decision of the UN Security Council regarding the communities of Judea and Samaria.

“I join in the government member’s feelings of anger and frustration at the decision which is imbalanced and hostile to Israel that was improperly taken by the Security Council,” opened Netanyahu.

English follows opening address in Hebrew
(Open English subtitles for Hebrew opening.) Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2016
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Ramifications to yesterday’s UNSC resolution: Legal boycotts, sanctions & ICC lawsuits

 

view videoAlthough the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the UN Security Council has no immediate practical ramifications, it could pave the way for lawsuits against Israel at the ICC, the EU and others could initiate sanctions against any Israeli company or institution seen as violating resolution, and of course this resolution legitimizes boycotts on all settlement products, services, and organizations.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The UN Security Council’s Resolution 2334, which was adopted on Friday, may not have immediate practical ramifications, but it could open the door to lawsuits against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and for sanctions to be imposed on Israel—both by the UN and by individual countries. Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2016
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Israel accuses Obama of conniving, “shameful move against Israel at the UN”

 

Israeli officials are fuming at President Obama. “The US administration secretly cooked up with the Palestinians an extreme anti-Israeli resolution behind Israel’s back which would be a tail wind for terror and boycotts and effectively make the Western Wall occupied Palestinian territory.”
– In betraying Israel in such an unprecedented way, Obama was also forcing a new, anti-Israel policy, on the upcoming Trump presidency.

By Elior Levy and Roi Kais

 

An Israeli official on Friday accused President Barack Obama of colluding with the Palestinians in a “shameful move against Israel at the UN” after learning the White House did not intend to veto a Security Council resolution condemning settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem the day before. Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2016
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CNN, NBC, Reuters each have sources Obama planned to betray Israel at UN

 

Diplomats expose the Obama administration for planning to allow  the anti-Israel resolution, a unilateral move by Abbas’ Palestinian Authority, that sought to bypass direct peace talks with the Jewish state and undermine Israel by classifying Jewish home construction in Judea & Samaria and parts of Jerusalem as illegal.

By Elad Benari

 

The United States was planning to abstain from the vote at the UN Security Council on a resolution which would have called on Israel to halt “settlement building”, U.S.-based media outlets reported on Thursday.

Several diplomatic sources told NBC News that the outgoing Obama administration had planned to abstain from the vote, which would have been seen as a slight to Israel. Continue Reading »

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| December 23, 2016
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Trump Transition Team Advisor: Don’t Believe Media, West Bank Belongs to Israel

 

One of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team’s top official urges international community to stop listening to the lies of mainstream media, and know that Judea and Samaria “is an inseparable part of the State of Israel.”

By Israel Today Staff

 

A senior officials in US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team visited this week and stated that the so-called “West Bank” clearly belongs to Israel.

Becky Norton Dunlop  was touring the areas known biblically as Judea and Samaria when she told reporters: “Anyone who comes and visits Judea and Samaria sees that it is an inseparable part of the State of Israel.” Continue Reading »

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| December 22, 2016
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Israel turns to Egypt to postpone UNSC anti-Israel resolution after Obama’s silence

 

view videoAfter Obama’s months-long refusal to guarantee an American veto, Israel persuades Egypt to postpone today’s UN security council vote requiring Israel’s ‘immediate and complete halt to all [Jewish] construction in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.’
– WATCH: Netanyahu urges US to veto resolution.

By Reuters

 

Egypt postponed “potentially indefinitely” a UN Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, saying Cairo acted under pressure from Israel.

US's Obama vs Egypt's Fattah al-Sisi, who's the most dependable? - Wikimedia Commons

US’s Obama vs Egypt’s Fattah al-Sisi, who’s the most dependable? – Wikimedia Commons

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, which in 1979 became the first Arab nation to make peace with Israel, put off the vote because of pressure from Israel, diplomats said. Continue Reading »

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| December 22, 2016
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Unlike their ‘leaders’ Palestinians apathetic should US Embassy move to Jerusalem

 

As Palestinian leaders have been threatening the US with global “chaos, lawlessness & extremism” should the President-elect relocate the US Embassy to the Jewish Capital, a cross-section of Palestinians expressed overwhelming apathy, while left-wing Jerusalem bureaucrats are unimpressed with Trump, or his policy.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

While much of the world expresses outrage that the US Embassy may relocate to Jerusalem under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, a cross-section of Palestinians outside the Old City’s Damascus Gate on Wednesday expressed overwhelming apathy.

Embassy of the United States in Tel Aviv, Israel - Wikimedia Commons

Embassy of the United States in Tel Aviv, Israel – Wikimedia Commons

Indeed, more than two dozen Arab passersby of all ages entering or exiting the once volatile east Jerusalem entrance either said they were unaware of the proposal or simply did not care. Continue Reading »

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| December 22, 2016
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Confirmed: Hezbollah using in Syria U.S. made APC’s given to Lebanese Army

 

Senior IDF officer confirms to the US of Hezbollah’s use in Syria of American armored personnel carriers that were  earmarked as military aid to Lebanon.

By REUTERS

 

Israel has informed the United States that Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in Syria are using US armored personnel carriers originally supplied to the Lebanese Army, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wednesday.

Hezbollah’s shows US made APCs in first-ever military parade on foreign soil, held in the Syrian city of Qusayr.

Hezbollah’s shows off US made M113 APCs in first-ever military parade on foreign soil, held in the Syrian city of Qusayr. – Social media

The US State Department said last month that the American embassy in Beirut was working to investigate images on social media purporting to show Hezbollah, which supports President Bashar Assad, displaying US military equipment in Syria. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2016
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Israeli consumers to pay for plastic bags used at grocery stores beginning Jan 1

 

The 10 agorot (2.6 US cents) fee for plastic bags starts January 1, 2017 in supermarket chains nationwide, but for 3 weeks only, free reusable grocery bags will be handed out at the supermarkets from the last week of December until the end of the 2nd week in January.

By Amir Ben-David

 

After years of trying to minimize the use of plastic shopping bags that cause harm to the environment, a country-wide law will come into effect in January which will force Israeli consumers to pay for each plastic bag they use at the grocery store.Starting on January 1, 2017, any disposable plastic bags used to bag purchases at grocery store chains will cost 10 agorot.

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| December 21, 2016
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Israeli Medical Center raises post-treatment funds for Syria’s civil war victims

 

 

Israel’s northern hospital, the Ziv Medical Center that’s treated over 700 Syrian civilian victims, is aiming to send patients home with a ‘care package’ to assist in their recuperation for a better and more sustainable recovery.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

 

Ziv Medical Center, which has treated over 700 casualties of the Syrian civil war, including women and children is now working to raise funds for their treatment and return to Syria.

Location of the Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel - Google Maps

Location of the Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel – Google Maps/IsraelandStuff

The casualties all reach the border, by any means at their disposal. Among the injured are children and young adults who arrive on their own, unaccompanied by a family member, perhaps they have lost their families during the course of the war. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2016
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UK follows US interpretation of ‘antisemitism’ in new pro-Israel policy

 

In following America’s lead, Britain’s new definition of antisemitism looks like the UK is returning to its overtly pro-Israel policies of years long gone.

By Tsvi Sadan

 

The love-hate relationship between the UK and Israel is well known.

One could dwell on the many setbacks of British policy toward the Jewish state. The 1937 partition plan proposed by the Peel Commission, the infamous 1939 White Paper that restricted Jewish immigration to mandatory Palestine, and the present anti-Israel vitriolic from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

These are sufficient examples of British hate toward the Israel.

But Britain has another side, the one that has produced the 1917 Balfour Declaration that proved foundational to the rebirth of the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2016
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Leading PLO official threatens US with harsh consequences if embassy moves to Jerusalem

 

Saeb Erekat continues to do what he does best – bully & threaten the world with “chaos, lawlessness & extremism.” This time, he says PLO will revoke its recognition of Israel, along with other harsh consequences, should Trump move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

By i24news

 

Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat warned on Monday that if the US embassy will be moved to Jerusalem by the incoming Trump administration PLO will revoke its recognition of Israel and that other harsh consequences may follow.

According to The Times of Israel Erekat spoke at a conference call organized by the Wilson Center policy forum in Washington, DC regarding expectations from the Trump administration, and warned of the many consequences of President-elect Donald Trump’ honoring his campaign pledge and relocating the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2016
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Israel’s Subcommittee on Space says Jewish State needs 4 communication satellites

 

Israel’s Knesset Subcommittee on Space says restarting satellite program must be made a national priority
after the loss of Amos-5 & Amos-6 satellites, leaving Israel with only 2 working communication satellites.

Ilan Gattegno

 

Israel will have only two communications satellites in space in 2017, but it needs to maintain four satellites in orbit, a new report by the Knesset Subcommittee on Space said.

The panel, reporting to the Knesset Science and Technology Committee, was set up following the loss of the Amos-5 and Amos-6 communications satellites.

AMOS 6 explodes Sept. 1, 2016 – YouTube Screenshot

Communications with Amos-5 was lost in November 2015, while Amos-6 was destroyed in Sept. Continue Reading »

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| December 20, 2016
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2,000 yr-old coin from Greek King Antiochus IV rule discovered in Jerusalem

 

Ancient coin depicting Antiochus, who sparked the Maccabean revolt that led to the victory of the Maccabees & reclamation of the Jewish Temple, was found in the courtyard of Jerusalem’s Tower of David.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Nearly 30 years after the completion of excavations in the courtyard of Jerusalem’s Tower of David, outside the Old City’s walls, archeologists thought no stone was left unturned.

Tower of David and courtyard in Jerusalem - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Tower of David and courtyard in Jerusalem – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

However, during routine conservation work in the museum’s archeological garden, Orna Cohen, veteran archeologist and chief conservation officer at the Tower of David, spotted a metallic item among stones near a wall. Continue Reading »

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| December 20, 2016
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Palestinian President Abbas strengthens dictatorship by clamping down on rivals

Palestinian President’s decree strips immunity from 5 political opponents allied with chief political rival Mohammad Dahlan, who was charged and sentenced in absentia to 3 years in prison.
• One of the 5, Shami Al-Shami, said the removal of his Parliamentary  immunity was an infringement of his rights. “(This) was an absolute violation of Palestinian law and the constitution,” he told Reuters.

By Reuters

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened his grip on power by stripping the parliamentary immunity of five lawmakers seen as opposing him, weeks after being reappointed chairman of the main political party.The move follows a decision by a Palestinian court last week to sentence Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah party member and vocal Abbas critic, to three years in prison over the disappearance of $16 million when he was in office several years ago. Continue Reading »

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