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| December 20, 2016
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UN appeals to member states for over half-billion to aid Palestinians

 

Ignoring the current trends controlled by the corrupt & gangster-like gov’t of Hamas, pro-Palestinian UN bureaucrats are appealing for $547 million in aid, claiming the Hamas controlled coastal enclave could become uninhabitable by 2020 should Israel and Egypt maintain their blockade.

By i24news

 

The United Nations launched an appeal Monday for $547 million (524 million euros) to help 1.6 million people in the Palestinian territories in 2017.

The response covers 1.1 million residents of the Gaza Strip, which has been under an Israeli blockade for the past decade, and half a million people in the occupied West Bank.

Billionaire Palestinians

The most recent conflict between Israel and Gaza ended in August 2014 but Israel has maintained tight restrictions on the enclave, while Egypt has also closed its border. Continue Reading »

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| December 19, 2016
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IDF busts large illegal weapons-making facility in Hebron basement

 

In addition to the 15 lathes, Israel’s security forces discovered 70 barrels full of assorted ammunition for M16’s, Carlo Gustav and other automatic weapons, found hidden in the basement walls.

By JPOST.COM STAFF,  ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Security forces seized the largest weapons manufacturing factory this year overnight between Sunday and Monday in Hebron, a senior IDF officer said Monday morning.

Discovered submachine-gun barrels & weapon's parts - IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Discovered assorted submachine-gun barrels & weapon parts – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The facility, found in the basement of a family house, included 15 lathes used to produced weapons components.

In addition to the metal-working machines, security forces found 70 barrels full of hundreds of different types of ammunition. Continue Reading »

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| December 19, 2016
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IDF tank hits Hamas military post in retaliation to Gaza gunfire at Israeli patrol

 

Although, no one was hurt when Palestinian militants opened fire at Israeli soldiers securing civilian engineering work along the Gaza border fence, IDF responded to the unprovoked attack.

By Yoav Zitun

 

An IDF tank shelled and destroyed a Hamas military post in the Gaza Strip on Monday in response to gunfire opened at Israelis soldiers earlier.

The soldiers were securing civilian engineering work near the Gaza border fence in the southern part of the strip when they came under fire by Palestinian militants.

IDF tank-shells hit Hamas post east of Bureij, Gaza in responce to attack on IDF patrol on Israel's border. - not attributed

IDF tank-shells hit Hamas post east of Bureij, Gaza in response to attack on IDF patrol on Israel’s border.

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| December 19, 2016
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Oxfam charities chief: Firing Johansson over SodaStream was a fiasco

 

Oxfam International confederation of charities head admits support for BDS inspired confrontation with actress Scarlett Johansson, over her association with the Israeli company Sodastream, cost Oxfam thousands of donors.

By Gary Willig

 

The head of the Oxfam International confederation of charities admitted that the organization’s public spat with former celebrity ambassador Scarlett Johansson over her support of the Israeli company Sodastream was a mistake which cost the organization thousands of donors, the Guardian reported.

600 Palestinians worked at the SodaStream factory in the Mishor Adumim industrial park, next to the West Bank settlement of Maale Adumim before it was forced to relocate.

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| December 19, 2016
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Israeli Arab lawmaker suspected of smuggling phones to imprisoned Palestinians

 

Speaking about the Joint List, the Arab political party that holds 13 of the 120 seats in Israel’s parliament, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the report about Ghattas is “more proof that the Joint List is really a joint list of spies and traitors.”

By i24news

 

Israeli police launched an investigation into an Israeli Arab lawmaker for allegedly smuggling cell phones to Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, local media reported Sunday.

Basel Ghattas, a lawmaker from the Balad Party, which is part of the Joint (Arab) List, will be summoned by the police for questioning after the Israel Prison Services said they received information that he was planning to transfer the phones into the Keziot Prison. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2016
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Outgoing UN chief Ban admits bias towards Israel is ‘disproportionate’

 

Outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admits that, “Decades of political maneuvering have created a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports & committees against Israel.”

By Shlomo Cesana and Erez Linn

 

Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted Saturday that the United Nations is, in fact, biased toward Israel.

“Over the last decade I have argued that we cannot have a bias against Israel at the U.N.,” Ban told the U.N. Security Council. “Decades of political maneuvering have created a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports and committees against Israel. In many cases, instead of helping the Palestinian issue, this reality has foiled the ability of the U.N. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2016
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Azerbaijan reports acquiring Israel’s Iron Dome missile system

 

Just days after Israel’s PM Netanyahu visited Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev revealed that his country has signed $5 billion worth of contracts to purchase weapons & security equipment from Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Just days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Baku, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Javer Jamalov announced over the weekend that his country has signed a deal to purchase Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system.

Jamalov made the announcement on Saturday during a briefing with reporters. According to a report in the Azerbaijan Press Agency, Jamalov said that the “agreement was reached between the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and Israel’s relevant structure”, likely a reference to Israel’s Defense Ministry. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2016
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Czech Republic replaces old Russian radars with Israeli made radar systems

 

 

The Czech Republic is reportedly buying 8 Israeli manufactured radar systems to detect anything flying between 100 meters to 3 kilometers, such as low flying aircraft attempting to violate Czech airspace.

By The Associated Press

 

European fears of possible Russian action have led to huge business deals with Israeli security providers, with the Czech Republic purchasing MMR radars from the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

The radar is the same one used by both the Iron Dome and David’s Sling anti-missile defense systems. It is used to identify and locate incoming rockets but is also able to identify other aerial targets within a 250km radius. Continue Reading »

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| December 17, 2016
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UK ends paying monthly salaries to non-working Gazans & jailed Palestinian terrorists

 

New UK restrictions on transfer of financial aid to Mahmoud Abbas’ gov’t is meant to ensure funds deliver “maximum impact for Palestinians,” ensuring funds no longer compensate incarcerated terrorists or the families of killed terrorists.

By i24news

 

The United Kingdom on Friday announced that it was placing new restrictions on transfer of aid the Palestinian Authority in order to ensure it does not reach terrorists or their families.

Aid to the PA will continue, but “certain key changes will be made to ensure this funding delivers the best value for money and maximum impact for Palestinians,” said a government statement. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2016
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Delegation of 14 UN ambassadors in Israel ‘to see for themselves’

 

Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, hosted a delegation of 14 colleagues who toured Israel, including the Golan Heights & Gaza, while highlighting Israel’s technological developments and security challenges.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, led a delegation of 14 UN ambassadors to Israel as part of a project initiated by the American Jewish Committee and the Israeli delegation at the United Nations.

The delegation was attended by countries such as Argentina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uganda, Georgia, Jamaica and Micronesia.

Danon speaking with ambassadors - Photo: Motti Kimchi.

Danon speaking with ambassadors – Photo: Motti Kimchi.

“When I walked around Israel, I saw peace and a cosmopolitan atmosphere where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side in harmony. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2016
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Report: Mossad credited for Hamas operative’s assignation in Tunisia

 

Arab media reports Mohhamed Alzoari, known to Israel’s security echelon as “The Engineer,” was found shot to death while driving his car in the city of Sfax, 270 km southeast of Tunis.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, has reportedly assassinated a Hamas militant operating out of Tunsia, according to Channel 10 citing Arab media.

The target, Mohhamed Alzoari, known to Israel’s security echelon as “The Engineer,” was found shot to death inside his vehicle in the city of Sfax, local media reported.

A Palestinian terrorist from the Islamic group Hamas carries the Qur'an tucked into a suicide-belt. - Photo: REUTERS

A Palestinian terrorist from the Islamic group Hamas carries the Qur’an tucked into a suicide-belt.

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| December 15, 2016
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VIDEO: Hamas rallies Gazans in anniversary parade with rockets and RPGs

 

WATCH: Palestinian children wield imitation assault rifles as they watch with their families as Hamas gunmen drive through the streets of Gaza brandishing rifles, RPG launchers and showcase rockets with a sign in Hebrew: ‘Coming from underground,’… in reference to their terror-tunnel threat.

By The Associated Press

 

Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including hundreds of gunmen and children dressed as terrorists and waving mock weapons, rallied in Gaza on Wednesday in support of the militant Islamic group Hamas that rules the territory on the 29th anniversary of its founding.

In a show of force for Hamas, loudspeakers blasted the group’s slogans through the streets as rockets mounted on pickup trucks rolled by. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2016
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WATCH: IAF F-35i Pilots in First Flight Over Israel

 

Israeli Air Force pilots take off for the first time over Israel in their new F-35 Adir.

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| December 14, 2016
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Palestinian liaison to ISIS killed

 

ISIS social media sites report the death of liaison from Hamas Hashem Abdel Aileh Kishtah, an expert in anti-tank weapons who is believed to have been responsible for increased use of Kornet missiles by ISIS against Egyptian tanks.

By Roi Kais

 

ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula has announced that its liaison to Hamas—Hashem Abdel Aileh Kishtah has been killed. However, the group didn’t reveal how their liaison to the Palestinian terror group died.ISIS released a statement on the matter on Tuesday. Kishtah was originally from the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip.

Kishtah, the Palestinian liaison between Hamas and ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula

Kishtah, the Palestinian liaison between Hamas and ISIS in the Sinai Peninsula

Kishtah’s name was first revealed when it was mistakenly announced via Sky News Arabic that the Egyptian Air Force had assassinated him in February of 2016. Continue Reading »

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| December 13, 2016
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Israel’s top leaders ignore planned visit by Swedish FM

 

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, staunchly anti-Israel, is scheduled to arrive in Israel and travel to the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, was officially informed that top Israeli officials have no time for her.

By Itamar Eichner

 

The Israeli government has decided to shun Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström’s upcoming visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority on Thursday.

Wallström is a vocal critic of Israel and has made several controversial statements in the past. Her government also holds one-sided pro-Palestinian positions. She previously accused Israel of conducting “extrajudicial executions” of Palestinians committing terror attacks and seemed to imply that there was a connection between Islamist terrorism in Europe and the “desperate situation” of the Palestinians. Continue Reading »

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