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Palestinian terrorist shot dead during his attempted stabbing attack on IDF soldiers

A Palestinian Arab terrorist, armed with a knife in hand, was neutralized by IDF soldiers while attempting to stab Jews at a bus-stop north of Jerusalem.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

An Arab terrorist armed with a knife attempted to stab Jews at a popular hitchhiking spot outside of a Jewish community north of Jerusalem Thursday afternoon.

The terrorist targeted Israeli security forces stationed at the Ofra junction in Samaria, but was shot and neutralized before he was able to reach his intended victims.

Scene of attempted knife-attack at Ofra junction – Photo: Arutz Sheva

IDF soldiers positioned near the junction opened fire on the terrorist as he charged them.

Category: Jewish News | Tags: knife attack, Palestinian terrorist, terrorist neutralized

israelandstuffcom | November 3, 2016

Trump wins over Clinton by 5% in Israeli absentee-voter exit poll

The research poll has the number of actual voters from Israel at 30,000, which is significantly lower than Israel’s voter turnout in 2012, which analysts suggest is because of who the candidates are this time.

By LAHAV HARKOV

If American citizens in Israel were to choose the next president of the United States, Republican nominee Donald Trump would win the election, according to the results of an exit poll taken among absentee voters in Israel obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post.

An Israeli soldier walks past members of the US Republican party’s election campaign team near a mall in Modi’in, Israel.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Donald Trump, elections, poll, survey

israelandstuffcom | November 3, 2016

U.S. State Department condemns new home construction in Jerusalem

State Department reiterated condescendingly saying White House is strongly opposed to “settlement activity,” in response to Israel’s approval of new home construction in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood.

By Elad Benari

The State Department on Wednesday issued a scathing condemnation of Israel after it issued building permits for 181 new homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo, located in the southern part of the city.

Jerusalem spokeswoman Brachie Sprung said plans in Gilo were first approved in 2012 and that Wednesday’s approvals were for “technical details of plot distribution,” reported The Associated Press.

Contrary to US, EU & UN opinions, Jerusalem is not a ‘settlement’

She said more detailed building permits will be required before the units are built. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gilo, Jewish construction, new construction, U.S. State Department

Revealed by Azerbaijan MP: Mossad neutralized Iranian terrorists at 2012 Eurovision event

MP Yevda Abramov, head of Baku’s Parliamentary Committee on Israel-Azerbaijan Relations, reported that Israel’s “Mossad divers neutralized an Iranian terrorists cell” targeting the 2012 Eurovision song contest in the capital.

By News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

Israeli intelligence agents were able to prevent a major terrorist attack in Azerbaijan during the 2012 Eurovision song contest in Baku, Azerbaijani MP Yevda Abramov revealed Tuesday.

The Crystal Hall in Baku, which hosted the 2012 – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Local website econbez.ru quoted Abramov as saying that “during the Eurovision song contest in Baku … Mossad divers neutralized at sea a group of terrorists who arrived from Iran to Azerbaijan.” Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: Eurovision, Israel Azerbaijan, Mossad

WATCH: PM Netanyahu tells Italian President Sergio Mattarellan, ‘Israel is the problem’

PM Benjamin Netanyahu tells Italian President Sergio Mattarellan the conflict isn’t about settlements, it “was and is about the Jewish state, and unless and until our Palestinian neighbors face this, confront these demons, give up the ghost of trying to destroy the Jewish State by this or that means, peace will be harder to achieve.”

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

The Palestinians must exorcise the “demon” of wanting to destroy the Jewish state Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting Italian President Sergio Mattarella when the two met in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning.

“I [have] turned not only to Hamas, but to President Abbas, and I said, ‘Would you recognize a Jewish state, assuming we solve the settlement problem?’” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Arab-Israel conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Italy, Sergio Mattarellan, speech

Latest Israeli project: High speed rail from Tel Aviv to Western Wall in 30 minutes

Minister of Transportation Katz orders plans drawn for high-speed railway extension from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, allowing riders to get from an underground station in the Old City, close to the Western Wall, to Tel Aviv in under half an hour.

By Ofer Petersburg

Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Yisrael Katz has instructed the ministry’s staff to promote the planning of an extension to the upcoming high-speed railway line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem so that it extends into the Old City, near the Western Wall. As part of the project, an underground stop will be built in the Western Wall area. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Light Rail System, Public Transportation, trains, Western Wall, Yisrael Katz

Putin Tells U.S. at Int’l Conference: ‘Stop retreating. Combat terrorism like Israel.’

Russian leader slams US anti-terror strategies at international forum, saying, “Look at Israel’s example. Israel never steps back but always fights to the end, and this is how it survives… If we keep retreating, we will always lose.”

David Rosenberg

Speaking at an international forum last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Israel’s anti-terror efforts, suggesting the United States could learn much from the Jewish state.

Russian President Vladimir Putin – Screenshot

In an address to the Valdai International Discussion Club, the Russian leader offered a critique of American foreign policy, particularly with regards to the Middle East and the spread of global terror groups like ISIS. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: terrorism abroad, Vladimir Putin

Israeli kiosk owner sentenced to jail in US for hiring Israelis illegally

Omer Gur Geiger was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison & fined $25,000 for hiring Israelis without work permits.
• Geiger was charged with 34 offenses, including making false claims to immigration authorities, visa fraud & money laundering.

By Israel Hayom Staff

An Israel citizen living in North Carolina was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to six and a half years in prison for illegally employing dozens of young Israelis at mall kiosks across the United States.

Omer Gur Geiger, who arrived in the U.S. on a tourist visa but later became a permanent resident, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Continue Reading »

Category: The Diaspora | Tags: mall kiosks, visas

Israel trying to bar ‘Palestine’ from joining Interpol

Israeli officials point to concerns that Palestinian police will leak sensitive information to terrorist groups, while the PA would turn Interpol into a “political body” driven by external considerations, as they have in other forums.

By ELIYAHU KAMISHER

Israel is hoping to stop an attempt by the PA to join Interpol – the International Criminal Police Organization – at its 85th general assembly in Indonesia next week.

Israeli diplomats are extensively lobbying Interpol members to reject the Palestinian Authority’s bid, either by having it thrown out on a technicality or by swaying one-third of the 190 member states not to approve Palestinian membership. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Interpol

Alert Border Police officers thwart knife attack by female Palestinian terrorist in Hebron

MAGAV Police officers find 2 knives in handbag of female Palestinian, who planned to carry out a vicious stabbing attack at Hebron’s holy site, the Cave of the Patriarchs.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Israeli security forces thwarted a potential stabbing by a female Palestinian planning an attack at the Cave of the Patriarchs on Tuesday morning.

Potential stabbing by female Palestinian thwarted at Cave of the Patriarchs‏. - Photo courtesy: Israel National Police

Potential stabbing by female Palestinian terrorist thwarted at Cave of the Patriarchs‏. – Photo courtesy: Israel National Police

Border Police officers at the revered West Bank site found two knives in the woman’s possession during searches of her bag after she aroused their suspicion. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Border Police, Cave of the Patriarchs, female terrorist, Hebron, knife attack, Palestinian terrorist, Stabbing Attack

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In search of lost cellphone, Israel’s El Al stewardesses save tourist’s life

An El AL flight’s departure was delayed, waiting for the return of 2 stewardesses who went to retrace steps in order to recover lost phone, but instead spent 30 minutes performing CPR on found unconscious Chinese tourist.

By Itay Blumental

Two Israeli stewardesses who were searching for a lost cell phone ended up saving the life of a Chinese tourist at the beginning of the week.El Al Stewardess Nitzan Rabinowitz, 25, noticed that her cell phone was missing a few minutes before her plane was due to depart, but decided to re-trace her steps to find it. She and one of her colleagues, Mor Levi, 22, went all the way back to the train station at the airport, where they saw an elderly Chinese tourist laying on the ground unconscious, while his terrified daughter looked on. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: CPR, El Al

Israel’s PM Netanyahu to make historic visits to 3 countries

As an “indication of the major change that is taking place in Israel’s global relations,” Netanyahu is set to visit 4 countries, including 3 that have yet to be visited by a sitting Israeli prime minister.

By JTA

Binyamin Netanyahu will visit four countries in the coming months, including three that he said have never been visited by a sitting Israeli prime minister.

Netanyahu announced Sunday at the weekly Cabinet meeting that he will travel to Australia, Singapore and Kazakhstan, as well as Azerbaijan, where he made a quick stop in 1997.

In addition, Netanyahu said that President Reuven Rivlin will visit India in two weeks. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel Australia, Israel Azerbaijan, Israel Kazakhstan, Israel Singapore, State visit

EU’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini: Boycotting Israel falls under ‘Freedom of Expression’

Palestinian BDS National Committee member, Riya Hassan welcomed Mogherini’s statement, saying that “We welcome the EU’s belated defense of the right of European and other citizens to stand in solidarity with Palestinian rights, including through BDS tactics.”

By i24news

The European Union’s diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini has said that decisions by EU member countries to boycott Israel are protected as “freedom of expression” under the the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini – Photo: EPA

Mogherini’s statement came in response to an inquiry from an Irish member of the European Parliament which was submitted last month. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: BDS, EU boycott, Federica Mogherini, Israel boycott