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Israel arrests UN aid agency official who benefited Hamas with UN assets

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Israel arrests UN Development Program engineer who, after having been instructed by a Hamas official to exploit his position to aid the Islamic terrorist group, directed UN assets to assist terrorists and terror activities.

By Uzi Baruch

In July, the Shin Bet and the Israel Police arrested Wahid Abdallah Borsh, 38, of Jabaliya in Gaza , on suspicion he used his position in the UN Development Program (UNDP), to help Hamas.
The UNDP agency runs restoration and development projects for the population in Gaza, including restoration work on houses damaged during military engagements.

Forced to remain in squalor as Hamas redirects funds for food, health & reconstruction, to tunnel construction & wages to Hamas militants.

Category: Jewish News |

Israeli Company Vies to Build Trump’s US-Mexico Border Fence

Having constructed secure smart-fences along the borders of Gaza, Egypt and several African countries, and Israeli firm is eager to realize Trump’s plans on the US-Mexican border.

By Israel Today Staff

The Israeli company that constructed the security barrier surrounding the Gaza Strip says it is eager to make Donald Trump’s proposed Mexico border wall a reality, should the Republican candidate win the White House in November.

The proposed security fence between the Palestinian Authority and Israel along Judea & Samaria

“We’ve done it in the past, and we would definitely want to do it,” Saar Koursh, owner of Magal Security Systems Ltd., Continue Reading »

For U.S. Expatriates In Need of an Absentee Ballot

For the approximately 200,000 U.S. citizens living in Israel who are eligible to vote and need to request an absentee ballot online, it’ll be relatively quick and easy.

By ELIYAHU KAMISHER

As the November 8th US presidential election approaches, the approximately 200,000 US citizens living in Israel who are eligible to vote should be readying their paperwork if they want their ballots counted.

US presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton . – Photo: REUTERS

Fortunately, the process to request an absentee ballot is relatively quick and easy.

According to the Federal Voting Assistance Program, it takes only two steps to vote from overseas: 1) register and request your absentee ballot, and 2) fill out and send in your ballot once it arrives. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: elections, vote

REPORT: IDF combat soldiers will be given college scholarships after discharge

Full scholarships to pursue a university degree or professional certification upon completion if combat service will be funded by the IDF, the Friends of the IDF and the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers.

By JTA

Israeli combat soldiers will receive full scholarships from the military to pursue a university degree or professional certification.

The scholarships will be funded by the Israel Defense Forces, as well as the Friends of the IDF and the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers, the Israeli Hebrew daily Yediot Acharonot reported.

In a recent meeting, IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Gadi Eisenkot asked Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon to help him find the funds to offer such scholarships to only to combat soldiers, but to all soldiers after their service, according to Ynet, the English-language sister publication of Yediot. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: FIDF, IDF, Israel education, scholarship

israelandstuffcom | August 8, 2016

Palestinian swimmer’s claims against Israel proven untrue

The Palestinian swimmer’s attempts to blame Israel with claims of inaccessibility to Olympic-size pools for training, have been proven untrue, with at least 4 at her disposal.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Claims of immense training difficulties faced by Palestinian Olympic-hopeful Mary al-Atrash have rippled across the media as of late over their apparent stretching of the truth.

A recent report by Tablet Magazine has stirred the waters surrounding the Palestinian athlete’s struggle to prepare for the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Palestinian swimmer Mary Al-Atrash, 22. – Photo: REUTERS

In a June report, Reuters claimed that the 22-year-old swimmer from Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem in the West Bank was without an adequate pool in which to train. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, Olympics

israelandstuffcom | August 8, 2016

Israel gov’t ministers announce plan to deport pro-boycott activists

Israel’s Public Security Minister announced: “We must not allow boycott activists to enter Israel. This is a necessary step given the maliciousness of these delegitimizing activists who work to spread lies & distort the reality of our area.”

By i24news

Israel’s interior and public security ministers on Sunday declared that they plan to form a committee aimed at expelling and preventing the entry of activists supporting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

A BDS protest in East Jerusalem – Photos: AFP

The committee is to be tasked with locating hundreds of such activists and keep new ones from entering, a press announcement said.

Category: Israel News | Tags: BDS, Gilad Erdan

israelandstuffcom | August 8, 2016

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IOC reprimands Lebanese Olympic team for refusing to allow Israelis on bus

The International Olympic Committee warned the head of the Lebanese delegation, that they would not accept any further instances like this.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

The head of the Lebanese Olympic delegation was reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday after refusing to let the Israeli delegation board a bus the two teams were supposed to share.

Israeli delegation at Rio olympics. – Photo: REUTERS

As a result, according to the original Facebook post by Israeli sailing coach Udi Gal, event organizers tried to scatter the Israeli athletes on several different buses. He called this “unacceptable for security and representative reasons.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: Facebook, IOC, Israel Lebanon, Olympics

‘If they see the truth, they won’t fall victims to Palestinian lies’

WATCH: Ambassador to the UN Danon explains why Israel’s invitation to 11 foreign ambassadors to visit Israel was so important, claiming now that they’ve see the truth about Israel, they can no longer be deceived easily anymore.

Arutz Sheva Staff

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon expressed great satisfaction with the visit to Israel he led in which 11 UN ambassadors representing countries from four different continents had the opportunity to observe life in Israel for themselves.

“It was a very effective visit. We managed to show them the chief challenges we’re dealing with in only four days,” Danon told Arutz Sheva. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Danny Danon, Hasbara, UN, UN ambassadors

13 yr-old Palestinian boy arrested after loaded handgun found in school locker

According to Israel Police, the handgun was found, holstered with two loaded clips, in the Palestinian boy’s locker at his Jerusalem school after reports of suspicious activity there.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

A pistol and two loaded cartridges belonging to a 13-year-old Palestinian boy from east Jerusalem were seized by police at an area school overnight Sunday. The boy has been placed under arrest.

While details of the investigation remain unclear, according to police, the gun was found in a holster in the boy’s locker at the unidentified Jerusalem school, after intelligence was received about suspicious activity there.

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Category: Israel News | Tags: East Jerusalem, Israel Police, weapons

Iran executes nuclear scientist for leaking information after U.S. publicizes payment

US leaked offering Shahram Amiri, who was subsequently hanged in Iran, millions of dollars for intel on Iran’s secrete nuclear program during Clinton’s term as Sec of State, but may have been ‘left out in the cold’, forcing him to return to Iran penniless, and to a noose.

By The Associated Press

Iran confirmed on Sunday that it has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the US intelligence about the country’s contested nuclear program.

The official IRNA news agency quoted a spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi, confirming the execution of Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist caught up in a real-life US spy mystery who later returned to his home country and disappeared. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Iranian nuclear program

IDF failed to destroy Russian drone that invaded Israeli airspace

Russian President Vladimir Putin informed PM Netanyahu that the UAV which accidentally entered Israeli airspace was Russian, not Hezbollah’s or Syrian.

By David Rosenberg

A drone which penetrated Israeli airspace three weeks ago was Russian, not Syrian, as initially believed, Haaretz reported on Sunday.

In mid-July, three weeks ago to the day, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crossed into Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights from the Syrian frontier, and managed to fly some 2.5 miles (4 km) into Israeli airspace before turning back.

At the time, an IDF spokesperson acknowledged that a drone had entered Israeli airspace, but gave no indication as to who was behind the incident. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Drone, Golan Heights, IDF, Israel Russia, Netanyahu Putin, UAV

Gaza terrorist killed as 3rd tunnel this month collapses

Following the third terror-tunnel cave-in this month, it still isn’t clear if Israel has played any part in the recent collapses.

By ADAM RASGON

Kahled Mithqal al-Hour, member of Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzeldin Qassam Brigades, died in a tunnel collapse on Saturday evening, according to a statement on Hamas’s official website.

Hamas shows new tunnels built in Gaza. – Photo: ARAB MEDIA

“The martyr Hour met his Lord and departed from our world following a collapse of a resistance tunnel,” the statement said.

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Hour was 23 years old and from the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News |

Israel Police to be equipped with personal body cameras

Israel Police started a pilot project to instill public trust in the police by equipping officers with body cameras, after having been proven to reduce violence between civilians and police.

Roee Yanovski

The Israel Police started a new pilot project Wednesday whereby patrol officers and traffic officers will wear body cameras. The pilot will last between three and four months, with 150 officers throughout the country recieving the cameras.

The feedback provided by the cameras is expected to help refine police policy and make the police more efficient. The end goal is to have every patrol officer outfitted with a body camera. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Police

Israeli company of ex-IDF intel officers hack ISIS, reveal list of terror targets

After hacking the encrypted site, the Israeli company named “Insights” published a list of potential targets that they had gotten off ISIS’s messaging group.

By Shai Landesman

An Israeli company has hacked into ISIS secret online messaging group “telegram”, and has revealed lists of potential targets for attacks planned by the terror group, Channel 10 News reported.

Cyber hackers – Illustrative Photo: REUTERS

Only 500 people worldwide are members of the secret group, and new members are only accepted by recommendation by one of the existing ones. Potential targets for terror attacks are frequently posted on the group, with the intention of moving one of the members to plan an attack in these locations. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: hackers, High Tech, ISIS

israelandstuffcom | August 6, 2016