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UN Security Council criticizes Israel for mistreating Palestinian children

The UN ignored the 47 acts of terrorism against Israelis that have been carried out by Palestinian youth since last fall, as well as the non-stop incitement in Palestinian schools to hate & kill Jews, but focused on exaggerated and/or fabricated charges against Israel.

NEW YORK – Israel was criticized for committing violations against Palestinian children by countries including Venezuela, Iran and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the United Nations Security Council, presided this month by Malaysia, held a meeting focusing on Children in Armed Conflict.

UN – Uninvolved in Peace on the ground, at the General Assembly Hall, or at the UN Security Council.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel Propaganda, UN bias, UNSC

Four monster Tunnel Boring Machines on their way to Israel

Four Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) are on its way to Israel to construct the planed underground electric light rail train routes that are expected to be fully operational by 2021.

By Itay Blumental

At a press conference to mark a year since the beginning of construction on the Red Line near the Israel Diamond Exchange in Ramat Gan, Transport Minister Yisrael Katz said “despite the gloomy forecasts of traffic jams from Netanya to Gadera and of the area becoming infested with rats, we have overcome everything.”

The segment of the light rail construction next to the Israel Diamond Exchange – Photo: Motti Kimchi

The work on the Red Line light rail train which is due to connect the cities of Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, and Ramat Gan has taken a giant leap forward with the introduction of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which will be used to dig the train tunnels 90 feet under the surface.The Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gush Dan, Light Rail System, Public Transportation

Israel’s top generic drugmaker buys rival in $40 billion acquisition

The $40-billion acquisition, the largest in Israel’s history, gives Teva Pharmaceutical a large market lead and catapults it into the top 10 pharmaceutical firms globally.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

Teva Pharmaceutical on Tuesday completed its $40 billion acquisition of the generics arm of rival Allergan, a move the Israeli firm hailed as confirmation of its intention to become one of the world’s largest drugmakers.

“Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Allergan plc today announced that Teva has completed its acquisition of Allergan’s generics business (Actavis Generics)” the Israeli company said in a statement.

The $40-billion deal, the largest in Israeli history, was agreed last year but finally confirmed Tuesday. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel economy, Teva Pharmaceutical

Blunder of epic proportions? Lebanon Army Day ad uses IDF soldiers as ‘good guys’ on Facebook

Finger-pointing, condemnations, and embarrassments follows an unforgivable gaffe when a social media post inadvertently uses photo of I.D.F. soldier in a celebration of Lebanese Army Day.

By Israel Hayom Staff

In an embarrassing gaffe, a Lebanese advertising company featured an image of an Israeli solider in a post commemorating Lebanon’s Army Day.

The original post commemorating Lebanon’s Army Day with an image of an IDF soldier – Photo: Screenshot from Facebook

According to a report on the Walla news site, Virgin Ticketing Box-Office sparked a social media firestorm Monday, after an ad posted on its official Facebook page featured the image of an Israeli soldier, with the following caption: “Always keep your eyes on us, hero.” Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Facebook, IDF soldier, Israel Lebanon

Captured Palestinian bomb terrorist was West Bank civil engineering student

Cleared for publication: Abu Hassan, 20, caught by a vigilant security guard, built the pipe bombs he planned for his terrorist attack on the Jerusalem light rail.

By Roi Yanovsky

Ali Abu Hassan, 20, from the Hebron area, is the terrorist who was stopped while attempting to carry out a bombing on the Jerusalem light rail two weeks ago, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday.

Abu Hassan, a civil engineering student at the Polytechnic University in Hebron, made the pipe bombs he planned on using for the attack himself.According to prosecutor’s statement filed by police on Tuesday, Abu Hassan left a will at the university before setting out to commit the attack. Continue Reading »

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Mazel Tov! 60 yr-old woman gives birth to first child in central Israel

This morning at the Kaplan Medical Center, a 60-year-old woman gave birth to a healthy and strong baby girl, during a successful delivery fraught with challenges.

By Tal Polon

A 60-year-old woman has given birth at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot to a healthy baby girl, Channel 10 reported this morning (Tuesday). The girl weighed 2.2 kilograms (4.8 pounds).

Newborn delivery (illustrative) – Reuters

Dr. Yael Naaman, one of the doctors who oversaw the birth, noted that “the baby was born healthy and strong, and has been passed to a child specialist for further treatment.”

The labor, however, was fraught with challenges. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Health News, Kaplan Medical Center, Medical, medical attention

Iranian official exposes Palestinian President Abbas of being CIA collaborator

Iran and the Palestinian Authority’s last public spat came in February when Tehran announced it would bypass Abbas’ PA and send money directly to families whose children carried out armed attacks against Israelis.

By ADAM RASGON

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an Iranian diaspora opposition group, met in Paris on Saturday, renewing tensions between the Palestinian leadership and Iran.

Abbas meets Rajavi, the head of Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), in Paris.

Abbas hosted Rajavi at his hotel and updated her on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and the Middle East, according to Wafa, the official Palestinian Authority news agency. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: Abbas, CIA, Iran

Palestinians continue to condemn ‘Israelization’ of Jerusalem

Maintaining their rights to use education as a tool in fulfilling their ultimate goal of acquiring all of Israel one day, Arab-Israeli Knesset Members released a statement acknowledging their intent to continue the Palestinian curriculum, which praises terrorists and treats Israel as a temporarily occupied area.

By Dalit Halevi

The Palestinian Authority and members of the Israeli Arab population slammed the Education Ministry for its “Israelizing” policies in education in the eastern part of Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education criticized the Jerusalem policies in a statement published on July 30. The statement was signed by Palestinian Education Minister Sabi Saydem, by several Israeli Arab public figures, and by Israeli-Arab MKs Ahmed Tibi and Jamal Zahalka.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, Arab MK, Jerusalem

Hamas claims Abbas’ PA arrest members in bid to manipulate election outcome

Hamas officials admit their Islamic organization expects a crackdown of arrests of their members, orchestrated by Fatah ahead of October elections in order to skew voting results.

By i24news

Hamas officials are expecting a clampdown on its members in the West Bank at the hands of rival party Fatah in a bid to skew the upcoming elections, the Times of Israel news site reports.

Palestinian security forces in Bethlehem on December 24, 2015 – Photo: MOHAMED AL QASEM

The Palestinian Authority regularly arrests activists suspected of being linked to Hamas, often in coordination with Israeli security forces to stop attacks within Israel. Continue Reading »

Category: Mid-East News | Tags: arrests, elections, Fatah-Hamas

WATCH: IDF wheels out its first 8-wheeled armored personnel carrier

The IDF’s Eitan high speed APC will enable rapid deployment of forces to critical areas and will also be equipped with the Trophy active protection system, that intercepts RPGs and neutralizes anti-tank missile threats.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

The Defense Ministry unveiled on Monday the IDF’s first wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC). The platform will soon enter service, joining the tracked Namer APC to eventually replace the aging and vulnerable M113 platforms.

Eitan, the IDF’s first wheeled armored personnel carrier

The Defense Ministry’s Tank Administration announced that it had built the first prototype of the the APC, dubbed Eitan, after completing the development stage.

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News, Video's worth Viewing | Tags: APC, Eitan, IDF, Namer, Raphael's Trophy

11 UN ambassadors arrive in Israel for first hand experience

11 UN ambassadors arrived in Israel Sunday as part of Israel’s UN Ambassador’s attempt to present the int’l delegates with an Israeli perspective, that would hopefully influence their home countries’ future votes regarding Israel.

By Itamar Eichner

The eleven ambassadors representing countries from all over the world, arrived in Israel Sunday at the invitation of Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon, who plans on showing his colleagues an alternative and more complex view of Israel.

Danon’s guests included ambassadors from Uruguay (which serves as the UN Security Council), Thailand, Serbia, Tanzania, Liberia, Bosnia, Panama, Equatorial Guinea, Palau, the Marshall Islands and Moldova. Continue Reading »

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

Good day for IDF: 4 pipe-bombs discovered & knife yielding terrorist shot dead

Arab driver arrested after Israeli border personnel discovered 4 pipe bombs in his car at a Security Checkpoint from the W.Bank. That incident followed an earlier shooting by IDF when a Palestinian terrorist attacked Checkpoint soldiers with a knife.

By Ido Ben-Porat

Security guards at the Trans-Samaria Crossing identified on Sunday night four pipe bombs in the car of an Arab with Israeli citizenship who was on his way back from Judea and Samaria.

IDF vehicle at security checkpoint (Archive) – Photo: United Hatzalah

The vehicle was inspected and a police sapper was called to the scene to neutralize the bombs. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: pipe bomb, terrorist neutralized, Trans-Samaria Crossing

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#BlackLivesMatter movement arrives in Israel ignoring #JewishLivesMatter too

Members of the radical anti-Israel organization come to the Jewish State to join provocative W.Bank protest against ‘Israeli genocide against Arabs by Zionist vigilantes’.

By David Rosenberg

A delegation from the radical “Black Lives Matter” movement arrived in Israel last week to promote what the group called “the fight for dignity, justice and freedom”.

Black Lives Matter protesters in Israel – Photo: Facebook/screenshot

Founded with the aim of raising awareness about fatalities among African Americans resulting from encounters with law enforcement officers, the Black Lives Matter movement has argued that American law enforcement agencies are explicitly “hunting down” young black males.

Category: Israel News | Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, African Americans, anti-Israel bias, anti-Israel Protesters, BDS