Archive for Israel News

Palestinian terrorist neutralized in stabbing attack, one Border Policeman injured

A 21yr-old Border Guard policeman was injured in the leg at the Tapuah junction knife attack, and evacuated to hospital for treatment.
– Terrorist eliminated.

By i24NEWS – AFP

 

A Palestinian teenager who tried to attack an Israeli border guard in the West Bank with a knife on Saturday was shot dead, an Israeli police spokeswoman said.

The knife used in the attack at Tapuah Junction, August 19, 2017 – Photo: Police Spokesperson

She said the 17-year-old attacker, whose identity was not disclosed, approached a group of border guards and pulled a knife from his bag to attack one of them, and another guard opened fire on him. Continue Reading »

The Ever Evolving Israel Navy

Expansion of Israel’s Mediterranean exclusive economic zone, threats that emanate from Lebanon, and the bravado broadcasted from Gaza, challenge the IDF’s continual augmentation of Israel’s ‘small’ naval fleet.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

Some 30 meters underground in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv sits the Navy War Room, whence senior officers can see every wave crashing on the nation’s shores and every ship and plane in or over its territorial waters.

The Israel Navy is small compared to other IDF corps, and it has a large territory to protect since the expansion of the country’s Mediterranean exclusive economic zone (EEZ) from 40 miles to 150 miles four years ago, a senior naval officer said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

Well Done! Israel Police inspect car’s trunk & find wannabe Palestinian Arab terrorist

Israel Border Police stop suspicious Arab driver at checkpoint on a road leading to Jerusalem, discover a 20-something yr-old Arab, Hevron resident, hiding in the car’s trunk who was attempting to exit PA territory and enter Israel without permits.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Border Police officers caught an Arab infiltrator attempting to cross into Jerusalem by hiding in the trunk of a car.

The incident occurred on Thursday night, when a 35-year-old Arab driver aroused Border Police officers’ suspicions when he tried to cross into Jerusalem via the a-Zaim security checkpoint.

The confiscated car – Photo: Israel Police spokesperson

The officers insisted on inspecting the car, and upon opening the trunk discovered an Arab Hevron resident in his 20s attempting to cross into pre-1967 Israel without the necessary permits. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Satire Sticks It To Palestinian Authority For Selling ‘Alternative Facts’

The satirical video clip, while hilarious, contains numerous key truths that anyone who understand the Israel-Palestinian conflict sees the seriousness of the invented ‘narrative’.

By Israel Today Staff

 

How is it that despite written and physical evidence, the Palestinian Authority has managed to convinced the world that Jews have no connection to this land?

The following satirical video clip, while hilarious, contains some very key truths that anyone who wants to truly understand the Middle East conflict needs to come to grips with.

Chief among those is that the Palestinian Authority has learned that by calling their phony claims a “narrative,” they have cleverly precluded being held accountable by the mainstream media or liberal governments. Continue Reading »

New Israeli field bandage found effective, stops blood flow from artery, stomach

Israeli-made Woundclot, successfully field tested by Border Police, stops bleeding in 40 seconds and was found effective in stopping blood flow from bleeding artery or stomach.
• Police, military forces worldwide express interest in the life-saving bandage.

By Itsik Saban

 

Israel’s Border Police are making preparations to equip their medics, commanders and team leaders operating in the Jerusalem area with Israeli-made Woundclot hemostatic bandages, which help save lives by making the blood flowing from wounds clot faster. The bandages dissolve within seven days.

New bandage stops the bleeding, allowing the seriously wounded more time to be evacuated to hospital.

Border Police medics tested the bandages during the recent wave of terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, and they proved efficient in stopping bleeding quickly and keeping victims alive while they were being transferred to hospitals for further treatment. Continue Reading »

American TV host Conan O’Brien sends himself to Israel, for R&R from US politics

Watch Conan O’Brien announce the reasons for traveling to Israel.

BY JACOB GOFF KLEIN

 

Comedian and television host Conan O’Brien announced on his show that he will be visiting Israel in September to film a special episode of his travel series Conan without Borders. The announcement was complete with Israeli flag graphics and Hebrew text.

“Due to all the division, strife, intractable hatred and violence in our country right now I have decided to leave America for the relative peace and quiet of the Middle East. That’s right people, I am going to Israel!” He said.

He continued: “I may be in Israel the same week as President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who’s been sent there to broker a Middle East solution.

Continue Reading »

Following tip from Arab woman, Israel Police catch suspect with concealed knife

Jerusalem Arab woman warns police of a suspicious Arab man whom she observed with a concealed knife as he was going toward Jerusalem’s city center.

By David Rosenberg

 

Police captured an Arab suspect from Shuafat neighborhood in northeastern Jerusalem as he made his way to the center of town with a concealed knife, following a tip by an Arab woman who observed him with the weapon.

The woman, also a resident of Shuafat, reportedly witnessed the suspect placing a sharp object in his bag before boarding a bus towards downtown Jerusalem.

Palestinian media inciting the children to kill – Ynet anti-BDS conference

After witnessing this, the woman contacted police stationed near the entrance of Shuafat, informing them of the suspect’s concealed weapon. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Gov’t Press Office nullifies Al Jazeera reporter’s Press Card

Ayoub Kara, Israel’s Communications Minister, sent information about a senior Al Jazeera reporter from the Jerusalem bureau, to the GPO in efforts to shut down the Qatari-owned cable news channel in Israel.

BY LAHAV HARKOV

 

The Government Press Organization invalidated the press credentials of an Al Jazeera reporter on Wednesday, after he said his journalism was part of the Palestinian “resistance.”

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara speaking at the Knesset – Facebook

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara sent the information about Elias Karam, a senior reporter at Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau, to the GPO as part of Kara’s efforts to shut down the Qatari-owned cable news channel in Israel. Continue Reading »

WATCH: IDF uses Patriot missile to successfully intercept UAV in nighttime exercise

According to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the successful interception of the UAV using the Patriot surface-to-air missile system was part of a larger exercise scheduled for 2017.

Ynet

 

A Patriot surface-to-air missile was successfully test fired Wednesday from a base in central Israel as part of an air force exercise designed to test Israel’s air defense capabilities against threats.

As part of the exercise, the American-made system scored a direct hit on an airborne UAV.

According to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the successful interception was part of a larger exercise planned in advance for 2017. Continue Reading »

Israel among first to dispatch humanitarian aid to Sierra Leone

As soon as massive mudslide outside Freetown reportedly killed more than 400 people, Israel’s PM Netanyahu instructs Foreign Ministry “to extend assistance immediately and in every way possible.”
• 10,000 meals already sent, with clean water, medicines, blankets, etc.

By Eli Leon, Shlomo Cesana, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel on Tuesday sent humanitarian aid to the West African country of Sierra Leone after a deadly mudslide struck areas outside the capital, Freetown.

Authorities said more than 400 people were killed in and around Freetown on Monday after heavy rains triggered a massive mudslide. The Red Cross estimated that 600 people were still missing, and said the death toll was certain to rise. Continue Reading »

Chronicling the Open Love Affair as Israel Celebrates India’s Independence Day

An Indian journalist in Israel explores the new Israel-India love affair, asking some hard questions, and pointing out some inconvenient truths.

By PALKI SHARMA UPADHYAY

 

A typical independence day for a TV journalist in India goes like this – you report to work early in the morning because the Prime Minister makes a speech at the majestic Red Fort. You spend the day focusing on the highlights of it, and scrounge for news on agencies because it’s usually a slow day.

It’s a national holiday, people have more time to watch TV and you don’t have enough to serve them. Continue Reading »

Schwarzenegger counters the hate, donates $100k to anti-hate Wiesenthal Center

Schwarzenegger: “There is no white America – there is only the United States of America…. My dream is that all of you will join me in helping your favorite anti-hate organizations in any way you can.”

By AMY SPIRO

 

Former California governor and action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has donated $100,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Schwarzenegger wrote an emotional Facebook post on Monday about the events of the weekend, woman was killed during a white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Arnold Schwarzenegger – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

“I have been horrified by the images of Nazis and white supremacists marching in Charlottesville,” he wrote. Continue Reading »

Israel poised to become global exporter of medical marijuana

Israel’s Public Security Minister opposed the recommendation, but still, an inter-ministerial committee OK’d the export of medical cannabis abroad, even after being warned how Israel may be unprepared to handle the ramifications of the export of this ‘dangerous drug.’

By Eli Senyor, Gad Lior

 

Israel will soon become a major exporter of medical cannabis and be one of the only nations in the world to officially export the plant to countries that approved it for medicinal use, all the while marijuana remains an illegal, controlled substance in Israel.

According to estimates, revenues from the export of Israeli cannabis could reach about NIS 1 billion a year. Continue Reading »

4 yr-old Gaza boy finally walks after Jerusalem doctors remove tumor from his chest

After years of sitting in a wheelchair, unable to stand on his feet and in severe respiratory distress, 4 yr-old Sliman was finally diagnosed correctly, and after the removal of a chest growth undetected in several Gaza hospitals, Sloman is now walking and breathing easier.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

A four-year-old boy from Gaza is able to walk after undergoing complex surgery at Hadassah-University Medical Center, in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem, to remove a tumor from his chest.

Born with a number of birth defects in his spine and chest, Sliman was taken during his short life to several hospitals in Gaza where unsuccessful attempts were made to diagnose his condition. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Prime Minister Tells U.S. Congressmen: It’s time the Kurds received independence

Although, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rarely addresses the Kurdish issue, he told a visiting delegation of 33 American congressmen last week that he is in favor of an independent Kurdish state since they are a “brave, pro-Western people who share our values” and could curtail Iran’s expansion in their region.

By HERB KEINON

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a delegation of 33 Republican congressmen last week that he is in favor of an independent Kurdish state in parts of Iraq, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

According to a source who took part in the discussion on Thursday, Netanyahu expressed his “positive attitude” toward a Kurdish state in the Kurdish areas of Iraq, saying the Kurds are a “brave, pro-Western people who share our values.” Continue Reading »