Archive for Israel News

Iran mega-funding Hezbollah to kill Israelis – Thanks Obama, for advancing the threat

President Rivlin addressed the memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers of Lebanon War II of 2006, saying Iran is rearming Hezbollah to kill Israeli citizens while establishing new outposts on our borders. “We will fight with courage for our lives, our independence, and our citizens,” the President said.

By Gary Willig

 

President Reuven Rivlin delivered a speech Monday at the Memorial Ceremony for the fallen of the Second Lebanon War, marking the 11th anniversary of the war, at the Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl. The ceremony was attended by of Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Bezalel Smotrich, Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan, Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger, Northern Command Chief Yoel Strick, and members of the families of the fallen. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Palestinian Gov’t TV Glorifies Terrorist Who Slaughtered 22 Jewish Children

Despite the Palestinian leader’s cynical pronouncements for peace, Palestinian Authority TV actively incites violence, continuing to seek new candidates to martyrdom by publicly glorifying those who murdered Jewish children, which only perpetuates the killings, the real goal of Palestinian leadership.

By Israel Today Staff

 

In the video below, an announcer on official state-run Palestinian Authority TV is heard openly praising the actions of the terrorists who perpetrated the Ma’alot massacre in 1974.

Ma’alot is situated in northern Israel, far from the “disputed territories.” The attack was a demonstration that Palestinian groups ultimately intend to “liberate” all of the Holy Land from Jewish rule. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Israeli PM Netanyahu & President Rivlin welcome Rwandan president to Jerusalem

Israel’s PM Netanyahu welcomed Rwandan President Paul Kagame, pointing out how both peoples possess “a tragic legacy” and that Israel is honored to help Rwanda on its road to reconstruction.

By i24NEWS

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin welcomed Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Jerusalem on Monday.

Netanyahu said that both peoples possess “a tragic legacy” and that Israel is honored to help Rwanda on its road to reconstruction.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyhu & Israeli President Reuven Rivlin welcome Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Jerusalem. – Screenshot: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO

“And with your courage, you put an end to this and began rebuilding this torn nation, “the Israeli prime minister said.   Continue Reading »

IDF soldier wounded in Palestinian car-ramming attack, terrorist driver neutralized

After ramming his car into an IDF guard post, lightly injuring one soldier, his squad opened fire neutralizing the terrorist when he exited the car attempting to stab the Israeli soldiers.

By JPOST.com Staff, ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

An IDF soldier was wounded when a car driven by a Palestinian man rammed into him near Tekoa, in the West Bank, on Monday afternoon.  The assailant was shot and later died of his injuries, after trying to stab a few soldiers as he fled the car, the IDF spokesperson’ unit said.

Aerial photo of Tekoa. – Screenshot: Google maps

The soldier was lightly injured and taken to Jerusalem’s Shaare Tzedek hospital, with injuries to his right thigh. Continue Reading »

Israel cuts $1M to UNESCO, US considering next move after Cave of Patriarchs resolution

After UN agency’s diabolical decision, Israel deducts $1M to UNESCO to be diverted to a series of Jewish heritage projects related to Hebron.
• Defense Minister Lieberman: ‘Resolution is outrageous.’
• U.S. envoy to the UN Haley says, vote is “an affront to history.”

By Shlomo Cesana, Gideon Allon, Erez Linn, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weakened slashed $1 million from the fees Israel pays the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after the agency designated the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron a Palestinian World Heritage site. The prime minister said the funds would be diverted to a series of Jewish heritage projects related to Hebron. Continue Reading »

Israel allocates $429 million in defense systems to protect natural-gas rigs

The weapons systems from Israel’s defense industries will be installed on four patrol ships purchased from Germany to protect the offshore natural gas rigs in Israel’s territorial waters
– Minister of Defense says decision will see billions [of shekels] poured into the state’s economy, supporting thousands of families.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The Defense Ministry’s Procurement and Production Directorate is set to purchase weapons systems from the Israeli defense industry to protect the offshore natural gas rigs in Israel’s territorial waters to the tune of NIS 1.5 billion, the ministry said Sunday.

The procurement deals will be finalized by the end of 2017 and include a variety of systems for interception, cyber warfare, control and command, communications, navigations, and more. Continue Reading »

Analysis: Europe now sees the importance of backing Israel

The UK, along with other European countries, are quickly learning that those who don’t work with Israel may be courting disaster.

By Charles Gardner

 

The moral backbone of the UK Government is once more being tested – this time on the crucial issue of whether or not we will stand with Israel in her time of need.

Stalked by terror and threats on every side, the Jewish state is potentially in as great a peril now as its people were under the Nazis, with an estimated 120,000 missiles pointed at Israeli cities by the Iran-sponsored, Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah.

Al Quds Day paraders

And supporters of this vile enemy of democracy have been allowed to march through the streets of London waving an intimidating flag featuring an assault rifle, and calling for the destruction of Israel! Continue Reading »

US Amb. Nikki Haley: UNESCO decision an affront to history, “tragic on several levels”

US Ambassador Nikki Haley, “The UNESCO vote on Hebron is tragic on several levels. It represents an affront to history. It undermines the trust that is needed for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to be successful. And it further discredits an already highly questionable UN agency…The United States is currently evaluating the appropriate level of its continued engagement at UNESCO.”

By Ynetnews

 

US Ambassador Nikki Haley came out Friday against a decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to recognize the West Bank city of Hebron as a Palestinian heritage site, with only a passing mention of its significance to the Jewish faith. Continue Reading »

Israel gives sanctuary to Christian cleric from Iraq ‘wanted’ by ISIS

There are those who accuse Israel of being hostile toward Christians, but if that’s true, why do Palestinian Christians, or other minorities from neighboring Arab countries, seek shelter in the Jewish state?

By Israel Today Staff

 

To hear some of Israel’s antagonists speak one would think the Jewish state was hostile toward Christians.

Why then has a Christian leader dedicated to serving the Arab world sought shelter in Israel after having a price put on his head by ISIS?

Could it be that he, unlike Israel’s detractors, knows that the Jews and their army (called by many an “occupation force”) are a bulwark against the rising tide of Islam, and therefore a haven for Christians? Continue Reading »

Roger Waters anti-Israel ‘Advocacy’ to be Subject of Award-Winning Filmmaker

 

Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters, vocal activist for the BDS and Israel’s demise, is now the subject of a documentary film being made by an award-winning filmmaker and New York Times bestselling author.

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Pink Floyd founding member and former bassist Roger Waters has spent the last decade disparaging the Jewish state. Labeled an anti-Semite by the Anti-Defamation League, Waters compares Jews to Nazi collaborators and claims Israel is a “racist apartheid regime” that practices “ethnic cleansing.”

BDS on American Campuses – CAMERA

As the de facto international spokesman for the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, Waters’ contempt for Israel and the Jewish people is often on full display at his concerts, which feature visuals such as a flying pig emblazoned with a Star of David and anti-Israel rants. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Netanyahu working with Trump, Putin to establish anti-Iran/Hezbollah zone in Syria

 

Times of London reports Israel’s PM Netanyahu called Russian President Putin on the phone seeking assurances Iran-backed groups like Hezbollah won’t operate within a designated buffer-zone, that could extend 30 miles east of Golan Heights, once Syria is divided.

By Shlomo Cesana, Erez Linn & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel has asked the United States and Russia to establish a buffer zone in southern Syria that would curtail Iranian activity as part of the overall political arrangement for the country, The Times of London reported Thursday.

According to the report, based on sources in the Middle East, Jerusalem would like the two powers to “guarantee a buffer zone in southern Syria where Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias will not be allowed to operate.” Continue Reading »

Israel’s Foreign Ministry accuses UNESCO of ‘promoting fake history’ & anti-Semitism

 

Israel’s President, gov’t ministers, and local authorities sound off on UNESCO shameful, anti-Semitic decision of overtly ‘promoting fake history’ against the Jews, while covertly ignoring wanton destruction of non-Islamic mid-East historical sites.
–  “The Cave of the Patriarchs is the foundation of Jewish history, where the first ‘Israel’ in the world is buried, and the magnificent structure over it was built by Jews 2,000 years ago, hundreds of years before the appearance of Islam.”

By Itamar Eichner, Elisha Ben-Kimon

 

Israel slammed a UNESCO resolution passed on Friday declaring Hebron’s Old City—and with it the Cave of the Patriarchs—as a Palestinian World Heritage Site. Continue Reading »

India’s PM Modi visited Israel never saying ‘Palestinians’ once… for a reason

 

Unlike many of the Western European countries, India does not engage in “megaphone diplomacy,” rather it deals with issues quietly, behind the scenes, not in the full glare of camera lights, and not hypocritically lecturing others in public.

By HERB KEINON

 

Narendra Modi, who departed Israel on Thursday after being the first-ever Indian prime minister to visit, spent 49 hours in the country, participated in more than a dozen events, and spoke publicly five times.

And never once did he publicly utter the word “Palestinians.”

Modi and Netanyahu wading on the beach. – Photo- KOBI GIDEON/GPO

There are many reasons why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have hated to see the departure of his Indian counterpart, the leader of the world’s largest democracy with whom he waded barefoot into the Mediterranean on Thursday. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Member of British House of Lords blasts media bias against Israel

 

Former BBC chairman Lord Michael Grade exposes BBC’s coverage of Israel, and anti-Israel terror as ‘inexcusable’, saying, “When Israel acts in self-defense, the narrative is distorted to fit their (the media) narrative of Zionist aggression.”

By David Rosenberg

 

A member of the House of Lords and former chairman of the British Broadcasting Corporation addressed the problem of media bias against Israel during a speech in Parliament on Wednesday, lambasting the BBCfor its coverage of recent terror attacks against Jews in Israel.

Lord Michael Grade, who was chairman of the BBC from 2004 to 2006, praised his country’s backing for a Jewish national home in the 1917 Balfour Declaration, but lamented that much of the media today feeds false narratives about the Jewish state, while anti-Semites use Zionism and Zionists as a proxy for attacking Judaism and Jews. Continue Reading »

London mayor seeks to make supporting Hezbollah illegal in Britain

 

Following the outrage over Hezbollah’s flags being flown in the city’s Al Quds Day March, which was accompanied with frequent calls for the destruction of Israel, London’s mayor said, ‘Anti-Semitism or hate crime of any kind has no place in our city.’

By i24NEWS

 

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants to make the act of supporting all factions of Hezbollah illegal in Britain, following outrage over the Lebanese militant group’s flags being flown in the city’s Al Quds Day March in June, the Jewish Chronicle reported on Thursday.Khan will write to Britain’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, to urge a change in the law, the paper reported. Continue Reading »