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IsraAID sets up field hospital in Ecuador as quake reaps 646 fatalities

In the Ecuadorian village of Canoa, IsraAID sets up field hospital focusing on emergency medical treatment, as the death toll from last week’s earthquake rises.

By i24news

 

Nearly 650 people are now known to have died in the strong earthquake that hit Ecuador one week ago, President Rafael Correa said Saturday, as the toll jumped yet higher.

IsraelAID sets up field hospital in Ecuador – Photo: IsraAID

Last Saturday’s 7.8-magnitude quake was the worst to strike the South American country in decades, causing buildings to collapse and damaging roads and other infrastructure in tourist areas along Ecuador’s coast.

Strong aftershocks have rattled the country daily since and the number of dead is expected to rise further with another 130 people still missing. Continue Reading »

Caught female terrorists admit to Israel Police they wanted to ‘meet hot martyrs’

Israel’s Public Security Minister notes that while male Palestinian terrorists “do what they do because they were promised 72 virgins,” there is now a new phenomenon, where several female terrorists sought death hoping to get good-looking male terrorists in Paradise.

By Itsik Saban

 

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Wednesday revealed a new phenomenon, of female Palestinian terrorists who say they want to become shahids (martyrs) so as to meet good-looking male shahids.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan – Photo: Uri Lenz

“There is now a new phenomenon: Once upon a time the [male] terrorists would do what they do because they were promised 72 virgins were waiting for them,” Erdan said. Continue Reading »

Lebanese BDS calls on gov’t to ban blockbuster with Israeli actress

 

view videoLebanese BDS chapter sent a letter to the Israel boycott office in the Lebanese Economic Ministry, to inform officials that the ‘Superman’ film stars Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

The Lebanese BDS movement has demanded that the government ban the screening of the new Hollywood movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, starring the Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbarreported Saturday.

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IDF general admits Israel assisting Arab allies fight ISIS

 

Speaking to Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, revealed for the first time, that the IDF was providing intelligence assistance to Egypt & Jordan in their fight against ISIS.

By Reuters

 

“Israel provides Jordan and Egypt with intelligence assistance in their fight against ISIS,” the IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, said on Wednesday, describing the US backed Arab neighbors as stable despite the insurgent threat.

Jordanian soldiers – Photo: EPA

Egypt made peace with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994. They are the only Arab countries to have treaties with Israel, a matter unpopular with many Egyptians and Jordanians and which generally keeps Amman and Cairo quiet about the ties.  Continue Reading »

Cleared for Publication: ‘Jewish terror cell’ busted by Israel’s Shin bet

 

Although several of the arrested suspects’ identities, as well as other details, are still under a court-imposed gag order, Israel Security Agency broke up a cell of Jewish extremists who attacked Palestinians in 2015.

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

The Shin Bet security service announced it broke up a “Jewish terror” cell active in the Gush Talmonim area in southeastern Samaria.

Illustration – Photo: Thinkstock

According to the Shin Bet, the suspects in custody carried out unspecified attacks against Palestinian Arab targets during the latter half of 2015.

The security agency said intelligence gathered in the aftermath of the attacks suggested the existence of a terror cell active in the Jewish village of Nahliel in the Binyamin Region of Samaria, to the north of Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Knesset to facilitate ‘returning’ Sephardic Jews forcibly converted to Christianity

 

MKs launched a new Knesset lobby to assist the increasing numbers of descendants of Jews around the world who have become interested in exploring their heritage, & reconnecting to their Jewish faith.

By SAM SOKOL

 

A new Knesset lobby intended to push for greater outreach toward the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews forcibly converted to Christianity, known in Hebrew as B’nai Anusim, was launched on Tuesday.

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Abbas, I don’t condone terrorism, but families of ‘martyrs’ are compensated

 

view videoAbbas who’s presidency ended 6 years ago tells Spiegel Online, ‘I do not want to run again’ for PA president, I haven’t made any mistakes, and “We are not encouraging our youth to commit violence. But if someone dies at the hands of Israeli security forces, we call that person a martyr. This is our tradition,” the PA president explains to the German magazine.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that he does “not want to run again” for president if new elections were held while claiming he has “made no mistakes” since taking over negotiating responsibilities on behalf of the Palestinian people over 10 years ago. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Jordan suspends installation of CCTV cameras on Temple Mount

 

Contrary to an agreement made by Israel, the U.S. and Jordan’s King last October, Jordan’s Prime Minister said that Palestinian opposition to the surveillance led to the decision.

By i24news

 

Jordan is suspending the plan to install security cameras around the flashpoint Temple Mount complex over Palestinian opposition to it, Jordan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said on Monday, according to Jordan’s Petra news agency.

Temple Mount – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The site, considered holy to both Muslims and Jews, is known to Muslims as the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Jordan retains custodial rights, administered by the Waqf, but Israel controls access. Continue Reading »

Fatah official hints that Palestinian Authority may stop using Israel’s shekel

Nabil Sha’ath, a senior Fatah official, also repeated a PA threat to halt its security coordination with Israel.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority may end its currency union with Israel, Nabil Sha’ath, a senior Fatah official, announced on Monday.

New 200 shekel bill. – Photo: COURTESY OF THE BANK OF ISRAEL

Sha’ath, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and a former PA foreign minister, said that the boycott of the shekel was one of a number of “daring and decisive” decisions that the PA leadership would take if Israel continued to violate agreements signed with the Palestinians.

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IDF: Hamas’ new terror-tunnels built stronger, more durable

 

The newer tunnels built after Operation Protective Edge benefit from sturdier construction methods, improving structural integrity, which make them less likely to collapse due to rainfall.

By Ynet reporters

 

When comparing the tunnels discovered and destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014 with the tunnel discovered two weeks ago, it is clear that Hamas has greatly improved the structural engineering of its tunnel and its construction methods. 

New-style Hamas tunnel, right, old-style Hamas tunnel, left – Photo: IDF spokesperson

The wall of the tunnels discovered during Operation Protective Edge consisted of pre-cast concrete slabs placed vertically, with reinforced concrete arches above them to prevent the tunnel from collapsing due to the weight of the soil above it.
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Watch: Palestinian refuses to “condemn all acts of terrorism” at UN Security Council

 

Watch: Dramatic clash when Ambassador Danon tells Palestinian representatives at the UN Security Council, ‘Shame on you for refusing to say you condemn all acts of terror.’

By Uzi Baruch

 

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday hosted Natan and Ranana Meir, the husband and daughter of Dafna Meir who was murdered at the entrance to her home in Otniel, Judea in January.

Banana Meir, Natan Meir and Danny Danon -FM Spokesperson

Danon hosted the two together with the OneFamily organization that supports terror victims at a special session of the UN Security Council held on the topic of Israel. Continue Reading »

Updated with Video: Terrorist Bomb Exploded on Jerusalem bus – at least 16 injured

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view videoTerrorist Bomb explodes on public bus in southeast Jerusalem, at least two of the 16 victims are in serious condition.
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By Ido Ben-Porat

 

At least 15 people were wounded in a terror bombing attack on Monday, targeting Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Photo of scene of possible bus explosion in Jerusalem, April 18, 2016 . Photo: MEDABRIM TIKSHORET

Large Magen David Adom (MDA) and police forces are en route to the site. According to reports up to 15 people were wounded in the attack, at least two of them seriously and six moderately with the rest lightly wounded. Continue Reading »

Updated: Explosion on Jerusalem bus – at least 16 injured

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view videoTerrorist Bomb explodes on public bus in southeast Jerusalem, at least two of the 16 victims are in serious condition.
– Unfolding story…

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

At least 15 people were wounded in a terror bombing attack on Monday, targeting Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Photo of scene of possible bus explosion in Jerusalem, April 18, 2016 . Photo: MEDABRIM TIKSHORET

Large Magen David Adom (MDA) and police forces are en route to the site. According to reports up to 15 people were wounded in the attack, at least two of them seriously and six moderately with the rest lightly wounded. Continue Reading »

PLO Wishes Happy Passover to Israelis, Infuriating Hate-Fed Palestinians

 

As some Palestinian leaders want normalization, and send holiday wishes, other Palestinians, that have sadly been breastfed & raised on the indoctrination of hatred from PA-TV, schools and social media, ardently opposed any ‘Holliday Blessings to Jews.’

By Israel Today Staff

 

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the ruling Fatah faction (and therefore of the Palestinian Authority) extended Passover greetings to Israelis on Sunday, sparking a wave of angry reactions by Palestinians.

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Mohammed al-Madani is head of the Palestinian Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society, so it is his job to issue such statements.

But a growing number of Palestinians don’t want normalization and friendly relations with Israel, and so view al-Madani and his overtures as traitorous to the Palestinian cause. Continue Reading »

BREAKING: VIDEO Documents IDF’s Discovery of Hamas Terror-Tunnel Inside Israel

 

view videoSenior IDF source reveals, “The challenge is very big. The tunnels are very deep. We have capabilities that do not exist anywhere else in the world. We can detect, at depths of 30 to 40 meters.”

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The IDF detected a deep Hamas cross-border tunnel in recent days, stretching from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel. The discovery of the tunnel was kept under a media ban until Monday morning.

The tunnel is 30 meters deep, and was likely dug after the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, according to IDF assessments, though this has not been fully verified. Continue Reading »