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Israel, Greece and Cyprus vs: potential Russia, Iran and Syria regional power

 

The tripartite alliance between Cyprus, Greece and Israel in natural gas partnerships, defense agreements and economic cooperation, could serve as a basis for an ever wider regional front.

By LESLIE SUSSER

 

THE PAST several weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity reinforcing the tripartite alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus.

On January 28, the three leaders, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a summit meeting in Nicosia; the day before Tsipras brought 10 of his cabinet colleagues to Jerusalem for a government to government session with their Israeli counterparts; and the day before that Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon held security talks in Athens and a month later in Cyprus. Continue Reading »

Analysis: Addressing BDS and its existential threat to Israel

 

Israel is under threat from the BDS movement, with severe implications to its economy should it succeed. In order to confront this organized, global threat, Israel must recognize & deal with several questions to create an effective response to the movement.

By Tal Keinan

 

Let’s be clear on the numbers: The BDS movement is strongest in Europe.

In 2014 – the last year there are full numbers for – 35 percent of Israel’s exports went to Europe. Thirty-two percent of the Israeli GDP is comprised of exports. That means that exports to Europe account for 12 percent of Israeli GDP. Continue Reading »

MK Oren: Obama ‘fabricated’ diplomatic crises with Israel to appease Palestinians

 

Former Israeli Ambassador to the US blames Obama & his administration for having intentionally ‘fabricated’ crises to create distance between the historic allies in a strategy to appease the Palestinians, that in the end, backfired and made them even more intransigent, and hurt White House-Israel relations.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Last year, Kulanu MK and former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren received heavy criticism in some circles for his book Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide.

With the release of the book’s Hebrew edition, Oren spoke to Arutz Sheva, discussing in depth the tensions between Israel and the Obama administration and the push back he received for the English edition.
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Witness confirms IDF soldier’s reason for killing neutralized terrorist

 

Paramedic who was at the scene of the Hevron terrorists attack defends the IDF soldier who fired the kill-shot at one of the terrorists: ‘We thought he had a bomb.’

By David Rosenberg

 

After an onslaught of condemnation from across the political spectrum against the soldier who killed a wounded terrorist, a witness present at the scene of Thursday’s stabbing attack in Hevron has corroborated a key element of his defense.

The soldier, who is now under investigation, claims that he feared the terrorist was carrying a suicide bomb vest, noting that the terrorist was wearing a thick coat despite the heat, possibly to conceal an explosive device.
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BDS Demands EU officials boycott anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem

 

Leaders of the anti-Israel movement urged EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini to stop EU’s ambassador to the Jewish State from attending the Yedioth Ahronoth’s anti-BDS conference in Jerusalem, scheduled for this Monday.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Representatives of the BDS movement have demanded that the EU boycott the Yedioth Ahronoth and Ynet anti-BDS conference, which will convene on Monday in Jerusalem. The BDS movement has demanded that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini order EU Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen to not participate in a conference panel alongside pro-settlement political leader Dani Dayan.

EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calls the UN, an “anti-Israeli circus”

 

view videoIsrael’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacts to the UN, following their decision to create a ‘blacklist’ of businesses working in Judea & Samaria, by acknowledging the UN’s obsessive bias against the only Jewish State.

By Shoshana Miskin

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu condemned Thursday the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over their decision to compile a “blacklist” of Israeli and international companies that conduct business in Judea and Samaria, the Biblical heartland of Israel.

”The UNHRC has become an anti-Israeli circus with their attacks on the only democracy in the Middle East and their disregard for the gross violations in Iran, Syria and North Korea,” said Netanyahu.
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Report: Seeking retribution Yemen arrests 2 for aiding Torah smuggled to Israel

 

Yemeni Orthodox man and airport worker were arrested of aiding in the operation that brought 19 Yemeni Jews, accompanied with their community’s ancient Torah, to Israel.

By Jessica Satin

 

A Jewish man and an airport worker in Yemen have been arrested under the accusation of aiding in the smuggling of an antique torah from the war-torn country to Israel, the Jewish Chronicle reports.

Yemeni Jew, Sliman Ychya Yakov Dahari (L), arrives alongside other Yemeni Jews to an immigration centre in the Israeli city of Beersheba on March 21, 2016 following a secret rescue operation. – PHOTO: Menahem Kahana (AFP)

Earlier this week 19 Yemini Jews were airlifted to Israel in what officials called a “complex, covert operation” that was carried out with the assistance of the Jewish Agency and the US State Department. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Christian Minority Stands Firmly With Israel

 

There is no apartheid, “Israel is the only island of safety that allows [Christians] freedom & democratic rights,” insisted Khalloul, pointing out that under the Palestinian Authority, Christians do not enjoy anywhere close to the rights & quality of life enjoyed by Israeli Christians.

Israel Today Staff

 

As a leading representative of the Holy Land’s reborn Aramaic Christian community, Shadi Khalloul this week penned for the Gatestone Institute a summary of where Israel’s Christian minority stands today.

(Father Gabriel Naddaf with) Lt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul (seen standing on Netanyahu’s left) has been interviewed by and written for Israel Today on several occasions.

(Father Gabriel Naddaf with) Lt. (Res.) Shadi Khalloul (seen standing on Netanyahu’s left) has been interviewed by and written for Israel Today on several occasions.

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WATCH: IDF soldier suspended after killing subdued Palestinian would-be assassin 

 

view videoIsrael to investigate why IDF soldier shot dead a disarmed Palestinian terrorist who had earlier brutally stabbed a soldier in Hebron.


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By i24news

 

An Israeli soldier was suspended on Thursday after a video emerged showing him shooting an attacker who had moderately wounded a soldier in Hebron, Israeli news site Ynet reported.


The soldier is seen shooting the assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, apparently incapable of moving and possibly already dead.

After the soldier fires, blood is seen flowing from the man’s head where it was not seen before.

“From an initial investigation, it appears that this was a serious incident that is contrary to the spirit of the IDF and what we expect of IDF soldiers and commanders,” said the Israeli military, adding that military police were opening an investigation and that the soldier had been suspended until a probe was completed. Continue Reading »

Grand Mufti incites Muslims further with insinuated threats on al-Aksa

 

Speaking at a press conference, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, called on all Muslims to visit al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, has called on Muslims all over the world, especially those living in Jerusalem and Arab Israelis, to make pilgrimage to al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it.

Israeli police officers take positions on the roof of the al-Aksa mosque during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City. – Photo: REUTERS

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, has called on Muslims all over the world, especially those living in Jerusalem and Arab Israelis, to make pilgrimage to al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it. Continue Reading »

FBI asks Israeli security firm to unlock San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone

 

The FBI taps Israel’s Celebrate into neutralizing Apple’s encryption security after failing to force the tech giant into compliance.

By i24news

 

An Israeli firm is helping the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to unlock an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shootings, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday.

FBI vs Apple

The FBI is turning to Cellebrite, which provides forensic software, after pressuring iPhone manufacturer Apple to create a way to override the phone’s security.

Cellebrite offers a forensics system that can retrieve data hidden inside encrypted phones.

Apple fought the FBI’s request, saying such a back door would essentially become a skeleton key that could easily be abused. Continue Reading »

IDF seizes propaganda that incites violence during Palestinian university raid

 

In Israel’s efforts to end Palestinian incitement amid wave of brutal violence against unarmed civilians, the IDF raids Arab American University, confiscates propaganda linked to Hamas & other terrorist groups spurring violence against Israel.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel’s military says troops have raided a Palestinian university in the West Bank and seized militant propaganda linked to Hamas and other groups.

The Arab American University in Jenin – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The military says the raid on Tuesday “confiscated inciting propaganda” as part of a crackdown to curb a wave of Palestinian terrorism that Israel says is fueled by incitement. Continue Reading »

Israel’s drip irrigation solution may save California from its drought

 

VIDEO REPORT: California’s drought is wreaking havoc throughout the state and causing severe damage. An Israeli company has the technological solution for farmers in trouble.

By ILTV

 

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WATCH: PM Netanyahu’s Speech to AIPAC 2016

 

view videoIn broadcast to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC, PM Netanyahu states ‘terror has no grievances, even if you give up Brussels, Istanbul, or the West Bank, terror will continue.’

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deliver a speech in a live broadcast to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Tuesday.

Responding to the horrific attacks in Brussels earlier in the day, Netanyahu said, “terrorists have no resolvable grievances, it’s not as if we could offer them Brussels, or Istanbul, or the West Bank. That won’t resolve their grievances.”

“Their basic demand is that we simply should disappear,” he said, emphasizing “that won’t happen.” Continue Reading »

WATCH: Cruz: “Palestine has not existed since 1948”

 

view videoSpeaking at AIPAC conference, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says, “I will not be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with the nation of Israel,” for Israel is a beacon of light and hope.
– Watch speech in its entirety.

By Elad Benari

 

“Palestine has not existed since 1948,” Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said at the beginning of his speech in front of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on Monday evening.

He noted that Megillat Esther, the book of Esther, will be read at synagogues this Wednesday evening on the holiday of Purim. The book tells the story of the Persian King Ahasuerus who sought to kill all the Jews but failed to achieve his goal. Continue Reading »