Archive for Israel News

#BDSfail: UK to ban public institutions from boycotting Israel

 

British gov’t taking steps to prevent discriminatory boycotts saying it stoked anti-Semitism & harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.
•New law will enable boycotters to be prosecuted in court.

By Ari Soffer

 

The British government is to announce measures aimed at preventing local councils, unions and other public institutions from launching boycotts against the State of Israel this week.

BDS activists (file) – Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock told The Times the new guidelines were important to prevent discriminatory boycotts against the Jewish state, which he said both stoked anti-Semitism and harmed the UK’s valuable trade relations with Israel.

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Hezbollah has ‘locked-on’ to Israeli jets over Lebanon using Russian radar

 

The Lebanese militant group’s newest threat against Israel is shooting down IAF fighter jets using sophisticated radar acquired from Russia in Syria.

By i24news

 

Amid ongoing tension on Israel’s northern borders, a new threat has emerged for Israeli fighter pilots conducting spying missions in Lebanon, Walla reports.

Hezbollah fighters during a rally in Lebanon – Photo: Twitter

Using radar technology it has acquired since Russia’s entry into the Syrian civil war, Hezbollah has started using sophisticated radars to “lock on” to Israeli spy jets on reconnaissance flights over its northern neighbor.

The new technology can identify all Israeli fighter jets, according to sources within Israel’s security establishment. Continue Reading »

Survivor of French anti-Semitic stabbing qualified for elite IDF brigade

 

Last week, Jonathan Weinberg, who was 13 when a group of youths attacked him for being Jewish, earned his purple beret as a Givati fighter in the IDF. “I realized that if Jews are brutalized for being Jews, France is no place for me.” he said.

By Danny Brenner

 

Jonathan Weinberg was only 13 when he fell victim of a violent anti-Semitic attack by a group of French youths. Today, Weinberg is 24, an Israeli citizen, and last Thursday he received the purple beret reserved for new members of the Israel Defense Forces’ Givati combat infantry brigade.

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2 Palestinian 15yr-old terrorists shot dead after ambush of IDF soldiers

 

Firefight ends with 2 Palestinian terrorists shot dead by IDF reserve soldiers who came under fire with teenaged terrorists just after their unit arrived to respond to a rock-throwing incident near Jenin.

By Ari Soffer

 

IDF forces killed two terrorists in Samaria on Sunday morning, after coming under fire while on patrol.

According to the army, IDF forces were fired upon while patrolling near the Jewish village of Hinanit, close to Jenin in northern Samaria, as they went to respond to reports of a rock-throwing attack.

When forces reached the site of the incident one of the terrorists ambushed them and opened fire.

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After Attempt to Stab IDF Soldier, Palestinian Terrorist Shot Dead While Stabbing Arab

 

On Saturday, a female Palestinian terrorist attempted to stab an IDF infantryman in Hebron, who pushed her away, and was then immediately shot dead by his fellow soldiers as she was stabbing an unfortunate nearby Arab civilian.

By Yoav Zitun and Roi Yanovsky

 

A Palestinian woman attempted to stab an IDF soldier in Hebron on Saturday afternoon, near the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The scene of the attack

Reports indicate that the soldiers from the IDF Kfir Brigade approached the woman, who seemed suspicious, and asked to search her belongings. She then pulled out a knife and attempted, unsuccessfully, to stab one of them. Continue Reading »

Israel, Russia negotiating free trade agreement

 

By DANA SOMBERG

 

Russia and Israel are planning to ink a free trade agreement in the very near future, a Kremlin official is quoted as telling the Russian news agency TASS on Friday.

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Israel demolishes illegal Palestinian structures

 

Among the illegal structures demolished, were 14 funded by the EU, including houses, storage spaces & several temporary structures.

By Elisha Ben Kimon

 

Israel’s Civil Administration has demolished dozens of illegal Palestinian structures in the West Bank since the beginning of 2016, at least 14 of which were funded by the European Union.

Illegal EU funded Palestinian structures in the area of Kfar Adumim.

The demolitions were done in the area between Mount Hebron and the Jordan Valley as well as in E1, an area near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. 

Among the structures demolished were houses, storage spaces and several temporary structures, leaving some of the residents there homeless.  Continue Reading »

Dutch parliamentarians fail at blocking export of canines to Israel

 

Stymied by EU regulations, the Dutch government failed in attempts to ban sale of dogs to Israel, claiming the IDF uses them as ‘weapons.’

By Matt Wanderman

 

The government in the Netherlands attempted to ban the export of dogs to Israel, claiming that the IDF uses them as “weapons,” but was unable to find a legal means to do so.

An injured IDF soldier with his unit K-9, who is allowed to stay with him. – Facebook

EU Observer reports that Minister for Foreign Trade Lilianne Ploumen investigated the possibility through the European Commission and other supervisory organizations.

EU countries can only restrict exports in certain cases, and such cases are typically decided by the EU as a whole. Continue Reading »

BDS attacks on SodaStream have harmed hundreds of Palestinians for personal gain

 

SodaStream CEO reveals long campaign of intimidation, vandalism  libel, and a ‘terror-like grenade assault,’ that forced him to fire hundreds of PA Arabs, relocate, and still, it doesn’t stop.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

For over eight years the Israeli company SodaStream has been dealing with ongoing attacks by the BDS movement, calling to boycott it over its factory in Mishor Adumim to the east of Jerusalem that eventually it was forced to move to the Negev in late 2014.

Large economic losses inflicted by the BDS boycott movement forced the company to make the move – but the big losers in the story are the hundreds of Palestinian Arab employees of SodaStream who lost their jobs and income. Continue Reading »

Einstein’s papers in Jerusalem prove theory written century earlier

 

David Reitze of Caltech, who announced the discovery of gravitational waves in Washington on Thursday, proved Albert Einstein’s theory that was written 100 years earlier.

By i24news

 

It took a century, but the theory from Albert Einstein handwritten neatly on paper that is now yellowing has finally been vindicated.

Israeli Professor Barak Kol, head of the physics department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, shows formula written by Albert Einstein related to his prediction of the existence of gravitational waves on February 11, 2016 – Photo : AFP /Thomas Coex

Israeli officials on Thursday offered a rare look at the documents where Einstein presented his ideas on gravitational waves, a display that coincided with the historic announcement that scientists had glimpsed the first direct evidence of his theory. Continue Reading »

Suspended Arab Knesset Member promises to keep visiting terrorists’ families

 

Joint Arab List MK Basel Ghattas says the terrorists are “martyrs” and they “did not attempt to kill out of a criminal motive, they did so in the context of the just struggle against the oppressive occupation.”

By Daniel Siryoti

 

Joint Arab List MK Basel Ghattas, one of three Israeli Arab Knesset members suspended this week after visiting terrorists’ families, said that he will not stop making such visits and referred to the deceased terrorists as “martyrs.”

Joint Arab List MK Basel Ghattas – Photo: AFP

Ghattas was suspended from the Knesset Monday alongside fellow Joint Arab List MKs Hanin Zombi and Jamal Zahalka (photo above) when their meeting with families of terrorists, which included a moment of silence in honor of the terrorists, was determined to have constituted conduct unbecoming. Continue Reading »

British host refused Israeli Airbnb guest because of nationality

 

By JTA

 

An Israeli man said a British Airbnb host refused to rent an apartment to him because, the host said, Israelis don’t respect “basic human rights.”

An Israeli man said a British Airbnb host refused to rent an apartment to him because, the host said, Israelis don’t respect “basic human rights.”

Tower Bridge and the River Thame, London. - Photo: REUTERS

Tower Bridge and the River Thame, London. – Photo: REUTERS

Ben Kelmer, a Tel Aviv photographer, reserved a London apartment for a week in March through the online company, which has come under fire recently for listing properties in West Bank settlements. Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: Beyoncé concert in Israel is scheduled for August

 

Veiled in secrecy, but finally confirmed Thursday, one of the music world’s hottest superstars has scheduled 2 shows in Tel Aviv for early August. 

By Ami Friedman

 

Superstar Beyoncé is set to play two concerns in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park early this August, it was confirmed on Thursday.

Despite an agreement between the Israeli production company and the singer’s representatives, officials at the company denied that there was any signed contract.

Rumors and speculation swirled over the possible concert on Tuesday, when official dates for Beyoncé’s international tour were published on her website, including an August show at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park. Continue Reading »

Another Israeli life-saver: A bandage that stops severe bleeding

 

WoundClot’s unique chemical structure allows the absorption of large amounts of liquids without disintegration while enhancing the blood’s natural process of clotting to stop the bleeding.

By REUTERS

 

A new Israeli-developed bandage aims to save lives in cases of severe bleedings, where conventional treatment procedures could fail to stop a deadly hemorrhage.

This bandage replicates clotting and stems heavy bleeding almo…This bandage stops uncontrollable bleeding in seconds

Posted by NowThis on Monday, February 8, 2016

According to Yuval Yaskil, owner and CEO of developers Core Scientific Creations (CSC), the bandage, called WoundClot, not only stops severe bleedings within minutes – without the need to apply pressure on the wound – but also enhances the blood’s natural process of clotting. Continue Reading »

VIDEO: Palestinian terrorist convicted of murdering RFK in 1968 denied parole

 

Despite recent controversy over Palestinian-born, convicted killer of Sen. Robert Kennedy, a California prison official said Sirhan Sirhan is to continue his life sentence.

News Agencies

 

Jerusalem-born Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, was denied parole for the 15th time on Wednesday, a California prison official said.

Sirhan, 71, had a suitability hearing at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, the California Board of Parole Hearings said on its website.

Sirhan will be up again for parole in five years, said Luis Patino, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Continue Reading »