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Watch: Israelis stop and stand still as sirens mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sirens went off for 2 minutes at 10:00 a.m. throughout Israel for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jews, Christians and tourists alike stop whatever they’re doing to honor the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

By SAM SOKOL, JPOST.COM STAFF

At 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, Israel came to a standstill as sirens blared throughout the country to commemorate the 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi regime. During the two minute siren, traffic came to a standstill and people stopped working to remember the Holocaust.

Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tel Aviv, israel – YouTube screenshot

The siren will be followed by a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem’s Warsaw Ghetto Square attended by President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other senior governmental, military, and political figures. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News, Jewish News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Reuven Rivlin, Yad Vashem

‘First of its Kind’ tunnel detection system to be installed on Israel’s border with Gaza

Israel’s Elbit Systems developed a unique sensor-based tunnel detection network in record time, as a response to the direct threat from Hamas.

By Udi Etsion, Matan Tzuri

A new tunnel detection system developed by Elbit Systems will protect Israeli citizens from the threat of infiltration by Hamas terrorists.

Picture of tunnel featured in Hamas newspaper during Operation Protective Edge.

Now, after two months of development, the Israel-based international defense electronics company says that they have created an effective system which uses sensors to detect tunnel building activity. The system will be implemented along the entire Israel-Gaza border, Elbit said.

The system includes a series of sensors. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Elbit, Gaza border, Hamas Gaza, innovations, Israel technology, Terror tunnels, tunnels

CNN Calls 32 Year Old Town ‘New Settlement’ Proving Embedded Anti-Israel Bias – AGAIN

AGAIN, A CNN Screwup: Over 3 decades after the town was established, CNN has “discovered” Mevo Horon – and declared it an “illegal settlement” in it’s ‘news’ [sic].

By Moshe Cohen

Nearly three decades after it was established, CNN has “discovered” the town of Mevo Horon – and declared it an “illegal settlement,” according to Yehudit Tiar, one of the town’s long-time residents. “When I contacted them, they themselves admitted that they weren’t clear on the dates. It just goes to show the quality of research and level of believability in the mass media.”

CNN (illustrative) – Thinkstock

The “discovery” of CNN was apparently made over Passover, when the news network broadcast a story about a “new settlement” that was “causing distress to three Palestinian villages.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, CNN, media bias, Mevo Horon

Study reveals Children of Holocaust survivors most anxious over Iranian nuclear threat

Israeli study finds that the children of Holocaust survivors are more sensitive to the Iranian nuclear threat and have a more gloomy outlook on the world.

By i24news

Adult children of Holocaust survivors are more concerned about the threat of a nuclear Iran than those whose parents were not survivors, a new Israeli study shows.

The main gate at the entrance Auschwitz in Poland – Photo: AFP

“Transmitting the Sum of All Fears: Iranian Nuclear Threat Salience Among Offspring of Holocaust Survivors” is a study written by Dr. Amit Shrira of Bar-Ilan University. It was published in the journal “Psychological Trauma,” an American Psychological Association journal dedicated to the study of trauma and its aftermath.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israeli study

Prime Minister Netanyahu: P5+1 deal proves lessons of Holocaust have not been learned

Addressing the Jewish nation, Israel’s President Rivlin says State of Israel is not compensation for the Holocaust, “Israel was established by right, and by love of the ancient homeland.”

By SAM SOKOL

Israelis across the country began to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with memorials and ceremonies on Wednesday evening. Ceremonies across the country will continue through Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at Holocaust memorial ceremony. – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

The commemoration of the six million Jews murdered by the Germans began with a torch-lighting ceremony attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and other senior officials at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Reuven Rivlin, Yad Vashem

Apple Procures 3rd Israeli Start-Up, LinX , 3D Imaging for $20 Million

The U.S. computer giant Apple confirmed the acquisition of its third Israeli high-tech startup, LinX Imaging, for $20 million, which creates tiny cameras for telephones & tablets.

By Ilan Gattegno & Israel Hayom Staff

U.S. computer giant Apple has acquired LinX Imaging, an Israeli company that produces tiny camera modules for telephones and tablet devices. The Wall Street Journal quoted sources close to the deal who said that Apple paid $20 million for the Israeli firm.

LinX Imaging’s high-tech camera components – Photo: Linximaging.com/screenshot

LinX creates cameras that are smaller than any on the market today and can photograph multiple objects at once.

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Apple, High Tech, Israeli Technology, LinX Imaging

WATCH: Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seal Seen Unexpectedly in Third Visit to Israel

View movie clip of Rare Monk seal swimming on Israel’s coastline to hunt fish.
• Photographs confirm that this is the 3rd sojourn by the same endangered seal since 2010.

By Erez Erlichman

Israeli naval lookouts spotted something unusual on Monday off the coast at Rosh HaNikra – a highly endangered Mediterranean monk seal, which has become a rare sight in local waters.

Mediterranean monk seal make 3rd trip to Israel – Photo: Roei Segli

Photographs taken by experts revealed that it was not the marine mammal’s first visit to Israeli shores. The seal, which caught the navy’s attention when it crossed the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, bore scars that showed it had been seen near Israel twice before – once in 2010 in Herzliya, and again last summer in Rosh HaNikra.

Category: Israel News | Tags: seal, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

Senate Video: Obama Founders to Senate Bill Based on Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress

Israel’s Intelligence Minister Steinitz, “This achievement is an achievement for Israel’s diplomacy, which was brought about by the Prime Minister’s speech in Congress in early March.”

By Gil Ronen

Israel is pleased with the compromise reached Tuesday between Congress and the White House regarding congressional review of the deal that is being worked out with Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program, said Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz Wednesday.

According to Israel Hayom, Steinitz sees Israeli diplomacy as being responsible for Obama’s “folding” in the face of congressional pressure on the matter.

“We are certainly pleased this morning,” said the minister, who is one of the people closest to Netanyahu. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Iran nuclear deal, Iran Nuclear Program, US Senate, Yuval Steinitz

israelandstuffcom | April 14, 2015

Cleared for Publication: Israel Security Services Stymie Hamas Terrorism For Purim

After joint security operation, Israel Police arrest 2 Hamas terrorists that planned an attack against Jews during Israel’s Purim holiday.

By Yoav Zitun

The IDF, Shin Bet and Israel police stopped a Hamas terror cell planning to fire at soldiers near Abus Dis during Purim, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday.

Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan – Photo: Shin Bet

The members of the cell, who were arrested in early March, bought a car to be used in the attack, trained in shooting and collected intelligence on their target.

The two central members of the cell were leader Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Arab terror, Hamas terrorist, Israel Police, Shin Bet, terrorism

israelandstuffcom | April 14, 2015

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Hamas Exploits ‘Terror Tots’, Children Soldiers as Suicide Bombers For Palestine

Hamas’s Interior Ministry celebrates its 5 yr-old armed children soldiers, and in doing so, proves little separates the ‘Palestinian resistance’ from the genocidal Islamic State.

By Ari Yashar

Hamas evidently wanted to leave no doubts that when it comes to implementing its jihadist genocidal goals of wiping out the Jewish people by all terrorist means at its disposal, age is no barrier – and that brainwashing works all the better the younger you start.

Hamas child soldier: The Ultimate exploitation of child-abuse. – Palestinian Media Watch

Hamas’s Ministry of Interior, which is part of its “governmental branch” that some in the international arena have sought to give legitimacy, posted a photo shoot on its official Facebook page last Friday, unveiling a tiny child soldier of the terror group.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Semitism, brainwashing, child abuse, child soldier, hamas, Propaganda

israelandstuffcom | April 14, 2015

Russia lifts weapons ban to Iran with promise of S-300 anti-missile rocket system

Iran’s Defense Minister praises Moscow’s decision to cancel embargo on shipment of the advanced S-300 anti-missile rocket systems to his country.

By Elad Benari

Iran’s Defense Minister, Hossein Dehqan, on Monday welcomed Russia’s decision to lift a ban on the delivery of S-300 anti-missile rocket systems to his country, claiming the decision would help maintain stability in the region.

S-300 missile defense batteries – Reuters

“The expansion of cooperation [with Russia] and improving cooperation with other neighboring countries in various fields can be very effective in establishing sustainable stability and security in the region,” Dehqan said, according to Iran’s PressTV. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Iran nuclear deal, Iran sanctions, Russia Iran, S-300 Missiles

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West to baptize baby North in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter

Kim Kardashian & rapper Kanye West will be baptizing their daughter North, in a 30 minute ceremony at the 12th-century Armenian church in Jerusalem.

By ARIEL COHEN

Celebrities Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will baptize their 22-month-old daughter, North West, at the Saint James Cathedral in Jerusalem Monday at 4:00 p.m.

U.S. reality TV star Kim Kardashian (C) holds her toddler daughter North West as they arrive for a baptism ceremony at the Cathedral of Saint James in Jerusalem’s Old City April 13, 2015. – Photo: REUTERS

A spokesperson from the church confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the famous couple would be baptizing their daughter within the 12th-century Armenian church. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jerusalem, Kim Kardashian

Former President of Israel, Shimon Peres takes his place on the Iron Throne

WATCH: Incredibly beautiful Israel put to theme song of Game of Thrones; Israel’s former president gets his chance to mount the Iron Throne.

By Ynet

Former president Shimon Peres paid a visit to the Game of Thrones exhibit which opened in Tel Aviv last week, even daring to sit on the notoriously uncomfortable Iron Throne.

Peres on the Iron Throne – Courtesy

“While in Game of Thrones on television there are swords and beheadings, in the real world the rest of us are looking for any way to end war and advance peace,” Peres wrote on his Facebook page, alongside images from his visit, during which he was accompanied by British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Game of Thrones, Shimon Peres

German Gov’t Approves 5th ‘Special’ Submarine for Israel

WATCH: By Germany giving approval for this advanced sub that can hold nuclear weapons, Israel’s defensive capabilities increase dramatically.

By Hillel Fendel

Germany has approved the delivery of the fifth of six promised submarines to Israel – amid claims that the sub will be outfitted with nuclear weapons. Is this part of Israel’s answer to the US nuclear agreement with Iran?

The German Federal Security Council, which monitors Germany’s export of military goods, has given the green light for the delivery of another submarine to Israel. The news has renewed claims that Israel will fit the sub with one or more nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF Naval Forces, INS, Israel Germany, Israel Navy, nuclear submarine, Rahav, submarine, Tanin