Archive for Israel News

Palestinian MK Tibi gets History lesson on Twitter about Nakba Day

Palestinian Knesset Member responds to former Likud minister’s Tweet  slamming former education minister Piron for supporting to teach ‘Nakba Day’ in Israeli schools.

By Ynet

 

Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar and Arab MK Ahmad Tibi engaged in a war of words on Twitter on Saturday night over a call to include “Nakba Day” in the Israeli school curriculum.

Arab MK Ahmad Tibi (left) & Former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar (right) – Photos: AFP, Alex Kolomoisky

Sa’ar slammed former education minister Shai Piron of Yesh Atid on Saturday. over the latter’s support for the addition of Nakba Day to the curriculum. Continue Reading »

Pentagon’s Publication of Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program was Allowed By Israel

Jerusalem didn’t object to material of Washington’s understanding of Israel’s nuclear program in the 1980s from being made public.

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Deterring Hezbollah: Former IDF deputy Chief-of-Staff shares his vision for Israel’s security

“The moment Hamas’s survival was not under threat, it was not concerned with how many casualties it sustained, or how many it inflicted on us. Its only aim was to reach its [political] goals.” so… ‘Israel must make it clear to Hezbollah, that if war erupts, their leaders will have to flee Lebanon to stay alive.’

– Former IDF deputy Chief-of-Staff, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yair Naveh

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Can semi-state terrorist enemies like Hamas and Hezbollah be effectively deterred? This question is at the heart of a central debate raging inside Israel’s defense establishment.

The answers that defense chiefs come up with will affect the security of every Israeli. Continue Reading »

Israel to resume transfer of Palestinian tax revenues to PA

Netanyahu says government’s decision to release collected taxes was on recommendation of Israel’s security establishment, & due to humanitarian considerations.

By The Associated Press

 

Israel says it will resume the transfer Palestinian tax revenues that it has been withholding as punishment for unilateral Palestinian actions.

Palestinian President Abbas with Prime Minister Netanyahu – Photo: AP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Friday the decision was made following the recommendation of Israel’s security establishment and because of humanitarian considerations.

“The tax revenues that accrued up until February will be transferred, offset by payments for services rendered to the Palestinian population, such as electricity, water and hospitalization,” said Netanyahu’s office. Continue Reading »

France to Revive UNSC Resolution to Force Israel-PA Peace Talks

France moves to restart a UN Security Council resolution to renew deadlocked Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

France plans to begin talks at the United Nations on a new Security Council resolution to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday, according to the AFP news agency.

Laurent Fabius – Reuters

Fabius told reporters at UN headquarters in New York that discussions on a text would start “in the coming days.”

The Security Council in December rejected a resolution that would have set a deadline for reaching a final peace deal and pave the way to the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Israeli medical students ‘adopt’ young wounded Syrian boy

A Syrian boy who lost a leg while shepherding sheep was sent to Israel for treatment, where he’s captured the hearts of 6 medical students that are doing their best to make him feel loved & cared for.

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Circumventing Obama’s War On Israel

Israel’s current situation vis-à-vis the US is unpleasant, and will likely to remain so for another 2 years. But this isn’t the end of the world.

By Caroline B. Glick

 

On Wednesday, the Jerusalem Municipality announced it is shelving plans to build 1,500 apartments in the Har Homa neighborhood. Officials gave no explanation for its sudden move. But none was needed.

US President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, October 1, 2014. – Photo: REUTERS

Obviously the construction of apartments for Jews in Jerusalem was blocked in the hopes of appeasing US President Barack Obama. Continue Reading »

IDF fortifies Egyptian border

In protecting Israel from tumultuous regional changes, IDF has fortified its defense against Sinai’s terrorists & smugglers with engineering obstacles to prevent infiltration by foot or vehicle, along with additional combat outposts.

By Ilana Curiel

 

The IDF has been taking steps recently to strengthen the security of Pitchat Nitzana, a block of communities located in the western Negev, in response to evolving terrorist threats from the Sinai Peninsula and the growing frequency of violent smuggling incidents.

IDF troops near Egypt border – Photo: Roee Idan

An incident that occurred last October, in which two IDF soldiers from the Caracal Battalion were wounded when militants from Sinai fired rifles and an anti-tank missile at an IDF jeep, only emphasized the necessity of setting up a tighter security ring around the area. Continue Reading »

MAGAV’s diligent security patrol defuse discovered bomb near Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs

The pipe-bomb was discovered during a routine check around a Border Police Guard (MAGAV) station; “We are aware of attempts by terrorists to hurt security forces & that is why we perform checks like this.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Border Police thwarted a terror attempt near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron after discovering an explosive around their guard station.

IDF soldiers visit Cave of the Patriarchs. – Photo: REUTERS

On Wednesday night, Border Police performed a search of the area around the guard station, located very close to the famous holy site where both Jews and Muslims pray. During the search, they found the explosive device, a pipe bomb. Continue Reading »

Amnesty Int’l Reports: Palestinians guilty of war crimes during Gaza war

Amnesty International report: Unguided mortar & rocket attacks by Palestinian groups during Operation Protective Edge were violations under int’l law.
• Report also corroborates IDF reports of Palestinian groups storing munitions in civilian buildings and UN schools.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday that Palestinian groups committed war crimes during Operation Protective Edge last summer by killing both Israeli and Palestinian civilians using indiscriminate projectiles.
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French cable car company quits Jerusalem project

Decision to drop out of the agreement was made ‘to avoid any political interpretations’ that may result in legal charges by Palestinians.

 

PARIS – For political reasons, the French company SAFEGE has withdrawn from the Jerusalem cable-car project, which is largely located over the Green Line.

THE SAFEGE FIRM built this experimental transport system in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, in northcentral France. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

After two years of involvement in the project during the feasibility-study stage, the company decided to forgo any further participation, Le Figaro. The decision was made “to avoid any political interpretations,” a representative of SAFEGE’s parent company, Suez Environnement, told the newspaper. Continue Reading »

Precedential Ruling: Fallen soldier’s sperm goes to parents not widow

Judge’s groundbreaking decision: In spite of widow’s strenuous objections, Israeli court finds parents of deceased combat soldier can use their son’s sperm to father a child.

By Yoram Yarkoni

 

This is a story involving some tough dilemmas: Who owns sperm left behind by a reserve soldier killed during an army training exercise – his widow or his parents? What was the will of the deceased, and does the state have the right to allow a child to be born already an orphan?

The bereaved mother with her son. ‘He definitely wanted children.’

In the end, the court handed down a precedential and groundbreaking ruling: The parents are entitled to a grandchild from their son’s sperm.

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In Unprecedented Anti-Israel Move, Pentagon Reveals Israel’s Nuclear Program

In another move to undermine Israel, US declassifies 1987 report on Israel’s top secret nuclear program.

By Ari Yashar, Matt Wanderman

 

In a development that has largely been missed by mainstream media, the Pentagon early last month quietly declassified a Department of Defense top-secret document detailing Israel’s nuclear program, a highly covert topic that Israel has never formally announced to avoid a regional nuclear arms race, and which the US until now has respected by remaining silent.

Dimona nuclear reactor circa 1960s – Photo: National Security Archive

But by publishing the declassified document from 1987, the US reportedly breached the silent agreement to keep quiet on Israel’s nuclear powers for the first time ever, detailing the nuclear program in great depth.

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WATCH: Religious Jews’ ‘Wedding Dance’ in Jordanian airport causes massive controversy

 

After posted on YouTube as a “Victory Dance”… “celebrating the mass murder of Arab men, women, & children. The mass rape & torture of young women & children,” it aroused anger on Jordanian social media & in the their parliament.

 

A group of Israeli Hassidim are being accused of carrying out a “ritual Talmudic dance” on Tuesday morning while waiting to board their plane in Queen Alia International Airport in Amman.

dancing Jews

What was in fact a traditional Jewish circle dance, accompanied by guitar music and Hebrew singing, has morphed into a social media controversy in Jordan, and was considered so offensive to Jordanians that it had to be denounced in the Jordanian parliament. Continue Reading »

VIEW REPORT: EU to Impose anti-Israel sanctions to force Palestinian State

EU diplomatic source: In wake of Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian state, EU plans to pressure Israel, according to report outlining 40 suggestions in blackmailing Jerusalem, to force a change in Israeli policy.

By Elior Levy

 

A European Union report obtained by Ynet on Wednesday outlines suggestions on how to pressure Israel into returning to negotiations, in a list of 40 possible decisions.

Netanyahu and Merkel. Israel and Europe are at loggerheads.  (Photo: Reuters)
Netanyahu and Merkel. Israel and Europe are at loggerheads. – Photo: Reuters

An EU diplomatic source told Ynet that there was a definite chance that the recommendations in the report, which the member states have yet to approve, were more likely to be implemented following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement during his election campaign that a Palestinian state would not be created under his rule. Continue Reading »