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Once Again Jimmy Carter Blames Israeli-Palestinian Conflict For Radical Islamic Terror

While a BBC reporter apologized for linking anti-Semitic attacks in France to Palestinian ‘suffering’ at Israeli hands, Jimmy Carter, blames the Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket attacks in France squarely on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By i24news

 

 

Muslim frustration over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the factors that led to the attacks on satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris last week, former US President Jimmy Carter told Jon Stewart on the Daily Show on Monday.

Former 1-time President, Jimmy Carter – Photo by AP

When Stewart asked Carter what he believed led to the massacre, which claimed the lives of 17 people, the latter replied: “Well, one of the origins for it is the Palestinian problem. Continue Reading »

Released for Publication: Shin Bet Arrest Israeli Arab After Seeking Martyrdom in Syria

Israeli Arab who illegally entered Syria, seeking to fight and die a Shaheed, was ‘captured and tortured by Assad security forces’ to gain intel on Israel, before returning home in a poor state of health from his ‘interrogations’.

Security forces arrest resident of Kalansuwa, 20, upon his return to Israel.
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A man holds up a knife as he celebrates the conquest of a town in Syria by Islamist fighters. – Photo: REUTERS

Security forces arrested an Israeli Arab in December who had returned to the country after attempting to join a jihadist group in Syria, but instead was captured by Assad regime security forces and tortured, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said on Monday. Continue Reading »

Turkey’s Erdogan Criticizes Netanyahu’s Attendance at Paris Rally

Turkish president says Israel’s PM Netanyahu must 1st answer for Gaza crimes, boasting “The West’s hypocrisy is obvious. As Muslims, we’ve never taken part in terrorist massacres. Behind these, lie racism, hate speech & Islamophobia.”

By Reuters

 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for attending a rally in France with other world leaders after a string of attacks in Paris, including a hostage-taking at a Kosher market in which four Jews were killed.

Erdogan and Abbas – Photo: AP

Speaking alongside visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Erdogan attacked the Israeli leader’s conduct and policies.

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Israeli drug benefits 92% of ALS patients (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease)

Israeli firm BrainStorm reports final results in its clinical trial of stem cell treatment NurOwnat, at Jerusalem‘s Hadassah Medical Center, showing improvement in 92% of participants.

By Reuters

 

Israel’s BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics said final results from a clinical trial of its adult stem cell treatment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were positive, with most patients showing a slowing in the disease’s progression.

According to the ALS Association, 5,600 people in the United States are diagnosed each year with the neurodegenerative disease, which has severely disabled British physicist Stephen Hawking.

Illustrative (right): Shutterstock

A single dose of the stem cell treatment called NurOwn was administered in a mid-stage phase 2a trial in 14 patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Dennis Ross Says Stop Giving the Palestinians a Pass

Since 2000, there have been 3 serious negotiations. In each case, a proposal on all core issues was made to the Palestinian & the answer was either “no” or no response. The cost of saying “yes,” or even of making a counteroffer that required concessions, was too high.

By Dennis B. Ross

 

WASHINGTON — THE president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, insists on using international institutions to pressure Israel, even after he was rebuffed in the United Nations Security Council, where he sought a resolution mandating Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Mr. Abbas has now announced that he will turn to the International Criminal Court — a move that will produce Palestinian charges and Israeli countercharges but not alter the reality on the ground. Continue Reading »

Video: Natanyahu to French ambassador: 1st rule in fighting terror – do not be afraid

 

WATCH: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells French Ambassador to Israel, Patrick Maisonnave, “Israelis know the anguish & pain that the French people are experiencing.”

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CNN’s Jim Clancy Incerts Israel Into Debate Over Paris Massacre

In bizarre exchange on Twitter, CNN news anchor accused many who disagreed with his comments of being Jewish propagandists for Israel

By Israel Today Staff

 

In the aftermath of the horrific massacre at the headquarters of a satirical magazine in Paris, veteran CNN news anchor and international correspondent tried to promote the notion that the Muslim perpetrators of this and all such atrocities are extremists, and therefore unrepresentative of mainstream Muslim sentiments or Islamic teachings.

Jim Clancy blocked me after I contradicted his conclusions. Freedom of Speech runs one way, it appears. – Photo: @IsraelandStufff Twitter account

“The cartoons [published by the magazine Charlie Hebdo] NEVER mocked the Prophet.

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#BDSfail: Boycott efforts against Israel have been for naught, exports booming

Knesset commissioned study reports: 2014 attempts to boycott products produced beyond the Green Line have failed, with the overall exports to Europe, where boycott efforts were strongest, have actually grown.

By Zeev Klein

 

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Egypt’s President al-Sisi calls for reform in Islam

Egyptian leader Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s makes boldest effort yet to position himself as a modernizer of Islam & states professed goal to purge Islam of extremist ideas of intolerance & violence that fuels groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

By The Associated Press

 

Egypt’s president opened the new year with a dramatic call for a “revolution” in Islam to reform interpretations of the faith entrenched for hundreds of years, which he said have made the Muslim world a source of “destruction” and pitted it against the rest of the world.

Egyptians pray at the shrine of the grandson of Mohammad. – Photo: Reuters

The speech was Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s boldest effort yet to position himself as a modernizer of Islam.

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Passing Japan Alliance Plan, Israel-Asian Coalition Takes Shape

PM Natanyahu unveils landmark alliance policy with Japan-China-India detailing economic/cultural/tourism plan involving many of Israel’s ministries to solidify ties with Asia.

By Ari Yashar

 

A roadmap plan to radically strengthen economic ties with Japan introduced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was approved by the Cabinet on Sunday, and paves the way for a strategic array of alliances with three Asian superpowers – Japan, China and India.

“The State of Israel must vary the markets in which we are active. In the last two years, I have met with the leaders of China, Japan and India as part of a comprehensive policy of turning to major markets including Latin America and Africa,” explained Netanyahu.

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To avoid embarrassment Swedish FM cancels trip to Israel

Israel Foreign Minister Lieberman announced he would ignore her after Sweden became Europe’s 1st country to recognize Palestine as a state.

By i24news

 

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem has postponed indefinitely a planned visit to Israel. Although no reason was provided, Israeli media speculated the decision was the result of a snub by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who announced he would not meet with her because her government had recognized the Palestinian Authority as a Palestinian state.

Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Margot Wallstroem – Photo: AFP/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND

Israel recalled its ambassador to Stockholm, Isaac Bachmann, in response to the decision adopted in October by Sweden’s new government, but has since sent him back to his post. Continue Reading »

WATCH Israel’s PM: Radical Islamic Terrorism Trying to Destroy Western Civilization

 

Unlike world leaders that purposely refrain from connecting the terrorist attack in Paris to radical Islam, Israel’s PM Natanyahu says radical Islamic terror knows no boundaries and must be fought across international borders.

 

Fighting terrorism means physically battling it, as well as rejecting its false claims and not accepting any justification for it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday in response to the terrorist attack in Paris.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Screenshot

Netanyahu, after sending condolences to the French government and people, said that Israel stands with France at this difficult time. “Two years ago we saw a great intensification of international terrorism, and the source of that terrorism is radical Islam,” Netanyahu said. Continue Reading »

Israel’s new regulations on natural resources discourage potential investors

 

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IDF Investigation Finds Soldiers Not Liable in PA Terrorist-Minister Abu Ein’s Death

Thorough IDF investigation finds neither Border Police or IDF culpable in terrorist-turned-PA minister’s death by heart attack, but IDF’s CID will continue in independent investigation due to ‘sensitivity’.

By Ari Yashar

 

An investigation by the IDF GOC (General Officer Commanding) Central Command Nitzan Alon has further cleared the army of any responsibility for the death of convicted terrorist turned Palestinian Authority (PA) minister Ziad Abu Ein, who died last month of a heart attack while clashing with soldiers.

Convicted murdering terrorist, Ziad Abu Ein in previous clash. – Reuters

Channel 10 reports that the GOC Central Command investigation has also cleared the Border Patrol soldier who was filmed pushing Abu Ein as he took part in an olive-planting land grab with 300 activists.
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In Pioneering Procedure Israeli Doctors Implant Injured Syrian Man With Titanium Jaw

A 23 yr-old Syrian gunshot victim, with a completely destroyed lower jaw, is sent to Israeli hospital where pioneering jaw implant allows him to once again talk & eat.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

A 23-year-old Syrian citizen has undergone a pioneering jaw implant made from titanium – one of the most precious metals on Earth – after suffering a bullet wound in his country’s civil war that completely destroyed his lower jaw.

Doctors at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center treat a Syrian patient. – Photo: RAMBAM HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN

Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center announced the successful operation using the customized artificial jawbone created on a 3D printer. Continue Reading »