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| November 9, 2014
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Why is the Obama White House seeking to provoke Israel?

Although Israel and the United States may have different agendas, criticizing the other’s position on their merits or demerits is expected. But public scatological ad hominems has no place in an alliance between allies.

By ALAN DERSHOWITZ

 

A senior Obama administration official recently went on the record with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “chickenshit.” A second senior official also went on the record calling Netanyahu a “coward” on the issue of Iran’s nuclear threat.

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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu look out a window before their lunch at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.

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| November 9, 2014
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Newly released recording demonstrates dynamics of Reagan-Begin relationship

Just released Reagan recording made in 1983 shows then-prime minister Menachem Begin balking at White House request to postpone IDF withdrawal from Lebanon.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

Ronald Reagan recorded then-prime minister Menachem Begin during a 1983 conversation on an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 1983, the New York Post revealed Sunday.

Author William Doyle received the tapes almost 20 years after he requested them under the Freedom of Information Act, the Post said.

In the tape, Begin can be heard evading a request by Reagan to delay the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, so that the Lebanese army could deploy in its stead. Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2014
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King Abdullah Orders to Boycott 20 Year Anniversary of Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty

Despite Israel’s PM Netanyahu’s reassurances to Abdullah, Jordan’s king instructs Kingdom officials not to attend the 20th anniversary ceremony for peace accords in Jordan Valley, citing Temple Mount tensions as reason.

By Cynthia Blank

 

Israel’s tension with Jordan continues – possibly leaving the peace agreement between the two countries in jeopardy.

Days after withdrawing its ambassador to Israel back to Jordan, citing clashes on the Temple Mount, King Abdullah II reportedly cancelled Jordanian participation in a ceremony scheduled to begin this week marking 20 years of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

Despite Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reassurances to Abdullah by telephone Thursday that he has no intention of changing the status quo on the Temple Mount, despite the demands of Jewish activists, the cancellation was still implemented. Continue Reading »

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| November 9, 2014
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Watch: Arab knife-wielding attacker shot dead by police in Kafr Kana

At least 6 wounded, including baby, in Arab rock attacks as police battle rioters in the Galilee, Samaria & Jerusalem.

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

A three-year-old baby boy was among several Israelis injured Saturday evening in a string of rock attacks by Arabs. The baby was taken to hospital with “light” wounds when the car he was traveling in was targeted by rock-throwing Palestinians close to Shiloh Junction in southern Samaria’s Binyamin region.

Magen David Adom medics provided first aid treatment to the infant, who suffered from a head wound, before evacuating him to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem.

Arab extremists have stepped up a campaign of rock-attacks against Israeli motorists Saturday night. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2014
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ISIS establishment of caliphate in Sinai is 1st step towards “advance on Jerusalem”

 

Sinai is slowly falling away from Egyptian influence as ISIS control pose a new & serious existential threat to both Egypt & Israel.

By David Lazarus

 

The Islamic State (ISIS) has announced that the Sinai Peninsula is now a caliphate, an Islamic state led by a supreme religious and political leader known as a caliph – i.e. “successor” – to Mohammed.

Reports around the Arab world are claiming that the establishment of a caliphate in the Sinai is the first step towards its “advance on Jerusalem.”

Egypt’s most active and notorious terror group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, has sworn allegiance to ISIS in Sinai.

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| November 8, 2014
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Arab town in Galilee begins riots & protests after police shoot knife-wielding man

 

Riots & rock-throwing begins when 22 yr-old Arab man succumbs to his gunshot wounds after police shot him during attempted stabbing attack.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Arab town of Kafr Kana in the Lower Galilee declared a general strike on Saturday morning following the death of a local man whom police shot after he apparently tried to attack them with a knife, Israel Radio reported.

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Israeli Police. – Photo: ISRAEL POLICE

Dozens of youth in the area were hurled stones at police forces while others torched tires as patrol vehicles were positioned at the town’s entrances in attempt to prevent disturbances, according to the radio station.

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| November 7, 2014
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Fatah Homes Blown-up Overnight in Gaza Ahead of Arafat Rally

Leading unity PM Hamdallah canceled planned visit to Gaza after learning senior Fatah members’ homes were bombed during the night. Hamas denies any involvement.

By Tova Dvorin

 

A series of explosions were heard overnight in Gaza, Palestinian Arab media said Friday – allegedly at the homes of senior Fatah representatives in the Hamas-controlled region.

Despite the mysterious blasts no casualties were reported, but suspicions remain high that Hamas is behind the attack, in order to deter Fatah supporters from attending next week’s annual rally in remembrance of former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorist Yasser Arafat. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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Israel may have misstepped into intracommunal dispute with gas-partner Cyprus

Visit to Tel Aviv as a keynote speaker by foreign minister of self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, has angered EU-member Cyprus.

 

The visit to Israel this week of Özdil Nami, foreign minister of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, has landed Israel in hot water with its ally in the southern part of the divided island.

Özdil Nami

Özdil Nami – Photo Courtesy TRNC Foreign Ministry

Nami was a keynote speaker at the Israel Energy and Business Convention 2014 in Tel Aviv – at exactly the same time that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was visiting Cyprus and meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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Palestinian terrorist of vehicular attack that plowed into 3 IDF soldiers turns himself in

 

Hamam Mesalmeh, who drove a van with Palestinian license plates that slammed into 3 IDF soldiers on guard duty, turned himself in after family members, including his father, were arrested.

By Efrat Forsher & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The lead suspect thought responsible for ramming a car into three soldiers in Gush Etzion on Wednesday turned himself in to security forces on Thursday afternoon, after his father and other family members were arrested, Israel Radio reported.

The scene of the attack on Wednesday – Photo: Har Hebron spokesperson

Hamam Mesalmeh was arrested and detained for questioning at the Etzion District Coordinating Office.

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| November 6, 2014
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Border Guard victim of Jerusalem’s vehicular terrorist attack leaves behind pregnant wife, toddler son

 

Deadly car attack on Israel’s capital light rail took the life of Border Guard police officer Jidan Assad, 38, who is survived by his toddler son, pregnant wife, parents & 4 siblings.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

For the second time in two weeks, a Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday fatally rammed into crowds near the Jerusalem light rail, leaving a trail of death and destruction.

Jidan Assad

Border Police officer Jidan Assad, 38, killed when a Palestinian terrorist rammed his car into a crowd in Jerusalem. – Photo: SAHAR ALI

Wednesday’s attack lead to the death of Border Police officer Jidan Assad, 38, from the Druze village of Beit Jaan. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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Palestinian ‘Car intifada’ cartoon campaign calls Arabs for vehicular attacks

In wake of wave of brutal vehicular terror attacks against Israelis, the Palestinians distribute cartoons depicting cars to Hamas rockets on the social networks.

By Elior Levy

 

After two vehicular terror attacks occurred on Wednesday, wounding 16 people and killing one, Palestinians have termed their latest resistance efforts a “car intifada” and are posting cartoons online likening vehicles to rockets launched by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge.

Following the wave of attacks in which drivers ploughed their cars into groups of people, which started two weeks ago with the attack that took place at the Ammunition Hill light-rail stop, killing 3-month-old Haya Ziesl Baron and Ecuadorian Karen Mosquera (22) – Palestinians came to understand that vehicles could potentially be used as lethal weapons. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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PLO Urges Media Outlets & Journalists Not to Use the Term, ‘Temple Mount’

In a blatant attempt to further erase Jewish history, and strengthen the propaganda war against Israel, Mahmoud Abbas’s faction has sent out a notice to journalists that they should use ‘Al Aqsa Mosque Compound’ in describing Judaism’s most holy site.

By Ari Soffer

 

PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has issued special instructions to members of the international media, urging them to stop using the term “Temple Mount,” and to instead refer to the holy site as “the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound” or “Haram al-Sharif/Noble Sanctuary.”

In a blatant attempt to impose a discourse erasing any reference to the Jewish character of the site, the PLO “media advisory” claims that the “Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, sometimes referred to as the Noble Sanctuary (“Haram al-Sharif” in Arabic), is the compound that contains Al Aqsa building itself, ablution fountains, open spaces for prayer, monuments and the Dome of the Rock building. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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Watch MAGAV Officer Kills Jerusalem Terrorist: ‘Any Officer Would Act in Exact Same Way’

 

The unidentified Border Guard police (MAGAV) officer recounts the moment the terrorist “noticed us,” and “ran towards us,” as he describes reacting to the berserk terrorist.

  By JPOST.COM STAFF

After a Hamas-affiliated terrorist from east Jerusalem killed a Border Police officer and wounded 14 others in a vehicular terror attack on Wednesday, the man who took him down speaks out.

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Border Police officer who shot and killed terrorist in Jerusalem attack, November 5. Photo by ISRAEL POLICE

The Border Police officer who fired at least 10 shots at the terrorist, described the scene as it unfolded: “We noticed a car ram into a number of police officers and civilians near the light rail.” Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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ICC Decision: Int’l Court Rejects Request to Investigate Mavi Marmara Raid By Israel Navy

International Criminal Court lawyers at the Hague, ruled maritime incident  beyond their jurisdiction, though IDF may have committed war crimes during Mavi Marmara raid.

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International prosecutors have ruled there are grounds to believe war crimes were committed during an Israeli raid that killed nine Turkish activists in 2010, but decided the case is beyond their remit, according to court papers seen by Reuters.

The Hague, International Criminal Court. – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The move by lawyers at the International Criminal Court is likely to enrage Ankara which accused its erstwhile ally Israel of mass murder after the commandos abseiled onto a flotilla challenging an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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2nd Palestinian Driver Today Intentionally Drives Into Crowd – 3 Soldiers Hit

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In the 2nd hit-&-run terror attack in 8 hours, Arab driver runs over IDF soldiers in Gush Etzion. This time, 3 soldiers injured.

By Yishai Karov, Tova Dvorin and Elad Benari

 

Three IDF soldiers were injured in a second terror attack on Wednesday evening – this time, in an attempt to run over soldiers in Gush Etzion.

Site of Gush Etzion terrorist attack

Site of Gush Etzion terrorist attack – Har Hevron Regional Council

In the latest attack, a terrorist driving a Palestinian Arab commercial vehicle attempted to run over the soldiers as they were on duty near a guard stand outside of Kafr Al-Arub. Continue Reading »

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