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Police shoot suspicious woman who failed to heed warnings to stop at Western Wall

A 35yr-old Jewish woman was taken to hospital with light injuries for failing to heed warning shot from Israel police.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD, JPOST.COM STAFF

A 35-year-old woman draped in blankets, who repeatedly refused to identify herself to Western Wall security guards as she continued walking toward a checkpoint, was shot in the leg on Wednesday night when she refused to stop after a warning shot was fired.

Security cameras at the Western Wall (Kotel)

At approximately 8:30 p.m., security guards became suspicious of the unidentified Jewish woman as she approached them, and asked her to stop and identify herself, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Police, Kotel, Western Wall

israelandstuffcom | July 31, 2014

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Kerry’s Dept. of State is Severely Restricting Entry Visas for Israelis

US embassy announces Tourist visa process for Israelis cancelled until further notice.

Is it a matter of security, or punishment for not accepting US demand to stop Operation Protective Edge?

By Tova Dvorin

The US embassy in Tel Aviv has cancelled tourist visa applications for Israelis, according to a statement on its official website, in a move it claims is a matter of staffing and security.

US Entry Visa

“Due to the current security situation in Tel Aviv, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv remains open but is operating at reduced staffing until further notice, and has canceled routine visa application processing and American Citizen services,” the statement says. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: John Kerry, Operation Protective Edge, US Embassy, Visa

israelandstuffcom | July 29, 2014

With pressure to leave Gaza, IDF hits Gaza power plant, Gaza leader’s home, TV & radio

In the most widespread attacks so far in the coastal enclave, IDF reports 70 targets were struck in Gaza through the night.

30 people were killed in the assaults from air, land and sea, according to Gaza residents.

By Yoav Zitun

The IDF renewed airstrikes and artillery fire at the Gaza Strip Tuesday, hitting the Strip’s main power plant and cutting electricity to many parts of Gaza, indicating hopes of a swift end to 22 days of fighting were unlikely to actualize.

Haniyeh: ‘My house is not more valuable than the houses of other people.’

IAF aircraft hit Tuesday the house of Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh before dawn on Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties, Gaza’s interior ministry said, as well as government offices and the headquarters of the Hamas satellite TV station. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Al-Aqsa TV, electricity Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, Operation Protective Edge

israelandstuffcom | July 29, 2014

5 IDF Soldiers Killed When Terrorists Attempted to Infiltrate into Israel

5 Israeli soldiers were killed when Hamas terrorists breached the border via a Gaza terror-tunnel on Monday. The deaths of the 5 soldiers brings the total killed Monday at 10.

A 6th soldier prevented the abduction of one of the bodies.

By Elad Benari, Gil Ronen

Five soldiers were killed when Hamas terrorists breached the border from Gaza near Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Monday, it has been cleared for publication.

A sixth soldier prevented the abduction of a body of one of the soldiers who was killed. He reportedly opened fire on the terrorists from the guard position he was in, when he saw them trying to drag a body toward the tunnel they emerged from. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza Terror Attacks, IDF, infiltrators, Operation Protective Edge, terror tunnel

israelandstuffcom | July 28, 2014

Israel’s Prime Minister seeks demilitarization of Gaza in 4 U.S. interviews

PM Netanyahu told news interviewers on Sunday that Hamas violated its own cease-fires & is responsible for Gaza’s civilian casualties.

By Haaretz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his message to the American talk shows on Sunday, accusing Hamas of “violating its own ceasefires,” and asking how Americans would react if they were the targets of what he called a “terrorist operation.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at a Golani Brigade exercise.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Ministe Moshe Ya’alon watching a Golani Brigade exercise. – Photo: GPO

Interviewed by CNN, CBS, NBC and Fox, Netanyahu spoke repeatedly of achieving “sustainable quiet” on Israel’s border with Gaza. He did not deny that Israel intended to enlarge its incursion into Gaza, saying only that he would take “whatever action is necessary” to defend Israelis.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Gaza rockets

israelandstuffcom | July 28, 2014

Watchdog Group: Pro-Palestinian NGOs Exploiting War for Anti-Israel Agenda

Regavim, a watchdog group for Jewish national property rights, reports leftist NGOs use Bedouin deaths from Gaza rocket fire, to advance legalizing illegally built Bedouin settlements.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

Controversy continues over the status of Israel’s Bedouin population, after several Israeli Arab MKs protested over an alleged lack of suitable bomb shelters in Bedouin communities in the South.

But the issue of Bedouin communities in Israel is more complicated, according to Regavim, a watchdog group for Jewish national property rights, which released a statement last week condemning the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to bring the matter to the Supreme Court. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Bedouin, land dispute, NGO, Operation Protective Edge, Regavim

Allen West: Who says I’m not fair & balanced – 2 video views of the Israeli conflict

Those who reject this evidence and continues to protest in support of Hamas & condemn Israel is clearly either anti-Semitic or deluded – or both.

By Allen West

I am often criticized for providing only a one-sided view of events – in general that is because I do want to provide only one side: the truth.

From Palestinian al-Aqsa TV. – Screenshot: Palestinian Media Watch

But today I am sharing two videos, which show you different sides of the Israeli conflict with Hamas.

This video produced by Stand With Us is a collage of clips clearly explaining Hamas’ tactic (and admission) of using their own citizens as shields and targets.

Category: Israel News | Tags: hamas, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood, Operation Protective Edge

Insensitive Kerry to Mourning Mother ‘Sitting Shiva’ of Fallen IDF Soldier: ‘How’s Your Day?’

Israel’s IDF ‘lone soldier’, Max Steinberg’s funeral turnout in Jerusalem drew 30,000 people — including U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry.

By Simone Wilson

The mother, father, sister and brother of 24-year-old Woodland Hills native and fallen IDF soldier Max Steinberg, though heartbroken and jet-lagged, said they were warmed by the incredible turnout at his funeral on Mt. Herzl today.

“How’s your day?” Kerry asked callously as he sat down.
“How’s your day?” Evie asked back.
Kerry responds “My day’s going better than yours.”

“I probably couldn’t stand here and talk without breaking down, without… all this love and all these people,” Steinberg’s mom, Evie, said into a semicircle of news mics after the Jerusalem ceremony. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel US, Lone Soldiers, Mt. Herzl, Operation Protective Edge, Shimon Peres

150+ Hamas Fighters Surrender to Israel

More than 150 Armed Hamas Militants have surrendered to IDF soldiers during current ‘Operation Protective Edge’.

Israel says it might capture terror leaders

By Israel Today Staff

The Israeli army reported on Thursday that some 150 gunmen from Hamas and allied terror groups had surrendered to IDF forces during raids in southern Gaza a day earlier.

Hamas ‘Soldiers’ Surrender to IDF – Photo source: Israel Today

Some 80 of those were disarmed and immediately freed, while the other 70 were deemed “persons of interest” and were transferred to Israel for interrogation.

In the picture to the left, the prisoners, having been stripped to ensure they were not concealing weapons or explosives, are lined up in preparation for the short march back to Israeli territory.

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF

In spite of countless UNHRC condemnations, Israel ranks 19th of 187 on UN human development index

Israel ranks ‘very high’ as 19th on the UN index, just before France

• Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands & U.S. make up top 5
• “State of Palestine” is rated as 107th with Lebanon (65), Turkey (69), Iran (75), Jordan (77), Egypt (110) and Syria rated as (118).

By Israel Hayom Staff

Israel ranks 19th in the world in the United Nations’ Human Development Index for 2014, according to the U.N.’s 2014 Human Development Report released Thursday.

Israel is among 49 nations the report ranks as having “very high human development.” The report, titled “Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience,” states that the Human Development Index is a measure of achievements in key dimensions such as a long and healthy life, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living.

Category: Israel News | Tags: report, UN, UNDP

Egypt summons Turkish Ambassador over Erdogan’s anti-Sisi remark

Turkey’s PM Erdoğan accused Cairo of lacking a ‘sincere approach’ to the Palestinian issue, and Erdoğan last month called Egypt’s President Sisi an “illegitimate tyrant.”

By REUTERS

CAIRO – Egypt will summon the Turkish charge d’affaires in protest at comments by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who accused Egypt of lacking a sincere approach to the Palestinian issue, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Photo: AFP

Erdoğan made the comments in a recent interview with broadcaster CNN. The most senior Turkish diplomat in Egypt was already summoned earlier this month after Erdoğan called Egypt’s President an “illegitimate tyrant”. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Semitic propaganda, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey Egypt

israelandstuffcom | July 26, 2014

Turkey’s National Airlines Resumes its Flights to Israel

Following Israel-Hamas 12-hr ceasefire, Turkey’s flag carrier will reportedly resume flights to Israel.

But Germany’s pilots’ union criticized decision to resume flights to Israel.

By Itay Blumenthal

Turkish Airlines has announced it will resume flights to Israel following in wake of a 12-hour ceasefire reached between Hamas and Israel, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. Meanwhile, Germany’s pilot union lamented the decision to resume flights to Israel.

Turkish Aircraft in BG airport in Tel Aviv after ban – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Two Turkish Airlines flights reportedly took off on Saturday hours after Turkey’s aviation authority SHGM lifted ban on flights to Ben Gurion Airport, the reported quoted the company as saying said. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel Turkey

israelandstuffcom | July 26, 2014

Joan Rivers fights for Israel: ‘BBC & CNN should be ashamed of themselves’

The legendary comedienne attacked Gaza supporters in an interview: ‘If New Jersey fired rockets into New York, we would wipe ’em out.’

By Allison Kaplan Sommer

Israel’s advocates who are disappointed in Jon Stewart’s apparent lack of support can now take comfort. There is at least one comedy icon firmly in the pro-Israel camp – Joan Rivers.

Joan Rivers fights for Israel – Photo: Joan Rivers Facebook timeline

Accosted at the airport by the show business gossip web site TMZ, Rivers was passionate and eager to argue Israel’s case as she responded to questions from the reporter about events in the Middle East in what TMZ headlined as an “epic Israel/Palestine rant.”

Category: Israel News, The Diaspora | Tags: Hasbara, Operation Protective Edge, pro-Israel

israelandstuffcom | July 24, 2014