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| June 22, 2014
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IDF Commander: We Are Indeed Our Brothers’ Keepers

 

IDF’s search for abducted Jewish teens intensifies “We all believe that we will find the kidnapped youths, and it is with this faith that we march day and night.”

By Ryan Jones

 

Operation Brother’s Keeper, the Israeli army’s massive search for three abducted Jewish teens, has intensified as it enters a new week, with IDF officials vowing they will leave no stone unturned.

IDF: We Are Our Brothers' Keepers

IDF searching for Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel – IDF Spokesperson

Col. Eliezer Toledano, the commander of the IDF’s Paratrooper Brigade, said that three full battalions are taking part in the search and rescue operation, and that every soldier is unwaveringly committed to the mission. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2014
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Armed terrorist from Gaza caught at entrance to Jewish community in Negev

 

Palestinian terrorist infiltrates Gaza’s border to Israel, and is caught with a hand-grenade by local patrol, brought in for questioning.

By Lilach Shoval and Shlomo Cesana

 

A terrorist infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip around 4:30 a.m. Sunday armed with a grenade. He was apprehended between Yated and Sdei Avraham by a local patrol from a nearby community.

IDF paratroopers in Judea and Samaria prepare for ongoing searches for missing boys – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Israeli forces called to the scene arrested him and brought him in for interrogation. The man said he infiltrated the border to Israel from the southern Gaza Strip.

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| June 22, 2014
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2 Videos: While searching for 3 kidnapped teens, elite IDF units keep finding weapons

Senior IDF source reports, “We found grenades, explosives & underground structures,” adding that “on the 1st floor, a family resides, & on the 3rd floor is a weapons production lab.”

 

 

A senior army source familiar with searches carried out in recent days by the elite Yahalom Combat Engineering unit told on Sunday of the arms found in West Bank searches.

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“We found grenades, which are as deadly as industrially produced grenades, homemade explosives, and weapons labs,” the source said.

“We were not surprised. We knew this existed in homes where families live. On the first floor, the family resides, and on the third floor is a weapons production lab,” he added. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2014
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IDF kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 11 & arrest 9 in nighttime hunt for 3 missing teens

 

While the search for the 3 abducted Jewish teens continues, 2 Palestinians killed, 11 wounded during violent clashes by residents of Ramallah & Nablus, as security forces arrest 9 Palestinians and raid 5 suspicious charity organizations.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Two Palestinians were killed overnight Saturday and 11 were wounded during clashes with the IDF in Ramallah and Nablus. In addition, IDF forces arrested nine Palestinians as the search for the three teens who went missing in Hebron continues.

IDF forces in the West Bank (Photo: AFP)

IDF forces in the West Bank – Photo: AFP

Since Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, from Talmon, Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, from Elad. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2014
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The Kurds re-connect with an old ally: Israel

Washington disapproves of the Kurds exporting Iraqi oil in principle, since it diminishes from Iraq’s national unity, but it’s highly unlikely that the U.S. will object to their selling oil to Israel.

By and Avi Bar-Eli

Kurdish oil has been sailing for weeks across the Mediterranean, looking for a buyer. Finally. a country that will take it in has been found, according to a Reuters report out of London.
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The SCF Altai tanker docks near Israel’s Ashkelon Port, June 20, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The Liberia-registered tanker Altai docked in Ashkelon on Friday, carrying a million barrels of oil produced in the Kurdish regions of Iraq.

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| June 22, 2014
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1st Israeli killed in Golan Heights as a direct result of the Syrian Civil War

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Mortar shell explodes near moving civilian vehicle, killing 15 yr-old & seriously injuring up to 4 others.

IDF responds firing into Syrian city of Quneitra.

By AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

At least one person is dead and several are injured in an explosion on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights Sunday, after an explosive device was detonated near a passing vehicle.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Office just confirmed that two people were injured and one killed in the blast, and that the attack was carried out against “civilian sub-contractors for the Ministry of Defense.” Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Report: Israel FM moves to expel UN envoy for attempts to aid & abet Hamas

If FM Liberman has his way, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry, will be declared persona non grata by the Israeli gov’t.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is intent on expelling the United Nations special envoy to the Middle East, Robert Serry, after authorities learned that he sought to transfer tens of millions of dollars in aid to Hamas, Channel 2 reported on Saturday.

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman – Photo: Olivier Fitoussi

If Liberman has his way, Serry, the Dutch diplomat whose official title is United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, will be declared by the Israeli government as persona non grata. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Catherine Zeta Jones joins Michael Douglas in Israel, for son’s Bar-Mitzvah

The Douglas family booked the King David Hotel’s presidential suite, ahead of touring Jerusalem and family’s celebration at the Western Wall plaza.

 

Jerusalem was star struck over the weekend, as Hollywood couple Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas arrived Thursday in Israel, local media reported.

Actress Catherine Zeta Jones and actor Michael Douglas in New York, April 21, 2014.

Actress Catherine Zeta Jones and actor Michael Douglas in New York, April 21, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The glamorous duo brought their children, too. Indeed, the purpose of their under-the-radar visit to the holy land was part of the bar-mitzvah celebrations for their first-born, Dylan Michael.

Mother Catherine, who comes from Welsh and Irish stock, has toyed in the past with the possibility of converting to Judaism, but has yet to go through with it, according to The Forward.

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| June 21, 2014
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Uncle of kidnapped youth: Military intel indicates the 3 boys are alive

Uncle of one of the 3 kidnapped Israeli teens speaks out.

IDF destroys Ramallah home of a suspected kidnapper

By i24news

 

The uncle of Naftali Frankel, one of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, said on Friday that his family had received “indications” from Israeli intelligence that the boys were still alive.

IDF soldiers in Hebron, 14.6.2014 – Photo: AFP

“In defense of the security system, it’s important to say that almost from the start of the incident, there have been representatives in each of the families’ homes 24/7,” Frankel said. “The immediate family of course know more than what’s going on in the media.” Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Jerusalem bans Islamic Relief Worldwide charity for funding Hamas

 

 

Israel Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon declares the Muslim charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide @IRWorldwide as a terror organization

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, “We do not intend to allow it to function and abet terrorist activity against Israel.”

By Lilach Shoval, Shlomo Cesana, Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed an order on Thursday banning Islam Relief Worldwide. The organization is a source of funding for Hamas, and the ban would prohibit IRW from operating in Israel proper and Judea and Samaria.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed the order to ban Islam Relief Worldwide for their role in transferring funds to terrorist group Hamas – Photo: Reuters

“IRW is one of the sources of Hamas’ funding and a means for raising funds from various countries in the world,” Ya’alon said.

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| June 21, 2014
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Today Google honored Israel’s 1st astronaut Ilan Ramon, killed on Columbia space shuttle

For Ramon’s 60th Birthday visitors in Israel using the popular search engine saw a cartoon portraying Ramon as he gazes out into space.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut to enter space and who tragically perished along with his fellow crewmembers of the Columbia space shuttle over ten years ago, was paid tribute on Friday by Google’s Hebrew page to mark the occasion of his 60th birthday.

 

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Google’s Israel page pays homage to late astronaut Ilan Ramon on what would have been his 60th birthday. – Photo: GOOGLE

Visitors to the popular search engine saw a cartoon depicting Ramon as he gazes out into space. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Israel increases IDF troop presence, surrounding villages near Hebron

 

Increased military activity focused on specific area could be result of intel leading to location of kidnapped boys.

Defense Minister Ya’alon: Action to continue until, ‘we’ve exhausted them’.

CNN reporter roughed-up by PA Police.

By Yoav Zitun

 

 

IDF forces intensified operations in villages just north of Hebron Friday evening and announced the closure of the area to public traffic as large numbers of additional forces flooded the region arriving in parts throughout the day.

Additional troops were sent to area just north of Hebron. (Photo: EPA)

Additional troops were sent to area just north of Hebron. – Photo: EPA

The forces searched through homes, pits, and wells continuing work that began one week ago Friday as part of Operation Brother’s Keeper intended to find three Israeli teens that were kidnapped near Hebron, put political pressure on Hamas and bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2014
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Israel Receives First Oil Delivery From Iraqi Kurds via Disputed Kurdish Pipeline

 

Israel officials have been keen to build ties with the Kurds, hoping to broaden options for energy supplies. Israeli refineries have purchased Kurdish crude before, in small volumes, which were trucked to Turkish ports.

By Julia Payne, Reuters

 

LONDON (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdistan looked set to unload in Israel a first cargo of disputed crude oil from its new pipeline after weeks of seeking an outlet as Iraq’s central government has threatened legal action against any buyer.

The SCF Altai tanker has anchored near Israel's Ashkelon port June 20, 2014 - Photo by REUTERS-Amir Cohen

The SCF Altai tanker has anchored near Israel’s Ashkelon port June 20, 2014 – Photo: REUTERS-Amir Cohen

The SCF Altai tanker was anchored near Israel’s Ashkelon port early on Friday morning, ship tracking and industry sources said. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2014
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Amb. Dr. Alan Baker to UN: PA in Violation Of Int’l Treaties – Revoke Observer Status Over Abduction

Israel’s former Ambassador Dr. Alan Baker: The UN’s legitimization of the Palestinians violates the Oslo Accords according to every criteria set forth by the International Criminal Court.

By Tova Dvorin, Ido Ben-Porat

 

Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada Dr. Alan Baker, the head of the Legal Forum for Israel, has formally requested that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon revoke the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) observer status Friday, in light of their unity with Hamas.

“The tragic abduction and imprisonment of three young Israelis by a terrorist organization, attached to what you call the ‘State of Palestine’ and now considered a state observer at the UN, is a gross violation of humanitarian norms and conventions,” Baker wrote. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2014
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Arab’s Barbaric Abduction of Teens Explodes on Social Media

 

 

Arabs & Muslims worldwide celebrate the kidnapping of Jewish teens, while Israel & its supporters demand ‘Bring Back Our Boys’

By Israel Today Staff

 

While Israeli soldiers scour Judea and Samaria in search of three abducted Jewish teens, average Israelis and Palestinians have taken to social media with their contrasting views on the situation.

Israel Abduction Case Explodes on Social Media

Arab displays the ‘3 Shalits’ in an anti-Semitic cartoon

The Palestinian side has exploded in a celebratory campaign distinguished by a three-finger salute. Local Arabs of all ages have been posting photos of themselves and their children holding three fingers aloft to commemorate the kidnapping of three defenseless Jewish youths. Continue Reading »

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