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Iron Dome Intercepts Gaza Rocket

Iron Dome battery successfully intercepts Gaza rocket on its way to the coastal city of Ashkelon, just after Hamas threatens Israel with ‘fires of hell.’

By Yishai Karov, Ari Yashar

The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system shot down a rocket Thursday night as it was in the air from Gaza, on its way towards the coastal city of Ashkelon.

Right before the Iron Dome shot down the rocket, “Color Red” warning sirens were heard in the city.

The rocket attack comes after another missile was fired from Gaza earlier on Thursday, exploding in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council area in the northwestern Negev without causing any damage or injuries. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza rockets, Hamas missiles, Iron Dome

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City of Chicago suing Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical over Opium

Bloomberg reported Teva being sued along with group of pharmaceutical manufacturers for allowing Chicago’s residents to become hooked on painkillers to boost their profits.

By Ynetnews

Israel’s Teva is being sued by the city of Chicago together with other major pharmaceutical manufacturers for excessively promoting painkillers, effectively getting people hooked and costing the city untold amounts of money, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

Israeli pharma giant,Teva Pharmaceuticals – Photo: Facebook

The third largest city in the US is demanding retribution from Teva and other companies like Johnson & Johnson for the costs of dealing with almost half a million claims for opioid prescriptions. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Chicago, court, Teva Pharmaceutical

Eilat hotels looking for Jordanians to fill needed jobs

Proposal for Jordanian manpower is meant to address an acute shortage of hotel workers that has left the tourism sector on the verge of collapse, report hoteliers.

By Rina Rozenberg

A proposal in the works would allow hotels in Eilat to hire up to 1,500 workers from neighboring Jordan, amid a shortage of hospitality employees in Israel’s southernmost city.

African migrants at work in an Eilat hotel. Since the dismissal of thousands of African employees, the resort city has had an acute shortage of manpower. – Photo: Olivier Fitousi

Tourism Minister Uzi Landau and Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar intend to hand the proposal to the cabinet on Sunday.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Eilat, Israel business, Israel tourism, Jordan, workers

Facebook page: Until teens’ return, terrorist to be shot hourly

So far the identity of who established the page remains unknown, which was created the day after the abduction of the 3 Jewish teens.

By JTA

A Facebook page that calls on Israel to execute a Palestinian murderer every hour until three kidnapped Israeli teens are returned has garnered more than 19,000 likes.

Facebook page calling on Israel to execute a Palestinian every hour. – Photo: FACEBOOK

There is no indication of who established the page, which was created on June 13, one day after the abduction of the three teens in the West Bank. But according to statistics provided by Facebook under People Talking About This, the most popular age group for those who liked the page is 18 to 24 and the most popular location is Jerusalem.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Facebook, kidnapping, terrorists

IAF Strikes Back After Two Gaza Rockets Strike Israel

Just a few hours after a terrorist’s rocket damaged a building in southern Israel, IAF jets hits several terrorist targets in Gaza.

By Elad Benari

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched airstrikes on several targets in Gaza on Wednesday night.

Aftermath of IAF strike in Gaza (archive) – Photo: Reuters

According to the IDF, the airstrikes targeted a concealed rocket launcher and two terrorist centers in northern Gaza. Two terrorist centers in central Gaza were targeted as well.

Direct hits were identified, and all aircraft returned safely to their bases, said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

The statement said the airstrikes were in retaliation for an earlier rocket attack on southern Israel. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza rockets, IAF strike, IAF-Gaza

Gaza Fires Two Rockets at Southern Israel

One rocket reportedly falls in southern community; building sustains damage with no injuries reported.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Two rockets fell in Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council on Wednesday night following a Code Red rocket alert siren.

Gaza rocket at sunset – Photo: REUTERS/ Darren Whiteside

The IDF could not confirm the exact location of the hits.

Israel Police said one of the rockets hit a community in the region and the second rocket fell in an open area. No injuries were reported, but a building did sustain damage.

Police were on their way to the scene.

Earlier in the week, Palestinian terrorists fired a salvo of rockets from Gaza at southern Israel. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza rockets

View IDF video: Operation ‘Brother’s Keeper’ get aerial assistance

Sky Rider unit assists its IDF ground forces locate & apprehend fleeing terrorists, make arrests and provide a more detailed picture of field occurrences.

By Yoav Zitun

Fighters of the Sky Rider unit who make use of the smallest drones in the IDF’s arsenal have been playing a significant role in the military’s ongoing operation to retrieve the three kidnapped teens that have been missing since Thursday night– overnight Tuesday, the unit took part in successful efforts to arrest 64 Palestinians, including 51 Hamas members who were released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal.

With assistance from Skylark mini-UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), IDF’s ground forces were able to apprehend several terrorists who attempted to flee during the arrests. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, kidnapping, Skylark UAV

Forum of Int’l Mayors call on ‘immediately & safe return’ of the 3 kidnapped Jewish teens

“It is our firm belief that at no time and under no circumstance should children become the victims of such an inhumane and unjust way of action.”

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met this afternoon with participants in the 29th Israel International Mayors Conference. The conference is sponsored by the Foreign Ministry, the union of Local Authorities and the American Council for World Jewry. Among the participants this year are – inter alia – the mayors of Berlin, Frankfurt, Buenos Aires, Sarajevo, Marseilles, Nice and Entebbe.

Mayors present Natanyahu with letter – Photos: Haim Zach, GPO.

The mayors presented Prime Minister Netanyahu with an open letter condemning the abduction of Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frankel and calling for their immediate release. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: kidnapping

Israel to permit hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be sedated for force-feeding

Palestinian Member of Israel’s Knesset who oppose the force-feeding bill calls it ‘immoral’ and ‘unethical.’

Jewish MK says, “Tibi wants pain & suffering, and I don’t. I don’t want them to suffer.”

By Jonathan Lis

Physicians will have the authority to sedate hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to make it easier to force-feed them, the Public Security Ministry’s legal adviser said on Wednesday.

Palestinians pray by the separation barrier in Bethlehem on June 6, 2014, during a demonstration in support of hunger-strikers. – Photo: AFP

Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi protested the decision, calling it “a huge scandal.”

“This is a new piece of information, and I ask that the discussion be stopped immediately,” Tibi said.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Ahmed Tibi, hunger strikers, Knesset, Palestinian prisoners

PA Police Raid Exposes Concealed Hamas Dungeon for Holding Israeli Abductees

VIDEO: Security forces revisit hidden underground holding facility, found 9 months earlier by Abbas’ Palestinian Authority police.

By Dave Bender, The Algemeiner

Video footage released on Tuesday showed what Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials said was an underground dungeon Hamas had prepared meant to hide abducted Israelis.

Entry to dungeon – Screenshot: Mako

The underground facility, with electricity, piped-in air, running water and waste disposal, served as a bunker intended to not only hold hostages, but also to serve as a command center to hold negotiations over their release, according to the officials, Israel’s Channel 2 reported.

PA officials said the footage was shot in September, 2013, during a raid conducted in the West Bank village of Tzurif, between Hebron and Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: dungeon, hamas, kidnapping, Palestinian Authority

Cleric Critical of Israel, to be Posted at St. Andrews Church in Jerusalem

Reverend Páraic Réamonn, will take over the Jerusalem congregation of the Church of Scotland in September.

By SAM SOKOL

A Scottish pastor with a history of comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa has been tapped to take over the spiritual leadership of the capital’s St. Andrews Church, the Jerusalem Post has learned.

Rev. Páraic Réamonn: Church of Scotland Photo: WORLD COMMUNION OF REFORMED CHURCHES

Reverend Páraic Réamonn, a member of the Church of Scotland, will take over the Jerusalem congregation in September, raising concerns among at least some churchgoers that he will use his new pulpit as a platform for the furtherance of his views. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, Church of Scotland, Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s Artificial Beach Offends Capital’s Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis

Jewish Ultra-Orthodox residents of Israel’s capital, condemn opening of artificial ‘beach,’ calling it ‘immoral’ and an ‘abomination’.

By i24news

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish (haredi) residents in Jerusalem have condemned the opening of an artificial beach in the city, saying it will lead to immorality and the desecration of the Jewish Sabbath.

The Largest Artificial Beach of the World - Seagaia Ocean Dome - Photo: flickr

The Largest Artificial Beach of the World – Seagaia Ocean Dome in Miyazaki, Japan – Photo: flickr

The 2,000 square meter artificial beach, located at the First Train Station complex in Jerusalem, features pools, a surfing simulator and concerts. The concept is intended to give the landlocked city a taste of Tel Aviv beaches during the summer. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Haredi, Jerusalem, Shabbat business, ultra-Orthodox

5th Day of Operation ‘Bring Back Our Brothers’: IDF arrest 200, cleaning house in Nablus

Israel’s search for missing Jewish teens enters 5th day, with additional arrests, now totaling 200.

Senior IDF source: We’re expanding search area &’cleaning house’ in ‘terror capital of Nablus.’

By Yoav Zitun

Operation ‘Bring Back Our Brothers’ is entering its fifth day Tuesday, with over 200 Palestinians arrested, 41 of which overnight, as the search for Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel continues.

IDF forces in Nablus, Monday night – Photo: IDF Spokesman

The three teens were apparently kidnapped Thursday night and no group or organization has made any accepted claims of responsibility for the abduction. The working conclusion is that Hamas operatives kidnapped the teens though it is unclear if the organization’s leadership sanctioned the attack. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hebron, IDF search & rescue team, kidnapping, Nablus

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IDF arrests 41 Palestinians in last-night’s West Bank raids

Monday night IDF ground forces arrested 41 Palestinians in Hebron & Jenin area as the search for 3 kidnapped teenagers continued.

In Gaza, Israel Air Force bombed 4 strategic terrorist sites in response to yesterdays rocket attacks.

By Gili Cohen

The Israel Defense Forces arrested 41 Palestinians overnight Monday in the West Bank, as the search for three kidnapped teenagers continued. Approximately half of the arrests took place in the Nablus region.

Israeli Defense Forces raiding Hebron and Jenin – Screenshot: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The operation involved about 1,000 soldiers from the Nahal infantry brigade, who raided, among other locations, the Balata refugee camp and the nearby town of Awarta. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: hamas, IAF, IDF, Palestinians