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| June 15, 2019
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Weekend Magazine: The private life of an elite Muslim IDF soldier

#ApartheidFail: “You know what a good feeling it is for me, to see that I make people feel safe when I walk around with my weapon in the train or bus station?” he says. “No one asks if I’m Arab or Jewish. They Just see a Golani soldier.”

By Etti Abramov

 

Clad in his IDF uniform, Private A. looks no different to his brothers in arms in the elite Golani Brigade. It’s been five months since he enlisted, and like everybody else, he’s busy with the rough training, chatting with his girlfriend before lights out and dealing with his anxious parents back home. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2019
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Fatah expels mayor, will punish Palestinians partying with Jews at wedding

The Fatah leadership expelled the mayor, is demanding his resignation as mayor, called on the Palestinian Authority to investigate all Palestinians who were seen celebrating with the Jews, and issued a statement strongly condemning their presence at the wedding, dubbing it ‘harmful to Palestinian national customs.’

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The mayor of a Palestinian town in the West Bank is facing strong condemnations for inviting Jewish settlers to the wedding of his son.

The Palestinian ruling Fatah faction decided to expel the mayor from its ranks and has called on the Palestinian Authority security forces to launch an investigation against the Palestinians who were seen celebrating with the settlers during the wedding. Continue Reading »

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| June 14, 2019
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Israeli Startup Developed Biodegradable Plastics That’s 100% Compostable

Founded in 2010 by Daphna Nissenbaum and Tal Neuman, their Israeli startup TIPA from central Israel has developed durable plastic-like bags & packaging from natural materials that breaks down after use and can even be used for compost in your garden.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Looking for a way to replace the plastic used for food and beverage packaging, which make up two-thirds of the world’s plastic waste, scientists at TIPA have developed a material with plastic-like durability, flexibility and transparency, but, unlike plastics, it is 100% compostable.

The startup says that its technology is inspired by nature. Like the skin of an orange that perfectly protects the fruit inside and once discarded decomposes. Continue Reading »

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| June 13, 2019
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Miracle in Sderot as Gaza rocket hits Yeshiva, no injuries reported

The building hit by the single rocket fired from Gaza is a Chabad Yeshiva, that also houses a synagogue and school. Earlier in the morning, a rocket was launched from Gaza but was intercepted by the Iron Dome.
– The residents in Southern Israel anticipate a ‘hot’ weekend.

BY ILANIT CHERNICK, ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

A rocket struck Sderot late on Thursday night as sirens wailed along border communities in the South.

Following the sirens, residents reported hearing explosions. It was later found that a rocket directly impacted a building in Sderot. There were no injuries.

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| June 13, 2019
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World’s Largest Beer Company Sets Up Cybersecurity Hub in Israel

AB InBev, the world’s largest beer company and home to Beck’s, Budweiser, Corona, Stella, and Leffe, sets up a Cybersecurity Hub
in Tel Aviv, intending to recruit 30 new employees on top of the 100 people already employed at its research & development center.

By Hagar Ravet

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, which provides 25% of all beer consumed globally, is setting up a new technology hub in Tel Aviv called The Beer Tech, the company announced Wednesday. Though the center will initially focus on cybersecurity, the company intends to expand operations in the future to domains including foodtech, agtech, and industry 4.0. Continue Reading »

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| June 13, 2019
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Israeli jets pound Hamas underground network following Gaza rocket fire

IAF jets fire on underground terrorist infrastructure in southern Gaza following a rocket fired on Israel from the terrorist enclave.

By Elad Benari

 

Israeli warplanes attacked an underground terrorist infrastructure in a military compound belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in southern Gaza overnight Wednesday, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

The air strike was carried out in response to the rocket fire from Gaza toward southern Israel earlier in the night.

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| June 13, 2019
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Israel ramps-up construction of security barrier on Gaza Border

The first section of Israel’s new 6-8 meter high solid concrete barrier, that will prevent Hamas terrorists from firing at Israeli vehicles traveling in sight from Gaza or agricultural field workers along the border has been completed, and a new section has begun.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is building new barrier wall along the border with Gaza to protect the roads and communities from terror attacks coming from across the Hamas enclave.

Concrete modular sections are brought for assembly above the underground Gaza counter-terrorism barrier. – Screenshot: YouTube

According to a report broadcast on Israeli News Channel 12, one section of the concrete wall has been completed and work on the next section has begun. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2019
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Netanyahu: ‘IDF pre-empts, prevents enemy from establishing attack bases’

Just hours after Syrian State News Agency reported Syria’s air defense has thwarted an Israeli missile attack on Tel al-Hara, PM Netanyahu said that in a “systematic and consistent manner” Israel will continue to prevent its enemies “from establishing attack bases in our vicinity.”

BY HERB KEINON, TZVI JOFFRE

 

The challenges facing Israel do not let up, and the country deals with them not only by responding after the fact, but also by preempting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

Netanyahu’s words at a memorial ceremony in Rehovot for Ephraim Katzir, Israel’s fourth president, came just hours after the Syrian State News Agency (SANA) said that Syria’s air defense thwarted an Israeli missile attack on Tel al-Hara in southern Syria. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2019
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Ignoring PLO demands, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco will attend Palestinian conference

The three Arab countries, along with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar will each send a delegation to the US planned economic summit in Bahrain that’s dedicated to boosting the Palestinian economy, despite the Palestinian leadership’s boycott of it.
– Jordanian King Abdullah: Jordan needs to avoid ‘being left out.’

By Mohammad Al-Kassim, The Media Line and News Agencies

 

Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they plan to attend a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain in late June on proposals for boosting the Palestinian economy as part of a coming U.S. peace plan, a White House official said on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2019
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Israel’s President tells Christians: You will always prosper & multiply in Israel

Israel President Reuven Rivlin noted that “these are difficult and painful times for the Christians in this region, and I am proud that Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian community is not diminishing, but is actually growing.”

By Yossi Aloni

 

Israel President Reuven Rivlin last week visited the Franciscan Monastery of Saint Salvador in the Old City of Jerusalem to mark Pentecost, as well as the 800th anniversary of the Franciscan Order in Israel.

The gathering was attended by the local heads of the Franciscan Order, as well as the heads of various other traditional churches in Israel. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2019
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UK’s Katie Hopkins: Muslims are driving Jews out of western Europe

WATCH: UK commentator Katie Hopkins tells Israel’s i24NEWS, “‘There will never be peace in Israel until you remove the people who don’t belong there.”

By i24NEWS

 

In a controversial appearance Monday night, contentious UK commentator Katie Hopkins told i24NEWS that an influx of Muslims across Europe have caused a rise in anti-Semitic events and thousands of Jews to flee to Israel, among other pointed topics including the migrant crisis and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In the heated debate alongside former Israeli ambassador to France Daniel Shek, Hopkins stood by the claim, as explored in her new documentary ‘Homelands’, that it is the Muslims who are “forcing the Jews out of western Europe,” as well as “her own population.” Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2019
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Palestinian terror groups line up to attack U.S. Ambassador to Israel

PLO, PA, Fatah, PFLP and Hamas each attack or threaten Ambassador David Friedman after his interview in the The New York Times.

BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority said on Sunday that it is considering filing a complaint with the International Criminal (ICC) against US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for “jeopradizing peace and security in the Middle East.”

Calling Friedman a “settler,” the PA Foreign Ministry and several Palestinian officials and groups strongly condemned the US envoy for his support for Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank. “Friedman is ignorant in political work and belongs to the state of settlers,” the ministry said. Continue Reading »

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| June 8, 2019
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Cable cars route approved to and from the Old City of Jerusalem

In one of most-visited locations in the world, visitors in Jerusalem will now be able to reach the Western Wall in just minutes, thanks to a new project which aims to ease congestion in the ancient city.
– Palestinian neighborhoods above which the cable cars will pass, oppose the project.

By Yael Fridson

 

Seventy-one years after a cable car brought in supplies for besieged fighters on Mount Zion during Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, cable cars are making a comeback in the capital.

The National Infrastructure Committee has approved a plan to build cable cars to transport people in and out of the Old City by air. Continue Reading »

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| June 8, 2019
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Israel’s next step: Making the desert bloom again… with Biotechnology

Advancing the very creativity and pioneering spirit cited by Ben-Gurion, the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev is flourishing in Beersheba.

BY EYTAN HALON

 

Looking out from his modest home at Kibbutz Sde Boker, Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, longed “to make the desert bloom.”

Not just a man of vision and Zionist ideals, but also a pioneer and man of his word, Ben-Gurion returned to settle in the desert after retiring from public life, and spent his last years there until his death in 1973.

“It is in the Negev where the creativity and pioneering vigor of Israel shall be tested,” the Polish-born premier famously said. Continue Reading »

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| June 7, 2019
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WATCH: IDF Navy Foils Attempt to Smuggle Rocket Making Materials

In this joint IDF, Shin Bet operation, night-vision aerial reconnaissance film shows 2 vessels with 4 Hamas operatives intercepted, foiling their attempt to smuggle materials into Gaza, meant for the manufacture of rockets that would be fired on Israeli cities.

By BENJY SINGER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

The IDF thwarted an attempt to smuggle materials, meant for manufacturing rockets, into the Gaza Strip in early May, The army released for publication Friday morning.

Two Palestinian vessels entered the forbidden area in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, in violation of the security regulations and the armistice directives. The navy seized the vessels and the four suspects on them were transferred to interrogation of security forces. Continue Reading »

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