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UN hails ‘The Year Of Palestine’ by condemning Israel in 6 resolutions

In marking the 1 year anniversary of the Palestinian Mission attaining UN’s status as “non-member observer state”, of the 6 resolutions against Israel, one says Israel should cease imposing its jurisdiction on Jerusalem & another declared 2014 the “Int’l Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.”

By MAYA SHWAYDER

UN General Assembly votes on admitting Palestine Photo: REUTERS

NEW YORK – The UN General Assembly passed six more resolutions concerning Israel on Monday, including one that called for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria.

The ongoing onslaught of United Nation’s Bias & Hypocrisy against Israel

Of the six resolutions one said Israel should cease imposing its jurisdiction on Jerusalem and another one, labeled 68/L.12, declared 2014 the “International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: UN hypocrisy, United Nation General Assembly

Killers of apprehended Jewish terrorist receive 2 years in prison

Haifa District Court sentences 3 defendants convicted of the attempted manslaughter of Eden Natan Zada to 2 years in prison, after Zada was caught for murdering 4 people in 2005.

A defendant objected, saying: ‘We deserve no punishment.’

The verdict read: “Revenge is for God; punishment is for the judiciary.”

By Hassan Shaalan

The Haifa District Court sentenced three of the attackers of Jewish terrorist Eden Natan Zada to two years in prison. In August 2005, Natan Zada murdered four Shfaram residents and was beaten to death by an angry mob. Two other defendants also received jail time, while one was given probation. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: District Court, terrorist

Israel to sit on UN’s Human Rights Council

In a complete turn-around, the UNHRC accepts Israel as a member.

Analysts: Israel threatened to leave UN, whereas the UN feared Syria & North Korea to follow, making the UNHRC irrelevant.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

Israel has been accepted to join the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Maariv reported Thursday. The international body infamous for condemning the Jewish state will now add it to the list of 9 Western states.

The move is a complete about-face for the UNHRC, which in its 5-year history has condemned Israel over 46 times – more than any other nation in the world. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: EU, Netanyahu, UN, UNHRC, United Nations Human Rights Council

IDF Soldiers Train for Ground Invasion into Gaza

IDF combat forces hold major ground incursion exercise. Jerusalem’s determined to hit Hamas hard & fast next time Israel’s forced to respond to rocket attacks.

By Israel Today Staff

The Israeli army on Wednesday wrapped up two days of massive ground exercises simulating the invasion of the Gaza Strip and the suppression of Hamas rocket fire.

Nachal & Armor training exercise – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The exercises focused on directing overwhelming firepower against the sources of terrorist rocket fire, while at the same time advancing ground forces deep into Gaza.

Gaza-based terrorists fired a rocket at the southern Israel coastal city of Ashkelon on Tuesday night. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza, IDF

Kuwaiti newspaper: Cairo uncovered Mossad spy ring in Egypt

Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reports 17 implicated in espionage for Israel have been detained by Egyptian security forces .

Newspaper suggests some of the suspects are diplomats.

Egyptian sources say case has been placed under a gag order.

By Daniel Siryoti

Egyptian security forces have arrested 17 people of different nationalities on suspicion that they were part of an alleged Israeli spy ring, Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reported Tuesday.

Israel-Egypt border – Photo: AFP

According to the report, which has not been corroborated by any official Egyptian source, the suspects were part of an espionage ring operating in Cairo, Alexandria and other major Egyptian cities.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Egypt, Mossad, Spies

At American Studies Association, 37 speakers of 44 supported resolution boycotting Israel

At the annual meeting of the American Studies Association, participants who favored boycotting Israeli universities far outnumbered those opposed.

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For 90 minutes in a packed hotel conference room in the heart of Washington, Israel was the colonizer, the settler state, the perpetrator of apartheid.

As the annual meeting this weekend of the American Studies Association demonstrated, participants who favored boycotting Israeli universities far outnumbered those opposed.

Of 44 speakers, 37 supported the resolution, in which the association would endorse and “honor the call of Palestinian society for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions.” The preamble to the resolution accused Israeli universities of complicity in the occupation.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel, BDS, Israel boycott

IDF to redefine cyber defense units as ‘combat’ in new classification of soldiers’ roles

New changes define four categories of soldiers:
1. full-fledged combatants
2. battle soldiers
3. facilitators of weapons
4. home-front soldiers

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

In part of an extended process of defining categories of soldiers within the IDF which is near completion, the IDF is expected to define some of its cyber units as attack units.

IDF soldiers engaged in cyber security – Photo: yadlashiryon.com

The IDF spokesman only officially confirmed that defining “who is a ‘combatant'” in the IDF had been “approved and agreed to by [Lt. Gen. Benny Ganz] the Chief-of-Staff” and would be “distributed” throughout “relevant units” in the IDF after an additional approval from Gantz. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, IDF cyber-defense

Rabbinical Court fines woman $140. day until she circumcises her son

Mother ordered to pay NS 3,500 fine plus NS 500 (shekels) each day unless she performs circumcision.

“If the issue of circumcision is left to every individual to decide, how will the rest of the world view this?” rabbis say.

Case appealed to High Court.

By Nitzi Yakov

A woman who refused to have her newborn circumcised will have to pay a 3,500-shekel ($987) fine, the Netanya Rabbinical Court ruled this week. The court said the penalty would be waived if her child undergoes circumcision within one week. Failure to comply beyond that deadline would result in an additional 500 shekel ($141) charge per day.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Circumcision, High Court, Rabbinical Court

Israel’s Prime Minister & President sing Arik Einstein song

Bibi Netanyahu & Shimon Peres sing Arik Einstein’s Ani Ve’ata (You & I) along with Ofra Haza & Dan Shilo.

By Ben Sales

Amid the grief over the passing of iconic Israeli singer Arik Einstein, the internet has given us a gem:

Bibi Netanyahu and Shimon Peres sing Arik Einstein – Channel 2 screenshot

Bibi Netanyahu and Shimon Peres — together, in the nineties — singing one of Einstein’s best-known songs, “Ani v’Ata” (You and I).

The clip starts with Israeli celebrities Ofra Haza and Dan Shilon singing the song on stage, but at about 1:30 they descend to Bibi and Peres, who stand and somewhat awkwardly sing along.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israeli culture

Israel’s Elbit Systems profit soars as do their UAVs

Business & Finance News: One of Israel’s top Defense electronics firm reports higher than expected quarterly profit due to sales growth in airborne systems, UAVs & cost cutting measures.

By Reuters

Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems reported higher quarterly profit that beat estimates due to sales growth in airborne systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as cost cutting measures.

Elbit drone

Elbit earned $1.32 per diluted share excluding one-time items in the third quarter, up from $1.18 a share a year earlier, the company said on Thursday.

Revenue grew to $730.6 million from $677.5 million. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Elbit, Israel business, UAV

Israel Wins Gender Equality Prize From European Parliament

European Parliament to bestow upon Israel prize as the leading Middle East country in gender equality.

By Ari Yashar

The European Parliament intends to give Israel a prize Wednesday, recognizing it as the leading nation in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of gender equality.

The “Reducing the Gender Gap” prize will be given at Women in Parliaments Global Forum Annual Summit in Brussells, which is expected to bring together over 9,000 international female parliament members.

Supreme Court Judge Dafna Barak-Erez will accept the prize for Israel. Various female MKs will represent Israel at the conference, and MK Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (Jewish Home) will speak about her life story. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: European Parliament, Gender Equality Prize, women's rights

Obama’s Agenda & the goal of the White House’s foreign policy

The administration’s goal is not to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. The goal of Obama’s foreign policy is to weaken the State of Israel.

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

It isn’t surprising that the US and the other five powers signed a deal with Iran on Saturday. Over the past few weeks, US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry made it clear that they were committed to signing a deal with Iran as quickly as possible.

US President Barack Obama – Photo: Alexei Danichev, Host Photo Agency via Getty Images

And it isn’t surprising that the deal these overeager leaders signed with the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism makes the world a much more dangerous place than it was before the agreement was concluded. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Nuclear threat, Israel US

israelandstuffcom | November 26, 2013

2 Palestinian Salafi jihadi terrorists killed in West Bank by Israeli special forces

The Palestinian terrorists, discovered in the Hebron region, were in the planning stages of a terror attack supposed to take place in upcoming days.

Special security forces say the men were found with explosives & 2 handguns in their possession at the time of their death.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

Two Salafi-jihadi terrorists in the Hebron region who were in the middle of planning a terror attack for the coming days were killed in counter-terrorism mission, the Shin Bet announced on tuesday evening.

Salafi Palestinians – Photo: Reuters

The terror suspects were found in possession of explosives and two handguns, and the Counter-Terrorism Unit together with other special forces attempted to arrest them before opening fire, the Shin Bet added. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, MAGAV, Palestinian terrorists

israelandstuffcom | November 26, 2013

Palestinians win their 1st Emmy with ‘5 Broken Cameras’

Emad Burnat, from the village of Bil’in, who co-directed the Oscar-nominated film with Israel’s Guy Davidi, is the 1st Palestinian to have won an Emmy.

By Haaretz

The Oscar-nominated film “5 Broken Cameras,” a chronicle of Palestinian nonviolent resistance co-directed by Palestinian Emad Burnat and Israeli Guy Davidi, nabbed the best documentary award at the 41st annual International Emmy Awards.

Palestinian director Emad Burnat with his best documentary Emmy.

Producer Christine Camdessus and Palestinian director Emad Burnat with their best documentary award during the 41st International Emmy Awards in New York, November 25, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

Burnat said he is the first Palestinian to win an Emmy. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Emmy Award, Israel culture, Israel Palestine, Palestinian culture

israelandstuffcom | November 26, 2013