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Palestinian Arab killed by IDF fire in Qabatiya

Palestinians report large force of IDF soldiers entered village near Jenin overnight to secure arrest of wanted Arab terrorist. Subsequent clashes ensued leaving one young man dead.

Elior Levy

A Palestinian man in his 20s was killed during clashes with IDF forces in the West Bank village Qabatiya overnight. Palestinian medical officials said he was shot in the chest and died of his wounds.

According to Palestinian reports, large IDF forces entered Qabatiya late on Wednesday with the purpose of arresting several suspects. Clashes ensued and left Ahmad Tazazaa dead. His body has been transferred to a hospital in Jenin. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, Palestinian terrorists

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Area 51 used to test a ‘secretly acquired’ Soviet MiG-21 from Israel

Documents released Tuesday show the United States secretly acquired a Soviet MiG-21 jet fighter from Israel and tested it at the infamous Area 51 in the Nevada desert back in 1968.

By Amanda Holpuch

The US government “secretly acquired” Soviet aircraft during the Cold War and tested them at Area 51, according to documents released Tuesday that shed light on the once-classified and long speculated base deep in the Nevada desert.

mig One of those programs was the government’s investigation of the multiple Soviet MiG fighter planes it “secretly acquired” during the Cold War. The first documented acquisition was the MiG-21, originally obtained by Israel in August 1966.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Area 51, Israel US

Israel’s Lawful Claims to the West Bank

“In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949…” – U.S. President George W. Bush

By Ari Lieberman

Proponents of fairness and equity who have advocated against some of Israel’s most pernicious detractors have often advanced several well-reasoned arguments against further Israeli West Bank withdrawals and Palestinian statehood. Key among those arguments are that the Palestinian leadership is rejectionist, duplicitous, incites violence, is non-democratic and, in general, is not committed to a two-state solution recognizing Israel’s rights to exist within safe and secure boundaries. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel's Rights

Knesset Speaker declares French president ‘persona non grata’

French president snubs Knesset, opting to appear before university students instead. Knesset Speaker Edelstein responds in kind, won’t invite French dignitaries to ceremonies.

French Embassy reports: President Hollande’s schedule still not final.

By LAHAV HARKOV

French President Francois Hollande is not welcome in the Knesset, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein declared Wednesday.

Hollande speaks during the opening of the Qatari-French Business Forum in Doha June 23, 2013.- Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous

Hollande decided to speak to university students, not the Knesset, during his visit to Israel in three weeks, and Edelstein responded to the snub in kind.

“Whoever disrespects the Knesset does not deserve the Knesset’s respect,” Edelstein wrote on Facebook.

Category: Israel News | Tags: France, Francois Hollande, Israel Politics, Knesset, Yuli Edelstein

View Clip of IDF Paratroopers firing advanced Spike missile

In a special training exercise held before the unit deploys for tour on Israel’s northern border, IDF paratroopers fire an advanced Spike-MR missile, one of the IDF’s most advanced portable guided missiles. -Watch it in action

By Yoav Zitun

Combat soldiers from the IDF‘s Paratroopers Brigade received an unusual allocation this week and fired a Spike-MR missile during a training exercise held in preparation of the troops’ scheduled operational activity along the northern border.

Spike-MR missile in action – IDF

The Spike-MR rare launch was documented by the IDF and is quite the sight.

The missile is a portable “fire-and-forget” guided missile, and it is one of the army’s most advanced anti-tank and anti-personnel projectiles. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, paratrooper, Spike missile

Report: Details on lost pilot Ron Arad for intel on missing Iranian diplomats

Al-Siasa newspaper from Kuwait quotes Western intel sources as saying that a possible deal would reveal info on Israel’s Ron Arad in exchange for details on Iranian diplomats who vanished in the 1980s.

By Haaretz

A Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday that Israel will soon receive new details regarding missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad as part of a deal between Iran and a Western intelligence agency.

Missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.- Photo by AP

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siasa quoted Western intelligence officials as saying that the deal includes the release of information regarding Arad, who’s been missing in action since 1986, in exchange for details on four Iranian diplomats who vanished in Lebanon in the 1980s. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF, Iran, Lebanon

Ancient Curse Unearthed in Jerusalem’s City of David

Inscribed on a lead plate the 1,700 year old curse was found at archaeological dig in the City of David. It appears to have been ordered by a woman from a professional magician.

By Ari Yashar

On Wednesday the Israel Antiquities Authority released the discovery of a 1,700 year old curse found at the City of David archaeological site in Jerusalem.

Ancient Curse – Clara Amit, courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority

The curse, inscribed in Greek on a rolled-up lead plate, was found at the Givati parking lot dig site opposite the City of David.

The text was determined to be a curse written by a professional magician, according to the analysis of Dr. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Antiquities Authority, archaeology, City of David

Bank of Israel governor Flug: Israel’s economy in good state

In her 1st public address since the gov’t approved her appointment as Bank of Israel governor, Dr. Karnit Flug tells PM’s Conference: ‘The growth rates in Israel are relatively high & the economy is in good condition compared to developed countries’

By Gilad Morag

Israel‘s growth rates are relatively high and the economy is in good condition compared to developed countries, Dr. Karnit Flug said Tuesday in her first public address since the government approved her appointment as the Bank of Israel’s new governor.

“Unemployment rates have dropped to a low level after going up during the crisis, but the output per worker is relatively low compared to the developed countries,” Flug told the Prime Minister’s Conference on Partnership and Growth, organized by the Authority for the Economic Development of the Arab, Druze and Circassian Sectors. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel economy

Israel frees an aditional 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of peace talks

Those freed by Israel ‘in the name of peace’ were all convicted of murder before or just after the Oslo Accords were signed 20 years ago.

By Revital Hovel and Reuters

Israel completed early Wednesday the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of the resumption of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. This was the second group of prisoners to be freed, after the first was was released two months ago.

Palestinian relatives during a celebrate while waiting for his release at the checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Hanoun between north of Gaza Strip and Israel, Tuesday, Oct.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian prisoners, Peace Process

Israel tells UNHRC: “Israel’s Unfair Treatment Must Come to an End”

After repeated discrimination by the council against the Jewish State, Israel ended its 18-month boycott and attended the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva.

By Tova Dvorin

Israel defended itself against constant discrimination by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva today (Tuesday), demanding that Israel’s “unfair treatment” over the Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria “must come to an end”.

UN Human Rights Council – AFP photo

Israeli ambassador to the UN Eviator Manor admitted to the council that Israel does not have “a perfect record”, stressing that the situation in Israel has been complicated due to “our difficult and complex security situation” with the Palestinian Arabs since its foundation in 1948. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: UNHRC

Livni’s misguided political strategy

Livni’s national security track record show, whatever her intentions may be, she is totally incompetent to understand, secure or advance Israel’s national security.

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

For Justice Minister Tzipi Livi, all politics are personal.She can be trusted, because she is good. Her opponents must be rejected, because they are evil.

Artwork by Stephen E Hughes

In her speech at The Jerusalem Post’s Diplomatic Conference in Herzliya last Thursday, Livni insisted that the only “legitimate” basis for opposing a Palestinian state is ideological. Livni stridently rejected the notion that one can oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state – in the two-state solution framework – for security reasons.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Politics, Tzipi Livi

Israel’s elderly are reported poorest in Western world

Prior to pensions & tax the poor are in great shape in relation to global situation. But after – the picture changes completely.

Taub Center report says 1/5th of Israel’s elderly live below the poverty level – 7 times more than in most developed countries.

By Omri Efraim

Death of the Israeli welfare state: poverty rates among the elderly in Israel are the highest in the developed world, with a huge margin in comparison to most countries. This is according to a new study by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel published Tuesday.

Illustration – Photo: Avi Roccah

The research conducted by the center’s executive director, Professor Dan Ben-David, and researcher Haim Bleikh, shows that based on their disposable income (after welfare payments, national security benefits and taxes), 21% of Israel’s elderly live below the poverty line. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: elderly, Israel economy, report

WATCH: When Abdul met President Peres in Jerusalem

On her first trip to Israel, Paula Abdul met Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residence.

By Ari Yashar

American singer and dancer Paula Abdul met Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday morning on her maiden voyage to Israel, during which she plans to have a belated bat mitzvah at the Western Wall.

Abdul embraced Peres at the start of visit, which took place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

“I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude to be here, I’ve wanted to come for years,” said Abdual. “My career took me many places and this is my first vacation in almost eight years that I’m actually here to sightsee like a regular tourist. Continue Reading »

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