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| September 29, 2013
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Belgian citizen arrested by Shin Bet for spying for Iran

Arrested Belgian suspect reveals to his interrogators that he was promised by Iran some $1 million to spy on Israel.

By Gili Cohen

 

Israel has arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian extraction on suspicion that he was sent by the Iranian intelligence agency to spy for the Islamic Republic.

Ali Mansouri

Alex Mans, formerly Ali Mansouri, in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Courtesy

The suspect, Alex Mans, was arrested by the Shin Bet security service and Israel Police at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way out of Israel. The arrest took place two weeks ago but the information was not made public until Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2013
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‘Israeli Apartheid? I Know Apartheid, It’s Not Israel’

South African parliamentarian & clergyman refutes “lies” from anti-Israel movement who “minimize the pain of apartheid” by their false claims.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

After participating in a two-day conference held in Jerusalem last week, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the Parliament of South Africa and founder of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), vocalized why calling Israel an apartheid state actually “minimizes the pain of apartheid.”

S.African MP Reverend Kenneth Meshoe – screenshot

Meshoe, along with 25 other international members of parliament, is one of the chairmen of the Israel Allies Caucuses, which represent hundreds of members of Congress and Parliament around the world. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2013
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Leaked intel report: Israel warned Nairobi of terrorist attack

 

Kenyan newspaper reported Israel had warned government officials of plans to attack Israeli interests prior to upcoming Jewish High Holidays.

By AFP

Kenya‘s government had been warned, including by Israel, of the high risk of an attack before the assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen that killed at least 67 people, newspapers reported Saturday.

Smoke over Westgate shopping mall on 23 September 2013 - Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Smoke over Westgate shopping mall on 23 September 2013 – Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet ministers and Kenya’s army chief had received information warning of a plan to carry out a major attack, the Daily Nation said, quoting a leaked intelligence report. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2013
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Israel Air Force scrambles jets due to unidentified aircraft

Just like last week, Israeli fighter jets thundered over Tel Aviv on their way to intercept a suspicious signal which again, turned out to be a flock of birds.

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Israel Air Force fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday morning to north and south Israel, apparently because of an unidentified aircraft that entered Israeli airspace. IDF Spokesman declined to comment, saying it does not provide detail on IAF activity.

Israel Air Force F-15.

An Israel Air Force F-15 taking off. – Photo: Daniel Bar-On

Last week, Tel Aviv’s Saturday morning tranquility was disturbed when two IAF jets flew low over the city, on their way to intercept a suspicious radar signal which turned out to be a flock of birds. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2013
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Renegade French Diplomat Recalled After Striking Policeman

 

Recalled to France: Envoy wasn’t being diplomatic when she punched Border Policeman after being pulled from truck delivering U.N. aid.

By REUTERS

 

 

 

Israel and France have averted a diplomatic crisis by agreeing that a French diplomat, who hit an IDF soldier after she was dragged from a vehicle delivering aid to Palestinians, should return to Paris.

Renegade diplomat, Marion Castaing attacks Policeman

The incident in the West Bank one week ago had the potential to escalate, with Israel considering expelling her and aid groups privately pressing Paris and other European countries involved to protest at the treatment of their diplomats.

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| September 27, 2013
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Palestinians attack security forces on anniversary of 2nd intifada

 

On 13th anniversary of 2nd Palestinian uprising, Arab protesters burn tires & hurl rocks in Jerusalem & in West Bank.

Palestinians burn effigies of Netanyahu & Peres at demonstrations in Gaza.

1 soldier, 1 policeman lightly injured.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Marking thirteen years to the second Palestinian uprising (intifada), Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank, in Jerusalem and on the Gaza Strip border.

Palestinians burning effigies of Netanyahu and Peres in Gaza, September 27, 2013.

Palestinians burning effigies of Netanyahu and Peres in Gaza, September 27, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Protesters hurled stones and burned tires in clashes across the West Bank.

In Hebron, some 300 protesters threw rocks at IDF soldiers, an IDF spokeswoman said.

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| September 27, 2013
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Arab stone-throwers target police in Jerusalem’s Old City

 

 

On 13th anniversary of 2nd Intifada, Arab youth throw stones at policemen near the Rockefeller Museum & Damascus Gate.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

Following Friday prayers, young Arabs threw stones at police forces near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem‘s Old City. One officer sustained light injuries to his hand. Border Guard officers dispersed the rioters with stun grenades, among other crowd dispersal means, and arrested four people.

A Palestinian stone thrower bearing the Hamas flag, right, uses a sling shot to throw stones

A Palestinian stone thrower bearing the Hamas flag, right, uses a sling shot to throw stones with his comrade towards Israeli security forces. [Archives] – Photo: AFP

Police officers were also attacked with stones near the Rockefeller Museum in the capital. Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2013
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American Christians Came to Samaria to Assist in Sukkot Harvest

Video: Sukkot event at Har Bracha in the Shomron show American group of volunteers from HaYovel, an int’l humanitarian organization which supports Jewish farming in Judea & Samaria

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

In cooperation with the Har Bracha community in the Shomron (Samaria) and Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, the head of the Har Bracha yeshiva, dozens of Christian volunteers from the United States joined families in the year’s annual harvest of crops.

Tommy Waller led his group of volunteers from HaYovel, an international humanitarian organization which supports farming in Yesha (Judea and Samaria).

Despite previous accusations that HaYovel were a missionary group, Rabbi Melamed described the event as “a blessed phenomena of non-Jews seeing the truth and pledging themselves to help the Jewish Nation in the heartland of the Jewish Land.” Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2013
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Human Rights Watch tells Israel: Stop displacing Bedouins

 

Human rights organization calls on Israel to stop its attempts at displacing West Bank Bedouin families, citing last week’s confrontation of IDF soldiers clashing with diplomats on an aid mission.

By AFP

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Israel to stop trying to displace Bedouin families in the West Bank, where the army last week manhandled European diplomats on an aid mission.  

Bedouin village (Archives) – Photo: Elior Levy

“The Israeli military should end its unjustified attempts to forcibly remove a decades-old community,” the New York-based watchdog’s Middle East director Joe Stork said in a statement.

“Israeli forces didn’t just rough up diplomats, they demolished every single building in Makhul and ordered the residents to leave and never come back,” he said. Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2013
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Israelis pay more for fruits & vegetables

 

 

Agricultural products in Israel are 11% more expensive than the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development average.

OECD report shows Israel’s support for farmers has led to increase in food prices. 

By Gil Kalian, Calcalist

Israel‘s support for its farmers carries a heavy economic and social price, according to a report released by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which looked into the agricultural support policy in 47 countries, which are responsible for 80% of the global agricultural produce.

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Wheat field in the Hula Valley – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The report’s findings reveal that agricultural products in Israel are 11% more expensive than the OECD average. Continue Reading »

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| September 26, 2013
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FARS Reports: CNN ‘Misquoted’ Rouhani’s Holocaust Remarks

Iran’s FARS news agency says CNN “added to or changed parts” of President Rouhani’s remarks in his interview and that he never said the words “Holocaust” or “reprehensible.”

By Gil Ronen

 

 

Official Iranian news agency FARS said Thursday that CNN misrepresented Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s statements in an interview with the network’s Christiane Amanpour, saying the network added the words “Holocaust” and “reprehensible” to its translation.

CNN’s Amanpour – Reuters

“The CNN aired its interview with Rouhani on Tuesday but the news channel added to or changed parts of his remarks when Christiane Amanpour asked him about the Holocaust,” FARS said. Continue Reading »

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| September 26, 2013
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Israeli Arabic video guide for nursing, big hit in Arab world

 

 

While Israel remains unpopular among Arab countries, its locally produced HMO’s breastfeeding training videos have been watched by half a million Arab viewers world-wide so far.

Yaron Kelner

VIDEO – In almost every Arab country, threats, curses or swears are heard when Israel is mentioned. But in this sea of hostility there is now a new ray of light: Breastfeeding training videos in Arabic by Clalit Health Services, an Israeli health maintenance organization, are gain tremendous popularity in countries which have mostly been fighting Israel in the past few decades.

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Israeli Health Care Service produced an educational video for it’s Arabic speaking population.

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| September 26, 2013
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Jewish Pilgrims Attacked by Arabs Next to Mount of Olives

Local resident, after looking at the destroyed car, calls family’s escape miraculous.

By Uzi Baruch and Ernie Singer

A hareidi-religious family from New York was the victim of a serious attack by rioting Arabs Wednesday afternoon, asthey were making their way to pray on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem’s Old City. One of the passengers

in their rented car was taken to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital with wounds to the head and one of his hands.

Area resident Nitai Shilo, who helped the family after the attempted lynch, told Arutz Sheva that the family, including children, got stuck in a big traffic jam next to the Mount of Olives. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2013
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Int’l Congress of Parliamentarians urge EU to Rescind Settlement Ban

 

 

Lawmakers from several countries, including the UK, US, South Africa & Guatemala say planned EU restrictions on Israeli institutions outside the 1967 lines are ‘woefully misguided at best & discriminatory at worst’.

By Ynetnews

Two dozen parliamentarians from around the world are urging the EU to halt a planned ban on Israeli institutions in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

MK Danon (holding declaration) with foreign MPs Photo: Yissachar Ruas

MK Danon (holding declaration) with foreign MPs – Photo: Yissachar Ruas

The move, following in the footsteps of action taken in the US Congress against the EU guidelines, which were made public as peace negotiations resumed between Israelis and Palestinians after a three year hiatus came at the culmination of the Israel Allies Caucus international chairman’s conference held in Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2013
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Outrageous Tel Aviv prices : 2-room apt. sold for $1.3m

 

A New Zealand artist paid NIS 4.7M ($1.3 million) for a 60 sq-meter flat in luxurious residential tower near neighborhood of Neve Tzedek.

Huge apartment on Hayarkon Street bought for as much as $22.5 million

Ofer Petersburg

 

The real estate bubble in Israel is breaking new records: How much would you pay for a two-room apartment in Tel Aviv, measuring 60 square meters (645 square feet) in size?

Penthouse at Neve Tzedek project. Armani design (Simulation: ArcDeco)

An apartment on the 16th floor of the White City Tower, bordering on the southwestern neighborhood of Neve Tzedek, was sold recently for NIS 4.7 million (about $1.3 million), or NIS 78,000 ($21,400) per square meter. Continue Reading »

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