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| September 4, 2013
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Defense Minister Ya’alon: Israel needs to focus on deterrence, not peace deals

 

Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met with settler leaders, saying future agreement with the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to include settlements’ eviction. Ya’alon, “Why should we cede land in exchange for simply hearing the word ‘peace’?”

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon met Tuesday with the leaders of the Judea and Samaria settler community and said that a future agreement with the Palestinians was unlikely to include the eviction of settlements. He added that Israel should focus on “creating deterrence, not peace deals.”

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon – Photo: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch

“We have somehow become accustomed to the fact that just hearing the word ‘peace,’ just hearing it, instinctively spells ceding territory,” Ya’alon was quoted by the Walla news website as saying during the gathering, which was held in the Shomron Regional Council community of Barkan.

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| September 4, 2013
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Watch: PM Netanyahu releases annual holiday greeting in English

“Together we can continue to achieve great things for Jewish people and the world.” Netanyahu added that the Jewish people are strong because “we are united.”

By LAUREN IZSO

 

As the Jewish New Year approaches, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has released his annual Rosh Hashana greeting, urging Jewish communities all over the world to continue to stand with Israel, and in return, promising support for the international Jewish community.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo GPO

“There is no doubt that Jewish communites will continue to stand by Israel, just as Israel will continue to be there for Jewish people everywhere,” Netanyahu said with a family photo barely visible in the background.

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| September 4, 2013
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Couple caught 1-on-1 on Route 1 – ‘In the act’

 

Traffic Police on ‘holiday duty’ shocked to find newly engaged couple having backseat sex on entry-ramp to a main road.

Suspected drunken driver arrested for DUI responds: ‘But, I didn’t do anything’

By Raanan Ben-Zur

Traffic police arrested on Wednesday early morning a 21-year-old man who had sex with his fiancé in his car on the on ramp leading to Route 1.

Illustration Photo: Herzl Yosef

As the police arrived the couple tried to escape, but police caught up with their car after several hundred meters.

As part of the general police readiness ahead of the holiday, police officers Yossi Jaropi and Ivan Glick were engaged in nighttime traffic enforcement. Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2013
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Muslim Arabs Throw Stones at Jewish Visitors on Temple Mount

Israel Police force quickly enter the Temple Mount compound after Arab Muslims began throwing stones at the Jewish visitors.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

Police forces were dispatched on Wednesday to break up Muslim stone throwers who were targeting Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount (Har Habayit).

As soon as stones were thrown and riots broke out, police forces stepped in to make arrests.

Security forces were prepared for a riot as this incident follows renewed incitement by Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah, who called for Muslims to physically prevent Jews from visiting the Temple Mount last week.

Yesterday, the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel was arrested on charges of “incitement against Israel and regarding the Temple Mount,” and is currently being questioned by police. Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2013
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Video: Drama at Israel’s Int’l Airport as Shots Fired at Palestinians

 

Airport security cameras caught the dramatic events at main entrance to Ben Gurion Int’l Airport Monday night.

Security specialist reports that more aggressive response was needed

By Itay Blumenthal

Ben-Gurion Airport claimed this morning that airport security’s handling of Monday’s incident in which a stolen truck driven by two Palestinians breached the security barrier, was effective, but security specialists are raising difficult questions about the version of the affairs presented at the airport Tuesday. “Why did security not stop the struck right away? How did the truck reach so close to terminal 3? Would firing towards the wheels stop a potential terrorist from pulling the trigger?” Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2013
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FIFA head hosts Palestine-Israel soccer talks with goal to play

Chief of int’l soccer body, Sepp Blatter, suggests Israel & Palestine play a game of football together.

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ZURICH — FIFA President Sepp Blatter hopes to have a solution by year’s end to the problem of Israeli security restrictions affecting Palestinian football, after holding talks with the two sides on Tuesday.

Sepp Blatter

FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich, at a press conference following the meeting between Israeli and Palestinian soccer authorities. – Photo: Reuters

After hosting the leaders of the Israeli and Palestinian football associations, Blatter said they agreed to send delegates to a follow-up meeting later in September. Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2013
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After 6 weeks 15 yr-old Syrian Girl Released from Israeli Hospital

The young female teen was hospitalized for 6 weeks in northern Israel after incurring massive injuries from an explosion in Syria.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

A fifteen-year-old Syrian girl severely injured by a violent attack over a month ago, was released from the Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat on Tuesday, walking with crutches and wearing a smile.

Syrian Teen Smiles Leaving Ziv Medical Center – Hannah Bickle

Israel Defense Forces transferred the young girl to Israel from a field hospital in Syria where she underwent surgery for abdominal wounds and shrapnel injuries on both of her legs. The Syrian medics decided to amputate one of her legs, while the Israeli medical team was able to save the girl’s other leg from being amputated. Continue Reading »

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| September 3, 2013
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Unlike EU leaders, Beijing businesses seeking products labeled ‘Made in Israel’ !!

Visiting Chinese trade executives praise Israel’s “world-class products” and want to see them being sold in China.

By NIV ELIS

 

 

 

The ubiquitous “Made in China” stamp that for years could be found on cheap manufactured goods in Israel and around the world is gradually giving way to a new economic reality.

JOHNSON LIU, deputy director-general of the China Foreign Trade Center, addresses Israelis in TA

JOHNSON LIU, deputy director-general of the China Foreign Trade Center, addresses Israelis in TA – Photo: Shlomi Mizrachi

On Monday, representatives from Canton Fair, China’s largest trade exhibition, met in Tel Aviv’s David Intercontinental Hotel and urged Israeli businesses to join the event in mid-October. But for the first time, they were not courting just importers to distribute Chinese goods to Israel; instead, they laid out the case for Israeli businesses to sell to China.

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| September 3, 2013
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Rare Interview Reveals Yemenite Jewry Being Driven to Extinction

Rabbi Yahya Youssef Salem, the leader of Yemen’s embattled Jewish community reveals in a rare televised interview, the precarious plight of his dwindling flock.

By Ari Soffer

 

 

The leader of Yemen’s embattled and dwindling Jewish community has spoken of his community’s harrowing struggle to survive, in a rare interview with Yemen Today TV.

Yemenite Jews in Sana’a (Illustration) – Reuters

Rabbi Yahya Youssef Salem’s interview, translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), provides a rare glimpse into the tragic existence of the few remaining Jews in the Middle East’s poorest country; trapped between Muslim extremists and unsympathetic government officials, and forced to completely submit their fate to state authorities just to survive. Continue Reading »

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| September 2, 2013
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South African BDS leaders justify chants: ‘Shoot the Jew’

 

South Africans supportive of Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) chant ‘Shoot the Jew’ in protest of Johannesburg concert of Israeli musician.

BDS Leader says it’s ok to yell, ”Shoot the Jew”.

Jewish leader says, “Real agenda is not to stand up for the Palestinian cause but to incite hatred,”

By SAM SOKOL

 

 

 
South African supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel chanted “shoot the Jew” during a protest against a performance of Israeli jazz musician at Wits University last Wednesday.
Anti-Israel protestors in South Africa

Anti-Israel protestors in South Africa – Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

A leader of the South African Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel justified calls to “shoot the Jew” during a protest last Wednesday against a concert by an Israeli musician.

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| September 2, 2013
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Hundreds of Majdal Shams Druze rally support for Assad

 

 

Pro-Assad supporters among village’s Druze community insist the Syrian president couldn’t have been responsible for such attacks, and so they’re protesting against any int’l intervention, saying ‘Assad managed to maintain calm on Syria-Israel border for 40 years’

By Maor Buchnik

Several hundreds attended a pro-Assad in the Druze village of Majdal Shams Monday, carrying banners in favor of the Syrian president and condemning the prospect of a US attack on Syria.

Majdal Shams demonstration – Photo: Aviyahu Shapira

Zahad, local resident and a café owner, noted that protesters were interested in keeping Assad in the government and noted that he was also “against foreign intervention in the country, and not just because of Majdal Shams – it would be dangerous for Israel as well.” Continue Reading »

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| September 2, 2013
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Gov’t to explore upgrading Israel’s Civil Laws in Area C

 

PM Netanyahu seeks incorporating Israel’s Personal Laws in the Area C sections of the West Bank as it is applicable in the rest of Israel.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
 

 

The government is looking into upgrading through military orders all personal laws for Israelis living in Area C, starting with the workplace, to ensure that they match those legislated by the Knesset for citizens in the rest of the country.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked the Justice Ministry to start the task, at the end of a discussion on the labor law for working mothers in Judea and Samaria, held Sunday at the government’s weekly meeting, an official said.

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| September 2, 2013
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Netanyahu: Violate Our Rosh Hashana Peace, You’ll Pay Dearly

Israel’s PM Netanyahu urged Israelis to relax during the upcoming 3 day holiday, warning all of Israel’s neighbors not to violate the general calmness.

By David Lev

 

With the Rosh Hashana holiday coming up in just a few days, Israelis will be attending synagogue services, visiting family, and generally taking it easy during a rare three day break from work. And Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the the country would take steps to ensure that the holiday is a calm one.

PM Netanyahu Warns Syria - Photo courtesy: PMO

PM Netanyahu Warns Syria – Photo courtesy: PMO

With the decision by U.S. President Barack H. Obama to ask Congress to approve military action against Syria, the prospect of immediate American action seems to be postponed until at least next week. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2013
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Report: Syria moving its prisoners to military targets as human shields

 

 

A British paper reports Syria buses filled with inmates were seen being moved to military targets to be exploited as human shields against any possible Western airstrike.

By Roi Kais

Thousands of Syrian prisoners have been moved to military targets to be used as human shields against Western air strikes, Britain’s Daily Mirror reported Friday.

Residents in Damascus Photo: Reuters)

Residents in Damascus – Photo: Reuters

According to the report, Damascus residents said they saw buses filled with inmates being taken from their cells to sites the regime believes could be targets.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition said: “Assad’s fascist regime is amassing activists and civilians in prisons in military locations that may be targets for foreign forces. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2013
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Golan Druze now free to prefer Israel to Syria, in public

 

After 32 years of public anti-Israel rhetoric, the Druze of the Golan can now openly align with the Jewish state without Syrian retaliation.

By Aviel Schneider

 

 

In the shadow of the raging Syrian civil war, the 20,000 Druze who live in the Golan Heights are finally admitting publicly that they prefer life under Israeli sovereignty.

Golan Druze

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War, and annexed the strategic plateau in 1981. All during that time, the Golan Druze leaned more anti-Israel for fear they would one day find themselves again under Syrian sovereignty. Continue Reading »

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