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| August 26, 2013
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European governments: Don’t do business in Jewish communities

 

 

Israeli ambassadors report: At least 5 EU nations warn local companies, businesses whose activity is beyond Green Line is ‘in violation of int’l law’.

Sources at the Foreign Ministry stressed that these warnings bear no legal significance & are purely political.

By Itamar Eichner

At least five European nations have recently began warning companies and businessmen against engaging in business activity in Israeli settlements as they risk breaking local and international law, according to reports received by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.

Ariel University - Photo: Ilan Arad

Ariel University – Photo: Ilan Arad

The countries mentioned by Israeli ambassadors include Britain, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Sweden, according to Yedioth Ahronoth. Continue Reading »

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| August 26, 2013
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Video: 3 Arabs Killed in Kalandiya Riot against IDF

IDF: After security forces entered neighborhood to carry out an arrest, they were attacked with “extreme violence” by hundreds of Arabs and forced to take defensive measures.

By Kochava Rozenbaum & Gil Ronen

 

Arab sources said Monday morning that three Arabs were shot dead in Kalandiya, north of Jerusalem, in a clash with the IDF, and 19 were wounded.

An initial IDF inquiry shows that Border Police were attacked with fire bombs, rocks and bottles, and had to resort to live fire.

The IDF said Monday that the incident took place during nighttime activity by security forces for the arrest of a wanted man in Kalandiya. Continue Reading »

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| August 25, 2013
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Danon: IDF Covert Ops in Syria? Ridiculous!

Deputy defense minister Danon says Likud will be tested if Livni succeeds in negotiating a “peace” deal.

“I read about training and support (in Syria) but these are baseless rumors,”reported Danon.

By Gil Ronen

 

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon said Sunday that reports about the presence of Israeli covert operations units in Syria, or Israeli training of rebel units, are unfounded.

“I read about training and support but these are baseless rumors,” he told Arutz Sheva in an in-depth interview. “Israel will not get involved in what happens in Syria. We are following matters with concern, and if our interests are harmed, we will not ask who fired the shots and in which direction, and just as we did in the past, we will act with determination to protect our interests.” Continue Reading »

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| August 25, 2013
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Despite Thursday’s rockets, Israelis visit the Galilee

 

Less than 48-hrs after Lebanese terrorist shot rockets at the Western Galilee, Israelis go north to hike, swim & camp. Family Man at Achziv beach: ‘No place is safe… worst case scenario, we’ll run to a bomb-shelter’

By Maor Buchnik

 

Despite the rocket attack on the Galilee Thursday, scores of families and travelers arrived in the area Saturday to enjoy the north’s beautiful scenery and specifically the popular Achziv beach.

Only 48-hours after a Grad missile landed in Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv, only a few kilometers from the popular shore, beach-goers could be seen tanning, swimming and enjoying what remains of their summer break. Continue Reading »

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| August 25, 2013
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Soldiers Prevent Arabs Stabbing Jews

2 Arab men aged 19 & 20 were caught with concealed knives, later admitting they intended to stab the first Jew they found.

By Arutz Sheva

 

Security forces prevented a stabbing attack in Samaria Saturday afternoon.

The Judea and Samaria District Police said that at 5:40 p.m. on Shabbat, the IDF reported that two Arabs approached the Hava 5 checkpoint and were frisked. They were found to be carrying knives.

The men are aged 20 and 19, and hail from Shechem.

The two admitted that they had intended to stab the first Jew they encountered.

They have been locked up and the investigation is ongoing. Continue Reading »

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| August 24, 2013
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Netanyahu to address UN General Assembly Next Month

This September’s speech will be the 3rd year in a row that Netanyahu will address the United Nations.

By JTA

 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will address the United Nations General Assembly next month in New York.

PM wants cabinet to vote on release of terrorists - Photo GPO

Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo GPO

According to The Jerusalem Post, the Prime Minister’s Office said the Sept. 30 speech would focus on Iran. This will be the third year in a row that Netanyahu will address the United Nations.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is also expected to address the world body.

In last year’s U.N. speech, Netanyahu presented a cartoonish-looking picture of a bomb with a thick red line that he said delineated the point in Iran’s nuclear development process beyond which it must not be allowed to proceed.

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| August 23, 2013
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PA President tells Meretz MKs: No progress in peace talks with Israel

PA Mahmoud Abbas: Palestinian refugees will not be returning to Jaffa & Acre

By GIL HOFFMAN, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

There has been no progress made whatsoever in the first four meetings between Israeli and Palestinian delegations since diplomatic talks restarted, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas told a visiting group of Meretz MKs in Ramallah on Thursday, a party spokeswoman said.

Mahmoud Abbas with a visiting group of Meretz MKs in Ramallah, August 22, 2013.

Mahmoud Abbas with a visiting group of Meretz MKs in Ramallah, August 22, 2013. – Photo: Courtesy Palestinian Authority

Abbas said he was not optimistic that the talks will succeed, but he “hoped they were not a waste of time” and that an agreement could be reached between Israel and the Palestinians over the next six months.

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| August 23, 2013
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Residential Areas in Galilee Sustain Hits Despite Iron Dome

 

The IDF’s Iron Dome battery deployed in northern Israel  intercepted one rocket launched at a northern Israeli city, but failed to intercept 2 other rockets that hit 2 other Galilee communities.

IAF has launched an investigation into these misses.

By Ahiya Raved

 

 

The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a rocket for the first time along the Israeli-Lebanese border Thursday, but apparently, out of the four rockets that were launched from Tyre, Lebanon, two managed to hit residential areas.

UN troops in Shavei Zion (Photo: Adham Muhammad)

UN troops in Shavei Zion – Photo: Adham Muhammad

Seeing as the Iron Dome battery intercepted only one Katiusha, the IAF is investigating how two other managed to reach Israel – one in Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv in the Western Galilee and the other in Moshav Shavei Zion in the Western Galilee. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2013
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After rocket attack, PM Netanyahu: We’ll harm those who harm us

 

After the rocket fire at Western Galilee from Lebanon, the P.M. says Israel is ‘utilizing various means, in defense prevention. Anyone who harms us should know we strike back’

Attila Somfalvi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed rocket fire from Lebanon at the direction of Israel’s Western Galilee, saying “We are working on all fronts,” the prime minister added; “in the north and in the south, so as to protect the citizens of Israel from these attacks.”

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - Photo: AP

srael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: AP

Netanyahu stressed that the State was “utilizing various means, in both defense and prevention, and acting responsibly. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2013
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Jewish convict arrested for sending Netanyahu a death threat

An incarcerated right-wing extremist Israeli man was reportedly angered by gov’t’s decision on Palestinian prisoner release.

By BEN HARTMAN
 

 

An Israeli prisoner at Hadarim Detention Center in central Israel has been arrested for sending a death threat to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo: Gali Tibbon/Pool

The 22-year-old prisoner was apparently angry at the prime minister’s decision to release Palestinian security prisoners.

He then sent Netanyahu a letter containing a death threat, prompting his arrest. According to the Israeli media, the prisoner was found to be in possession of more than one self-styled knife, commonly known as “shivs.”

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| August 21, 2013
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Netanyahu names deputy Mossad chief Israel’s new National Security Advisor

Yossi Cohen, Israel Defense Prize recipient  to replace out-going Major-General Yaakov Amidror as Israel’s latest National Security Advisor.

ByAttila Somfalvi

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Deputy Mossad Director Yossi Cohen as the new national security advisor. Cohen, 52, married and the father of four, was only known as “Y” until recently. He will be replacing Major-General Yaakov Amidror.

Mossad Emblem

Mossad Emblem

Cohen has been serving in Israel’s security establishment for the past 30 years. In the last two years he served as deputy to the chief of Mossad, Tamir Pardo. He was also the director of Tzomet, the international network operation headquarters of the Mossad, and received the Israel Defense Prize. Continue Reading »

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| August 21, 2013
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Comptroller: Feiglin, Danon & Bennett raised too much campaign money in US

 

Contrary to PM’s directive, Deputy Defense Minister Danon was absent from this year’s budget votes to be at a fundraiser.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

 

State Comptroller Joseph Shapira singled out three politicians with close ties to the US Wednesday for raising too much funds on their primary campaigns: Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon and Likud Beytenu MK Moshe Feiglin.

Naftali Bennett.

Naftali Bennett. – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

Shapira expressed disapproval of politicians who raise money for their primary campaigns abroad, saying that, in his opinion, it should be illegal.

Donations from abroad consisted of a quarter of the total contributions candidates received in the six parties that held primaries: Likud, Bayit Yehudi, HaTikva, Kadima, Meretz and Labor.

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| August 21, 2013
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IDF returns doctors to combat battalions

 

In special initiative led by the Medical Corp, in response to 2010 discovery that only 1/3rd of combat battalions have a doctor, the rest only maned with a paramedic, IDF General Command finally succeeds in manning each battalion with  a doctor of its own.

Yossi Yehoshua

 

Three years after it was revealed that a third of the IDF‘s permanent combat battalions had no doctors, the Medical Corp searched for a creative solution and managed to man the missing posts. From now on, every combat battalion will have a doctor of its own.

Nachal combat soldiers – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

Brigadier General Itzhak Kreis presented the new data today, revealing the new arrangement which includes shifting doctors from non-combative bases to combative ones and increasing the number of medical students being funded by the IDF. Continue Reading »

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| August 21, 2013
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IDF Soldier Sentenced to 20 Days Imprisonment For Hitchhiking

An IDF  soldier is going to prison for hitchhiking: “There is a real danger of attempted kidnappings” officers say.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

A student in a yeshivat hesder program, which combines military service with Torah learning, was tried and sentenced to 20 days in prison after he asked for a ride contrary to IDF orders which prohibits hitchhiking.

Israeli hitchhiker waits for a ride in Samaria – Photo: Hillel Meir

It was reported on Wednesday that an IDF investigating officer determined the hesder soldier to have been caught hitchhiking. As a result, the offending soldier is spending 20 days of confinement in a Tel Hashomer base. Continue Reading »

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| August 21, 2013
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Israel & India: 2 Great Democracies that Should Widen their Strategic Ties

India-Israel ties have been deepening for many years now, but there are still many more  common endeavors the 2 countries could be working on together.

By Noah Beck

 

At first glance, Hindu-majority India, with approximately 1.2 billion people and an entire subcontinent, would seem to have little in common with Jewish-majority Israel, which has only about eight million people living on territory that’s just roughly 15 times the size of India’s capital city. While full diplomatic relations were established between Jerusalem and New Delhi only in 1992, the two countries actually have much in common.

Both countries are homelands for ancient peoples who gained their indepndence from the British in the 1940s. Continue Reading »

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