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MK Liberman: Turkey’s PM Erdogan is Nazi propagandist

MK Avigdor Liberman reacts angrily to PM Erdogan’s decoration that Israel was behind Morsi’s downfall in Egypt, saying the Turkish PM’s “hate & incitement” only proves he was right in opposing Jerusalem’s apology to Ankara over Mavi Marmara affair.

By HERB KEINON

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hateful and incitement filled words against Israel is reminiscent of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman said Wednesday.

Avigdor Liberman – Photo: reuters

Liberman, currently the head of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former foreign minister, spurned the restraint demonstrated by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Ministry toward Erdogan’s charge Tuesday that Israel was behind the downfall of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

Category: Israel News | Tags: anti-Israel Propaganda, Avigdor Liberman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

israelandstuffcom | August 21, 2013

PA Erekat: The U.S. Guaranteed us Every Preconditions Will be Met

Chief PA negotiator claims: Before Abbas agreed to enter into peace talks, the U.S. guaranteed the PA, in writing, that all demanded preconditions will be met.

By Elad Benari

The Palestinian Authority (PA) agreed to resume peace talks with Israel without preconditions? Not according to chief negotiator Saeb Erekat.

Erekat revealed, in an interview with the Nazareth-based Arabic language A-Shams radio station on Tuesday, that the PA would not have returned to the negotiating table with Israel had it not received a letter of assurances from the United States, guaranteeing its main negotiating preconditions.

Erekat said in the interview that the U.S. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: PA, peace talks, Saeb Erekat

Women from Samaria : Arab Men Accost & Harass Us on Buses

In a letter written to Israel’s Transport Minister, women describe how riding the bus home from work has become a nightmare.

By Arutz Sheva

A group of women who live in Samaria have sent letters to Minister of Transport, Yisrael Katz, in which they complain that using public transportation has become a nightmarish experience, because of harassment by Arabs.

Afikim bus – Photo: Hillel Meir

Arutz Sheva has obtained copies of letters sent to the Transport Minister and to the mayor of Ariel, in which women complain of sexual harassment on bus lines that go from central Israel to Samaria destinations

One woman, whom we will identify as Ayin, wrote: “Last Sunday, I rode the 186 bus from Petach Tikva to Ariel as I always do, on my way back from work. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jews and Arabs, Samaria, Sexual harassment

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Roger Waters’ Open letter calls on all musicians to boycott Israel

Pink Floyd member urges musicians to refrain from performing in Israel “until such time as Israel complies with universal principles of human rights.”

By JTA

British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel.

Roger Waters playing at a concert in Quebec – Photo: REUTERS

The letter, which condemns Israel for apartheid and ethnic cleansing, has been expected for several months, according to the Electronic Intifada, which first reported on its existence.

“I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in the family of Rock and Roll, to ask you to join with me, and thousands of other artists around the world, to declare a cultural boycott on Israel,” Waters wrote in the letter dated August 18.

Category: Israel News | Tags: BDS, Israel boycott

Tel Aviv has no plans to enforce Sabbath closure directive

Israel’s High Court deadline on decision – Tel Aviv must either enforce or repeal local Sabbath closure laws.

Decision looms, but so does local elections.

By Ido Efrati

Tel Aviv seems to be in no rush to begin strictly enforcing its own Sabbath closure regulations, and will likely ask for an extension on imposing the bylaw on businesses in the city that remain open between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday.

The AM:PM chain of convenience stores in Tel Aviv will have to close on Shabbat following Supreme Court ruling. – Photo: Ofer Vaknin

On June 25, in response to a petition by seven Tel Aviv grocers, the High Court of Justice ordered the municipality to decide between fully enforcing the rule or rescinding it. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: High Court, Shabbat business, Tel Aviv

Released for publication: IDF prevented stabing attack

IDF troop catch would-be-terrorist at Nablus internet-café, where he was allegedly ordered by Gaza terror group to travel to central Israel & stab passerby, in bid to derail Israel-PA peace talks.

By Yoav Zitun

The IDF and the Shin Bet arrested some two weeks ago in Nablus a Palestinian man in his 20s, most likely just as he was about to travel to a city in central Israel, where he was planning to perpetrate attacks with a knife.

Illustration Photo: Index Open

The arrest was made by an IDF Givati unit in an internet-café in Nablus, where the suspect allegedly received orders from his handlers who are members of a Gaza Strip terror group. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian Authority, Palestinian terrorism

Due to possible terror threat in Turkey, gov’t warns Israelis to stay away

Morocco & Turkey, popular destinations where tens of thousands of Israelis have visited, appears on Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau’s semi-annual travel advisory. Gov’t asks Israelis to mix up their routines while abroad.

By Shlomo Cesana

The Israeli government issued an unequivocal travel advisory on Monday warning Israelis to avoid visiting Turkey, a popular vacation destination for Israelis over the summer and during the coming Jewish holidays.

Antalya, in southern Turkey, is a favorite Israeli tourist destination – Photo: AP

The Prime Minister’s Office issued its routine semi-annual travel warning, formulated by the Counterterrorism Bureau in the Prime Minister’s Office, stating that “all non-essential visits to Turkey should be avoided.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: Counter-terrorism, Israel Turkey, Morocco, tourism

IDF Soldier hospitalized in serious condition after collapsing during training

American born Nachal soldier, 20, who made aliyah to enlist in IDF admitted to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center ICU after collapsing during running exercise.

By Ynet reporters

A 20-year-old IDF soldier collapsed during training at a base in central Israel on Sunday. He was rushed to the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in very serious condition.

Emergency Entrance – Illustrative Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg

The IDF said the family was notified and that the Medical Corps is checking whether medical officials had cleared him for running. The mother’s soldier, who lives in the United States, is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Monday. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, IDF soldier

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United States paying Abbas $148M to stay at Peace Table

Continuing the “peace talks” with Israel is paying big-time for the Palestinian Authority. They’ve succeeded in receiving huge ‘pay-offs’ for each attendance.

By Gil Ronen

Negotiations with Israel are paying off already for the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The United States’ consul general in Jerusalem, Michael Ratney, signed an agreement Sunday with PA caretaker prime minister Rami Hamdallah, according to which the U.S. will pay the PA $148 million.

PA finance minister Shukri Bishara witnessed the ceremony along with the director of the United States Agency for International Development, David Harden, reported the Bethlehem-based Maan news agency.

“Hamdallah applauded the US government for supporting the Palestinian people financially and noted that the latest grant would help Palestinian institutions continue to provide services to citizens,” said Maan, which is seen as a semi-independent news agency. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian Authority, peace talks

Here we go again: PLO charges Israel with ‘war crimes, anti-human, racist acts’

With Abbas having little or no support with other Palestinian factions, PLO leaders say talks are “cover for settlement project”.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, HERB KEINON

The PLO leadership on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Israel and threatened to go to international agencies to punish it for its “war crimes, anti-human racist acts and violations of international laws.”

PA’s Abbas heads meeting of PLO Executive C’tee – Photo: REUTERS

The attack came during a meeting in Ramallah of the PLO Executive Committee under the chairmanship of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

The PLO leaders said they would not accept a situation where the peace talks with Israel, which resumed recently, would become a “political cover for the implementation of the largest settlement project.”

Category: Israel News | Tags: Palestinian Authority, Peace Process, PLO

israelandstuffcom | August 18, 2013

U.S. to Israel: Free murdering terrorists, but not killers of Americans

After capitulating to unknown pressure on PM Netanyahu to take steps that would brings Arabs to peace-table, the U.S. State Department was very concerned and opposed of Israel releasing a terrorist who murdered former U.S. Marine in Israel.

By Maayana Miskin

Israel’s decision to release terrorist prisoners as a “gesture” to the Palestinian Authority led some Israeli MKs to criticize the United States for allegedly pushing the release. MK Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi) even wrote a strongly critical letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in which she accused him of “forcing Israel to capitulate to terrorism.”

Abbas welcomes freed terrorists – Reuters

Arutz Sheva posted an article by David Bedein on Monday, August 12 – before the prisoner release – that exposed the fact that terror victim Frederick Rosenfeld, whose murderer was to be released, was an American citizen, and told the tragic story. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel US, Palestinian prisoners, peace talks, State Department

israelandstuffcom | August 18, 2013

Israel begins countrywide Polio vaccination campaign

After 50,000 plus children have already been vaccinated in southern Israel, Health authorities gear up to vaccinate all children under age 9 nationwide.

By Yaron Kelner

Parents of children residing in northern and central Israel who were born after January 1, 2004 were called on Sunday morning to join a nationwide campaign of vaccinations against polio.

Vaccines in Tel Aviv – Photo: Motti Kimchi

Vaccinations have been administered in southern Israel for the past two weeks in the form of a live and weakened vaccine against the deadly virus. The vaccinations will take place in Health Ministry‘s Tipat Halav baby clinics, as well health care clinics in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Health

israelandstuffcom | August 18, 2013

Haifa Launched Unique ‘Metronit’, Fast Stretched-Bus System

Friday, Israel’s northern city of Haifa launched a special fast stretched-bus system, the Metronit, aimed at reducing traffic & commuting times.

By Maayana Miskin

The city of Haifa’s Metronit system launched on Friday. The system is undergoing a test run, during which passengers can ride the Metronit buses for free.

Haifa’s Metronit mass-transit system launched on Friday

City officials will weigh the impact of the new system and will consider changes to local bus routes.

The Metronit system uses a special extra-long, fast bus, with several doors to allow for quicker pauses at crowded bus stops. The bus will be given precedence at intersections and will have several streets to itself, allowing it to progress quickly through the city. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Haifa, Light Rail System, Public Transportation

israelandstuffcom | August 17, 2013