Israel News

BDS conference turns violent for Palestinian who ask the wrong question

In another demonstration of PA brutality in keeping their people in line, an activist was savagely beaten for asking a PA minister a ‘provocative’ question at the BDS conference in Bethlehem.

By Israel Today Staff

A conference promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel was held in Bethlehem over the weekend. But instead of making Israel look bad, the gathering demonstrated precisely why it is the Palestinian Authority from which average Palestinians have the most to fear.

Palestinian activist Nizar Banat after being beaten by Palestinian police for asking PA Economy Minister Jawal al-Naji a ‘provocative’ question

Speaking at the conference was PA Economy Minister Jawad al-Naji, who was taken aback when one of the participants pointedly asked why the Palestinian regime bans normalization between average Palestinians and Israelis, but still conducts security coordination with the Israeli military. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: BDS, Palestinian activists, Palestinian violence

African nations agreed to receive African infiltrators from Israel

PM’s envoy to Africa, submits affidavit to High Court of Justice detailing how the Israel is working with 4 other African nations, which will help repatriate illegal African migrants.

Rights groups call gov’t plan a “smokescreen to prolong detention.”

By Edna Adato

Israel has reached an agreement with an unnamed African nation willing to absorb a portion of the African migrants residing in Israel illegally, an affidavit submitted to the High Court of Justice by the prime minister’s chief representative on the matter revealed.

A number of men in the Ktzi’ot detention facility – Photo: Moshe Shai

Hagai Hadas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointed envoy to Africa, helped secure the deal.

Category: Israel News | Tags: High Court, infiltrators

Thousands of Orthodox Jews Protest in Lower Manhattan

Thousands of haredim gathered in Manhattan to demonstrate against recent efforts in Israel to conscript haradi yeshiva students to the IDF.

Ironically, the ultra orthodox sect renowned for its uncompromising attitude toward liberal and reform Judaism, held banners calling for “freedom of religion”.

By Ben Harris

Until now, the primary storyline of the religious-secular battles in Israel has been driven by Women of the Wall, the activist group that, with their monthly prayer meetings at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, have brought more attention to the quest for religious equality in Israel than has been seen in years.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Haredim, New York, protesters

Official figures report increased settlement construction

Central Bureau of Statistics’ report detailing overall construction starts, shows West Bank building at highest level since last year as compared to other regions throughout Israel.

Associated Press

Official Israeli figures show housing starts in West Bank settlements rose significantly in the first three months of 2013 compared to the same period last year – numbers that are likely to cast a shadow on the upcoming visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Settlement construction – Archive photo: Reuters

A document on housing starts released by the Central Bureau of Statistics showed that building in the West Bank jumped from 313 housing starts between January and March last year to 865 the same period this year. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Danny Danon, new construction, settelments

Israeli PM: Tehran Stepping Up Cyber-War against Israeli Targets

Iran now has Hizbullah and Hamas working with them to carry out cyber-warfare against Israeli targets.

By Gil Ronen

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran has been stepping up its cyber-attacks on Israel.

Netanyhau arrives for weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusaelm, May 26, 2013 - Photo: REUTERS/Menahem Kahana/Pool

Netanyhau arrives for weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusaelm, – Photo: REUTERS/Menahem Kahana/Pool

“In the last few months,” he said, “we have identified a meaningful surge in the scale of cyber-attacks by Iran, which are being carried out directly by Iran and its proxies, Hizbullah and Hamas.”

Netanyahu spoke at the International Cybertechnology Conference of the National Cyber Council in the Prime Minister’s Office, held in cooperation with the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop at Tel Aviv University. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, cyber warfare, cyber-attack, Iran

Women of the Wall service this month ends without arrests

Large number of Jerusalem Police & Border Police deploy to Western Wall to encounter only several dozen haredim, so there wasn’t a recurrence of last month’s violent clashes between women & ultra-Orthodox protesters.

By Israel Hayom Staff

Despite fears of a showdown, the Women of the Wall went ahead with their monthly prayer service at Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Sunday morning, in a morning that turned out to be relatively uneventful.

The Women of the Wall praying at the Western Wall [archive] – Photo: Contact

Last month, thousands of ultra-Orthodox teenagers were bused in for an organized demonstration against the Women of the Wall, and clashed violently with police and members of the group during the prayer service.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Kotel, Western Wall, Women of the Wall

Google to acquire Israeli navigation app Waze for $1.3billion

Sources says Google’s acquisition of Israel’s navigation app set to be completed shortly.

By GLOBES/HAGAI GOLAN, TZACHI HOFFMAN

The acquisition of the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start up will be completed after months of speculation involving Google, Facebook and Apple.

Waze traffic software – Photo IsraelandStuff/PP

Sources inform ”Globes” that Google Inc. will acquire Waze for $1.3 billion. The acquisition of the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start-up will be completed after months of reports that Waze would be sold to either Google or Facebook Inc.

Ra’anana-based Waze has almost 50 million users. This is a big number for an Israeli company, which probably helped it achieve the hoped-for exit.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Google, Waze

El Al ‘racist’ airline says East Jerusalem Arab

Islam Abu Ziad an East Jerusalem attorney says he & a coworker were subjected to humiliating security checks at Ben Gurion Airport, then prevented from boarding their flight to Holland despite their clean record.

By Hassan Shaalan

Attorney Islam Abu Ziad, 35, a resident of east Jerusalem, was planning to fly to a conference in Holland a few weeks ago, but he did not make the flight.

"פתאום קראו לנו ברמקול ואמרו שאסור לנו לטוס" (צילום: בני דויטש)

‘Discrimination and racism in El Al’ – Photo: Benny Doutsh“The next day I found a different flight to the Netherlands with a different airline and there was no problem,” Al Ziad added.

Category: Israel News | Tags: El Al, racism

UN Forces Have Proven Israel Cannot Depend On Them For Security

PM Netanyahu told Russia’s President Putin that Israel won’t fire at Syria if Syria doesn’t fire first.

The PM also said the Syrian conflict has repeatably demonstrated that Israel can’t depend on the UN for security in the Golan Heights.

By Chana Ya’ar

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Israel will hold its fire against Syria – as long as Syria holds its fire against Israel.

In a statement at the opening of the government’s regular Sunday morning Cabinet meeting Netanyahu said he had discussed the situation with Putin in a phone conversation, warning him that “the situation is becoming daily more complex. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Daylight Savings Time, Golan Heights, Open Skies, Vladimir Putin

Arab MK intimidating Arab girls who do national service, they won’t find husbands

MK Jamal Zahalka (National Democratic Assembly) threatens that not only will Israeli Arabs who perform national service be ostracized, but their marriage prospects will suffer. “This is cause for battle,” he says.

By Israel Hayom Staff

Israeli Arab Knesset member Jamal Zahalka (National Democratic Assembly) has spoken out against national service for Israeli Arabs, saying that young people who volunteer will be ostracized.

“Anyone who does national service should be ashamed,” Zahalka said on Saturday. “A young woman needs to know that if she performs national service, there is a chance no one will marry her and she will be ostracized. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jamal Zahalka, national service, Palestinian propaganda

Palestine is being built….and in Israel-dominated Area C

Palestinian construction in Judea & Samaria, especially Israel-dominated Area C, is intended to create territorial continuity, laying down foundations for future Palestinian state.

By Akiva Novick

Six cities, two airports, a high-tech complex, a university and a system of highways to connect all of the above are included in the new Palestinian construction plan aimed at setting facts on the ground and creating a territorial continuity in the West Bank.

Salam Fayyad – Photo EPA

Dozens of sites in the West Bank are part of the new trend of construction, as the authorities refuse to wait for the revival of peace talks and are laying down the foundations and infrastructures for an independent state. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Area C, Palestine, Salam Fayyad, West Bank

US, UK & Canada Denounces Falk’s ‘Outrageous Abuse’ of his UN Position

A ‘MUST WATCH’ video from UN watch exposing the U.N. Human Rights Council Rapporteur Richard Falk for his exaggerated anti-Israel bias, and his ‘outrageous abuse of the position he holds.”

By Rina Tzvi

The Anti-Defamation League welcomed on Friday the condemnation from the United States of the latest report by U.N. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Richard Falk on the human rights situation of Arabs living in Israel, and called on other member states of the Council to “denounce Falk and his outrageous abuse of the position he holds.”

UNHRC Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, the U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council, stated that the U.S. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Richard Falk, UN Watch, UNHRC

Defense Minister Yaalon: I Blocked Rajoub’s Entry into Israel

Defense Minister explains why he turned down Meretz’s request to host the inciting Palestinian Authority Minister.

By Gil Ronen

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon explained Saturday evening that he had decided to block Palestinian Authority official Jibril Rajoub’s entry to Israel before the Meretz party invited him to its conference.

Jibril Rajoub - YouTube screenshot Meretz head Zehava Galon that the defense ministry’s refusal to allow Rajoub into the country in order to take part in the conference smacked of politicking. She noted that Rajoub had recently been allowed to speak before the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).

The defense minister made it clear that this was not the case, in a Facebook status message he published Saturday evening. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jibril Rajoub, Moshe Ya'alon, Zehava Galon

israelandstuffcom | June 8, 2013

American Foreign Policy: Wounded & Dangerous

Israeli leaders for the most part have reacted to U.S. Sec. of St. John Kerry’s constant harping by rolling their eyes. He seems like a complete lunatic. Obviously Kerry will fail and the best thing we can do is smile and nod, like you do when you are dealing with a crazy person.

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

US Secretary of State John Kerry looks like a bit of an idiot these days. On Monday he announced that he will be returning to Israel and the Palestinian Authority and Jordan for the fifth time since he was sworn into office on February 1. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Barack Obama, John Kerry, Palestinian Authority, Peace Process

israelandstuffcom | June 8, 2013