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| November 29, 2012
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Jerusalem’s Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue to be Restored After Arab Destruction

The destroyed Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, one of the most magnificent synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem, is soon to begin restoration by the Jerusalem Municipality.

By David Lev

 

One of the most magnificent synagogues in the Old City, the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, is to be restored by the Jerusalem Municipality. After the successful restoration of the Hurva Synagogue, the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem Ltd. (JQDC) has undertaken to rebuild the synagogue, which was destroyed by Arabs during the 1948 War of Independence. Tiferet Yisrael, with magnificent arches currently bricked in, is located in the center of the Jewish Quarter, in the same plaza as the Hurva Synagogue. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2012
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El Al’s profit soars at 151%

El Al Airline’s net profit in 3rd quarter of 2012 was $37.3 mil – a 79% leap. ‘El Al has no objections to a fair & appropriate open skies agreement,’ says CEO Elyezer Shkedy

By Guy Ben Simon, Calcalist

 

El Al Israel Airlines reported strong third quarter financial results on Tuesday.

The airline’s Q3 revenues amounted to $605.7 million, as in the corresponding quarter.

El Al – Facebook page

Passenger revenue grew by 3.6%, mainly due to a gain in yield per revenue passenger kilometer offset by the depreciation of the euro against the dollar.

Cargo revenues dropped 16.5% to $43.7 million as compared with $52.3 million in the corresponding quarter, presumably as a result of reduced quantity of ton to kilometers. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2012
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Britain Bans Israel’s SodaStream Ads – Too ‘environmentally correct’?

Britain drops Israel’s SodaStream ads from UK TV, promoting Eco-friendly environment: “It disparages other firms.”

SodaStream retorts, their logic is absurd.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

SodaStream Israel, a favorite target of the BDS Israel boycott movement, must remove a video commercial in Britain because it allegedly disparages other soda manufacturers.

Soft drink bottles fizz out in comercial

Soft drink bottles fizz out in comercial
SodaStream commercial screenshot
(from YouTube clip below)

SodaStream manufactures and distributes machines for home use to make carbonated drinks, eliminating the need to buy environmentally unfriendly plastic bottles.

It also operates a plant in Mishor Adumim, located between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, an area claimed by the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2012
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IDF Probe: Lone Terrorist infiltrated Israel undetected

Solitary terrorist successfully infiltrates border fence, entering home with mother & 4 children before getting shot dead.

Security forces say terrorist unaffiliated to any known terror organization.

Yoav Zitun

 

How did one terrorist manage to infiltrate the border and stab a Moshav Sdei Avraham resident? This question stands at the center of an investigation being conducted in the Gaza Division since Monday morning.

IDF soldiers protecting settlement during ‘alert’ [illustrative] – Israel and Stuff/PP

On Monday, shortly before 4 am an infiltrator broke into the home of Yael Matzpun at the Eshkol Regional Council.

An initial probe into the incident, found that if not for the mother’s resourcefulness, the incident could have ended with casualties. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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IDF Shoots & Kills Gaza Terrorist

IDF Soldiers killed a Gaza terrorist early Monday morning after he broke into a Jewish home & stabbed a girl before escaping.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Soldiers killed a suspected Gaza terrorist early Monday after he broke into a Jewish home and stabbed a girl before fleeing.

The IDF discovered a hole in the nearby Gaza security fence, and footprints from the area matched the shoes of the intruder, who had escaped to the Moshav Sde Avraham’s greenhouses after he tried to kill the girl.

Soldiers caught up with him and tried to arrest him, and then shot and killed him when he tried to escape. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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‘David’s Sling’ successfully neutralizes incoming medium-range missile for 1st time

Israeli & U.S. missile defense agencies successfully tested the David’s Sling anti-missile missile system by intercepting incoming medium-range missile.

Defense Ministry says, ‘David’s Sling’ is to provide Israel with an additional layer of protection against enemy’s ballistic missiles.

By Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Following the success of Iron Dome in protecting the public from rocket attacks, Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed a successful test of the David’s Sling system (also known as Magic Wand) by intercepting a medium-range missile, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The David’s Sling anti-missile system fires its Stunner missile to intercept an incoming rocket.

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| November 26, 2012
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Ehud Barak gives up politics

Israeli Defense Minister announces he is quitting public life to spend more time with family; I want to write, study, live & have a good time with my family, he says.

By Yuval Karni, Attila Somfalvi

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced Monday that he is resigning from politics and will not contend in the upcoming Knesset election. He will complete his term as defense minister, he said.

נפרד לשלום (צילום: מוטי קמחי)

Barak on Monday – Photo: Motti Kimchi

Barak stated that while he had difficulties making the decision, he was confident in his choice. “I want to study, to write to live and have a good time,” he said. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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Hamas leader’s family gets Israeli medical aid as terror group condemn Jewish state

Hypocrisy Epitomized: Ismail Haniyeh immediately turns to Israel when his family needs medical attention.

By , FoxNews.com

 

HAIFA, Israel –  Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has no problem calling for the destruction of Israel and blaming it for attacks linked to his own party, but when his relative needs life-saving heart surgery, only Israeli doctors will do.

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Hypocrisy Epitomized: Ismail Haniyeh immediately turns to Israel when his family needs medical attention. (AP)

The stunning hypocrisy comes to light after five Hamas-backed terrorists allegedly killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula that borders Gaza. Although evidence points to a Hamas-backed terror operation, Haniyeh inexplicably blamed it on Israel.

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| November 25, 2012
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IDF Band’s European tour becomes target of protesters after Gaza operation

Instead of the pleasant week of music & shopping the band was likely expecting, they faced a bomb threat, several protest rallies & angry demonstrators calling them “stinking murderers”.

By Cnaan Liphshiz

THE HAGUE (JTA) — As they prepared last week for their annual concert tour of Europe, members of the Israel Defense Forces band probably had little inkling of what was about to hit them.

Members of the Israel Defense Forces band in Holland waiting moments before the start of their performance, Nov. 20, 2012. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Members of the Israel Defense Forces band in Holland waiting moments before the start of their performance, Nov. 20, 2012. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Within hours of their departure, their comrades began striking Gaza in retaliation for months of rocket fire and their country found itself the target of protests across the continent. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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Video: Police Watch as Palestinians throw stones at cars

IDF says unrest in West Bank escalated during Gaza operation

Border  Guard policemen struggle to keep rioters in check

Itamar Fleishman

 

The unrest that plagued the West Bank over the past several days went largely uncovered by the media due to the hostilities between Israeland Gaza, but Jewish residents say the disturbances were so widespread the security forces in the region had trouble handling them.

העימותים מתגברים. עיסאוויה אתמול (צילום: AFP )

Rioters in e. Jerusalem on Wednesday – Photo: AFP

In an attempt to document the violence a settler recorded video footage of Palestinians throwing rocks towards Israeli cars stuck in traffic.

Border police officers whose own squad car was gridlocked stood by helplessly, saying there is nothing they could do. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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Violence Continues as Arabs Attack Jerusalem’s Light Rail

Arabs throw a sharp rock or maybe a firebomb according to passengers, at the Jerusalem’s Light Rail. No one hurt.

By Elad Benari

 

Arabs threw either a firebomb or a sharp rock at a train of the Jerusalem Light Rail as it was passing through the Arab Beit Hanina neighborhood on Thursday evening. No one was hurt and the driver continued driving to the next station.

Jerusalem Light Rail - Photo: PP

Jerusalem Light Rail – Photo: Israel & Stuff/PP

Rescue and police forces arrived at the scene and a senior officer determined that a sharp rock had been thrown at the train. Others officials said, however, that it was a firebomb that failed to ignite. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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IDF goes on High Alert in Judea and Samaria

The IDF & Security Services are on alert in Judea & Samaria and Jerusalem due to intel of another terrorist attack.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The IDF is on alert in Judea, Samaria (Shomron) and Jerusalem on Friday over threats of further terrorist attacks. There has been increased violence in the region in recent days, beginning with the outbreak of the Pillar of Defense battle with Gaza terrorists.

On Thursday night the IDF conducted an arrest operation, detaining 28 Palestinian Authority residents suspected of involvement in terrorism.

The night before, 55 suspects were arrested, some of them PA members of parliament affiliated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2012
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Tayibe man suspected of bombing Tel Aviv bus arrested by Shin Bet

 

Shin Bet says man who previously lived in West Bank & was allowed to settle in Tayibe under family reunification law, was recruited by Ramallah terror cell to assist in attack that injured 29 on Wednesday

Yoav Zitun

 

Cleared for publication:The terrorist who carried out the bombing attack on a bus in central Tel Aviv Wednesday was apprehended by Israeli security forces within hours of the attack.

Bus after explosion Photo: Gettyimages

The terrorist was apprehended in a joint operation conducted by the Shin Bet, Israel Police and the IDF. Twenty-nine people were injured in the attack.

The Shin Bet said Thursday that the terrorist, an Israeli citizen who previously lived in the West Bank and was allowed to settle in Tayibe under the family reunification law, was recruited by a terror cell from the village of Beit Liqya, near Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| November 22, 2012
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55 terror suspects in Judea & Samaria arrested by IDF

Number of terrorist incidents in West Bank rises in recent days, prompting large arrest operation by IDF & other security forces

According to the IDF, senior terrorist operatives were among the detainees

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

While Israel was busy with Operation Pillar of Defense on its Gaza border, the number of terrorist incidents in Judea and Samaria has risen over the past few days.

A rise in violent activity has been noted in recent days in Judea and Samaria. [Illustrative] – Photo: Oren Nachshon

On Wednesday night, the Israel Defense Forces, in cooperation with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the Israel Police and the Border Police, launched a large arrest operation in Judea and Samaria,

“In light of the rise in violent incidents and terrorism in Judea and Samaria in recent days, and as part of an effort by security forces to restore quiet to the area, it was decided to initiate an arrest operation,” the IDF said in a statement.

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| November 21, 2012
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Op-Ed: This is What Israel Must Do

Will all Israeli leaders continue the same timid & fearful policies that too many have shown when dealing with the U.N, the Obama Administration, the Quartet, & the EU?

By Victor Sharpe

 

Israel must choke off the endless supply of weapons and missiles into Gaza by repossessing the Philadelphi Corridor — the narrow strip of land separating Egypt from the Gaza Strip. It should do this as a most basic but vital military act for its own security and survival. It can still do so while only Hamas rules in the Gaza Strip and should have done so long ago.

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