At 3 yrs-old Yoav Danguri recovered from cancer & then went on to court fighting IDF’s regulations to become a combat soldier. A dream comes true.

Religious leaders call to fight wave of anti-Israel sentiment

Jewish & Christian leaders unite to focus on countering anti-Israel sentiment within the large Protestant churches around the world.

By JEREMY SHARON

The Bnei Brit organization along with The Ecumenical Theological Research Fraternity in Israel kicked off a joint conference on Monday night focused on countering anti-Israel sentiment within the large Protestant churches around the world. According to Alan Schneider, director of the Bnai Brith World Center in Jerusalem, protestant churches have over the past two decades become increasingly aligned against Israel.

CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN Church in Nashville – Photo: Reuters

This trend was forcefully underlined in October when 15 senior leaders of mainline Protestant churches in America sent a letter to Congress last month calling for an investigation and possible suspension of US military aid to Israel. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Bnai Brith, Protestant Christians

israelandstuffcom | November 6, 2012

Soldier that beat Leukemia wins fight to serve in combat role

At 3 yrs-old Yoav Danguri recovered from cancer & then went on to court fighting IDF’s regulations to become a combat soldier. A dream comes true.

By Aviel Magnezi

When he was just three years old, Yoav Danguri was diagnosed with Leukemia– bone marrow cancer. He battled for two years and managed to fully recover from the disease.

Yoav Danguri – Photo: Amit Shabi

Over the past two and a half years, he was busy fighting again – this time against IDF regulations, preventing him from serving as combat solider due to his past Leukemia.

Since he recovered, Danguri has been healthy and excels in sports, but when he was first drafted by the IDF he was told that due to his medical history he could not serve in a combat role. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: IDF soldier

israelandstuffcom | November 6, 2012

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Israel Issues Tenders for 1,200 New Homes in Metro-Jerusalem Area

Peace Now reports that Israel has formally issued new tenders for an additional 1,213 homes in areas of Jerusalem returned to the country after the 6-Day War.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Israel has issued tenders for additional 1,213 homes in areas of Jerusalem restored to the country after the Six-Day War, according to the anti-nationalist Peace Now organization, quoted by AFP.

Maaleh Zeitim area in eastern Jerusalem
Israel News Photo: JCDF

The report was based on Peace Now’s citing tenders published by the Israeli Housing Ministry, for 607 units in the northern Jerusalem area of Pisgat Ze’ev and 606 units in Ramot, located near the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority

Olmert says on TV: I don’t trust Barak with security matters

Israel’s channel 2 investigative report, shows spat between former PM & defense minister as they struggled to cope with growing Iranian nuclear threat

Netanyahu allegedly ordered IDF on alert to strike Iran in 2010.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

In a rare public spat between what were once two of Israel’s highest-ranking politicians, former prime minister Ehud Olmert said he did not trust Defense Minister Ehud Barak with Israel’s most serious military matters, in a Channel 2 investigative report aired Monday.

Olmert & Barak – Photo: REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

“I would very much prefer that this large a responsibility on these subjects (such as the Iranian nuclear program) will be in the hands of somebody else, not his,” Olmert said.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Binyamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Gabi Ashkenazi, Meir Dagan

TEST: Long-range rocket successfully intercepted by Iron Dome

Defense Minister Ehud Barak reports that the test was a great accomplishment in Israel’s strategic plan for a multi-layered anti-missile defense system.

5th battery to be transferred to IAF by next summer.

Lilach Shoval

The Defense Ministry successfully completed tests meant to upgrade the capability of the Iron Dome anti-rocket system last week. During the tests, an Iron Dome battery launched missiles against long-rang rockets and successfully intercepted them.

Iron Dome anti-rocket battery in action. – Photo: AP

The ministry is set to transfer an additional Iron Dome battery to the air force by next summer, bringing the total number of operational batteries in the country to five. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Iron Dome

Israeli company participates at US Army exhibition

Israel’s Al-Sorag was chosen to participate in the U.S.’s annual Defense Meeting & Exposition, one of world’s largest land-warfare exhibitions & professional development forums

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Israeli company Al-Sorag from Moshav Emunin was chosen by the AUSA (Association of the United States Army) to participate in the annual Defense Meeting & Exposition – one of the largest land warfare expositions and professional development forums in the world.

Al-Sorag showcases advanced protection solutions – Photo: Al-Sorag

The Exposition took place on October 22-24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, with over 35,000 attendees, including senior leaders from the US Army, DoD and congress, as well as foreign dignitaries. Continue Reading »

Category: Innovations & Discoveries, Israel News | Tags: Military

IDF Kills Suspicious Palestinian Approaching Gaza Border Fence

IDF reports unidentified man failed to obey warning shots and orders to turn around to exit buffer zone.
Palestinians say victim was unarmed & mentally unfit.

By Reuters

Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man who approached a fence near the border with Israel, medics said on Monday.

IDF soldiers during maintenance work at the security fence with Gaza – Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the shooting took place after darkness fell on Sunday, saying troops opened warning shots when a man walking west of the border in a riverbed failed to heed orders to leave the buffer area Israel maintains to try and prevent cross-border attacks. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza, IDF, Palestinian

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Israel Aid Finds Its Way to Sandy Victims

Israel Flying Aid Supplies Food, Generators, Gas To Sandy New York & New Jersey Victims

By Karen Levy

New York, NY — November 4, 2012 … Israel Flying Aid, the Israeli global humanitarian organization which was first to land in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, has been distributing large supplies of gas to hospitals, food, batteries and generators to Hurricane Sandy victims.

Roger Parrott, Jacob Parrott and Joel Leyden deliver a generator and
gas to a Hurricane Sandy New York victim. Photo: Rebecca McCann / INA

“We have many years of disaster relief experience,” said Israel Flying Aid North American Operations Manager Moti Kahana. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Israel Aid, Tikol Olam

Jerusalem honors Churchill with bronze statue

MK Isaac Herzog: “It is important to preserve Churchill’s legacy, having led the world to victory against the Nazi tyrant, in Jerusalem, the city of peace of freedom.”

Bronze statue of wartime British PM, created by the late Jewish sculptor Oscar Nemon, to be unveiled in Jerusalem city garden.

By Yori Yalon

MK Isaac Herzog (Labor) and the Jerusalem Foundation will inaugurate a large statue of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill at the Yael Garden near Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday.

The bronze statue of Sir Winston Churchilll will be placed in the Yael Garden, near Jerusalem’s Old City.

Category: Israel News | Tags: Churchill, Jerusalem

Olmert: Netanyahu bolstered Hamas by weakening PA

Former PM levels harsh criticism at current premier; says Netanyahu ‘has taken several steps that weakened PA, made Hamas stronger.’ Olmert insists Abbas still partner for peace

By Itamar Eichner

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leveled harsh criticism at his successor Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday, saying that he had taken steps to weaken the Palestinian Authority and bolster Hamas at the PA’s expense.

Olmert and Abbas – Photo: Reuters

The statement was given following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ controversial interview with Channel 2 News last week.

“Unfortunately, since the change of government in Israel, the talks with the Palestinians have been suspended and great efforts have been made to prove to the Israeli public that ‘there’s no Palestinian partner,'” Olmert’s statement said. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Olmert, hamas, Mahmoud Abbas

Netanyahu tells to Cabinet: Israel has stopped infiltration of African migrants

PM reports to the cabinet that 54 migrants crossed border in October & all were taken into custody- a steep decline from the 2,000 migrants who succeeded monthly in mid-2012.

By Reuters

Israel has stopped the unapproved influx of African migrants across its border with Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after months of intensive counter-measures on the once porous desert frontier.

Africans - Eliyahu Hershkovitz - December 9 2011

An African man being held at the Saharonim detention facility in the Negev, after he was apprehended crossing illegally into Israel from the Sinai. – Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

More than 60,000 African migrants have walked into Israel in recent years, some seeking work and others refuge. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: migrants

War-Game Scenario: The first 48 hours after an Iran strike

Israel’s INSS war-game simulates ‘regional conflict scenario’ of a unilateral Israeli strike without U.S. participation.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

The Institute for National Security Studies held a war game recently in which players representing regional actors simulated the first 48 hours after an IDF strike on the Islamic Republic.

IAF F-15s refueling midflight – Photo: Baz Ratner/Reuters

The simulation was based on the scenario of a unilateral Israeli strike without US participation, after midnight on November 9.The Tel Aviv University-based institute began the game with the following “announcement”: “Al Jazeera reported that Israeli planes attacked nuclear sites in Iran in three assault waves.

Category: Israel News | Tags: INSS, Tel Aviv University

Once Again, Qassam Rocket Attack: No Injuries, No Damage & No Coverage

Again Gaza terrorists attack Israeli civilians & the media continue to ignore the rocket strikes – so long as there are no injuries or damage.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Gaza terrorists attack Israel with their 611th rocket this year on Sunday, and media continue to ignore the missile strikes – so long as there are no injuries or damage.

An Israeli soldier holds the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza – AFP photo

Sunday’s Qassam rocket struck in the early morning in the Western Negev and caused no physical damage or damage. The daily trauma of children having to run for shelters, often in the middle of the night or while at nursery and other schools, is rarely reported. Continue Reading »

Category: Israel News | Tags: Gaza, hamas, Rocket attacks

israelandstuffcom | November 3, 2012