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| July 10, 2012
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Israel Winning ‘Demographic War’ in Judea and Samaria

Jewish growth in Judea and Samaria has outstripped Arab growth in the past three years – either because of or despite of Netanyahu.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The Associated Press reported the figures and reasoned that the Jewish growth of 18 percent in three years is a result of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policies, but the truth may be the opposite. Under American pressure, he slapped a 10-month freeze on building new homes for Jews in Judea and Samaria in order to satisfy Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ conditions for a resumption of the moribund “peace process” for the establishment the Palestinian Authority as an independent country. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2012
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Israel praised for campaign against human trafficking

According to a new report by the US State Department, Israel is at the forefront of the fight against human trafficking.

By Mark Robins

 

In its “The Trafficking in Persons” Report released late last month, the State Department upgraded Israel from a “Tier Two” to a “Tier One” status, which places Israel in a group of 32 states around the world that the US regards as actively fighting human trafficking.

 


A world map showing the legislative situation in different countries to prevent female trafficking as of 2009 according to Woman Stats Project. – Photo:Wikipedia

This latest upgrade is all the more significant given that, since the 1990s, Israel has been a hotbed for human trafficking, particularly in the form of prostitution and forced labour. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2012
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Palestinian youths arrested for setting J’lem fire

Police: Nationalist motive suspected in arson, which led to destruction of over 15 acres of natural forest and brush. Suspects remanded for eight days

By: Noam ‘Dabul’ Dvir

 

Two teens, 17 and 18, from the Palestinian village of Kfar Katna, are suspected of setting a large wildfire near Kibbutz Ma’aleh Hahamisha some two weeks ago. According to police, the two admitted to the act when questioned, as well as to setting other fires. The Ofer Military Court has remanded them for eight days.

The two suspects were arrested by Jerusalem District Police and Border Police troops who entered the village and took them into custody. Continue Reading »

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| July 9, 2012
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New book claims Israel sent Mossad hit teams to Iran

According to authors Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman in “Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars,” Israeli operatives have killed at least four Iranian nuclear scientists • Methods include targeting them from motorcycles, an assassination technique used by the Israeli spy service, the Mossad.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

A new book claims Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad, dispatched assassins into Iran as part of a campaign to sabotage the country’s disputed nuclear program. In their newly published book, “Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars,” authors Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman say Israeli operatives have killed at least four Iranian nuclear scientists, with methods including targeting them from motorcycles, an assassination technique used by the Israeli spy service, the Mossad.

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| July 9, 2012
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Report: EU’s boycott of settlement trade legal

New expert legal opinion published in UK says EU nations can boycott products made by West Bank settlements without violating World Trade Organization obligations

By Ynet

 

A recent legal brief compiled by James Crawford, professor of international law at Britain’s Cambridge University, has ruled that European governments “Are fully within their rights to ban trade with Israeli settlements” in the West Bank.

According to a Monday report in the Independent, Crawford’s brief may fuel the cause of those within the UK and European Union seeking to harden their position on the imports of settlement products.

Various boycott campaigns have been staged against settlement products across Europe and in Britain over the past few years. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2012
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36 Years Later, Entebbe Pilot Reveals Plane Barely Took Off

Thirty-six years after the world’s most famous rescue mission, Entebbe pilot reveals his plane was so heavily loaded, it could barely fly.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Thirty-six years after the world’s most famous rescue mission, an Operation Entebbe pilot reveals his plane was so heavily loaded, it barely got off the ground.

Shani in center of front row with his crew

Shani in center of front row with his crew
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Reservist Brig. Gen. Joshua Shani, the lead pilot of the four-plane Operation Entebbe, flew his C-130 Hercules cargo plane with the entire rescue force on board.

In an interview with the IDF, he revealed that the transport plane was loaded with the famous Mercedes vehicle that was a mock-up of Idi Amin’s car and designed to fool Ugandan soldiers into thinking the dictator himself had arrived at the airport where more than 100 Jewish hostages were being held. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2012
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Halutz leaves Kadima, slams Mofaz

Former chief of staff says politicians should take action rather than demonstrate. ‘We can’t let this issue turn into political capital; we can’t hide behind words’

By Ynet

Former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz announced Saturday evening that he was leaving the Kadima Party over the issue of making military service compulsory for the Ultra-Orthodox.

“I’m leaving Kadima,” Halutz told Channel 2. “I urge everyone who joined Kadima because of me to reconsider his choice,” he said.

Halutz plans to participate in tonight’s “suckers’ demonstration” in Tel Aviv.

While Halutz backed Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz during the party primaries, he is now criticizing him for planning to join the protest. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2012
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A sheikh, settlers and MPs meet in Hebron Hills tent

Representatives of Hebron’s Jewish community, European parliamentarians accept invitation from sheikh with vision one democratic state for all.

 

 

Sheikh Farid al-Jabari of Hebron grew up on stories of close ties between Arabs and Jews.

In keeping with that tradition, he hosted an unusual gathering of Palestinian settlers and conservative European parliamentarians on Thursday afternoon in his large tent, set back from the road in the South Hebron Hills.

Sheikh Farid Al-Jabari greets Gershon Mesika

Sheikh Farid Al-Jabari greets Gershon Mesika – Photo: TOVAH LAZAROFF

In the heat, flies buzzed over plates of grapes, peaches and plums laid out on silver trays on the red oriental carpets that adorned the tent’s floor.

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| July 6, 2012
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FBI: Bibi Helped in Plot for U.S. Nuclear Equipment

Declassified FBI documents implicate PM Netanyahu in a 1970s plot to use U.S. technology for Israel’s nuclear program.

 

Declassified FBI documents from a 1985-2002 investigation implicate Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in an initiative to illegally purchase United States nuclear technology for Israel’s nuclear program.

Netanyahu was allegedly helped by Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood producer with ties to Israeli prime ministers and U.S. presidents. Milchan’s involvement in Israeli intelligence and arms dealing has been the subject of reports for some time, and was described in an unofficial biography published last year.

The documents rely on testimony from Richard Kelly Smith, a U.S. Continue Reading »

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| July 6, 2012
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Served in IDF? US universities want you!

As US MBA convention gets ready to open in Tel Aviv, experts say former IDF soldiers have clear advantage when applying to American programs

Ran Rimon

 

 

“Former IDF soldiers have a major advantage when they apply for MBA studies in the US as military personnel are held in high esteem in the US and are a symbol of commitment, loyalty and striving for success,” said Hila Yerushalmi, an educational advisor at the EducationUSA center.

Heading to school? Photo: Michael Kremer

Heading to school? Photo: Michael Kremer

The US MBA convention is set to be held in Tel Aviv over the weekend with the purpose of recruiting Israeli students to leading American MBA programs. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Lord Coe to hold ‘personal’ memorial to Israeli Olympic victims

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

 

Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games, has said he will hold a “personal” memorial for Israeli athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Games during the opening ceremony in London.

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

He told staff at the capital’s City Hall that he would mark the anniversary during a “personal moment”. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Scaffolding on Foundation Stone prompts police complaint

Dome of the Rock renovations see Waqf place scaffolding direction on Foundation Stone – Judaism’s holiest spot. Temple Mount activists appealed to police to ‘stop desecration’

By Kobi Nahshoni

 

A group of Temple Mount activist movements appealed over the weekend to Israel Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino to take immediate action to stop the desecration of the “Holiest of Holies” on the Temple Mount by the Muslim Waqf.

According to activists, the body responsible for the site and charged with carrying out renovations to the Temple Mount chose to erect scaffolding directly on the Foundation Stone (Even Shtiya) – the holiest place for Jews, and which Muslims also honor. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Yesha Security Barrier Construction to Resume

IDF sources say construction of Israel’s security barrier in Judea and Samaria will resume in the coming days.

By Gabe Kahn

 

An IDF source on Thursday said Israel will resume construction of its incomplete security barrier in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) in the coming weeks.

Security barrier near Jerusalem

Security barrier near Jerusalem
Shimon Cohen

Restarting construction of the barrier – slammed by Jewish and Arab leaders in the region alike – comes after a five-year delay due to “budget problems.”

A series of lawsuits over the route of the security barrier, which currently snakes through the western reaches of Judea and Samaria had also stalled construction.

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| July 5, 2012
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Obama Approves Anti-Israel ‘Briefing’ at UN

The Obama administration approved a move by the UN to invite Navi Pillay, the Human Rights Commissioner, to brief Security Council on Israel

By Rachel Hirshfeld

The Obama administration approved a move by the United Nations to invite Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to brief the Security Council on Israel.

“Though the U.S. is a veto-holding power, the extraordinary move has full American approval” and “was a trade-off for having the high commissioner brief the Council on the subject of Syria,” according to National Review.

Pillay, known for her anti-Israel sentiments, has compared “violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers” with “summary executions, rape and torture” in Cote d’Ivoire, “brutal violence” affecting “tens of thousands” in Syria, and “systematic torture” in Afghanistan.

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| July 5, 2012
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As London’s Jews prepare for Olympics, Munich 11 on their minds

Jewish communities are preparing memorials remembering 40 years since the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games

By Miriam Shaviv

 

LONDON (JTA) — For the British Jewish community, the most memorable moment of the London Olympics may be a somber one.

On Aug. 6, several hundred people are expected to attend a commemoration for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

The Tower Bridge in London, decorated with the five Olympic rings in preparation for the 2012 Summer Games, June 2012. (Iain Farrell via CC))

“From conversations across the community, the key thing people are engaged in around the Olympics is that they want to see a commemoration of Munich,” said Peter Mason, director of the London Jewish Forum. Continue Reading »

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