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| February 26, 2013
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Hamas Calls on Terrorists to Kidnap IDF Soldiers

Addressing a rally in Khan Younis, al-Bardawil takes advantage of the rioting in Judea & Samaria, urged the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.

By Elad Benari

 

The Hamas terror group, taking advantage of the rioting in Judea and Samaria, is calling on terrorists to kidnap IDF soldiers.

According to the Iranian Fars agency, senior Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil urged terrorists participating in a rally in Gaza in protest of the death of a terrorist in Israeli custody to kidnap Israeli soldiers.

PFLPHamas organized two huge rallies in Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza to protest the death of 30-year-old Arafat Jaradat in the Meggido prison, according to Fars. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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With Assad loosing control, Israel plans against security threats

Prof. Mordechai Kedar: In the long term Assad’s regime may be replaced by a gov’t more amenable to peace with Israel. But before he falls, Assad might transfer his large stock of WMD to Hezbollah.

JTA SPECIAL REPORT: THE SYRIA SPILLOVER By Ben Sales

 

KATZRIN, Israel  — For nearly 40 years, Israel’s border with Syria has been, perhaps improbably, its quietest.

The two countries technically have been in a state of war since the cease-fire that ended the 1973 Yom Kippur War. But over the past four decades, while Israel’s other borders occasionally have exploded with missile salvos, intifadas, shooting incidents and cross-border terrorist attacks, the Syrian frontier on the Golan Heights has stayed largely peaceful. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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Gaza militants getting help from Iran’s rocket experts

According to Palestinian & Israeli sources, expert rocket makers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, have arrived in the Gaza Strip to assist in rocket production.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Expert rocket makers dispatched from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have in recent days arrived in the Gaza Strip, senior Palestinian security sources have told the Israeli news outlet Walla! on Tuesday.

Hamas members take part in a rally

Hamas members take part in a rally
Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

According to the report, the sources said that they are in Gaza to help Hamas and the Islamic Jihad develop long-range missiles. Israeli security and diplomatic sources have reportedly confirmed the Palestinian claims that there is an Iranian presence in Gaza, but did not elaborate. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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Nasrallah leaves bunker to Tehran for cancer treatment

 

According to “The Voice of Lebanon” report,  the Hezbollah leader’s health deteriorated due to cancer-related complications, but a different source reported Nasrallah was wounded in an attack by Syrian rebels.

Nasrallah’s deputy, Naim Kassem, is reportedly assuming command.

By Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been flown to Tehran for emergency medical treatment with severe cancer-related complications, the Lebanese radio station the Voice of Lebanon reported on Monday.

Last week Syrian rebels threatened Nasrallah, saying “your era has practically ended.” – Photo: AP

A different report from Lebanon claimed that Nasrallah was flown to Iran after he was wounded in an attack by Syrian rebels during a meeting he was attending.

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| February 26, 2013
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Egypt courts Iranians to boost failing tourism

As relations between the 2 Islamic heavyweights continues to slowly improve, Egyptian minister travel to Tehran to lure Iranian tourists to help Egypt’s ailing economy

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Egypt‘s tourism minister flew to Tehran on Monday in a bid to lure Iranian tourists to help his country’s ailing economy as relations between the two regional heavyweights continues to slowly improve.

EgyptHesham Zazou is heading a 14-person delegation that will spend five days in Iran for meetings with tour operators, travel agents and officials centered on how to promote tourism to Cairo, an Egyptian diplomat traveling with the group said.

The head of Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority, Mohammed Ibrahim Sharif, said the visit by Zazou also aims to develop use of an Iranian-Egyptian accord allowing direct flights between the two countries. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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Time for Turkey & Israel to remember their deep common history

As the Turkish nation, we want nothing more then the continuance of Israel’s existence in peace & tranquility. When various figures in the Mid-East make threatening & genocidal pronouncements against the Israeli state, it disturbs us greatly & we would never let something like that happen.

By Sinem Tezyapar

 

I am a Turkish Muslim and every time I have a conversation with an Israeli friend, they keep asking me why the relations between Israel and Turkey have reached such a nadir, why Turkey seemingly has an antagonistic stance against Israel.

Mavi Marmara May 22, 2010 (AP)

Mavi Marmara taken on May 22, 2010 – Photo by AP

First of all, Turkey’s being totally against Israel is out of question. Continue Reading »

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| February 25, 2013
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Adviser to chief of UN Golan Force kidnapped

Sky Arabia reports that Carl Kampo, Austria-born legal advisor to UNDOF the force monitoring Israel-Syria ceasefire abducted on February 7

Roi Kais, Yoav Zitun

 

Sky Arabia reported Monday that an advisor to the commander of the United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire in the Golan Heights () was kidnapped on February 7.

Israel-Syria minefield border fenceAccording to reports, Carl Kampo is a legal advisor from Austria. No further details were immediately available and the report has not been officially confirmed.

Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen TV also quoted reports saying that an advisor to the UNDOF commander was abducted. Several Lebanese media outlets quoted the Sky Arabia report. Continue Reading »

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| February 25, 2013
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Israel sends messages to Turkey: Let’s bury the hatchet

Gov’t officials report that Jerusalem sent  messages to Ankara over the past 2 weeks that it’s interested in creating a more “positive dynamic” in its relationship with Turkey.

 

Israel sent messages to Ankara over the last two weeks that it is interested in creating a more “positive dynamic” in its badly strained relationship with Turkey so the two countries can work together to further common interests, government officials said Sunday.

Recep Tayyip ErdoğanIt is widely expected that Kerry will raise the issue of ties with Israel during his talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara.

The US has long been pressing both Ankara and Jerusalem to take steps to improve relations that went into a nosedive following the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident.

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| February 25, 2013
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Merkel: Russia & China realize Assad’s time is up

Both Security Council Super Powers have always blocked attempts by the West to mount pressure on the Syrian president to end the violence in the nearly 2 year civil war that has killed some 70,000 people.

By Reuters

 

China and Russia are increasingly realizing that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s time is up, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday, as she visited German troops stationed with NATO Patriot missiles close to the Turkish-Syrian frontier.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan address the media after talks in Berlin October 31, 2012. – Photo: Reuters

Merkel, beginning a two-day trip to Turkey, said the missiles, provided at NATO member Turkey’s request, were a signal that the alliance would not tolerate Damascus dragging its neighbors into its conflict. Continue Reading »

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| February 24, 2013
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Egypt arrested 4 students for ‘Harlem Shake’ video

4 pharmaceutical students from Cairo invoke the wrath of Egyptian authorities after posting lude Harlem Shake version.

Officials: ‘Scandalous act’.

View Clip….judge for yourselves.

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Egyptian police said Saturday they have arrested four students who filmed themselves publicly dancing in their underwear, as more people around the world emulate a viral dance craze called the “Harlem Shake.”

The four pharmaceutical students shocked residents of a middle class Cairo neighbourhood when they removed most of their clothes and videotaped themselves performing the pelvis-thrusting dance, a police official said.

The hostile audience tried to assault the students, who are accused of committing “a scandalous act,” the official added. Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2013
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‘Arab Spring’ has Israel’s enemies fighting one another

By taking Israel out of the equation, the Muslim Brotherhood would be fighting the secular Egyptians, Al Qaeda & Global Jihad fighting the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Assad’s army & the Hezbollah in Syria, as the Palestinians would be fighting Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians, and the Hezbollah in both Lebanon & Syria.

By Israel Today Staff

 

It is a given that without the common enemy of Israel, many of the Middle East’s factions would be warring with one another. This is becoming more apparent as a result of the various “Arab Spring” uprisings.

Israel’s enemies turn on one another – Israel Today

Two of Israel’s most active foes – Hamas and Hezbollah – are currently in danger of being swept up in intra-Arab violence that could cripple their respective ability to threaten the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2013
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Turkish report: Israel mulling apology for ‘operational errors’ on Mavi Marmara

Turkish newspaper Radikal reports that partial apology may be forthcoming after  secret talks between Israel & Turkey.

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Israel reportedly may apologize to Turkey for “operational errors” during its fatal raid on a 2010 Turkish aid flotilla to Gaza ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Mavi Marmara May 22, 2010 (AP)

Mavi Marmara taken on May 22, 2010 – Photo by AP

The Turkish newspaper Radikal on Feb. 20 reported that the partial apology may have been the subject of secret talks between Turkey and Israel.

Radikal journalist Deniz Zeyrek wrote that unnamed Turkish foreign ministry officials told him on Feb. 19 that “such meetings could be going on.” Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2013
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Hezbollah terror agent passed data on Israel flights

Hezbollah bomb plot suspect testifies from Cyprus that he was told to record landing times from Israel.

The NY Times: Hezbollah paid Yaacoub $600 monthly salary.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, one of the suspects in a thwarted terrorist attack against Israelis in Cyprus in July, said on Friday that he was sent to record the time of arrival of flights from Israel, Army Radio reported.

Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters gesture as they march in Beirut, November 2011

Lebanon’s Hezbollah supporters gesture as they march in Beirut, November 2011 – Photo: Reuters/Khalil Hassan

According to the report, Yaacoub testified in court on Thursday that he was told by his superiors to document the landing times of flights from Israel.

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| February 21, 2013
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Every night Syrian refugees slip into Jordan

Records suggest 275,000 Syrians are either registered refugees in Jordan or awaiting registration, but the Jordanian gov’t estimates that the real refugee figure at about 380,000.

By Reuters

 

Jordan – Under cover of darkness, the young mother steps through the muddy olive groves on the Syrian-Jordanian border, telling her children to hold tight to avoid getting lost in the stream of people fleeing south to safety.

Jordanian soldier helps Syrian refugees cross into Jordan

Jordanian soldier helps Syrian refugees cross into Jordan – Photo by AFP

Her lower face covered with a white scarf, she carries a dark carrier bag while a young daughter struggles with a small suitcase containing the few possessions they were able to take from their home a few miles to the north. Continue Reading »

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| February 21, 2013
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WATCH / British MP: I do not debate Israelis

Pro-Palestinian activist & British MP George Galloway storms out from a debate at Oxford University after his opponent declared to be an Israeli.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

British Member of Parliament George Galloway shocked the audience when he stormed out of a debate at Oxford University on Wednesday, declaring that he does not debate Israelis.

British MP George Galloway with Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh, March 11, 2009.

British MP George Galloway with Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh, March 11, 2009. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed al-Ostaz/Handout

The debate, in which Galloway was arguing in favor of the statement, “Israel should withdraw immediately from the West Bank”, was held by the Oxford Union at Christ Church College.

Midway through a statement by his debate opponent Eylon Aslan-Levy, whose comments made his nationality clear, Galloway interrupted, asking “Are you Israeli?” Continue Reading »

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