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| March 20, 2017
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Lebanese TV anchor calls on Israel to kill Hassan Nasrallah

 

Lebanese TV journalist Maria Maalouf calls upon Israel to assassinate the Hezbollah chief once and for all, asking, “If Israel sees Hassan Nasrallah as an enemy, why doesn’t [Israel] bomb him and rid us of him and gain our faith, all while protecting itself?”

By David Rosenberg

 

A Lebanese TV news anchor drew the ire of the Hezbollah terrorist organization over the weekend, after she tweeted that Israel ought to carry out a targeted assassination of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Lebanese TV news anchor Maria Maalouf – Lebanese TV Screenshot

Maria Maalouf, who has a history of antagonizing the Shiite terror group, wrote a pair of tweets on Saturday, lamenting Nasrallah’s continued presence in her home country. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2017
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Palestinian Authority objects to UN textbook changes that include Israel on maps

 

Proposed UNRWA change would end decades of the Palestinians teaching children at the UN’s expense to not recognize Israel’s existence, and brainwashing them to want to return to “Palestine” and destroy Israel.

By Dalit Halevi

 

UNRWA Judea and Samaria Manager Taeh al-Bas announced the UNRWA Education Committee’s intention to change the textbooks of schools belonging to the organization.

Official logos to six different UNRWA schools that include the UN logos along with Israel being replaced by ‘Palestine’. – Source: ElderOfZiyon.blogspot

In an interview with Palestin on Saturday, al-Bas said the changes are all connected to “national issues related to Palestinian cities conquered by Israel in 1948, geography maps, history, and national culture.” Continue Reading »

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| March 17, 2017
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Hamas leader: No peace, no deals, we want all of Palestine in its entirety

 

Hamas’s Mahmoud Al-Zahar urges members of Hamas & Islamic Jihad never to mention the term “1967 borders,” adding, “We have liberated Gaza, part of Palestine, but I am not prepared to accept just Gaza…our position is: Palestine in its entirety, and not a grain of soil less.”

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar recently declared that “removing the Jews from the land they occupied in 1948 is an immutable principle” in the Koran.

Speaking to Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV on March 8, Al-Zahar also made clear, “Our position is: Palestine in its entirety, and not a grain of soil less.” Continue Reading »

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| March 14, 2017
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Ahead of Trump peace talks, Palestinians demand Abbas resign over PA-Israel cooperation

 

Hundreds of Palestinians protested on Sunday & Monday just prior to US President Donald Trump’s advisor Jason Greenblatt’s meeting on Tuesday with autocrat Mahmoud Abbas. The protesters centered their disapproval on the arrests of 4 terror cell members and the subsequent killing of the 5th member by Israel police, calling on Abbas’ immediate resignation after the PA helped Israel locate them.

By Elior Levy & Associated Press

 

Palestinians took to social media and the streets to protest a trial currently taking place in the West Bank city of Ramallah, against four Palestinians who are being held in Israel.

Starting on Sunday and carrying over into Monday, Palestinian politicians and citizens alike have come out against the killing of wanted terrorist Basil al-Araj by an Israeli SWAT team in Ramallah. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2017
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Jordan grants release to jailed soldier who murdered 7 Israeli schoolgirls in 1997

 

 

Three years after Israel & Jordan signed their historic peace treaty, Jordanian soldier Ahmed Daqamseh opened fire on 8th-grade Israeli schoolgirls killing seven and wounding another five.
• Daqamseh escaped death penalty when the Jordanian military tribunal ruled he was mentally unstable.

By News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

A Jordanian soldier who in 1997 killed seven Israeli schoolgirls was released Sunday after serving 20 years in prison.

The attack took place on March 13, 1997, when Cpl. Ahmed Daqamseh of the Jordanian army opened fire on a group of seventh- and eighth-grade Israeli schoolgirls visiting the Island of Peace, a joint Israeli-Jordanian tourist resort under Jordanian rule. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2017
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Iran backed brigade in Syria formed to liberate Golan Heights from Israel

 

An Iraqi Shiite brigade, supported with Russian tanks, trained by the Islamic Republic & backed with Iranian rockets, declared its intentions to liberate the Golan Heights for Syria’s Assad regime.

By Roi Kais

 

Equipped with Russian-made tanks (via the Syrian army), Iranian rockets and operating as an elite unit trained by the Islamic Republic, a brigade formed by the Iraqi Shiite militia declared that its target is to liberate the Golan. This brigade is the reason behind the message Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed in Russia, according to which Israel will not tolerate permanent Iranian presence in Syria. Continue Reading »

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| March 9, 2017
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Hamas getting tough on smugglers as drugs flood Gaza

 

The quantity of drugs seized in January is equal to the whole of 2016 as marijuana, hashish and prescription painkillers are smuggled into Gaza in record amounts.
• Aid to Gaza’s attorney general, “The law states that a punishment up to the death penalty can be applied.”

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Marijuana and prescription painkillers are flooding into the Gaza Strip as never before, prompting officials from the ruling Islamist group Hamas to seek tougher punishments for smuggling drugs into the coastal enclave.

Drugs (illustration) – Thinkstock

The quantity of drugs seized in Gaza in January was as much as for the whole of 2016, officials said. Continue Reading »

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| March 9, 2017
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Iran blocks Waze GPS navigation for being ‘Made in Israel’

 

Although the app is widely used among Iranian drivers, the Iranian news agency FARS reports a temporarily block of the GPS navigation application Waze is currently in effect due to gov’t concerns, since its development was in the Jewish State.

By Ynet

 

 

Authorities in Iran have temporarily blocked people from using the navigation app Waze because it was developed in Israel.

In a report publicized by the Iranian news agency FARS, it was stated that a final permanent decision regarding the use of the program will be made soon. As of now, the app is unavailable for download, and the actual use of the program is being blocked by the government. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2017
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IDF Radio reports: Aleppo family claiming to be Jewish asks Israel to extricate them

 

Jewish Agency spokesperson: “We are looking into the matter in order to determine whether the information can be verified and will act accordingly.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF, TAMARA ZIEVE

 

A family from Syria’s war-torn Aleppo is appealing to the state of Israel for refuge, citing their Jewish heritage, Amy Radio reported Sunday.

Courtyard of Aleppo’s Central Synagogue – Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Govorkov

“There is nobody who can help us to get out of this place,” said 30-year-old Aleppo resident Razan (real name withheld) in an audio recording aired on the radio station. “We are asking that the Israeli government does not abandon us, but helps us get out of here to another country. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2017
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PLO demands UK compensate Palestinians for Balfour Declaration

 

PLO official in Gaza calls on British PM Theresa May’s gov’t accept a Palestinian State as compensation for the Balfour Declaration.

By Dalit Halevi

 

Palestine Liberation Organization-Executive Committee Head and leader of Fatah’s Gaza branch Zakaria_al-Agha called on Britain to immediately recognize a Palestinian state.

During a visit to the Al-Shati “refugee camp” in northern Gaza on March 2, al-Agha emphasized the importance of the Arabs putting aside differences and joining forces to end the “occupation” in Judea and Samaria. He also said the Arabs need to fight Israel’s attempt to “Judaize” Jerusalem.

Abbas incites further by honoring those killed trying to kill Jews. - PMW screenshot

PA autocrat Abbas incites further by honoring those killed trying to kill Jews. 

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| March 3, 2017
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Facebook Reinstates the Fatah Movement Page with Apologies to Palestinian Terrorists

Fatah Facebook Page - Screenshot: Facebook/IsraelandStuff/PP

 

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement had its Facebook page shut down with the page’s 12 administrators receiving 30 day bans for promoting violence, a violation of its community standards. After protest, the page was returned, administrators reinstated, and apologies given to Fatah movement.

By Israel Today Staff

 

To the stunned approval of Israel and its supporters Facebook earlier this week shut down the official account of the ruling Palestinian faction, Fatah.

Abbas incites further by honoring those killed trying to kill Jews. – PMW screenshot

Someone apparently felt Fatah had violated Facebook community standards by posting an old photo of its former leader, Yasser Arafat, posing with a rifle next to the group’s current leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2017
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Egyptian army continues to destroy Hamas terror-tunnels on its Gaza border

 

Egypt continues to deal with chaos in the Sinai, destroying Hamas smuggler tunnels connecting to Gaza and now the Coptic Church says Christians are fleeing northern Sinai for their safety.

By Daniel Siryoti

 

The Egyptian military says it has discovered and destroyed weapons smuggling tunnels in the northern Sinai Peninsula, next to the Gaza border.

A military spokesperson told Egyptian media outlets that one tunnel, dug some 20 meters (66 feet) underground, branched out into three different tunnels.

Oxygen tanks and communication technology cables were found in the tunnels.

Missiles from Libya seized by Egyptian authorities before entering tunnels to Gaza

Meanwhile, the Coptic Church in Egypt said that dozens of Christian families living in the northern Sinai had been forced to flee their homes due to violence from Salafist radicals against Christians. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2017
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Facebook terminates FATAH movement page, blocks all 12 admins to 30 days each

 

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement had its Facebook page shut down, blocks the page’s 12 administrators for promoting violence, a violation of its community standards.

By i24NEWS – AFP

 

Facebook has shut down the page of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s party Fatah, apparently over a picture of late leader Yasser Arafat with a weapon, the movement said on Monday.

“We received a message that our page violated Facebook’s regulations,” Munir al-Jaghub, a media officer with Fatah and one of the page’s administrators, told AFP.

All 12 administers of the Fatah Movement page have received a 30 day-ban from posting on Facebook – Illustration: IsraelandStuff/PP

The accounts of the 12 administrators of the page, which according to Jaghub had 70,000 followers, were also suspended for 30 days. Continue Reading »

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| February 23, 2017
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ISIS affiliate groups gaining ground in Syrian Golan offensive

 

The latest offensive by an ISIS-allied group in the tri-border region of southwest Syria, Israel and Jordan has quickly captured 4 villages and is currently endangering the Syrian city of Daraa, whose southwest suburb is already under ISIS control.

BY Roi Kais

 

ISIS-affiliated groups opened a major offensive in the tri-nation border of Israel, Syria and Jordan, attacking various rebel factions and have managed to take control of four villages—Adwan, Saham al-Jawlan, Jalin and Tasil—in addition to the strategic southwestern suburb of Daraa, which is the capital of Hauran.

Israel-Syria-Jordan triborders – Google Maps

Areas change hands somewhat frequently, but a rapid victory on this scale has not been seen in some time. Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2017
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Report: ISIS Claims Israel Air Force Killed 5 Terrorists in Sinai Drone Arrack

 

According to Arabic media report, an Israeli drone dealt with ISIS terrorist that 2 weeks ago fired 4 missiles from the Sinai Desert into Israel’s southern city of Eilat.

By YASSER OKBI & MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

An unmanned Israeli drone has allegedly bombed and killed five ISIS members in Egypt’s northern Sinai region, according to Arabic media reports Sunday.

According to outlets affiliated with “Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis,” the Egyptian branch of the terror group, the four died when they “fell as martyrs to the Jewish enemy.”

The Egyptian Army said it was opening an investigation into two large explosions in the area, however an army spokesman denied that it was Israel who was responsible. Continue Reading »

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