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| March 5, 2015
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‘Last Jew in Pakistan’ Ambushed, Beaten by Muslim Mob, Then by Police

Fishel Benkhald, who is spearheading a campaign to restore Karachi’s neglected Jewish cemetery, was viciously beaten, then arrested by police, after agreeing to a ‘friendly’ debate over minority rights.

By Ari Soffer

 

A Jewish activist in Pakistan was savagely beaten by a Muslim mob Wednesday – and then arrested and roughed up again by police.

Fishel Benkhald after being attacked – Courtesy

Fishel Benkhald – who is leading a one-man campaign to preserve the old Jewish cemetery in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi – has been a vocal activist for minority rights in the country, which is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim and where minorities such as Christians, Hindus and non-Sunni Muslims are routinely persecuted.
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| March 5, 2015
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The Meaning Behind the Marble Image of Moses in Netanyahu’s Congressional Address

Pointing to a marble image on the wall Netanyahu said, “Moses gave us a message that has steeled our resolve for thousands of years. I leave you with his message today,” (now quoting in Hebrew), “Be strong and resolute, neither fear nor dread them.”

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

 

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referenced several cultural, political, and historical figures throughout his highly-anticipated speech to Congress on Tuesday March 3 – including Harry S. Truman, Queen Esther, Robert Frost, and Elie Wiesel – he concluded his historical address with the biblical figure of the prophet Moses. Continue Reading »

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| March 4, 2015
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Senator Graham: ‘Netanyahu’s speech was an excellent mix of logic & emotion’

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘Israel PM Netanyahu’s speech could not have come at a better time.
Congressman John Boehner, ‘The American people needed to hear it.’

By Boaz Bismuth & Israel Hayom Staff

 

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his address on Iran to a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, numerous members of Congress were quick to praise the speech.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu gives House Speaker John Boehner a scroll of the book of Esther, Tuesday – Photo: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

“I think Netanyahu’s speech was an excellent mix of content, logic and emotion,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Israel Hayom.

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| March 4, 2015
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Congressman Hails PM’s Speech Proclaiming ‘Netanyahu Was Our Esther’

GOP Rep from Texas said PM Netanyahu’s warnings over the current deal with Iran may prove to be ‘invaluable’ in preventing a bad deal “for the world.”

By Yoni Kempinski

 

In his speech to Congress Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu invoked the Purim story to warn America of the threats posed by modern-day Persian tyrants in Iran.

Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert - Arutz7 Screenshot

Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert – Arutz7 Screenshot

Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert (TX-01) said he felt the comparison was a fitting one – and that Netanyahu was in his view fulfilling the role of the Jewish Queen Esther in exposing the threat posed by Iran not just to the Jewish people, but to the entire world. Continue Reading »

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| February 24, 2015
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European Rabbis learn self-defense after spike in anti-Semitic attacks

Rabbis gather in Prague for training in self-defense & first aid after Jews targeted in wave of Islamic terror attacks on Jewish centers in Europe.

By Ynetnews

 

After a wave of attacks targeting Jewish community centers in Europe, a group of European rabbis have decided that if and when the time comes, they will be prepared.

Rabbis practice first aid at Prague conference. – Photo: EJA

The heads of the European Jewish Association and the rabbinical center of Europe have decided to train European rabbis in self-defense and first aid for victims of terror attacks.

During a conference held in Prague Tuesday, 100 Rabbis gathered from across Europe to learn and practice basic-self defense practices used by security personnel and also received basic training in first aid. Continue Reading »

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| February 23, 2015
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#BDSfail MASSIVE #PAfail: US Federal Court verdict against PLO for $654 million

Historic verdict by US court charges Palestinian Authority with $654 million in damages for direct involvement in 6 separate terrorist attacks against civilians.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, FRANK G. RUNYEON

 

Ending a saga dating back to the end of the Second Intifada in 2004, a US jury on Monday handed down a historic verdict against the Palestinian Authority for involvement in six terror attacks from that time period, charging them with $654 million in damages.

Courtroom sketch of US terror trial. – Photo: REUTERS

The wrongful death civil damages trial could have massive diplomatic and financial implications for the PA, as it teeters, according to some dangerously, near collapse and as it tries to rally international support for its push for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli soldiers and officials for alleged war crimes related to the summer Gaza war.

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| February 20, 2015
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First major US trial win against Palestinian terrorism will be precedent maker

A win in the ongoing New York trial represented by Shurat Hadin against the Palestinian Authority, would signal a plaintiff-friendly playing field for filing further terrorism cases in the US.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, FRANK G. RUNYEON

 

The stakes are high.

A win by the plaintiffs in the first terrorist trial against the Palestinian Authority could mean a multi-billion dollar judgment, a major diplomatic setback for the PA and possibly even reduce the PA’s enthusiasm for using the legal arena to pressure Israel.

An Israeli Border Policewoman is helped by rescuers after she was injured in a suicide bombing.

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| February 16, 2015
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Islamic State sends “A letter to France”: ‘Now the real war begins’

In new video entitled “A letter to France”, Islamic jihadists declare: “The fighters of Islamic State are deployed everywhere and now the real war begins.”

By Erez Linn, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

France is still in the crosshairs of the Islamic State: In a new video titled “A letter to France” the radical Islamist group warns it has an expansive network of operatives inside Europe working diligently to carry out more terrorist attacks, similar to those perpetrated in Paris in January.

Islamic State released a new video titled “A letter to France” – Photo: Screenshot

“The fighters of Islamic State are deployed everywhere and now the real war begins.

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| February 16, 2015
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Hundreds of Jewish gravestones vandalized as French antisemitism persists

News of the desecrated tombstones come a day after a deadly terror shooting at a Denmark synagogue, which resembled the terrorist attack at a Jewish supermarket in Paris last month.

By REUTERS

 

PARIS – Several hundred Jewish tombs have been damaged in a cemetery near the northeastern French city of Strasbourg, the French interior minister said on Sunday.

A French gendarme stands guard next to tombstones desecrated by vandals with Nazi swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans in the Jewish cemetery of Brumath near Strasbourg. – Photo: REUTERS

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve condemned the incident, which took place at the Jewish cemetery of Sarre-Union near the German border, and said in a statement that police had opened an inquiry. Continue Reading »

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| February 15, 2015
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PM Netanyahu urges ‘massive immigration’ to Israel by European Jews

After second shooting in Danish capital, Netanyahu says cabinet to discuss $46 million plan to expedite Jewish immigration from Belgium, France and the Ukraine.
• Minister Naftali Bennett reiterates: European Jews must remember Israel is their home.

By Moran Azulay & Attila Somfalvi

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday morning for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following the shooting attack outside a Copenhagen synagogue that killed a Danish Jew.

Netanyahu at this morning’s cabinet meeting – Photo: Amit Shabi

Netanyahu says the government on Sunday will discuss a $46 million plan to encourage Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine. Continue Reading »

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| February 15, 2015
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BREAKING NEWS with Copenhagen synagogue shooting – 2 cops shot, 3rd shot in head

One person shot in head and two police officers wounded in Copenhagen synagogue attack.
• Manhunt in progress as shooter flees on foot;  follows earlier shooting attack in Danish capital at debate attended by Mohammed cartoonist.

By Ynet & Reuters

 

COPENHAGEN – One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded when shots were fired at a synagogue in central Copenhagen a little after midnight Saturday, Danish police said, adding that it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an arts cafe.

Copenhagen Synagogue – Photo courtesy Google maps

One policeman was shot in the arm and the other in the leg, local media reported. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2015
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Americans laud ISIS victim Kayla Mueller as hero but was also radical anti-Israel activist

Allying herself with pro-Palestinian NGO, International Solidarity Movement, Mueller demonstrated against IDF soldiers in the West Bank village of Bil’in, before traveling to Syria.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Conservatives on the Internet and social media scoffed at the notion that Kayla Mueller, the young woman from Arizona who was recently confirmed killed by Islamic State radicals in Syria, was an innocent victim worthy of admiration.

Kayla Mueller, 26, an American humanitarian worker from Prescott, Arizona. – Photo: REUTERS

Indeed, many right-wing Twitter users and web commentators expressed glee at the news of Mueller’s death after reports emerged that she had participated in demonstrations alongside Palestinian and international peace activists in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

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| February 11, 2015
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WATCH as State Dept. Backs POTUS: Paris Kosher Market Terror Attack Didn’t Target Jews

State Department spokesperson, Jen Psaki the latest supporting Obama’s unusual explanation as to why he described the Islamic terrorist attack on kosher store leaving four Jews murdered, as just ‘random’.

By Ari Soffer

 

It’s the controversy that just won’t go away – and it’s hard to understand why.

Not anti-Semitic – just random? – Photo: Reuters

Since US President Barack Obama’s controversial comments during a recent interview, in which he downplayed the anti-Semitic nature of the deadly shooting attack at a kosher supermarket in Paris last month, government spokespeople have been falling over themselves to explain what exactly he meant.

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| February 10, 2015
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Brussels high school teacher: “We should put you all on freight wagons”

 

In an earlier incident the same teacher using a ‘German accent’, told a student he thought was Polish, to “go back to Poland.”

By JTA

 

A Brussels high school teacher was summoned to appear before a local school board for telling a Jewish student, “We should put you all on freight wagons.”

Religious Jews and an armed guard outside a Jewish school in Belgium. – Photo: Joods Actuelle

The incident occurred at the Belgian capital’s Emile Jacqmain school and involved a 16-year-old female student and her mathematics teacher, the La Derniere Heure magazine reported Friday.

The teacher, who was not identified, was summoned to appear before the board following a complaint filed against him for inciting racism and anti-Semitic hatred. Continue Reading »

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| February 10, 2015
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Man Arrested Before Burning Israeli Flag Outside Paris Kosher Supermarket

Paris police arrest man who tried to burn Israeli flag at the entrance to the Hyper Cacher kosher market, place where 4 Jews were murdered last month by Muslim terrorist.

By Haim Lev

 

Police in Paris on Monday arrested a 38-year-old man who tried to set fire to an Israeli flag that was placed at the entrance to the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket, where Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibali murdered four Jews (pictured below) last month .

French police outside the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store – Reuters

According to local police, the man was stopped and detained before he could carry out his plan to burn the flag.
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