Caught female terrorists admit to Israel Police they wanted to ‘meet hot martyrs’

Israel’s Public Security Minister notes that while male Palestinian terrorists “do what they do because they were promised 72 virgins,” there is now a new phenomenon, where several female terrorists sought death hoping to get good-looking male terrorists in Paradise.

By Itsik Saban

 

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Wednesday revealed a new phenomenon, of female Palestinian terrorists who say they want to become shahids (martyrs) so as to meet good-looking male shahids.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan – Photo: Uri Lenz

“There is now a new phenomenon: Once upon a time the [male] terrorists would do what they do because they were promised 72 virgins were waiting for them,” Erdan said. Continue Reading »

Lebanese BDS calls on gov’t to ban blockbuster with Israeli actress

 

view videoLebanese BDS chapter sent a letter to the Israel boycott office in the Lebanese Economic Ministry, to inform officials that the ‘Superman’ film stars Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

The Lebanese BDS movement has demanded that the government ban the screening of the new Hollywood movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, starring the Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbarreported Saturday.

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First U.S. Army test with Israel’s Iron Dome against drones, successful 

 

For the first time on American soil, the US Army successfully used Israel’s Rafael made Iron Dome to shoot down a targeted drone.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The US Army this week carried out a first successful trial of an interceptor air defense missile, made by Israeli defense company Rafael.

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IDF general admits Israel assisting Arab allies fight ISIS

 

Speaking to Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, revealed for the first time, that the IDF was providing intelligence assistance to Egypt & Jordan in their fight against ISIS.

By Reuters

 

“Israel provides Jordan and Egypt with intelligence assistance in their fight against ISIS,” the IDF deputy chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, said on Wednesday, describing the US backed Arab neighbors as stable despite the insurgent threat.

Jordanian soldiers – Photo: EPA

Egypt made peace with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994. They are the only Arab countries to have treaties with Israel, a matter unpopular with many Egyptians and Jordanians and which generally keeps Amman and Cairo quiet about the ties.  Continue Reading »

US Supreme Court Ruling: Iran to pay terror victims $2.65 billion

 

Landmark ruling forces frozen Iranian assets to compensate families of American victims of Iranian sanctioned terrorism, including deadly Hezbollah attacks.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of American terror victims on Wednesday, awarding over $2 billion in Iranian assets to the families of victims murdered in Iran-backed attacks.

Iranian flag – Thinkstock

The court doled a heavy blow to Iran’s central bank, Bank Markazi, by a 6-2 ruling, Reuters reports.

Tehran had appealed a 2014 New York Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the legality of a 2012 law, which stated that the frozen funds should go toward the $2.65 billion judgement the families won against Iran in a US federal court in 2007. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Authority Again Announces Intent to Issue State of Palestine Passports

 

First announced in Dec 2015 by PA President Mahmoud Abbas in Athens, Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs says he informed Israel that his gov’t was no longer using “Palestinian Authority” on official documents.

By  Noga Tarnopolsky | The Media Line

 

Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs, informed Israel on Wednesday that his government intends to issue passports stamped with the name and seal of the State of Palestine.

PA Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh & Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordecai - IDF

PA Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein al-Sheikh, right, and Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordecai sign a ‘memorandum of understanding’, on November 19, 2015.

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Cleared for Publication: ‘Jewish terror cell’ busted by Israel’s Shin bet

 

Although several of the arrested suspects’ identities, as well as other details, are still under a court-imposed gag order, Israel Security Agency broke up a cell of Jewish extremists who attacked Palestinians in 2015.

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

The Shin Bet security service announced it broke up a “Jewish terror” cell active in the Gush Talmonim area in southeastern Samaria.

Illustration – Photo: Thinkstock

According to the Shin Bet, the suspects in custody carried out unspecified attacks against Palestinian Arab targets during the latter half of 2015.

The security agency said intelligence gathered in the aftermath of the attacks suggested the existence of a terror cell active in the Jewish village of Nahliel in the Binyamin Region of Samaria, to the north of Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

Knesset to facilitate ‘returning’ Sephardic Jews forcibly converted to Christianity

 

MKs launched a new Knesset lobby to assist the increasing numbers of descendants of Jews around the world who have become interested in exploring their heritage, & reconnecting to their Jewish faith.

By SAM SOKOL

 

A new Knesset lobby intended to push for greater outreach toward the descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews forcibly converted to Christianity, known in Hebrew as B’nai Anusim, was launched on Tuesday.

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Abbas, I don’t condone terrorism, but families of ‘martyrs’ are compensated

 

view videoAbbas who’s presidency ended 6 years ago tells Spiegel Online, ‘I do not want to run again’ for PA president, I haven’t made any mistakes, and “We are not encouraging our youth to commit violence. But if someone dies at the hands of Israeli security forces, we call that person a martyr. This is our tradition,” the PA president explains to the German magazine.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday said that he does “not want to run again” for president if new elections were held while claiming he has “made no mistakes” since taking over negotiating responsibilities on behalf of the Palestinian people over 10 years ago. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Jordan suspends installation of CCTV cameras on Temple Mount

 

Contrary to an agreement made by Israel, the U.S. and Jordan’s King last October, Jordan’s Prime Minister said that Palestinian opposition to the surveillance led to the decision.

By i24news

 

Jordan is suspending the plan to install security cameras around the flashpoint Temple Mount complex over Palestinian opposition to it, Jordan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said on Monday, according to Jordan’s Petra news agency.

Temple Mount – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The site, considered holy to both Muslims and Jews, is known to Muslims as the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Jordan retains custodial rights, administered by the Waqf, but Israel controls access. Continue Reading »

Fatah official hints that Palestinian Authority may stop using Israel’s shekel

Nabil Sha’ath, a senior Fatah official, also repeated a PA threat to halt its security coordination with Israel.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinian Authority may end its currency union with Israel, Nabil Sha’ath, a senior Fatah official, announced on Monday.

New 200 shekel bill. – Photo: COURTESY OF THE BANK OF ISRAEL

Sha’ath, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and a former PA foreign minister, said that the boycott of the shekel was one of a number of “daring and decisive” decisions that the PA leadership would take if Israel continued to violate agreements signed with the Palestinians.

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IDF: Hamas’ new terror-tunnels built stronger, more durable

 

The newer tunnels built after Operation Protective Edge benefit from sturdier construction methods, improving structural integrity, which make them less likely to collapse due to rainfall.

By Ynet reporters

 

When comparing the tunnels discovered and destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014 with the tunnel discovered two weeks ago, it is clear that Hamas has greatly improved the structural engineering of its tunnel and its construction methods. 

New-style Hamas tunnel, right, old-style Hamas tunnel, left – Photo: IDF spokesperson

The wall of the tunnels discovered during Operation Protective Edge consisted of pre-cast concrete slabs placed vertically, with reinforced concrete arches above them to prevent the tunnel from collapsing due to the weight of the soil above it.
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Watch: Palestinian refuses to “condemn all acts of terrorism” at UN Security Council

 

Watch: Dramatic clash when Ambassador Danon tells Palestinian representatives at the UN Security Council, ‘Shame on you for refusing to say you condemn all acts of terror.’

By Uzi Baruch

 

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday hosted Natan and Ranana Meir, the husband and daughter of Dafna Meir who was murdered at the entrance to her home in Otniel, Judea in January.

Banana Meir, Natan Meir and Danny Danon -FM Spokesperson

Danon hosted the two together with the OneFamily organization that supports terror victims at a special session of the UN Security Council held on the topic of Israel. Continue Reading »

Updated with Video: Terrorist Bomb Exploded on Jerusalem bus – at least 16 injured

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view videoTerrorist Bomb explodes on public bus in southeast Jerusalem, at least two of the 16 victims are in serious condition.
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By Ido Ben-Porat

 

At least 15 people were wounded in a terror bombing attack on Monday, targeting Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Photo of scene of possible bus explosion in Jerusalem, April 18, 2016 . Photo: MEDABRIM TIKSHORET

Large Magen David Adom (MDA) and police forces are en route to the site. According to reports up to 15 people were wounded in the attack, at least two of them seriously and six moderately with the rest lightly wounded. Continue Reading »

Updated: Explosion on Jerusalem bus – at least 16 injured

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view videoTerrorist Bomb explodes on public bus in southeast Jerusalem, at least two of the 16 victims are in serious condition.
– Unfolding story…

By Ido Ben-Porat

 

At least 15 people were wounded in a terror bombing attack on Monday, targeting Egged bus line 12 on Derekh Hevron and Moshe Baram Street in the southeast of Jerusalem, not far from Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.

Photo of scene of possible bus explosion in Jerusalem, April 18, 2016 . Photo: MEDABRIM TIKSHORET

Large Magen David Adom (MDA) and police forces are en route to the site. According to reports up to 15 people were wounded in the attack, at least two of them seriously and six moderately with the rest lightly wounded. Continue Reading »