PLO Wishes Happy Passover to Israelis, Infuriating Hate-Fed Palestinians

 

As some Palestinian leaders want normalization, and send holiday wishes, other Palestinians, that have sadly been breastfed & raised on the indoctrination of hatred from PA-TV, schools and social media, ardently opposed any ‘Holliday Blessings to Jews.’

By Israel Today Staff

 

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the ruling Fatah faction (and therefore of the Palestinian Authority) extended Passover greetings to Israelis on Sunday, sparking a wave of angry reactions by Palestinians.

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Mohammed al-Madani is head of the Palestinian Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society, so it is his job to issue such statements.

But a growing number of Palestinians don’t want normalization and friendly relations with Israel, and so view al-Madani and his overtures as traitorous to the Palestinian cause. Continue Reading »

BREAKING: VIDEO Documents IDF’s Discovery of Hamas Terror-Tunnel Inside Israel

 

view videoSenior IDF source reveals, “The challenge is very big. The tunnels are very deep. We have capabilities that do not exist anywhere else in the world. We can detect, at depths of 30 to 40 meters.”

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The IDF detected a deep Hamas cross-border tunnel in recent days, stretching from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel. The discovery of the tunnel was kept under a media ban until Monday morning.

The tunnel is 30 meters deep, and was likely dug after the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, according to IDF assessments, though this has not been fully verified. Continue Reading »

Historic First Visit to Israel by a Singapore Prime Minister

 

In a positive sign of Israel’s expansion with new Asian alliances, Singapore’s Prime Minister, along with his wife, will be arriving in Jerusalem for an historic first visit.

By Nitsan Keidar, Ari Yashar

 

In recent years as Europe grows more hostile Israel has increasingly been turning to the East, building alliances with JapanChinaIndiaTaiwan and South Korea – an historically groundbreaking visit on Monday reveals that Singapore is the latest key Asian ally of the Jewish State.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong – Photo: Reuters

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is to arrive on Monday in a four-day official visit to represent his southeast Asian technological powerhouse city-state, which has increasingly been doing business with Israel. Continue Reading »

Syrian deputy FM threatens to ‘retake Golan Heights by any means necessary’

 

view videoVIDEO: Israeli cabinet met to hold its very first meeting in the Golan Heights along the Syrian border

By i24news

 

 

Syria will ‘retake the Golan Heights by any means necessary, including using military force,” Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad said Sunday.


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Speaking during an interview with Lebanon’s al-Mayadeennetwork, al-Mekdad continued to say that “the Arab Syrian Golan is an occupied territory,” and stressed that UN Security Council resolutions determine that the area is Syrian.

Responding to comments made earlier in the day by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Golan Heights would ‘forever’ remain in Israeli hands, al-Mekdad said that “Israel is trying to be provocative, but do not give in to it.” Continue Reading »

NGO Warns Rockefeller Brothers Fund Over Funding BDS

 

Legal rights NGO sends strongly worded letter to Rockefeller Brothers Fund warning its support of groups that advocate boycotting Israel could cause the fund to be “considered complicit and as a participant in these groups’ illegal activities.”

By Yair Altman and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has given anti-Israel BDS organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center.

Attorney and Shurat Hadin Director Nissan Darshan-Leitner – Photo: Yossi Veliger

In a scathing letter to the RBF earlier this month, the Israeli legal watchdog group warned the RBF that its support of groups that advocate boycotting Israel could cause the fund to be “considered complicit and as a participant in these groups’ illegal activities.” Continue Reading »

Report: Dozens of Hezbollah soldiers killed ‘accidentally’ in chemical attack

 

The world ignores another horrendous attack by Assad using “unconventional” weapons, while diplomats and analysts focus on the lack of coordination between Assad’s troops & supporting forces which caused Putin to announce the withdrawal of Russian ground troops from Syria.

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

Dozens of members of Hezbollah were killed last week in Aleppo in an “accidental” chemical attack carried out by the Syrian military, diplomatic sources reported to the Kuwaiti newspaper “Al-Jarida.”

A poster shows Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah near Latakia city in 2014. – Photo: REUTERS

The report stated that Syrian fighter jets struck militants from the Shi’ite terror group when they mistakenly attacked the town of Al-Eis, south of Aleppo, in their efforts to retake the region. Continue Reading »

Killed Terrorist Died for the Virgins, Not the ‘Struggle’

 

The butcher’s knife yielding 54 yr-old Palestinian terrorist was a bachelor that never married because he was waiting for his ’72 virgins in Paradise.

By Dalit Halevy

 

Ibrahim Barda’aya, a 54-year-old single resident of al-Aroub to the north of Hevron in Judea, was recently shot dead by security forces as he attempted to conduct a stabbing attack armed with a butcher’s knife.

The imam of Barda’aya’s mosque Abdullah Azam told the Hamas paper Palestine that the terrorist merited to be a “martyr” and to “marry virgins in Paradise,” reciting the classic Muslim trope used in inciting terror attacks. Continue Reading »

Israel on Greek Gov’t List For Discount Prices & Gifts to Tourists

 

According to Greek Tourism Ministry, Israel is 1 of 4 non-EU nations whose tourists have been granted a 20% discount in Greek shops & businesses during 2016, after some 400,000 Israelis visited Greece in 2015.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Greece has always been a popular summer tourist destination for Israelis, and now it appears that vacationing there will cost Israeli passport holders even less. Thanks to a new initiative by Greece’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Dimitris Mardas and Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship President Vassilis Korkidis, Greece is offering Israeli tourists a 20% discount in the country’s shops for the remainder of 2016. Continue Reading »

Diplomacy: Israel’s intra-Arab 3-way that’s good for Jerusalem

 

Egypt transferred 2 small islands to Saudi Arabia earlier this week with Israel’s blessing, since Jerusalem is happy to see Cairo & Riyadh strengthen ties, which serves Israel’s interest: a stable Egypt.

By HERB KEINON

 

“The Aqaba Gulf constitutes our Egyptian territorial waters. Under no circumstance will we allow the Israeli flag to pass through the Aqaba Gulf. The Jews threatened war. We tell them: Ahlan Wa-sahlan [You are welcome], we are ready for war. Our armed forces and all our people are ready for war, but under no circumstance will we abandon any of our rights. This water is ours.” Continue Reading »

Lapid: UNESCO Temple Mount decision to erase Jewish connection will cause bloodshed

 

Israel’s former Finance Minister Yair Lapid wrote to UNESCO chairman Irina Bokova that the decision to ignore the Jewish people’s historic connection to the Western Wall & Temple Mount will lead to much more bloodshed.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Yesh Atid chairman and former Finance Minister Yair Lapid wrote a scathing letter to UNESCO over the weekend, stating to chairman Irina Bokova that a decision to divorce the Jewish people from the Western Wall and Temple Mount will lead to bloodshed.

Jews gather to pray at the Western Wall during Succot. – Photo by AFP

“This decision is a shameful attempt to rewrite history, rewrite reality as part of the ongoing political campaign against Israel and the Jewish people,” Lapid stated in the letter.  Continue Reading »

EU ‘deeply concerned’ over Israel’s Security Wall

EU unconcerned Israel’s Security Wall has been a proven factor in lowering deaths/terrorist attacks, rather only addresses concerns that the fence may harm Palestinian Arabs’ livelihood.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

The European Union said on Friday it was “deeply concerned” by Israel’s construction of a new part of the security fence between it and Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled territories.

Cranes last week began erecting the fence in the Cremisan valley near the Palestinian town of Beit Jala south of Jerusalem after a legal battle.

The EU said in a statement it was “deeply concerned at the relaunch of works for the construction of the separation barrier in the Cremisan valley.”

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Two terror attacks thwarted – Palestinian terrorist shot dead by IDF

 

Palestinian terrorist was shot to death while attacking IDF with an ax, then later, two suspicious 12 yr-old Palestinian boys in Jerusalem were found carrying knives and a meat clever, confessed of their plans to carry out an attack on Jews.

By Elisha Ben Kimon, Elior Levy, Yoav Zitun

 

Two attempted terrorist attacks were thwarted in the Gush Etzion region and in Jerusalem on Thursday.

The first occurred when an ax-wielding terrorist suddenly emerged from behind a bush near an IDF security pillbox opposite the Al-Arroub refugee camp in Gush Etzion and charged at a nearby group of IDF soldiers from the Kfir Brigade. Continue Reading »

IDF raids currency exchange in Ramallah that finances terror 

 

Asserting the business finances terrorists, IDF forces attempt to open store’s safe with explosives, causing a fire in the building.

By Elior Levy and Yoav Zitun

 

The IDF raided a currency exchange store in Ramallah on the night between Wednesday and Thursday, apparently in order to confiscate funds used for terrorist purposes. Palestinian sources told Ynet that IDF soldiers attempted to blow a safe in the store open with explosives. The explosion apparently caused a fire to break out in the building. No one was hurt, and Palestinian firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze after the IDF left the area. Continue Reading »

Palestinian set doctor and clinic on fire in ‘revenge’ for son’s death

 

An Arab man decided to avenge the death of his son by pouring a bottle of combustible liquid on a doctor, setting fire to him and the clinic where his son had been treated.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

An indictment was filed Thursday morning to the Jerusalem District Court against Malik Sheikh-Ali, a 29-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem, for charges of battery assault and arson.

Doctor (illustration)

Doctor (illustration) – Photo: iStock

An indictment was filed Thursday morning to the Jerusalem District Court against Malik Sheikh-Ali, a 29-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem, for charges of battery assault and arson.

A month ago, Sheikh-Ali came along with his three-month-old son to a Leumit clinic in the Shuafat neighborhood, for medical treatment. Continue Reading »

#ApartheidFail: Israel Appoints First Arab Muslim Deputy Police Commissioner

 

As deputy commissioner (one rank below the national police chief) Gamal Hakroosh is now the highest-ranking Arab in the force when Arab Muslims generally, are less integrated into Israel’s security forces, and those who do serve are often viewed as traitors.

By The Associated Press

 

The Israel Police promoted Gamal Hakroosh, an Arab police officer, to the rank of deputy commissioner on Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking Muslim ever to serve in the force.

Ordain and Police Commissioner Alsheikh giving Hakroosh his new rank – Photo: Motti Kimchi

In his new position, the 59-year-old Hakroosh faces an uphill battle overseeing policing in Arab communities, where residents are deeply suspicious of Israeli police. Continue Reading »