#BDSfail: Morgan Freeman keeps “Jerusalem, Israel” on Facebook photo

 

Unlike Van Damme, who succumbed to pressure & removed “Israel” just an hour later, Morgan Freeman keeps “Jerusalem, Israel” on his Facebook photo full day after attacks by Israel haters.

By Gil Ronen

 

Soon after actor Morgan Freeman posted a Facebook profile photo in which he was smiling against the background of Jerusalem’s OId City, his Facebook page – which is “liked” by over 18.5 million people worldwide – has become a battleground for Israel’s haters and lovers.

Facebook screenshot
Freeman’s Facebook page Screenshot

It appears that what may set off the tirade against Freeman was the fact that he wrote under the photograph that it had been taken in “Jerusalem, Israel”. Continue Reading »

Pentagon considers automating jobs of US peacekeeper MFO Sinai force

 

U.S. military command notifies Israel & Egypt that it is reviewing whether to incorporate remote surveillance technology into its MFO unit in the Sinai Peninsula, allowing the Pentagon to withdraw some of its observation force.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The U.S. military said on Tuesday it has formally notified Egypt and Israel that it is reviewing whether to automate aspects of multinational peacekeeping operations in the insurgency-wracked Sinai Peninsula, potentially allowing a reduction in American troop deployments.

Egyptian Army in Sinai

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No Arab riots (so far) after 1st secret Jewish wedding on Temple Mount since 2nd Temple

 

Reported as first Jewish marriage ceremony on the Temple Mount since the Second Temple’s destruction some 2000 years ago, the couple purportedly said to have secretly exchanged their vows, at Judaism’s holiest site, unnoticed by the Israel police or the Muslim Waqf guards.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

A young, unidentified Jewish couple purportedly made history on the Temple Mount earlier this week after becoming only the second couple in 2,000 years to have a wedding ceremony at Judaism’s holiest site.

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Pakistani Muslim tells why he joined the Zionist Movement

 

Pakistani writer Noor Dahri pens an Op-Ed on why as a Pakistani Muslim he decided to join the Zionist Federation of UK, and why other Muslims should follow his example.

 

– Why I Joined the Zionist Movement

By Noor Dahri

 

It was 30th of March, 2016, when I was invited by the Zionist Federation of UK and it was the day when I acquired honorary membership in the Zionist Federation. I received mixed responses from different social circles and schools of thought, especially from the South Asian community. My own Pakistani community was surprised and mortified when I proclaimed my adherence to Zionism.

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Kuwait seeks resolution to expel Israel’s Knesset from Int’l Parliamentary Union

 

MK Nachman Shai, head of the Israeli delegation to the IPU, expressed doubts that such an initiative could succeed, saying, “It seems unlikely. We have good ties in the IPU, at the level of the secretary-general & chairman, and I think our status there is good.”

By MAAYAN GROISMAN,  LAHAV HARKOV

 

The Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union on Monday voted to move to expel the Knesset from the international IPU due to the “racist laws”’ it allegedly legislates.

Knesset plenum – Photo Gil Yochanan

The IPU is an international organization for parliaments from all over the world, which works in collaboration with the UN. Continue Reading »

Palestinians to build power plant in Jenin

 

Israel supports request by Palestine Investment Fund to construct a power plant in the Jenin Industrial Zone, that should create 1,000 jobs for Palestinians as well as reduce cost of electricity in the Palestinian Authority.

By Elior Levy

 

Israel has approved in principle the construction of the first Palestinian power station in the West Bank, expected to be built in the Jenin Industrial Zone, near the Gilboa-Jalame checkpoint.

Palestinian power plant

The Prime Minister’s Office issued the approval after the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), led by a confidante of President Mahmoud Abbas and former deputy prime minister Mohammed Mustafa, submitted a request through the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). Continue Reading »

Abbas’ brother from Qatar, newest antagonist to choose/prefer Israeli hospital

 

Following in the footsteps of other Abbas family members….as well as Hamas family members, PA chair’s brother, who lives in Qatar, also chooses to receive his medical treatment in an Israeli hospital.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Even as Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas continues to attack Israel and incite terrorism, his brother Abu Luay chose to receive treatment at none other than an Israeli hospital.

Medical students at Hadera’s Hillel Yaffe hospital

Abbas’ brother was hospitalized at Assuta Medical Center in northern Tel Aviv, as Yedioth Aharonoth exposed on Wednesday morning.

Abu Luay, who lives in Qatar, came down with cancer. He decided specifically to come to the Tel Aviv hospital for treatment, where other family members of Abbas have been treated in the past. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Rafael unveils new anti-Drone defense system

 

Able to neutralize drones of all sizes, Israel’s ‘Drone Dome’ is designed to detect, track, & down enemy drones under all weather conditions with its 360-degree coverage, wide spectrum signal jammer.

By Hezi Sternlicht & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems unveiled its newest development this week, the Drone Dome defense system, design to intercept enemy unmanned aerial vehicles.

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3 Palestinians arrested: More Jewish History Being Stolen by Palestinians

 

The 12-centimeter high sculpture of King Herod’s lover Mariamne, also known as Miriam in Hebrew, valued at nearly a million dollars, was confiscated by the Palestinian Authority who claim it as ‘Palestinian culture’.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

The Palestinian Preventive Security Services (PPS) arrested Monday night three Palestinians who tried to smuggle an ancient statue of King Herod’s lover from the West Bank city of Tulkarm into Israel.

Herod’s lover, Mariamne. – Photo: WIKIPEDIA COMMONS/REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE SYNDICS OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY/FRIEDBERG

A statement released by the PPS following the incident read: “Based on intelligence information, security forces burst on Sunday into a home in Zeita, a village in north Tulkarm, and carried out a complicated security operation, during which they arrested three archaeologists and confiscated the statue.” Continue Reading »

New discovery proves Israel was western center of ancient glass trade

 

1600yr-old glass kilns recently discovered during construction of new railway line in Haifa prove Israel was at the center of the international glass trade during the late Roman period.

By Jesse Lempel/TPS

 

A first-of-its-kind accidental discovery of ancient glass kilns at the foot of Mt. Carmel demonstrates that Israel was at the center of the global glass trade during the late Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.

The extraordinary kilns, which are approximately 1,600 years old, are “the earliest found in Israel and the missing link for the production and export of glass,” Yael Gorin-Rosen, head curator of the Israel Antiquities Authority Glass Department, told Tazpit Press Service (TPS). 

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Palestinian Authority appeals against U.S. court ruling to pay terror victims

 

US federal appeals court to look into Palestinian Authority appeal against last year’s ruling that ‘it funded, supported, planned and carried out’ multiple terrorist attacks in Israel during 2nd Intifada.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A federal appeals court in New York will look into the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) appeal against last year’s ruling that it must pay compensation to 10 families of terror victims with US citizenship.

Judge’s Gavel – iStock

The earlier ruling, which took 11 years to achieve, ordered the PA to pay $665 million to the victims of terror attacks during the Second Intifada. This was the first time that a jury ruled in favor of terror victims. Continue Reading »

Jay Leno donates ambulance to United Hatzalah at fundraising event

 

Jay Leno raises $50,000 for Israeli EMS service at sold-out special concert-fundraiser in New York for United Hatzalah.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

Comedian Jay Leno raised $50,000 for and donated a $36,000 fully equipped ambulance to United Hatzalah at a sold-out special concert fundraiser for Israel’s largest volunteer EMS service at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on Sunday.

Comedian Jay Leno at a fundraiser for the Israeli EMS service United Hatzalah in New York, April 10, 2016. – Photo: YADIN GOLDMAN

The former Tonight Show host performed a long comedy set and called Eli Beer, the founder and president of the organization, up to the stage after his act, telling him: “What you guys are doing is so special, I am so proud to be here and be part of it. Continue Reading »

Kuwaiti columnist advises Arab world: Time to Recognize Israel

 

Popular Kuwaiti writer pens article calling on Arab, Muslim world to accept fait accompli by giving up on political charade and to ‘immediately recognize Israel,’ drop terms like ‘Zionist entity,’ as most Arab and Islamic companies and businessmen have already done.

By David Rosenberg

 

Yousuf Abd Al-Karim Al-Zinkawi, a writer for the Kuwaiti-based Al-Seyassah newspaper has called for Arab and Muslim countries to “immediately recognize Israel,” telling them to drop monikers used to maintain the pretense of non-recognition such as “the Zionist entity.”

Flag of Kuwait – Thinkstock

Al-Zinkawi, a frequent critic of religious intolerance within the Arab world, dedicated his column on Saturday to the long-standing refusal of most Arab and Muslim countries to recognize the State of Israel, MEMRI reports.
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WATCH: IDF considering purchase of battlefield ‘suicide drones’

 

view videoThe Rotem drone, that the IDF soldier can carry (up to 2 drones) on their back, is armed with 2 grenades that explode when the drone hits its target.

Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Israel Defense Forces is interested in purchasing “suicide drones,” an Israel Aerospace Industries official said on Sunday.

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With Abbas’ latest decree, Palestinian dictator digs in deeper

 

In a cynical exploitation of power, Abbas ignores much needed gov’t reform as elections are already 10 years overdue and the Palestinian parliament hasn’t sat for 9 years, Abbas created “another judicial body by presidential decree in order to, among other things, approve presidential decrees.”

By REUTERS

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him to sideline the Islamist group Hamas in the event of a succession struggle.

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