WATCH: IDF soldier suspended after killing subdued Palestinian would-be assassin 

 

view videoIsrael to investigate why IDF soldier shot dead a disarmed Palestinian terrorist who had earlier brutally stabbed a soldier in Hebron.


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By i24news

 

An Israeli soldier was suspended on Thursday after a video emerged showing him shooting an attacker who had moderately wounded a soldier in Hebron, Israeli news site Ynet reported.


The soldier is seen shooting the assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, apparently incapable of moving and possibly already dead.

After the soldier fires, blood is seen flowing from the man’s head where it was not seen before.

“From an initial investigation, it appears that this was a serious incident that is contrary to the spirit of the IDF and what we expect of IDF soldiers and commanders,” said the Israeli military, adding that military police were opening an investigation and that the soldier had been suspended until a probe was completed. Continue Reading »

Canadian chosen as new UNHRC expert on Palestinian territories

 

view videoMakarim Wibisono, who resigned after being refused access to territories by Israel, is to be replaced by Canadian law professor as UN special rapporteur, “limited to investigate Israel’s violations.”
WATCH video of UN Watch defend Israel at UNHRC meeting

By i24news

 

The UN Human Rights Council chief on Wednesday nominated a Canadian law professor to a controversial post surveying the rights situation in the Palestinian territories.

Council president Choi Kyonglim circulated a letter to member states proposing that Stanley Michael Lynk be appointed to the position of special rapporteur, and the council was expected to accept the appointment Thursday without a vote. Continue Reading »

Grand Mufti incites Muslims further with insinuated threats on al-Aksa

 

Speaking at a press conference, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, called on all Muslims to visit al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it.

By MAAYAN GROISMAN

 

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, has called on Muslims all over the world, especially those living in Jerusalem and Arab Israelis, to make pilgrimage to al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it.

Israeli police officers take positions on the roof of the al-Aksa mosque during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City. – Photo: REUTERS

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, has called on Muslims all over the world, especially those living in Jerusalem and Arab Israelis, to make pilgrimage to al-Aksa in order to defend the mosque from Israel’s attempts to Judaize it. Continue Reading »

FBI asks Israeli security firm to unlock San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone

 

The FBI taps Israel’s Celebrate into neutralizing Apple’s encryption security after failing to force the tech giant into compliance.

By i24news

 

An Israeli firm is helping the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to unlock an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shootings, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Wednesday.

FBI vs Apple

The FBI is turning to Cellebrite, which provides forensic software, after pressuring iPhone manufacturer Apple to create a way to override the phone’s security.

Cellebrite offers a forensics system that can retrieve data hidden inside encrypted phones.

Apple fought the FBI’s request, saying such a back door would essentially become a skeleton key that could easily be abused. Continue Reading »

IDF seizes propaganda that incites violence during Palestinian university raid

 

In Israel’s efforts to end Palestinian incitement amid wave of brutal violence against unarmed civilians, the IDF raids Arab American University, confiscates propaganda linked to Hamas & other terrorist groups spurring violence against Israel.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel’s military says troops have raided a Palestinian university in the West Bank and seized militant propaganda linked to Hamas and other groups.

The Arab American University in Jenin – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The military says the raid on Tuesday “confiscated inciting propaganda” as part of a crackdown to curb a wave of Palestinian terrorism that Israel says is fueled by incitement. Continue Reading »

Egyptian MP suggests Egypt’s parliament send delegation to visit Israel’s Knesset

 

An Egyptian MP Sayyid Faraj, has endangered his political career after suggesting a formal delegation of the Egyptian parliament be sent to Israel’s Knesset to “learn from Israel’s economic development.”

 

Shortly after the ouster of an Egyptian MP from parliament for meeting with Israel’s ambassador, another Egyptian lawmaker may find himself in similar trouble for promoting normalization with Israel.

Sayyid Faraj, an Egyptian member of parliament, has suggested that a formal delegation of the Egyptian parliament visit Israel’s Knesset

In a conversation with the Egyptian news agency ONA on Tuesday, Faraj proposed his initiative of dispatching a delegation of 10 lawmakers to visit the Knesset to discuss “Israeli-Egyptian relations, learn from Israel’s economic development and in general learn from Israel’s experience.” Continue Reading »

Brussels Police Cancel Purim

 

Following the Islamic terrorist attacks  Belgian police requested that the Jewish community cancel their Purim celebrations due to the police’s fear of additional terrorists in the area, and their inability to protect the Jewish community.

By Kobi Nachshoni

 

Following the attacks at the airport and subway station in Brussels Tuesday morning, the Jewish community has cancelled its Purim celebrations at the behest of the police.

Brussels metro bombing

Over a thousand members of the Jewish community were supposed to attend the megillah reading (reading of the Book of Esther – ed.) at the Great Synagogue of Europe followed by a performance by the Gat Brothers who arrived from Israel for the occasion. Continue Reading »

UNDOF soldiers returning to the Syrian border with Israel

 

A year and a half after UN peacekeepers left Syrian territory, the United Nations intends to return its UNDOF force, which is composed of soldiers from 5 countries, to the posts they were stationed between 1974-2014.

By Alex Fishman

 

A year and a half after the hasty departure of UN troops from the Syrian Golan Heights, the UN force supervising the separation of forces is prepared to disperse its forces on the Syrian side of the border.

Former UNDOF commander Iqbal Singh with IDF commanders – Photo: Yoav Zitun

In recent weeks, officers and soldiers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) made several visits to facilities and vantage points they manned from September 2014 in the Syrian Golan Heights. Continue Reading »

Israel’s drip irrigation solution may save California from its drought

 

VIDEO REPORT: California’s drought is wreaking havoc throughout the state and causing severe damage. An Israeli company has the technological solution for farmers in trouble.

By ILTV

 

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WATCH: PM Netanyahu’s Speech to AIPAC 2016

 

view videoIn broadcast to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC, PM Netanyahu states ‘terror has no grievances, even if you give up Brussels, Istanbul, or the West Bank, terror will continue.’

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu deliver a speech in a live broadcast to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Tuesday.

Responding to the horrific attacks in Brussels earlier in the day, Netanyahu said, “terrorists have no resolvable grievances, it’s not as if we could offer them Brussels, or Istanbul, or the West Bank. That won’t resolve their grievances.”

“Their basic demand is that we simply should disappear,” he said, emphasizing “that won’t happen.” Continue Reading »

WATCH: Cruz: “Palestine has not existed since 1948”

 

view videoSpeaking at AIPAC conference, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says, “I will not be neutral. America will stand unapologetically with the nation of Israel,” for Israel is a beacon of light and hope.
– Watch speech in its entirety.

By Elad Benari

 

“Palestine has not existed since 1948,” Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said at the beginning of his speech in front of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC, on Monday evening.

He noted that Megillat Esther, the book of Esther, will be read at synagogues this Wednesday evening on the holiday of Purim. The book tells the story of the Persian King Ahasuerus who sought to kill all the Jews but failed to achieve his goal. Continue Reading »

IDF boosts security along its Egyptian border 

 

IDF battalion commander says soldiers are on high alert for any heavy weaponry or rocket launches, and remain vigilant against attempted abductions.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Fearing an Islamic State spillover, Israel in recent months has tightened security along its border with Egypt, due to a two-year campaign by the IS affiliate group in the Sinai Peninsula that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Egyptian police and soldiers.

The security fence on the Israel-Egypt border – Photo: AFP

Along the restive border next to northern Sinai, which has for years been a haven for heavily armed terrorists, IDF soldiers patrol the 6,000-square kilometer (2,300-square mile) desert terrain on a daily basis. Continue Reading »

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah threatens to target Israel’s ‘nuclear reactors’ in next war

 

Shiite terror organization’s leader warns the Jewish State in an interview with Al Mayadeen, that his group’s missiles could reach any point in Israel, including its ‘biological research institutes, petrochemical plants, and nuclear reactors.’

By Roi Kais

 

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday threatened to target Israeli “nuclear reactors” if the IDF wages war against Lebanon.

Nasrallah talking to Al Mayadeen – Photo: AFP

In an interview with Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen, Nasrallah said that Hezbollah’s missiles can reach every part of Israel, including “petrochemical plants, biological research institutes and nuclear reactors,” which are all on the terror organization’s list of targets.  Continue Reading »

Dubai Police Chief: Palestinians are inept, Palestine would be another failed Arab state

 

General Tamil: “I suggest relinquishing the idea of a Palestinian state & being satisfied with an Israeli state that would include both Israelis & Palestinians …without the Jews you Arabs would not have known how to deposit your money in the bank.”

By MAAYAN GROOMSMAN

 

The Head of General Security for the Dubai Emirate, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, has stated that Palestinians should abandon their aspiration for an independent state and merge with Israeli Jews in a united, bi-national state instead.

Chief of Dubai Police Dahi Khalfan Tamim. – Photo: REUTERS

In a series of remarks published on his Twitter account Monday afternoon, Tamim attempted to garner support for his idea, claiming that a Palestinian state led by Arabs would join the list of failed states in the Arab world. Continue Reading »

In Clandestine Operation 17 Yemeni Jews Move to Israel

 

In a covert operation, the Jewish Agency succeeded in bringing 17 Jews, including the community’s rabbi with a 600 yr-old Torah from Yemen, but sadly leaving the remaining 40-50 Jews who refuse to leave.

By Itamar Eichner and Roi Kais

 

A group of 17 Yemeni Jews travelled to Israel before dawn on Monday in a secret operation organized by the Jewish Agency.

New immigrants arrive in Israel – Photo: Arielle Di-Porto, Jewish Agency

The new immigrants were the last Jews in Yemen seeking to leave their country of residence, which is in the midst of a bloody civil war. Continue Reading »