NGO calls on UN Chief to fire staff members that post photos glorying the death of Jews

 

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

UNRWA staff members who post photographs or text glorying the death of Jews and or Israelis on social media should be fired, said the non-governmental group UN Watch on Monday as it released a report detailing such activity.

Glorying the death of Jews and/or Israelis – Facebook post from Mazen Abo Hady

The report showed a set of Facebook posts from Mazen Abo Hady who said he was a UNRWA teacher in Gaza, one could see an artistic graphic of a man clutching a knife and wearing a black and white Kafiya over his face breaking through an Israeli flag. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Putin and Netanyahu Engage in Friendly Dialogue at Global Climate Summit in Paris

 

view videoThe 2 leaders spoke of their succesful military cooperation, which has helped avert at least one aerial incident when a Russian jet entered 1.5km into Israeli airspace by mistake.
Russia began arming its fighter-bombers with air to air missiles for “defensive purposes.”

By Ynetnews, Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of Israeli-Russian military cooperation to prevent “unnecessary accidents” at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Global Climate summit in Paris on Monday.

Netanyahu and Putin in Paris – Photo: Amos Ben Gershom

Putin, likewise, praised the “mechanism of cooperation” which the two sides had established in relation to Russia’s military operations in Syria. Continue Reading »

Listen: PA shuts down Hamas radio station over ‘incitement’

 

Gaza-based Al-Aqsa Voice Radio network silenced in the PA territory after Fatah issues threats.

By Tova Dvorin

 

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has banned a Gaza-based Hamas network from broadcasting within its borders Monday, it announced on its official Facebook page – apparently to stop incitement

While Israel has cracked down on incitement against Israelis and Jews from within the PA, the PA itself has apparently begun monitoring – and filtering – broadcasts as well.

Since last week, many staff members of the Al-Aqsa Radio Hamas channel’s PA branch have been arrested on “various pretexts,” sources told Walla! News, and were also threatened anonymously over the phone and on Facebook. Continue Reading »

Sean Penn keynote speaker at humanitarian IsraAID conference on Haiti

 

By i24news

 

Actor and director Sean Penn was in Israel Monday as the guest of Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID, to discuss reconstruction efforts there following the deadly 2010 earthquake.

Sean Penn meets with former Israeli President Shimon Peres, November 30 2015

Penn, whose father is Jewish, was the keynote speaker at a conference entitled “Can Haiti Grow?” which was organized by IsraAid and the Pratt Foundation and spoke about his NGO, J/P Haitian Relief Organization. Continue Reading »

Blackmail & Institutionalized Corruption? Turkey Manipulates EU & Wins Big, $3.2 Billion Payoff

 

For Turkey to stem its mass transport of Muslim migrants to Europe, the EU as agreed to provide more visas for Turks entering European countries, pay Ankara a whopping €3 Billion, and to reopen talks on Turkey’s membership into the EU.
• French president: Money to be paid out gradually as conditions are met.

By Eli Leon, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Even as it is trying — and currently failing — to placate Russia and alleviate tensions over the plane it shot down last week, Turkey secured itself a handsome victory in a different arena on Sunday, persuading the European Union to give it $3.2 billion and other benefits in exchange for stemming the flow of Muslim migrants threatening to flood the continent. Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: Israel and Britain agree to expand scientific cooperation

 

British Ambassador to Israel, David Quarrey said, “The UK is proud that more Israeli students & scientists will now be working together with their British peers,” collaborating in bilateral programs.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

Hundreds of British and Israeli researchers will benefit from new bilateral programs announced by the British government during UK-Israel Science Day last week.

A woman holds a Union flag umbrella in front of the Big Ben clock tower (R) and the Houses of Parliament in London. – Photo: REUTERS

The Science, Technology and Space Ministry in Jerusalem announced on Monday that the NIS 1.5 million funding will enhance research in water, medicine, agriculture, nanotechnology and other sciences and increase the number of scientists from the two countries who work together; at present, hundreds of researchers are already collaborating in existing bilateral programs. Continue Reading »

NGO demands Israel ‘Demolish EU-funded illegal Arab settlements’

 

After Israel’s PM ordered the Foreign Ministry to suspend diplomatic contact with EU over its biased labeling policy, NGO calls to go a step further & stop rampant EU breach of local and int’l laws.

By Ari Yashar

 

Following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s orders on Sunday night to suspend diplomatic contact with the European Union (EU), an NGO has called to destroy the illegal Arab settlements funded by the EU.

Illegal Arab construction funded by the EU

Illegal Arab structures funded by the EU – Regavim

Netanyahu’s orders were a response to the EU decision to label Jewish products from over the 1949 Armistice lines – Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
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Egyptian Coptic Pope makes first visit to Jerusalem since 1967 travel ban on Israel

 

Coptic Church says Pope Tawadros II did not obtain Israeli visa to visit Jerusalem since there’s no official travel restrictions for Egyptian citizens travelling to Israel.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

The Egyptian head of the Coptic Church, Pope Tawadros II, made a rare visit to Jerusalem to preside over the funeral on Saturday of a Coptic bishop.

The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II walks outside the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Saturday – Photo: AP

The previous Coptic pope, Shenouda III, banned worshipers from traveling to Jerusalem more than three decades ago, despite a 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Continue Reading »

Arab killed in Jerusalem by Border Police While Throwing Firebomb

 

Israel Border Guard kills one of the rioters after responding with live fire at group of Arabs throwing Molotov cocktails at them in Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem.

By Matt Wanderman

 

A group of Arabs threw about ten Molotov cocktails at Border Police in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. Arab sources report that security forces returned fire and killed one rioter before the rest dispersed.

Firebomb (file)

Firebomb (file) – Photo: Reuters

Walla! news identifies the dead terrorist as Ayman al-Abasi, a 17-year-old from Silwan. He previously spent a year and a half in an Israeli prison for his involvement in a 2012 stabbing in Ras al-Amud. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem reconsiders accepting EU’s involvement in peace process after biased labeling directive

 

Until Israel’s Foreign Ministry reaches decision after EU’s pro-Palestinian decision, all diplomatic ties with EU institutions concerning the Israel-Arab conflict will be suspended.
•Israel will continue cooperation with individual countries such as Germany, Hungary, Britain & France.

By i24news

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday instructed the Foreign Ministry to reassess the European Union’s involvement in the peace process with Palestinians, the Israeli news site Ynet News reported.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini speak to the media on May 20, 2015 – Photo: AFP/POOL/DAN BALILTY

The prime minister, “ordered suspension of diplomatic contacts with the institutions of the European Union and its representatives on this issue,” the foreign ministry said in a Hebrew-language statement. Continue Reading »

Israel Pulls the Plug on 3rd Hebron Radio Station Over Incitement to Attack Israelis

 

Order signed by GOC Central Command chief supports the IDF in its anti-incitement crackdown, closing Radio Dream from broadcasting for 6 months.
• Earlier this month, 2 other Hevron radio stations were closed after spreading incitement and organizing violent demonstrations.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

For the third time this month, Israeli forces raided a Hebron radio station overnight Saturday as part of an ongoing effort to clamp down on anti-Israeli incitement over the Palestinian airwaves.

IDF troops raid the Al-Hurriyya radio station in Hebron earlier this month – Photo: Twitter

The raid, conducted against Radio Dream’s offices, was carried out with the help of Shin Bet security agency agents and Civil Administration officials. Continue Reading »

Lebanese Report: Israel Air Force Kills Hezbollah terrorists in Syrian strike near Lebanese border

 

A Lebanese media outlet reported that there were dead & wounded Hezbollah fighters in the attack, a target hit in the past that serves as a major transit point for Hezbollah fighters and equipment.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israel Air Force attacked Syrian army and Hezbollah targets in the area around Qalamoun in Syria overnight Saturday, Israel Radio reported citing Syrian forces.

IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada

IAF fighter jets during the Red Flag joint exercise at Nellis air force base in Nevada. – Photo: COURTESY IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT

The Lebanese media outlet Almustaqbal reported that there were dead and wounded Hezbollah fighters in the attack which hit the area close to the Lebanese border. Continue Reading »

Mossad in turmoil after Netanyahu suggests external candidate for network chief

 

According to a Yedioth report, Israel’s spy agency may soon be undergoing a wave of protests within the organization including retirements if Netanyahu’s outside candidate becomes the new Mossad Chief.

By Ronen Bergman, Yedioth

 

Israel’s spy agency, the Mossad, was in the midst of an upheaval, after Netanyahu’s candidate for the position of agency chief was revealed to be Ido Nehushtan, Israel’s 16th air force chief, Yedioth Aharonot revealed in an exclusive report on Sunday.

The candidates – Photo: Yuval Hen, Eran Yofi Cohen, Shir Segal

Nehushtan is in line to replace the agency’s current chief, Tamir Pardo who is set to finish his term in January. Continue Reading »

Released for Publication: Israel’s Yamam Police Bust Arab Weapons Trafficking Ring

 

The closing of the weapons trafficking began ten days ago when the lead suspect, an Israeli Arab, was arrested carrying 3 pistols, an AK-47 automatic assault rifle, ammunition & various weapon parts.

By Shoshana Miskin

 

Ten days ago, Police of the Judea and Samaria District arrested a 45-year-old Israeli Arab resident of Shu’fat in Jerusalem, as part of an investigation that dealt with allegations of weapons trafficking.

The suspect was caught in the possession of a bag which contained three handguns, an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and various weapons parts.

The arrest was made following an investigation which was conducted by the Central Unit of the Judea and Samaria District, that dealt with a large scale weapons trafficking. Continue Reading »

This article was withdrawn as proven to be false.

IsraelandStuff regrets publishing an article not factually correct and apologies to MK Oren for our mistake.

 

 

English translation belowבעקבות הציטוט השקרי שיוחס אלי היום, דובר עיריית באר שבע (שהוא גם העורך של תכנית שבתרבות) הוצי…

Posted by ‎מייקל אורן Michael Oren‎ on Saturday, November 28, 2015

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