New IDF Rules of Engagement: No Shooting At Terrorists

‘Fire only in the air except in immediate threat to life’ means that terrorists can escape the IDF without fear of being shot, after completing shooting, stabbing or vehicular attacks.

By Gil Ronen

 

The IDF has changed its open-fire instructions for warriors serving in Judea and Samaria, making it even more difficult for them to fire at terrorists.

The new instructions determine that only in cases of real danger to life may the soldier fire at the terrorist’s lower limbs.

This is a radical change in the longstanding open-fire instructions that call for a soldier to call out warnings to terrorists, then fire in the air several times. Continue Reading »

Arrested Hamas militant gives details about Gaza’s tunnel network to Israel

Israel’s Shin Bet arrest Hamas operative who confessed to his involvement in terror tunnel planning, attacks, and much more from Gaza.

By i24news

 

The IDF revealed Tuesday that Israeli security forces had arrested a militant of the Hamas terror organization who was actively involved in plotting tunnel attacks from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas fighters inside a tunnel – Al Qassam Brigade file photo

Rafah resident Ibrahim A’adel Shahada Shaer, 21, was arrested in early July as part of a joint Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] and Israeli police operation, the IDF spokesperson said in a statement.

Shaer gave interrogators a plethora of detailed information regarding Hamas’ terror activities in Rafah, including how Hamas planned attacks during conflict and its intentions to use terror tunnels to carry out attacks against Israel civilians. Continue Reading »

Obama’s gov’t warns US Federal Judge: “consider” PA’s financial situation

After 10 American families won a $655m verdict against the PLO/PA for supporting terror, Obama admin urged US judge to “carefully consider” Palestinian needs if a sizable bond must to be posted.

By REUTERS

 

NEW YORK – The Obama administration urged a US judge to “carefully consider” the Palestinian Authority’s financial condition in determining the size of any bond it must post to appeal a jury’s finding that it supported terrorist attacks in Israel.

Courtroom sketch of US terror trial. – Photo: REUTERS

The US Department of Justice filed a notice of interest in the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court late on Monday, after 10 American families in February won a $655 million verdict against the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

Israeli 15 yr-old Entrepreneurs Take 3rd Place at European Contest

Delegation of 15 yr-old Israelis take 3rd place out of 37 countries competing at the Junior Achievement contest in Berlin. 

By Shlomi Balbul

 

Israeli teenagers won third place at a competition for young entrepreneurs held by the Junior Achievement organization in Berlin last week.

Booth of the Israeli team in Berlin

The teens presented Sit Up, a safety harness allowing children aged seven and younger to be carried on one’s shoulder, at the competition.

Start-up companies formed by teens from 37 countries participated at this year’s contest. At 15, the Israelis happened to be the youngest participants this year.

Over 20,000 students from around Europe, who founded hundreds of small companies, were involved in this year’s contest. Continue Reading »

Israel Prison Service To Establish Emergency Room for Hunger-Strikers

In order avoid irreversible health problems caused by long-term fasting, the IPS medical center in Ramla will establish an emergency room to deal with hunger-strikers.

By Mati Tuchfeld, Itsik Saban & Gadi Golan

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the authorities on Sunday to examine the possibility of building a special medical emergency room in the framework of the Israel Prison Service, in light of the case of Mohammad Allan, an Islamic Jihad activist imprisoned in Israel who has refused food for over 50 days.

Prisoners in an Israeli jail – Photo: Tal Cohen

The new emergency room is expected to be set up at the IPS medical center in Ramla. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Leaders Silent With Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Arab Countries

PA leaders seek “war crimes” charges against Israel at ICC on cynical claims, but when Palestinians are seen as parasites and victims of actual ethnic cleansing & torture in Syria, Lebanon & Iraq, they do nothing.

By Khaled Abu Toameh

 

It is no secret that most of the Arab countries have long been mistreating their Palestinian brethren by subjecting them to a series of Apartheid-like discriminatory laws and regulations that often deny them basic rights.

Part of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, near Damascus, Syria, after being damaged by fighting. – Photo: RT video screenshot

In countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Syria, Palestinians are treated as second and third class citizens, a fact that has forced many of them to seek better lives in the U.S., Continue Reading »

Ignoring Hamas’ policies, UN blames Gaza’s rising infant mortality rate on Israel

UNRWA: “We are very concerned about the impact of the long-term blockade on health facilities, supplies of medicines & bringing equipment in to Gaza.”

By REUTERS

 

The infant mortality rate in Gaza has risen for the first time in more than half a century, according to the United Nations, raising concerns about the impact of the Israeli blockade on health facilities in the region.

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2 Druze from Golan Heights Indicted for Murder of Wounded Syrian

view videoGag order lifted: The 2 individuals, a 48 yr-old woman & a 22 yr-old man from Majdal Shams were among those who ambushed an IDF ambulance in route to hospital & beat the 2 wounded Syrians, killing one.

By Ido Ben Porat

 

A 22-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman from Majdal Shams in northern Israel have been indicted for murdering a wounded Syrian and critically injuring another in late June.

A gag order on the developments in the case was lifted Monday.

The two are Amal Abu Salah and Bashira Muhammad, who were documented on video among the dozens of Druze who chased down a military ambulance that passed near Majdal Shams, took out the wounded Syrians and beat them wildly. Continue Reading »

New York imam reinterprets Islamic hadith, seeking end of war with Jews

view videoImam: “We cannot say that all Jews are bad. The Jews here, in America, are a million times more honorable than the Muslims…Our dispute is with [Israeli] bully politicians – not because they are Jews, but because they are bullies.”

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON

 

A New York-based imam made a rare attempt at reinterpreting a selection of Islamic texts that make harsh statements against Jews.

Screenshot from MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) video clip

Screenshot from MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) video clip

“This hadith is very strange, and we should reexamine it, because it leads Islam to disaster. It says: ‘Judgment Day will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and then the rocks and the trees will say: Oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,’” said Imam Tareq Yousef al-Masri, from the Oulel-Albab mosque in Brooklyn. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Heartwarming Israeli commercial goes viral

view videoWith Ashton Kutcher’s seal of approval this Super-Pharm commercial is generating a lot of buzz with over 4.7 million views and counting.

By Ynet

 

An Israeli commercial for razors has gone viral, garnering 4.7 million views and creating a buzz on major websites like Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and the Daily Mail.

YouTube Screenshot

YouTube Screenshot

The commercial for Super-Pharm’s “Life” razors shows a man shaving his beard for the first time in 14 years, and his family members having a hard time recognizing him after his transformation.

On Friday, famous American actor Ashton Kutcher posted a link to the commercial to his 17 million Facebook followers. Continue Reading »

Strong Shekel Sends Israelis Traveling Abroad In Record Numbers

Tourism record made in July with 777,500 Israelis leaving the country to see the world, a record likely to be broken in August.

By Moshe Cohen

 

Israelis set a tourism record in July – one that is likely to be broken in August. The strong shekel and weak dollar and euro means that Israelis can get a good vacation deal in the U.S. or Europe, and more Israelis than ever are doing just that.

Israeli passport – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, 777,500 Israelis left the country to travel abroad – 20.9% more than the 673,000 in July 2013, the previous record month. Continue Reading »

Rare 2nd Temple-era ritual bath unearthed in Jerusalem

A Jewish ritual bath, walls with Hebrew script & an adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple were discovered in Jerusalem.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Every construction project in Israel must be preceded by a thorough archaeological inspection to ensure nothing of great historical value is being built over. And that is precisely what archaeologists examining the location of a new Jerusalem preschool found.

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved.Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved. – Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

During the preliminary ground-breaking for the new preschool in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, officials uncovered the remains of a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) and adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Terrorist Shot Dead After Stabbing Attack- Victim lightly wounded

The lightly wounded Jewish male in West Bank stabbing attack was taken to hospital for treatment while Israeli forces scoured area for 3 more suspects.

By i24news

 

An Israeli man, 26 years old, was stabbed Sunday night by a Palestinian on a major Israeli highway in the West Bank.

IDF security checkpoint – Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

The man was lightly wounded and taken to hospital. The assailant was shot dead by nearby Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the police stated. He was confirmed dead at the scene by Israeli medical personnel.

The attack took place at a gas station on Route 443 near the central Israeli city of Modiin, part of which is located in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

American think tank refutes Iran’s alibi for Parchin ‘clean-up’ before inspection

Obama administration suspiciously mum on the Institute for Science and International Security’s report, as POTUS is maneuvering to pressure skeptics in Congress into supporting his Iranian deal.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A prominent U.S. think tank on Friday questioned Iran’s explanation for activity at its Parchin military site visible in satellite imagery, saying the movement of vehicles did not appear related to road work.

A satellite image of the suspected Parchin military nuclear site in Iran – Photo: AP

The U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said this week that Iran might be sanitizing its Parchin military site, where some countries suspect experiments may have taken place in a possible nuclear weapons program. Continue Reading »

PFLP Challenges UNRWA’s financial crisis as conspiracy to eliminate refugee problem.

Radical terrorist group plans to increase their protests, accusing UNRWA of ‘extorting Palestinians, pressuring them to accept political solutions aimed at ending the refugee problem.’

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinians on Sunday stepped up their protests against UNRWA’s threats to halt its services due to a severe financial crisis facing the international agency.

Palestinian policemen loyal to Hamas guard outside the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City. – Photo: REUTERS

The protesters are particularly concerned about UNRWA’s threats to delay the opening of the new academic year in its schools in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and neighboring Arab countries. Continue Reading »