By JNS.ORG
The Christian Empowerment Council, an Israeli Christian group headed by Father Gabriel Naddaf, has released a new guide to help Christians better understand the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Father Gabriel Naddaf. – Photo: FACEBOOK
By Dalit Halevy
The Hamas leadership continues to directly call for terror attacks against Jews in Judea and Samaria.
By Hila Tsion
Last week the Tel Aviv-Yafo Local Planning and Construction Committee approved a plan to cover over about 15 dunams of the Ayalon highway’s lanes so that an urban city park for the benefit of local residents can be built.
Say hello to the future of Tel Aviv. – Photo: Viewpoint Imaging
The program includes an ambitious idea; The Azrieli Group will build a new tower where the Yedioth Ahronoth headquarters is currently located, on Menachem Begin Road in Tel Aviv, and in exchange promises to cover a section of the Ayalon Highway to create an urban park, The work is expected to begin in 3 to 5 years, depending on approvals given by the planning committee. Continue Reading »
By Ben Ariel
A Holocaust survivor who set up a pro-Israel stall at a trade union festival is saying he was hounded from the event by pro Palestinian campaigners who called him a “Nazi”, according to the Express
Anti-Israel protest (illustration) – Reuters
By Shlomo Cesana
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday evening, following the conclusion of negotiations to expand and modernize the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper [Archive] – Photo: Dudi Vaaknin
“Canada is one of Israel’s closest friends,” Netanyahu said. “We deeply appreciate our extensive and deep cooperation with the Canadian government, which has flourished in recent years and of which the free trade agreement is but one example. Continue Reading »
WATCH: UNRWA, who’s schools were used to store rockets for Hamas to attack Israeli civilians and educated 500,000 children throughout the Middle East to hate Jews, needs $100 million to continue on.By i24news
The United Nations issued an urgent appeal Thursday for contributions to the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, saying it faces an unprecedented financial crisis.
Flour sacks arrive at UNRWA’s Gaza food distribution centre. UNRWA has been providing food aid for around 1 million Palestinians for much of the last 3 years – Photo: UNRWA
The special coordinator for the Palestinian peace process, Nicholay Mladenov, warned the UN Security Council that the agency, known as UNRWA, has a $100 million shortfall that needs to be closed in the coming weeks. Continue Reading »
By REUTERS
Israel has given retired US-supplied Cobra combat helicopters to Jordan to help the Hashemite kingdom fend off insurgent threats on the Syrian and Iraqi borders, a US official with knowledge of the deal said.
A combat Cobra helicopter fires during military exercise in Izmir. – Photo: REUTERS
The handover, initiated last year, was approved by Washington, which provided mechanical overhauls for the aircraft before they were incorporated free of charge in Jordan’s existing Cobra fleet, the official said. Continue Reading »
By Itamar Eichner
An Israeli in her 20s on her way to Thailand on vacation was arrested on Wednesday at the Bangkok Airport after security found 13 bullets for an M-16 rifle in her bag, forgotten there after she was released from the IDF only five days prior.
My Crystal Ball says this will happen again & again – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP
She was questioned at a police station in the airport, and on Thursday she is expected to be brought in front of a military judge. Continue Reading »
By Moshe Cohen
Call it a “family affair.” Two Israeli men – twin brothers – who married two Israeli women – twin sisters – saw children born to their wives not more than twenty minutes apart on Wednesday night.
The two couples are the proud parents of girls who, although not twins, clearly have a great deal in common: Their twin mothers were also born 20 minutes apart.
Niv and Ran Cohen, ba’alei-teshuva (newly religious) Israelis married twin sisters Leah and Rivki Fisch after meeting them on a visit to the Galilee community of Yavne’el, where a large community of Breslov hassidim live. Continue Reading »
Israel Police, IDF and special forces bust terrorist network throughout Palestinian areas of Judea-Samaria, recovering large weapon cache hidden in most unusual places.By Uzi Baruch
Undercover police agents of the Judea-Samaria police have busted 23 Palestinian Arab suspects over the past few months, the Israel Police released for publication Wednesday, on charges of arms smuggling, weapons manufacturing, and drug trafficking.
Israel Police Uncover Terrorists’ Weapons Cache – Screenshot: Courtesy Israel Police
Over the past 36 hours, the police conducted an extensive arrest operation in which police, the IDF, the Border Police, and special forces acted to arrest the suspects in Arab villages across Samaria (Shomron), Binyamin, and Hevron. Continue Reading »
By Tsvi Sadan
Pro-Israel social media activists are complaining non-stop about moral standards required only of Israel. One tweet out of myriad points this out:
Yemen death toll: 1,670 civilians (200 more than UN claims on Gaza) UNHRC response: Resolutions: 0 Urgent Sessions: 0 pic.twitter.com/4juRYWXZjS
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) July 15, 2015
Likewise, most pro-Israel people share former Minister of Defense Ehud Barak’s view of the IDF being “the most moral army in the world.” Continue Reading »
WATCH: The Palestinian Authority is swallowing up a huge area of the southern Hevron Hills with financing from the European Union in violation of the Oslo Accords and with total disrespect of local & int’l laws.By KARNI ELDAD
Everybody knows that the settlements beyond the Green Line receive extensive subsidies and incentives. For example, a small community south of Hebron receives wind turbines to produce free electricity, it gets free mobile homes, free air conditioners, free toilets, free water tanks, a free library, free agricultural sheds, a free mobile clinic and free health care, and even basic food items, completely for free. Continue Reading »
By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff
he European Union agreed this week to push ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in Judea and Samaria, a move that has alarmed the Israeli government; but now there are proposals to go much further, including targeting Israeli banks.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: AFP
In a paper to be published on Wednesday, the European Council on Foreign Relations, whose proposals frequently inform EU policymaking, argues that the EU is in breach of its own laws and must move much more firmly to distinguish its dealings with Israel from Israel’s activities in the Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »
Some among those MAGAV detained were found to have criminal records while others investigated posed serious security threats.By JPOST.COM STAFF
Israeli Border Police (MAGAV) overnight stopped and apprehended 120 Palestinians attempting to illegally cross into Israel from the West Bank.
Border Police capture 120 Palestinians attempting to illegally cross into Israel – Photo courtesy: Israel Police
In the early hours between Tuesday and Wednesday, authorities were alerted to the large movement of potential infiltrators near Oranit, a settlement straddling the Green Line, northeast of Rosh Ha’ayin.
Border Police, with the help of volunteers, were able to track down the would-be trespassers before they reached the security fence, after which they were taken for interrogation, where it was discovered that a number of them are suspected of being security threats, or have a criminal record. Continue Reading »
By Reuters
The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on three leaders of the militant group Hezbollah and a businessman in Lebanon, saying they were key players in the group’s military operations in Syria.
Hezbollah militants on the Syria-Lebanon border – Photo: AP“The United States will continue to aggressively target (Hezbollah) for its terrorist activities worldwide as well as its ongoing support to (Syrian President Bashar) Assad’s ruthless military campaign in Syria,” said Adam Szubin, the Treasury Department’s acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. Continue Reading »
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