Arab Terrorist Killed Attacking IDF in Samaria

When Arabs took to the street and rioted to prevent the IDF from carrying  out an arrest by the Border Police in Jenin, a 21 yr-old attacker was shot dead.

By Arutz Sheva

 

A 21 year old Arab man was shot and killed by Border Police in Birqin, west of Jenin, before dawn Wednesday.

IDF soldier in Jenin – IDF Spokesperson’s office

A riot developed as IDF forces carried out an arrest of a wanted terrorist. Border Police forces fired at the rioters and the man – who is a resident of Birqin – was hit in the chest.

The Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency identified the man as Muhammad Ahmad Alawneh. Continue Reading »

Turkey’s leaving blood soaked footprints in the sands of Sinai

Egyptian officials allege Turkey is actively involved in assisting the Islamist insurgency against the Sisi gov’t. 

By JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER

 

CAIRO. Even as its diplomats extend an invitation to Ankara to join the August 6 inauguration ceremonies for the New Suez Canal, Egyptian officials are moving from vague accusations of foreign support for the Islamic State insurgency in the Sinai to more specific allegations of Turkish aid to the IS-linked Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis.

The remains of a 4×4 SUV equipped with with an anti-aircraft weapon, which was bombed in Sinai town of Sheik Zuweid by Egyptian F16, July 1, 2015 – Photo: Facebook

Egypt’s security establishment is convinced that the weaponry and tactical capabilities displayed in last week’s attack on one of its patrol boats, and Ansar’s deadly two-day siege of the Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid, point to assistance extending beyond the diffuse network of supplies and personnel deployed by Islamic State from Libya through to Syria and Iraq. Continue Reading »

Canadian Online Sex-Site Hack May Expose 180,000 Israelis

“The Impact Team” hack group says unless the Ashley Madison site isn’t shut down they will release personal data from the sex website, exposing millions of members’ names, financial information, nude photos & members’ sexual fantasies.

By Ilan Gattegno, Israel Hayom Staff & Associated Press

 

Around 180,000 Israelis, as well as millions of other people around the world, are concerned about their privacy after the parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online.

Some 37 million Ashley Madison users may have their personal information posted online – Photo: AP

The group behind the attack is threatening to release all of the site’s personal information — including its members’ sexual fantasies, nude photos, financial information, online conversations and real names and addresses — if the company does not take Ashley Madison offline, according to a prominent security blog. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Knesset approves harsher stone-throwing law: 10-20 years

New legislation sets 20-year sentence if intention is to cause harm, and 10-yrs for throwing at police when intention is to disrupt officers from completing duty. 

By Moran Azulay

 

Legislation to impose harsher sentences on stone-throwers passed the final hurdle on Monday night in the Knesset after it passed the second and third readings, making it into law.

Rioters in Kafr Kanna (Photo: AFP)
Rioters in Kafr Kanna – Photo: AFP

The bill, proposed by former justice minister Tzipi Livni and then promoted in this term by her successor Ayelet Shaked, passed with 69 in favor, including Zionist Union MKs, and 17 against. 

The new legislation is an amendment to the existing law, and serves to supplement and clarify it. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Deputy FM Declares War on European Countries That Fund Anti-Israel Groups

Deputy FM Hotovely says she is demanding European gov’ts to immediately stop funding roughly $109-219 million every year to radical NGOs that act to delegitimize the Jewish State.

By Nitsan Keidar

 

Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) on Tuesday outlined her plan to fight the European funding of anti-Israel radical leftist groups, and her plans have already begun to be acted on.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) – Photo: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) on Tuesday outlined her plan to fight the European funding of anti-Israel radical leftist groups, and her plans have already begun to be acted on. Continue Reading »

Sorcerers Kill Palestinian During Exorcism That Went Wrong

PA police are investigating the beating death of a West Bank student, killed by ‘healers’.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Palestinian authorities are investigating the beating death of a 19-year-old man who was attacked by so-called “healers” during an exorcism sought by the victim’s family.

Screenshot from the Movie The Exorcist (1973)

According to AFP, Ashraf Mashaal was suffering from various psychiatric deficiencies which prompted his parents to solicit the services of two “sorcerers.”

Mashaal, a 19-year-old college student who was enrolled at Hebron University, was subjected to an “exorcism” performed by the two healers, a man and a woman.

 

View original The Jerusalem Post publication at: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Exorcism-gone-wrong-Palestinian-man-dies-after-being-beaten-by-healers-409715 Continue Reading »

Watch: Obama Eldritchly Repeats Clinton’s Disastrous North Korea Deal

view videoWATCH: Sound bite comparison makes one wonder why Obama bamboozled the American public, & his European partners, by using same negotiators in Iran deal and using same speech writers that Clinton used in failed Korean deal.

By Ari Yashar

 

Not only has it been revealed that some of the very same American negotiators that sealed then-US President Bill Clinton’s failed nuclear deal with North Korea in 1994 worked on President Barack Obama’s similar deal with Iran signed last Tuesday – now it appears Obama even got the same speech writers.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – Photo: Reuters

The Washington Free Beacon on Monday released a compilation of public statements made by both presidents defending their respective deals, with an uncanny similarity noticeable between the two that would seem to bode ill for the Iran deal, given that Clinton’s failed deal led North Korea to conduct its first nuclear test in 2006.
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Time For U.S. to Recognize Israel’s Sovereignty Over Golan Heights

Israeli Ministers say a strategic discussion about policy, such as int’l backing of Israel’s presence & rule of the Golan needs to be decided, because the alternative is chaos: ‘Bashar the murderer’ with Hezbollah, or ISIS & Jabhat al-Nusra.

By Tal Shalev

 

The United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as part of the compensation it is offering for the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, according to Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, a member of the diplomacy and defense cabinet and a close associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

IDF officer on the Golan Heights, bordering Lebanon, and Syria in the North.

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Congratulations! 3 Israeli youths win 4 gold medals at World Championships in Poland

Over 130 participants from 28 countries competed at the 2015 Windsurfing Youth World Championship, but 3 Israelis claimed the gold in all 4 competitions.

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

 

Israel’s Noy Drihan and Yoav Omer returned home to a hero’s welcome after winning the girls and boys events, respectively, at the 2015 windsurfing Youth World Championship over the weekend in Gdynia, Poland.

Israeli youth windsurfing Worlds medalists  – Photo Courtesy

Over 130 sailors from 28 countries and five continents competed for the titles, but it was Israel’s windsurfers who claimed the gold medals in all four competitions, with 15-year-old Drihan of Eilat winning the Under-17 as well as the U19 event, while Kfir Azulay, also of Eilat, finished in first place in the boys U17’s and Omer triumphed in the U19’s. Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: After Quiet Visit To Israel, Mariah Carey Announces Concert On August 18

view videoSuperstar pop singer, Mariah Carey announces a few weeks after a quick, private visit to the Holy Land, that she’ll be performing in Rishon LeZion on August 18. 

By Ami Friedman

 

Mariah Carey, one of the most famous pop singers in the world, announced Monday that she will perform in Rishon LeZion’s Live Park on August 18.

Mariah Carey – Photo: Getty Images

 

The announcement came less than a month after Carey’s private visit to Israel, on which she was accompanied by her partner, Australian billionaire James Packer, and her two young twins.

The singer, who has sold more than 200 million records worldwide, is celebrated for her rare five-octave vocal range, and is currently performing a residency in Las Vegas. Continue Reading »

Waiting 45 years for the technology Israel deciphers 1500 yr-old biblical scroll

view videoDiscovered in Ein Gedi back in 1970, an ancient Hebrew bible scroll dating to 500 CE, has finally been deciphered thanks to the collaboration of cutting-edge Israeli and American technologies.

By Eliran Aharon

 

Cutting-edge technology has for the first time allowed scholars to read the most ancient Hebrew scroll found since the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israeli and US experts said on Monday, AFP reported.

An Israel Antiquities Authority worker displays a scroll (L), found in 1970, along with other findings, that are yet to be analysed, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem July 20, 2015. – Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The charred piece of parchment from the sixth century CE was found in the ashes of an ancient synagogue at Ein Gedi, on the shores of the Dead Sea, in 1970 but until now has been impossible to read. Continue Reading »

Israeli Water Experts Invited to India to Help Clean Polluted Ganges River

India accepts Israel’s offer to assist in cleaning up world’s fifth most polluted river, worshipped by almost 900 million Hindus.

By i24news

 

An Israeli delegation of water experts has been invited to India next week to meet with officials and gain a first hand impression of the polluted Ganges river worshipped by close to 900 million Hindus worldwide.

Narendra Modi (4th R) performs the “Ganga Puja” religious ritual with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh (C) and senior BJP leader Amit Shah (4th L) at the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi on May 17, 2014 – Photo: Roberto SchmidT/AFP

The Ganges, which provides water to more than a third of India’s vast population is considered to be the fifth most polluted river in the world. Continue Reading »

Last minute added clause has world powers protecting Iran’s nuclear facilities

Officials at Israel’s PM Office were outraged to learn of ‘last minute’ added clause on Page 142 stipulating that world powers will actively help Iran thwart attempts to undermine its nuclear program.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

One of the clauses in the nuclear deal reached between world powers and Iran last week guarantees that the world powers will assist Iran in thwarting attempts to undermine its nuclear program, Israel Hayom learned Sunday.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna, last week – Photo: Reuters

Article 10 of the deal, included in a section titled “Reactors, Fuels, Facilities, and Processes,” stipulates that world powers and Iran will foster “cooperation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran’s ability to protect against, and respond to, nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems.” Continue Reading »

Is IDF’s planned metamorphosis a sign of future Iranian action?

Senior defense source says coming years represent opportunity for the  IDF to adapt to future challenges, but says Israel’s military establishment will need $16.05-$16.84 billion a year to do it.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The IDF is seeking government commitment to a multi-year defense spending plan – a commitment that has been absent for the past several years – as it prepares to deal with the possibility of a covert Iranian attempt to break through to nuclear weapons production, a senior defense source said on Sunday.

A SATELLITE view of the Fordow nuclear plant. The plant will not be shut down under the Vienna agreement, but no enrichment will be allowed there.

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Report: Microsoft Pays $320mil to Acquire Israeli Tech Security Adallom

Calcalist reports software giant closes its largest Israeli acquisition that will serve as basis of Microsoft’s upcoming cyber center in Israel.

By Meir Auerbach

 

Software giant Microsoft has bought Israeli cloud security company Adallom for $320 million, making it the largest acquisition made by the company in the country, according to Ynet’s sister publication Calcalist. 

 

Until now, Adallom has raised 50 million dollars from venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures, Zohar Zisapel, EMC Corporation and HP. According to estimates, Adallom is expected to serve as a basis for the establishment of Microsoft’s cyber center in Israel.

This is the second cyber company Microsoft has bought in the last year: at the end of 2014 it acquired the cyber security firm Aorato for 200 million dollars and has since bought N-trig for several tens of millions of dollars and Equivio for 50 million dollars. Continue Reading »