Under Netanyahu’s Direction Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill Voted Down: 94-6

MK Sharon Gal, the bill’s sponsor, lists the names of the many MKs & right-wing ministers who openly supported the bill before the PM came out against it.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

Only Yisrael Beytenu MKs voted in favor of a bill that would make it easier to sentence terrorists to death on Wednesday.

Sharon Gal holds poster, “Also I’m for the Death Penalty for Terrorists!” – Photo Courtesy

The bill by MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu) would change the current law allowing death penalty only in a case of judicial consensus, which was only used against Adolf Eichmann, to one allowing a majority of presiding judges to sentence a terrorist to death. Continue Reading »

Arab League Now Demands Nuclear Deal Forced on Israel

Nabil Al-Arabi, the head of the Arab League, insists Iran deal demonstrates ‘double standard’ when Israel isn’t placed under IAEA supervision.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said Wednesday a historic nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is a first step to ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction.

Nabil Al-Arabi – Reuters

The head of the Cairo-based pan-Arab bloc expressed hopes the accord reached on Tuesday would usher in “stability and security” in the volatile region, according to AFP.

Arabi also called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to declare that it has nuclear facilities. Continue Reading »

VIEW: Muslim World Reacts To Iran Deal in Cartoons

A flurry of satirical cartoons reverberates through the Mid-East, both congratulating Iran for its victory & hitting the US hard for capitulating on positions. 

By Roi Kais

 

Arab media outlets responded Wednesday to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in typical form – satirical cartoons. The reactions to the deal were in no way consistent, and there was a clear demarcation between Sunni Arab states and the Shiite world. 

'Al Quds Al Arabi': Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif announcing he has reached a deal with the "Great Satan" (US), while Netanyahu goes crazy in the corner.
‘Al Quds Al Arabi’: Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif announcing he has reached a deal with the “Great Satan” (US), while Netanyahu goes crazy in the corner.

 

Iran jumps above Obama, from an Iraqi agency
Iran jumps above Obama, from an Iraqi agency

 

The typically anti-Iranian Saudi newspaper Al-Okaz claimed that Tehran had received a prize free of charge: “There are many documents highlighting Saudi concerns that the deal would signify a prize for a regime that does not respect the basic value of being a good neighbor, and is constantly intervening in regional conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.” Continue Reading »

Hamas Rocket Engineer Receives 21 Years By Israeli Court

Engineer Dirar Abu Sisi, who headed Hamas’ ‘terrorist military academy’ in Gaza, extended the range of Qassam rockets to kill even more innocent Jewish civilians in Israel.

By Ari Soffer

 

An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian engineer from Gaza to 21 years in jail Tuesday for helping the Islamist terrorist movement Hamas to improve the range of rockets used against the Jewish state.

Dirar Abu Sisi went missing in Ukraine in February 2011, and Israel said a month later that he was in its custody and would be put on trial. He was apparently arrested in an operation by Israeli secret service agents.
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Two Israelis Posing as Arab Sheiks Almost Nabbed by Police in Dubai

 

Police in Dubai were probably surprised to spot two “sheiks” speaking Hebrew in a busy street in the city this week. What they were witnessing was in fact, the implementation of a dare by a United Hatzalah donor to the emergency services organization’s president Eli Bir.

United Hatzalah’s Eli Bir and Dov Maisel in Dubai – Photo: UNITED HATZALAH‏

Bir accepted the challenge to walk the streets of Dubai dressed as an Arab Sheik in return for two motor ambulances valued at more than quarter of a million shekels. Continue Reading »

Bennett in Hostile BBC Interview: Iran Deal is a Farce, Like with North Korea

view videoWATCH: In a remarkably hostile BBC interview, Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett exposes the changes from what Kerry had promised in final nuclear deal.

By Ari Soffer

 

As reactions for and against the deal signed with Iran Tuesday morning continue to pour in, Israeli Education Minister and Jewish Home party head Naftali Bennett took Israel’s case against the deal to the international media.

P5+1 Nuclear Agreement – Historic Farce

In an interview with a notably hostile, even antagonistic BBC anchor, Bennett outlined perhaps the most glaring hole in the deal: the fact that Iran will receive nearly a month’s notice prior to any inspections of nuclear sites – ample time to hide evidence of illegal, bomb-making activity.

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Nuclear Agreement Made With Iran: Here’s the Deal’s Main Points

Iran to reduce advanced centrifuges from 20,000 to 6,104, convert Fordow facility into research centre, and reduce enriched-uranium stockpile from 5 tons to 300 kg.

Associated Press

 

After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions – an agreement designed to avert the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another US military intervention in the Muslim world. Here are the main points.

The Iran Deal Read the the full text of the deal

Enrichment: Iran will reduce the number of uranium-enriching centrifuges it has from almost 20,000 to 6,104, and reduce the number of those in use from nearly 10,000 to half that. Continue Reading »

Iran-U.S. nuclear deal should herald improved covert Israel-Arab cooperation

Former Arab affairs adviser to Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office: When it comes to the Arab world and the Jewish State, there is “no love, only interests.”

 

If a nuclear deal is reached between world powers and Shi’ite Iran, it could stimulate covert cooperation between Israel and Sunni Arab states.

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Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, in Israel for wedding

view videoWatch: Eighteen year-old Lourdes photographed with her boyfriend strolling through Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard before attending their friends’ wedding. 

Yoni Froim, Efrat Vachtel 

 

If there’s something we Israelis really like it’s a surprise visit, just like the one Madonna‘s daughter has paid us. 

Lourdes and her boyfriend – Photo: ‘Erev Tov with Guy Pines’

The 18-year-old Lourdes was spotted over the weekend taking a stroll on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard with her boyfriend by a crew of the “Erev Tov with Guy Pines” entertainment show. Lourdes arrived in Israel without her famous mother in order to attend the wedding of her friends Julia Moshkin and Shlomi Salant, who live in New York but decided to get married in Israel. Continue Reading »

Watch: Iron Dome Destroys UAV Entering Israeli Airspace

view videoRafael, maker of the Iron Dome system, showed in tests that the missile defense system is also effective against enemy UAVs.

By Koby Finkler

 

Iron Dome isn’t just for incoming missiles from Gaza or Lebanon. The missile defense system is also effective against drones (UAV), tests by Rafael, maker of the system, showed. The tests were documented in videos released by the companies Monday.

Iron Dome anti-missile system – Israel Air Force

A spokesperson for Rafael said that the system had long had the capability of hitting drones, even before it was first used against missiles in 2011. Company sources said that the videos would be used to help market the system to countries that may not be concerned about incoming short-range missiles, which Iron Dome is generally used for, but wish to better defend their skies against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue Reading »

‘Cursed’ Antiquity Thief Returns Roman ‘Catapult Balls’ With Letter

‘They brought me nothing but aggravation,’ admits anonymous culprit in a letter he attached to the 2,000 yr-old Roman projectiles stolen 20 years earlier.

By Itay Blumental

 

Museum robberies are rare, but rarer still is the thief who anonymously returns his prize. 

Photo: Dr. Dalia ManorPhoto: Dr. Dalia Manor

That’s exactly what happened Monday morning when two ancient projectile stones that were stolen from the Gamla Nature Reserve 20 years ago were found at the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva with a note from the culprit.

“These are the two Roman catapult balls from Gamla… I stole them in 1995,” wrote the thief. Continue Reading »

After School Ignored Severe Anti-Semitic Abuse, 5 NY Students Awarded $4.5 Million

U.S. Federal judge rules in favor of $4.5 settlement for 5 students from a NY school district that ignored ongoing anti-Semitic verbal & physical assaults.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A New York state federal judge last Thursday ruled in favor of five Jewish students who suffered severe anti-Semitic abuse at schools in upstate New York, approving for them a $4.5 million settlement from the school district.

Swastika graffiti (illustration) -Reuters

The case has dragged on for years, after the students and their families initially sued the Pine Bush school district back in 2012 for ignoring swastika graffiti as well as verbal and physical abuse of Jewish elementary, middle and high school students, reports the New York Post. Continue Reading »

Israeli Imam Openly Supports ISIS in Sermon , Calls Netanyahu “Jewish Dog”

Arab Imam from the Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm openly called for the support of the ISIS in a July 2, speech, and accused Hamas of being too moderate, having collaborated with Israel.

Israel Today Staff

 

The Imam of the Al-Tawhid Mosque in the Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm openly called for support of the Islamic State in a July 2nd sermon. He accused Hamas of being too moderate and accused the organization of collaborating with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also denigrated by Imam Muhammad Abd Al-Ghani as a “Jewish dog”. The Muslim cleric further accused the Jews of being behind every disaster that plagued the Islamic people. Continue Reading »

OECD places Israel to head list of countries that spend the most on R&D

According to the OECD Israel is the country investing the most resources into Research and Development (R&D). R&D comprises of creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of human knowledge and to devise new applications based upon it. The World Economic Forum describes R&D as “the bedrock of innovation.”

By Paul Muggeridge

 

Research and development is the bedrock of innovation. A big investment in R&D indicates a thriving and entrepreneurial industrial spirit, and figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) highlight the countries spending the most – and least – on this important driver of economic growth, which covers three activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development. Continue Reading »

From the IDF to the Kurdish YPG, Canadian-Israeli woman returns to Israel

view videoAfter fighting jihadist group in  Syria & Iraq, Canadian-Israeli woman says, ‘I trained with the IDF & the Kurds taught me how to fight ISIS’.

By i24news

 

After nearly a year of fighting against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, a Canadian-Israeli woman is back in Israel.

Gill Rosenberg with Kurdish fighters in Syria – Facebook

In an exclusive interview with i24news aired on Sunday, Gill Rosenberg, 31, said that she joined the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units in Syrian Kurdistan) to help them fight the radical Islamist group that has claimed swathes of territory in region.

“It feels very surreal, but I’m glad to be home,” Rosenberg said.

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