ISIS Suspected of Blowing Up a Hamas Official’s Car in Gaza

In this latest car-bombing, one in a series of explosions directed at Hamas & the PA, comes after a Hamas official reportedly criticized ISIS

By Ari Yashar

 

Islamic State (ISIS) has steadily been gaining hold in Gaza since taking part in last summer’s terror war on Israel, but an attack Friday indicates the terror group may have turned its sights on Hamas to vie for leadership of the coastal enclave.

Car explosion (illustration) – Thinkstock

The car of a Hamas official was detonated on Friday night, according to Al-Akhbar and other Arabic reports.

“Police have opened an investigation after a makeshift bomb blew up the car of Sheikh Sami Hams in Nuseirat refugee camp,” south of Gaza City, a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.While

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VP Biden to Skip On Netanyahu’s Congressional Speech

Refraining from specifying his destination, the U.S. Vice President’s office announces Biden will not attend Israel’s PM’s address on March 3 because he will be abroad.

By The Associated Press

 

US Vice President Joe Biden will miss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress, his office said on Friday. 

Netanyahu and Biden at a meeting in the White House – Archive Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO

Biden’s office said he will be traveling abroad.

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Iranian Diplomat Expelled By Uruguay For Planting Bomb at Israel Embassy

Previously unreported, Uruguay kicked out senior Iranian diplomat 2 weeks ago for planting dummy bomb at the Israeli embassy, in likely prep for future terrorist attack.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Uruguay has expelled a senior Iranian diplomat over last month’s planting of a dummy bomb near Israel’s embassy in Montevideo, Haaretz reported on Friday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – Reuters

Citing an unidentified “senior official in Jerusalem,” it said the diplomat was expelled two weeks ago, and although Uruguayan officials briefed Israel on the move they made no public announcement, reports AFP.

“Investigations carried out by Uruguay’s intelligence services after the discovery of the device yielded information pointing to a possible involvement of someone at the Iranian embassy,” the report revealed.

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Turkey FM withdraws from Munich conference in boycott of Israeli participants

Israeli minister Steinitz said, “By boycotting Israel, Turkey shows its sympathies lie with radical Islam & terror groups such as Hamas & the Muslim Brotherhood.”

By i24news

 

Turkey’s foreign minister on Friday cancelled his appearance at a Munich conference citing the participation of Israeli representatives.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Erkki Tuomioja (unseen) in Ankara, on November 18, 2014 – Photo: Adem Altan/AFP)

“I was going to attend the conference but we decided not to after they added Israeli officials to the Middle East session at the last minute,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Berlin, Reuters reported.

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EU illegally building hundreds of Palestinians structures in Area C in violation of Oslo Accords

 

The NGO, Regavim reports: EU trying to establish “facts on the ground” contrary to Israeli law & Oslo II Agreement.
EU justifies provocative actions saying it is providing “humanitarian assistance.”

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Norway, Egypt ask donors to pay $5.4b pledged for rebuilding Hamas homes destroyed by IDF

Organizers of Egyptian held reconstruction conference say reconstruction of Hamas’ homes  target by IDF for use as field centers, storing/firing missiles, is slow as majority of pledged funds yet to be received.

By Reuters

 

Egypt and Norway urged donors on Thursday, including Gulf states squeezed by low oil prices, to keep promises of providing $5.4 billion in aid for the Palestinians after the devastating war in Gaza last year.

Gaza high-rise destroyed in IDF shelling – Photo: AFP

The two nations, who led a donors’ conference in Cairo in October when the cash was pledged, wrote an open letter to donors and said people in Gaza were suffering with a slower-than-expected pace of reconstruction.

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Hell on Earth: A Punishment Totally Devoid of Ethical Limitations

Based on a deductive legal principle of Sharia law, & documented in early Islamic sources, the burning alive of a human being is a well known method of eliminating enemies.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

 

Islamic State publicized a horrifying twenty minute video this week, the high point of which was the execution of a Jordanian pilot, Maaz al-Kassasbeh, by burning him alive. The film attempts to justify the punishment by describing Jordan’s part in the war against ISIS, using photos of ISIS dead, including women, children, men and mainly those burned to death.

Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh – Screenshot from Islamic State insurgents video

The rest of the film has the pilot describing the involvement of the air forces of Jordan, United Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco and United States and notes that American planes take off from Turkish bases. Continue Reading »

VIDEO: Israel a Land of Diversity and Coexistence

 

Enemies of Israel often malign it as a racist, even an ‘apartheid’ state, but the reality is that it’s a land of unique diversity & coexistence

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel is often maligned as a racist, even apartheid state. But the truth, as demonstrated in the following video, is that Israel is a land of unprecedented coexistence given its tiny size.

The video was put together by filmmaker Matty Brown who during his travels through the Holy Land was overwhelmed by the local diversity. Modern city life, Bedouin desert encampments, Orthodox Jews at the Wailing Wall, and so much more are what make up the fabric of Israel – a land of true diversity!

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PM Netanyahu : Iran using Hezbollah to open new front against Israel on Golan Heights

During a visit to IDF bases on Lebanon’s & Syrian borders, Netanyahu vows to oppose any potential nuclear deal between West and Iran.
• Israel’s envoy to the US, Ron Dermer, meets with 7 House Democrats regarding PM’s upcoming speech to Congress.

By Danny Brenner, Shlomo Cesana, Yoni Hersch, Israel Hayom Staff & News Agencies

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Wednesday visited the Hermon Brigade and IDF bases overlooking the Syrian and Lebanese borders in the Shebaa farms region and the Golan Heights, assessing from up close the army’s readiness in sectors that have seen increased tension recently.
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Israel FM Liberman lauds Jordan’s King Abdullah for ‘decisive response’ to pilot’s execution by ISIS

Foreign Minister Liberman says Jordan demonstrated appropriate response by executing Islamic terrorists after inhumane murder of Kingdom’s pilot: “Terror cannot be defeated with words & declarations.”

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Ya’alon to be Israel’s First Defense Minister to Visit India

Minister Ya’alon will meet with his Indian counterpart and other officials to discuss additional future security cooperation agreements, and to attend an arms exhibition in Bangalore during his Feb 17 visit.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon will visit India on February 17, a first visit by an Israeli defense minister to the South Asian country since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two states.

Netanyahu meeting with Indian counterpart Modi – Photo: GPO

Ya’alon is scheduled to hold a series of meetings with Indian officials and visit an arms exhibition in Bangalore.

Israeli sources stressed the importance of the visit, saying it is a breakthrough in security relations between the two countries. Continue Reading »

Israel Police Arrest Jew on Temple Mount for Non-Violent Response to Islamic Hecklers

After being shouted at, Prof. Yoel Elitzur was arrested Thursday for responding with, “Hashem, – He is God” (in Hebrew) to Islamists who yelled repeatedly, ‘Allahu Akbar’ at him.

By Ido Ben Porat, Cynthia Blank

 

Rabbi and Professor Yoel Elitzur was arrested Thursday morning by Israeli police on the Temple Mount, fellow Temple Mount rights activists said.

Elizur, a resident of the Samaria town Ofra, is a veteran activist for Temple Mount rights and has ascended to the holy site many of times in the past.

According to activists, Islamist operatives associated with the Marabtat organization “pressed up against Prof.

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Hamas Leader Rallies Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, to Attack Israel

Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar seeks to rally Palestinian terrorists in Syria and Lebanon to ‘help liberate Palestine’ with calls to attack Israel.

By Tova Dvorin

 

A senior Hamas leader called Wednesday for the formation of Palestinian terrorist groups loyal to his Gaza-based Islamist movement in Lebanon and Syria for attacks on Israel.

Mahmud Zahar told reporters in the Gaza Strip that Lebanese and Syrian branches of the Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, should launch attacks on Israel “to help us liberate Palestine”.

He also denied “any interference” by Hamas in Egypt, which last month declared the Brigades a terrorist group and accused it of aiding a spate of militant attacks on security personnel in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Continue Reading »

German Judge Rules: ‘Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism’

German judge ruled against participants at pro-Gaza rally noting that saying ‘Zionist’ is the language of anti-Semites, as a code for ‘Jew.’

By Israel Today Staff

 

A German judge last week equated condemnation of Zionism with anti-Semitism, undercutting the arguments of many who claim that hostile criticism of Israel is not the same as hating the Jews.

PHOTO: Pro-Gaza rally in Essen, Germany last summer – Israel Today

In judging the case of 24-year-old Taylan Can, a German citizen of Turkish decent known for is anti-Israel activism, Judge Gauri Sastry refused to allow the defendant to hide behind the notion of legitimate criticism of the Jewish state. Continue Reading »

Israeli Companies Diversifying Exponentially into Asian Markets

With the Israeli gov’t suggesting to Israeli concerns to diversify their export markets in response to Europe’s rising anti-Semitism & potential trade sanctions, Israeli companies are now increasingly turning to Asia, to capture a boom in its demand for Israeli technology.

By Reuters & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli companies are increasingly turning to Asia to capture a boom in demand for their technology, as the Israeli government urges them to diversify export markets in response to Europe’s rising anti-Semitism and potential trade sanctions.
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