Report: Top Democrats hint at boycotting Netanyahu speech

Politico new magazine reports some members of Congress mulling over not attending the Israeli PM’s address as a protest for his appearance.

By Ynetnews

 

Dozens of Democrats in the US House of Representatives have been threatening to skip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s March 3 address to Congress, Politico reported on Tuesday.

US Vice President Joe Biden – Photo: AFP

“We defer to Democratic members if they’d like to attend or not,” a White House aide told Politico. The office of Vice President Joe Biden declined to comment on the matter, the report added.

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Did Argentine President Murder State Prosecutor Nisman to Hide Lucrative Oil Deal With Iran?

State Prosecutor Alberto Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for Argentina’s President & FM before his death, fueling additional speculation of murder from the highest office.

By Ari Soffer

 

Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman had drafted arrest warrants for Argentina’s president and foreign minister before he died under suspicious circumstances, it was revealed Tuesday.

Murdered Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman (ז”ל)- Photo: Reuters

In a 26-page document – found in the trash at his apartment and revealed by Argentina’s Clarin newspaper – Nisman had written a request for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Foreign Minister Hector Timerman to be arrested on charges of covering up Iran’s involvement in the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in exchange for lucrative oil deals.
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NGO Monitor: Time the UN Should Investigate its Own Incompetence and Bias

With United Nation’s constant revelations of ‘incompetence & bias’ on display in the world’s media, Israelis demand the world body take a good look in the mirror.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Following the revelation that the appointed head of the UN commission of inquiring into last summer’s Gaza war had previous associations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor suggested that the world body investigate its own ineptitude and overriding prejudice against the Jewish state.

“The United Nations should suspend its investigation into Israel and immediately investigate the disturbing revelations of its own incompetence and bias,” read a press release by NGO Monitor.

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Israel’s President Rivlin, ‘Jewish connection to Hebron cannot be denied’

President Reuven Rivlin, the 1st Israeli President to visit Hebron in 17 years, gives way for dozens of left-wing activists to protest his official visit and his attendance at the inauguration of Jewish Heritage Museum’s new visitors center.

By Nitzi Yakov & Efrat Forsher

 

President Reuven Rivlin visited Kiryat Arba and Hebron on Monday, becoming the first Israeli president to do so in 17 years. Rivlin attended the inaugural ceremony of a new visitors center at the Jewish Heritage Museum in Beit Hadassah and also visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
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BREAKING: Knife-wielding man attacks 3 soldiers on patrol near Jewish Community Center in Nice

 

3 French soldiers were lightly injured by Muslim attacker with same surname as the terrorist that killed 4 Jewish patrons at a Paris kosher supermarket last month.

 

Three French soldiers were stabbed outside of a Jewish community center in Nice, France, AFP reported on Tuesday.

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A French soldier guards a Jewish institution in Neuilly-sur-Seine. – Photo: REUTERS

None of the soldiers were seriously wounded and the attacker was detained. French media reported that the name of the attacker was Moussa Coulibaly, who shares the same surname as the attacker that killed four Jewish patrons at a Paris kosher supermarket last month. Continue Reading »

$3 Billion NYC Trial Against PLO Role in Israel Attacks Has American Bombing Victims Testify

Manhattan courtroom hears testimony of Sokolow family from New York, as they recount horrifying moments of Palestinian terrorist bombing that targeted random civilians in Jerusalem.

By Reuters

 

Seconds after the blast hit downtown Jerusalem, Jamie Sokolow lay on the ground, her right eye damaged by shrapnel and her face feeling as though someone had set it aflame. “I thought, ‘I’m 12 years old, I’m from New York, and I’m going to die,'” she testified in Manhattan federal court on Monday, at times breaking down in tears.

Terror attack at Hebrew University’s Mt. Scopus campus in 2002 – Photo: AP

The Sokolow family is the lead plaintiff in a civil trial against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority that will decide whether the groups should pay up to $3 billion for allegedly providing support for six attacks in the Jerusalem area between 2002 and 2004. Continue Reading »

WATCH: UN’s inquiry chief into Gaza conflict, William Schabas to resign

 

William Schabas reports that because allegations of bias due to his previous consultancy work he did for the PLO, he will resign immediately to prevent tainting the inquiry’s report.

By Reuters

 

The head of a United Nations Human Rights Commission inquiry into last summer’s conflict between Israel and Gaza said he would resign following Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

William Schabas – Screenshot

Canadian academic William Schabas was appointed last August by the head of the UN Human Rights Council to lead a three-member group looking into alleged war crimes during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. Continue Reading »

Here’s an App for Your Pet Dog From Israel

From the ‘dog crazy’ Start-Up Nation, introducing a Tel Aviv start-up looking to make it big in one of the world’s most dog-friendly cities.

By Ari Soffer

 

Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Tel Aviv knows that Israel’s “Silicon Wadi” is dog-crazy.

DOGIZ founder Danny Djanogly with Mufasa – DOGIZ

Tel Aviv has around 80,000 dogs with over 60 dog parks – making it one of the most dog-friendly cities in the world. Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t taken the start-up nation very long to come up with an app to help urban dog owners manage all aspects of their dog’s life.

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Inspired by Charlie Hebdo, Iran to host competition for best Holocaust denial cartoon

An Iranian cultural center will reward a $12,000 prize to the artist who creates best cartoon satirizing the genocide of Jews , in ghoulish contest inspired by Charlie Hebdo images.

By Ynet

 

An Iranian cultural center announced a plan to hold a competition for Holocaust denial cartoons, in response to the massacre targeting the Charlie Hebdo magazine after it published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

The winning cartoon from 2006

Iran’s House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Complex organized the competition, according to the Independent, and invited participants to submit satirical drawings on the subject of Holocaust denial by the beginning of April. Continue Reading »

James Baker: Netanyahu’s Speech Before US Congress Could Be Election Disaster

Former Secretary of State James Baker, compares situation when former PM Yitzhak Shamir, who clashed with the US and was subsequently replaced by Rabin in 1992 elections.

By Gil Ronen

 

Former US Secretary of State James Baker said Sunday that House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to address Congress, which was extended without consulting the White House, is a breach of diplomatic protocol.

James Baker

James Baker – Photo: Reuters

“I can’t remember an instance in which it’s been done,” said Baker, who was secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush, on CBS‘s “Face the Nation.”

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British Pro-Palestinian Priest Suggests Jews Planned 9/11

 

Controversial UK vicar Stephen Sizer under official investigation by the Church of England over his latest anti-Semitic blood libel posted on Facebook.

By Ryan Jones

 

The Church of England has launched an investigation into charges of anti-Semitism made against one of its more controversial vicars, Dr. Stephen Sizer.

Dr. Stephen Sizer addressing the Christ at the Checkpoint conference in 2012 – Israel Today

Sizer, it would seem, has joined the ranks of what the Americans call “truthers” – those who insist that the truth has been concealed regarding who was behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.

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Mysterious death in Saudi Arabia of US employee of Israeli defense firm prompts investigation

 

Investigation by the US State Department started when Saudi authorities claimed Chris Cramer committed suicide and his family insisted that Chris was murdered.

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Israel’s FM: 3rd Lebanon war, as is 4th in Gaza, inevitable

WATCH: Foreign Minister says ‘Hezbollah is bolder, more determined, more provocative’ and has forced new ‘game rules’ on Israel. This is a precedent that everyone’s following, they’re following our response or rather, lack thereof,’ he tells Ynet in interview.

By Attila Somfalvi

 

“A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable” because of indecisiveness in Israel’s response to the Hezbollah attack in Mt. Dov, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Ynet on Sunday morning.

The foreign minister said Israel’s deterrence has been compromised following the Hezbollah attack last week that left two IDF soldiers dead and 7 others wounded, and what he considered to be an insufficient response from Israel. Continue Reading »

Survey: More Brits Prefer Iran over Israel

The latest survey finds Brits feel most disapproving towards the Jewish State, with exception only to North Korea, than any other non-European country in the world.

 By Cynthia Blank

 

Britons dislike Israel more than they do any other non-European country in the world, with the exception of North Korea, a new study found.

Anti-Israel demonstrators stand on iconic bronze lions at London’s Trafalgar Square – Photo: Reuters

The Chatham House-YouGov survey, which documents British attitudes toward the United Kingdom’s international relations polices, was published last week.

In a section titled “General public attitudes towards other countries” respondents were asked to name the countries they “feel especially favorable towards” and “especially unfavorable towards.”

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Egypt Disqualified by Hamas as Mediator After Court Rules Qassam Brigades Terrorist Group

Hamas spokesman attacks Egyptian decision to blacklist Qassam Brigades as terrorist organization, claiming the ruling only ‘serves the Zionist occupation’.

By Reuters

 

After an Egyptian court on Saturday banned the armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization, a source close to the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said the decision ruled Egypt out as a mediator between Israel and the Palestinians.

Abbas and Sisi – Photo: AFP

Sisi said on Saturday that Egypt faces a tough, prolonged campaign against militancy. “(It) will be difficult, strong, evil, and will take a long time,” he said in comments broadcast on state television after meeting top military officers. Continue Reading »