US Affiliate of Israeli Solar Company to Build Solar Field In America’s South

 

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, “This is the 20th year that Georgia has had a trade relationship with Israel, which has been proven to be successful for both sides.”

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German Media Reports Warships Being Built For Israel

German newspaper reports Merkel gov’t helping to finance 4 new warships for Israeli navy in 1 billion deal, as defense cooperation between Germany & Israel strengthening.

By Eldad Beck, Berlin

 

Israel is buying four ships from Germany with a total value of one billion euros, German newspaper Bild am Sontag reported Sunday, claiming possession of a leaked official memo, and Berlin will contribute a significant amount of funding. The project will be funded largely by Israel, but the German government plans to invest 115 million euros in the construction project.

President Rivlin onboard the Tanin, a German-made sub sold to Israel.

President Rivlin onboard the Tanin, a German-made sub sold to Israel.

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Israel Police Arrest 8 Arabs in Jerusalem Behind Online Incitement Campaign

8 Arab extremists arrested in Jerusalem in Israel Police’s largest operation of its kind against online incitement of racial hatred & violence.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israeli police said Monday that eight Arab residents of Jerusalem have been arrested for inciting anti-Jewish violence in postings on the Internet.

The eight were detained last week for “inciting hatred, violence and terrorism” against Jews and Israeli security forces, mostly with messages and videos on Facebook, a police spokesman told AFP.

The spokesman said one of the suspects had posted a picture of himself with an M16 assault rifle. Such postings had resulted in “many messages of support on Facebook,” he said.

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Israeli high-tech maybe exiting itself to death for quick profits

An Israeli expert on technology transfer to foreigners warns of long term harm by Israeli startups that sells new technologies for a quick buck.

By Monika Rozalska

 

There are more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups in Israel, making it the largest startup hub in the world in proportion to its population. Israel also has the highest venture dollar/GDP ratio in the world, seven times higher than in the US.

David Artzi, former head of Israel Aerospace Industries – Photo: i24news

 Nevertheless, there are only a few good examples of Israeli companies which succeed in ensuring that their brand (or at least their core R&D) stays in Israel.
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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism Survey Supports Israeli House Demolitions Deters Terrorists

Study performed by prestigious int’l political journal finds that contrary to the popular condemnations, Israel’s controversial security measure did save lives.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel takes a lot of flak for demolition the houses of Palestinian terrorists who carried out successful attacks against Israelis. But a new survey by a respected international journal found that the policy had been successful, and, therefore, had saved many lives.

Israel Police stand by building demolition – Image source: Israel Today

Appearing in the latest issue of the Journal of Politics, the study titled “Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions” was jointly prepared by researchers at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Northwestern University in Chicago. Continue Reading »

Senate allocates $350 million for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense

VP Joe Biden said that since Obama became president, the U.S. has transferred Israel $17 billion in military defense aid. The U.S. allocates $3 billion in aid annually.

By Yoni Hirsch

 

The U.S. Senate approved the 2015 defense budget on Friday, which includes $350 million in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket system.

Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket system will receive $350 million in aid from the U.S. in 2015 [Archive] – Photo: AP

The budget was passed with 89 votes in favor and only 11 opposed. Beyond the financing for Iron Dome, the new defense budget includes $64 billion in funding for military operations outside of the U.S., Continue Reading »

Israel Air Force Monitors Hamas UAV Over Gaza’s Sky

 

According to an Israeli source, Israel’s Air Force was prepared to deal with any threat, but their jets returned to base after command realized there was no threat to Israeli territory.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

The IDF scrambled jets to the Gaza border on Sunday after Hamas flew a drone into the air during a military rally to mark 27 years since the founding of the Islamist organization.

Hamas drone at a military ralley in Gaza (credit: al-Qassam Brigades Arabic website)

Hamas drone at a military rally in Gaza – Photo: al-Qassam Brigades Arabic website

The drone, which Hamas claims was built in Gaza, and upon which was written “Kassam Brigades,” the name of the group’s military wing, did not cross the border into Israel. Continue Reading »

Israel Embassy initiative in Senegal fights against poverty in Africa

An Israeli innovation installed on the farm, a low-pressure drip-irrigation system, using much less water & producing improved quality of fruits & vegetables has been inaugurated in one of Africa’s drought-prone regions.

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

 

 

An initiative of the Israeli Embassy in Senegal recently led to the inauguration of a drip-irrigated vegetable farm in the city of Fatick earlier this month.

Growing lettuce in Senegal using drip-irrigation (Photo: MASHAV)

Growing lettuce in Senegal using drip-irrigation – Photo: MASHAV

Managed by a group of Senegalese women, the farm plot was established following a request made by the First Lady of Senegal, Marième Faye Sall, to the Israeli Embassy, as part of the TIPA program, which began in 2006 as an initiative of the Embassy of Israel in Dakar and MASHAV (Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation) to alleviate poverty through agricultural innovation. Continue Reading »

Australia judge sentences anti-Semitic youth to visit Holocaust Museum & a Shabbat dinner

A youth who terrorized a school bus full of young Jewish children in Sydney was ordered by a New South Wales Judge to learn about Judaism and the Holocaust.

By Cynthia Blank

 

One of the five youths arrested for terrorizing Jewish children on a school bus in Australia earlier this year consented to visit the Sydney Jewish Museum as well as attend a tolerance program as part of his agreed punishment.

Holocaust museum (illustrative)

Holocaust museum (illustrative) – Reuters

The offender was with a gang of eight drunken youths when they boarded a bus in Sydney carrying Jewish students from Moriah College, Mount Sinai College, and Emanual School on August 6.

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New Israel Air Force bunker to be nuke protected

 

Pentagon is funding the newly renovated underground control stations that will be streamlined, improving synchronization & coordination during wartime.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Deep underground, the Air Force bunker at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv is being upgraded in a project that costs tens of millions of shekels.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya'alon at the bunker with top IDF brass (Photo: Haim Tzah, GPO)

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ya’alon at the bunker with top IDF brass – Photo: Haim Tzah, GPO

Among other things, the bunker’s defense is going to be upgraded to include protection from biological and nuclear weapons.

The project is only months from being done and operational testing of some of the new additions to the bunker are due to start soon. Continue Reading »

Gazans Risk Their Lives to Escape the Strip for ‘Better Days’ in Israeli Jails

“I’m sad that I’m back in the Gaza Strip. I went through happy times [in Israeli detention], where I had food, calm, good work, although I did not receive a salary. Those were unforgettable days…” — Rabi, 16, held for 3 months before being returned home to Gaza.

 

Palestinian youths prefer to spend time in Israeli prison than to live in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence [file] - Photo: REUTERS

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence [file] – Photo: REUTERS

Over the past two months, more than 20 Palestinians have been arrested while trying to cross from the Gaza Strip into Israel, according to Palestinian sources. Continue Reading »

Palestinian human rights activist pleads to Malala: ‘Don’t donate prize-money to Hamas or UNRWA’

Bassem Eid writes to Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai asking in open-letter to prevent her donated prize money from reaching terror organization or corrupted UN body, writing ‘Hamas acts according to the principles of radical Islam, not of the UN principles.’ 

The Media Line

 

Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid is asking Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai to keep her promise to share her award money with the children of the Gaza Strip but to prevent the funds from falling into the hands of Hamas. In an “Open Letter to Malala” Eid shared with The Media Line, the noted activist told the young Pakistani laureate that “Hamas acts according to the principles of radical Islam, not of the UN principles.” Continue Reading »

Arab Palestinian Throws Acid at Jewish Family with 3 Young Children Outside Jerusalem

Palestinian acid attack injures 6 in Gush Etzion, including 3 young children, south of Jerusalem, leaving Arab terrorist shot & seriously wounded.

By Yoni Kempinski & Tova Dvorin

 

A terrorist attacked a Jewish family with acid in the Gush Etzion region south of Jerusalem Friday, wounding six people including a number of young children.

Israeli MDA medics evacuate an injured girl after acid attack

Israeli MDA medics evacuate an injured girl after acid attack – Twitter

According to Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics, the mother of the family and three young girls between the ages of 8 and 10 were injured in the lower extremities in the attack. Their injuries are described as light. Continue Reading »

PA Panics, Files Another ‘Desperate’ Writ to Postpone Terror Trial – Again

Palestinian Authority legal team tries once again to stall January court date on $1 billion terror lawsuit in NY Circuit Court.

Israel Law Center: ‘Families of victims deserve their day in court.’ 

By Ari Yashar

 

After losing a landmark decision on November 20 allowing them to be tried for terrorism charges in a $1 billion case, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) have now filed a very rare appeal to the Second Circuit of courts trying to squash the case.

Shurat Hadin (Israel Law Center) is leading the legal charge against the PA and PLO.
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Palestinians Denied Medical Assistance to Dying PA Minister

PA accuses Israel of ‘cold-blooded murder’ despite autopsy verifying Israel’s claim that Ziad Abu Ein died of heart attack.

By Ryan Jones

 

As additional details come to light in the untimely death of Palestinian Authority minister Ziad Abu Ein on Wednesday, it would seem that not only did IDF soldiers not kill him, but that Palestinian bystanders actually prevented the Israelis from providing life-saving medical aid as the official lay dying of an apparent heart attack.

Dead terrorist murderer, Ziad Abu Ein

What is known is that Abu Ein led what turned into a violent demonstration against Jewish “settlement activity.”

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