Presbyterian Church rallies to accept BDS against Israel


More & more religious organizations are gearing up to join the boycott and work to promote divestment from Israel, as the BDS movement gains steam in the US.

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NEW YORK – The Presbyterian Church (USA) appears to be on the brink of handing a major victory to a movement that wants institutions to wield their investment dollars against Israel over its ‘treatment of the Palestinians’.

P ChurchThe Presbyterian General Assembly, gathering in Detroit through next week, will consider withdrawing its investments from some companies whose products are used by the Israeli government in the Palestinian territories.

Divestment advocates were narrowly outmaneuvered at the last Presbyterian convention in 2012, losing a crucial ballot by just two votes. Continue Reading »

Israeli 7th-Graders’ Water-Filtering Breakthrough Wanted by National Water Authority

 

Israel’s national water company, Mekorot, is studying the 13 yr-old students’ technique as a water-filtering solution for developing countries.

By Dan Lavie

 

A group of seventh-grade students from a school in central Israel has made a unique breakthrough in water-filtering technology by using tire crumbs, ground pieces of rubber made from scrap car and truck tires.

The Harel School students

The 13-year-old students from the Harel School in Lod have registered their patent in the U.S., and now Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, is interested in their innovative technique as a water-filtering solution for developing countries.

“Tire crumbs are surprisingly effective in their role as a filter,” one of the students said.

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IAF retaliatory attack targets Gaza after terrorists’ rocket lands in Israel

After terrorists’ rocket landed in southern Israel early Saturday, IAF retaliates with 2 air strikes in southern Gaza.

Gaza rocket reportedly caused no damages or injuries.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israeli Air Force attacked 2 targets in the Gaza strip Saturday after a rocket was launched into Israel earlier Saturday morning.
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The IAF attack targeted terrorists in the southern Gaza strip.
A rocket landed in Israel, apparently unrelated to the case of the 3 missing yeshiva students, around 5 a.m Saturday after a code red siren alerted in western Negev communities.

 

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Islamic Jihad underground rocket launcher Photo: screenshot

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IDF’s working assumption is the 3 students, who are feared kidnapped, are alive

 

Defense Ministry deployed 2,000 IDF Paratroopers & Kfir soldiers who could quarantine area where the three missing teens disappeared.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The names of the three missing teenagers were cleared for publication on Saturday afternoon. The teens are Eyal Yifrah, 19, from Elad, Gil-Ad Sha’ar, 16 from Talmon and Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon.

Left to right: Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gil-Ad Shayer

Left to right: Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gil-Ad Shayer

Earlier, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said the working assumption was that the three students, who are feared kidnapped, are alive.

In the first public statement the defense minister gave since the three teens disappeared, he said: “As long as we don’t know differently, our working assumption is that they are alive.” Continue Reading »

PA offers to assist Israel as Netanyahu tells Kerry ‘Unity gov’t is to blame for abduction’

 

Israel’s Prime Minister blasts Hamas and Abbas over Thursday’s kidnapping of 3 Jewish youths as Palestinian official reports PA will help find them.

By i24news

 

The cause of the suspected kidnapping of the three Yeshiva students who went missing in the West Bank Thursday is the announcement and the subsequent formation of the unity government between Fatah and the Gaza Strip-based Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday.

Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion 'Netzah Yehuda' take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border, on May 19, 2014 ( Menahem Kahana (AFP/File) )

Israeli soldiers of the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox battalion ‘Netzah Yehuda’  in the Golan Heights, near the Syrian border, on May 19, 2014 – Photo: Menahem Kahana -AFP/File

“This is the direct outcome of allowing a murderous terrorist organization enter the Palestinian government,” the Netanyahu told US Secretary of State John Kerry, as Israeli apprised the US of progress in the hunt for the youths. Continue Reading »

Guinness world record made in Tel Aviv for largest Shabbat dinner

Israel: 2,226 people were counted by Guinness, participated at Hangar 11, at the Tel Aviv Port, to set newest world record for largest Shabbat dinner ever.

By LAURA KELLY

 

Girls in miniskirts and high heels; rabbis in black hats and white Shirts; the revelry of the Gay Pride parade in the background – this is Friday night in Tel Aviv and a Shabbat for the record books.

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Tel Aviv hosts shabbat dinner, June 13 Photo: LAURA KELLY

Exactly 2,226 people gathered at Hangar 11 at the Tel Aviv Port to participate in the record making largest Shabbat meal ever, organized by White City Shabbat, the Tel Aviv-based NGO that organizes public shabbat meals once a month at the Goren Synagogue on Modigliani Street, as well as other events geared toward the English-speaking and olim community that include holiday learning classes, chalah baking classes, and religious lectures. Continue Reading »

20 masked Arab stone-throwers attack police on Temple Mount

 

8 Palestinian Al-Aqsa mosque rioters arrested during clash at Mughrabi Bridge at the end of Friday prayers.

By Omri Efraim

 

 

About 20 masked Palestinians hurled stones at police forces at the Mughrabi Bridge at the end of Friday prayers on the Temple Mount.

Archive photo of stone-throwers on the Temple Mount. - Photo:  AP

Archive photo of stone-throwers on the Temple Mount. – Photo: AP

Police forces managed to push the masked men into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, restored calm to the area and the dispersion of the worshippers from the complex continued as normal.

Eight of the stone throwers have been arrested.

Two weeks ago, the Temple Mount was closed for visitors following rioting of masked Palestinians, who were throwing stones at policeman and civilians and barricaded themselves in the Al-Aqsa mosque. Continue Reading »

Hijab ban causes protests at East Jerusalem’s Christian schools

Christian schools’ refusal to allow its Muslim  students wear a hijab on school grounds has begun to test the institutions’ famed openness.

 

The church-run schools in East Jerusalem are considered the best schools in that part of the city — some would say in the entire city. Their Christian administrators are proud of the religious tolerance and openness that typifies their institutions, where a majority of the students are Muslim.

Women have made the hijab into a symbol of Islamic feminism and empowerment.

Women have made the hijab into a symbol of Islamic feminism and empowerment. – Photo: Reuters

But in recent years, these schools’ adamant refusal to let female students wear a hijab on school grounds has threatened to disrupt this openness.

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Three Jewish Students Kidnapped by Arab Terrorists in Judea

— SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —

 

Three Jewish students from a religious kibbutz Kfar Etzion, were kidnapped by Arab terrorists then taken away in their car.

 Student cell phone signal located one in Hevron.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Three students of the Makor Chaim Yeshiva in the religious kibbutz Kfar Etzion were kidnapped by terrorists on Thursday night.

IDF forces conducted an extensive search

IDF forces conducted an extensive search – IDF Spokesperson Unit

All communication was lost with them as they were on their way home from the yeshiva, located roughly between Jerusalem and Hevron in Judea; security sources say they were taken into a vehicle driven by terrorists that stopped for them as they waited at a hitchhiking post. Continue Reading »

Incarcerated Islamic Jihad terrorists dug escape tunnel in Shita Prison

 

After receiving a tip, Israel Prison Service discovers 4 meter-long tunnel in bathroom, then the guards discover fake uniform.

By Raanan Ben-Zur

 

Security detainees tried to escape Shita Prison in northern Israel by digging a tunnel a four-meter-long tunnel from a cell bathroom. The cell in which the tunnel was found housed Islamic Jihad prisoners – some serving life sentences.

The entrance to the tunnel (Photo: Courtesy of IPS)

The entrance to the tunnel – Photo: Courtesy of IPS

The search which discovered the tunnel in the security wing of the prison was initiated after the prisoner’s management received information about a potential attack on guards.

During a search of the bathrooms, in one of the cells that house prisoners sentenced to life terms, guards discovered the opening of a tunnel that was hidden with tiles. Continue Reading »

Israel-Rwanda: Historic Trade Pact Signed

Africa pulled closer to Israel as Foreign Minister Liberman improves business ties with his diplomatic sprint through the continent.

By Moshe Cohen

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman was in the swing of his African diplomatic tour on Wednesday, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with his Rwandan counterpart Louise Mushikiwabo to establish bilateral consultations.

Along with the MoU, Liberman inaugurated the Israel-Rwanda joint economic seminar, which will facilitate business ties between the two nations. The event was held with the participation of 200 business people from Israel and Rwanda.

“I see great importance to investment in Africa, in the humanitarian, economic and political spheres,” said Liberman. Continue Reading »

Compilation of Falafel Stories: Happy ‘World Falafel Day’!

Israel participates in the annual celebration of the most-loved Middle Eastern treat.

In addition to being Philippines Independence Day and the start of the World Cup, June 12 also happens to be World Falafel Day.

Gabai’s famous falafel

Gabai’s famous falafel, located on Bograshov Street in central Tel Aviv – Photo: Rotem Maimon

In honor of the day honoring Israel’s national food, we’ve trawled through our archives and found seven must-read articles to help you mark the occasion.

On World Falafel Day, at least, let’s not argue over the origins of the humble dish. Let’s have a ball.

No matter where it originated, falafel is still Israel’s national food

Preparing falafel balls.
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PA Claims Arab Teens Killed By Live IDF Fire – CCTV Shows Event Was Staged, ‘Pallywood’

Palestinian autopsy alleges live bullet reason for Arab rioters’ death.

IDF maintains only rubber bullets used in clashes.

CCTV video casts doubt on PA claims….SO…who really shot them, and where, since they obviously weren’t shot where the PA suggests?

By Ari Yashar

 

An autopsy conducted at a Palestinian Authority (PA) institute on one of the two Arab rioters who died during the “Nakba (Catastrophe) Day” clashes on May 15 alleges the rioter was killed by a live bullet.

PA Attorney General Abdel-Ghani Al-A’wewy claimed to Reuters that “a fragment from a live bullet was found inside the body of the martyr,” adding a live bullet “was the only reason for the death.” Continue Reading »

Erekat ‘Furious’ After Abbas Vetoes PA vote to Charge Israel of ‘War Crimes’

The Palestinians former top negotiator lashes out at Abbas after he rejected the vote to charge Israel at the Hague, saying the PA appears to be Abbas’s ‘personal property.’

By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin

 

Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat slammed PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s “soft” policies in the new “unity” government with Hamas, according to tapes leaked by the Awrak news agency.

In the tapes, Erekat makes a series of furious remarks over Abbas’s decisions, saying that Abbas views the government as his “personal property.” According to Erekat, Abbas rejected a PLO majority vote Wednesday night that would have seen the PA turn to the International Criminal Court over Israel’s actions over the past several days. Continue Reading »

Israeli autistic children display their artwork at the United Nations

 

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prossor: We are proud to raise awareness “about disabilities in general and autism in particular”

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

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