Sinai terrorist leader assassinated with 3 others by local tribesmen

 

The leader of anti-Israel terrorist group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, is reported dead in Sinai after shooting attack.

The assassination deals strategic blow to terrorist group responsible for attacks on Israel.

By Roi Kais

 

The top leader of an al-Qaeda-inspired group in Egypt’s restive Sinai and three of his associates were killed in a drive-by shooting in the peninsula on Thursday, senior Egyptian security officials said.

KilledThe development deals a heavy blow to the militant group, which has claimed scores of deadly attacks across Egypt and in Israel since the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last July. It is also a boost for Egypt’s military-backed authorities ahead of the country’s presidential elections next week. Continue Reading »

Vatican Official: Pope Francis I Will Demand ‘Sovereign Palestine’

The Vatican’s Secretary of State says Pope Francis plans to talk about the ‘Palestinian right to a sovereign, independent homeland’ during his visit to Israel.

By Ari Yashar

 

The Vatican’s Secretary of State made a dramatic revelation ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Israel next Sunday and Monday, declaring that the pope will talk about the “Palestinian people’s right to have a homeland, sovereign and independent.”

Vatican Sec'y of State Pietro Parolin

Vatican Sec’y of State Pietro Parolin – Reuters

Cardinal Pietro Parolin holds a role in the Vatican City State, located in the Italian capital of Rome, equivalent to that of a prime minister. Continue Reading »

Possible Pallywood Film Sparks Further Debate on 2 Palestinian Deaths

 

Israeli ballistics expert Dr. Yosef Yekutiel, said the rifle barrel used by the Border Policeman seen in the CNN footage was thicker than usual, which means it was adapted for firing rubber bullets.

By i24news

 

New footage published today by CNN, reportedly showing a group of Border Police officers firing towards a crowd of Palestinian protesters on Nakba Day, sparked a new round of debate on whether live ammunition or rubber bullets were used.

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Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz  – Photo: AFP

According to CNN, the footage was shot exactly at 13:45 last Thursday (May 15th), and it shows one of the Border Police officers aiming and firing his weapon towards a group of protesters. Continue Reading »

Media Misquotes Hamas to Demonize Israel

International community wants so badly to blame Israel as the obstacle to peace, that mainstream media is willing to overtly misquote Hamas.

By Ryan Jones

 

Diplomats, media and peace activists apparently eager to paint Israel as the main obstacle to peace have been quick to publish and point to numerous reports that Hamas is being encouraged and has even agreed to recognize Israel as part of its unity agreement with the Palestinian Authority.

Never Mind, No One Told Hamas to Recognize Israel...

Hamas protesters – Israel Today

It would seem that those reports were either premature or purposely embellished, and that those who latched on to them should have first done some rudimentary fact-checking. Continue Reading »

Palestinian terrorist admits attempted kidnapping of Jews in northern Israel

 

West Bank native also admits to throwing Molotov cocktails at passing cars

Police & Shin Bet stress danger posed by Palestinian infiltrators, urge immediate repairs of breaches in security fence.

Daniel Siryoti and Lilach Shoval

 

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‘Mavi Marmara’ group IHH opposes dropping lawsuit against Israelis

Turkish Flotilla organizer IHH is urging Ankara to reject Israel’s condition to drop court cases against IDF commandos in exchange for paid compensation.

By REUTERS
 

 

ISTANBUL – A Turkish relief agency said on Thursday it would oppose what it called an imminent Israeli offer to pay compensation for a deadly commando raid on its Gaza-bound aid flotilla in exchange for dropping lawsuits over the attack.

כרזות באנקרה עם תודה לארדואן ש"ניצח" את ישראל (צילום: EPA)

Ankara poster thanks Erdogan for ‘defeating’ Israel – Photo: EPA

The two nations, erstwhile allies, have been negotiating for months to end a diplomatic crisis over the Israeli commandos’ boarding of the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship challenging Israel’s naval blockade of Palestinian-run Gaza Strip in 2010. Continue Reading »

2 Israelis & British national arrested in Jordan

 

The father of one of the arrested Israelis says a Palestinian police officer, originally from Jenin, was taking revenge for administrative arrests in Israel by falsely accusing the 3 of posing as a ‘security’ threat.

By Ynet reporters

 

Two Israelis and a British national were arrested in Jordan on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday. According to some reports, the three were released on house arrest at a hotel in Amman, while other reports say they are still in custody.

Israeli tourist in Jordan – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The three arrived to the Hashemite Kingdom on Monday to travel the country, relatives of one of them, a man in his 40s from the Sharon plain, told Ynet. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Christians Disappointed by Papal Visit

 

Israel’s Catholic community put hope in Pope Francis I visit, but dreamed of a bit more face time with the pontiff.

 

Catholic communities in Israel are praying for the success of Pope Francis’ visit, but excitement and joy are tinged with disappointment that the visit is so short, and that only one event on his schedule west of the Jordan River is truly open to the public.

Virgin Mary March Haifa

Virgin Mary March in Haifa in 2010.- Photo: Tomer Neuberg

The pontiff lands in Amman on May 24, visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem, before leaving on May 26. (John Paul II visited for five days in 2000, while Benedict XVI visited for eight days in 2009.)

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It’s Beginning All Over Again: European Countries Are Boycotting Jewish Businesses

The European Union on Thursday officially banned the import of poultry & eggs from only Jewish businesses in Judea, Samaria & Jerusalem.

By Arutz Sheva Staff and AFP

 

The European Union on Thursday banned the import of poultry and eggs from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and from most of Jerusalem, the Walla news site reported on Thursday. The 28-nation bloc informed the Israeli Agriculture Ministry that it recognized the Ministry’s authority to supervise agricultural products only within the 1948 armistice lines. As a result, produce from Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria did not meet public health regulations for import, the website said. Continue Reading »

LA’s children of Holocaust survivors say ‘Never Again’ — with a loaded gun

Doris Wise Montrose, president of the Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors warns that anti-Semitism is rising again, “We talk about defending ourselves, but we have to do something aside from sharing email articles.”

 

 

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — It’s a sunny morning in Southern California and Lea Rosenfeld, a soft-spoken, bespectacled woman who looks like a Jewish grandmother, squares her feet, faces her target and squeezes off five shots with a handgun.

Itamar Gelbman helps Lea Rosenfeld aim at the target during a shooting class for Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Los Angeles. (Anthony Weiss)

Itamar Gelbman helps Lea Rosenfeld aim at the target during a shooting class for Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Los Angeles. – Photo: Anthony Weiss

All of them miss.

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Beijing buys Tnuva for NIS 8.6 billion ($2.45 billion)

The Chinese gov’t-owned Bright Food Group said all development, production & management will remain in Israel.

By GLOBES
 

 

The Chinese government’s Bright Food Group signed an agreement this morning to buy control of Tnuva Food Industries Ltd. from Apax Partners. The sale is being made at a company value of NIS 8.6 billion which will bring a profit of NIS 4 billion to Apax, which has a 56 percent stake in the company, on which it will not be required to pay any tax.

Tnuva cottage cheese

Tnuva cottage cheese Photo: REUTERS

As it stands neither the kibbutz movement, which has a 23% stake, nor Mivtach-Shamir Food Industries Ltd., Continue Reading »

Budget cuts make David’s Sling missile shield deployment in 2015 unlikely

Jerusalem temporarily freezes funding to Israel’s missile defense system’s manufacturer Rafael as part of defense dept’s austerity measures.

By Reuters

 

Israel’s US-backed David’s Sling missile shield is unlikely to be deployed by next year as originally scheduled, an Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, citing budget shortfalls.

David’s Sling, which is designed to shoot down various aerial threats using interceptor missiles manufactured by US firm Raytheon Co., is billed by Israel as a future bulwark against foes like Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Syria and Iran.

But with the Finance Ministry trying to reduce the defense budget, the government said it had frozen funding for David’s Sling manufacturer, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. Continue Reading »

Turkey’s Pro-Erdoğan daily blames mine disaster on the Jews

 

Front page anti-Semitic tirade focused on deflecting criticism from PM Erdoğan for his insensitive handling of the tragedy, prints, ‘All info on Soma incident leads us to Israel.’

 

 

A conservative paper supporting Turkey’s prime minister went on an anti-Semitic diatribe regarding the recent mine disaster that claimed the lives of 301 people, International Business Times reported Wednesday.

Erdogan.

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Photo: AFP

The article on the front page of Yeni Akit on Tuesday declared that the son-in-law of Alp Gurkan, the owner of the Soma mine where the disaster occurred, is a Jew. The paper was roundly condemned on social media.

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Rachel Corrie Appeal Reaches Israel’s Supreme Court

Corrie’s parents accuse ‘the Israeli military of acting with impunity’ when daughter was crushed to death by an IDF bulldozer in 2003.

By AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday heard an appeal by the parents of a US activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003.

Rachel Corrie was accidentally killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, as she stood in a spot where civilians were not allowed and she could not be seen by the driver, this at a time when Israel was acting in self-defense in an effort to curb terrorist activity in the area. Continue Reading »

More Gazans Blow Themselves Up Accidentally … Than are Killed by Israel’s army

As would come to no surprise of observers of Syria, Muslims still kill each other far more frequently than anyone else.

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If only there was some human rights organization fighting to protect Gaza… from Gaza.

2 Dead Arabs

Three Palestinian men were killed and four others injured in an explosion in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.

A spokesman of the Hamas-run Gaza ministry of health told Ma’an that the circumstances behind the explosion were not clear.

Ashraf al-Qidra added that ambulances evacuated two dead men and one critically injured person.

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