Commentator on Arab affairs: ‘We have no choice but to topple Hamas’

Israel TV13 Arab affairs commentator clarified how every attempt to reach a peaceful conclusion with Hamas will always fail because Hamas needs conflict. These “small conflicts” draws support from Iran and support means power and financial infusion to Hamas.

From 103FM (Israel)

 

Commentator on Arab affairs for Channel 13 Zvi Yehezkeli explained Hamas’ interests in the latest rounds of fighting, stating: “We are at the end of this round, and now the question is what to do.”

Yehezkeli asserted that residents of the Gaza Strip are disgusted by the Hamas government, and that Hamas is not a state but a terrorist organization that manages two million people. Continue Reading »

IDF aircraft hits office building of Hamas chairman, Ismail Haniyeh

Israeli aircraft surgically strike & destroy office building of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, as Israeli retaliation for early morning rocket attack on Israeli civilians, gets started.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israeli warplanes attacked the offices of Hamas chairman Ismail Haniyeh in the Rimal neighborhood of the northern Gaza Strip.

The building which was attacked serves as an office for many military meetings and was previously attacked during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012.

“This is a central governmental asset used by the Hamas terrorist organization, which was attacked in parallel to the IDF’s ongoing attacks in the Gaza Strip,” it said. Continue Reading »

BREAKING: IDF aircraft begin retaliation after Hamas rocket hospitalized 7

Al Arabiya television station reports, Egypt declined to send a delegation into Gaza to mediate, believing the Israel’s response, and Hamas’ reactions are unavoidable at this point.

BY ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

The IDF began striking Hamas terror targets along the Gaza Strip, IDF spokesperson said on Monday afternoon.

The Israeli airstrike began striking targets across the Gaza Strip in response to a long-range rocket struck a civilian home in central Israel in the morning.

Destroyed home in Moshav Mishmeret after hit by Hamas Rocket, 7 injured – Photo: Israel Police

“The IDF has began attacking terrorist targets belonging to the Hamas terror organization across the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

Netanyahu calls-up IDF reservists after 7 injured by Hamas rocket fire

—– SPECIAL SECURITY REPORT —–

Seven people injured, all of whom were evacuated to Meir Hospital after Hamas rocket destroys home on Moshav Mishmeret near Kfar Saba early Monday morning.
– Netanyahu speaks to nation, returns home early from Washington.
– IDF reservists called up, tanks redeployed to Gaza Border.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

Hamas officials have said that the rocket which struck a home in central Israel injuring seven civilians was fired from the Gaza Strip by mistake, Israeli media reported Monday morning.

According to the reports after the long-range J-80 rocket was fired by Hamas operatives by mistake, the group evacuated positions across the coastal enclave in anticipation for an Israeli retaliation. Continue Reading »

IDF tank destroys Hamas position in Gaza after arson balloons launched

Coming after Saturday’s attack, the IDF said in a statement relating to Sundays response, “An IDF tank attacked a military post belonging to the Hamas terror group in the northern Gaza Strip, in response to explosive devices that were thrown (at the security fence) and balloons carrying explosive devices that were launched throughout the evening.”

By i24NEWS

 

Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that a tank attacked a Hamas military post in Gaza in response to arson balloons launched into Israeli territory.

“An IDF tank attacked a military post belonging to the Hamas terror group in the northern Gaza Strip, in response to explosive devices that were thrown (at the security fence) and balloons carrying explosive devices that were launched throughout the evening,” the IDF said in a statement. Continue Reading »

IsraAID sends emergency response team to cyclone-ravaged Mozambique

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi said that the death toll could surpass 1,000 with hundreds of thousands impacted by the worst tropical cyclones to hit Africa.
• The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and IsraAID are providing emergency medical supplies and will deploy a response and assessment team.

JNS and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Following deadly Cyclone Idai that struck Mozambique, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is providing emergency medical supplies through its partner, the Afya Foundation, and will deploy a response and assessment team, including a disaster-relief expert and field medic, to the devastated nation in the coming days.

With widespread destruction and a rising death toll, JDC activated its network of local and international partners, is assessing emerging needs and will continue to direct relief accordingly. Continue Reading »

PLO warns Romania, Honduras against fulling promise to relocate Embassies

The PLO chief said that the promises by Romania & Honduras at AIPAC to move their embassies to Jerusalem were part of [Trump’s] attempt to impose solution on the Palestinians, then bombastically decried the moves “illegal” warning, it would “contribute to igniting the region.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH.

 

PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat on Sunday urged Romania and Honduras to backtrack on their intention to move their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

PLO Secretary-General, infamous fabulist, renowned Palestinian spin-master, Chief PA ‘peace negotiator’ [peace obstructor] and grandmaster propagandist, Saeb “Pinocchio” Erekat – – YouTube Screen Shot

“These moves are unilateral and illegal,” Erekat said. Continue Reading »

NOT protected by the Sabbath: Israel aircraft fires on Gaza terrorists

Relating to the incident, an IDF spokesperson’s statement explained, “Troops identified a terrorist squad which launched explosive balloons into Israeli territory from the southern Gaza Strip. In response, an Israel Defense Forces aircraft fired towards the terrorists.”

By AFP, Arutz Sheva Staff

 

The Israeli military said Saturday it launched airstrikes against two terror cells in Gaza, after they flew balloons rigged with explosives into Israel.

“Troops identified a terrorist squad which launched explosive balloons into Israeli territory from the southern Gaza Strip,” the IDF said in a statement.

“In response, an Israel Defense Forces aircraft fired towards the terrorists.”

A subsequent statement said that an aircraft fired at “an additional terrorist squad” which also launched explosive balloons from southern Gaza. Continue Reading »

UN Human Rights Council adopts report charging Israel of war crimes

Having not entered Gaza or Israel during their ‘investigation’, and receiving no cooperation with the Israeli government, the UNHRC still adopted a report accusing only Israel of war crimes during Hamas’ year-long organized clashes with armed rioters along Gaza’s border with Israel.

By David Rosenberg

 

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday voted to adopt a report accusing Israel of human rights violations, including war crimes, for its response to violent riots and attacks on the Israeli border along the frontier with Gaza.

On Friday, the Council’s 40th session voted in Geneva by a margin of 23 to 9, with 14 abstentions and one absence, to adopt the 252-page report conducted by the Commission of Inquiry on the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Continue Reading »

#ApartheidFail: Arab Muslim Explains Why He Joined the IDF

WATCH: Yahya Mahamid learned first hand that Israel was not an apartheid state that oppresses its Arab population and felt he needed to protect and defend his country & home by joining the IDF.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Yahya Mahamid didn’t come to hate Israel because it’s a racist, apartheid nation, as the Jewish state’s detractors will try to make you believe.

Screen Shot of Jerusalem Post newspaper featuring Yahya Mahamid.

No, Mahamid, as he explains it, was raised to hate Israel.

But, as he grew up, this young man from the lower Galilee town of Umm el Fahm discovered that he’d been lied to, that Israel’s Jewish majority wants to live in peace and coexist with its own Arab population and the Arab states around. Continue Reading »

REPORT: UN places Israel high in U.N. World Happiness Report 2019

Despite dropping 2 places from 2018 report, Israel’s ‘happiness ranking’ has improved overall during past decade, placing higher than Britain, Germany, and the U.S.
• South Sudan, Afghanistan, Central African Republic ranked last
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By Erez Linn

 

Israelis remain some of the happiest people in the world, according to the U.N. World Happiness Report 2019, published Wednesday.

The latest happiness report ranked Israel the 13th-happiest country in the world, a slight drop from last year’s report, which placed Israel at No. 11.

Friends enjoying Saturday night dinner & drinks, by the Hatzbani River in northern Israel. – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

According to the report, the happiness nation in the world is Finland, followed by Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Austria, Australia, Costa Rica, and then Israel. Continue Reading »

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center ranks in top 10 “Best Hospitals in the World”

REPORT: “Sheba Medical Center (or Tel HaShomer Hospital) in Tel Aviv is a leader in medical science and biotechnical innovation, both in the Middle East and worldwide….and serves over 1 million patients per year.”

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Newsweek magazine has tabbed Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer as one of the top 10 hospitals in the world, as part of its special “Best Hospitals in the World” edition.

According to Newsweek, “We partnered with Statista Inc., a global market research and consumer data company, to develop a groundbreaking ranking of the world’s best hospitals.”

Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer

“The hospitals on this list are at the forefront of adapting to these new challenges while providing top-notch patient care…The hospitals on our list are all world leaders in health care, but these are the very best – the top 10, according to Newsweek’s panel of doctors, medical professionals and administrators across four continents.” Continue Reading »

REPORT: Hamas targeted 70+ journalists to silence ‘Gaza Spring’ reports

The number of journalists reporting from Gaza who were arrested, or beaten, or summoned for interrogation by Hamas security forces in the past week, was much higher than the figures published thus far.
– Palestinian journalist: “They beat me with various types of clubs & sticks.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

More than 70 Palestinian journalists have been targeted by Hamas during the recent protests against economic hardship in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said on Thursday.

Mohammed Al-Lahham, as senior official with the syndicate, said during a press conference in Ramallah that Hamas’s actions were tantamount to “crimes.” Continue Reading »

Possible US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Golan next week

– UPDATE – Trump calls to “fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”

The historic and politicly significant announcement is likely to be made while PM Netanyahu will be in Washington next week at a meeting with President Trump at the White House, or during his address at the annual AIPAC conference.

By AP and Ynet Staff

 

Israeli and American officials say they expect an announcement on US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as soon as next week, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not yet been made public. Continue Reading »

Hungary opens first European diplomatic mission in Jerusalem

At the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Jerusalem, PM Netanyahu was proud to say, “This is a very exciting moment for us because it’s the first European diplomatic mission opened in Jerusalem in many decades.”

By JNS and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Hungary opened a diplomatic trade mission in Jerusalem on Tuesday, demonstrating close ties with Israel and becoming the first European country in decades to do so, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, along with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiled the building’s plaque.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto participated in cutting the ribbon at the entrance of the new Hungarian diplomatic trade mission in Jerusalem.

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