Proposed law: New fathers to receive 8 days paternity leave

 

A 1st in Israel: The Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved 8-day paternity leave for fathers.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual &  transgender group says proposed law excludes same-sex couples.

Edna Adato, Dan Lavie & Yael Branovsky

 

On Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill proposed by MK Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), that entitles fathers to eight days paid paternity leave.

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Jerusalem Unveils the Gabriel Stone a Mysterious Hebrew Tablet

Israel Museum curators say only 40% of the 87 lines are legible, many of those only barely. The interpretation of the text featured in the Israel Museum’s exhibit is just 1 of 5 readings put forth by scholars.

By DANIEL ESTRIN AP

 

JERUSALEM — An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what it means.

The Gabriel Stone,  An ancient stone with mysterious Hebrew writing and featuring the archangel Gabriel is being displayed in Israel, even as scholars continue to argue about what the inscription means. - AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

The Gabriel Stone, An ancient stone with mysterious Hebrew writing and featuring the archangel Gabriel is being displayed in Israel. – AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner

The so-called Gabriel Stone, a meter (three-foot)-tall tablet said to have been found 13 years ago on the banks of the Dead Sea, features 87 lines of an unknown prophetic text dated as early as the first century BC, at the time of the Second Jewish Temple. Continue Reading »

2,000 people outside Ofer prison protest release of Palestinian prisoners

“The equation of ‘freeing prisoners equals talks’ or ‘freezing settlement construction equals talks’ is wrong, & the gov’t has to stop this,” Knesset Interior Committee chairwoman Miri Regev (Likud Beytenu) said.

By LAHAV HARKOV, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

Some 2,000 people protested on Monday evening outside Ofer prison against the upcoming release of 26 Palestinian security prisoners, Israel Radio reported.

Bereaved families protest Palestinian prisoner release, October 28, 2013.

Bereaved families protest prisoner release outside Ofer prison, October 28, 2013 – Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

MKs from Bayit Yehudi, a party who has vehemently objected to the release of prisoners as part of the ongoing peace talks, attended the protest.

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Hamas plans frequent attacks on Tel Aviv for next war

 

 

Gaza’s ruling Islamist terror group is boosting its strength in preparation for its next conflict, producing medium-range M-75 rockets at an accelerated pace.

Israel still prefers Hamas over the extremist Salafist regime in Gaza.

By Elior Levy

 

The Shalit prisoner exchange deal and last year’s war against Israel led to a spike in the popularity of Hamas, which also enjoyed the support of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. But the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army plunged Hamas into one of its most difficult periods in recent years, while the Palestinian Authority is credited with the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Continue Reading »

Israel to return to the UN Human Rights Council

 

Israel will appear at its Universal Periodic Review to present its human rights record, breaking its 18-month boycott of int’l body.

 

 

The Beduin in the Negev and Women of the Wall in Jerusalem are among the many issues Israel is prepared to address, when it breaks its boycott of the UN Human Rights Council and appears before it in Geneva on Tuesday for the first time in a year-and- a-half.

Beduin structures being evacuated, Ramat Hasharon, June 10, 2013 – Photo Courtesy, Ramat Hasharon Municipality

Eviatar Manor, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, phoned UNHRC president Remigiusz Henczel of Poland on Sunday to inform him of Israel’s decision to meet its final deadline to participate in the Universal Periodic Review process that all 193 UN member nations must undergo.

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IDF retaliates in Gaza after Palestinians fired rockets at Israel

 

2 rockets fired just hours after Israel releases names of Palestinian prisoners slated for upcoming release this week as ‘Peace’ gesture to Abbas.

No injuries reported, but in response, Israeli aircraft attack Palestinian rocket launchers.

Matan Tzuri, Elior Levy

 

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two rockets toward south Israel at dawn on Monday. A number of explosions were heard shortly after the “Color Red” siren warning of the incoming rockets sounded in communities located within the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council.

Qassam rocket in south (archives) – Photo: Roee Idan

One of the rockets was apparently intercepted by the “Iron Dome” air defense system, while the other apparently landed in an open area. Continue Reading »

Racist American Attacker Assaults Israelis – For Speaking Spanish

Not the brightest guy in the room: Racist attacker from the U.S. takes ignorance to a whole new level when he mistakenly thought the Hebrew he heard spoken, was Spanish.

By Ari Soffer

 

A 23 year-old man has been arrested over a racially-motivated assault in which he punched two Israeli men – because he thought they were speaking Spanish.

(Illustrative) Not too bright… Photo: Reuters

Dylan T. Grall of Janesville, Wisconsin attacked the two men, who were conversing in Hebrew, on Madison street on Saturday morning.

The police report of the incident describes how, upon hearing the two men speak, Grall approached them, swore at them “and demanded they speak English.” Continue Reading »

Former British Foreign Sec. ‘Jewish money prevents peace’

MP Jack Straw says in British House of Commons debate ‘unlimited’ funds available to Jewish groups in U.S. used to control America’s Mideast policy; adds Germany’s ‘obsession’ with defending Israel another obstacle for peace.

By Itamar Eichner

Former British Foreign Secretary and Labor MP Jack Straw made harsh anti-Semitics statements during a British parliament debate last week, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Jack Straw - Photo: Reuters

Jack Straw Photo: Reuters

Listing the greatest obstacles to peace, Straw said that unlimited” funds available to Jewish organizations and AIPAC in the US are used to control and divert American policy in the region.

Straw, who served as foreign secretary in Tony Blair’s government in 2001-2006, further claimed that Germany’s “obsession” with defending Israel was also a contributing factor to failure to achieve peace. Continue Reading »

Gaza Fires 2 Mortar Shells That Hit Southern Israel

Terror Attacks from Gaza militants continue as 2 mortar shells hit Eshkol region in southern Israel.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Gaza terrorists fired two mortar shells at the southern Negev early on Sunday afternoon. The shells exploded in the Eshkol region, but did not cause injury.

Once AgainThe military has advised agricultural workers in the area to seek shelter.

Last week terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a mortar shell that hit the Eshkol region. Less than a week earlier, a projectile fired from Gaza hit southern Israel.

Recently, Hamas’ “military wing” has admitted to being behind an attempted attack involving a “terror tunnel” leading from Gaza to an Israeli kibbutz. Continue Reading »

Israeli Terror Victim Then Becomes Victim of Cyber-Bully

 

 

 

After having survived stabbing attack by two Palestinians, Kay Wilson tells how she then faced an equally terrorizing libel campaign by a relentless cyber-bully.

By Ryan Jones & Ariel Rudolph

 

 

In December 2010, Kay Wilson found herself in the midst of a nightmare when she and visiting American Christian friend Kristine Luken were attacked by knife-wielding Palestinian Arabs in a forested area south of Jerusalem.

Kay Wilson on Step By Step: The Idiot’s Guide To Surviving A Machete Attack for TEDxBGU - YouTube screenshot

Kay Wilson on Step By Step: The Idiot’s Guide To Surviving A Machete Attack for TEDxBGU – YouTube screenshot

Wilson previously recounted for Israel Today the traumatic event that took her friend’s life and left her badly wounded. Continue Reading »

DST ends in Israel at 2 a.m. Sunday, setting clocks back 1 hour

 

For 1st time, Israel starts winter clock in line with most European countries instead of weekend before Yom Kippur.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

Daylight Saving Time will switch to Standard Time in the early hours of Sunday morning, marking Israel’s transition to the winter clock.

watch the time – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks will be set back one hour to 1 a.m.

This year DST lasted 212 days, ending in late October instead of its previous endpoint before Yom Kippur.

In July, the Knesset approved legislation extending DST from October 6 to October 27, in line with Europe. Continue Reading »

IDF’s Medics: 1st responders to wounded Syrians

 

Sgt. Mayan Yogev, is one of IDF’s 1st medic responder to wounded Syrians in need of immediate medical attention. ‘She grants every Syrian in need of help medical care without hesitation, as if they’re IDF soldiers,’ soldiers praise, ‘her goal is saving lives, regardless’

By Yoav Zitun

Sgt. Mayan Yogev is probably the busiest paramedic in the IDF: As part of her role as paramedic for the Nahal‘s scouting brigade, which patrols Israel’s Golan Heights on the Syrian border, she has become the IDF’s first responder along what has recently becomes Israel’s most pressing border region.

Seg. Yogev in the field  - Photo courtesy

Seg. Yogev in the field – Photo courtesy

After a number of strenuous months, during which she took care of hundreds of wounded Syrians, she and her brothers in arms will head south for training. Continue Reading »

Chilean Senator says covert Israeli soldiers are ‘mapping out’ southern Chile

A Senator of Palestinian descent who chairs Chile’s Foreign Affairs Committee reported during a televised interview that the Chilean gov’t has ‘decided to do nothing given the power exerted by the U.S. & Israel.’

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A Chilean lawmaker of Palestinian descent said in a televised interview, undercover Israeli soldiers are “mapping out” his country.

Chilean Senator Eugenio Tuma

Chilean Senator Eugenio Tuma – Photo by Parte del Grupo Parlamentario Pro Transparencia en ex Congreso / Wikipedia Commons

Eugenio Tuma, a Chilean senator who has been accused before of anti-Semitic speech, said during the interview that the soldiers were “dressed as civilians” and “mapping out the southern Chile region.” Continue Reading »

Germany Threatens Israel to Attend UN Human Rights Council

Germany & Others Countries are Pressuring Israel to Attend the Openly anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council Review or Face a Possible Diplomatic Disaster.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has warned Israel to face a periodic United Nations Human Rights Council (U.N.H.R.C.) Periodic Review — or face severe diplomatic consequences, according to a Haaretz report (Sunday).

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a session of the UNHRC
– AFP/File

Israel severed ties with the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in March 2012, after it announced it would investigate how the Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria would affect the rights of local Arabs. Continue Reading »

Jewish Family of 5 Attacked Viciously on Sydney Street

Police have charged 3 people over an anti-Semitic attack in the Sydney’s eastern suburbs. A man in his 60’s was seriously injured.

By Arutz Sheva

 

 

Police charged three people Saturday over an anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs that left one man seriously injured.

Beach line at Bondi- Photo: Reuters

Four men and a woman were walking on Blair Street, Bondi, at about 12:30 AM Saturday,  on their way home from a Sabbath eve meal, when a group of about eight young men began yelling anti-Semitic insults at them, and then attacked them.

The five suffered injuries including a fractured cheekbone, broken nose, concussion, lacerations and bruising. Continue Reading »