Christians slaughtered in Kenya, Pakistan but UN eyes are only on Israel

And where was the int’l community that loves to condemn Israel for doing far less, or even nothing at all?

By  Raymond Ibrahim

 

 

The following by contributor Raymond Ibrahim is again telling of how the world has an obsession with picking out every perceived flaw with Israel, while ignoring the very real persecution of Christians and other minorities around the world.

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Muslim slaughter of non-Muslim “infidels,” while a habitual thing, saw an especially dramatic weekend in the nations of Pakistan and Kenya. Even so, these are simply the latest in a long list of jihadi attacks on the Christians of both nations. Continue Reading »

Syrian refugees in Turkey blame Hezbollah for their plight

 

Syrian refugee calls the Shi’ite terrorist group the “party of Satan.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 
ON THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER – Syrian refugees, who have gone to great lengths to escape President Bashar Assad’s bombing campaign, attribute a large part of the violence in their country to the regime’s allies.
Syrian refugees fill buckets with water.

Syrian refugees fill buckets with water. – Photo: REUTERS

In interviews at refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border over the past week, the displaced persons accused the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia of enabling Assad’s regime to persevere and to inflict violence on innocent Syrians.

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Iranian FM: Israel can’t assassinate all our nuclear scientists

 

Iranian Foreign Minister said in an interview with ABC, the US is ‘allowing terrorists to kill innocent Iranian scientists’.

Zarif went on to claim Teheran believes nuclear weapons are ‘detrimental’ to the country’s security.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – A day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled address before the UN General Assembly’s annual meeting in New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attacked Israel, saying it “cannot kill all of our scientists. They have unfortunately assassinated some of them and nobody has raised an eyebrow about it, which is a source of great concern for us about the world. Continue Reading »

Micron plant in Kiryat Gat sold to Intel

Having built the plant 15 years ago, this purchase marks a full circle for Intel, who later developed a much larger facility next door that today serves as the basis for its Israeli manufacturing operations.

 

 

The U.S. semiconductor company Intel said Sunday it had signed an agreement to take over the chip-making plant owned by Micron in Kiryat Gat and would retain most of its staff.

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The Micron plant in Kiryat Gat, adjacent to the Intel plant. – Photo: Eliyahu Hershkovitz

The acquisition marks a full circle for Intel, which built the plant 15 years ago, but later developed a much larger facility next door that today serves as the basis for its Israeli manufacturing operations. Continue Reading »

India Arrests Terrorist Planning New Mumbai Attack

Israel TV-2 reports Global Jihad terrorist has been arrested by Indian authorities. India has Heightened security alert around possible Jewish targets.

By Gil Ronen

 

Channel 2‘s website says that Indian security forces have arrested a Global Jihad terrorist who they believe planned to carry out terror attacks against Jewish targets in India. The investigation revealed that he is part of a cell that planned terror attacks in Mumbai and other locations. Chabad houses were reportedly on the list of planned targets.

The report has not been corroborated by other news sources.

According to the report, there are terror alerts regarding two possible targets on the island of Goa, which is very popular with Israelis, especially in the October “party season”: a beach town named Anjuna and a nearby resort village named Arambul. Continue Reading »

Iran shows off new attack drone called Shahed-129

The Shahed-129, is Iran’s newest UAV with a range of 1,700 km (1,060 miles), 24-hr non-stop flight capability with the ability to carry up to 8 missiles or bombs.

Tehran is also developing a kamikaze drone.

By The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Iran unveiled two new locally produced unmanned aerial drones over the weekend, one of which it described as its most sophisticated drone to date that can reach much of the Middle East, including Israel.

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US Holocaust museum agrees to return barracks to Poland

The barracks were borrowed by the Holocaust Museum in 1989. In 2003, Poland passed a law that historical artifacts cannot be loaned for more than 5 years.

 

WARSAW, Poland — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington will return a section of wooden barracks which was given on long-term loan by the Auschwitz Museum 24 years ago.

Auschwitz Barracks - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Auschwitz Barracks – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The barracks, the centerpiece of the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s permanent collection, will be replaced by another set from Birkenau, which will be owned by the museum.

The exhibition containing the barracks, half of a wooden building in which Jewish prisoners slept while imprisoned in the death camp, will be closed for five months beginning on Tuesday to allow for the removal of the old barracks and the installation of the new ones.

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26 yr-old fish farmer bitten by shark off Ashdod Port

 

According to paramedics who treated the fish farm worker, a shark partially removed his hand.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

An approximately 26-year-old man was bitten by a shark off the Ashdod Port on Sunday.
Shark swims in Mediterranean [file]

Shark swims in Mediterranean [file] – Photo: REUTERS

MDA paramedics treated the man who was in moderate condition after the shark removed part of his hand. He was transported to Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv.The man was working at a fish farm in the area when he was bitten, according to MDA.

In February, 2012 two fisherman in the northern coastal city of Acre caught a 3-meter blue shark in their net.

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Lieberman warns of Iran’s disingenuous ‘charm offensive’

 

 

The Chairman of Yisrael Beytenu says Iran is engaging in a pattern of deceit, as PM Netanyahu heads to address the UN in New York.

Lieberman alludes to the 1981 attack of Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor as another case where Israel stood alone.

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Avigdor Lieberman, the former chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, is warning that “Rohani’s appeasement assault is nothing but another false trick, in the style of North Korea” as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to New York to speak at the UN’s General Assembly.

Avigdor Lieberman, the former chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee – Photo: AP

In a post on his Facebook page, the former foreign minister wrote: “Now, when the world’s attention is focused on the new Iranian president’s attempts to appear moderate and conciliatory, it is worth noting that the Iranians have long employed a pattern of deceit: various promise tactics, stalling and feeding the international community with false information time and time again, all the while pursuing their goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, meant to threaten world peace.” Continue Reading »

Belgian citizen arrested by Shin Bet for spying for Iran

Arrested Belgian suspect reveals to his interrogators that he was promised by Iran some $1 million to spy on Israel.

By Gili Cohen

 

Israel has arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian extraction on suspicion that he was sent by the Iranian intelligence agency to spy for the Islamic Republic.

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Alex Mans, formerly Ali Mansouri, in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Courtesy

The suspect, Alex Mans, was arrested by the Shin Bet security service and Israel Police at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way out of Israel. The arrest took place two weeks ago but the information was not made public until Sunday. Continue Reading »

‘Israeli Apartheid? I Know Apartheid, It’s Not Israel’

South African parliamentarian & clergyman refutes “lies” from anti-Israel movement who “minimize the pain of apartheid” by their false claims.

By Kochava Rozenbaum

 

After participating in a two-day conference held in Jerusalem last week, Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the Parliament of South Africa and founder of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), vocalized why calling Israel an apartheid state actually “minimizes the pain of apartheid.”

S.African MP Reverend Kenneth Meshoe – screenshot

Meshoe, along with 25 other international members of parliament, is one of the chairmen of the Israel Allies Caucuses, which represent hundreds of members of Congress and Parliament around the world. Continue Reading »

9th Century Jewish Prayer Book Unveiled

 

A Jewish parchment that has been dated by scientists to the 9th century may be the oldest existing prayer book . The book offers a crucial tie between modern Jewish practice & Biblical times.

By Menachem Wecker

 

A 1,200-year-old parchment Jewish prayer book that is billed as the oldest in existence was introduced Sept. 27 by a prominent private collector of Biblical artifacts.

9th-Century Parchment Artifact Offers Link to Ancient Jews. – Photo: Green Collection

 

The complete 50-page book with original 13-by-10 centimeter binding features early Babylonian vowels, which are a precursor to modern Hebrew vowels. Continue Reading »

PA official blasts token presence at Egypt-Gaza border crossing

 

Hamas accuses the Palestinian Authority of inciting Egypt to keep the Rafah crossing closed to undermine its authority over the coastal territory.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

 

 

The Palestinian Authority does not want to return to the Rafah border crossing as part of a partial solution to the crisis at the crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, Jibril Rajoub, a senior member of the Fatah Central Committee, announced Saturday.

Egyptian Army soldiers guard gates of Sinai Gaza closed border crossing, May 20, 2012.

Rajoub’s announcement came as the Egyptian authorities reopened the border.

“The Palestinian leadership rejects partial appearances, such as the presence of the Presidential Guard at the sovereign border crossings, including Rafah,” Rajoub said.

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Leaked intel report: Israel warned Nairobi of terrorist attack

 

Kenyan newspaper reported Israel had warned government officials of plans to attack Israeli interests prior to upcoming Jewish High Holidays.

By AFP

Kenya‘s government had been warned, including by Israel, of the high risk of an attack before the assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen that killed at least 67 people, newspapers reported Saturday.

Smoke over Westgate shopping mall on 23 September 2013 - Photo courtesy  Wikimedia Commons

Smoke over Westgate shopping mall on 23 September 2013 – Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Cabinet ministers and Kenya’s army chief had received information warning of a plan to carry out a major attack, the Daily Nation said, quoting a leaked intelligence report. Continue Reading »

Israel Air Force scrambles jets due to unidentified aircraft

Just like last week, Israeli fighter jets thundered over Tel Aviv on their way to intercept a suspicious signal which again, turned out to be a flock of birds.

 

Israel Air Force fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday morning to north and south Israel, apparently because of an unidentified aircraft that entered Israeli airspace. IDF Spokesman declined to comment, saying it does not provide detail on IAF activity.

Israel Air Force F-15.

An Israel Air Force F-15 taking off. – Photo: Daniel Bar-On

Last week, Tel Aviv’s Saturday morning tranquility was disturbed when two IAF jets flew low over the city, on their way to intercept a suspicious radar signal which turned out to be a flock of birds. Continue Reading »