Unmistakable proof that anti-Semitism has come to Congress

“Neturei Karta allies itself exclusively with the world’s leading anti-Semites. From Louis Farrakhan to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, from Yasser Arafat to the heads of Hezbollah,” and now with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, on Monday thanked the Neturei Karta organization for providing “unmistakable proof that anti-Semitism has come to Congress.”

Palestinian Rep. Rashida Tlaib said the group entered her office “unannounced” – theyeshivaworld.com

Last week, members of the anti-Israel group went to Washington to visit the offices of freshmen Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Continue Reading »

US Senator promises to seek recognition of Israeli sovereignty of Golan

– Prime Minister Netanyahu, “The Golan has always been part of Israel, from the earliest days of our history, and has certainly been part of the State of Israel since 1967.”
– US Senator Lindsey Graham, “What’s best for America is a safe, secure and prosperous Israel.”

By i24NEWS

 

US Senator Lindsey Graham said on Monday that he would propose the Senate to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

“I come here as an American. I come here to try to figure out what’s best for America. What’s best for America is a safe, secure and prosperous Israel,” Graham said on a tour to the Golan Heights accompanied by US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue Reading »

Israel Prison Services bust Palestinians smuggling phones in stomach

Israel prison service official explains how Palestinian smugglers swallow miniature cellphones, then go get themselves arrested so they can deliver them to the intended incarcerated terrorist.
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o far this year, over 70 smuggled phones used to orchestrate terrorist activities have been found & confiscated. 

By Itsik Saban

 

The Israel Prison Service has uncovered a sophisticated method of smuggling cellphones into Israeli jails, the agency announced on Sunday.

Security prisoners, the agency said, have been caught trying to smuggle miniature cellphones into prisons by swallowing them. The smugglers would commit petty crimes just so they could be arrested and then deliver the phones to a specific person already behind bars. Continue Reading »

US processing giant Nvidia acquires Israel’s Mellanox for $6.9 Billion

“We share the same vision for accelerated computing as Nvidia,” said Israel’s Mellanox CEO, Eyal Waldman. “This combination will foster the creation of powerful technology and fantastic opportunities for our people.”

By EYTAN HALON

 

American technology giant Nvidia will acquire Israeli chipmaker Mellanox in a deal worth $6.9 billion, the companies announced on Monday.

The Yokne’am-based company, founded in 1999 and listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, supplies end-to-end interconnect solutions and services for data center servers and storage systems.

Nvidia’s purchase of the company, acquiring all issued and outstanding common shares for $125 per share in cash, puts an end to months of reported takeover attempts by some of the world’s biggest hi-tech firms, including Intel, Microsoft and Xilinx. Continue Reading »

REPORT: Trump administration bringing trade war to Israel

Trump’s decision to upgrade the existing agricultural trade agreement should reduce protectionism, opening Israeli markets to more competition & lower prices. That will have great support in Israel, where high consumer costs are a frequent source of frustration that have facilitated numerous state-wide protests.

By Omri Milman, Bloomberg

 

US President Donald Trump’s ambition to change the rules of global trade is not skipping over Israel, according to a report by Bloomberg news. US trade negotiators will be visiting Israel this week for discussions on upgrading the existing agricultural trade agreements and reduce tariffs for American farm exports to Israel.

Under the existing agreement, “virtually any product produced in Israel that can be competitive in the U.S. Continue Reading »

Greenblatt tells UN: PA inventing crisis over Israel’s withholding taxes

Jason Greenblatt, President Trump’s Mideast envoy, tells U.N. Security Council: PA’s political decision to blame Israel by rejecting $150 million in tax revenues, only hurts Palestinians in useless gesture.
• Kuwait tells UNSC: Many here believe Palestinians “have the right … to do whatever they want with their money.”

By Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

An “overwhelming” number of U.N. Security Council members oppose Israel’s decision to deduct money that Palestinians transfer to the families of terrorists who carried out attacks on Israel from their monthly tax revenue, Kuwait’s U.N. ambassador said Friday.

Mansour Al-Otaibi told reporters after a closed-door council meeting that Israel’s action was “in violation of existing bilateral agreements.” Continue Reading »

Israeli legal team seeks Icelandic entrant to Eurovision banned from Israel

The Israel Law Center, Shurat HaDin, a civil rights NGO asked Israel’s Interior Minister to prevent Iceland’s Hatari band from entering the country over its intention to use the stage as a political platform to criticize Israel’s settlement policy, knowing it would violate the rules of the European music competition.

By Raz Shechnik

 

An Israeli organization has asked the government to prevent the Icelandic entrant into the Eurovision Song Contest being allowed in the country over alleged claims that the BDSM techno band Hatari intended to use its time on stage to criticize Israel’s settlement policy and express support for the Palestinians. Continue Reading »

US advocates for Israel urge Trump to rescind Carter era legal opinion

Although the author of the Carter-era State Department legal opinion himself admitted the opinion was “controversial” and many distinguished legal experts were adamant that Israel’s settlements are indeed legal, it was accepted in 1977, giving a distinct unfair advantage to the Arab side ever since.

By Orli Harari

 

With Trump’s Deal of the Century in the offing, an anti-Israel legal opinion in the State Department has surfaced, which outlaws all Israeli communities over the Green Line. CUFI, which speaks for 4 million Christians, as well as the RCA and ZOA, are urging the Administration to rescind the controversial document. The fear is that Israel will be in a disadvantageous position if the “Deal of the Century” is published and an official pro-Arab legal opinion, negating all settlements, remains intact. Continue Reading »

IDF jets hit 4 Hamas bases after mortar explodes in southern Israel

After a projectile exploded in open territory in Israel’s Eshkol Regional Council on Saturday night, IAF fighter jets and attack helicopters hit Hamas naval facilities near Sudaniya & Khan Yunis, and two terror facilities in Zeytoun and Gaza City.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM &  HERB KEINON

 

Qatari Ambassador to Gaza Mohammed al-Emadi is expected to arrive in Gaza on Sunday, as diplomatic efforts to tamp down tension in the region continue.

Since November, Qatar has transferred – with Israel’s approval – three tranches of some $15 million a month to pay salaries and stipends to poor families.

Qatar begins sending to Hamas each month, three suitcases stuffed with 15 million dollars in cash as payment to pay salaries and stipends to poor families.

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U.S. Muslim think-tank member condemns Rep. Omar for antisemitism

WATCH:  A Muslim member of the Council of Foreign Relations, a U.S. based think-tank believes Rep. Omar should be ejected from the House of Foreign Affairs Committee immediately because anything that the Minnesota Representative now proposes can be “interpreted through the lens of antisemitism.”

By ZACHARY KEYSER

 

Dr. Qanta Ahmed, a member of the Council of Foreign Relations a United States based think-tank, has appeared on Fox and Friends this week to discussing her op-ed in which she claims that Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is “proving to be an enormous liability to America’s Muslim’s.”

“In her remarks, she has branded every Muslim in America as an antisemite, and this is absolutely unacceptable and un-Islamic,” Ahmed said. Continue Reading »

Israeli firm signs $10m contract to supply robots for Italian military police

Roboteam has supplied robotic systems to military, gov’t divisions from the U.S., Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan & Thailand.
• The $10 million contract will provide 40 robots to Italy’s military police, the Arma dei Carabinieri.

By JNS and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli robotics company Robo-Team Ltd., also known as Roboteam, announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a $10 million contract to provide 40 robots to Italy’s military police, the Arma dei Carabinieri.

The firm manufactures ground robotic systems, also known as the Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot (TIGR), for military and law-enforcement utilization, such as handling of suspicious and dangerous items, in addition to collecting intelligence. Continue Reading »

BREAKING: Explosions heard in Gaza, after ‘Code Red’ activated in south

From the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit: A mortar shell exploded in an open area in Israel’s south without causing an injuries or damage.
– Residents in southern Israel spotted IAF helicopters near Khan Yunas on Friday evening.
– Palestinian media reports 2 Gazans killed in border riots, and loud explosions, following a day of intense confrontations between Palestinians and IDF forces.

By HAGAY HACOHEN, ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

IAF helicopters and loud explosions north of the Gaza Strip were reported on Friday evening by Palestinian media.

The reports follow a day of intense clashes between roughly 8,000 Palestinian protesters and IDF forces marking what Palestinian refer to as ‘March of Return.’ Continue Reading »

PLO leader Erekat calls on Palestinian boycott of US Embassy in Jerusalem

The leading diplomat and official PA peace negotiation team leader urges the international community to boycott the new Palestinian Affairs Unit inside the Jerusalem Embassy, which was created to consolidate & expedite requests by taking over the responsibilities of the (now closed) U.S. Consulate, that was also located in the Israeli capital.

By Elad Benari

 

Top Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Saeb Erekat on Thursday urged the international community to boycott the newly created US Embassy unit that will handle relations with Palestinian Arabs, The Associated Press reported.

The US this week merged its embassy and consulate in Jerusalem. The move followed an announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in October that the US would be shuttering the consulate facility in eastern Jerusalem, and would incorporate the services provided there in the US embassy on Agron Street. Continue Reading »

Palestinian official threatens to “dismantle the PA” if Pay to Slay ends

The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warns that they will disband the PA if the Israeli cabinet keeps the deducted 500 million shekels ($140m) from the Palestinian Authority, due to its uncompromising policy of paying monthly stipends to convicted terrorists and their families.

By Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israel has one week to reinstate funds it has deducted from the taxes it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, otherwise, the PA will seek to reopen the Paris Protocol, the office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned in a statement Wednesday.

The Paris Protocol was an amendment to the Oslo II Accord of 1995. Continue Reading »

EU court rejects Hamas bullsh!t, terror status remains intact

The EU General Court rejected Hamas’ assertions presented, rebuffing each argument; bottom line: EU funds earmarked for Hamas will remain frozen.

BY HAGAY HACOHEN

 

The EU General Court rejected an appeal by the terrorist group Hamas which claimed it is ‘a lawful political movement’ on Wednesday.

In a political move, Hamas demands PA autocrat Abbas resign. – Photo: Twitter / @KhaledAbuToameh

The ruling rejected all the arguments made by Hamas, ensuring the EU funds controlled by the movement will remain frozen.

The decision can be appealed before the EU Court of Justice.

 

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