New York Knicks basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire, seeking Israeli citizenship

Stoudemire traveled to Israel for the Maccabiah Games & stayed to apply for citizenship. ‘I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with & connect with the Hebrew culture,’ he says.

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Amar’e Stoudemire, the New York Knicks star who claims Hebrew roots and is currently touring Israel, is seeking Israeli citizenship.

U.S. NBA's New York Knicks basketball player Amare Stoudemire, shakes hands with Israel's President

U.S. NBA’s New York Knicks basketball player Amare Stoudemire, shakes hands with Israel’s President Shimon Peres. – Photo: AP

Stoudemire’s agent, Happy Walters, told New York magazine that the Knicks’ power forward is in the process of becoming an Israeli.

“He’s getting citizenship,” Walters said. Continue Reading »

Nasrallah: Israel’s Elimination is in the Interest of Entire Arab & Muslim World

In honor of Iran’s Quds Day, Hizbullah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah makes first public appearance since last September.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Destroying Israel is the interest of the entire Arab world, Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah declared on Friday.

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah

Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah – AFP photo

AFP reported that the head of the Lebanese terror group made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally held to mark Iran’s Quds Day.

It was a first appearance in public r for Nasrallah who, according to AFP attended the rally in Rweiss, in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

In his speech, Nasrallah thanked “Iran and Syria for all they are doing for Palestine and Jerusalem, and for all they have given to resistance movements (fighting Israel) in Lebanon and Palestine”. Continue Reading »

Pro-Israel Jews & gentiles alike should be on ‘High Alert’

The ‘true believers’: Barry, Bibi & Kerry, and the inevitable destruction awaiting from their fanaticism fermented in fantasy.

By Caroline B. Glick

 
W ERUSALEM— Standing next to US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday morning, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni gushed that through his indefatigable efforts to bring Israeli and Palestinian officials to Washington, Kerry proved that “nothing can stop true believers.”

 

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE

 

As usual, the cognitively-challenged Livni told us something she hadn’t intended to say. The term “true believer” was coined by Eric Hoffer in his classic work The True Believer from 1951, which Livni has obviously not read. Continue Reading »

Anti-Zionist Spy suspect denounced in Jerusalem

 

 

The Neturei Karta faction in haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim reacted to the arrest of fellow anti-Zionist member suspected of spying for Iran. ‘This kind of espionage is like killing a Jew, and you mustn’t kill any Jew – even a secular one,’ said a local resident.

By Kobi Nachshoni

After days of rumors and public ads in Mea Shearim regarding the arrest of a Hasid suspected of spying for Iran, the residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem began coming to terms Thursday with the indictment of a Neturei Karta member charged with contacting a foreign agent and intention to commit treason. Continue Reading »

WATCH: U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv closed over terror threat

US State Department instructs 14 Middle East missions/embassies to remain closed on Sunday based on security intel concerns.

By Reuters

 

 

U.S. embassies that would normally be open this Sunday – including those in Tel Aviv, Cairo and Amman – will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

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U.S. Embassy building on Hayarkon Street in Tel Aviv, – Photo: Ariel Schalit

CBS News reported that the embassy closings were tied to U.S. intelligence about an Al-Qaida plot against U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East and other Muslim countries. CBS said the intelligence did not mention a specific location. Continue Reading »

Obama: Commitment to Engage Iran in Return for Peace Talks

U.S. President Obama promised Israeli PM Netanyahu to take direct action against Iran “within months,” but did not elaborate on details.

By Arutz Sheva

 

U.S. President Barack Obama gave a commitment to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, to take action “in the coming months” regarding the Iranian nuclear threat, in exchange for Israel’s agreement to renew “peace talks” with the Palestinian Authority (PA), a security source told Arutz Sheva.

The source said, however, that Obama did not reach a specific agreement with Netanyahu, but gave only a general commitment. The source added that it was not clear if the commitment was given in exchange for the very fact that Israel-PA negotiations are being held, or if it is conditional on their success. Continue Reading »

To reaffirm support in Peace Plan, Obama calls both Netanyahu & Abbas

The Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted Abbas’ spokesman as saying that Obama emphasized the need to exploit the current opportunity & keep up the momentum.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Thursday to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House official said, as the United States seeks to keep up the momentum toward peace negotiations.
US President Obama on the phone [illustrative]

US President Obama on the phone [illustrative] – Photo: Reuters / White House


Days after Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended a three-year void and met in Washington with Secretary of State John Kerry, Obama talked to both Abbas and Netanyahu.
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Hezbollah hangs threatening banner across the border: ‘We’re coming’

 

Ominous banner written in Hebrew & hoisted ahead of Al-Quds Day events, marking solidarity with Palestinians.

Nasrallah: ‘We have score of vengeance with Israelis’

By Roi Kais

Ahead of Al-Quds Day held on Friday, Hezbollah hung a large banner in front of the Israeli border reading, in Hebrew and Arabic, “We’re coming.”

Hezbollah sign

Next to the inscription, the banner was adorned with an image of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Quds Day is commemorated in several Arab and Muslim countries since its introduction by the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, and is meant to express solidarity with the Palestinian cause, oppose Zionism as well as Israel’s control of Jerusalem, Quds in Arabic. Continue Reading »

Analysis: White House Unlikely to Sanction Further Israeli Airstrike on Syrian Missiles

 

 

The NYT reports that a July 5 attack on Yakhont missiles cache wasn’t 100% successful & that possible future strikes by Israel can be expected, but the U.S. will no longer sanction them.

 

Israeli defense sources have declined to comment on The New York Times’ report on an alleged Israeli strike in Latakia, Syria; Israel didn’t comment either when the explosions took place on July 5. After three earlier air strikes attributed to Israel – one in January and two in the beginning of May – Israeli officials dropped hints but refused to admit that Israel was responsible. Continue Reading »

Syrian Gunfire Hits Close to IDF Soldiers

An IDF patrol in the northern Golan Heights was almost hit by gunfire originating in Syria. No injuries reported.

By Elad Benari

 

Gunfire from the Syrian side of the border hit close to an IDF patrol in the northern Golan Heights on Thursday night. There were no injuries or damages.

The IDF believes that the fire was not directed at the Israeli soldiers and was part of the ongoing fighting between the Syrian army and the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Al-Assad.

Two weeks ago, fire was opened at an IDF patrol near Tel Fares in the southern Golan Heights, after the troops identified two Syrians who entered an abandoned military outpost located east of the border fence. Continue Reading »

WATCH clip: PM Netanyahu’s response to Arab MK who said, ‘Arabs were here 1st’

Arab Knesset member rejects Jews’ claim on Israel in late-night Knesset debate: “We were here before you; we will be here after you”.

This prompts PM Netanyahu to deliver a rebuttal: “The 1st part is not true & the 2nd will never take place.”

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Late Wednesday night, the Knesset voted on a bill to make the controversial “referendum law” a basic law, which would necessitate a national referendum on any peace deal that would require territorial withdrawals.

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US Daily: Analysts predict future IAF air-strikes on Syrian missile cache

 

The NYT reports some Russian missiles eluded alleged July 5 Israel Air Force strike in Syria.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

The Israeli Air Force is likely to strike Syria in the near future, according to a report released by The New York Times on Wednesday night.

After a recent strike on a Syrian arm’s cache failed to wipe out the entirety of a Russian-made anti ship missile arsenal, US intelligence analysts have concluded that Israel will want to finish the job with a future attack, according to unnamed American officials.

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Jerusalem member of Neturei Karta indicted on conspiracy, to spy for Iran

 

 

A Jerusalem man from the  Neturei Karta faction traveled to Berlin in 2011, offered the staff at the Iranian embassy to provide intel about Israel & even expressed his willingness ‘to murder a Zionist.

By Aviel Magnezi

 

Cleared for publication: A Jerusalem resident and member of the Neturei Karta faction, a radical haredi sect, has been charged with offering himself as a spy to the Iranian government.

Defendant in court Photo: Alex Kolomoisky

Defendant in court – Photo: Alex Kolomoisky

According to the indictment, the man, who is being charged with contacting a foreign agent and intention to commit treason, had contacted the Iranian government and offered his services as a spy. Continue Reading »

MK Feiglin warns, ‘It’s Time to Flood the Temple Mount’…or loose it completely

MK Moshe Feiglin: If the Right does not fight for the Temple Mount right now, it will be given over to Islam in any peace settlement.

By Maayana Miskin, Chana Ya’ar

 

Israelis who believe the Temple Mount should remain in Israeli hands must take urgent action, Likud MK Moshe Feiglin warned Thursday.

Feiglin, who heads the Jewish Leadership faction of the Likud party, visited the Temple Mount on Thursday despite knowing he would find it locked to Jews, as a display of protest.

In an “unprecedented” move, police on Wednesday informed Jewish groups that the Temple Mount will be closed to all non-Muslims until at least the end of Ramadan, on 11th August. Continue Reading »

MKs Demonstrate Anger By Standing Silent

Unusual silence in Knesset as MKs express their outrage with ‘Governance Bill’ that will increase the vote threshold for the Knesset from 2% of the national vote to 4%.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Members of Knesset who opposed the Governance Bill chose an unusual way to express their anger on Wednesday night. Instead of continuing the passionate debate over the bill, they chose to use their three minutes on the Knesset podium to protest with silence.

MK Hanna Swaid (Hadash) explained the protest. “This law is intended to silence the Arab parties,” she accused. Therefore, she said, MKs will remain silent. Continue Reading »