Netanyahu: P.A. leaders think its possible to defeat Israel

PM Netanyahu says that Israel should follow Jabotinsky’s legacy to help bring peace.

 

 

The legacy of Likud ideological forebear Ze’ev Jabotinsky will help bring stable peace to Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Wednesday.

Prime Minister Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, May 19, 2013.

Prime Minister Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, May 19, 2013. – Photo: Emil Salman/Haaretz/pool

Speaking at a memorial session marking the 73rd anniversary of Jabotinsky’s death, Netanyahu said the Irgun and Betar founder’s realism should be kept in mind today.

“The obstacle to peace between us and the Palestinians is not just fundamentalist terrorist organizations, but the belief that it is possible to destroy the State of Israel,” the prime minister explained.

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Israel Electric Corp to offer ‘kosher electricity’ by 2014

 

 

IEC to invest some NIS 500,000 in

bid to solve problem allowing thousands of haredi families in Bnei Brak to connect to power supply without desecrating the Shabbat

By Alfi Shauly

The “kashrut” concept is usually reserved for food, but in some ultra-Orthodox communities it has to do with other vital issues like connection to a power supply.

Electricity on the way to the Palestinians

illustrative – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

 The haredi population in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak has been torn for years over the kashrut of electricity production. Entire communities are forced to pay NIS 120 (about $33) every weekend in order to connect to a generator, as they believe that the Israel Electric Corp‘s power generation desecrates Shabbat. Continue Reading »

Hebrew University & University of Singapore Create Joint PhD Program

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & the National University of Singapore are launching a joint advanced biomedical science degree.

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The National University of Singapore (NUS) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem are launching a Joint Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree program in biomedical science beginning in August 2013.

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Hebrew University, Campus Mount Scopus – Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

 

Prof. Tan Eng Chye, Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost at National University of Singapore, and Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, President of the Hebrew University, signed the joint degree agreement at NUS, in the presence of Ambassador of Israel to Singapore Her Excellency Amira Arnon and 30 invited guests. Continue Reading »

Egyptian Army Removed Egypt’s 1st Democratically Elected President

Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suspends constitution, appoints head of the constitutional court as interim head of state.

By REUTERS

Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi effectively declared the removal of elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in a televised broadcast, flanked by military leaders, religious authorities and political figures on Wednesday.

Morsi supporters hold up his posters in Cairo, July 3- REUTERS

The head of Egypt’s armed forces issued a declaration suspending the constitution and appointing the head of the constitutional court as interim head of state.

Sisi called for presidential and parliamentary elections, a panel to review the constitution and a national reconciliation committee that would include youth movements.

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Christian Arabs say Israel only country worth fighting for

So, what has Israel’s Muslim Arab Knesset members so upset?

Growing number of Christian Arab youth are joining the Israeli army, openly identifying with the Jewish state.

By Ryan Jones

 

Arab Christian residents of Nazareth who proudly serve in the Israeli army and encourage their children to do the same are coming under increasing attack, and Israel is starting to take notice and come to their aid.

Elinor Joseph, was born 1991 into a Christian family from the Arab village of Jish, is the first Arab woman ever to serve in a combat role in the I.D.F.

Elinor Joseph, was born 1991 into a Christian family from the Arab village of Jish, is the first Arab woman ever to serve in a combat role in the I.D.F. – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson Office.

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Natanyahu: “There is no place our long arms can’t reach to protect Israel.”

 

Knesset holds ceremony to mark 37th anniversary of Israel’s daring operation of the return of hostages from Entebbe, when Israeli commandos rescued more than 100 hostages held at the Ugandan airport by the PLO and Ugandan soldiers.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu: Entebbe shows we can overcome the threats facing us.

By Gideon Allon & Israel Hayom Staff

The Knesset held a special ceremony on Tuesday to make the 37th anniversary of Operation Yonatan, the daring rescue mission in which Israeli soldiers freed more than 100 Israeli and foreign Jewish hostages held at Uganada’s Entebbe Airport.

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Gov’t issues int’l tenders for 2 private ports, ending Histadrut’s strangle-hold

 

PM Netanyahu: Gov’t can’t allow port workers to threaten Israel’s economy.

Transportation Minister Katz says program to stimulate competition, activity will reduce consumer prices.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
 

 

The government issued two international tenders Wednesday for the construction and operation of two new private seaports to compete with the existing Ashdod and Haifa ports.  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared the move, “the end of monopolies” at the nation’s ports.

PM Netanyahu announces tenders for new portz with Lapid, Katz

PM Netanyahu announces tenders for new portz with Lapid, Katz – Photo: Koby Gideon/GPO

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz originally announced in May that the tenders would be issued by July 1.

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Muslim Arab MKs to be questioned on suspicion of incitement against Christian Arabs

 

Attorney general gave police ‘OK’ to open investigation based on claims that Arab MKs incited against the Reverend Jubrail Nadaf who supports & encourages Christian teens to enlist in the IDF or National Service.

By Moran Azulay

Arab Knesset members will be questioned on suspicion of incitement against a religious leader who encouraged Christian teens to enlist in the army, Ynet learned Wednesday.

Jubrail Nadaf a 39-year-old Arab Christian priest – Photo: Michel Dot Com

Speaking at a Knesset committee meeting, a police representative revealed that Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has given police a green light to question MKs on suspicion of inciting against Reverend Jubrail Nadaf. Continue Reading »

Carmiel Official: 600 Families Need Housing Now

600 families are waiting for housing in Carmiel to become available.

Deputy Mayor of Carmiel: ‘This is a powder keg.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

There is a desperate shortage of public housing in the city of Carmiel in northern Israel, and if something is not done soon, some families on the waiting list may take “extreme measures,” Deputy Mayor of Carmiel Rina Greenberg warned Wednesday in an interview with Arutz Sheva.

Most of the roughly 600 families waiting for public housing are immigrant families, she said. Some have been waiting for as long as 15 years.

In the meantime, the families receive a housing stipend from the government, but it often does not cover the cost of rent. Continue Reading »

In coordination with Jerusalem, Egypt moved additional troops to the Sinai-Gaza border

After Morsi told to resign, Egypt’s army takes over key logistical structures and positions troops to avoid civil bloodshed.

JERUSALEM — Egypt, amid major unrest in the country, has moved troops and armored vehicles to the Sinai-Gaza border area in coordination with Israel.

Egyptian SecurityThe movement on Tuesday comes as the Egyptian military issued an ultimatum to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, calling on him to step down or face an escalation of the protests against his government. Millions of Egyptians already have taken to the streets to protest Morsi’s rule.

Under the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, Egypt must coordinate troop movement in the Sinai with Israel.

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Indian student builds innovative orphanage applying Israeli agricultural techniques

 

Indian Student comes to Israel studies farming methods used in Kibbutzim, to improve Indian orphanage that tends to impoverish children.

 

 

For 33-year-old Joshua Godfrey, studying the farming models of Israel’s kibbutzim firsthand has provided the framework he needs to open a permaculture orphanage back home – on the outskirts of Chennai, southeastern India.
JOSHUA GODFREY

JOSHUA GODFREY – Photo: Courtesy

“I am developing a project where I could demonstrate that permanent agriculture could support orphan female children and elderly women,” Godfrey told The Jerusalem Post during a recent interview in Tel Aviv. “The concept is to bring the two communities together to tailor them as a single-parent family.”

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US de-classified intel: Argentina sold uranium ‘yellowcake’ to Israel

The American Foreign Policy magazine reports how in 1964 Israel bought 80-100 tons of yellowcake, necessary for processing  uranium, & kept deal from US

By Ynet

A comprehensive article released by the Foreign Policy magazine alleged that Israel struck a deal with Argentina in the 1960s to purchase between 80 to 100 tons of yellowcake – uranium powder – necessary for the production of a nuclear bomb.

Negev Nuclear Research Center – Photo: Tsafrir Abayov

The American magazine noted that this latest discovery solves the enigma of how Israel acquired the material to turn its burgeoning nuclear program military-grade.

The article, which cited 42 documents recently de-classified by the United States, recounted the beginning of Israel’s hazy nuclear project, starting with the French aid in building the Dimona reactor, formally known as the Negev Nuclear Research Center. Continue Reading »

Abbas claims Israel is planning to rebuild Jewish Temple

Mahmoud Abbas again denies Jews have any history in Jerusalem, speaks of insidious Jewish plot to rebuild temple on Temple Mount

By Ryan Jones

 

Once again demonstrating his penchant for theatrics, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas last month made an impassioned call to the Arab world to stop the insidious Jewish plot to rebuilt the Jewish Temple in its historic location – Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Abbas: Israel trying to rebuild Jewish Temple!

Abbas: Israel trying to rebuild Jewish Temple! – Israel Today

 

In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Watan daily newspaper, Abbas was asked to comment on the notion that “Jewish organizations are making frantic efforts, both visible and hidden, to complete the Judaizing of the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] and to take control of it, especially following the recurring invasions of Al-Aqsa and the attacks on worshipers.” Continue Reading »

Canada thwarts al-Qaida-inspired terror plot to bomb event on Canada Day

Canadian Police arrest two locals; say no connection of foreign link to planned terrorist attack.

By REUTERS

 

 

SURREY, British Columbia – Canadian police said on Tuesday they foiled an al-Qaida-inspired plot to detonate three pressure-cooker bombs during Monday’s Canada Day holiday outside the parliament building in the Pacific coast city of Victoria, arresting a Canadian man and woman and seizing their home-made explosive devices.
Canadian flag at Parliament in Ottawa [file photo]


Canadian flag at Parliament in Ottawa [file photo] – Photo: REUTERS

Police said there was no evidence to suggest a foreign link to the planned attack, which targeted public celebrations outside the parliament building in Victoria, capital of the province of British Columbia.

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Appeal court returns Hebron house to Jewish settlers

After eviction from disputed home near Tomb of the Patriarchs over “irregularities” in the purchase from Palestinian owners, settlers’ appeal win allows their return to their legally bought building.

Defense Minister still needs to approve re-entry.

By Efrat Forsher

The purchase of a house near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron by Jewish settlers was legal, a military appeals committee ruled on Monday, after the deal was refused approval by the Civil Administration.
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