Swedish Activists Rally saying Anti-Zionism is Antisemitism

One of the speakers at the rally, Saskia Pantell a local activist said, “Zionism should be a given. It is Jewish self-governance and it’s a human right.”

By Ben Bresky

 

Saskia Pantell, Vice Chair of the Zionist Federation of Sweden, praised to pro-Israel sentiment expressed at a rally this week. “We cannot allow politicians in Sweden to avoid the problem any longer,” Pantell stated. “We need to speak up and say what is really going on.”

Sweden Rally for Israel

Sweden Rally for Israel
courtesy http://izionist.org

She spoke to Arutz Sheva – Israel National Radio on the Tamar Yonah Show about the event.

Part of the impetus of the rally were controversial comments made by the mayor of Malmo, Sweden against Zionism. Continue Reading »

Egyptian Christian & Pakistani Muslim both agree anti-Zionism IS anti-Semitism

During their visit to Israel, both, UK-born ‘Muslim Zionist’ and an Arab Christian condemn anti-Zionism as nothing more than an accuse for classic Jew-hatred

By Israel Today Staff

 

In a must-watch interview with Arutz Sheva TV, a British-born Pakistani Muslim and an Egyptian Christian pastor explain how Israel’s Islamic enemies have turned anti-Zionism into a convenient cover for what is really anti-Semitism.

Kasim Hafeez - Screenshot

Kasim Hafeez – Screenshot

The two men, who were visiting Israel last week, note that while openly advocating the murder of Jews is no longer en vogue, denying Israel the right to defend itself (which is essentially the same thing) has become internationally acceptable. Continue Reading »

Israeli director debunks Nazi Jewish soap myth

The claim, based of Polish antisemitic slogans, that soap was produced from Jewish bodies, simply plays into the hands of the deniers of the Holocaust, who can easily prove that nothing of the kind ever happened…even though the Nazis were more than capable of this atrocity.

 

 

An Israeli film maker who is admittedly “obsessed” with the Holocaust is finally putting to rest the myth that the  urban myth that the Nazis used the remains of Jewish bodies to create bars of soap.

Remembering the Holocaust

“Soaps,” a new film by director Eyal Ballas, 43, finds that the soap myth originated in World War I, when Germans were rumored to be turning bodies into the cleaning product.

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Syrian MP threatens Jordan – Jordan threatens to expel Syrian envoy

Syrian Envoy attacked kingdom’s deployment of US patriots so Jordan FM gives Syrian ambassador a final warning

By REUTERS
 

 

AMMAN – US ally Jordan threatened on Thursday to expel Syria’s ambassador, after he warned the kingdom Syrian missiles could be used against Patriot batteries due to be deployed soon along their border.

Jordanian FM Nasser Judeh after GCC conference

Jordanian FM Nasser Judeh after GCC conference – Photo: Reuters/Susan Baaghil

Foreign Minister Nasser Joudeh told state news agency Petra ambassador Bahjat Suleiman had violated diplomatic protocol.

“The Syrian ambassador has breached all norms and diplomatic practices by his behavior … This is considered as a final warning to abide by the rules of diplomatic practice and to stop any meetings or statements that are deemed harmful to Jordan,’ Joudeh said.

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Syrians seek refuge in Israel

After battle between Assad’s forces & rebels in Golan Heights, dozens of Syrians attempt to cross into Israel, but IDF soldiers send them back after determining Quneitra was safe.

Meanwhile, wildfires caused by Syrian gunfire spreads crosses the border into Israel

By Yoav Zitun

 

Dozens of Syrians arrived at the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria at around noon Thursday and requested entry into Israel.

Syrian-born fire reaches Golan shrubbery - Photo Haggai Aharon

Syrian-born fire reaches Golan shrubbery – Photo: Haggai Aharon

According to assessments, hundreds of dunams have gone up in flames, some of which have come near the IDF’s Golan positions. An Israeli firefighter squad is currently at the scene attempting to take control of the fire and the IDF has instructed local farmers to stay away from their lands near the border for the time being. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem to UN: Replace Austrian peacekeepers that withdrew from Golan Heights

Israel says it does regret Austria’s decision to pull its more than 300 troops out of the 1,100-strong UN force following clashes at Quneitra, but expects the UN to maintain its mandate on the Israel-Syria border.

 

Israel demanded on Thursday that the United Nations replace the Austrian soldiers that were pulled out of a UN peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights as soon as possible.

Quneitra Syria

Smoke rises from a fire as a result of fighting in the Syrian village of Quneitra near the border with Israel. – Photo: AP

Following the battles at Quneitra in Syria early on Thursday morning, Austria announced it was withdrawing its troops that serve in the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan.

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JNF cancels Clinton invitation by withdrawing $500,000 offer to attend

Following uproar in Israel & abroad, the JNF announced it will no longer pay former U.S. President $500,000 to speak at Peres’ Birthday gala.

By Elad Benari

 

The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet Leyisrael) said on Thursday that it will not take part in an upcoming gala event attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and will not pay him $500,000 to give a speech at this gala.

Clinton and Peres - Photo by Reuters

Clinton and Peres – Photo by Reuters

Earlier this week it was reported that the JNF would pay Clinton this huge sum for the gala evening, to be held June 17 in honor of President Shimon Peres’s 90th birthday. Continue Reading »

Safed hospital evacuated when hand-grenade found on wounded Syrian

One of the 2 wounded Syrian men sent to Israel’s Ziv Medical Center with gunshot wounds in the chest and abdomen, were found with a stun grenade in his pocket.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Security personnel at Ziv Medical Center in Safed Thursday evacuated the emergency room and trauma unit after a stun grenade was found in the pocket of one of two wounded Syrian nationals who were transferred to the hospital earlier in the day, Channel 10 reported.

According to the report, sappers were called to the scene to neutralize the weapon, after which patients were permitted to return to the previously evacuated areas.

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The Druze community celebrates 40 years of IDF combat service for Israel

Despite the Druze being an Arabic-speaking minority, Israeli Druze have always seen themselves as blood brothers with the Jews, proudly wanting to defend their country, the State of Israel.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel’s Druze population last week celebrated 40 years since the establishment of a special, elite infantry unit for members of the community joining the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The all Druze, 'Swords' 299 unit of the IDF celebrate 40 years of combat service

The all Druze, ‘Swords’ 299 unit of the IDF celebrate 40 years of combat service

Israel officially exempts minority groups from mandatory military service, but shortly after the Jewish state’s modern rebirth, leaders of the Druze community demanded that Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, also draft their young men for service. Continue Reading »

Which will be victorious, Hezbollah or Al-Qaida ?

With Al-Qaida forces fighting in a dozen countries, can Hezbollah stand up to their battlefield experience?

By Clifford D. May

 

Back during the George W. Bush administration, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage famously called Hezbollah the “A-team of terrorists,” adding that “al-Qaida is actually the B-team.” How do these two organizations compare today?

Hezbollah rocket launcherLast week, the State Department released its annual “Country Reports on Terrorism 2012.” At a background briefing , a “senior administration official” highlighted an alarming trend: a “marked resurgence of terrorist activity by Iran and Hezbollah. The tempo of operational activity was something we haven’t seen since the 1990s. Continue Reading »

An Israel-Hater Appointed by Obama To Represent the U.S. at the U.N.

 

The next United States ambassador to the UN wants the US Army attack Israel at the risk of alienating “a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import.”

Power also goes on to calls Netanyahu “dreadfully irresponsible.”

By Arnold Ahlert

 

On Wednesday, President Obama nominated Samantha Power to be US Ambassador to the United Nations. Power has “been a relentless advocate for American interests and values, building partnerships on behalf of democracy and human rights, fighting the scourge of anti-Semitism and combating human trafficking,” the president contended. Power’s record, however, tells a much different tale. Power is, unsurprisingly, not only a radical leftist who believes America is evil and owes the world an apology, but someone with an egregious history of antipathy directed towards Israel.

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Ireland leads opposition in having Hezbollah blacklisted by EU

Jerusalem officials accuse Ireland of heading EU opposition to having Hezbollah’s “military wing” rightly placed on continent’s blacklist.

 

 

Government officials in Jerusalem accused Ireland on Wednesday of leading opposition inside the EU to placing Hezbollah, or at least its “military wing,” on the European Union’s terrorist black list.

Hezbollah terrorists - Photo by EPA

Hezbollah terrorists – Photo by EPA

According to the officials, Ireland – which holds the EU’s rotating presidency – was supported in this position by Sweden and Finland at a working group on Tuesday that debated the issue.

A consensus of the EU’s 27 states will be needed to blacklist Hezbollah’s “military wing,” a move now even backed by Germany and France.

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Iranians ‘embarrassed by ignorance’ after meeting Holocaust survivors

Young Iranians now living in UK listen to stories of Holocaust survivors, tell about their childhoods, being indoctrinated to hate Israel. ‘We have no real way to influence Iranian gov’t, but we can pass on these stories we heard here.’

By Ahiya Raved

Fifteen young men and women of Iranian descent who now live in Britain met on Tuesday in Haifa with Holocaust survivors and heard, for the first time in their lives, stories about life in the concentration camps and life in the ghettos.

סיפורי הניצולים ודמעות האיראנים (צילום: אבישג שאר-ישוב)

Emotional meeting – Photo: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

The young members of the Church of Light were born mostly Muslims and converted after moving to England. Continue Reading »

Decade later, construction on Israel’s 2nd int’l airport takes off

 

The Ilan & Asaf Ramon Int’l Airport is set to become a reality. For now the desert surroundings seem poised to trump any possible architectural cliche.

 

 

This week the bulldozers and steamrollers finally kicked up their first cloud of sand as work began on the new international airport, in Timna, in the Arava Desert.

Architect’s rendering of the planned Timna international airport near Eilat.

Architect’s rendering of the planned Timna international airport near Eilat. – Photo Courtesy

 

The cornerstone of the facility, whose official name is the Ilan and Asaf Ramon Airport, was laid two weeks ago in a ceremony attended by Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, Israel Airports Authority officials, Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzhak Halevy and members of the Ramon family including Rona Ramon. Continue Reading »

Syrian Group of Al-Qaeda Rebels Now Positioned on Israeli Border

The IDF confirmed reports that Syrian rebel forces, most likely affiliated with Al Qaeda, now control areas of the Syrian Golan city of Kuneitra.

By David Lev

 

The IDF verified reports Thursday morning that Syrian rebel forces had conquered parts of the Golan city of Kuneitra, placing them directly on the border with Israel. IDF officials said that the takeover of the area by rebel forces was a “significant development.”

During the battle between rebel and Syrian army forces, a mortar shell fell on a UN observer base in the area. A UN worker was injured. IDF officials have advised agricultural workers in the border area to stay away from the border until the security situation can be clarified. Continue Reading »