Arab MK claims no democracy in Israel at Toronto Lecture

MK Jamal Zahalka claimed that Arabs are victims of Israel’s “apartheid” policy & that there is no democracy in Israel.

By Elad Benari

 

An Arab Knesset member who visited Toronto last week claimed that there is no democracy in Israel and that Arabs are victims of Israel’s “apartheid” policy.

According to a report in Shalom Toronto, MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) made the remarks during an appearance at the “Palestine House” in Toronto in honor of the Arab Land Day, which was marked on March 30.

The report said that MK Zahalka’s lecture, which was entitled “Exposing the secrets of Israeli democracy”, focused on trying to disprove what he said is the “myth” of the existence of a genuine democratic government in Israel. Continue Reading »

Marmara passenger will donate his compensation to Hamas & Islamic Jihad

Mehmet Tunc, participant in Gaza flotilla of 2010 says he’ll not touch even ‘1 Turkish Lira’ of Israeli compensation, instead plans to donate it to Palestinian terror groups.

By Roi Kais

 

A Turkish citizen who was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara flotilla announced Wednesday that he will donate any compensation from Israel to Hamas and Islamic Jihad .

פעולת צה"ל על המרמרה (צילום: AP)

IDF boards Marmara – Photo: AP

Mehmet Tunc declared that he would not touch even he would not touch even “one Turkish Lira.”

Tunc told reporters in Istanbul that nine of his friends had been “martyred” by the Israeli forces when IDF soldiers acted “against international law.” Continue Reading »

Terrorist Shot Dead After Throwing Firebomb at IDF Soldiers

1 Palestinian terrorist killed after IDF soldiers open fire at 2 Arab terrorists who threw firebombs at them in northern Samaria.

By Elad Benari

 

IDF soldiers opened fire on Wednesday night at two terrorists who approached an IDF position near the community of Einav in northern Samaria.

As the two terrorists approached the soldiers, they hurled a firebomb at them. The soldiers returned fire, killing one terrorist and wounding the other.

PA officials told AFP that the killed terrorist was a 16-year-old teen, identified as Amer Nassar.

The latest attack comes after two days of unrest in Judea and Samaria, as Palestinian Authority Arabs rioted over the death of an elderly terrorist who was serving time in an Israeli jail. Continue Reading »

Jewish leaders urge Netanyahu to make ‘painful territorial sacrifices’

Applauding Netanyahu’s ‘leadership’ on Turkey, the Israel Policy Forum letter, signed by 100 American Jewish leaders, urge collaboration with Kerry & ‘concrete confidence building measures’ with the Palestinians.

 

In the wake of President Obama’s visit to Israel and on the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry’s return, 100 prominent American Jews have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to “work closely” with Kerry “to devise pragmatic initiatives, consistent with Israel’s security needs, which would represent Israel’s readiness to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace.”

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the Jewish Agency's Board of Governors in Jerusalem

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a meeting of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors in Jerusalem, February 18, 2013.

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Op-Ed: Why The World Easily Believes Jews Kill Children

French courts to rule on the case of France 2 TV vs. media critic Philippe Karsenty, who exposed the al-Dura anti-Israel “big lie.”

By Giulio Meotti, Italy

 

A landmark ruling on Mohammed al-Dura, the symbol of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, is about to be released this Wednesday, April 3rd, by the French Supreme Court.

The court case is concerned with the state-owned France 2 TV and one of its senior news producers, Charles Enderlin, and was lodged against Philippe Karsenty, a brave media critic, whom they seek to convict of criminal defamation.  (A reminder: The film shown on TV of Mohammed al-Dura cowering behind his father’s back and killed turned out to be doctored; one of the portions cut showed him visibly alive at the end of the event and the place he was in was proven to be out of range of IDF soldiers). Continue Reading »

Palestinian who killed by throwing stones convicted of murder

The conviction of the Palestinian attacker who killed a Jewish father & infant son in 2011 has sparked calls for all who attack by throwing stones to be charged with attempted murder.

By Israel Today Staff

 

An Israeli court has convicted a Palestinian Arab stone-thrower of murder for a 2011 attack on Jewish motorists near Hebron that killed a man and his infant son.

Palestinian convicted of murder for throwing stones

Palestinian convicted of murder for throwing stones – Israel Today

Wa’al al-Araji, 25, was just doing what most other Palestinian Arabs his age have been raised to think is acceptable when he assaulted Jews driving near the biblical town. Continue Reading »

IDF targets source of cross-border fire from Syria

After 2 incidences of cross-border fire from Syria on Tuesday evening, IDF tanks target the source.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon visited the borders with Syria & Lebanon earlier on Tuesday saying, ‘We will respond to all fire from Syria’.

By Danny Brenner and Lilach Shoval

 

Israel was struck twice on Tuesday by cross-border fire from Syria. In the first incident, a mortal shell exploded in the Tel Fares area of the Golan Heights on Tuesday evening. Shortly afterward, Israeli soldiers near the Tel Hazeka military post came under fire from Syria. There were no injuries or damage in either incident.

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Kerry to visit Turkey, Jordan & Israel in hopes of restarting dialogue

US Sec. of State will return to Mid-East in hopes of finding formula to restart negotiations.

Canadian FM Baird also scheduled to visit region.

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Israel Saturday night as part of his efforts to restart negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Netanyahu, March 20, 2013.

US Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Netanyahu, March 20, 2013.- Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

Kerry, who held four hours of talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on March 23, following the visit of US President Barack Obama to Israel, will also be meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan during his visit.

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No one hurt as 2 Gaza rockets explode in Israel Again

As children make their way to schools & kindergarten after Passover holiday, 2 Qassams fired from Gaza explode in western Negev.

Defense Minister Ya’alon says Hamas is responsible.

Residents: ‘We knew the calm wouldn’t last.’

By Neri Brenner

 

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two Qassam rockets toward the western Negev Wednesday morning, as Israeli children in Sderot and Sha’ar Hanegev were making their way to schools and kindergartens after the Passover holiday. No injuries or damage were reported.

"מציאות נפיצה". שרידי אחת הרקטות, הבוקר (צילום: רועי עידן)

Rocket in Sderot, Wednesday – Photo: Roee Idan

Sderot residents reported hearing explosions shortly after the Color Red siren sounded in the city at 7:33 am. Continue Reading »

Palestinians hid their true intentions from Obama & reporters’ eyes

Stone monument in Bethlehem that replaces all of Israel with a State of Palestine, was temporarily replaced during Obama’s recent visit.

By Israel Today Staff

 

In a telling example of just how genuine, or, rather, how false, Israel’s peace partners in the Palestinian Authority are, a monument that replaces the entirety of the land of Israel with a State of Palestine was hastily removed from Bethlehem before US President Barack Obama visited a little over a week ago.

Palestinians hid true intentions from Obama

Bethlehem monument that replaces all of Israel with a State of Palestine

Obama had gone to Bethlehem ostensibly to pray for peace at the birthplace of Jesus. Continue Reading »

Israel threatened with ‘potentially crippling’ cyberattack

Israeli Cybersecurity experts say financial system & gov’t websites are likely to be targeted by Anonymous. They say #OpIsrael is meant to “erase Israel from the Internet” in solidarity with the Palestinians & will peak on April 7.

Ilan Gattegno and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Israel is bracing for a “potentially crippling” cyberattack against the country’s major companies and websites, Israel Hayom learned Tuesday. The attack is set to take place on April 7, which this year will be the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The planned assault is part of hacktivist group Anonymous’s ongoing #OpIsrael campaign, which was launched in March in a show of solidarity with the Palestinians.

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Exploded rocket reported to police at Sderot kindergarten

Local kindergarten had been closed for Passover holiday, delaying the discovery of a rocket believed fired last month during Obama’s Jerusalem visit.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The remains of a rocket likely fired into southern Israel during Barack Obama’s visit to Israel last month were found in a kindergarten in Sderot, police stated.

An Israeli policewoman looks at the damage after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza lan

An Israeli policewoman looks at the damage after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza – Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The rocket’s remains were not located previously barbecue the kindergarten had been closed for the Passover holiday, police added.

Police sappers were on the scene to safely dispose of the rocket.

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Israeli Navy digs in protecting gas fields

Israel’s Navy all prepared for defending Israel’s new found energy independence from ‘every possible scenario’.

Reuters

 

Israel’s huge new offshore gas resource offers its enemies an obvious target and gives its navy, long overshadowed by other branches of the Israeli armed forces, a big job that will require extra spending. On patrol boat 836, circling two gas platforms in choppy Mediterranean waters, Captain Ilan Lavi flipped through pictures of the possible threats: boat bombs, drones, submarine vessels, rockets and missiles.

Tamar's gas rig - Photo by Albatross

Tamar’s gas rig – Photo by Albatross

“We have to build an entire new defensive envelope,” said Lavi, head of the navy’s planning department who talks as knowledgeably about the financial aspects of the gas industry as he does about security. Continue Reading »

Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike after prisoner dies of cancer

As clashes erupt in Hebron, PA President Abbas says Israel responsible for death of 64-year-old Maysara Abuhamdieh.

By Yaniv Kubovich, and Gili Cohen

Maysara Abuhamdieh, a 64-year-old security prisoner from Hebron, died Tuesday morning at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. Following his death, Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in Hebron, while security detainees in Israeli prisoners announced a three-day hunger strike. Security was beefed up in prisons in case of further unrest.

A Palestinian woman holds a photograph of a prisoner on hunger strike during a rally

A Palestinian woman holds a photograph of a prisoner on hunger strike during a rally in the West Bank city of Hebron to show solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in February.

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Hamas Law Bans Co-Education & ‘Zionist’ Ties in Gaza

The newly approved education law in Gaza forbids the “receipt of gifts or aid aimed at normalizing (relations) with the Zionist occupation (Israel).”

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

A law banning “normalizing ties with the Zionist occupation” as well as co-education schooling in the Gaza Strip has entered into force, the education minister for Hamas, said on Monday.

Arab schoolgirls - Photo AFP file

Arab schoolgirls – Photo AFP file

The law, which was issued on February 10, was approved by the Islamist movement’s legislative council and went into effect on Sunday, Osama Mazini told a news conference.

Article 46 of the law, obtained by the AFP news agency, will “ban the mixing of students from the two sexes in educational establishments after the age of nine, and work to ‘feminize’ girls’ schools.” Continue Reading »