Bayit Yehudi Vindicated as Coalition Planing Goes into Overtime

Political Analysis: Likud’s strategy reflects the reasoning behind Naftali Bennett’s decision to enter into a pact with Yair Lapid was appropriate.

By Gil Ronen

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet President Shimon Peres Saturday evening and ask him for a two-week extension in which to put together a coalition of parties and form a new government.

Peres will grant Netanyahu the two-week extension.

If Netanyahu fails to cobble together a coalition within a fortnight, however, he will be in serious trouble. Peres could decide to task someone else with creating a coalition, or new elections could be called.

We are, therefore, entering the “money time” of coalition crafting. Continue Reading »

Palestinian TV honors terrorists who killed 22 children & 4 adults for 2nd year

 

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a tribute to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, responsible for the 1974 Maalot massacre for second year in a row.

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

 

Official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a tribute this past week to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP). As part of the tribute
a poster honoring the three DFLP terrorists who committed the Ma’alot massacre was highlighted
on TV. (See opposite).

Poster glorifying terrorists
of the Ma’alot massacre in 1974,
which killed 22 children and 4 adults

The Ma’alot massacre was done by the DFLP in 1974. Continue Reading »

In automatic US budget cuts, Israel too will be hurting

US budget cuts set to go into effect will eat into US military aid programs to Israel.

Joint programs like the Arrow missile defense system & David’s Sling will possibly be affected. If so, thousands of Americans will be out of work.

 

In 1996, then-Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu dropped jaws when he stood before a joint session of the US Congress and declared that Israel intended to wean itself from the billions it received in annual American assistance.

Netanyahu, Kerry at the US Capitol, March 23, 2010.

Netanyahu, Kerry at the US Capitol, March 23, 2010.
Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

“I believe there can be no greater tribute to America’s long-standing economic aid to Israel than for us to be able to say: We are going to achieve economic independence,” he said.

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Bearded Salafist to Tunisian Students: ‘You’re dancing while Israelis kill?’

Tunisian Salafis try to convince students from filming themselves doing popular western dance, while in Egypt, some 400 youngsters dance outside Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters, chanting ‘Leave! Leave!’

Roi Kais, agencies

 

Egyptian protesters gathered at the headquarters of the country’s most powerful Islamic group and did the Harlem Shake while chanting “Leave! Leave!” to Egypt’s Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

Egyptians do the 'Harlem Shake'About 400 young men, some in funny costumes and others bare-chested, rallied in Cairo in front of the main office of Morsi‘s group, The Muslim Brotherhood.

The dance brought a rare moment of light-hearted expression of dissidence amid Egypt’s political turmoil that has left dozens dead and hundreds injured in recent months. Continue Reading »

Obama may cancel Israel visit if no gov’t formed

U.S. President Obama’s visit was expected to take place after a new Israeli gov’t was in place, with the assumption that this would happen by mid-March.

PM is still struggling to form a gov’t.

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President Barack Obama will cancel his planned visit to Israeli next month if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unable to form a coalition by March 16, Israel’s Channel 10 reported on Thursday.

Obama and Netanyahu meeting in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2012. – Photo: AP

After the Israeli elections on January 22, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was tasked with forming Israel’s new governing coalition. Continue Reading »

IDF seeking the safest window in the world

IDF soldiers in the south are bombing fake buildings, over & over. The goal – to find the world’s safest windows.

By Maayana Miskin

 

A group of IDF workers has spent a large part of the last several weeks in the desert in southern Israel, setting off bombs. Their goal: to find the safest windows in the world.

windows

Major Benny Brosh, head of the research and development unit, explained the process to Arutz Sheva.

The army is responsible for testing the windows, along with similar devices developed by civilian firms that are now seeking high levels of safety certification, he said.  Continue Reading »

Arab policewoman threatened by villagers

A Muslim policewoman was called ‘traitor’ for ‘serving in occupation army, oppressing her nation’ by fellow villagers.

Police say her life may be in danger

Yaron Doron

 

An Arab-Muslim female police officer serving in the Jerusalem District received death threats accusing her of being a “traitor”.

Israel Police cruiser – Yair Sagi

 

A resident of a village in northern Israel, where the officer herself lives, published her picture on the internet and wrote that she is a “traitor”. He also wrote that she is “serving in the occupation army oppressing her nation.”

The police are not taking the threats lightly and she has been placed on a threatened-persons list. Continue Reading »

25% of Terror Prisoners study at Hamas University

Israel’s prisons are a breeding ground for Hamas terrorists as 1 in 4 of Palestinian Authority prisoners get an education from Hamas university.

By Maayana Miskin

 

One-fourth of terrorists from Gaza, Judea and Samaria serving time in Israeli prisons are getting an education through Hamas, according to a report by the Hamas government in Gaza that was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

A Hamas project titled Jamat el-Ahrar (Sons of Freedom) allows prisoners to continue their studies in prison via Hamas.

Terrorists in Israel’s prisons were previously eligible for free studies in Israeli schools. In 2010, the number of inmates enrolled in the Open University stood at 270, of which 210 were classified as “security prisoners” jailed for terror-related offenses. Continue Reading »

British Students heckle Israeli official’s speech

UK students turn against Israel: Hordes of hecklers prevent Israel’s deputy ambassador from getting a word in at University of Essex.

Jerusalem: The situation on UK campuses is grim.

Itamar Eichner

 

Protests against Israel on UK university campuses are growing: Dozens of students disrupted last week a speech by Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to Britain Alon Roth-Snir at the Essex University, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.

Pro-Palestinan protestsA lecture scheduled to be given by Daniel Taub, the Ambassador to Britain, was also cancelled at the University of North Ireland, due to fear of disturbances.

Roth-Snir’s speech was scheduled at the invitation of the University of Essex’s Middle East club. Continue Reading »

Police: Arabs Behind Attack Previously Blamed on Jews

Samaria residents slammed leftist groups after Police investigation proved Arabs were responsible for destruction then shifted blame on area Jews.

By David Lev

 

Members of the Samaria Residents Council slammed leftist groups Thursday after police said that what had been thought to be a “price tag” action by Jewish residents of Esh Kodesh in the Binyamin region turned out to be a dispute between Arabs. It was the Arabs who set fire to six vehicles in the village of Korsa near Shechem last week, deliberately blaming the Jews for their activities.

Among the groups with egg on their face in the wake of the police findings is the “Rabbis for Human Rights” organization, which in the wake of the claims by Arabs that they had been attacked by Jews, issued a harsh statement condemning Esh Kodesh residents for their “hateful” activities. Continue Reading »

Is the White House covertly acquiescing to Iranian Nuclear ambitions?

The recent break down of talks between Iran & int’l nuclear inspectors resulted in the US & fellow world powers lessening their demands on the Islamic Republic.

PM Netanyahu said it was high time for the int’l community to take off its kid gloves in dealing with Iran.

By Israel Today Staff

 

The Obama Administration keeps insisting that it will never allow Iran to attain nuclear weapons, but Israel is growing increasingly concerned that the Washington has in fact resigned itself to the idea of a nuclear-armed Iran. Bomb             Recently, an Obama-linked think tank issued a report suggesting that there was little to fear from a nuclear Iran. Continue Reading »

Gen. Mordechai: Lebanon will have many casualties in next war

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai attributes Nasrallah’s strategic positioning in heavy populated civilian areas & Hezbollah’s upgraded rocket & missile arsenal, major factors to the increased risk of Lebanese non-combatants in any future conflict.

By Lilach Shoval, The Associated Press & Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

“If a war breaks out with Hezbollah, a large number of non-combatants could be hurt because the group is deployed in civilian population centers,” Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai said Wednesday.

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai. – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Speaking at the Beersheba Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night, Mordechai also noted that during Operation Pillar of Defense in November, when the IDF unleashed an aerial bombardment campaign on Hamas to put a stop to rocket fire on southern Israel, the IDF received messages of support from citizens in Arab countries. Continue Reading »

No Bibi or Obama, but AIPAC event will still make noise

The event will focus on Congress enacting legislation that would designate Israel a “major strategic ally” of the US, a relationship not enjoyed by any other nation, & on facilitating a US green light should Israel decide to strike Iran.

By Ron Kampeas

 

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Next week’s annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington may be as notable for what — and who — is missing as what’s planned.

NetanyahuFor the first time in at least seven years, neither the U.S. president nor the Israeli prime minister will attend. In addition, for the second year in a row, no mention of the Palestinians, negative or positive, appears on the conference’s legislative agenda. Continue Reading »

Erdogan calls Zionism a crime against humanity

Turkish PM ranting his racism at Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN forum for West-Islam dialogue, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon was seated on the stage, stayed silent.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called Zionism a “crime against humanity” likening it with anti-Semitism, fascism, and Islamophobia  while speaking at a UN forum on Wednesday.  Erdogan was speaking Wednesday before a Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN framework for West-Islam dialogue.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganUN Watch urged UN chief Ban Ki-moon who was present on the stage yet stayed silent, according to UN Watch, to speak out and condemn the speech. Continue Reading »

EU consuls: EU must prevent Jewish housing in East Jerusalem

Some 22 European consuls posted in East Jerusalem & the West Bank, appeal to Brussels to intensify efforts to stop Jewish home building in West Bank, saying it poses ‘single biggest threat’ to peace process.

By the Associated Press

 

Nearly two dozen European diplomats have urged the EU to intensify efforts to block Israeli settlements in and near Jerusalem, saying that “such construction on occupied lands is the single biggest threat” to a Mideast peace deal, according to an internal report Wednesday.

Har Homa neighborhood in JerusalemThe report called for strict application of an EU-Israel trade pact to ensure products from settlements do not receive preferential treatment under the accord in European markets. Continue Reading »