Bulgarian Investigation Proves Hezbollah Executed Burgas Terrorist Attack

After a 7-month probe, Bulgarian interior minister announces that 2 Hezbollah terrorists involved in Burgas suicide-terrorist bombing that killed 6.

By REUTERS

SOFIA – Two individuals with links to Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists last July, Bulgaria’s interior minister said on Tuesday.
Bulgaria bus bomb.

Bulgaria bus bomb. – Photo: REUTERS

The conclusions of the Bulgarian investigation may open the way for the European Union to join the United States in branding the Iranian-backed Hezbollah a terrorist organization since there is now a clear connection to an attack on EU territory.
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The North how has its 3rd Iron Dome battery deployed

Third missile defense system operational in northern Israel following alleged Air Force strike on Syrian arms convoy

Yoav Zitun

 

Against the backdrop of foreign media reports on an Israeli Air Force strike in Syria, a third Iron Dome battery has been deployed in northern Israel.

Iron Dome

This raises the number of missile-interception systems installed in the north to three. Over the last 10 days Iron Dome batteries have been deployed in the Upper Galilee area and in greater Haifa as well.

The Iron Dome launchers belonging to the third battery were installed in several points and can defend a number of towns from missiles. Continue Reading »

Israel, ‘You Can’t Find PA Incitement? Then LOOK at this!’

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry releases PowerPoint presentation of numerous PA incitement, from ‘Zion is Satan’ to ‘Come Kill the Jews.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

In wake of the release of a report comparing Palestinian Authority textbooks to Israeli textbooks in terms of incitement, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has released a simple PowerPoint presentation outlining PA incitement and giving examples.

incitementAmong the more disturbing instances of incitement are incident in which teachers used their blogs or Facebook pages to spread hate. One PA school’s Facebook page includes an image of an Arab child being strangled by a snake marked with a Star of David. Continue Reading »

Israel, ‘You Can’t Find PA Incitement? LOOK Here!’

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry releases PowerPoint presentation of numerous PA incitement, from ‘Zion is Satan’ to ‘Come Kill the Jews.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

In wake of the release of a report comparing Palestinian Authority textbooks to Israeli textbooks in terms of incitement, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has released a simple PowerPoint presentation outlining PA incitement and giving examples.

PA TV incitement and Abbas

PA TV incitement and Abbas
PMW screenshot and Israel

Among the more disturbing instances of incitement are incident in which teachers used their blogs or Facebook pages to spread hate. One PA school’s Facebook page includes an image of an Arab child being strangled by a snake marked with a Star of David. Continue Reading »

Syria won’t retaliate against Israel reports Syrian defense minister on state TV

Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij reported Israel’s alleged airstrike was part of a plan to aid in destroying Syria internally, and calls Syrian rebels Israel’s “tools”. Furthermore, al-Freij said Israel & their “armed gangs coordinated together to target the research center.”

News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Syria’s defense minister signaled Monday that his country would not hit back at Israel over last week’s airstrike inside Syria, claiming the Israeli raid was actually in retaliation for his regime’s offensive against local rebels, whom he called “tools” of the Jewish state. The remarks suggest the regime’s military options might be severely constrained after 22 months of fighting an uprising that has depleted its weapons and stretched troops thin.

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Bulgarian gov’t is expected to blame Hezbollah & ally Iran for Burgas attack

The investigative report on the bombing in the airport of Burgas last July that killed 5 Israeli tourists allegedly blames Hezbollah & Iran.

By JTA

 

U.S. officials reportedly have said that Bulgaria will blame Hezbollah and Iran for a terrorist attack that killed five Israelis last year in the Balkan state.

The bus that was destroyed in the Burgas terrorist attack – Reuters

The bus that was destroyed in the Burgas terrorist attack – Reuters

Unidentified U.S. and Middle East officials who were briefed on the findings told the Wall Street Journal that Bulgaria’s government is expected to release an investigative report this week containing theses conclusions.

The report is about the July 18 bus bombing that took place in Burgas, Bulgaria, and was aimed at Israeli tourists there. Continue Reading »

WATCH: Tel Aviv paints handicapped space around car, then tows it.

Camera show TA municipality workers painting handicapped markings around parked car & then towing it away.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, BEN HARTMAN

 

Security cameras in Tel Aviv documented a Tel Aviv municipality worker painting handicapped space markings around a vehicle parked legally in the city, resulting in the car being towed shortly afterward, to its owner’s chagrin.

Car towed from handicapped space

Car towed from handicapped space – Photo: Screenshot

The security camera video was obtained by the vehicle’s angry owner as part of her efforts to fight the fine she was assessed for parking in a handicapped space. The video and story of Tel Aviv resident Hila’s fight against the city went viral in Israel on Tuesday.

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Grenades, LAW Missiles & RPGs found at Arab village school in the Galilee

Special Police Unit uncovers weapons cache at kindergarten, school for special needs students.
The police believe that the weapons were likely intended for criminal use.

Anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades were found stashed in a school and a kindergarten for special needs children in the Galilee village of Abu Sanaan, during a raid by police on Tuesday morning.

Weapons found stashed at Arab school in Galilee

Weapons found stashed at Arab school in Galilee – Photo: Israel Police

Pictures put out by police show three LAW missiles and four RPGs, all of which were recently stolen from IDF weapons depots. The arms were found in a drainage canal and a small pond on the ground of the school and kindergarten, along with raw explosives, grenades, and hundreds of assault rifle bullets.

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The Final word on European Jew’s origin?

Latest DNA study says Jews of European descent are multi-ancestrial, with many hailing from tribes in Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created empire that lasted 5 Centuries

By AFP

 

Jews of European origin are a mix of ancestries, with many hailing from tribes in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created an empire that lasted half a millennium, according to a gene study.

‘Genome of European Jews is a tapestry of ancient populations’ – Photo: Jupiter

The investigation, its author says, should settle a debate that has been roiling for more than two centuries.

Jews of European descent, often called Ashkenazim, account for some 90% of the more than 13 million Jews in the world today. Continue Reading »

Education Minister Says Study Claiming Palestinian Textbooks Don’t Vilify Jews “biased & unprofessional”

In contrast to the cold Israeli reaction, the office of Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad released a statement saying that he “expresses his satisfaction with a main finding of a study … that confirms that Palestinian textbooks do not contain any form of blatant incitement, which is based on contempt towards the ‘other’.”

 

By Nathan Jeffay

 

Controversy quickly engulfed a new study that said Palestinian textbooks do not incite hatred for Jews with Israel blasting the report — with some members of the report’s advisory panel claiming they were blindsided by its release.

Gidon Saar – Levy dudy/Wikimedia

Bar Ilan University Talmud professor Daniel Sperber, a member of the panel, slammed the decision to release the report when Israeli-Palestinian relations are strained and when Israel is in-between governments. Continue Reading »

A Lebanese Writes: Hezbollah’s Inflated Ego And the Cancerous Entity

The Lebanese people alone are unable to free their country from the savage Hizbullah occupation. They commit all kinds of horrible acts of mayhem and chaos; they manufacture, grow, distribute and export illicit drugs, launder money, sell weapons, steal, kill, infringe on all the laws of the land, challenge human rights, invade regions and homes inside Lebanon, and assassinate, intimidate, and humiliate anyone who opposes them – and kidnap and exercise every Mafioso-like atrocity.

By Elias Bejjani

 

The frightening Hizbullah’s devastating cancerous ailment is hitting Lebanon hard and without mercy and the Lebanese people on all levels and in all domains are the victims. Continue Reading »

Israel Water Authority Declares End to Water Crisis

Over the past 7 years, Israel established 3 state of the art, water desalination plants along its Mediterranean coast, that now provide the state with nearly half of its drinking water.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel’s Water Authority on Monday officially declared the national water crisis to be over, and lifted its “severe drought advisory.”

rain average“The water crisis is over” and the situation is stable, but Israelis must not become complacent lest the nation find itself in a drought situation again, stated Water Authority Head Alexander Kushner.

Israel has suffered from dryer than usual winters for the past seven years, resulting in an overdraft of its national reservoirs, in particular the Sea of Galilee. Continue Reading »

Being a Member of Knesset Isn’t so Bad a Job

The MKs’ monthly salary is 38,250 shekels ($10,391) & each is given a car of his/her choosing from any of 6 models. MKs are covered in their travels abroad, either by the Knesset or, in the case of a diplomatic mission, by the Foreign Ministry…and that’s just the beginning.

Gideon Allon

 

 

The 48 new members of the 19th Knesset will soon enjoy the generous salary and benefits that come with the job.

carsMoreover, MKs are entitled to up to a NIS 4,250 ($1,155) reimbursement per year in clothing expenses, and a similar amount for foreign language studies.

In addition, each Knesset member is granted an annual budget of NIS 27,500 ($7,470) from which one may be reimbursed for a cellphone, two newspaper subscriptions, two home phone lines (one of which is a fax machine), NIS 103 ($28) per diem for food and lodging on days when Knesset sessions run long, and mailing expenses for up to 15,000 items.

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Joint Israeli-Palestinian Study: No demonization of Israel in PA’s school books

Latest study finds both Israeli & Palestinian school books of equal bias; Fayyad welcomes study.

Israel: Study itself is biased, completely unrelated to reality

By Elior Levy

 

Demonizing and dehumanizing the enemy are mostly absent from Israeli and Palestinian school books, a new study released Monday shows.

Surprising study Photo: AP

Surprising study – Photo: AP

While Israeli claims of Palestinian incitement are far from uncommon, the international study showed them to be largely baseless and accused both sides of a one-sided narrative.

The Council for the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land commissioned the study to examine how Israeli and Palestinian textbooks portray both sides in connection to the conflict and the peace process. Continue Reading »

Petition to require Facebook to close anti-Israel page

In violation of Facebook’s own ‘Community Standards’ the “Fuck Israel” page, which has 36,000 “likes” as of Monday, features such sentiments as “God bless Adolf Hitler for what he did,” “Jews are children of apes and pigs … they are baby killers,” and “I hate Israel,” continues to attract the support of anti-Semites.

By JTA

 

LOS ANGELES — A Facebook petition to remove an anti-Israel page that uses an expletive in its name has 75,000 likes, the removal campaign’s creator says.

Fuck Israel

Michael Mendelson of Miami told JTA by telephone that the removal petition against the “Fuck Israel” page has been on Facebook for less than a week; the number of likes is as of Monday. Continue Reading »