Shin Bet arrests Islamic Jihad cell plotting to kidnap IDF soldiers

Israeli Arab & 2 Palestinians detained at road block in Sharon region.

Israeli Arab suspected of purchasing weapons on behalf of cell also nabbed.

By Yaniv Kubovich and Gili Cohen

 

The Shin Bet and Israel Police last month uncovered an Islamic Jihad cell suspected of plotting to kidnap an Israeli soldier or civilian, it emerged on Sunday after a gag order on the case was lifted.

Yusef Warda, Anas Jabarin, Tawfiq Agbariya, Said Jassr

Suspects, from right, clockwise: Yusef Warda, Anas Jabarin, Tawfiq Agbariya, Said Jassr.

Three of the suspects – Tawfiq Agbariya and Said Jassr of the West Bank city of Jenin, and Yusef Warda of Tira – were detained just after midnight on New Year’s Eve at the Eyal Junction, a checkpoint in the Sharon region of Israel, based on an intelligence tip. Continue Reading »

Iran Promises Israel ‘Payback’ Through Syrian Proxy

Iran has threatened to attack Israel via Syria and “render the Zionist regime comatose” for attacking the convoy and chemical instillation.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Iran has threatened to attack Israel in retaliation for the destruction of a chemical weapons processing center near Damascus, using Syria as its proxy.

IAFIranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Deputy Chairman, Brigadier-General Masoud Jazayeri condemned last Wednesday’s air strike on the Jamraya Scientific Research Center, which most of the world assumes was carried out by the Israeli Air Force.

Jazayeri said in a bellicose statement broadcast Sunday on official Iranian Press TV that Syria’s response to the attack on the military research center will “render the Zionist regime comatose.” Continue Reading »

U.S. intel official: Israel targeted multiple targets in attack on Syria

American intelligence official says White House gave Israel ‘green light’ to continue such air strikes in the future.

Israeli jets attacked several targets in Syria Tuesday night in addition to the Scientific Studies and Research Center in Jamarya, outside Damascus, Time Magazine reported Friday.

Launch of SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles during drill by Syrian army - Reuters

Launch of SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles during drill by Syrian army. – Photo: Reuters

In the hours and days after the airstrike allegedly carried out by the Israel Air Force, conflicting reports surfaced regarding the nature of the strike. Syria accused Israel of attacking a research center in Jamarya, but denied that an attack on a convoy transporting SA-17 surface-to-air missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon had taken place as was previously reported. Continue Reading »

Israel-Unofficial: IAF Struck Missiles Before They Left Base

Syrian TV program shows charred remains of  SA-17 missiles convoy that the IAF destroyed when it was about to leave for Lebanon.

By Gil Ronen

 

Israel explained on Friday, unofficially, what happened on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, when its planes allegedly attacked a target in Syria. It also explained why Syria gave a false version of what had happened.

convoyMeanwhile, a video posted on a Syrian pro-Assad Facebook page apparently shows the aftermath of the IAF raid, as shown on Syrian television.

According to the unofficial Israeli version presented on the televised newscast, the target was a convoy of SA-17 missiles that was preparing to leave a base at Jamraya, near Damascus, in order to deliver the missiles to Lebanon’s Hizbullah. Continue Reading »

Israel will have to strike Syrian convoys again

Syria threatens to retaliate against assumed Israeli aggression

Iran, which supplies arms to Syria, Hamas & Hezbollah said the airstrike would have significant ramification for Israel.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

An Israeli air attack reportedly staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come.

Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.Nasrallah

With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power weakening, Israeli officials fear he could soon lose control over his substantial arsenal of chemical and advanced weapons, which could slip into the hands of Hezbollah or other hostile groups.

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Norwegian Muslim cleric: Jewish-run media ‘ruins’ Muslims’ reputation

“People are ignorant because they get their information from the media, and the media only write negatively about Islam,” said Ali Shah. “Judaism has a better grip on the media.”

By JTA

 

Two leading Norwegian Muslims blamed Jewish influence for Christian hostility to Muslims.

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The problem is not that Muslims hate Jews and pray for their annihilation, It’s that the ‘arrogant media’ have the audacity to translate their hateful chants into English. – MEMRI-TV screenshot

Nehmat Ali Shah, the imam at Norway’s largest mosque, and Ghulam Sarwar, the mosque’s chairman, told the daily Dagsavisen that the fear Jews instilled in others explained fraught Muslim-Jewish relations as well as the Holocaust. Continue Reading »

82 MKs from 6 parties recommended Netanyahu to President Peres for PM

After accepting the president’s invitation to form the next coalition gov’t, PM urges Abbas to return &  resume peace talks, says main objectives of new gov’t are dealing with the Iranian threat, equalizing national burden and improving economy.

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on all factions in the 19th Knesset to join a unity government, after accepting President Shimon Peres’ invitation to form the coalition on Saturday night.

PM Binyamin Netanyahu accepts President Peres' invitation to form next gov't

Netanyahu called on leaders of parties that announced they would not sit in his government to reconsider and stressed the need to form the broadest coalition possible in order to deal with issues the State of Israel is facing, both domestically and internationally.

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Ahmadinejad unveils Iran’s newest stealth fighter jet

Islamic Republic reveals 1st generation indigenous stealth fighter-bomber, capable of evading enemy’s radar; indicative of Iran’s will to ‘capture peaks,’ according to Iranian president

By AP

 

New fighter jet Photo: IRNA

New fighter jet – Photo: IRNA

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled the country’s newest fighter jet, which officials claim can evade radar.

Ahmadinejad said at a Saturday ceremony broadcast on state TV that Qaher-313, or Dominant-313, showed Iran’s will to “capture peaks.”

Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi says Qaher is “fully indigenous,” designed and built by Iranian aerospace experts.

אחמדינג'אד ליד המטוס (צילום: AFP)

President Ahmadinejad presents the jet – Photo: AFP

Photos released by the official IRNA news agency show Qaher as a single-seat jet, described as a fighter-bomber that can combat both other aircraft and ground targets. Continue Reading »

Hungarian Holocaust Denier is First to be Ordered to Visit Auschwitz

Court orders 1st Hungarian convicted under new Holocaust denial law to visit Yad Vashem or Auschwitz.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

The first Hungarian convicted under a new Holocaust denial law has been given a suspended 18-month jail sentence and has to visit Budapest’s memorial museum, Auschwitz or Yad Vashem, a court ruled Friday.

AFP reported that in addition to visiting Budapest’s Holocaust Memorial Center three times the man, Gyorgy Nagy, has to write down his thoughts. Alternatively he can go to the Auschwitz former death camp in Poland or the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.

The sentence, which also bans the unemployed computer technician from attending political rallies or events, is the first conviction since a new law came into force in 2010. Continue Reading »

Turkey’s FM ridicules Assad’s regime for not responding to alleged Israeli attack

Because Israel allegedly carried out an air raid on Hezbollah’s weapons convoy at Syria’s border with Lebanon earlier this week, Turkey’s FM Ahmet Davutoglu asks: Why didn’t Assad even throw a pebble when Israeli jets were flying over his palace?

 

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu came out against the alleged Israeli strike on the Syria-Lebanon border earlier this week, as well as criticizing President Bashar Assad’s for inaction over the attack, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on Saturday.

Ahmet Davutoglu

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. – Photo by AP

The foreign minister, who was traveling to Belgrade, Serbia for an official visit, told reporters, “Why didn’t [Bashar] al-Assad even throw a pebble when Israeli jets were flying over his palace and playing with the dignity of his country?” Continue Reading »

Arabs…Learn from Israel!

Lebanese journalist explains how Israel’s ‘melting pot policy’ made it strongest country in the Mideast

By Talal Salman

 

BEIRUT – I assume many people throughout the Arab world were glued to their television sets as the results of the Israeli elections were being reported and analyzed the “democratic process” that unfolded. In my opinion, the event underscored the dismal situation of the Arab nations compared to the “Jewish ethnic groups” that gathered from all over the world to establish a Jewish state on Palestinian land.

Supreme Court

True, Israel is an enemy state to us. It is also true that it is racist – in its path, principles and political structure. Continue Reading »

Water Economy Must Get More Energy Efficient

Water management experts say at CleanTech symposium, that in 18 months, desalination plants will provide enough water for 80% of Israel’s urban drinking needs.

 

As the Israeli water management and treatment industries continue to grow, it is crucial to ensure that all facilities operate with maximum efficiency, to prevent the loss of valuable energy, experts agreed at a conference at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds on Tuesday.

Desalination plant in HaderaWater professionals and government officials were speaking at the Energy-Water Nexus Symposium, held within the CleanTech 2013 – 17th Annual International Summit and Exhibition.

“Israel is emerging from times of crisis in the area of water into stability,” Energy and Water Minister Uzi Landau said. Continue Reading »

Video: 8th Int’l Conference Salutes Israel’s Space Community

Delegations from around the world came to discuss co-operation in developing space research at the annual Ilan Ramon Space Conference.

By Yoni Kempinski

 

The Eighth Annual International Ilan Ramon Space Conference took place this week in Herzliya and was attended by many representatives from around the world. Brig. Gen (res.) Asaf Agmon, CEO of the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, told Arutz Sheva TV that this year’s event was attended by the largest number of foreign delegations ever and this is seen as yet another approval and confirmation of the contribution of the Israeli space community to the International space community. Continue Reading »

F-16s to Egypt an undeserving qualitative upgrade for the Muslim Brotherhood

The present sale represents a qualitative upgrade for Egypt, which until now has only received older models of the F-16. However, it would be more advisable to build up Egypt’s ability to assure its internal security in places like Sinai, where al-Qaeda affiliates have built up for themselves a substantial foothold.

By Dore Gold

 

The latest American crisis with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president, Muhammad Morsi, came out into the open on January 14, 2013, when the New York Times published a report on its front page that three years earlier he used blatantly anti-Semitic motifs for describing “Zionists” as “…bloodsuckers who attack the Palestinians, these warmongers, the descendants of apes and pigs.”

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Jewish entertainment news: with Abrams, Portman, Barrymore raising daughter Jewish & more

Former Chasidic reggae musician Matisyahu, stood outside the TAO nightclub for some 10 minutes unable to get in because the door managers had no idea who he was.

By Uri Fintzy

 

NEW YORK (6NoBacon) — Drew Barrymore stopped by to discuss marriage and motherhood with the women of “The View” on Friday.

Barrymore, who married art dealer Will Kopelman (son of Chanel CEO Arie Kopelman) seven months ago in a traditional Jewish wedding, talked about being married to a “nice Jewish man” from a “nice Jewish family.” While saying she hasn’t converted “yet,” Barrymore did reveal that she and her husband are planning to raise their baby daughter, Olive, “traditionally Jewish.” Continue Reading »