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By Yoav Zitun
Some 8,500 absentee ballots, most of which were cast by IDF soldiers, went to the Aleh Yarok (Green Leaf) party, famous for its pro-legalization platform.
Soldiers vote for legalization – Photo: Shutterstock
The party failed to cross the 2% election threshold, receiving only 1.15% of the popular vote with 43,725 votes. However, if the Knesset would be formed solely according to the absentee votes (known in Israel as double envelope votes), the party would have received four to five Knesset seats. Continue Reading »
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has raised alarms regarding the threats made by Mokhtar Belmokhtar, spokesman of the Islamist terrorist group that staged a deadly hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant last week.

Algerian security escorts a freed hostage
Reuters
In an interview with the journal Paris Match, Belmokhtar claimed to be speaking on behalf of his leader, the Mauritanian Salafist, Hacen Ould Khalil, also known as Joulaybib, whom he quoted as “threatening to commit new attacks against France, in which the Crusaders and the Zionist Jews will pay for its aggressions in the north of Mali.” Continue Reading »
By Ron Prosor
There is a specific kind of ecosystem that creates terrorism. Terrorism is rooted in hate, watered with instability and state support, and then planted in the next generation.
Every roadside bombing, every suicide attack, and every act of terrorism begins with words and thoughts of hate. It begins with al-Qaida websites that turn suicide bombers into jihadi celebrities. It begins with Hezbollah summer camps that use arts and crafts to glorify martyrdom and teach bombmaking skills to children.
It begins with statements by Hamas leaders like Atallah Abu al-Subh, who recently said on public Palestinian television (and I quote) “The Jews are the most despicable and contemptible nation to crawl upon the face of the Earth.”
By Jaweed Kaleem
Most Americans know of Oskar Schindler, the German businessman who saved more than 1,200 lives during the Holocaust by hiring Jews to work in his factories and fought Nazi efforts to remove them.

But fewer know about Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who disobeyed his government’s orders and issued visas that allowed 6,000 Jews to escape from Nazi-occupied territories via Japan. Continue Reading »
Israel on Wednesday suggested that the international community’s overwhelming support for France’s anti-terror military incursion into the west African nation of Mali reveals a clear double standard when it comes to the Jewish state’s security.

Ron Prosor
France has been increasing its military presence and activity in Mali over the past two weeks as it battles Al Qaeda-linked forces that control the northern half of the country. Continue Reading »
By Ynet
Cliff Richard is on his way to Israel : The veteran British singer will perform at Tel Aviv’s Nokia Arena on July 11.

Sir Cliff Richard – Photo: Getty Images
Sir Cliff Richard, 72, is one of the greatest music stars to come out of Britain, selling more than 260 million copies of his many albums so far.
Richard first performed in Israel in September 1963. Then, as a teen idol, he was greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by some 2,000 fans. Continue Reading »
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki declared Wednesday that the Palestinians would have “no choice” but to complain to the International Criminal Court if Israel proceeded with plans to build housing on land the Palestinians want for a future state.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas took another symbolic step weeks ago, proclaiming that official PA letterheads and signs would bear the name “State of Palestine.” – Photo:AP
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the U.N.
Hamas is planning to establish a military academy in the Gaza Strip for training and educating schoolchildren.

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Thursday that the new military academy, the first of its kind in the Gaza Strip, would prepare the children for the “phase of liberating Palestine.”
He said that children in grades 7-9 could join the academy and graduate with a Diploma or Bachelor of Arts in military affairs.
By Telem Yahav, Moran Azulay
Habayit Hayehudi is expected to win an extra Knesset seat, apparently at the expense of one of the Arab parties, according to a tally of the soldiers’ votes. This would bring Naftali Bennett’s party to a total of 12 mandates.

Final Official Results for the 19th Knesset – Graphic from Haaretz.com
The count also indicates that Kadima will pass the electoral threshold. The Central Elections committee is set to publish the results in the coming hours.
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Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — Veteran Israeli politician Ehud Barak says the outcome of the Israel elections are so surprising it is hard to predict the outcome of coalition negotiations.
It remains to be seen whether a new Israeli government will have the political capital to push for a peace deal with Palestinians, he added.
“It’s too early to tell,” the outgoing deputy prime minister told CNN’s Richard Quest at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Continue Reading »
For the first time since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, no Israelis were killed in terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria during 2012. The information was published Thursday in a special report by the Shabak.

Soldiers patrol Jordanian border
Israel news photo: IDF spokesmen
Ten people were killed in terror attacks in the rest of Israel, the report said – a marked reduction from the 22 who were killed in attacks in 2011. Continue Reading »
KRAKOW – President of the All- Ukrainian Jewish Congress Vadim Rabinovich claimed last week that Ukrainian authorities were attempting to take away his Jewish News One TV channel.
In a statement posted on the website of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine, Rabinovich – who is also vice president of the European Jewish Union – accused Ukrainian authorities of threatening him, including with physical violence, to force him to transfer ownership of his TV channel to them within a week. Continue Reading »
Ynet
Palestinian sources in the West Bank reported Wednesday that a 21-year-old woman was shot and killed by IDF forces operating near Highway 60, which runs between Hebron and Gush Etzion.

Scene of the riots
According to the IDF, troops operating in the area had no choice but to use live fire to disperse a riot that saw dozens of Palestinian hurl Molotov cocktails and stones at the forces.
The Palestinians said that two other people were shot as well, suffering mild injuries. Continue Reading »
By Rachel Hirshfeld
A British politician has exploited the upcoming Holocaust Memorial Day to attack Israel, saying the Jewish state has “evolved into a racist oppressor.”
Lee Jasper of the Respect Party posted the egregious comments to his Facebook Page, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
“We are asked to remember that which Israel has forgotten, that religious & racial hatred is a sin against God,” wrote Jasper on his page, as he incorrectly noted the date of Holocaust Memorial Day.
“Israel has failed to learn the lessons of its own tragic history having evolved into a racist oppressor,” he added, tagging the comment with the word “apartheid.” Continue Reading »