Bennett Reminds Peres: Because of Oslo ‘Peace’ 1,600 Israelis Killed

This morning, Jewish Home chairman Bennett tells President Peres “enough, already” with “peace process” talk. Oslo ‘Peace’ Killed 1,600 Israelis

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Naftali Bennett, who heads the Bayit Yehudi (merged Jewish Home-National Union) slate of Knesset candidates, reminded President Shimon Peres Monday that the Oslo Accords “brought us more than 1,600 murdered Israelis.”

Responding to the President’s controversial remarks on political issues in the middle of the election campaign, Bennett stated, “Enough, already. The President of the country is supposed to represent all of the country, not just a part of it.”

Peres said on Sunday that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants peace and is the only man with whom Israel can sign an agreement. Continue Reading »

Israeli professor receives OBE from Queen Elizabeth II

Prof. Penny Ur of the Oranim Academic College of Education received the Order of the British Empire award for her services to the English language.

 

Prof. Penny Ur of the Oranim Academic College of Education was awarded with Queen Elizabeth II’s Order of the British Empire on Saturday for her services to the English language.

Prof. Penny Ur

Prof. Penny Ur – Photo: Thompson Rivers University

“At first, when I got the call from the British ambassador and he told me the news, I thought someone was playing a joke on me,” Ur, who specializes in English, told The Jerusalem Post in a phone interview on Sunday.

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Israeli crosses border from Golan Heights into Syria

A man from Kfar Qassem said to be mentally unstable crosses border to Syria with hope of convincing Assad to stop the bloodshed.

Maor Buchnik

 

An Israeli citizen crossed the border into Syria in the Golan Heights region on Saturday. IDF forces called to the border fence identified the man as a 37-year-old resident of Kfar Qassem after finding his car.

Golan border Photo: EPA

Golan border – Photo: EPA

The IDF said he is still in Syria and may be returned to Israel soon.

The man’s family said he was mentally unstable. “They publically stated that he traveled to Syria to tell Assad to stop massacring his people,” Golan District Police chief Yossi Katab said. Continue Reading »

Israeli Astrologist sees Oslo Accords Disintegrating

Israel Hayom’s Astrologist Tova Safra consulted the stars to see what 2013 holds for the Oslo Accords signed by Israel and the Palestinians in 1993.

 

2013 will be a bad year for the Oslo Accords, astrologist Tova Safra predicted on Friday in the Israeli daily Israel Hayom, which is owned by Jewish U.S. casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.

Oslo Accords

President Clinton presides over the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, a time that brought hope for peace and revitalized Israeli youth culture, paving the way for hip-hop to take hold in Israel. – Photo by AP

Safra consulted the stars to see what the new year holds for the agreement signed by Israel and the Palestinians in 1993, and made a number of less-than-encouraging predictions. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Authority Makes It Official: Palestine is all of Israel

Heading the PLO as well as the Palestinian Authority,  Mahmoud Abbas, officially adopts their new logo: All of Israel as Palestine.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The Fatah party, headed by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, has made official what it has been saying quietly and has adopted a new logo showing all of Israel as Palestine.

The logo marks the 48th anniversary of the founding of Fatah by Yasser Arafat and includes a map with the PA flag and a map of Israel that appears to be a depiction of the black and white checkered kefiyah, a symbol of the violent intifada, and the slogan “the state and victory.” Continue Reading »

Revealing a sordid Nazi plan

Could Hitler have actually been alive & well and living in Argentina? A new documentary film says that’s exactly what happened.

 

Hitler’s last days were not spent in his Berlin bunker, but in tranquil luxury in an Argentine hotel – at least, that’s the story that director/ producer Noam Shalev and researcher Pablo Weschler are trying to prove in their upcoming documentary, Revealed: Hitler in Argentina, set for release next year.

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“We will never know the truth,” Shalev cautions, sitting in the offices of Highlight Films, the video production company he and Weschler run in Bnei Brak.

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Muslim soldier hides IDF military service from neighbors

‘Samir’, a Muslim Arab from the Galilee, may hide his uniform & weapon from his neighbors, but is still proud to be an IDF combat soldier.

By Reuven Weiss

 

He is a combat soldier in the IDF, but when he goes home to his village in northern Israel, Samir (alias) has to change out of his uniform and hide his weapon. A Muslim Arab who chose to volunteer for army service, Samir and his family can expect nothing but hostility if his neighbors find out about his military career.

“I love the army,” he says. Samir, 26, serves in the Tavor battalion, one of the Home Front Command‘s search and rescue battalions whose men also perform combat activities in addition to their rescue efforts. Continue Reading »

Israel Makes History With $3 Billion Move Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency

Israel has just launched a Texas built offshore platform for pumping natural gas, a step towards energy self-sufficiency for the 1st time in history.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Israel has launched an offshore platform for natural gas, a step towards energy self-sufficiency for the first time in history.

A natural gas rig west of Haifa, Israel. - Photo: Albatross Aerial Perspective/AP

The Finance Ministry expects gas production from the Tamar natural gas field to contribute 0.8% to GDP next year – – Photo: Albatross Aerial Perspective/AP

The platform, taller than Israel’s highest building, is located 24 miles west of the southern port city of Ashkelon and is scheduled to receive gas in April. Continue Reading »

Arab League Sec-Gen: Palestinians will advance statehood status at UN

Is the Arab League Secretary-General trying to muster the int’l community to intervene & impose a solution to the conflict between Israel & the Palestinians?

By News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

Two decades of talks with Israel have been “a waste of time” and Palestinians will soon take a new statehood bid to the U.N, Arab League chief: Palestinians will advance statehood bid in UN Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said on Saturday.

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday. – Photo: AP

“We will return to the U.N.

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Belgian Jewish girls school forced to admit sons of Holocaust denier

Rabbi Moshe Friedman, infamous for his participation with the Neturei Karta at the anti-Zionist & Holocaust-denial conference in Teheran in ’06, has again placed himself in the middle of a disgraceful controversy, but this time in Antwerp.

 

By JTA

A Belgian court ordered a Jewish school for girls to admit two boys or face heavy fines.

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The Benoth Jeruzalem school for Jewish girls

A Belgian judge ruled on Dec. 21, that because yeshivas are subsidized by the Flemish community, Benoth Jerusalem must admit the boys or face a $2,600 penalty per child for each day the boys are not permitted to attend, according to the Gazet van Anwerpen, a local paper. Continue Reading »

Palestinians: US pressuring Arab FMs not to visit Ramallah

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amru accompany Arab League Secretary-General in his 1st visit to Ramallah while 4 other Arab foreign ministers cancel their visit at the last minute.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian officials in Ramallah on Saturday accused the US of putting pressure on Arab foreign ministers not to visit Ramallah.

The accusation came as Arab League Secretary- General Nabil Elaraby arrived in Ramallah for talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Nabil Elaraby visiting Ramallah.- Photo: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

Nabil Elaraby visiting Ramallah.- Photo: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

This was the first visit to the West Bank by an Arab League secretary-general.

Four Arab foreign ministers who were supposed to accompany Elaraby backtracked at the last minute.

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Avigdor Lieberman, Former Foreign Minister Indicted Today

State files fraud, breach of trust charges this morning against Yisrael Beiteinu chairman and amended the indictment to pursue a moral turpitude conviction.

Lieberman: The Truth will come out in court.

By Aviel Magnezi

 

Case No. 57926/12/12– The State vs. Avigdor Lieberman: Former Foreign Minister and Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman was officially indicted Sunday for fraud and breach of trust.

Avigdor Lieberman – Photo: Reuters

The State filed the charges with the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. The Prosecution will pursue a moral turpitude conviction as well, which – if applied – will make it virtually impossible for Lieberman to run for public office. Continue Reading »

Egypt Seeks Warm Ties with Hizbullah

Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon admits that Egypt is pursuing a relationship with Hizbullah as a “real political and military force”.

By Elad Benari

 

Egypt will pursue a relationship with the Hizbullah terror group as a “real political and military force” on the ground in Lebanon, the Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon told the Lebanese newspaper Daily Star on Saturday.

Speaking after Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-backed new constitution was signed in to law, Ambassador Ashraf Hamdy said Egypt would keep contacts “tight,” even with its enemies.

“We are stretching our hand out in the proper, balanced way to all regional powers, but of course, we will continue to develop our foreign policy according to our interests,” he said. Continue Reading »

Report: How Israel Air Force drones kept civilian casualties to a minimum

In identifying targets that have a short lifespan, a new technique called Time Critical Targets uses drones to find them, gather enough intelligence to confirm that this is actually a terrorist, then calls for a F-16 or Apache helicopter to perform the attack.

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HAIFA, Israel –  A single Syrian missile strike on a bakery near Hama killed more than 60 innocent civilians last week, so how did Israel manage to fire more than 1,500 high powered missiles into densely-populated Gaza in November, with the total loss of 161 lives, of which 90 have been acknowledged by Hamas itself as active combatants?

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Hezbollah’s Cocaine Business Buys Weapons

With decreasing Iranian funding, the Shiite terror group partners up with the Mexican drug cartels.

From the millions of dollars in drug revenues, they support their weapon acquisition habit.

By Eldad Beck

 

MEXICO – Chiapas is one of Mexico’s most exotic federal districts. But the magical forests, appealing Indian communities, colorful towns and intriguing archeological sites – that serve as main tourist attractions – hide a political hell.

Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah – Photo: AFP

The Islamic terror groups are eager to make money, so they can fund their nefarious aspirations.

In the mid-1990s, a leftist resistance group which calls itself The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) made Chiapas its home. Continue Reading »