3,000 New Homes Planed for Existing ‘Settlement Blocs’

The gov’t ministry plans to issue tenders for construction in 3 large Israeli towns in Judea & Samaria.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The Housing Ministry is planning to issue building tenders for projects in three large Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria, Channel 2 reports.

According to the report, the new tenders are part of a plan to allow construction of 3,000 new homes in Israeli communities in the region.

Tenders will be issued for projects in Karnei Shomron, Efrat, and Givat Zev, all of which are located in “settlement blocs” – areas with a large Israeli population that, based on past negotiations, it has been assumed will remain under Israeli sovereignty if a diplomatic agreement is reached with the Palestinian Authority. Continue Reading »

Iran’s state-run newspaper blames ‘Israeli death squads’ for Sandy Hook shooting

 

The most vile piece of Iranian propaganda yet. The outlandish theory isn’t clear, but it appears to argue that the attack could have been retribution for Obama’s cold diplomacy towards Israel.

Will the Iranians swallow such gall?

Posted by Max Fisher

 

Iran’s state-run media outlet PressTV, which broadcasts in English, on Tuesday carried a story blaming Israel for the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. PressTV has a well-earned reputation for incendiary anti-Israel stories and for wild conspiracy theories, but even this seems a far stretch for the organization, which maintains a bureau office in the District.

 

Screenshot of PressTV, an Iranian state-run outlet

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The PA-IDF collaboration in the West Bank has been faltering

Long-term cooperation between Palestinian-Israeli security units in West Bank at critical junction

By Elior Levy

 

The IDF and the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank have been enjoying a relatively good operational relationship over the past few years, but military sources told Ynet Tuesday that cracks have been appearing in the security relations’ proverbial veneer.

Palestinian security forces – Photo: AP

According to both Palestinian and Israeli security sources, the PA’s security forces stopped their IDF counterparts from pursuing their activities on at least two occasions in the past few weeks.

The Israeli soldiers opted to turn back rather than clash with the Palestinian security forces. Continue Reading »

European UNSC members to condemn Israel over East Jerusalem housing

Netanyahu urges all Zionist parties to support building in the capital, but Livni slams gov’t’s plans.

The 4 European members that condemn the Israeli building plans are France, Britain, Germany & Portugal, diplomatic source says.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

European nations in the 15-member United Nations Security Council are set to jointly condemn Israel over its plans for Jewish settler homes in east Jerusalem, a European diplomatic source said on Tuesday.

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JERUSALEM’S RAMAT SHLOMO neighborhood. – Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski/The Jerusalem Post

Israel approved plans for a further 1,500 homes on Monday after provoking international protests earlier this month against a project for another 3,000 such homes in a sensitive area known as E1.

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Israel Antiquities Authority & Google launch Dead Sea Scrolls digital library

Using NASA & Google technology, the new website allows visitors to read the fragments, text search in Hebrew & English translation, as well as place the specific scroll at the site where it was first found.

 

The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google Israel launched the Dead Sea Scrolls digital library on Tuesday.

Dead Sea Scrolls digital library

Dead Sea Scrolls digital library.

The library, stored on Google servers, will eventually hold all of the tens of thousands of fragments of the scrolls in very high resolution. For now, some 4,000 scans of infrared photographs taken right after their discovery in the 1950s have been uploaded, as well as 1,000 new scans done in a lab specially constructed for this task by the Antiquities Authority. Continue Reading »

Haaretz News Writer ‘Wins’ the 2012 Booby Prize for ‘Dishonest Reporting’

HonestReporting, which tracks int’l media bias against Israel, awards Israel’s newspaper Haaretz writer Gideon Levy with the “Dishonest Reporting Prize” for 2012.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The HonestReporting website, which tracks media bias against Israel, awards Haaretz writer Gideon Levy the “Dishonest Reporting Prize” for 2012.

The media watch site explained that although it traditionally cites international media for faulty reporting, it cited Levy as the worst offender this year because foreign media often base their reports on Haaretz, the most popular left-wing newspaper in Israel.

The newspaper  denies it is anti-religious or anti-Zionist, but only the most left-wing liberals, and non-Israelis who do not really know the country, could view it otherwise. Continue Reading »

Pope tells Abbas of Vatican’s hope for Palestinian State

 

Palestinian Authority president touring Europe, thanking countries that supported a de facto recognition of a Palestinian state in the U.N. General Assembly.

Abbas also met with Italian PM Mario Monti, who also expressed support for a Palestinian state.

By Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Pope Benedict XVI told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday the Vatican hoped the recent de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations would spur the international community to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Pope Benedict held private talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for about 25 minutes in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Monday.

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Honor killings in Israel puts police in complicated situation

Much too often, Israel is accused of trying to “Judaize” the country and/or interfering in minority societies, when the gov’t steps in to enforce Israeli law & order.

By Israel Today Staff

 

The recent murder of a 16-year-old Israeli Arab girl by her brother for the sake of “family honor” has many howling at the Israel Police for doing too little to eliminate the phenomenon of so-called “honor killings.”

The murder occurred about three weeks ago, when 24-year-old Ahmed al-Assam slit the throat of his sister, Aisha, following a heated argument about her relationship with another boy.

Aisha had previously moved in with her boyfriend, but had returned home at her parents’ urging, and with promises that she would come to no harm at the hands of her brother. Continue Reading »

Israeli embassy’s Facebook page posted Palestinians would ‘lynch’ Jewish, Jesus & Mary

 

Bethlehem, once a thriving town, 80% Christian, dwindled down to a mere 15% due to religious persecution by the ruling Palestinian Muslims.  The mistreatment of Christians and Jews is nothing new. Gaza, Lebanon & Egypt’s demographics reflect the same phenomenon.

The comment was true….just not diplomatic.

Posted by Max Fisher

 

The official Facebook page of Israel’s embassy to Ireland this morning posted, and then abruptly deleted, a provocative message arguing that “hostile Palestinians” would “lynch” Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary, if they lived in today’s Bethlehem. The town of Jesus’s birth is today part of the Palestinian West Bank.

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Israel’s discovery of 250 billion barrels of shale oil is a ‘game-changer’

US expert celebrates Israel’s discovery, says molecular research of the new resource will provide a better understanding of alternative fuels and extraction.

 

Developing a firmer understanding of shale oil’s chemical complexities is crucial to the search by oil explorers in both Israel and North America drilling at home in shale rock and sands for alternatives to traditional OPEC crude, an expert told The Jerusalem Post in an interview last week.

An aerial view of shale oil drilling rig SAI-307 - Photo: REUTERS

An aerial view of shale oil drilling rig SAI-307 – Photo: REUTERS

The company Israel Energy Initiatives (IEI), which has already completed an exploratory pre-pilot drilling phase in Israel’s Adullam region near Beit Shemesh, has claimed that the area — also called the Shfela Basin — contains approximately 250 billion barrels of shale oil, amounts that could be competitive to the amount of crude oil in Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading »

India arrests Israeli caught with rifle bullets in backpack

Israel working to release Israeli on post-army trip after Indian authorities recover 2 bullets in his backpack forgotten there from his army service

Itamar Eichner

 

An Israeli man was detained in Mumbai, India last week after he was found carrying two rifle bullets in his backpack, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Tuesday. Israelis working to secure his release.

‘back-packers’, traveling the world – Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

The man, in his 20s, was on a post-army trip to the Far East and had apparently forgotten the bullets in his backpack during his service in a combat military unit.

Last Thursday, he landed in Mumbai where he was meant to board a flight to another destination. Continue Reading »

Syrian Rebels Control Damascus’ Palestinian Refugee Camp

Rebels have taken control of the Yarmouk ‘camp’ which is home to thousands of ‘Palestinian refugees’.

Defectors of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) called to arrest group’s head Ahmed Jibril who fled Yarmouk .

By Elad Benari

 

Syrian rebels have taken full control of the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Damascus, rebel and Palestinian Authority Arab sources said on Monday.

View of the Syrian capital Damascus

View of the Syrian capital Damascus – AFP/File

The takeover of the camp, which is home to thousands of people who are recognized as “Palestinian refugees,” came after days of heavy fighting which pitted rebels against fighters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Continue Reading »

Syrian Jihadi leader to local Christians: ‘Convert to Islam or die’

Syria Rebel supporter Ahmad Al Baghdadi Al Hassani’s comments  indicate the growing anti-Christian sentiment in the Muslim world

By jn1.tv

 

VIDEO – Jihadi leader Ahmad Al Baghdadi Al Hassani referred to Christians as polytheists and “friends of the Zionists.”

 (archives) Photo: AMG/TML Photos

In a recent Egyptian TV address, the extremist leader stressed that Christians must choose “Islam or death,” while their women and daughters may legitimately be regarded as wives of Muslims.

Al Hassani resides in Syria and supports the armed opposition.


Video courtesy of jn1.tv

 

View original Ynet publication at:  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4321181,00.html
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Video Proves Terrorist Attacked Border Police Before Getting Shot Dead

IDF releases a CC security video showing the terrorist who first attacked a Border Police officer in Hevron before he was killed by a female police officer.

By Elad Benari

 

האיום ברשת על החיילת נ', שחיסלה את המחבל

‘Death is unavoidable.’ Online threat

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit released a video on Monday which shows the 17-year-old Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist who attacked a Border Police officer in Hevron last Wednesday.

The terrorist was ultimately killed by a female officer who was on hand and shot the teen when she sensed that her fellow officer was in danger. An investigation found that the 17-year-old attacker’s gun had contained no bullets, but as the officer told interviewers, “I thought that my partner would die if I didn’t act within seconds. Continue Reading »

The UK drops Hebrew from officially recognized languages

The importance of classical Hebrew was recognized almost 600 years ago in England, according to official records.

By Eva Fett

 

The U.K. government has dropped Hebrew as an official recognized language for the purpose of teaching it to school children, according to press reports.


The government exclusion of Hebrew from the provided list of officially recognized languages for primary schools could damage Jewish education, the Board of Deputies warned this week.


Education Minister Elizabeth Truss last month announced plans to make it mandatory from September 2014, to teach a foreign language to children aged 7 to 11. Schools must offer at least one of seven recognized languages, excluding Hebrew.
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