Israeli P.M.: Hamas has no intention of compromising with Israel

Netanyahu echoes Peres in saying Khaled Mashaal’s speech in Gaza demonstrates again  the Islamist movement’s true colors as a terror group that advocates killing.

Israeli leaders slam Abbas for failing to condemn terror group’s calls to destroy Israel.

By JPOST.COM STAFF


 

Hamas has no intention of compromising with Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. Echoing comments made by President Shimon Peres earlier in the day, Netanyahu said Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s comments in Gaza over the weekend exposed “our enemies’ true face” once again.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu - Photo: Pool/Haim Zach

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo: Pool/Haim Zach

“They have no intention of compromising with us; they want to destroy the state.

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Palestinians and What The UN Bought

by Khaled Abu Toameh

Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders say they are already preparing for the next war with Israel. They say that their groups still have many rockets that will be used against Israel in the future.

As one Hamas official put it, “In the next war with Israel, Israelis will be forced to flee not only their homes, but the whole country.”

Fatah is also preparing for a possible confrontation with Israel, both on the ground and in the international arena. Continue Reading »

Iran says joint Israeli-Azerbaijani drones were tracked along Iranian border

Islamic Republic alleges Zionist spy-drones were on an espionage mission along the Astara Rayon region

Ynetnews

 

Iran’s Press TV reported Sunday that Israeli-Azeri drones – allegedly on a “secret spy mission” – were spotted flying over Iran and Karabakh’s common border.

According to the report Azerbaijan has been enlisting the help of “Israeli military advisors” in order to improve its drone capabilities.

According to the report, Baku “has been using Orbiter ultra-light drones assembled with the help of Israeli experts to carry out operations along the border with Karabakh.”

The report further quoted Iranian military experts as saying that Azerbaijan uses Elbit Systems’ Hermes-450 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for control and surveillance missions. Continue Reading »

Sunday Times reports that Israel has waged ‘secret war’ in tracking Syria WMD

Israeli sources quoted as saying Syria’s WMD munitions cache has been moved to new locations over the past week; The U.S. and its allies are weighing military options to secure Syria’s   biological & chemical weapons, White House officials said last week.

 

 

Israel has embarked on a “secret war” to track down Syria’s chemical and biological weapons, the Sunday Times has reported.

As part of the operation, said the Times, Israel has deployed spotters across the border to monitor the movement of Syria’s non-conventional arms cache.

A satellite image of al-Safir, Syria's main chemical weapons facility, near Aleppo.

A satellite image of al-Safir, Syria’s main chemical weapons facility, near Aleppo.

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Arab Bloc at UN Sends Clear Message: If It’s Israeli, It Must be Bad

Through a resolution Israel sponsored for  entrepreneurship at the UN, a rare diplomatic victory was won. The Arabs countries voted ‘No,” but it passed anyway.

“Every Arab delegate who voted ‘no’ is sending the message that he cares far more about petty politics than human prosperity (for his people)” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor said.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Israel won a rare diplomatic victory Friday in the UN, where it sponsored a resolution for entrepreneurship. The Arabs voted ‘No,” but the resolution passed in the UN Economic and Financial Committee, also known as the Second Committee by a lopsided 129-31 vote. Continue Reading »

Italian deputy pushes resolution to ban Hezbollah in EU

Fiamma Nirenstein passes resolution to parliamentary committee urging Italian FM to request the EU to have Hezbollah listed as terrorist organization.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

WASHINGTON – Fiamma Nirenstein, vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, has submitted a resolution to the committee urging Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi Sant’Agata to push to outlaw Hezbollah.

FIAMMA NIRENSTEIN

Fiamma Nirenstein, vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies – Photo: Courtesy

The move comes as discussions are being held among the 27 EU member countries about placing the Lebanese Shi’ite group on its list of terrorist organizations.

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After Israel provides intel, Italy thwarts weapons smuggling

Rockets that were destined for Egypt have been found in freight containers in Port of Naples

News agencies

 

Italian authorities have thwarted a weapons smuggling attempt involving rocket launchers in the Port of Naples, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Saturday. One Egyptian citizen was arrested.

Iranian ships in Sudan Photo: AFP

Iranian ships in Sudan – Photo: AFP

According to the report, Israeli authorities provided Italian security forces with information on the containers that carried the weapons which were destined for Egypt.

Italian forces closed a section of the port in order to examine the containers.

The smuggling of weapons into Gaza often passes through Egypt and Sudan. Continue Reading »

Israeli Navy Prepared to Defend Mediterranean Gas Rigs

If Nasrallah carries out his threats to attack Israeli rig, Hezbollah will be met by a well prepared & equipped naval force.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Israeli Navy is prepared to neutralize threats targeting Israel’s Tamar natural gas rig, the IDF Website reported Saturday. The Navy will protect the reception facility – a vital infrastructural facility to pump gas from the rig – which is currently being built.

The IDF’s defensive model has been tested in three scenarios: routine, escalation, and emergency.

“The wisdom in the development of this kind of model is that it provides an excellent response for all three scenarios,” senior naval commander Rear Adm. Continue Reading »

UN Human Right Watch: Iran’s statements on Israel not incitement to genocide

Human Right Watch leader refuses to label Ahmadinejad’s calls to ‘erase Israel from the map’ as an incitement to genocide.

HRW compares mullah’s remarks to those of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

WASHINGTON – The head of the powerful New York-based Human Rights Watch refused to label as genocide Iranian calls to obliterate the Jewish state and compared Iran’s mullah leadership to the Shas party.

Kenneth Roth

Kenneth Roth – Photo: Bloomberg

The Wall Street Journal’s David Feith, as assistant editorial features editor with the paper, obtained internal HRW emails and published last week a report, headlined “Dancing around genocide,” about alleged HRW bias against Israel and an internecine conflict within HRW’s top leadership about the group’s head, Ken Roth, and his failure to take Iran’s calls to destroy Israel seriously. Continue Reading »

Nasrallah: Corruption in Lebanon more dangerous than Israel

Terror chief tells students Hezbollah will save Lebanon from slipping further into political turmoil and says his Shiite group has created ‘true balance of terror’ vis-à-vis the IDF

By Roi Kais

 

Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday that the political corruption plaguing Lebanon was “More dangerous than Israel.”

Hassan Nasrallah Photo: AFP

Hassan Nasrallah – Photo: AFP

The Lebanese news website al-Nashra reported that Nasrallah, speaking to a student gathering, said that “Any solution in Lebanon has to begin with solving the chronic economical issues and the problem of the public debt.”

Hezbollah, he said, cannot offer any “clear solution” to the economic crisis, which he said “Stems from the disintegration of the government and the growing corruption within it. Continue Reading »

Two Iranian Warships Dock in Sudan… Again

For the 2nd time in 5 weeks, Iranian warships dock in Port Sudan. It seem more Iranian Fajr-5 missiles en route to Gaza.

By Gil Ronen

Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness told AFP. This marks the second port call by the Iranian navy in Sudan in five weeks.

Iranian warship in Port Sudan

Iranian warship in Port Sudan
Reuters

The Iranian navy said the 1,400 ton frigate Jamaran and the 4,700 ton support ship Bushehr “docked in Port Sudan, after successfully carrying out their assignments in the Red Sea, and were greeted by high-ranking Sudanese naval commanders.” It did not say how long the warships would stay in port. Continue Reading »

Israelis are giving more to charity as Israel’s economy grows

Since 2009, Israeli nonprofits received a majority of their donations from Israelis, not from abroad — a departure from previous years.

By Ben Sales

 

TEL AVIV (JTA) — At Hadassah’s centennial celebration in October, 2,000 guests heard about two major philanthropic projects being undertaken by the women’s Zionist group: a new tower and a new cardiovascular wellness center at its Jerusalem hospitals.

Takdim volunteers painting with children in Ramat HaSharon.  (Courtesy Takdim)

Takdim volunteers painting with children in Ramat HaSharon. – Courtesy Takdim

The tower, which was dedicated at the centennial, cost $363 million. And a $10 million gift from American philanthropist Irene Pollin came with the announcement of the cardiovascular center. Continue Reading »

Mashaal: 1st Gaza, then Ramallah, then Jerusalem, Jaffa & Haifa

Hamas reports half a million attended celebration in Gaza 

Ma’an reports Hamas leader sets sights on “liberating Palestine,”…  “Today is Gaza. Tomorrow will be Ramallah & after that Jerusalem, then Haifa & Jaffa.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

Thousands of Gazans gathered Saturday to to mark Hamas’s founding and celebrate its “victory” over Israel.

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who attended the rally, set his sights on “liberating Palestine” upon his arrival in the Gaza Strip on Friday, his first-ever visit to the Palestinian enclave.

Hamas rally in Gaza Strip - Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Hamas rally in Gaza Strip – Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

Laying out his hopes for future triumphant visits, Mashaal told cheering crowds, “Today is Gaza.

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Rare Holocaust images from newly found Nazi albums

Here are the pictures of daily Jewish life during the Holocaust that were hidden in private albums of the Nazi Wehrmacht soldiers for years.

Dariusz Dekiert, a devout Christian from Poland, locates and hands them over to the Jewish, Shem Olam Institute. ‘I see it as rectification,’ he tells Yedioth Ahronoth, a Hebrew language Israeli newspaper

By Yehuda Shohat

 

Like children their age all over the world in recent decades, these children too stood in front of a photographer, followed his orders and smiled. The result appeared almost routine, but there is nothing routine about this photo.

It is a picture of Jewish children during the Holocaust. Continue Reading »

Artist who Used Ashes of Holocaust Victims is under Police Investigation

Swedish police launch an investigation into an artist who claimed to paint using the ashes of Holocaust victims in his painting.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Swedish police on Friday said they had launched an investigation into an artist who says he used paint mixed from the ashes of Holocaust victims in a picture, AFP reported.

 

Carl Michael von Hausswolff claims he used ashes he took from a crematorium at the Majdanek concentration camp in 1989, mixing them with water to create the painting entitled “Memory Works”.

The black-and-white work, featuring vertical brushstrokes in a rectangle representing the suffering of the victims, is on display at the Martin Bryder Gallery in the southern Swedish town of Lund. Continue Reading »