Egyptian Security seizes arms shipment en route to Hamas via northern Sinai

Palestinian, Ma’an news agency cites Egyptian security official saying that captured truck held Katyusha rockets and high-grade explosives.

 

Egyptian forces seized a truck carrying arms en route to the northern Sinai, a report by Palestinian news agency Ma’an said on Tuesday, adding that the vehicle carried Grad-type katyusha rockets as well as high-grade weapons.

Egyptian soldiers standing guard - Reuters - August 10, 2012.

Egyptian soldiers standing guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border, to from the Sinai peninsula over to Gaza, August 10, 2012. Photo by Reuters

Speaking to Ma’an, an Egyptian police commander in the northern Sinai said that three suspects were arrested in the incident, and that they were interrogated over the shipment. Continue Reading »

Hamas’ motorcycle lynch mob actually killed a renegade ‘super-terrorist’

Badawi was a member of the Islamist group Jaljalat – Thunder – which takes its inspiration from Al Qaeda and is more hardline than Hamas’

The family has received many people to express their condolences. If Ribhi was a traitor, they would have stayed away.

 

By Ian Gallagher

 

Tearful and scared, a three-year-old girl knows little of what lies behind the tension and turmoil gripping her homeland.  She merely holds tight a picture of her father the way she will want to remember him.

Badawi a member of the Islamist group Jaljalat, takes its inspiration from Al Qaeda & is more hardline than Hamas.

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Int’l team of Experts exhume Arafat, seeking evidence of murder

The hospital in Switzerland that carried out original examinations of Arafat’s clothing say results are expected in several months.

News agencies

 

The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe. Several hours later, the remains were reburied.

Yasser Arafat Photo: Reuters

Yasser Arafat
Photo: Reuters

French magistrates opened a murder inquiry in August into Arafat’s death in Paris after a Swiss institute said it had discovered high levels of radioactive polonium on his clothing, which was supplied by his widow, Suha.

Arafat died in Paris aged 75 in 2004 after a short, mysterious illness. Continue Reading »

Americans in Israel Sue Clinton for American Funding of Palestinian Terror

2 dozen Americans in Israel are suing Hillary Clinton for negligence, relying on the basis that they are among those that Congress sought to protect through the safeguards & regulations that the White House, State Department and USAID are disregarding.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Two dozen Americans in Israel are suing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for negligence in allowing the United States to fund the Palestinian Authority, which used money for terror.

The suit was filed in a federal U.S. court in Washington by the Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin), which has revolutionized the war against terror through “lawfare,” winning colossal lawsuits against terrorist organizations and banks that handle their funds. Continue Reading »

UK News Reports: Britain could support Palestinian bid at UN as support for PA

Financial Times says Britain wants to bolster Abbas’ PA as Hamas became strengthened following Israel’s military offensive in Gaza

London’s support comes conditional on peace talks without preconditions & no cases being brought against Israeli officials at (ICC) The Hague.

 

 

Britain is considering a change in in its position on the Palestinian bid at the United Nations in an attempt to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ stance, U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported late Monday.  London’s support is conditioned on continued peace talks with Israel and the  PA refraining from bringing cases against Israeli officials to the International Criminal Court, the newspaper said. Continue Reading »

Negotiations in Egypt begin hammering out cease-fire details with Israel & Hamas

US links end to munitions smuggling to easing security restrictions on Gaza

Washington’s unequivocal support of Israel’s right to self defense is key element in making cease-fire possible.

By HERB KEINON

 

 

Washington understands well that Israel’s restrictions on the Gaza Strip are related to arms smuggling, and that a total relaxation of the restrictions would necessitate assurances that arms stop pouring into the enclave, a senior US official said Monday.

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence  - Photo: REUTERS

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence – Photo: REUTERS

 

The official’s comments came as Egyptian mediators began separate talks Monday with Hamas and Israel to flesh out details of last Wednesday’s cease-fire.

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Report provides details into Gaza’s smuggling operation

Before Assassinated by Israel, Top Hezbollah terrorist, Imad Mughniyeh, headed efforts to arm Gaza terrorists with rockets & missiles according to Lebanese news website.

By Roi Kais

 

A feature by the Now Lebanon news website describes the evolution of the Arab-Iranian weapons smuggling network to the Gaza Strip in the backdrop of recent discussion on the source of the rockets used by Palestinian terrorists against Israel during Operation Pillar of Defense.

Imad Mughniyeh – Photo: AFP

The report was prepared by Lebanese journalist and Hezbollah sympathizer Kassem Kasir.

According to the sources quoted in the article, Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon met with Syrian President Bashar Assad after 2006’s Second Lebanon War. Continue Reading »

IDF Shoots & Kills Gaza Terrorist

IDF Soldiers killed a Gaza terrorist early Monday morning after he broke into a Jewish home & stabbed a girl before escaping.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Soldiers killed a suspected Gaza terrorist early Monday after he broke into a Jewish home and stabbed a girl before fleeing.

The IDF discovered a hole in the nearby Gaza security fence, and footprints from the area matched the shoes of the intruder, who had escaped to the Moshav Sde Avraham’s greenhouses after he tried to kill the girl.

Soldiers caught up with him and tried to arrest him, and then shot and killed him when he tried to escape. Continue Reading »

‘David’s Sling’ successfully neutralizes incoming medium-range missile for 1st time

Israeli & U.S. missile defense agencies successfully tested the David’s Sling anti-missile missile system by intercepting incoming medium-range missile.

Defense Ministry says, ‘David’s Sling’ is to provide Israel with an additional layer of protection against enemy’s ballistic missiles.

By Lilach Shoval & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Following the success of Iron Dome in protecting the public from rocket attacks, Israel’s Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed a successful test of the David’s Sling system (also known as Magic Wand) by intercepting a medium-range missile, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The David’s Sling anti-missile system fires its Stunner missile to intercept an incoming rocket.

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Hamas unexpectedly supports Abbas’s UN statehood bid

Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal calls PA president to back bid in unexpected change of heart Hamas spokesman Abu Zuhri says group backs any political gain Abbas can achieve at UN that is not “causing harm to the national Palestinian rights.”

By REUTERS

 

The Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it was backing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s attempt to win more clout for Palestinians at the United Nations, the latest sign of a rapprochement between the political rivals.

The Palestinians are registered as an observer entity at the UN and Abbas wants to see them upgraded to a “non-member state” in a UN General Assembly vote on November 29, giving him access to other international organizations.

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Norway’s police chief apologizes over World War II deportations of Jews

During WWII, 772 Norwegian Jews & Jewish refugees were deported to Nazi concentration camps

A 91-year-old man charged with Nazi crimes in Germany

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Norway’s chief of police Monday expressed “regret” over the police force’s role in the arrests and deportations of Jews from the German-occupied country during World War II.

“On behalf of Norwegian police and those involved in the deportations of Norwegian Jews, I wish to express regret,” Odd Reidar Humlegard said on public broadcaster NRK.

Anti-Semitic graffit on an Olso storefont in 1941.

Anti-Semitic graffit on an Olso storefont in 1941. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The apology coincided with the 70th anniversary of the deportation of 532 Norwegian Jews on a vessel named Donau. Continue Reading »

Ehud Barak gives up politics

Israeli Defense Minister announces he is quitting public life to spend more time with family; I want to write, study, live & have a good time with my family, he says.

By Yuval Karni, Attila Somfalvi

 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced Monday that he is resigning from politics and will not contend in the upcoming Knesset election. He will complete his term as defense minister, he said.

נפרד לשלום (צילום: מוטי קמחי)

Barak on Monday – Photo: Motti Kimchi

Barak stated that while he had difficulties making the decision, he was confident in his choice. “I want to study, to write to live and have a good time,” he said. Continue Reading »

Did Hamas’ Mashaal & Haniyeh’s Feud Enable IDF to Eliminate Jaabari?

Top Hamas terrorist Ahmed Jaabari may have been a victim of Hamas infighting because he ‘searched the wrong home’ according to a report in a Gulf newspaper.

By David Lev

 

Top Hamas terrorist Ahmed Jaabari may have been a victim of Hamas infighting, Israeli sources said, based on a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper Monday. According to a report in Al-Jarida, distributed throughout the Gulf countries, Israel was able to eliminate Jaabari after zeroing in on his location via his cell-phone – even though the target was supposed to be top Hamas terrorist Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas government in Gaza. Continue Reading »

Arafat’s Exhumation is Set for Tuesday Morning

PA officials reported that the body of former PLO Chairman Arafat will be exhumed to see if he was murdered.

By Elad Benari

 

Palestinian Authority officials said on Saturday they would exhume the body of former PA Chairman Yasser Arafat next week to see if he was poisoned with a radioactive isotope, AFP reported.

Arafat posters

Arafat posters – AFP photo

The announcement came as a group of international experts arrived in Ramallah to take samples of the remains of Arafat’s bones and clothing for further study in European labs.

“The tomb will be opened on (Tuesday) and experts will take samples the same day within a matter of a few hours,” Tawfiq Tirawi told reporters in Ramallah, according to AFP. Continue Reading »

Israel eases Gaza security restrictions after cease-fire

State officials confirm Israel started to ease security restrictions on Gazans

Farmers allowed to visit land near security fence.

Sailing limit for fishermen extended.

Hamas’ Marzook says group won’t stop smuggling weapons into Gaza

By Attila Somfalvi, AP

 

Israeli state officials on Saturday confirmed that Israel has started easing restrictions on civilians in Gaza in accordance with the ceasefire understandings.

Mousa Abu Marzook Photo: Reuters

Mousa Abu Marzook – Photo: Reuters

Meanwhile, Hamas‘ Deputy Politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzook said Hamas won’t stop making weapons in Gaza or smuggling them to the territory

A cease-fire has held so far, and Abu Marzook told AP that more indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are set for Monday. Continue Reading »