Egyptian Court Rejects Petition to Nullify Egypt’s Peace Treaty with Israel

Israel Radio reported that the court in Cairo decreed it lacks the authority to rule on matters of Egyptian sovereignty, saying only the president could make such decisions.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

A court that deals with administrative issues in Cairo rejected a petition to cancel the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel on Tuesday, according to a report by Israel Radio.

Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North Lawn of the White House after signing the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty on March 26, 1979. – Photo: AP

The court reportedly ruled that it does not have the legal right to decide on the treaty as it is a matter of sovereignty rather than legality.

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PLO leader behind Jordan’s annexation of West Bank

PLO’s Kaddoumi tells ‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi: ‘New proposal suggests establishment of a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation’

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A senior leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization expressed support for a new proposal for Jordan’s annexation of the West Bank, in an interview with the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags -Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags – Photo: REUTERS/Ali

PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, a founding member of the PLO, said the move would involve the establishment of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation.

He supported the initiative, asserting that if the idea was brought to fruition it would result in a positive development.He stressed that the West Bank must remain Palestinian land, and that Jordan would need to assure full Palestinians rights, as well as the right of return.

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Israeli Court: Phone harassment equal to indecent act

In unprecedented ruling, Central District Court Judge says indecent act no longer mandates actual physical contact with victim

By Tova Tzimuki

 

The Central District Court rendered an unprecedented ruling this week, declaring that a conviction over an indecent act is possible even if the perpetrator did not physically touch, or even see, the victim.

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

(Illustration) Photo: Shutterstock

According to a Tuesday report in Yedioth Ahronoth, the ruling was made following an appeal filed by a man who was convicted of an indecent act against two minors, which was perpetrated over the phone.

The appeal sought to overturn the conviction, on the basis that the man never saw or physically touched the girls, ages 14 and seven. Continue Reading »

Expert PR analyses: Israel is Losing the PR War.

Interview with pr expert: For over 4 decades, Israel has been losing pr war to the regional Arabs. Why isn’t Israel showing rockets falling on its civilians?

By Annie Lubin

 

For over forty years Israel has been losing a public relations war to the Arabs and now to the Palestinian Arabs. And no one in Israel seems to care.

 Dr. Ron Schleifer has made  military-media relations his life's work

Dr. Ron Schleifer has made military-media relations his life’s work
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Dr. Ron Schleifer, a professor at Ariel University, and an expert research academician on Psychological Warfare and military-media relations, has been studying the phenomena for years and has tried to sound the alarm on the importance of changing the way Israel uses the media. 
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PM: Strike on Iran – Good for Arabs, Would Ease Tensions

Netanyahu tells French magazine that ‘Iran isn’t popular in Arab world,’ & an attack would benefit Arab states by removing potential threat, easing tension in Mideast

By Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.

Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Netanyahu has made a number of veiled threats to attack Iran’s nuclear program and has appealed to the United States and the United Nations to set a limit for Tehran on its further development. Continue Reading »

Yair Lapid says in Ariel address, he won’t join cabinet that stalls peace talks with PA

Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid, attacks Netanyahu for saying Palestinians were not a ‘partner’ for peace & says Israel must retain control of an undivided Jerusalem.

By Revital Hovel

 

The Yesh Atid party won’t join a government that continues to avoid resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, party head Yair Lapid said in a speech at the Ariel University Center of Samaria on Tuesday.

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh

Yair Lapid speaking in Beit Shemesh, Oct. 28, 2012. – Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

Lapid’s comments and criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies came a day after Netanyahu’s Likud party voted to approve a merger with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu, finalizing the move first announced by the two party leaders last week. Continue Reading »

U.S. Lawmaker Warns of Link Between Mexican Cartels & Hizbullah

News Report: A U.S. lawmaker is warning that the federal gov’t is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) is warning that the federal government is ignoring a growing Hizbullah presence in Mexico, with the Lebanese terror group increasingly joining forces with drug cartels, Fox News reported.

body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas

Body of Zetas drug cartel founder Heriberto Lazcano at the site of his death in Sabinas – Reuters

There are reportedly hundreds of thousands of Middle Easterners living in Mexico, many of whom may be radicals using routes established by drug networks to sneak into the United States. Continue Reading »

The Liberation of a Jew-Hater into a Muslim Zionist

“Here’s a state that’s constantly called an enemy of Islam, yet Muslims have more rights in Israel than they have anywhere else in the Middle East,” Kasim Hafeez said.

By Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald

 

Kasim Hafeez grew up hating Jews and hating Israel. Now the 28-year-old British Muslim of Pakistani origin travels the world explaining how and why he has gone from a hater to a lover of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

Kasim Hafeez – Screenshot IBA News

His personal journey of going from chanting “Death to Israel” in London’s Trafalgar Square to speaking about how he became a proud Zionist kept the Herald editorial board enraptured for much longer than our allotted hour on Thursday.

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It Apears That its Now Our Turn to Worry, from Israel

The last time Israelis were so concerned  for the welfare of Americans, was during the aftermath of 9/11.

 

“It all just feels so backwards. We’re watching them and trying to understand exactly what’s going on, and we are concerned whether they are safe. It’s such a strange feeling – it’s supposed to be the other way around.”

Hurricane Sandy

Pedestrians walk past a submerged taxi in Brooklyn, New York, October 29, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the northeastern United States. – Photo by Reuters

I’ve heard versions of these comments in person, on the phone and online repeatedly over the past 72 hours, as Hurricane Sandy threatened the Eastern seaboard of the United States, and then after it became a reality. Continue Reading »

Iran no longer exporting wheat, flour, sugar, & red meat

The Islamic Republic is forced to take drastic  steps to preserve supplies of essential items including flour, wheat, sugar & red meat.

Iran bans exports of 50 essential items.

By REUTERS

 

DUBAI – Iran banned the export of around 50 basic goods, its media said on Tuesday, as the country takes steps to preserve supplies of essential items in the face of tightening Western sanctions.

Iran currency exchange - Photo: REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

Iran currency exchange – Photo: REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

The Islamic Republic is under intense financial pressure from US and European trade restrictions imposed over its disputed nuclear program.

The bans have led to a sharp drop over the past year in its oil exports, a major source of hard currency earnings and revenues for the government. Continue Reading »

Greece & Israel Conduct Joint Military Exercise

The Greek Air Force & the Israeli Air Force recently concluded a 2-day exercise in Greece.

The joint Israel-Greek exercise took place as ‘Austere Challenge 12’, the IDF’s joint exercise with the U.S. Army, got underway.

By Elad Benari

 

The Israeli Air Force and the Greek Air Force recently concluded a two-day joint exercise on Greek soil, Channel 2 News reported on Monday.

According to the report, the Greek Air Force said that, as part of the exercise, F16i fighter pilots from both armies practiced dogfights, bomb raids and long term aerial refueling.

As Israel’s relations with Turkey cooled over the past few years – its relationship with Greece, including security cooperation, has warmed up. Continue Reading »

As payback for Khartoum raid, Hamas shoots Grad at Dimona reactor

On 6 Oct an Iranian drone flew over Israel & photographed the reactor building & its air defense system’s radar.

The data gathered was sent to Hamas to help aim its rocket attack on Dimona.

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Less than 24 hours after Sudanese President Omar Bashir pledged “decisive steps against Israeli interests which are now legitimate targets,” for the destruction of the Iranian missile plant in Khartoum, Palestinian rocket teams early Sunday, Oct. 28, fired Grad missiles as target finders against Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona. This is reported exclusively by debkafile. They exploded on open ground in the Ramat Negev district southwest of the town of Dimona.

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Jewish documents were confiscated by Egyptian authorities

Egyptian security services reportedly seized about 1.7 million documents packed in 13 cartons detailing Egyptian Jews’ assets from  1940-1960’s.

 

Some 1.7 million documents – purportedly containing details about the assets of Egyptian Jews in the 1940s, 50s and 60s – were seized by Egyptian security services in recent days just before they were exported to Israel, according to several online newspapers.

Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine – Photo: REUTERS

A report in the Egyptian government- owned Al-Ahram daily newspaper holds that the “Jewish documents,” packed in 13 cartons, were confiscated by Egyptian authorities ahead of them being “smuggled” out of the country from Jordan. Continue Reading »

Canadian Couple Seeks the ‘Unknown Soldier’ they Named their Son After

Two Canadian Jews on a honeymoon in Israel gave an IDF soldier a ride, and then decided to name their son after him.

By Gil Ronen

 

A Canadian Jewish couple is looking for the Israeli man whose name their son bears.

Hummer, soldier.

Hummer, soldier. – IDF Website

The story began when the couple was in Israel for their honeymoon. They offered a ride to a soldier named Lior, and were so impressed with him that after the woman became pregnant, they decided to name their son after him.

Two young Israelis, Gefen Hazan and Gal Baruch, who are currently on a pre-service volunteer year in Canada, are helping the couple and their son in their search for the original Lior. Continue Reading »

Experts: 14% of Israelis suffer from clinical depression

A 1/4 of women & an 1/8 of men will suffer from at least a single episode of depression during their lifetimes.

 

Fourteen percent of Israelis, as well as 14% of the world’s total population, suffer from clinical depression, but many do not seek professional help, according to experts organizing World Anxiety and Depression Awareness Month in November.

Various pills – Photo: Srdjan Zivulovic/Reuters


The condition, which can be treated successfully with medication and psychological or psychiatric support, is the most common mental condition in the world.

The prevalence is higher among women than men: a quarter of women and an eighth of men will suffer from at least one episode of depression during their lifetimes. Continue Reading »