Azerbaijan Convicts 3 Over Plan to Murder Jews & Connects Plan to Iranian Official

Plot’s leader admits in interview that Iran contracted the men as ‘pay-back’ for the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Three people have been convicted of plotting to kill teachers at a Jewish school in Azerbaijan.

A court in the capital Baku on Thursday found plot ringleader Rasim Aliyev and two other Azerbaijani citizens guilty of plotting the assassination of public officials and gun-smuggling. Aliyev was given a 14-year sentence while the others received 13 and eight years.

A mosque and the city waterfront are reflected in a new building in the Azeri capital Baku.

A mosque and the city waterfront are reflected in a new building in the Azeri capital Baku, September 8, 2012.

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Anti-Semitism alive at Northeastern University’s Faculty

A 30 minute video showing anti-Semitic faculty activity at Northeastern University was released by a ‘tolerance organization’.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) today released a 30 minute video showing how Northeastern Professor Denis Sullivan and other Northeastern faculty abuse academic freedom to promote anti-Israel lies and anti-Semitism as defined by the U.S. State Department.

Sullivan is a tenured professor and director of the Northeastern Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development.  The video examines Professor Sullivan’s lectures, invited guests, reading lists and student trips to the Middle East, all of which seem designed to provide students with a one-sided view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Continue Reading »

MK Tibi demands Knesset to ban Marzel over his Facebook post :)

A parliamentary aide & Hebron activist, wrote he’s sorry he didn’t “do what was necessary” upon seeing Arab MK in Knesset.

 

MK Ahmed Tibi (UAL-Ta’al) demanded on Thursday that extreme right-wing activist Baruch Marzel be banned from the Knesset after he posted a status the Arab MK interpreted as a thinly-veiled death threat.

Ahmed Tibi - Photo: REUTERS

Ahmed Tibi – Photo: REUTERS

Ahead of Yom Kippur, when Jews traditionally apologize for their sins from the past year, Marzel wrote: “The main desecration of God’s name, for which I must apologize, is that there are so many enemies among us that I have yet to expel, especially in Hebron.”

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Rare anti-Hamas Protests in Gaza over Baby’s Death

Protestors chant ‘down with regime’ at refugee camp where toddler died.

Protester: Don’t fear being clubbed by policemen

By Reuters

 

At least 500 protesters in the Gaza Strip have called for the overthrow of the ruling Islamist Hamas group in a rare demonstration triggered by the death of a three-year-old boy in a fire during a power outage.

Protesters in the Bureij refugee camp, where the boy’s family lives, called for Hamas to be toppled and chanted “The people want to take down the regime” late on Tuesday night, echoing slogans adopted in Arab revolutions in neighboring countries. The police swiftly dispersed the crowd. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem not Listed as Israel’s Capital, According to Map of Apple’s new iOS6 System

According to report in The Algemeiner, Apple’s operating system lists Jerusalem without an affiliated country.

By JTA and Haaretz

 

The map included in Apple’s new iOS6 operating system reportedly does not show Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Every other country on the map has its capital listed, The Algemeiner reported Tuesday.

Jerusalem Old City

The Old City as it appears today. – Photo by Michal Fattal

In addition, the world clock included in the operating system lists Jerusalem without an affiliated country — the only city to be included that way, the paper said.

Apple did not respond to JTA requests for comment. Continue Reading »

Israel Railways Upgrades Their Double-Decker Coach Cars

Israel Railways just added 72 additional coach cars to an existing order of 150 double-deck coaches, with its 1st delivery expected between 2014-2015.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Israel Railways (ISR) this week signed an order for 72 additional double-deck coach cars from Bombardier Transportation, in addition to the original 150 coaches ordered as part of a framework agreement signed in October 2010.

This week’s contract, worth $158 million (122 million euro) brings the total number of new double-deck cars for Israel Railways to 222. The new coaches are an improved version of the trains currently in operation. The first coaches of the improved model entered passenger service on December 1, 2011, according to a release by Bombardier. Continue Reading »

Morsi’s debut speech to UN: End Israeli occupation

In his first address before General Assembly, Egyptian president committed to treaties and urges int’l community to work toward establishing Palestinian state & ‘changing identity of occupied Jerusalem.’

Yitzhak Benhorin

 

NEW YORK – Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday urged the international community to work immediately toward the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within “all the occupied territories.”

In a belligerent debut speech before the UN General Assembly, Egypt‘s first democratically-elected president called for immediate progress that would “put an end to the colonialism and the settlements and change the identity of occupied Jerusalem.”

Three months after winning the general elections as the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, Morsi told the UN, “I am the first Egyptian president who was elected in a democratic vote at the end of the revolution.” Continue Reading »

Syrian mortar shells fall in Golan Heights

Israel complains to UN after mortar shells hit Golan; IDF spokesman says incident “part of internal Syrian conflict.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Several mortar shells fired from Syrian territory fell inside the Golan Heights on Tuesday, marking the first time the ongoing violence in Syria has spilled inside Israel’s borders.

UN post on Israel-Syria border - Photo: YAAKOV KATZ

UN post on Israel-Syria border – Photo: Yaakov Katz

There were no reports of injuries or damage as a result of the incident.

Israel has filed a complaint with the United Nations forces operating in the area, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF.)

The mortar shells were “aimed at villages inside Syria and are part of the internal, ongoing conflict in Syria,” said the IDF Spokesman’s Office following the incident.

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Jewish cemetery outside of Prague vandalized

Czech police say unidentified vandals desecrated 26 headstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

Czech police say unknown vandals knocked over 26 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols


A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols at a cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Jan. 10, 2005. – Photo by AP

Police spokesman Miroslav Doubek says the tombstones were likely overturned in the last two months. The cemetery, which is no longer used for burials, is located in the woods near the village of Prudice, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Prague. Continue Reading »

Iranian leader at UN: Iran is being threatened by ‘uncivilized Zionists’

Addressing the UNGA, Ahmadinejad says Israel’s ‘threat to resort to military action a bitter example of intimidation by nuclear weapons.’

By Reuters

 

Iran is under threat of military action from “uncivilized Zionists,” a clear reference to Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, saying that such threats from big powers are designed to force nations into submission.

“Continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality,” Ahmadinejad said in a 33-minute speech before the UN General Assembly.

Ahmadinejad addresses UN (Photo: AP)

Ahmadinejad addresses UN – Photo: AP

Israel and the United States have refused to rule out the possibility of an armed strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, which the West suspects are intended to produce nuclear bombs but which Tehran says are for solely peaceful purposes. Continue Reading »

Pamela Geller on CNN: Erin Burnett cuts segment at Hamas-CAIR description, AUDIO secretly taped

 

 

CNN continued to misquote, accuse thru innuendo, and besmirch Pamela Geller repeatedly. This interview clearly demonstrated how unprofessional and unethical CNN is…..without even mentioning it censoring Mrs Geller half way through the interview.

CNN needs to either raise their bar on professionalism, or Erin Burnett should interview guests with a comparable I.Q.

Having brilliant guests makes them look like clowns.


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Germany considering criteria to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah

Spokesman for German foreign ministry  says country is examining whether sufficient criteria exist to outlaw Hezbollah in EU.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

BERLIN ­ – A spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that the Federal Republic was examining whether the criteria exist to outlaw the Iran-sponsored Hezbollah within the 27-member European Union.

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters - Photo: REUTERS

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah speaks to supporters – Photo: REUTERS

The spokesman’s comment appears to be the first public acknowledgement that Germany is contemplating a move to ban the Islamist group.

“We are examining very carefully at this time in the EU the preconditions which could lead to a listing of Hezbollah as a terror group,” the spokesman wrote.

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Israel’s Supreme Court: DNA alone is sufficient for conviction

Justices concur, a guilty verdict can be based solely on genetic material in specific cases

By Aviel Magnezi

 

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that DNA evidence is sufficient to convict a defendant of a crime.

DNA (Illustration) Photo: Jupiter

DNA Illustration – Photo: Jupiter

The decision, made by justices Edna Arbel, Uzi Fogelman and Zvi Zilbertal, upheld the conviction of a Kiryat Gat resident who was found guilty of carrying weapons, intimidation and possession of stolen goods.

The criminal, Asher Elmaliach, was sent to prison after his finger prints were found on masking tape he used to attach a grenade that he stole from the security forces to the front door of an Ashdod home. Continue Reading »

U.S. refuses entry visas for 20 Iranians for UN meet in NYC

Although 2 ministers & top aides among those denied entry, Iranian news agency says 140 were given U.S. visas.

By Reuters

The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week’s UN General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

United Nations General Assembly - AP - 21.9.2011

President Barack Obama addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2011. Photo by AP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a regular at the assembly since he took office in 2005, will give his final speech there on Wednesday and will address a meeting on the “rule of law” on Monday. Continue Reading »

Much Pride & a Little Embarrassment for Mixed-Sex IDF Unit after Firefight

While one of the special unit’s female fighters performed heroically, another female soldier hid behind a bush for 90 minutes.

By Gil Ronen

 

The IDF’s mixed-sex Caracal unit apparently has reasons for both pride and embarrassment following the firefight on the border with Egypt that left one soldier and three terrorists dead.

The pride is due to the fact that one of the unit’s female fighters, a markswoman identified only by the initial S., took part in the assault on the terrorists and shot one of them to death. The embarrassment is due to reports that another female combat soldier cowered behind a bush for over an hour, causing fear that she had been abducted. Continue Reading »