Prosor Impugns Syria’s Veracity in Fiery UN Speech

Ron Prosor, Israel’s ambassador to the UN,  fiercely attacks Syria and its ambassador’s truthfulness in a speech to the General Assembly.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, fiercely attacked Syria and the Syrian ambassador to the UN during a speech to the General Assembly on Friday.

Prosor accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ambassador of spreading lies and hiding the reality that takes place in Syria.

Referring to the issue of the chemical weapons being held by the Syrian regime, Prosor said, “A leader who brutally slaughters children today will not hesitate to use chemical weapons against them tomorrow.” Continue Reading »

As some Israeli cities demonstrate, all that glitters is not always green

Some ‘Green Cities’ make it on to the good list because of their parks, but the residents’ high standard of living demonstrate they consume a great deal of resources.

 

 

Europe did it this summer, and so did Israel.

But just because cities are regularly ranked based on how environmentally friendly they are, that doesn’t mean the chosen cities are always quite as green as they may seem.

Park Hayarkon

Park Hayarkon from above. – Photo by Tal Cohen

Environmental experts say that while some of these cities make it on to the good list because of their parks and public transportation, their residents’ high standard of living means they continue to exploit and consume a great deal of resources and create a lot of waste.

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Defense Report: America’s Attack Plans for Iran

An Israeli newspaper says American officials shared their country’s military plans for hitting Iran’s nuclear program.

By Maayana Miskin

 

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was in Israel this week to talk with Israeli leaders about Iran’s nuclear program. Now the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot is reporting that Panetta shared America’s contingency plan in case talks with Iran fail to halt its nuclear program.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

Panetta may have shared the plan to assuage Israeli leaders’ concerns that the United States is putting undue confidence in the efficacy of sanctions.

The plan would reportedly be put into effect only in one and a half years. Continue Reading »

IOC President Rogge faces ridicule at upcoming memorial service for murdered Israelis

Int’l Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge faces being blasted at a memorial service by community leaders & the families of the 11 Israelis butchered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympics.

By Marcus Dysch and Anshel Pfeffer

 

 

Rogge is due to speak at the Guildhall event in central London on Monday evening, but his refusal to grant a minute’s silence in memory of the murdered athletes at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony has enraged the victims’ widows.

IOC President Jacques Rogge

IOC President Jacques Rogge

The Anglo-Jewish co-organizers of the event also admitted they faced a “dilemma”. Mr Rogge was invited to the ceremony earlier this year by the Israeli Olympic Committee, but his stance over the 1972 massacre has since infuriated Jewish communities worldwide. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem ‘angry’ at Mahmoud Abbas’ failure to reciprocate any goodwill

Internal government memo says PA President Abbas “unable to enter into negotiations that will require concessions.” Continues at ‘Israel-bashing’.

By HERB KEINON

 

The Palestinian failure to respond positively to a series of recent Israeli goodwill gestures shows that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is “unable to enter into negotiations that will require concessions,” according to an internal government memo made known to The Jerusalem Post.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas - Photo: Luis Galdamez/Reuters

PA President Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: Luis Galdamez/Reuters

The memo, according to senior government officials, reflects “anger in Jerusalem” over the PA’s recent behavior.

“It appears that despite a series of steps taken by Israel, the Palestinian Authority nevertheless continues in a very negative pattern of behavior,” one official said.

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Here’s How Obama’s Jewish margin in Florida could be decisive

According to Florida polls, Obama is losing support from Jewish voters; may even lose state to Romney in 2012 election. Romney campaign advisor says, ‘Jewish voters, like all voters, have been impacted by still-struggling economy,’

By Reuters

 

Selma and Kenneth Furst were among the hundreds of thousands of Florida’s Jewish voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House four years ago.

This time out, the Fursts are still solidly behind the president, but they aren’t so sure about some of their Jewish neighbors and friends.

“It’s a hard decision, for people to make up their minds,” said Selma Furst, 91, who lives in a condo community in Tamarac, a city of 60,000 near Fort Lauderdale, with her husband, Kenneth, 94. Continue Reading »

Boycotting the Rabbinate, 20,000 Israelis get married abroad annually

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, figures show that 47,855 Israeli couples marry via Orthodox Rabbinical Courts.

 

 

Close to 20,000 Israelis tie the knot overseas every year, mainly to avoid the tortuous process of a religious marriage at home.

Tali Haberfeld-Adar, 42, married David, 48, two months ago at a speedy ceremony in Cyprus. For both, it was a second marriage. Having already suffered the rabbinate, they chose another way.

Civil wedding - Archive

A civil wedding in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Archive

Haberfeld-Adar said her first marriage via the rabbinate “dealt mainly with paperwork, forms and fees.” Continue Reading »

Is Nasrallah Being Recalled to Iran?

Report in A Siasa, a Kuwaiti newspaper: Iran has ordered Hizbullah head to leave Lebanon if Assad falls.

By Gil Ronen

 

Iran’s top leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has instructed the head of Iranian proxy Hizbullah to leave Lebanon and move to Iran if Syria’s Bashar Assad falls from power, a Kuwaiti newspaper reports.

The paper, A Siasa, explains that the Iranian leadership has been weighing two possible courses of action, in case Iran’s protégé and partner Assad is toppled.

The first option includes supplying Hizbullah with state-of-the-art heavy weapons and enlarging the number of Iranian soldiers in Lebanon. Continue Reading »

‘Missile falling on Tel Aviv will unleash unprecedented Israeli response’

Former intelligence chief Amos Yadlin: When missiles start falling on Tel Aviv Israel’s legitimacy will drastically increase, as will our ability to do things not done before.

The real threat facing Israel is not long-range missiles, but small rockets, former Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, who heads the Institute for National Security Studies, said on Thursday at a conference on “Israel’s Homefront Preparedness.”

Former Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (res) Amos Yadlin says when missiles fall on the Gush Dan area, “Israel’s legitimacy to take action will drastically increase,” – Photo: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch

“Israel is not threatened by 200,000 missiles, as previously claimed.

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U.S. Congress considers recognizing Jewish refugees

Bill requires Obama to pair Palestinian refugees with plight of 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries.

By JTA

 

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of six Congress members is sponsoring a bill that would ensure recognition of the plight of 850,000 Jewish refugees displaced from Arab countries since Israel’s War of Independence in 1948.

Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine - Photo: REUTERS

Jewish refugees arrive in Palestine – Photo: REUTERS

Their bill in the US House of Representatives also would recognize other displaced populations, including Christians from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

The legislation specifically calls on the Obama administration to pair any explicit reference to Palestinian refugees with a similar reference to Jewish or other refugee populations.

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Counter-Terrorism Bureau: Israelis must leave Sinai at once

CTB issues repeated warning against traveling to  the Sinai Peninsula, citing concrete info on terror groups’ intention to carry out attacks against Israelis

Attila Somfalvi

 

The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the National Security Council on Thursday issued a repeated travel warning to the Sinai Peninsula, calling on all Israelis who are planning to travel to or who are currently staying in Sinai to return to Israel immediately.

A travel warning to the area has been in place for a long time, however the Bureau is now reiterating its call, citing terror groups’ intention to carry out attacks against Israeli citizens. Continue Reading »

Ahmadinejad: Annihilate Israel, ‘Zionism is the modern times plight of the human society’

Iran’s President Ahmadinejad, again calls for the annihilation of Israel, saying its “the axis of unity of the world hegemonic powers.”

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again called for the annihilation of Israel, which he labeled “the axis of unity of the world hegemonic powers.”

Speaking in advance of International Qods Day, set this year for August 17, Ahmadinejad repeated his annual litany of hate for the Jewish State in a meeting with ambassadors and embassy personnel of Islamic nations in Tehran, according to the official state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), quoting from a statement posted on the website of his presidential office. Continue Reading »

6 Palestinians arrested, 1 sentenced to 30 days in prison for eating in public during Ramadan

Leading PA cleric: “Our streets are Islamic,” therefore even non-Muslims should be “severely punished” for eating in public during Ramadan

By Itamar Marcus & Barbara Crook

 

 

Six people have been arrested and one sentenced to a month in prison for eating in public during the month of Ramadan, according to the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper. Under Islamic law, eating is prohibited from sunrise until sunset during the entire month.

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A Palestinian police patrol passes  the Stars & Bucks Cafe in Manara Square in Ramallah – Photo: Getty Images

In addition, the Chairman of the PA Supreme Court for Shari’ah Law said PA law should prohibit even non-Muslims and those who cannot fast for health reasons from eating in public during the month. Continue Reading »

Arab Protest in Bethlehem Denounce Uncurtailed Violence Against Women

Dozens of women & rights activists in Bethlehem demanded stricter laws to stop the violence against women.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Dozens of women and rights activists in Bethlehem demanded stricter laws to end violence against women.

The crowd demonstrated at the site where a 29-year-old woman was stabbed to death before witnesses in broad daylight just two days earlier by her estranged husband.

Women chanted demands that the government punish those who attack them, and held banners demanding respect for women.

Police said Nancy Zaboun’s husband had beaten her Sunday night, according to the Ma’an news agency. But when officers were called to the scene, they only asked him to sign a pledge not to do it again. Continue Reading »

Google and Apple both remove Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV streaming app

The Anti-Defamation League welcomes move, commends Apple for its vigilance in ensuring that terrorist-affiliated orgs don’t have access as Apple’s customers.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Google and Apple have both removed a Hezbollah application for streaming video from its Al-Manar satellite network from their respective app stores, tech media website CNET reported on Tuesday.

 

Al-Manar is the broadcasting arm of Hezbollah.
Photo credit: Al-Manar

The Anti-Defamation League wrote to Apple on Friday when it became aware of the app. It was removed from the iTunes store on Sunday. A spokesman for Google told CNET on Tuesday that it had also removed the app from Google Play.

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