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| January 15, 2014
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Growing up as a Gaza Muslim, Jewish youth celebrates his Bar Mitzvah

After escaping the abuse from her ‘family’ in Gaza, the son of a Jewish woman tricked into marrying and living with a Palestinian, now celebrates his Bar Mitzvah in Israel.

By Ari Yashar

 

An unusual bar mitzvah ceremony was held on Tuesday for the son of a Jewish woman tricked into marrying and living with an Arab man in Gaza for years. The mother and her children recently managed to escape violent abuse and restart their lives as Jews.

“I lived for years as a Muslim. Today I stand as a proud Jewish youth,” remarked the bar mitzvah boy, referred to as D., Continue Reading »

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| January 14, 2014
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Palestinian Media Reports: Armored IDF Vehicles ‘Entered Gaza’

Maan, the Palestinian Authority-based news agency says the IDF’s operation was a ‘limited incursion’ for surveillance.

By Gil Ronen

 

Palestinian Authority-based news agency Maan reported Tuesday that Israeli military vehicles crossed into northern Gaza for surveillance activities on Monday.

Bayt Lahiya region – Google Earth

The limited incursion took place in a border region near Beit Lahiya, witnesses told Maan. Separately, Israeli warships opened fire at Palestinian “fishermen” off the coast near al-Sudaniyya west of Beit Lahiya.

No injuries were reported, but the fishermen fled and were unable to continue fishing, the outlet said.

 

View original Arutz Sheva publication at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176276#.UtV3GbSPlgh Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2014
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Hamas Declares: ‘Israel Has 8 Years Left’

In Gaza, Hamas’ Interior Minister boasts Palestinian Arabs will ‘liberate’ Israel by 2022.

By Dalit Halevy, Tova Dvorin

 

Israel will be gone in eight years, according to one Hamas official.

Fathi Hamad, Hamas’s Interior Minister, claimed in a speech honoring the anniversary of Operation Cast Lead that “Palestine” would replace the Jewish State by 2022.

Hamad noted in his speech that the Palestinian Arabs, according to Islamic prophecies, will enter the Al Aqsa Mosque “in jubilation and victory like they entered it the first time“. He said that Israel has failed in previous wars waged against the Palestinians, while the Palestinians are progressing nationally towards the stage where they are capable of conquering Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2014
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Gaza fire 2 rockets just hours before Sharon’s burial

IDF says although location of former PM’s funeral is within range of rockets from Gaza, the two rockets did not land in Israel.

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The Israel Defense Forces said two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip just hours ahead of Ariel Sharon’s funeral on Monday morning, but they did not appear to have landed in Israel.

Fired from GazaThe location in southern Israel where the former prime minister is to be buried later Monday is within range of rockets from the Palestinian territory and rockets in the past have hit the area.

The military says Monday’s rocket fire caused no injuries or damage. Continue Reading »

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| January 13, 2014
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Palestinians celebrate ‘The Bulldozer’s’ death

 

Palestinians widely loathed the late Ariel Sharon as the bulldozer of crushing military offensives against them in Gaza, the West Bank and the Sabra & Chatila massacre by the hands of the Christians in Lebanon.

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RAMALLAH, West Bank – Ariel Sharon’s death Saturday elicited a wide range of responses from Palestinians, but sadness wasn’t one: Some cheered and distributed sweets while others prayed for divine punishment for the former Israeli leader or recalled his central role in some of the bloodiest episodes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A Palestinian distributes sweets after hearing about the death of Ariel Sharon in Gaza

A Palestinian distributes sweets after hearing about the death of Ariel Sharon in Gaza, Jan 11, 2013.

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| January 11, 2014
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Palestinian woman gives birth to 1st baby born in Gaza from smuggled sperm

As an act of defiance against Israel, a Palestinian woman arranged for her husband’s sperm to be smuggled from an Israeli prison into Gaza.

By Reuters

 

The wife of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail gave birth on Friday to a boy born from sperm smuggled into Gaza, her family said, the first successful pregnancy of its kind in the embattled coastal enclave.

Palestinian boy born from smuggled sperm - Reuters

Palestinian baby boy, who was conceived with the smuggled sperm of his father who is in an Israeli prison, after he was born in a hospital in Gaza City January 10, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The procedure follows several similar cases last year in the West Bank, and Palestinians view such births as an act of defiance against Israel’s jail policies. Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2014
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Israeli Air Force Hits Gaza Terrorists Just After Mortar Attack

Israeli Air Force drone strikes terrorists preparing to launch rockets into southern Israeli towns.

By Ari Soffer

 

 

The Israeli Air Force struck terrorist targets in Gaza Wednesday morning, wounded two Palestinian terrorists in the south of the Islamist-controlled territory, medical and security sources said.

“Two Palestinians were hit and injured by an Israeli drone while they were riding on a motorbike east of Khan Yunis,” Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP.

Hamas security sources described the two as “militants”, without saying to which group they belonged.

The IDF confirmed the strike in a statement, saying it had “intercepted terrorists during their final preparations to launch rockets towards Israel”. Continue Reading »

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| January 7, 2014
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Hamas announces steps toward ending feud with Fatah

 

Hamas leader Haniyeh says, “These decisions are for the sake of implementing reconciliation and unification.”

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Gazan Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced a series of measures on Monday  aimed at bringing reconciliation between Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and its main rival, Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority that runs the West Bank.

Palestinians hold torches and posters of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat

Palestinians hold torches and posters of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and late Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. – Photo: AP

Haniyeh said anyone who left the Gaza Strip for political reasons will be allowed to return, several Fatah activists currently imprisoned in Gaza will be released, and Fatah members of parliament who reside in the Fatah-controlled West Bank will now be allowed to visit Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| January 1, 2014
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British Ex-Minister May be Arrested Next Time She Visits Israel

Clare Short is Director of a Palestinian organization that promotes Hamas, which was declared an ‘illicit organization’ by Defense Minister on Tuesday.

Other CEPR Members are also in danger of prosecution if they land at Ben Gurion Int’l Airport.

By Gil Ronen

 

 

British newspaper The Independent has reported that former British International Development Secretary Clare Short could be arrested the next time she lands in Tel Aviv, after the pro-terrorist organization she is a director of was declared an “illicit organisation” by Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday.

Clare Short – Reuters

Yaalon, a former IDF chief of staff, outlawed the Council for European Palestinian Relations (CEPR) – a Belgian non-profit organization that lobbies on behalf of the Hamas-led Gaza government – using emergency defense regulations. Continue Reading »

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| January 1, 2014
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Gaza Terrorists Test Fire Homemade Long-Range M-175 Rockets

Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza test fired their new long-range M-175 rocket out to sea, which can reach Tel Aviv.

By Elad Benari

 

Terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza conducted a test using long-range M-175 rockets on Tuesday evening.

Rockets of this type are able to reach the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv and even beyond that when fired from Gaza.

During the test, the terrorists fired the rockets out to sea, but the explosions were heard in towns near Gaza, including Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Netivot.

The fact that long-range rockets are in the possession of Gaza terrorists is nothing new. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2013
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Again, Gaza is Without Fuel, Hamas Blames Israel for Power Blackouts

Gaza’s lone power plant closes down just 12 days after having being restarted with Qatar bought fuel via the Palestinian Authority.

Israel blamed, although it was Egypt’s siege that has cut off Hamas’ lucrative fuel smuggling.

By Ari Yashar

 

Gaza’s only power plant ground to a halt again on Friday, only 12 days after being brought back online following a 7 week shutdown due to fuel shortages. The shutdown was announced by Gaza’s electricity firm, reports AFP.

An official of the company claimed “the plant stopped working on Friday morning due to a lack of fuel caused by Israel’s closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing.” Continue Reading »

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| December 26, 2013
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IDF deploys Iron Dome over Ashkelon, Ashdod, Sderot & Beersheba

 

Gaza rocket lands in open area near Ashkelon 00:30 Thursday.

IDF’s missile defense system deployed out of concern for additional attacks.

Def. Min.Ya’alon blames Hamas and PA for heightened tensions.

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The IDF on Thursday deployed the Iron Dome missile defense system over Ashdod, out of concern over potential rocket attacks amid heightened tensions.

Iron Dome anti-missile system – Photo courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

In the early hours of Thurday, shortly after 12 a.m, a rocket was launched toward Israel from the Gaza Strip. According to Israel Radio, the Kassam rocket landed in an open area near Ashkelon. Continue Reading »

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| December 25, 2013
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Palestinian journalists in Gaza launch soft media revolution

 

New coalition of 29 Arab reporters aims to revolutionize Palestinian media as journalists wish to break away from propaganda-filled, gov’t fed media, and produce factual news articles that reflect the people’s real concerns.

The Media Line, by Diana Atallah

A group of 29 Palestinian journalists in Gaza have united to form “Fish,” an independent coalition seeking to revolutionize their local media. The group took its name, which also means “doesn’t exist” in Arabic, from the most important job for journalists: fishing for news.

Al-Jazeera television network logo – AFP file

Al-Jazeera television network logo – AFP file

Fish’s members say they hope to create a media landscape without boundaries or bias, and to move the traditional news culture away from routine, repetition and staleness. Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2013
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Israel Air Force hits Gaza targets in retaliation for shooting of IDF employee

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Palestinian sniper fire from Gaza kills Salah Shukri Abu Latyef, 22, a civilian contract employee who was working on the Gaza border fence.

Netanyahu calls shooting a “very grave incident,” says Israel will “react with force.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, HERB KEINON

 

 

A civilian employee of the IDF was killed by a Palestinian gun attack on the Gaza – Israel border on Tuesday. He was identified as Salah Shukri Abu Latyef, 22, from Rahat.

IDF medics at the scene of the shooting on the northern Gaza border, December 24, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The IAF attacked targets in Gaza in response for the shooting, Israel Radio reported. Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2013
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Civilian worker shot by Palestinian sniper from inside Gaza

Civilian IDF contractor, fixing Gaza-Israel border’s security fence was shot by a Gaza sniper.

He was evacuated to Be’er Sheva’s Soroka Hospital.

By Ari Yashar, Arutz Sheva Staff

 

 

A civilian worker for the IDF was shot by sniper fire near Gaza, where he was working between Nachal Oz and Kfar Aza. The worker was evacuated to Be’er Sheva’s Soroka Hospital.

The worker was fixing the security fence that was revealed to have holes and damage in it, caused by the recent snow and rainstorm. Soldiers have reported that repairs have been slow or non-existent, creating a security threat.

The IDF is searching the area to find suspects involved in the incident. Continue Reading »

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