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| October 31, 2014
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PA Calls Assassin Terrorist That Shot ‘Freedom of Religion’ Activist, ‘Hero Defending Freedom’

PA Prisoner Affairs Minister hails shooter of prayer rights activist in Jerusalem, Yehuda Glick, lauding the terrorist’s history of arrest and assault on (Jewish) prison guards.

By Ari Yashar

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqa on Thursday lionized Mu’taz Hijazi, the Islamic Jihad terrorist who tried to assassinate Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick in Jerusalem on Wednesday and was later killed in a shootout with police.

“Hijazi was one of the heroes of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement who defended freedom and dignity,” Qaraqa wrote in a statement published by the Palestinian Arab Ma’an News Agency.

Calling Hijazi a defender of “freedom and dignity” is particularly ironic, given the fact that he shot Glick who has championed the effort to gain Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount – the holiest site in Judaism – where the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust) has banned Jewish prayer and discriminated against Jewish visitors. Continue Reading »

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| October 27, 2014
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Ecuador woman 2nd victim in Jerusalem terror attack to succumb to wounds

22 yr-old Karen Mosquera from Ecuador, came to Israel to study Judaism & convert, was hit by terrorist’s car as she was on her way to a Torah lesson.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

Ecuadorian Karen Mosquera, 22, who was critically wounded in the Jerusalem light rail terrorist attack last week, succumbed to her wounds on Sunday at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem, raising the death toll in the incident to two people.

Karen Mosquera (left).

Karen Mosquera (left).

Mosquera arrived from Ecuador a year and a half ago and was in the process of converting to Judaism. She spent the past two months in a Midrasha, an institute of Jewish studies for women, with other women from South America. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2014
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US Federal Judge Sets Trial Date for Convicted Terrorist in Immigration Fraud Case

Rasmieh Odeh, who was convicted of killing 2 in a terrorist bombing at a Jerusalem supermarket, failed to mention her membership in a terrorist organization, terror conviction & incarceration in Israeli prison, when becoming naturalized US citizen.

Associated Press

DETROIT – A federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss charges against an Arab activist accused of failing to tell US immigration officials in Michigan that she’d been convicted in a fatal terrorist bombing in Jerusalem.

Photo: AP

Convicted PFLP terrorist & murderess, Rasmieh Odeh – Photo: AP

Rasmieh Odeh, associate director at the Arab American Action Network, is being targeted for political reasons, her lawyers said in a motion seeking to have the case thrown out. Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2014
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Border Policeman thwart Arab terror attack in Jerusalem

Border Policeman discovered pickaxe hidden in suspects clothing; 29 yr-old Arab says he was planning to hack a soldier to death in Jerusalem.

By Noam ‘Dabul’ Dvir

Israel Border Police arrested a Palestinian man early Thursday morning who claimed that he had planned to attack a soldier in Jerusalem. Police found a pickaxe among the 29-year-old’s belongings and he was handed over for further investigations.

The pickaxe found on the suspect. (Photo: Police Spokesperson's Unit)

The pickaxe found on the suspect. – Photo: Police Spokesperson’s Unit

At approximately 4am the man from Bethlehem approached the tunnel passage near Beit Jala where border police ordered him to stop as the tunnel is strictly for vehicle traffic and not for pedestrians. Continue Reading »

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| September 18, 2014
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Widow Calls for Death Penalty For Terrorists That Murdered

Interview with family of Baruch Mizrahi, as trial starts on his murderer – a terrorist that was freed in the ‘Shalit trade’. ‘Had Israel used the death penalty, Mizrahi would be alive’

By Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar

 

 

The military court at Ofer on Wednesday morning opened proceedings against the father and son terrorist duo that killed police Chief Superintendent Col. Baruch Mizrahi hy”d in April, as he drove to Kiryat Arba for a Passover seder meal with his pregnant wife and three of his children.

Terrorists in court – Photo: YouTube/Arutz Sheva

Mizrahi’s murderer was Ziyad Awad, one of 1,027 terrorists freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal. Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2014
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Jerusalem terrorist bomber arrested in US faces prison and loss of citizenship

 

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh received a life sentence for a Jerusalem supermarket bombing that killed 2.
• Odeh was arrested in the U.S. on immigration fraud charges for failing to report her terror conviction.

By News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A U.S. federal judge has scheduled a Nov. 4 trial for a Chicago-area Arab leader accused of covering up her conviction in a fatal terrorist bombing in Jerusalem when she moved to the U.S.

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh allegedly hid her conviction when applying for U.S. citizenship – Photo: AP

Detroit U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain on Tuesday also scheduled motion hearings for Oct.

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| June 23, 2014
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Passover Eve murder of Baruch Mizrahi told son “Whoever kills a Jew goes to heaven.”

 

Cleared for publication: Police Chief Superintendent Baruch Mizrahi was killed by Ziad Awad, who confided to his son that the reason for the attack was religious, saying “according to the Islam, whoever kills a Jew goes to heaven.”

By Yoav Zitun

 

The killer of Baruch Mizrahi, the senior Israeli police officer killed in a Passover eve terror attack near Hebron, was a Palestinian released in the prisoner exchange deal which saw Gilad Shalit freed in 2011 in return for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, it was cleared for publication Monday.

Awad's arrest last month

Awad’s arrest last month – IDF Helmet Camera Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

An indictment was filed Monday against Ziad Awad, a resident of the village of Idna near Hebron, for murder and attempted murder. Continue Reading »

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| June 4, 2014
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Israeli soldiers seize knife-wielding Arab outside IDF base

 

Palestinian male heard shouting “Allahu akhbar” while brandishing knife & Palestinian flag near IDF military post in the West Bank.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

A Palestinian carrying a knife was arrested on Tuesday outside of an IDF base in the Binyamin region of the West Bank.

IDF soldiers arrest a Palestinian man [file].

IDF soldiers arrest a Palestinian man [file]. – Photo: REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

The suspect was heard shouting “Allahu akhbar” (“God is great”) while brandishing a knife and a Palestinian flag.

 

Security forces arrived on the scene and took him into custody.

No injuries were caused to the IDF forces or the suspect. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2014
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Israel Security Forces Prevent Suicide Bombing in Samaria

Another in a series of Palestinian attempts to massacre Jews as an Arab terrorist wearing a bomb belt is apprehended near Ariel before he could attack.

By Ari Yashar

 

Security forces apprehended an Arab terrorist wearing a bomb belt at Tapuach Junction in Samaria, near the city of Ariel, on Friday morning.

The terrorist raised suspicions by wearing a large coat in the hot summer weather. After security forces called on him to take off his coat and be checked, the man refused and proceeded to lay on the floor, reports Channel 10.

When he finally removed his coat, he was found to be wearing a belt of explosives. Continue Reading »

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| May 23, 2014
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Palestinian terrorist admits attempted kidnapping of Jews in northern Israel

 

West Bank native also admits to throwing Molotov cocktails at passing cars

Police & Shin Bet stress danger posed by Palestinian infiltrators, urge immediate repairs of breaches in security fence.

Daniel Siryoti and Lilach Shoval

 

A Palestinian infiltrator arrested in a joint operation by the Shin Bet and the Central Investigative Unit of the Northern District Police has admitted to trying to kidnap Israelis. Murad Mahmoud Hassan Ali-Hassin, 25, from the Palestinian village of Kabatiya, near Jenin, has also been accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at civilian cars in the western Galilee, as well as several other security crimes.

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| April 6, 2014
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Palestinian Arab Throws Firebombs at Jerusalem Night Club

 

Terror attack thwarted near Maaleh Adumim, when thrown molotov cocktail fails to cause serious damage.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Palestinian Arab youth hurled several firebombs at a night club in Jerusalem’s French Hill neighborhood on Saturday night. One of the flaming projectiles hit just outside the door of the establishment, but failed to cause any injuries.

Jerusalem Night Club Firebombed

Palestinian throws firebomb at Jews – illustration

Late last week, a Jewish motorist was attacked with stones and bricks in the same neighborhood. Police and local residents have noted an increase in Arab attacks of late.

In other violence, a Palestinian Arab man was arrested at the entrance of the Jerusalem-area suburb of Ma’aleh Adumim on Friday afternoon after police found him to be in possession of a large knife. Continue Reading »

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| April 5, 2014
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Quick Acting Police Thwart Arab Terrorist Attack Outside Jerusalem

Israel police save the day by catching Palestinian terrorist on the verge of committing a potentially deadly knife-attack in Maale Adumim, just outside of Jerusalem.

By Uzi Baruch

 

An attempted terrorist attack in the city of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, was thwarted Friday, it has been cleared for release this evening.

On Friday afternoon Jerusalem police received reports that a local security patrol had stopped a suspicious looking man, who appeared to be “drunk”, standing at the entrance to the city.

Police dispatched a patrol car and when officers arrived and began questioning the suspect, they noted he appeared very nervous and was answering their questions in a suspicious manner. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2014
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Arab Terrorist Shot Dead by IDF While Breaching Security Fence

19 yr-old reported by IDF as being killed by gunfire while sabotaging security fence with 2 others near Hevron in Judea.

By Ari Yashar

 

IDF soldiers reportedly shot and killed a local Arab resident near Hevron on Wednesday, as he attempted to breach Israel’s security fence with two accomplices.

“Earlier today three suspects sabotaged the security fence in Deir al-Asal al-Tahta, southwest of Hevron,” an IDF spokeswoman told AFP. After the three ignored soldiers’ warnings to leave, as well as warning shots in the air, soldiers “fired towards the lower extremities of the main instigator.”

The man was evacuated to the Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva in critical condition, but died of his wounds shortly thereafter. Continue Reading »

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| March 18, 2014
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Imprisoned murderer seeks pardon in return for details on missing IDF soldier

 

Convicted murderer serving 2 life sentences says he has information on where Guy Hever’s body is.

By Maor Buchnik

 

A prisoner serving two life sentences for murder has recently petitioned the state attorney asking for a pardon for himself and another prisoner in return for information on the location of the body of missing IDF soldier Guy Hever, his attorney said Monday.

Guy Hever (5th from right, with glasses) and friends several weeks before his disappearance - Photo: Courtesy of Rina Hever

Guy Hever (center, 5th from R with glasses) and friends several weeks before his disappearance
Photo: Courtesy of Rina Hever

The prisoner’s attorney complained that the state attorney is being too slow in responding to the petition. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2014
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Palestinian Arabs Vandalize IDF Security Checkpoint

Graffiti at the security checkpoint notes that the vandalism was ‘retaliation’ for Israeli security personnel killing wanted Arab terrorist as incitement after funeral continues.

By Dalit Halevi, Tova Dvorin

 

Masked Palestinian Arabs broke into a IDF checkpoint near the Palestinian Authority (PA) settlement of Beit Furik, northeast of Shechem, after they cut through barbed wire fence surrounding the post.

A video surfaced on YouTube over the weekend showing masked men, who were armed with a chainsaw and hammers, sawing through checkpoint gate, smashing the windows of the armored guard position, and vandalizing the checkpoint. Graffiti at the site read, “Boycott Israel, in memory of the martyr Motazz Washaha.” Continue Reading »

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