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| March 5, 2014
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REPORT: U.S. State Dept. denies visas to Israeli defense officials

Maariv reports: Mossad, IDF & Shin Bet officials were rejected entry visas. American Embassy says, ‘All visa requests examined individually.’

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The United States is denying visa requests from Israeli military, defense establishment and intelligence officials, according to a report in Maariv.

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American visa in a passport (illustrative) – Photo: Dreamstime

Israeli defense establishment officials have discussed the matter in private meetings, after noticing a pattern emerging: Hundreds of individuals with ties to Israel’s defense establishment have been denied entry to the U.S. in the past year, or have been allowed in for only three months, according to the report.

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| March 5, 2014
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Elite IDF unit captures wanted Hamas terrorist in West Bank

 

Ayoub al-Qawasmi, imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority and just released 2 weeks ago, was planning to rebuild Hamas’ terror infrastructure in the West Bank.

By Elior Levy, Yoav Zitun

 

An IDF unit working undercover in Hebron arrested Ayoub al-Qawasmi on Tuesday evening, one of the commanders of Hamas’ military branch in the West Bank and one of Israel’s most wanted suspects.

IDF training exercises – Photo- IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Qawasmi, 50, is suspected of being involved in terrorist attacks against Israelis during the Second Intifada and has recently sought to renew Hamas’ terror infrastructure in the West Bank.

Qawasmi was imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority in January 2010 and was released only two weeks ago. Continue Reading »

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| January 28, 2014
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Shin Bet with Israel Police arrest 16 violent Hamas activists in Jerusalem

Members of Islamist terrorist movement are accused of setting up a learning program on Temple Mount that caused  increase tension & sparked public disturbances.

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A group of 16 East Jerusalem residents have been arrested by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Israel police on suspicion of being part of a Hamas cell operating in eastern neighborhoods of the city and the Temple Mount, the security service stated on Tuesday.

The Shin Bet said that the 16 suspects also includes activists from the northern branch of the Israel Islamic movement, who were part of a collaboration with Hamas at the Temple Mount compound. Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2014
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Jerusalem exposes al-Qaida terrorist anti-American plot

Israel’s security agency revealed that the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv and the Jerusalem Convention Center were among targets al-Qaida-linked group planned to attack.

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Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed on Wednesday that it had arrested a terrorist unit that planned to blow up the Jerusalem convention center and the US embassy in Tel Aviv.

US embassy in Tel Aviv – Photo source: i24 News

According to the Shin Bet’s statement, the three terrorists who were arrested belong to a Gaza based terror group that is linked to al-Qaida and the attacks themselves were planned by the global terror group’s leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Continue Reading »

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| January 22, 2014
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Israel Air Force Successful in Nighttime Surgical Elimination of Gaza Terrorist

In the successful joint IDF-Shin Bet operation, the PFLP terrorist who was centrally involved in recent rocket attacks on southern Israel was eliminated.

By Elad Benari

 

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck in Gaza on Tuesday night and eliminated a terrorist who was involved in rocket attacks on Israel, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

The statement identified the terrorist as Ahmed Zaaneen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who in the past was a member of the Islamic Jihad terror group. He was targeted in a joint IDF-Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation, said the statement. Continue Reading »

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| December 27, 2013
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Palestinian from Gaza arrested for planning sniper attack on Israelis

Abu Amsa, 32, admitted under questioning that he had planned to carry out a sniper attack on IDF troops patrolling the Gaza border fence with Israel.

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A Palestinian man from Gaza who had entered Israel to receive medical treatment was arrested for planning sniper attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.

A masked militant from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah movement in Hebron, August 3, 2008. - Photo REUTERS-Nayef Hashlamoun

A masked militant from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – Photo: REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun

Mohammed Abu Amsa, 32, was arrested earlier this month in a joint operation of the Israel Shin Bet security agency and the Israel Police. A gag order on the case was lifted on Thursday.

Amsa postponed his planned sniper attack in order to receive treatment at a Ramallah hospital to restore his eyesight.

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| November 11, 2013
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Man holding knives arrested outside Israeli embassy in Belgium

 

Iranian national arrested for lurking across the street, spying on Israeli Embassy a few hours after armed Belgian arrested with hidden knives  at the embassy’s entrance.

By Itamar Eichner

The Shin Bet has recently declared a state of enhanced readiness in Israeli embassies across Europe, in the wake of a security incident which took place in Israel’s Belgian facility.

A few days ago, security agents stopped a Belgian national who had converted to Islam at the entrance to embassy grounds. During a physical search conducted on his person, the agents discovered knives on his body and the man was then transferred to Brussels police for interrogation. Continue Reading »

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| November 8, 2013
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2 Charities in Jerusalem – Fronts for Hamas – Closed By Security Forces

Shin Bet security service report that their  offices served as Islamist movement’s base of operations in Israel’s capital.

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Israeli security forces on Thursday closed two offices in East Jerusalem they say served as a base for Hamas operations in the city.

Israel police disperse Palestinian demonstrators - AFP - September 14, 2012.

Israeli police officers dispersing Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 2012.- Photo: AFP

The Shin Bet security service said the offices belonged to Al-Quds Development and Amara al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Properties), charities based in the northern Israeli cities of Umm al-Fahm and Nazareth.

The Shin Bet said in a statement that agents and the Israel Police had closed “two Jerusalem offices, from which the Hamas terror organization had been conducting actions.” Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2013
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Belgian citizen arrested by Shin Bet for spying for Iran

Arrested Belgian suspect reveals to his interrogators that he was promised by Iran some $1 million to spy on Israel.

By Gili Cohen

 

Israel has arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian extraction on suspicion that he was sent by the Iranian intelligence agency to spy for the Islamic Republic.

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Alex Mans, formerly Ali Mansouri, in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Courtesy

The suspect, Alex Mans, was arrested by the Shin Bet security service and Israel Police at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way out of Israel. The arrest took place two weeks ago but the information was not made public until Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| September 20, 2013
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Shin Bet reports: Israeli Arabs are joining al-Qaeda

 

Israel’s Security agency says Israeli Arabs are joining rebel forces in Syria operating with al-Qaeda, and whose training may be used later against Israel.

By Tova Tzimuki

A disconcerting Shin Bet assessment warns that Arab Israelis are joining rebel forces in Syria and working with al-Qaeda terrorists.

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According to the review, submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office and the Supreme Court, there is a possibility that Arab Israelis who are being trained in Syria may use their knowledge against Israel – both by spreading ideologies and by using intel and military capabilities they’ve learned there.

Another danger is that Global Jihad terrorists will gather valuable information about Israel from Arab Israelis. Continue Reading »

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| June 7, 2013
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Foreign Ministry strikes against Defense Ministry – Where’s Bibi?

Sanctions of the Foreign Ministry strike include a refusal to issue diplomatic passports to ministers, cessation of cable communications between Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem & delegations around the world and a halt to arrangements for ministerial visits abroad.

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Defense Ministry Director General Udi Shani sent an urgent letter Wednesday to Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he requested that he intercede to end the strike within the Foreign Ministry as soon as possible, in order to save Israel from possible harm to its security and diplomatic ties.

Foreign Ministry union members

Foreign Ministry union members. – Photo: Emil Salman

A senior Israeli official, who read the letter, stated that Shani wrote to Netanyahu that the diplomats’ strike, as well as the decision of the Foreign Ministry union to halt all cooperation with the Israeli Defense Forces has severely hindered the process of changing military and defense ministry attaches in at least ten countries around the world. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2013
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IDF & Shin Bet do it again! Bomb confiscated, terrorists arrested

Shin Bet & IDF nab two major cells in the past 2 months with plans to kill Israeli then demand release of terror prisoners.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) in the last two months thwarted a terror attack and kidnapping in the Hebron area, planned by two separate Hamas and Islamic Jihad cells, the Shin Bet revealed on Tuesday.

Improvised explosive device found on suspects

Improvised explosive device found on suspects – Photo: Courtesy Shin Bet

The Shin Bet said that a Hamas cell, comprising nine residents of the Bani Naim village, planned to murder an Israeli in the Jewish agricultural area near the village and to hide the body and demand the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the corpse.

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| May 8, 2013
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Israeli state security arrest terrorist group planning to kidnap & kill IDF soldier

Hamas terror cell in W. Bank busted by the Shin Bet for plotting to fire rockets into Israeli cities and planning a kidnapping of an IDF soldier to kill him.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

Security forces arrested a Hamas terror cell in the West Bank that plotted to manufacture and fire rockets, and kidnap and kill a soldier, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Wednesday.

Palestinian Hamas rally

Palestinian Hamas rally – Photo: REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

The arrests, carried out by the Shin Bet and the IDF, occurred in January and February, and also disrupted plans by the cell to plant explosives, the Shin Bet added.

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| April 24, 2013
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Israel’s airport security may require ‘suspicious tourists’ to open email accounts

 

Israel’s Attorney-general: Increasing threat from foreign ‘tourists’ exploited for terrorism 

Shin Bet security agents have legal grounds to demand access to email in exceptional cases where incriminating evidence may connect the ‘tourist’ to activities that threaten Israel’s national security.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

Foreign citizens visiting Israel may be asked to open their email accounts for airport security when they land at Ben-Gurion International Airport, the Attorney-General’s Office stated Wednesday in response to a petition by a leading Israeli civil rights group.

A passenger has his luggage checked by security personnel at Ben Gurion International Airport – Photo: AP

“The threat of using foreign citizens for terrorist purposes is a growing trend,” the Attorney-General’s Office warned, in a missive to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, which had petitioned the Justice Ministry to overrule such invasive security measures.

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| March 15, 2013
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Israel warned by Hamas against harming Palestinian Minister

After Shin Bet published a report that Hamas Interior Minister Hammad was involved in plotting attacks against Israel, Hamas warns not to reciprocate.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

The Hamas government on Thursday warned Israel against harming its interior minister, Fathi Hammad.

Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad [file].

Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hammad – Photo: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

The warning came in response to a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) report that said that Hammad had been involved in plotting attacks against Israel.

The report, which was published Wednesday, revealed that Hammad had appointed a number of close aides affiliated with Hamas and the Defenders of al-Aksa group to smuggle explosives into the West Bank.

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