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| March 15, 2013
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Dramatic Terror Arrest by Yamam in Tel Aviv

Special Border Police & Shin Bet units rappelled from rooftop to snatch a terror suspect.

By Gil Ronen

 

Maariv reported Friday about a dramatic arrest operation in central Tel Aviv that netted a terror activist.

Special Yamam police and Shin Bet forces cooperated in the operation.

Intelligence regarding the presence in Tel Aviv of a terror activist reached the Shin Bet in the late evening hours Thursday. Large police forces sealed off central Tel Aviv.

The forces closed in on an apartment on the corner of Tchernichovsky and Rashi streets, near Dizengoff Center. At around midnight, Yamam forces rappelled from the building’s roof with drawn weapons and burst into one of the apartments, arresting the suspect.

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| February 15, 2013
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The deceptiveness of Israel’s ‘The Gatekeepers’

The film presents a ‘simplistic political message,’ erroneously implying that Israel’s ‘occupation of the West Bank’ stands between terror & coexistence.

By ROZ ROTHSTEIN & ROBERTA SEID

 

Dror Moreh’s documentary, The Gatekeepers, could have been a profound film.

Instead, Moreh uses his interviews with six former directors of Israel’s top security services to send a simplistic and deeply partisan political message: If Israel withdraws from the West Bank, terrorism will subside and peace will break out.

Yaakov Perry

Yaakov Perry – Photo: Reuters

To promote this message, the documentary engages in intellectual dishonesty and omits critical context. While most Israelis know the wider context, the average viewer probably does not, and therefore is vulnerable to the filmmaker’s biased version of the facts.
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| January 29, 2013
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Israel’s Shin Bet Reports it Prevented 100 ‘Serious’ Terror Attacks in 2012

For the 1st time in 4 decades, 2012 saw no Israelis killed in terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria. BUT, despite the lack of deaths in Judea and Samaria, there was an increase in the number of attacks there.

By JNS.org

 

Israel’s domestic spy agency, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), says it thwarted 100 “serious” terror attacks in 2012, of which a third were planned kidnappings, the agency revealed in a report published Thursday. The Shin Bet said it arrested 2,300 terror suspects, which led to 2,170 indictments.

Shabak (Shin Bet) Emblem

Half of the planned kidnapping attacks were planned roadside bombs followed by small-arms fire. Continue Reading »

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| January 6, 2013
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‘The Gatekeepers’ an Israeli documentary, wins U.S. Film Critics’ Award

Dror Moreh’s film was named best documentary and it has also been selected for the Academy Awards’ short list, along with another Israeli entry, the film ‘Five Broken Cameras.’

By Reuters

 

 

Israeli documentary “The Gatekeepers” was awarded the nonfiction, or documentary prize by the National Society of Film Critics in the U.S. on Saturday.

The Israeli film 'The Gatekeepers'

The Israeli film ‘The Gatekeepers.’

The film by director Dror Moreh features interviews with six former Shin Bet directors, who speak about their service and the leaders they served. Each one returns again and again to a central question: Can basic values of universal justice and democracy be upheld in the face of frequent threats against the State of Israel? Continue Reading »

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| December 3, 2012
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Axe-Wielding Arab Shot Dead After Attacking Shin Bet Agents

Initial details from Samaria: Unknown Arab rammed his vehicle into IDF soldiers’ jeep, then he attempted to stab & kill them.

By Gil Ronen

 

A terrorist was shot dead near Shavei Shomron in Samaria Monday after he attacked a Shin Bet agent with an axe.

The overturned jeep

The overturned jeep – Police Spokesperson

According to initial details, the terrorist rammed his vehicle into an IDF jeep in the course of IDF security activity. As a result, the jeep overturned.

Four Shin Bet men who were in the jeep suffered slight injuries.

The terrorist then emerged from his vehicle and attacked two of the agents with an axe, wounding one of them moderately. Continue Reading »

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| November 16, 2012
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Four Arab youths become Jew stabbing terrorist cell

The arrest of a 17-yr-old east Jerusalem, Arab resident suspected of stabbing Abraham Tau 2 weeks exposes youth terrorist cell

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

Two youths from east Jerusalem, aged 15 and 17, were recently arrested on suspicion of stabbing Abraham Tau two weeks ago in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood in Jerusalem.

The knife – Photo: Eli Segal

Two additional suspects, aged 13 and 14, are scheduled to be indicted for their role in the stabbing.

Police suspect that the teenagers’ actions were nationalistically motivated and carried out under the auspices of an organization called “Lovers of the Land,” which aims to physically harm Jewish residents of the city. Continue Reading »

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| September 20, 2012
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IDF Kills 2 Gaza Terrorists, Foils Terror Attack

In joint op with the Shin Bet, the IDF foils a planned terror attack, as IAF aircraft kill 2 terrorists in Gaza.

By Elad Benari

 

The IDF, in a joint operation with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), was able to foil a planned terror attack in Israel on Wednesday evening, as IAF aircraft struck and killed two terrorists in southern Gaza.

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Vehicle was struck in Rafah – Photo: Reuters

The two terrorists, Ashraf Saleh and Anis Abu Elenein, were members of a group calling itself “The Al-Aqsa Defenders”, which the IDF said is supported by Hamas.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed the attack in a statement, adding that direct hits were identified. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2012
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BUSTED: Security forces arrest 2 suspects in the ‘Ramallah Lynch’ of 2000

IDF, Police, & Shin Bet operation uncovers Hamas terrorist organization in Ramallah/Binyamin region; 2 suspects confess to beating to death IDF reservists Yossi Avrahami & Vadim Nurzhitz ז”ל.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

Abed El Aziz Salha coming from inside the police station with blood on his hands

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), IDF, and Judea and Samaria district police arrested two men who confessed to taking part in the brutal October 2000 lynch of two IDF soldiers, security forces announced Thursday.

The arrests came after the Shin Bet and police uncovered an extensive Hamas terror structure in Ramallah and the Binyamin region, and arrested other suspects along with the two men.

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