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| April 12, 2013
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Al-Qaeda Plot to Bomb U.S. Embassy & Synagogue Foiled by Turkish Police

Turkish police have uncovered & contained an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb a synagogue in Ankara as well as the U.S. embassy & other public sites.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

 

Turkish police have uncovered and foiled an alleged plot by Al-Qaeda to bomb the United States embassy in Ankara, as well as a synagogue and other targets in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on Friday.

US Embassy in Ankara - AFP file photo

US Embassy in Ankara – AFP file photo

As a result of a February raid in Istanbul and the northeastern city of Corlu, police had arrested 12 people, including eight Turks, two Azeris and two Chechens, and seized 22 kilograms of explosives, CNNTurk reported. Continue Reading »

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| April 12, 2013
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Balkan Report warns of Iranian & Hezbollah threats against Jews

Experts say weak law enforcement & security in Balkan states facilitate threats against Israeli, Jewish populations.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

BERLIN – A leading Balkan-based website covering the region’s politics published in late March a comprehensive study on Israeli-Balkan relations and the threat of Hezbollah, along with its chief sponsor Iran.

Truck carries bus damaged in terrorist attack

Truck carries bus damaged in terrorist attack – Photo: Stoyan Nenov/ Reuters

“While the Israelis are, of course, concerned by the occasional manifestations of neo-Nazism, they are currently focusing on Hezbollah – and behind it, Iran – as the main potential threat to their own interests.

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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 25, 2013
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The North African Jihadists threaten Europe

 

The idea that radical Islamic organizations seek to target the West should not come as a surprise. It has been a prevalent theme in their writings, especially in the Muslim Brotherhood from which many of the leaders of al-Qaida emerged.

By Dore Gold

 

Not long after the French offensive against African jihadists in Mali got underway, a leader of one of the offshoots of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) declared that his organization would “strike at the heart of France.” AQIM attacked French embassies and most recently a gas facility in Algeria, where it took hostages. But was it ready to move its war against the West to the territories of the European states as well and thus pose a real threat to their security?

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| January 24, 2013
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Disrupting the ecosystem of extreme Racism

We can’t rest until the evil ideologies that fuel terror become nothing more than relics of the past.

By Ron Prosor

 

There is a specific kind of ecosystem that creates terrorism. Terrorism is rooted in hate, watered with instability and state support, and then planted in the next generation.

screenshotEvery roadside bombing, every suicide attack, and every act of terrorism begins with words and thoughts of hate. It begins with al-Qaida websites that turn suicide bombers into jihadi celebrities. It begins with Hezbollah summer camps that use arts and crafts to glorify martyrdom and teach bombmaking skills to children.

It begins with statements by Hamas leaders like Atallah Abu al-Subh, who recently said on public Palestinian television (and I quote) “The Jews are the most despicable and contemptible nation to crawl upon the face of the Earth.”

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| January 23, 2013
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Much of What You Think You Know about Islam Isn’t So

Here in is A Response to an Antisemitic Video (below) of Egyptian Cleric Mahmoud Al-Masri.

By: Sinem Tezyapar

 

It is important for people to understand the context of the verses and hadiths regarding the Jews, and it is particularly important for Muslims to understand them properly. Taking verses or hadiths out of context leads not only to poor understanding, it leads to prejudicial attitudes and outright hatred of people who have done nothing wrong. Perhaps even worse is the hypocrisy of those who wish to impose their extremist views by selecting particular verses and hadiths and deliberately distorting the meaning. Continue Reading »

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| January 4, 2013
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For America to succeed in War on Terror, it must align with true Muslims

The solution is the spreading of a Muslim model that adopts concepts required by the Qur’ans moral values, such as human rights, democracy, liberty, moral virtue, art, science and beauty, and that offers happiness and the joy of living to all mankind.

 

By Sinem Tezyapar

Following the attack on September 11th that caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people and the injury of many more, the United States of America initiated a wide ranging fight against terror. A large part of its resources were, and are, occupied with monitoring organizations that resort to terror and taking precautions against their activities. Continue Reading »

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| December 24, 2012
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Hamastine: the 1st terrorist state created & recognized by the EU & UN

 

 

Thus, thanks to the international help it received from the U.N., official acceptance of “Palestine” will pass over from Fatah to Hamas in the West Bank, causing “Palestine” to be the first terrorist state created and recognized by Europe and the U.N.

By Amin Farouk

 

In a field near the Islamic University — where PhD theses are written on topics such as “The role of the Muslim mother in preparing her sons to be shaheeds [martyrs] of the resistance” — the Gaza Strip stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and the other terrorist organizations, a large outdoor rally was recently held to glorify, celebrate and promote anti-Semitism and genocide. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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Violence Continues as Arabs Attack Jerusalem’s Light Rail

Arabs throw a sharp rock or maybe a firebomb according to passengers, at the Jerusalem’s Light Rail. No one hurt.

By Elad Benari

 

Arabs threw either a firebomb or a sharp rock at a train of the Jerusalem Light Rail as it was passing through the Arab Beit Hanina neighborhood on Thursday evening. No one was hurt and the driver continued driving to the next station.

Jerusalem Light Rail - Photo: PP

Jerusalem Light Rail – Photo: Israel & Stuff/PP

Rescue and police forces arrived at the scene and a senior officer determined that a sharp rock had been thrown at the train. Others officials said, however, that it was a firebomb that failed to ignite. Continue Reading »

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| November 21, 2012
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Arabs Celebrate Tel Aviv Bus Bombing by Lighting Fireworks

Arabs celebrated after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday, injuring over 20 people.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Arabs living in Lebanese refugee camps celebrated Wednesday after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv, injuring over twenty people.

Arab terrorists

Arab terrorists – Reuters

In Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon muezzins sang out words of praise to G-d via their megaphones, while fireworks lit the sky and terrorists handed out sweets, AFP reported.

In Ain al-Hilweh near the southern city of Sidon, fighters shot live rounds into the air and chanted religious texts.

The blast took place following the meeting between U.S. Continue Reading »

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| October 26, 2012
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Report: IDF Drone Destroyed Weapons Convoy in Sudan Last Month

Foreign intelligence sources report that Israel carried out a drone raid on a munitions convoy south of the Sudanese capital in September.

By Elad Benari

 

Israel carried out an unmanned drone raid on a convoy south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last month, foreign intelligence sources told the Reuters news agency on Thursday.

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum

Huge fire engulfs the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum – Reuters

The sources claimed the strike destroyed 200 tons of munitions, including rockets, that were intended for Gaza.

The report comes one day after a huge fire broke out at an arms factory in Khartoum. Sudan said the fire was a result of an attack by four military planes. Continue Reading »

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| October 12, 2012
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Lebanese Bank in New York Accused of Funding Hizbullah Terrorist Org.

A Lebanese bank in New York is accused of aiding Hezbollah by using funds to finance terror in the Middle East.

By Scott Krane

 

A lawsuit brought against a Lebanese bank accused of money laundering should be heard in New York, according to a lawyer for victims of rocket attacks in Israel.

Hizbullah demonstration (file)

Hizbullah demonstration – Reuters

Robert Tolchin told the Court of Appeals panel in that a Lebanese-Canadian Bank account that worked with an American Express Bank to wire millions of dollars to Hizbullah agents, thought responsible for the terror attack.

The Lebanese bank’s attorney, Jonathan Siegfried, contested that New York courts don’t have jurisdiction because the suit doesn’t allege injury to a New York plaintiff and doesn’t name a New York-based defendant. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2012
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Burgas terror victim walks for 1st time since bombing

Daniel Fahima is exhibiting rapid recovery & his father says, “he wants to prove he has beaten the terrorists”

By Carmit Reuven

 

The medical state of Daniel Fahima, the man who was most seriously injured in the Burgas terror attack in July, is improving. On Tuesday, Fahima managed to stand up for the first time since he was hurt.

Daniel Fahima (left) with his friend Maor Harush (center), who was killed in Burgas.

“Daniel remembers the attack and is determined to heal in order to prevail over terror,” his father, Maxim, said. “Two of his friends, Elior Priess and Maor Harush, were killed in the bombing, as were three other Israelis. Continue Reading »

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| September 12, 2012
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Anti-Islam Filmmaker In Hiding After US Ambassador Murdered

Bacile told AP that he was a real estate developer & an Israeli Jew, but Israeli authorities told the wire service they have no records of him being Israeli

by The Associated Press

A filmmaker based in California went into hiding after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam’s prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three American members of his staff were killed.

A burning car is seen at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012.

A burning car is seen at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States September 11, 2012.-

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| September 8, 2012
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Britain’s Hague Recommends that the EU Designate Hizbullah as a Terror Org

Britain’s Foreign Secretary presses the EU to have Hizbullah put on its list of terrorist organizations.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday urged the European Union to place the military branch of the Lebanese-based Hizbullah on its list of terrorist organizations, AFP reported.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague

British Foreign Secretary William Hague
Reuters

“I would like to see the EU designate and sanction the military wing of Hizbullah,” Hague was quoted as having said in response to a question on arriving for talks with his EU counterparts.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, however, appeared to suggest this was not possible now. Continue Reading »

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