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| November 19, 2014
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Druze Officer Killed in Jerusalem Terror Attack Honored by Israel’s President, Ministers & Head Rabbi

Thousands came to attend Sgt. Major Zidan Seif funeral in his home town of Yanuh-Jatand, & pay last respects including President Reuven Rivlin, Minister Yitzhak Aharonvich, Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino & many hareidi mourners.

By Ari Soffer

 

The funeral for a Druze police officer killed in yesterday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem has begun in his home town of Yanuh-Jat.

Sergeant Major Zidan Seif (30) was shot in a firefight with terrorists as he heroically intervened to stop the massacre at the Kehillat Yaakov synagogue in Har Nof; he died of his wounds late Tuesday night.

His funeral began at 2 p.m. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2014
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Pure Evil Entered Jerusalem Synagogue…to Kill

Additional details emerge of the horrific killing-spree as the victims of this morning’s massacre at a Jerusalem synagogue are laid to rest.

By Ari Soffer

 

As the four victims of this morning’s massacre at the Kehillat Bnai Torah Yeshiva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood were laid to rest Tuesday afternoon, Israelis are still in shock at the depravity of the attack on unarmed worshipers as they prayed.

Worshipers were cut down as they prayed – Photo: Israeli Government Press Office

The four victims – Rabbi Moshe Twersky, Rabbi Kalman Levine, Aryeh Kupinsky, and Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, hy”d – leave behind grieving widows and 24 orphans between them. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2014
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Jerusalem Synagogue Massacre Celebrated by Palestinians on Twitter & in the Streets

Abbas condemns killings, but he continues to incite hatred & violence while Islamic Jihad & Hamas vow more attacks are coming.

By Ryan Jones

 

Palestinian Arabs in Gaza and elsewhere openly celebrated the massacre of Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in Jerusalem Tuesday morning.

Hamas official Mushir al-Masri posted on Twitter

Hamas hailed the attack as “revenge” for the death of an Arab bus driver in Jerusalem a day earlier, a death that was ultimately determined to be a suicide.

Hamas official Mushir al-Masri even managed to commission or otherwise obtain a grotesque political cartoon (left) praising the “heroic” synagogue attack, which he promptly posted on Twitter.

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| November 19, 2014
Comments Off on Hero Druze police officer Zidan Sayif hurt in Jerusalem synagogue attack succumbs to wounds

Hero Druze police officer Zidan Sayif hurt in Jerusalem synagogue attack succumbs to wounds

Hero MAGAV police officer Zidan Sayif (ז”ל) has succumbed to his wounds and passed away at Hadassah hospital, raising the number of casualties in the attack to five.

By: Jewish Press News Briefs

 

Zidan Sayif (27) HY”D, the Israeli-Druze policeman who saved numerous lives on Tuesday morning when he engaged the two Arab terrorists in a gun battle in the Har Nof Massace, died on Tuesday evening of his wounds, according to a statement from Hadassah hospital.

Memory candles to honor the 5 victims of terror.

Memory candles to honor the 5 victims of terror.

Sayif was being treated in Hadassah hospital for the head wound he received in the shootout with the terrorists. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2014
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Epitome of Savages: Terrorists’ Families Celebrate Butchering Jews

Families of the terrorists who butchered their prey as they were worshiping, celebrate the attack, hailing them as martyrs and heroes.

By Elior Levy & Yoav Zitun

 

The families of the two terrorists who killed four people in a brutal attack in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday morning have hailed the two as heroes, as candies to celebrate the attack were handed out in the West Bank and Gaza.

Sweets handed out in Gaza to celebrate the attack (Photo: Reuters)

Sweets handed out in Gaza to celebrate the attack – Photo: Reuters

Alaa Abu Jamal, a cousin of the terrorists, said that Israeli policies were to blame for the attack at the synagogue, when the two entered the compound during morning prayers, armed with meat cleavers and a gun. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2014
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Synagogue Massacre Claims 4 Butchered, 8 Wounded by Arab Savages

Rabbi Moshe Twersky of Torat Moshe yeshiva identified as one of the four murdered during morning prayers in barbarous attack on Har Nof synagogue.

By Ari Soffer

 

One of the victims of this morning’s deadly attack at a Jerusalem synagogue has been identified as the “Rosh Kollel” of the Torat Moshe yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Twersky.

Torat Moshe Yeshiva,  sometimes called ToMo for short by its students, is an advanced level English-speaking yeshiva named for Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik and founded by his grandson, Rabbi Moshe Meiselman.

Rabbi Twersky was among four people murdered when two Palestinian terrorists stormed the Kehillat Bnai Torah Yeshiva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood armed with axes, knives and guns during morning prayers. Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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Watch MAGAV Officer Kills Jerusalem Terrorist: ‘Any Officer Would Act in Exact Same Way’

 

The unidentified Border Guard police (MAGAV) officer recounts the moment the terrorist “noticed us,” and “ran towards us,” as he describes reacting to the berserk terrorist.

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After a Hamas-affiliated terrorist from east Jerusalem killed a Border Police officer and wounded 14 others in a vehicular terror attack on Wednesday, the man who took him down speaks out.

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Border Police officer who shot and killed terrorist in Jerusalem attack, November 5. Photo by ISRAEL POLICE

The Border Police officer who fired at least 10 shots at the terrorist, described the scene as it unfolded: “We noticed a car ram into a number of police officers and civilians near the light rail.” Continue Reading »

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| November 6, 2014
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2nd Palestinian Driver Today Intentionally Drives Into Crowd – 3 Soldiers Hit

—– Special Report —–
This is a developing story

In the 2nd hit-&-run terror attack in 8 hours, Arab driver runs over IDF soldiers in Gush Etzion. This time, 3 soldiers injured.

By Yishai Karov, Tova Dvorin and Elad Benari

 

Three IDF soldiers were injured in a second terror attack on Wednesday evening – this time, in an attempt to run over soldiers in Gush Etzion.

Site of Gush Etzion terrorist attack

Site of Gush Etzion terrorist attack – Har Hevron Regional Council

In the latest attack, a terrorist driving a Palestinian Arab commercial vehicle attempted to run over the soldiers as they were on duty near a guard stand outside of Kafr Al-Arub. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2014
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Minister Naftali Bennett: ‘Jerusalem terror driver was Abbas’s emissary of death’

 

 “PA President Mahmoud Abbas encourages terrorism,” said Minister Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi)

 “This is a direct result of the continuing incitement,” said MK Alex Miller (Yisrael Beytenu)

MK Danny Danon (Likud) said Abbas’s letter of condolence to the family of the terrorist who shot Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick last week encouraged this Wednesday’s terror attack.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas encourages terrorism, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said after the vehicular attack in Jerusalem Wednesday.

Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett. – Photo:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

“[Abbas] is the driver in the car of death in Jerusalem and the terrorists are his emissaries,” Bennett declared. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2014
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Arab Terrorist Shot Dead in Jerusalem After Driving into Crowd Killing 1

—– Special Report —–

WATCH: After violent morning clashes on Temple Mount, Palestinian plows into group of pedestrians in East Jerusalem, leaves his vehicle & continues his violent attack with a metal bar until shot dead by police.

Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

 

A pickup truck rammed into a group of pedestrians waiting for Jerusalem’s Light Rail, killing one person and wounding a number of others, in what seems to be an additional terror attack on Wednesday. The suspected terrorist was identified as a Hamas operative from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat.

Scene of attack – Photo source: Ynet

According to the police a “a vehicle struck a number of people in Jerusalem. 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 22, 2014
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3 wounded in suspected terror attack in Jerusalem – culprit shot by police

Baby among the 3 wounded when car hits people waiting for Light Rail at the Ammunition Hill station in Israel’s capital.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

Three people were wounded near Jerusalem’s Light Rail Ammunition Hill station in a possible terror attack. Initial reports said the train had derailed but the recent reports say a car attempted to run over people waiting at the station.

Photo: Hillel Meir, Tazpit

Photo: Hillel Meir, Tazpit

The car’s driver attempted to flee the scene but was shot, apparently by the police.

According to MDA paramedics at 5:54 pm they received a report saying that a car hit a number of pedestrians near the Ammunition Hill station. Continue Reading »

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| September 21, 2014
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School bus full of Jewish children pelted with stones in East Jerusalem

Mother of one of the kids says the children were scared and crying.

Egged reports damage caused to bus’ windshield.

Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

An Egged bus shuttling children to school was pelted with stones and a bottle of paint on Sunday morning while driving by the Ras al-Amud square in East Jerusalem.

Damage caused to the bus from stones and paint bottle thrown at it.

Damage caused to the bus from stones and paint bottle thrown at it.

Damage was caused to the bus’ windshield and Border Police forces were searching the area for the perpetrators.

Yonatan, one of the children on the bus, told his Mom the experience was “really scary.”

“They were really frightened,” Tehiva Shaham, Yonatan’s mother, said. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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‘My Husband’s Murder Happened From Lack of Death Sentence’

The Palestinian terrorist was serving a life sentence for murder, but was freed in the Shalit deal. Had he been executed, he could not have been freed, and then could not have murdered again.

By Ido Ben Porat, Gil Ronen

 

Hadas Mizrahi, the widow of Col. Baruch Mizrahi, who was murdered in a terrorist ambush on Passover eve, intends to fight to have his murderer sentenced to death. The murderer was serving a sentence in an Israeli jail but was freed in 2011 as part of the Shalit deal. If he had been executed, she said, he could not have been freed and could not have murdered her husband. Continue Reading »

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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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