Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told residents of south Tel Aviv that he was facing a “mission to return” the area “back to Israel” last Thursday evening, three days after the High Court of Justice ruled that the State of Israel cannot detain illegal migrants for more than 60 days. Paying a rare visit to south Tel Aviv—the area which has been seriously affected by the wave of illegal migration in recent years that swept through Israel’s once-porous southern border—Netanyahu inaugurated a new police station and received a briefing from the police, before addressing the matter. “I came to hear from the residents…
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Two teams of Israeli aid experts traveled to Texas to provide vital relief and psychosocial support to the thousands of people who have lost everything in the catastrophic Hurricane Harvey. UNCOVER ISRAEL – Get the ISRAEL21c Weekly Edition free by email Sign Up Now! The storm, which first hit Texas last Sunday and plagued the beleaguered state with pounding rain, has left 46 dead, and tens of thousands of people homeless as flood waters have poured through city streets in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States. The hurricane, downgraded to a tropical depression, is thought to have affected…
Ahiya Raved, Yoav Zitun Amjad Jabarin, 35, from Umm al-Fahm was indicted on Thursday for aiding three Israeli Arabs to carry out a shooting attack on the Temple Mount in July that claimed the lives of two Israeli police officers. Jabarin was charged with being an accessory to murder, being an accessory for battery, use of weapons, obstruction of justice, and conspiring to commit a crime. The terrorists Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad Jabarin, 29, Muhammad Hamed Abed al-Atif Jabarin, 19, and Muhammad Ahmad Mafdel Jabarin, 19, murdered officer Ha’il Satawi and officer Kamil Shnaan at the Temple Mount compound on July 14, 2017.…
Every individual youth, regardless of background, has a chance to be selected for the most prestigious and elite Israel Defense Forces units. By Inbal Arieli While high school seniors in other countries are preoccupied with university-related decisions, Israeli seniors are preparing for mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) – approximately three years for men, two for women – and competing for elite units. In a way, their military service is a culmination of their childhood and youth experiences. UNCOVER ISRAEL – Get the ISRAEL21c Weekly Edition free by email Sign Up Now! For some youth, the IDF serves as…
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli Embassy in Cairo is expected to resume routine activities in the near future, after six years of operating only partially, Israeli officials said Tuesday. In 2011, under tight security the embassy was evacuated to the Cairo airport after the building was attacked by an angry mob. Since then, the embassy has only been partially operational. Last December, due to credible threats about a possible terror attack on the embassy, Israel’s ambassador to Egypt was summoned home. Israel asked the Egyptian authorities to implement a series of security measures before returning the ambassador, but Egypt…
A Patriot surface-to-air missile was successfully test-fired from a base in central Israel as part of an air force exercise designed to test Israel’s air defense capabilities against threats. As part of the exercise, the American-made system scored a direct hit on an airborne UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). According to a statement from the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, the successful interception was part of a larger exercise planned in advance for 2017. Lt. Col. Raz Nahum, a Patriot battalion commander, said, “During the course of the training exercise, several Patriot missiles were fired at targets designated as threats. This drill is…
Israeli officials have long lamented that the policies of the Palestinian Authority have made terrorism the most lucrative profession in the “disputed territories.” A terrorist that successfully kills Jews, but is then captured and jailed is entitled to a monthly government stipend of around $3,000, which is far higher than the average monthly income in the Palestinian-controlled territories. At just 19 years of age, Omar al-Abed joined that elite middle class when, on July 21, he infiltrated the Israeli settlement of Halamish and slaughtered a Jewish family preparing for the weekly Shabbat meal. Those stipends are paid to murderers like…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted a delegation of members from the Palestinian terror group Hamas on Monday in Tehran. The Hamas delegation also attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected in May of this year, the day before the official meeting with Zarif. During the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly stated that Tehran’s support for the Palestinian terror organization is “principled and unchangeable.” “The visit has opened a new page in our bilateral relations with Iran aimed at confronting the common enemy (Israel) and supporting Palestine, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the resistance…
Amid a wide security crackdown, Israeli security forces late last week arrested 15 Palestinians suspected of playing key roles in violent Muslim riots over Israel’s now-removed metal detectors at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Israeli security forces initiated the raids overnight in eastern Jerusalem. The suspects were detained for questioning and will have their detention extended after being brought before a court. During the mid-July riots, hundreds of Palestinians threw stones, glass bottles and firebombs at security forces. The violence peaked July 27 when Palestinians returned to worshipping on the Temple Mount, following a boycott over Israeli security measures enacted in the aftermath…
The recent clashes in and around the Temple Mount were fueled, in part, by the Iranian government, Palestinian sources told Israel Hayom this week. The clashes erupted after Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at entry points to the site in response to a deadly terrorist attack on July 14. Muslims viewed the Israeli security measure as a bid to usurp control. Israel insisted the measure was meant only to prevent further attacks, and removed the devices less than two weeks later. According to the Palestinian sources, tens of thousands of Muslim protesters received prepackaged meals along with notes in each…