July 09, 2014
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli military to “take off the gloves” against Hamas, as Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon prepared the public for a long campaign in Gaza.
“Hamas chose to escalate the situation and it will pay a heavy price for doing so,” Netanyahu said Tuesday morning as he entered meetings with defense officials at the Kirya Military Headquarters in Tel Aviv hours following the...
July 09, 2014
By ARYEH SAVIR
JERUSALEM (Tazpit News Agency) — Israel’s Tax Authority announced yesterday, July 8, that over 100 claims have been made so far as a result of damage caused by the rockets in the south, totaling at 10,000,000 NIS ($2.9 million).
The Tax Authority has dispersed appraisers to provide initial assistance to citizens whose property has been damaged by the fighting. At least 35 cars were destroyed, 52 structures...
July 09, 2014
By ARYEH SAVIR
(Tazpit News Agency) — The battle against terror is being fought in cyber space as well. Data provided by the International Cyber Convention at Tel Aviv University shows tthere has been a 900% increase in the cyber attacks against Israeli government sites.
“We deal with an average of 100,000 attacks a day, and in the last day we have been faced with 1,000,000 attacks”, said Major-General (res.)...
July 09, 2014
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the teen killed in an alleged revenge attack, rejected a condolence visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Peres’ security detail was turned away Monday when it came to prepare for the visit.
Other visits reportedly have been canceled by police and the Shin Bet security service due to security concerns, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported.
The family also rejected the...
July 08, 2014
By YANIV HASIDOFF
(Tazpit News Agency) –The Israel Defense Force (IDF) thwarted an attempted infiltration by terrorists via the sea earlier this evening. Four presumed Hamas terrorists were spotted on their way to a beach on Israel’s southern shores, their final objective most likely the Kibbutz of Zikim. The terrorists were spotted while diving from Gaza’s shores and were stopped by IDF infantry who ambushed them on the Israeli shore.
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July 08, 2014
A pot luck supper and discussion about the recent decision by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to divest from three companies that it claims “further the Israeli occupation of Palestine” will be held at Temple Sinai on tonight, July 8 at 6:30 p.m.
The event is sponsored jointly by Temple Sinai and its neighbor, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church (SCAPC). Both Rabbi Ed Paul Cohn and SCAPC senior minister, the Reverend...
July 08, 2014
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has dissolved the partnership between the political party he heads, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.Liberman made the announcement Monday after days of disagreement between the two party leaders over how to respond to the recent onslaught of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.Yisrael Beiteinu and Likud ran together in the last general...
July 08, 2014
By YISHAI BARAK
JERUSALEM (Tazpit News Agency) — Arab rioting in east Jerusalem over the past week has left segments of the city in shambles. One of the primary targets of the rioters was the Jerusalem light rail system, which is viewed as a symbol of Israeli sovereignty in the Arab neighborhoods.
With security provided by Israeli police, officials of CityPass, the company entrusted with the running of the rail...
July 08, 2014
By ANAV SILVERMAN
(Tazpit News Agency) — The Israeli Air Force has struck multiple terror targets in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning since the IDF announced the launching of Operation Protective Edge (“Tzuk Eitan” in Hebrew). The IDF spokesperson stated the early hours of Tuesday morning that “the IDF has commenced Operation Protective Edge in Gaza against Hamas in order to stop the terror that Israel’s citizens face on...
July 07, 2014
By ARYEH SAVIR
(Tazpit News Agency) — Rockets continue to fall on Israeli civilian targets throughout the south, fired by Hamas terrorists from Gaza. On Sunday alone, 30 rockets and mortar shells landed throughout southern Israel, threatening the lives of over a million Israeli residents.
The Israel Air Force (IAF) attacked 14 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, including several reportedly hidden rocket launchers and centers of operations
Hamas reports...
