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Terrorism / Syria / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hamas Brings Tunnel Smuggling Know-How to Syrian Rebels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the big winners in the war in Syria could be Hamas, at the expense of Abbas. Hamas not only is fighting with rebels but also is reportedly building smuggling tunnels for an attack on Damascus.

Politics / News Briefs / Media / Islamists / Egypt / Religion

Muslim Brotherhood Tweet on Jews Aimed at Jon Stewart (Video)

By JTA

The link was from Al Jazeera featuring former CNN host Rick Sanchez on Jews and Stewart.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Authority Terrorists Roll Out Red Carpet for Kerry

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry visits next week to reincarnate the peace process. How will he finesse a new PA terror attack on an IDF checkpoint, where soldiers killed the terrorist? Move the checkpoint to the Mediterranean?

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Europe

US Jewish Leaders Hope Decision Will Spur EU to Ban Hizbullah

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is urging European nations to follow the example of France’s declaring Hizbullah a terrorist organization. “We welcome the French government’s decision, [which] follows the declaration by the Bulgarian government of Hizbullah’s responsibility for the attack in Burgas in July, 2012 and the conviction of a Hizbullah […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

International Hackers to Target Israel on April 7

By Dr. Andre Oboler

More than a year ago, I warned that Iran was impersonating Anonymous in an effort to turn it on Israel.

Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Pakistani Jewish Vote?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Pakistani Election Commission lists approximately 800 voters as Jewish although there are virtually no Jews in the country, according to the country’s The News website contributor Dr. Abdul Majeed Abid. He facetiously asked, “We can only wait to see which way the ‘Jewish vote’ goes, if it goes anywhere.” He noted that no Jews […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan to Visit US in May

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Erdogan hopes to persuade Obama to take bigger role in ending Syrian violence

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe / Holocaust

Feiglin Wants Turkey Apology for Deaths of 766 Holocaust Refugees

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If Erdogan wants Israel to apologize for killing terrorists, it should search its own soul for the deaths of 766 Holocaust refugees by towing their stricken ship to the high seas, where it was sunk.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem

King Abdullah and Abbas: Jointly Prevent Judaization of Jerusalem

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to its peace treaty with Jordan, Israel recognizes Jordan's role as custodian of Muslim sites in Jerusalem, but that role is not to "prevent the Judaization of Jerusalem."

Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Egypt

Hamas PM on Official Visit to Egypt

By Shalom Bear

Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh left Gaza to Egypt on Saturday with a delegation of 21 senior Hamas members. Haniyeh is meeting with senior Egyptian security personnel. The Hamas delegation are trying to improve relations with Egypt, which have been on a down-slide ever since the terror attacks began in the Sinai which many suspect are […]

Global / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt

'Activists' Hoping to Help Breach Gaza Blockade, Raped in Benghazi

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The convoy which seeks to breach the legal Israeli blockade of Gaza, was organized by the IHH. The IHH claims to be a humanitarian agency, but is described by experts as a radical Islamist terrorism financing organization.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Turkey / Religion

Turkish Deputy PM Delivers Passover Message to ‘All Jews’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç delivered a Passover message Thursday to Ishak Ibrahimzadeh, the head of the local Jewish community. “It is our basic stance and principle to enable Jewish citizens to perform their beliefs and traditions freely,” Arınç said. “I celebrate the Passover of Jewish citizens living in our country and all Jews.” […]

IDF & Security / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt / Religion / Settlements / Aliyah / Geulah

A 21st Century Exodus: Dina’s Journey from Egypt to Jerusalem

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Passover interview: Rolin Abdallah grew up in an Arab country with no knowledge of her Jewish heritage. Today, she is IDF soldier Dina Ovadia. Here is a Cinderella and Haggadah story rolled into one.

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey / Palestinian Authority / Business and Economy

Turkish Billionaire to Head Israel-PA Business Arbitration Panel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A billionaire from Turkey, whose relations with Israel have gone from bad to worse until last week’s attempt by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to end the crisis over the May 2010 flotilla clash, is to serve as the chairman of the new the Jerusalem Arbitration Center (JAC), set up to settle disputes between the Palestinian […]

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Ups the Ante

By Jewish Press News Desk

Erdogan now wants millions of dollars and free sea access for Hamas terrorists.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / NY / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Roger Waters, BDS Advocate Against Israel, at 92nd St Y in April

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Roger Waters, one of the biggest promoters of BDS - the economic warfare movement against Israel - is slated to appear at the 92nd St. Y in April.

Syria / US / News Briefs

US-Backed Syrian Rebel Coalition Collapses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US State. Dept. has scored another colossal failure in the Middle East. It pressured rebels to from a shadow government despite warnings it would not work. but it did work – for a week. Game over.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Says Apology Only First Step, Demands Money

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he expects Israel to compensate Turkey and lift the maritime blockade against Hamas before Ankara normalizes relations with Jerusalem. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkey on Friday, almost at the same time President Barack Obama left Israel for Jordan, over the “tragic” results of […]

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Global / Travel / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Israelis Warned ‘Don’t Go Back to Egypt for Passover’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every year, a few thousand Israelis think there is nothing better to do on Passover but to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt by going back there, apparently thinking that terror is better then slavery.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

The Trick Up Obama’s Sleeve Is an ‘Unannounced’ Freeze

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Skeptics who did not believe that Obama would not come with a game plan to force Israel back into talks on PA terms may be right. The NY Times reports that Abbas will accept an “unannounced” settlement freeze.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

While Obama's on Tour, Congress Sends Tough Love to PA

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

This proposed legislation requires several things of the Palestinian Authority without which it will not receive certain U.S. benefits including significant financial aid and the privilege of being referred to as anything other than "the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority."

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

IDF Provides Medical Aid to Four Wounded Syrians

By Jewish Press News Desk

Four wounded Syrians arrived at the Israeli-Syrian border Tuesday and received medical treatment on site from Israeli soldiers, the IDF website reported. Two of the casualties were treated adjacent to the border fence and were returned to Syria afterwards. Due to the severity of their injuries, two of the Syrians were transferred to Israeli hospitals […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

French Philosopher Barred from Libya Visit Because He is Jewish

By JTA

The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who supported France’s military intervention in Libya, was barred from visiting there because he is Jewish. Levy, a celebrity in France, was supposed to join former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit that began on Tuesday in Tripoli, according to a report on the news website Rue89. The website […]

Syria / News Briefs

US House Panel Says Chemical Weapons ‘Probably’ Used in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday that there is a “high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used: in the Syrian civil war." “We need that final verification, but given everything we know over the last year and a half, I would come to the conclusion that they are […]

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists

PA Daily’s ‘Welcome Obama’ Op-Ed: Hitler Greater than Roosevelt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority reaches new depths of anti-American vulgarity on the eve of Obama’s visit with its official daily praising Hitler and condemning “lies” that Muslims were behind 9/11.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

American Israeli Terror Victims Spurned by Obama, US Admin

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

So far the Ethiopian Israeli beauty queen, Yityish Aynaw, has been the recipient of more attention from the president's advance team than have American Israeli victims of terror.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists

US Citizen Chosen as Syrian Rebel’s Interim Leader

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have narrowly elected a Syrian with American citizenship as their interim leader, opponents say the move is ridiculous because of their lack of solid control of rebels over parts of Syria. The rebel’s leader is Ghassan Hitto, 50, an information technology executive who lived in Texas until recently, The New York Times reported. […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Media / Islamists

Pakistan Nabs Terrorist Involved in Daniel Pearl Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

At least 11 terrorists previously were accused in the murder of Daniel Pearl, but neither the mastermind nor killer has been caught. The arrest of a terrorist in Pakistan may provide the key.

Middle East / Levant / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Swears in New Govt with Hugs and a Walkout

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The 33rd Knesset is off to a flying start. MKs kissed and hugged each other, Haredim walked out, and Arabs called the coalition”racist.” Tomorrow, the Knesset return to more bickering.

Syria / News Briefs

Syria Bombs Rebels’ Smuggling Route in Lebanon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Syrian army staged a rare bombing attack on Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Monday in an apparent attempt to strike at a weapons smuggling route used by rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Four rockets hit the eastern town of Arsal in the second aerial attack inside Lebanon since the uprising against Assad, […]

Terrorism / Syria / Global / Turkey / Palestinian Authority

American Vet Fought with Syrian Rebels, Now with al Qaeda (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

According to at least one news source, Harroun has pledged to fight with Arab Palestinian forces against the Jewish State.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Oren Says ‘Gatekeepers’ Makes His Job Harder

By JTA

Israel's U.S. ambassador Michael Oren, said the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Gatekeepers" complicates his mission. The movie compiles interviews with six former leaders of the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, and records their perceptions of how successive Israeli governments missed opportunities for peace. "This is a good movie that presents a narrative of 45 years […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / US / News Briefs

Israel to Ask Obama to Attack Syria if Hizbullah Gets Missiles

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel already has bombed at least once a Syrian attempt to ship anti-aircraft missiles to Hizbullah. Israel will use Obama’s visit to ask United States to do the work the next time, or at least back an Israeli strike.

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe

Bi-Partisan Letter to Erdogan: Anti-Zionism Comment Unacceptable

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A phalanx of world leaders representing the US and the EU have condemned Erdogan's hostile remark about Zionism as outrageous, offensive and unacceptable.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists

IDF Intelligence Chief: Terror Organizations on the Rise

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Hezbollah are currently training a 50,000-strong militia to fight the rebels in Syria – with hopes to recruit 50,000 more.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / Egypt

CNN Asking Laura Bush to Endorse Honors for Arab Murderer (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Really, Burnett was suggesting, it is chauvinistic of Americans to hold terrorism-glorification against an Arab.

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Obama on Eve of Visit: I Will Not Free Pollard (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama preps Israel for his visit with an interview on Israeli TV: Pollard will stay in jail. Iran is at least a year from nukes. And he would like to come to Israel “and sit at a cafe and just hang out.”

Syria / Iran / Travel / News Briefs

Italian FM: Israel First on Path to Secure Middle East

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Should Tehran acquire nuclear capabilities, others would follow and the Middle East—at the very doorstep of Europe—would enter this new regional nuclear race.”

Israel / Syria / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / United Nations (UN)

UN to Adopt Syrian Text Damning Israel for 'Violating Human Rights'

By Jewish Press Staff

There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Thomas Friedman Labels Obama’s Visit a ‘Tourist Trip’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Thomas Friedman is ho-hum about Obama’s visit to Israel, calls him a “tourist” and calls the Palestinian Authority issue a “hobby” for US diplomats. But does anyone care what Thomas Friedman says?

Syria / News Briefs

Assad’s Rockets Kill EU Diplomat on Humanitarian Mission

By Jewish Press News Desk

A European Union policy officer whose group was giving humanitarian aid to victims of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s suppression of rebels was killed by an army missile near Damascus on Tuesday. EU policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement, "I have learned today with great sadness of the tragic death on 12 March of […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

US Arabs: Obama Blames Israel, Congress for Slacking Peace Progress

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Arab Americans who met with Obama said he blamed the Israeli government for refusing to make concessions, blamed the U.S. congress for providing cover to the Israeli government, and he planned to bring an additional $500 million in aid for the PA.

Israel / Egypt / Religion / Archaeology

Rare Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Donkey in Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

At about the same time the Jewish people were slaves in Egypt, a young donkey was sacrificed in what is now Israel and was placed under a house. In a rare discovery, Archaeologists found the skeleton.

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Holocaust

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU […]

Israel / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Egypt

Israel Creating Virtual Embassies in Middle East

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Israel is utilizing new media technology to developing innovative ways to extend hands of friendship to countries in a volatile Middle East. “We are exploring government, people and societies … trying to skip over the borders and using the new media to create virtual embassies," which speak directly to those in the Arab world, said […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Turkey / Europe

Hamas Re-Working Its Image to Pressing US to Remove Terror Label

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas is trying to re-work its image as a terrorist organization to convince the United States and the European Union remove it from the list of sponsors of terrorism. The campaign comes at the same time that pressure is growing on the EU to add Hizbullah to the list of terrorist organizations. The Egypt Independent […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

A Preview of President Obama’s Stage Show to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The year’s biggest photo op gets underway next week. Obama will smile in Jerusalem and Ramallah and pray in a church that he can “fool all the people all of the time.”

News Briefs / Egypt / Archaeology

Egypt Ignoring Destruction of Huge Archaeological Site

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Muslim Brotherhood regime is ignoring the “systematic” destruction of Antonopoulos, one of Egypt’s biggest archaeological sites, the Egypt Independent reported Monday. Monica Hanna, a researcher with the University of Humboldt in Berlin, told the newspaper that information she received from archaeologists working at the site, also known as Sheikh Abada, revealed that bulldozers have […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Expert: Iran and North Korea Deal to Work Together Includes Nukes

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

North Korea's repeated willingness to ignore the demands of the international community to desist from testing nuclear weapons testing can only send the worst signals to Iran, which is that the U.N. will have meetings and denounce actions, but will not prevent further tests.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs

Pre-Israel Visit, Obama Says Middle East Peace Possibility 'Bleak'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The U.S. president may be unwilling to repeat a major failure of his first term, when he practically demanded there be progress on the "peace process," but, when met with the reality of the situation, had to chalk up that goal as a failed one.

Syria / News Briefs

UN Negotiating to Free Hostages in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday the timing of freeing the 21 United Nations observers kidnapped Wednesday by Syrian rebels depends on guaranteeing the observers’' safe passage to their base and negotiating a withdrawal from the area of soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Syrian Free Army disassociated itself from the […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey

Turkish Muslim Leader Calls Erdogan on his Zionism Slur

By Sinem Tezyapar

Adnan Oktar's on-air comment was answered directly by Turkey's Deputy PM.

Terrorism / NY / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists

CIA Captures Al Qaeda Terrorist Who Helped Plot 9/11

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

CIA nabs Bin Laden’s son-in-law who helped plot 9/ 11 and he is to face an indictment in NY on Friday. The CIA caught up with him in Jordan – after Turkey ignored a US request to extradite him.

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

BREAKING NEWS: First Lady, Kerry WON'T Honor Hater of U.S., Jews and Jewish State

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Samira Ibrahim did not care about eliminating violence towards Israelis or Americans, she rejoiced when that happened - she's no 'Woman of Courage.'

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Charges Israel with ‘Genocide’ at IAEA Meeting

By JTA

U.S., Canadian and Australian officials stalked out of a meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog when the Iranian envoy accused Israel of genocide on Wednesday. Joseph Macmanus, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, stormed out of the meeting in Vienna on Wednesday after Ali Asghar Soltaneh made the accusation, Reuters reported, as […]

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Syrian Rebels Kidnap 20 UN Observers from Golan Border (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Syrian “Martyrs of Yarmouk” rebels kidnapped 20 UN observers stationed on the Golan Heights. The IDF on high alert and reinforces the fence as civil war reaches the border.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Kerry Beats the Drum for Talks on Iran but War Drums Grow Louder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry still pushes for talk and talks on Iran, but the US delegate to the IAEA accuses Iran of “deception.” Kerry admits Iran is bringing a military strike closer to reality.”

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Europe

How Does EU Avoid Defining Hizbullah as Terrorist Organization?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hizbullah has killed hundreds of civilians and American soldiers in dozens of attacks in 20 years, but the EU has withheld defining it as a terrorist group. Peres and ‘Lawfare” start asking, “Why?”

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Netanyahu Tells AIPAC It’s ‘Such Fun’ Building Coalition Gov’t

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke to the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)  policy conference by video Monday night, explaining, “I was hoping to speak to you in person, but unfortunately, I had to stay in Israel to do something a lot more enjoyable – putting together a coalition government. “What fun! “ Before […]

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt / Religion

Eighth Plague – Locusts – Invade Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A swarm of several thousands locusts that descended on Egypt began to cross into southern Israel Monday night, but agricultural officials said that pesticides will limit the damage. A small swarm of the destructive cousin to the grasshopper was discovered on the Israeli side of the border with Egypt for the first time in eight […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Biden Tells AIPAC Obama’s Moral and Strategic Pledge to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

President Barack Obama remains morally and strategically” committed to Israel, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington Monday. “Obama has acted swiftly and decisively to make clear that our deep commitment to Israel has not changed,” he said, citing America’s shared interests with Israel that […]

Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Israel On ‘Locust Alert’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Agriculture Ministry set up an emergency hotline Monday and has asked citizens to immediately report any sightings of locusts in order to prevent an outbreak of the destructive insects that have invaded Egypt. Swarms of locusts have landed on crops in Egypt, causing widespread devastation, but the government claims it has eradicated 95 percent […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Barak to AIPAC: Get Ready for Another ‘Disengagement’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Barak praised Netanyahu for being a "courageous" advocate for peace.

Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jews are Number One Target of Hate Speech in Turkey

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Jews were the most frequent targets of hate speech in Turkey, followed closely by Armenians.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Ehud Barak First Defense Minister to Meet with Secretary Hagel

By JTA

Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is scheduled to be the first foreign defense minister to meet with newly confirmed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. The Tuesday meeting will take place following Barak's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference, which begins Sunday and ends on Tuesday. The two defense chiefs, […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

White House Appoints New Mideast Coordinator

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House has appointed Philip Gordon as  Special Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf Region, as the Obama administration continues to try to succeed where others have failed. In the official announcement, Gordon was termed the “perfect person" for the job. Gordon, born in 1962, was a senior foreign policy adviser […]

US / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Egypt Teeters on Bankruptcy, Promises Reforms and Gets US Money

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Muslim Brotherhood has won its reward for driving the Egyptian into the ground - $190 million in immediate aide from the US n return for promises of reforms it promised t carry out a year ago.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Ailing Turkish Leader Treated in Israel

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Israel's highly advanced medical innovations and treatments have been utilized by patients across the Middle East.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Global / News Briefs

Oren Opens AIPAC with Appeal to Non-Jews for Pro-Israel Outreach

By JTA

Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, opened the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC)annual policy conference with an appeal for pro-Israel outreach to African Americans, Latinos and Muslims and others. "Reach out to the churches in your community, to the African Americans, the Latinos, to the mosques," Oren said Sunday after he was asked what […]

Syria / News Briefs

Assad Tells London Times ‘Britain Funding Terrorists in Syria’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Syrian President Bashar Assad told the London Sunday Times that Britain is funding terrorists, an accusation he formerly has reserved for Israel and the United States. Assad’s agreement to be interviewed despite his ban on foreign journalists in the country may show how paranoid he really is. Described last year by Pulitzer Prize-winner journalist Joel […]

Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs

Syria Smells Oil, Protests Israel’s Golan Heights Exploration

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syria sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday protesting the granting of a license to explore for oil and gas in the Golan Heights. It called the government approval a “blatant violation” of what it considers its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Bibi Blasts Erdogan’s ‘Dark and Mendacious’ Anti-Zionist Comment

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply on Thursday condemned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement about Zionism and its comparison to fascism, calling it ”dark and mendacious.” He said it was thought that Erdogan’s type of remark “had passed from the world.” Erdogan spoke at the UN Alliance for Civilizations forum in Vienna on Wednesday […]

Syria / US / Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

State Dept. Not Sure Who Owns the Golan Heights

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What does the State Dept. say when a US-based company, one of whose shareholders is former VP Cheney, explores for oil in the Golan Heights? It says, “Uh, y’know what? that’s a good question.”

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists / United Nations (UN)

Erdogan: Zionism ‘Crime against Humanity’ (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Erdogan the Intelligent” calls Israel and Islamophobia crimes against humanity. The same wise man was a friend of Israel, ditched it, ran to Ahmadinejad and Assad, and dumped them also. Who’s next?

Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Egyptian Court Throws Out Suit to Cancel Peace Treaty with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Egyptian court Tuesday threw out a lawsuit to cancel the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, but the ruling left an opening for breaking the pact. It ruled that the court simply has no jurisdiction over the issue, which it said involves state sovereignty. The suit claimed that Israel is violating the treaty and UN […]

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs

Tank Shell from Syria Falls on Golan Heights Community

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Stray fire from the Syrian civil war sent a Syrian army tank shell on a northern Golan Heights community Wednesday after three months of quiet. No one was injured, and there was no property damage, and army sappers naturalized the shell. Similar to the mortar shells that exploded in the Golan Heights last November, there […]

Israel / Iran

Obama, Bibi To Discuss Iran Nuke Timetable

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Only hours after Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced the successful testing of an Arrow-3 missile, the world’s most advanced interceptor system designed to destroy a potential Iranian nuclear-tipped ballistic warhead in space, Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that during President Obama’s trip to Israel later this month, the president will brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a possible U.S. surgical strike against Iranian nuclear installations.

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs

Hizbullah Denies Syria Rebels' Claim They Hit Nasrallah’s Deputy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels have claimed that they wounded Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s top deputy in the bombing of a Syrian army convoy, but Hizbullah immediately denied it. A Lebanese newspaper reported that rebels said Naim Qassem was with senior army officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad when the explosion hit the convoy on the Damascus-Beirut […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Why Will This Year’s AIPAC Conference Be Different From Other AIPAC Conferences?

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – Next week’s annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington may be as notable for what – and who – is missing as what’s planned.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / Islamists

Film on Moroccan Jews Survives Zionist Propaganda Charges (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A Moroccan film on Jews who have abandoned the country for Israel has met fierce Islamist and left-wing protests but has survived charges that it is “Zionist propaganda” designed to encourage “normalization” with Israel. In the film "Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from the Mellah," director Kamal Hachkar talks with people in villages about their memories of some […]

Syria / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Missing UNIFIL Officer May Be a Canadian

By Jewish Press News Desk

The missing United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) legal adviser Carl Campeau, who was reported to be kidnapped, is a Canadian, according to sources quoted by the Times of Israel. He originally was thought to be from Austria and reportedly was kidnapped nearly three weeks ago from an outpost near the Golan Heights border. […]

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Qatari Rich Guy Secretly Weds Janet Jackson

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Singer Janet Jackson has secretly married Qatari millionaire businessman Wissam Al Mana, who is nine years younger than her twice-married 46-year-old wife and probably richer by a few hundred million or so, not that she lacks anything. Their announcement spoiled the gossip media’s hopes of covering an expected gala $20 million wedding in the near […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / United Nations (UN)

Sky: UN Adviser Kidnapped in Syria near Israeli Border

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The report has not been verified, and there are no details concerning who kidnapped the victim, Carl Kampo from Austria.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Alleged Secret Israeli-Saudi Alliance against Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israeli and Saudi-backed intelligence agencies are behind Syrian rebel suicide bombings, according to a Syrian website that is loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The accusations are a new twist on Syrian government accusations that Israel and the United States are behind the suicide bombings. Quoting “informed” sources in the Syrian opposition, Dam Press said […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

US and Israel Prepare for Iran, Score Arrow Missile Success

By Jewish Press News Desk

The joint Israeli-American Arrow anti-missile system scored its first successful trial at a would-be Israeli target over the Mediterranean Sea Monday morning. The experiment tested the launch system but did not include a dummy missile target. One of the potential targets for the Arrow is the Iranian Shihab missile. The Arrow 3 interceptor was successfully […]

Israel / Syria / US

Kerry Sets Out to Fix the World

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

John Kerry is off and flying to beat Hillary Clinton’s “Around the World 90 Times” gig with a nine-country tip in 11 days as he tries to fix the world. Israel is not on the list.

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Installs Advanced Centrifuges, Gets Closer to Bibi’s Red Line

By Jewish Press News Desk

United Nations nuclear watchdogs said Thursday that Iran has installed next-generation centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear plant, and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu quickly responded that it has come closer to his “red line.” The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it saw the centrifuges earlier this month, adding that “this is the first time that […]

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant

Peres asks EU What Does It Take to Brand Hizbullah ‘Terrorists’

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres called on the European Union Thursday to face the facts and follow the American lead in blacklisting Hizbullah as a terrorist organization. Speaking at a ceremony on the 93rd anniversary of the death of Zionist pioneer Joseph Trumpeldor, the president cited Hizbullah’s proven involvement in terrorist attacks in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Nigeria. […]

Syria / News Briefs

Dozens Killed, Hundreds Injured, in Rebel Bomb Blast in Damascus

By Jewish Press Staff

Syrian rebels killed nearly three dozen people, including Assad’s security officials, and wounded more than 250 others in a car bomb blast near the headquarters of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ruling Baath party. Most of the casualties were civilians, but a number of security officials also were killed. Syrian television showed picture of dozens cars […]

Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Rebels Threatened to Take On Hizbullah in Lebanon

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Syrian Free Army warned Hizbullah Wednesday it will open a new front in Lebanon in the ongoing war against the Syrian-Hizbullah alliance if the terrorist organization continues to fight for Syrian President Bashar Assad. “"We are announcing and warning that if Hizbullah will not stop shelling the Syrian lands, villages and civilians from inside […]

Syria / News Briefs

Syrian and Lebanese News Agencies Claim Israeli Drone Downed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two news agencies in Lebanon and Syria claimed Wednesday evening that an Israeli drone was downed, possibly by a SAM anti-missile that was fired from Syria. The official Lebanese National News Agency reported, “The tail of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from Syria fell in the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Deir al-Ashayer,” near […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant

If Hizbullah is the ‘Party of God,’ Who is Nasrallah Worshipping?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hassan Nasrallah has led Hizbullah – the “party of God” in Arabic - for 21 years. His army has killed hundreds of Jews, but now his opponents in Lebanon charge he is targeting them instead of Israel.

Iran / Islamists

Buddha Statues Join Barbie Dolls in Iran’s ‘Cultural Circumcision’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

First it was Barbie dolls. Then it was the Simpsons, another Western “evil.” Now, Iran defends itself against the wicked East and bans Buddha statues.

News Briefs / Egypt

Morsi's Egypt Poised to Criminalize Protest

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

banners or chants "that include insults, defamation or contempt of 'heavenly' religions, or that stir sedition, violence or hatred or include an offence to state bodies and institutions" will be prohibited

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Strangling Gaza by Flooding Smuggling Tunnels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt is flooding Gaza smuggling tunnels, choking off one of Hamas’ biggest sources for money and placing a virtual siege far more severe than Israel ever created.

Middle East / Levant / Politics / News Briefs

Foreign Media: Ex-Mossad Agent Committed Suicide in Israeli Prison

By Jewish Press Staff

The Case of Prisoner X: He hanged himself in Israeli jail cell in 2010. A gag order was clamped on the story. An Australian media outlet now says he was a Mossad agent who committed a terrible crime.

Middle East / Levant / Islamists / Religion

Plague of Locusts Returns to Egypt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Locusts, 10 Plagues, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Bible, Passover, agriculture,

Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs

Turkish Ministers to US Amb: 'MYOB or Get Out!'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Deputy Prime Minister said it will be better for both Turkey and the U.S. if the ambassador minds his own business

US / Egypt

Morsi’s Goon Squads Kill 2 Activists; US ‘Disturbed’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood regime is making Hosni Mubarak look like a peacenik. Police tortured to death two activists, others are “missing,” but the US is politely “disturbed” at its Muslim ally.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Conspiracy Theory Claims Muslim Brotherhood Allied with Jews

By Jewish Press Staff

Dubai Police Chief has recently attempted to discredit the Brotherhood by alleging a nefarious allegiance to Israel and Jews.

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